The Straits Times, 1 May 1953

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  • 12 1 The Straits Times FOURTEEN PAGES SINGAPtifaE, FRIDAY, MAY 1, T>sfr 15 CENTS
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  • 227 1 Malenkov may show his hand today LONDON, Thurs.— An imr portant Soviet declaration on foreien policy I is expected to be made i at the traditional Red I Square. May Day I parade in Mosopw to- morrow, ■he SoTlt,t Premier. Mr. Georgi M^lenlsov. could if he wished I use the
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  • 49 1 turchill: 'Very glad if...' iNDON, Thurs— Sir Wins- Churchill said tast night vou'.d be "very glad" if I a and the Western powers hold informal talks leado a peace conference. made the comment in the s of Commons, referring recent editorial in the t Communist Party organ la.— A.P.
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  • 25 1 liCOW. Thurs.— Marshal illov. the Soviet Presldild today that Russia's forces do not threaten and have no intention Hacking any foreign jr.— Reuter.
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  • 30 1 DON, Thurs.— A waterand bomb blast-proof »et that will work anyon any kind of electric jisto be made by a r firm for Atlantic Pact In Europe. Reuter.
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  • 23 1 I!R, Thurs. Eduardo ago. former Uruguayan to Belgium',, was fln--000 here today for atg to export diamonds I at/ 13.783 P"ut^
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  • 229 1 'Threat of aggression 9 more troops rushed in BANGKOK, Thursday. CIAM is speeding its defence preparations along the entire frontier with Indo-China, the Premier, Field Marshal Phibun Songgram, told newsmen today. The defence preparations were necessary, he said, in view of the threat of aggression from
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  • 176 1 PARIS, Thursday. pi! French Laotian Garrison of Muong Sung, 1 28 miles north of the Laotian Royal capital of uaiif Prabanp. has been evacuated, the French news ijjency reported here today. Vietminh spearheads were earlier reported to be »nly 15 miles from Luang Prabang,
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  • 24 1 BARErLLY. Thurs.— Three people were killed and six Injured when a passenger train was deraiCed 40 miles from here last night.— Reuter.
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  • 228 1 U.S. WILL SEND THE AID QUICKER From WILSON BROADBENX WASHINGTON, Thurs. PRESIDENT Eisen- hower is giving special attention to the gracing gravity of the Laos situation and the kind of immediate aid that can be speedily given that country and also Siam Administration officials admitted that the position is becoming
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  • 101 1 Malaya is in thii| secret pact From HALL ROMNEY LONDON. Thurs. OUT of the Empire's secret defence file comes the ANZAM. a phantom organisation which has planned imperial strategy linking Australia, New Zealand and Malaya, says the Daily Express. ANZAM has so far been concerned only with paper armies. Now
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  • 43 1 NAIROBI, Thurs. Bombs were used against the Mau Mau for the first time today. Three R.A.F. Harvards dropped eight 20-lb. bombs on a suspected Mau Mau hide out 10.000 feet up in the A"berdare mountains this morning. Reuter.
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  • 35 1 JOHANNESBURG. Thurs The South African Department of the Interior has refused p<*ssports to 17 Indian soccer olayers who were due to leave South Africa on Sunday for a tour of India.
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  • 161 1 The Milford-Havens see their lawyers NEW YORK, Thurs.— Attorneys for Lady Milford-Haven said yesterday she has begun legal action here against the Marquess of Milford-Haven, David Michael Mountbat.cn. An announcement said a "complaint h.-ts be«m served on Lord Milford-Haven's attorneys. Lady Milford-Haven regrets she has been forced to take this
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  • 240 1 GRISIS IN LAOS MAY BRING DOWN FRENCH GOVERNMENT From MICHAEL JACOBSO^^"* By Special Arrangement^ PARIS, Thursday. APOLITICAL crisis which could cause the f^ of the French Government loomed today as of rebel successes in Indo-China. Critics blame French authorities for failing to anticipate this invasion and for imposing thei^own tactics
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  • 9 1 The rubble after the roof fell.
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  • 230 1 MOTHER RISKS LIFE IN VAIN A^ mother risked her life yeatcrd*: '^fe lr attempt to rescue her infant d.>ughti gl^^kgf •'*<* bmeath debris when thr roof t ioiiap*Jd in H.iig Road. sin.:.,. .A. ?:ytt--anu-a-h»if-A:imfeh bintr Abduilln. died as she was about to Oe rushed
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  • 127 1 The man-who doesn 't want peace LONDON, Thurs.— The Daily Mirror asked today: "What is to be done about that pig-headed old barbarian, dictator in democrat's clothing, President Syngman Rhee of Korea?" "He is the man who does not want the Korean war to stop," the newspaper said. "Truce or
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  • 115 1 "Asian nation can be influenced 9 PANMUNJOM. Thursday. T»HE UNITED Nations truce negotiators told the Communists today that an Asian nation would be undesirable as a custodian of prisoners of war refusing repatriation. General William Harrison, chief U.N. Command delegate, said that the proximity
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  • 51 1 52 were policemen BOGOTA, (Colombia). Thurs. Fifty -two policemen and 15 crew were drowned when the motor ship. Colombia, sank yesterday on the Pacific coast. Coastguards rescued 18 of them and found that the captain, two engineers and the 1 paymaster had reached the shore.
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  • 22 1 LONDON, Thurs— The Duke of Gloucester left by plane early today for Baghdad to attend the coronation of Kine Feteal A.P.
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  • 23 1 JAKARTA, Trjurs— Twenty Chinese squatter families are being deported to Red China from north-east Sumatra for Illegal entry and creating
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  • 15 1 LONDON. Thur Sonet atomic research "ii pr satisfactorily" Moscow radio said today. Reuter
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  • 51 1 LONDON. Thurs Atfs. Alire Hopkinson, Amwicau dok. wife of Mr. Henry Hopklnsor Minister of State for Coloni? Affairs, was found dead In be this morning at their Devor ihire home. Mrs Hopkinson. 49. was fo merly Miss Alice Labouisse Er of the fruit salt family.
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  • 61 1 The committee of the Race Horse Owners' Association ,of Malaya held an emergency meeting yesterday and sent a telegram Lo the president and committee of the Seianpor i Turf Club, expressing the owners' concern at the situation which has arisen over the suspension of jockeys. The committee
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  • 118 1 This bribe is legal Churchill LONDON, Thurs.— Sir Winston Churchi'l today defended the legality nt the United Nations Command's action m Korea in offering bribes to Communist pilots to fly their Soviet-made MIG jet fighters to United Nations bases Itiu he agreed with some Labour members in the House of
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  • 285 2 New strength Qf Europe is a deterrent Dulles has faith in NATO WASHINGTON, Thursday. 1/fR. John Foster Dulles, American Secretary of State, said in a television speech here last night the United States could not and would not sit idly by in the face of a Communist attack on Europe.
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  • 148 2 AFFRONT,' WINSTON IS TOLD LONDON, Thurs. Sir Win- ston Churchill said today he saw no reason why Dr. Hans Spefdel, former Chief of Staff to General Rommel, should not come to Britain to see Britain's armament strength. Resisting strong Labour criticism in the House of Commons he added: "At the
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  • 105 2 BERLIN, Thurs. SERIOUS shortages if food and supplies t r E«CJv Germany are reported \^B The ADN. qOO^^B^ quarterly repoit of VB German .state ftatLstlcJßP^B nistratlon, blarrtfd the Wnt^B afjes on the aßrtrulturjW ministry, the ministry for heavy machinery a/id the state secretaries for coal
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    • 594 2 NOTICES IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ORDINANCE 1941 and IN THE MATTER OF THYE KONG TRADING COMPANY, LIMITED (In Voluntary Liquidation) At an Extraordinary Genera) Meeting of the members of tht above-named Company duly convened and held at No. 79. South Bridge Road. Singapore, on 30th April. 1953, the
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    • 1554 2 NOTICES I BERNAM OIL PALMS LIMITED (Incorporated In The Federation Of Malaya) ORDINARY ANNUAL OENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the 24th Ordinary Annual Oeneral Meeting of the Company will be held at the Stock Exchange. Bocrsen, Copenhagen X., on the 20th day of May. 1903 at 1130 o'clock
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    • 399 2 TENDER TENDERS from Contractors of Classes 111 and above will be received at the Office of the Chief Architect. Public Works Department, Singapore, up to noon of the 15th May. 1953. for the Erection Si Completion of a Proposed Maternity and Child Welfare Clinic. Staff Quarters and Oarage at Thompson
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    • 391 2 SINGAPORE IMPROVEMENT TRUST TENDFRS art lnvlt*d for tne construction of a R.C. Footbridge over Whampoe Stream. Tender form etc. may be odtained on payment of a deposit of tioo which will be refunded if a bona fide tender is submitted. Sealed tenders are to be de- posited in the tender
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  • 259 3 Arms for Europe may be diverted to new battle area WASHINGTON, Thursday. \|R. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State, told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee yesterday that the United States was considering diverting more war materials and equipment from Europe to Indo-China. The chairman of
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  • 146 3 WASHINGTON, Thurs. SENATOR Joseph McCarthy today accused some ships flying the British flag of "widescale violation of the ban on strategic shipments to Communist China and North 1 Korea He said recent British trade figures showed a fantastic rise in trade to China, much of it in
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  • 40 3 TRINCESS MARIA-PIA, 18--year-old daughter of fxKing I'mherto of Italy, takes a stroll through the grounds of Lady Margaret Hall College. Oxford Iniversity. She is there under the incognito title of Comtesse de Sarre to study English.
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  • 22 3 LONDON. Thurs. Crown Prince Akihito of Japan lunched with Sir Winston Cnurc/iill at No. 10 Downing Street toda>.
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  • 31 3 SYDNEY. Thurs. Australia s new Governor-General. Field Marshal Sir William Slim, arrived here today on his way to Canberra, where he i will be sworn in on May 8.-
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  • 77 3 BERLIN, Thurs. 11TEST Berlin police have arrested several member* of a Soviet spy gang. An alleged spy ring led by Soviet officers was broken by police in West Berlin earlier this month and 39 people were arrested. The police said last night they had
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  • 57 3 BUENOS AIRES, Thurs Argentine authorities are expected to take unprecedented precautions at a May Day rally to be addressed by President Juan Peron in the Plaza Del Mayo— scene of a bomfr explosion a fortnight ago. A meeting of the National Security Council Cast night studied
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  • 134 3 FOREIGN POLICY DISCUSSIONS LONDON, Thursday. THE Prime Ministers of the Common wealth, who are coming to London for Que«n Elizabeth's Coronation on June 2, will hold a week-long conference Krwri nni n (T t\v\ Tlino d. Deginning on June s. Sir Winston Churchill will preside,
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  • 32 3 OBERAMMERGAU, Thurs. General Matthew Ridgway, Supreme Commander of the North Atlantic Treaty forces in Europe, opened a training course on anti-atomic defence for 60 United States officers here today.— Reuter.
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  • 99 3 KENYA. Thurs.— Two British battalions new to Kenya are ready to launch themselves into the campaign against the Mau Mau terrorists any day now. The first battalions of the Devonshlres and the Buffs have become acclimatised and have undergone Jungle warfare training. Major General
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  • 102 3 TOKYO. Thurs. •ORITISH troops wlli be kept off Tokyo streets tomorrow In case of May Day incidents All troops stationed here or on leave from Korea havi been oriered back In barracks by one hour after midnight. Tokyo police, with 12.000 men mobilised, hope to
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  • 38 3 A TEHERAN night club dancer known as Helen being brought to police headquarters for questioning following the disappearance of the Chief of Police, Brigadier Genera r Ma h mood Afshartus. later found stabbed to death.
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  • 147 3 Britain may refuse oil LONDON, Thursday. VfERCHANT ships carrying strategic cargoes to Communist China have been barred from refuelling at British-controlled sources East of Suez, the Government announced yesterday. A Ministry of Fuel and Po- I wer statement said that British oil companies have been
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  • 50 3 War record equalled SEUL Thurs.— The Fifth Air Force announces that American Captain Emmanual Fernandez, of Florida, shot down his 12th MIG today, equalling the previous record of the Korean war. Other flyers have shot down 12 planes, but their scores included slow propellor-driven aircraft.— Reuter.
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  • 116 3 Vishinsky wilt be the hast NEW YORK, Thurs. Mr. Henry Cabo» Loige, Jr., who refused to shake hands with y,\ Andre Vishinsky and has argued violently with the Russian in several IN. debates, will attend the monthly dinner riven by the chairman of the Security Council this month Mr. Vishinsky.
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  • 88 3 LONDON Thurs.—Diplomatic quarters here have express, erj concern at the news that a West German court has restored citizenship to Otto Strasser. former Nazi Ceader who quarrelled with Hitler. The unofficial impression was that Strasser's return to West Germany might create a more serious political danger
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  • 53 3 LONDON. Thurs.— The Queen is to issue a special silver "Coronation Medal" as a personal souvenir for persons in the Crown services and others in Britain and the Commonwealth. Persons selected for tht award in Britain will receive it as soon as possible after tri 1 Coronation on
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  • 41 3 KHATMANDU, Thurs —The Nepal Government has accepted the resignation of the In-spector-general of police, Nara Shamsher. The deputy Inspector general, Tek Narain Singh, was suspended yesterday in connection with investigations into an alleged conspiracy against the Government.
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  • 292 3 LONDON Thurs. T^HE atoclc market wu again dul' aJid uninteresting today. Eastern stocks, however, provided one or two small features In the form of gains In tea shares on small inquiries. Rubbers were generally unchanged, although United Sua Betong moved up 6d to 375. Tins were very quiet
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  • 21 3 LONDON. April 30. Cash Buyers £715: Sellers £720; Forward Buyers £707' 2 Sellers £710;. Turnover a.m. 60; p.m. 20.
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  • 34 3 LONDON. April 30 —Spot 21 >,d. June 21 *„<!.. July-Bept 2iy., Oct Dec. 21'» d., Jan. -Mar 2O'»d.. May cJ.f. 21 '.d.. June cJ.f.' k 2lUd.. Jul> ci.f 21', d Tone: Very steady.
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  • 69 3 Freed from Korea MOSCOW. Thurs. M Georges Peruche, former French Charge D'Affaires in Korea, is due here today on hiway home from internment at the head of a party of 14. The party includes a woman of 76 and three nuns. They are expected to fly
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  • 261 4 I might not have told this story, says A.S.P. Eu A POLICEMAN told the Singapore coroner's court yesterday that if a gunman's revolver had not jammed he might not have lived to tell the story of the gunman's death. A.S.P. Eu Cheow Eang
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  • 49 4 Consulate takes a holiday I The offices of the Indonosian Consulate-General in Singapore will be closed to- i day, but the immigration and passport section, and the visa and shipping section will remain open from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. May Day is an official public holiday throughout Indonesia.
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  • 139 4 The Governor will review night parade WBBI THE big Chinese Cor- onation procession wends its way through Government House grounds on the ni»ht of i June 2. it will be viewed by the Governor. Sir John Nicoll, from a -spei ially-built platform. fit ion Cclcbr.it ioff^^^^nit tec Mr. Tan Chin
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  • 39 4 SEREMBAN. Thurs- The UMNO-MCA alliance will contfest all seats in the Seremban Town Council election early in August. The decision was reached at s meeting of UMNO and MCA representatives in Seremban last night
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  • 120 4 THE CIRCIMSTANCES leading to the "reported" resignation of Dr. Mary Tan from the services of the Singapore City Council should he investigated. Mr M P. D. Nair (Labour— South) said yesterday. Speaking at the adjournment at yesterday's City Council meeting:, Mr. Nair said: "It is very
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  • 215 4 Customs just have to give up the chase SMUGGLER'S boats from Indonesian Archipelago bases can outspeed Customs Interception craft in Singapore waters. The Government has been asked to allocate to the Customs branch three highpowered patrol boats to catch the smugglers. This was
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  • 150 4 JOINT STRIKE SPLITS THEM INTO GANGS ALOR STAR, Thursday. MALAYAN bandits in Siam have been put to flight as the result of a new joint strike by police of both countries. The bandits have split into small gar g« to evade
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  • 82 4 JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs.— fusof bin Abbas. 23, was told n the Sessions Court here tolay by the president. Inche Aii iln Hassan: "You have a bad ecord. Since 1945 you have ►een convicted seven times". Inche Ali sentenced Yusof, i rubber tapper cf Bahau, to me
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  • 54 4 BRUNEI. Thurs.— A vessel of the Straits Steamship Company had to make an unscheduled stop a mile from me wharf in Sandakan. North Borneo when one of her passengers. M:ss Annie Yapp discovered that $1,000 had been stolen from the cabin. Police boarded the vessel i
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  • 121 4 JILL TAKES THE $I,ooo— GETS THE TRIP TOO PENANG, Thurs.— An 18-year-old beauty culturist, J.ii Wilkinson, last night was adjudged Penang's "Miss Factor" at the E and O Hotel. Miss Wilkinson, an English girl, won the title and a. $1,000 cheque from 11 finalists. Runner-up was Mrs. Margaret Reutens. Eurasian
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  • 57 4 PENANG, Thurs.— About 800 teachers from 75 Chinese schools In Penang and Province Wellesley will benefit from Government's proposed revised salary scheme, Mr J. N. Davies, Senior Inspector of Schools, told the Strait* Times today. Forty-one of .these schools are in Penang, 29 in Province
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  • 25 4 SEGAMAT, Thurs. New quarters for Government servants in Sega mat are to bf built soon in the hospital compound and along Jalan Chelliah.
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  • 29 4 BRUNEI. Thurs.— The Gov- ernor of North Borneo, on behalf of the Chief Scout. Lord Rowallan. decorated Scouter Simon Yew with the j Silver Acorn recently. J
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  • 161 4 'When I am better off... 9 PENANG. Thursday. CHAN AH YOON. who vanished with $2,225 of his firm's money and then wrote to his employers promising to pay back the amount, was tortav sent to prison for six months on a charge of breach
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  • 66 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs. Ong Chye. a boatman, was fined $50 in the Police Court today, for being in possession of tea. tin s of sardines, and bread at the mouth of the Pulai River, without a permit. On* Chye told the court that the provisions
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  • 55 4 He vanished with his pupils' s2ol KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs— A teacher, after collecting $201 from his pupils for their new text books, disappeared with the money, Sejsions Court here was told today. R. T. Knight, 38. formerly of the Loyala Institution, Sentul, pleaded guilty to a charge of criminal breach
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  • 39 4 KUALA KANGSAR, Thurs I —Abu Omar bin Kulop Abdul Hamid, 35, was fined $100 In the magistrate's court, Kuala Kangsar, for having fired his shot-gun unneccessarily at Kampong Tanah Merah, Lubok Merbau, on Teb. 26
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  • 57 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. Twenty-two mines :n the Federation, including four dredges. stopped 1 operating in March, the Mines Department stated! in its quarterly bulletin issued today. t J^e\ c ncentra^s produced In the first quarter of the year amounted to 18.730 tons, which was slightly higher
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  • 144 4 SOCIETY WANTS MUSIC TAX LIFTED THE SINGAPORE Music--lal Society has asked the Government to waive the entertainment tax on music and drama as well as amateur sport. Writing to the Colonial Secretary, the society states that the case for music and drama is as strong as, If not stronger than,
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  • 90 4 Association wants more members DR. Gerald Loughran, president of the Singapore City Association, appealed for jtreater membership and more active interest from present members at a general meeting last night. He said the association was still in its formative stage and undergoing teething troubles. But he hoped that soon the
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  • 53 4 The 48 businessmen from Detroit who visited Sin!<H;j»>re this week presented the City Council with a handsjm'e plaque commemorating the 250 th birthday of their own city. At yesterday's City Council meeting, the City President, Mr. T. P. F. McNeice. said the Detroit visitors were "very impressed
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  • 30 4 JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs Onakkar, who was caught tapping coconut trees for toddy, without a licence, at Kulai en Apr. 13. was fine $150 in the Police Court today.
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  • 33 4 Kunju K. Janardanan. 37. who pleaded gu'lty to a charge of causing hurt to a woman. P Karunbaya with a knife, was sentenced to four months' gaol in Singapore jesterday.
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  • 307 5 CITY COUNCIL ATTACKED THE CITY COUNCIL was accused in the City Police Court yesterday of failing to use its powers "fearlessly" because it was an elected body. The accusation was made during the hearing of a charge against the Leong San Tong
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  • 177 5 Our leniency exploited McNeice THE City President, Mr. T. P. F. McNeice told City councillors yesterday not to allow themselves to be used by people who were exploiting the city's building bylaws. Mr. McNeice was speaking on a move by Mr. P. R- Wil- liams (Labour-Kochore) to reject a committee
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  • 58 5 SEREMBAN. Thurs.-A Roman Catholic chapel wCI oe opened at Sikamat new village in Negrt Sembilan on Sunday. May io. BiT.lt at a cost of about $5,000. the chapel wi;i be opened by the Bishop of Matacca the Rt. Rev. Mgr. Olcomendy The money for the building
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  • 213 5 Tiira finds a home away from home the Wiima THE Finnish tanker Wiima. delayed in Singapore with 10,000--tons of Rumanian jet fuel oil destined for China, is a little bit of home for Tiira Ensio, the Finn who was picked up after 34 days on a raft in the Indian
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  • 163 5 SIR EDWARD RITSON. the one-man commission who k to investigate the allowances paid to Singapore's 1.000 Government workers, will decide today whether his inquiry will be held in public or in private. It Is expected that Sir Edward wiil hear evidence in a room
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  • 89 5 FOR the seventh year in succession the weather held good last night for the celebration of the Queen of Holland's birthday in Singapore. About 350 guests spent the evening on the lawn of the Dutch Consulate's residence in RLdout Road. The Dutch called their phenomenal run of
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  • 228 5 INSTRUCTIONS had been 1 given by the Deputy Public Prosecutor that the charge of trespass against Abu Bakar. a syce, arising out of a police report by Mr. Aw Kow. son of Mr. Aw Boon Haw. should stand. Mr. Peter Ball, ASP prosecuting
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  • 31 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs. Tan See Ching, a lorry driver, was fined $60 in the Police Court here today for carrying an excess load in his lorry on April 22.
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  • 114 5 Protest to the city council \IR. S. JAGANATHAN iTI (Labour— South) yesterday protested against sellers of pornographic appliances. Producing two cigarette lighters and a key chain at Singapore City Council he said that although they looked harmless, by some manipulation they could become vulgarism
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  • 63 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs.— Choo Moi Chan, a woman shop-keeper of Kulai. pleaded guilty in the Police Court today to selling five weeks' rations of controlled foodstuff at one time. According to the Emergency Regulations, shopkeepers are net permitted to sell more than one week's ration at
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  • 17 5 The annual meeting of the Singapore Clerical and Administrative Workers' Union will be held tomorrow.
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  • 143 5 GOVERNOR TELLS COUNCIL: BRI'NEI, Thursday. T»HE GOVERNMENT of North Borneo plans to spread A the economy of the country so that it would not be entirely dependent on the rubber industry, said the Governor, Sir Ralph Hone, at a recent meeting of the Legislative Council in Brunei.
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  • 80 5 Appeal for homes to end slums AIR. H. J. C. KULASINGHA yesterday appealed to the Rural Board to draw up a housing scheme and clear the slums out cf outlying districts He said: "We do not want streamlined houses like those built by the Improvement Trust. What we need are
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    • 64 5 yoi ALILAI.OS (.Lilt <Sin<aparr tfmni.u Mrri.ng at Br.;?>. tounct. Ha 6 :>o p m sT. 4MNUMI c »iati>*.»L; C.oliv .Niup :i r Memor.a. Hal.. ;c I M'v.A.i Ta.lt on ••R*u«iou« Anprcl of the Coronation" by the Archdeacon uf Singapore Ve.ieraWr Robin Wond* Th* Pageantry and Ceremon.a; Aspects of the Coronation"
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  • 39 6 MR. YAP KIM SENG, age 73, of Heap Huat Co., 19 20. Roehore Canal Road, passed away peacefully on 28th April. Funeral will be leaving on 3rd May, at 2 pjn sharp from above address to Bldadarl Cemetery.
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  • 249 6 THE FAMILY of the late Mr. I Patrick Mission thank all friends and relatives for their kind do nations, night visits, wreaths and attendance at the funeral. MR. ARTHUR PEREIRA thanks all his relatives and friends for floral wreaths, messages of condolences, and personal expressions of sympathy on the
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    • 640 6 1 mittee are doing themselves and their organisation great harm by not acting. It is quite clear what they must do, nor can they now close this distasteful affair only by cleansing the Singapore branch. It is necessary for all branches to furnish their members with proper accounts, and for
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    • 426 6 It is pleasant to have the assurance of the Deputy Direc- tor of Fisheries that there is no '"fish ring" which controls the pric« of fish in Singapore. The 1 ring is a myth. Its alleged i members are not even on .peaking terms. They could,
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    • 245 6 Charged with being mem-' bers of an unlawful assembly on March *18. and with causing hurt to a man who has since died, two persons have been remanded in the Third Criminal District Court in Singapore until February 8. This court is booked up for the next nine
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  • 865 6 Purpose of Red invasion Asians, and in fact all the democratic world, are daily looking with growing anxiety at the swift progress of the latest blow struck by the rebels in Indo-China. Today a special correspondent in the threatened royal capital of Luang Prabang
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  • 500 6 On the Marige Historical Society rE Malayan Historical Society, mentioned in the Malaysian Notebook last Saturday, was inaugurated at Kuala Lumpur yesterday amidst a large and distinguished gathering. Dato Thuralsingham, Member for Education, said that he thought the large gathering was proof that the idea of starting the society was
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    • 305 6 'THERE is one point arising out of the action of the r officials of the Selangor Turf Club in ordering jockeys to ride on occasions considered by the Jockeys to be highly dangerous to life and limb which does not yet seem to have
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    • 196 6 T^HE charge of $2 for an ■I extract of birth and the! Issuance of a copy of the I Birth Certificate is too exor- bitant and should be reduced to cents 50, as a Birth Certificate is a sine qua non to obtain SJ.T. accommodation. Ration or
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    • 41 6 Correspondent* are asked to be brief. The shorter letters are, the more may be publUhed. Letters signed for publication with a pen- 1 name must be acrotnpanied by the writer* airnature and address as guarantee of rood faith to the editor.
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    • 102 6 IF events in connection with the racing dispute in Kuala Lumpur have been correctly reported, it would seem that the jockeys concerned have appealed to the Straits Racing Association against the two racing days" suspension imposed by the Selangor Turl Club. The S.R.A. will consider this appeal
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    • 97 6 4 Small matter' MISS 8. of Seremban in her letter headed "Case for equal rights" (S.T., April 21) has a case. But if she cares to look through the holiday list for the state of Kelantan. she will find that January 1, 1953 was not a holiday although It was
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    • 105 6 \TOUR editorial "They're Off' I Is sensible. All right-think-ing racing enthusiasts will agree. After all horse racing is a sport. If people want the Jockeys to commit suicide just because they want to make money or to satisfy a certain section of the racing fraternity then
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    • 213 6 I WOULD like to draw attention to two acts of courtesy by the Singapore Police. Whilst searching in deep and difficult undergrowth on a hill in Thomson Iload in search of some abandoned puppies. I was Joined by a police constable who had seen
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    • 11 6 [Editor* Note: The cheque ha* been forwarded to the Police Piind]
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 663 6 CLASSIFIED ADS. CHADWICK: At KaJldang Kerbsu Hospital, on 30th April 1953, to Jonn, wife of Donald Chariwick. a son. WONG -TAN: The engagement is announced between Francis Wong. son of Mr. to Mrs. Y. C. Won* of Singapore, and Nellie Tan. daughter OX Mr. Si Mrs. Tan Ten* Ban. SITUATIONS
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    • 77 6 JUST OUT! The Earth is Born How scicnliMi hrlicvr our world began, and bow it li changing now and how, in accordance with prophecy, the sun may Anally destroy it. "Thank You!" by A. J. Cronin j IV famous author show* bow the habit of saying Thank you"— and meaning
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    • 115 6 6. Raffles Place. Phone *****. R.V. U/l tilth ff»*»OPTICIAN mS[^ SHEAfFERS \^s> Sk/Up lifS^ 'Jutt »*>ot th« ooctoi ordered" LAl\ to ovoid the clotting, clogging fl^V ond corrosion coined by /•'-5J common inks. A twitch to jf^Jr Sknp con «ov« many dollar! j\^S w costly rtpatrt or complet* dm\y replacement
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  • 292 7 'Stop these leaks,' Mr. Ho tells Councillors MR. S. F. HO Nominated) said in the Singapore! City Council yesterday that something must be done to eradicate the "cancer" of councillors "leaking" confidential Information to the Press and the public. But Mr. T. P. F. McNeice, the City President, replied that
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  • 117 7 Fingerprints left in two burgled home in Singapore were traced in the criminal records of the C.1.D.. and found to be those of Sin Kwang Lian. Mr. M. C. Boyle, senior ASP., prosecuting, told the Singapore First Criminal District Court yesterday. In the dock was Sin,
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  • 132 7 Salesman pocketted cash deals GETS 4 YEARS KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. A REFRIGERATOR salesman found himself about $3,460 in pocket alter cash sales, j but he entered the names of I clients on the firm's books as being hire-purchase customers and took the money. In the Sessions Court today, Oh Kang
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  • 59 7 NIBONG TEBAL. Thurs.Nlbong Tebai police searched the Krlan River today for a missing constable Shaftee bio Hajl Mokhte who was heard shouting for help while swimming. Shaflee. 23. a resident oi Negr". Sembilan. was seen struggling in the water. A motor launch raced to the
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  • 544 7 The 'twisted personality' policeman gets 10 years HE TRIED TO MURDER SUPERIOR OFFICER KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. FORMER inspector Wan Omar bin Wan Chik Bakar was sentenced today at the Supreme Court to 10 years' gaol for attempting to murder his superior officer. He was described by a medical expert as
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  • 39 7 Mr. Henry Rieger, US. Information officer, Singapore, will leave for San Francisco, next Wednesday, to rejoin United Press news agency. Before coming to Singapore, Mr. Rieger was state manager of United Press in Arizona for four years.
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  • 111 7 'Why not cut allowance?' |i|R. Yap Pheng Geek (Nominated) said in the City 11 Council yesterday that he was surprised to see "economy running mad." i He was opposing a move by Mr. S. S. Manyam (Indepen-dent-North) to cancel the proposed opening ceremony of
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  • 32 7 LONDON, Thurs. Colonel A. E. Young, former Malayan Police Commissioner will broadcast on the BBC "London Calling Asia programme on May 19, and the Home service on May 14
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  • 42 7 RAUB, Thurs.— Mohd. Nor bin Mohd. Saman, 29. an attorney of the Malay National Bank. Temerloh, was discharged yesterday on a charge of criminal breach of trust of $3,317 entrusted to him between July 16 and 19 last year.
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  • 142 7 Power in Spore cheaper than in Federation pOMPARATIVE figures on Kj the cost of electricity in Singapore and the Federation were given in the City Council meeting yesterday. They were quoted by Mr. Chan Kum Chee < Prog. East) in reply to newspaper statements suggesting the setting up in Singapore
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  • 150 7 MODEL SPITFIRE AS A MEMENTO AS a memento of the A last operational flight by Spitfire fighters, the Commander In Chief, Far East Air Force, Air Marshal Sir Clifford Sanderson, yesterday presented Squadron Leader W. H. Mills, commanding officer of 60 Squadron, P A.F, with an 18-inch high model of
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  • 67 7 DIED A DAY AFTER HE RETIRED Dr. A. Thurai, who had been Medical Officer of the City Council staff for more than 25 years, died at his home in Still Road on Wednesday one day after retiring from service. The City President. Mr T P. F. McNeice, told Councillors yesterday.
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  • 104 7 Drawing of Prophet is 17 years old A SPOKESMAN for the World Encyclopedia said in Chicago yesterday that the picture of the Prophet Mohammed in the work was a drawing made from available descriptions of Mohammed, and had been In the book for 17 years. Muslims in the Federation had
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  • 7 7 She's now ready for the big day
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  • 165 7 SINGAPORE legislative Councillor. Mrs. Elizabeth (Jaoy, feels that her tailor. Kwet Sung, has made her a dress really fa for the Coronation. She will wear it when she sees the Queen crowned on June 2. Finished only yesterday, it is an oyster-grey satin cheonasam
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  • 202 7 SEREMBAN. Thursday. rill police are to ask an Indian swami (priest) 1 about a charm found tied to the hand oi a post office clerk who was beaten up and robbed of Seremban post office keys on Tuesday nifht. Mr. M.
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  • 95 7 Sentence of 5 years not excessive' GANOA BINOH, 48, an employee of the Singapore Harbour Board, who appealed against an Assize Court sentence of five years' gaol for causing the death of his wife, had his sentence confirmed in the Court of Criminal Appeal yesterday. Oanga Singh attacked his wife
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  • 13 7 Donations to the Queen Elizabeth Portrait fund, Singapore, is now $4,160.
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  • 23 7 The Singapore Rural Board yesterday decided to increase the surcharge on rubber from two-fifths of a cent to half-a-cent a pound.
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  • 92 7 Punish the exploiters, says Mr. Yap PEOPLE who exploit the house-hungry public of Singapore should be punished. Mr. Yap Pheng Qeck (nominated i said in the city council yesterday. He asked the president. Mr. McNeice. to find out whether a man who had been fined for putting up an unauthorised
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  • 59 7 Eight Singapore Boy Scouts will receive the Queen's Scout Royal Certificate at a Council meeting of their association in Armenian Street, Singapore on May 5. The Queen's Scouts are Ang Yeow Cheng. Samuel J. Brough, Chen Ren Cheng S Shebubakar, Robert Foo Kla Tan. George Llm
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  • 335 7 {"WILD welfare and medical services must assume an even more important aspect in Singapore because of the phenomenal rate of increase of the population, the Director of Medical Services. Dr. W. J. Vickers, said yesterday. Dr. Vlckers, who was addressing the annual general
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  • 73 7 IPOH, Thurs Mr. Justice Thomson today, allowed the appeal and quashed the sentence of 18 months' simple Imprisonment passed on an accountant. Arinn bin Cassim Jayne. in the Sessions Court in October last. Arifin had been convicted by Mr M. Garton for criminal breach of trust of
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  • 161 7 Think again' call to Government KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. THE Federation Government is to be asked to reconsider its Interpretation of the j new Customs Ordinance wtich comes into force tomorrow. Under the ordinance as at present interpreted, duty will bp based on the value nf the goods on the open
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  • 60 7 Sewerage and water i^| electricity cables and mains cannot all go :r^H same hoe and thercfnr^B me iin the roads for^H cannot be helped vl F. McNeice President^ Singapore city CourS yesterday. M Unfortunately, he fl must all take theirß quarter of the road.M not
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  • 46 7 Addition $4£m. l)u| The Singapore Cit.yt Co JW yesterday approved av u pv>lenentfiry bi ciget of mor? .nan .S4.540.000 for this year. Mr. T P. F. McNeice. the City President, said that $507,(tOO would be spent in implement I ne the report of the Salaries Cnmmlttee.
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  • 77 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.— A police patrol near Kampons Sera in the Taiping area of Perak today killed a terrorist and captured his Sten gun. In another battle outside the perimeter of Pembroke Estate in the Tapah area of Peiak last night an area rec inty squad
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    • 51 7 HARDBOARDS LOOK FOR REFUSE THIS BRAND fl| IMITATIONS J Vu utOKcLu. wccci cjf 1.000 \*ui Sole Agents: A. CLODET (£S CO.. LTD. SINGAPORE iK^jr TE L 3964 THE FINEST PASTILLES MADE IN BRITAIN FOR COUGHS COLDS CATARRH THIS SIGN ON THE tin fjfilCgo J^Js IS YOUR (.LARANTEE meggeson^lt MENTHOL EUCALYPTUS
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    • 55 7 Don't run down to the canvas! "A" Apart from the fact it is a legal offence ro run on cover with the canvas showing it is also dangerous to do so. Accidents can be caused through the use of worn tyrts. For safety, smooth riding and long service use INDIA
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
    • 84 7 The weather Minimum temperature: (7.30 p.m. on April 29 to 730 a.m. on April 30 1 Singapore (76 degrees), Penang <76 Kota Bahru (75 1. Kuala Lumpur (75) Ipoh 73 1 Kuantan 73 Maximum temperature: (7.30 a.m. to 7.30 p.m. on April 30): Singapore (90 degrees i. Penang < 89
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  • 149 8 M. C.A. plans to set up trade school for Malays $500,000 FUND FOR EDUCATION IPOH, Thursday. THE MALAYAN Chinese Association has sent the High Commissioner, General Sir Gerald Templer, a proposal to set up a commercial and trade training school exclusively for the Malays. It is to be financed from
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  • 83 8 He kept the totalisator going KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. "VI R Leslie Grieves, one of tlv 4" kry men behind the sconr.s in* M:il;.y;m racing, dirci in his slre*u on Wednesday night at Kuaia Vun^ttr^^ Mr V"i ri^W^^^iKincnr In chargp ('.I the automatic totalifaior.s in\the four racing centrc.s on tl»T> Malayan
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  • 47 8 The Chairman of the Sin.apore Rural Board. Mr. E.V.G Day, told board members trrday that their message .'it loyalty to thr Quern hrd bern handed to Her Majesty. Mr. Dr-y read a mrs.sa"^ f thnnks from the Secrrtirv of Star for the Col(
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  • 30 8 Scfton Dfhner. one of n's best known foreign Bon i^:ii>. will arrive in today mi his way to n port on the M Ih < Daily Fxnv, v.
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  • 55 8 The Bishop of Malacca. th« Rt. Reverend M. Olcomendy, said yesterday that by a specuU dispensation of the Pope Catholics may, if they wish, eat meat to-day, because it is Labour Day. "The dispensation has been granted because people all over the world may wish
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  • 57 8 M. Andre Guibaut. :urmerly C'insul-G'.'nerai lor n*nce IB Singapore, has b< en appo.ntcd Ftench Ambassador to Jordan. M. Guibaut. who loft here last m«nth to attend tlu> Coronation of King Hussein of Jordan as a Spocia; Emissary, will assume fuCi duties in Amman, capttal of the
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  • 216 8 YOU gave the Customs part of this 527 million THE CIGARETTES you smoked, the liquor you drank, the petrol you burned in your tar and your seats in the cinema circle have helped to swell Customs revenue by more than %t1 million in the first four vionths of this year.
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  • 51 8 Mr. Wolte Cohen, vice-pre-sident of Warner Brothers International Picture Corporation, is due to arrive in Singapore by air tomorrow trom Sydney. Mr. Cohen, who will be accompanied by his wife, is riving here to study the effect of three dimensional films on the public in South-East
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  • 38 8 The British-owned freighter. Firthbank. arrived in Singapore yesterday bound for the Polish oort of Gdynia with more than 6 000 tons of iron ore. The cargo was loadr^ a t the Chwsp port of Tsingtan
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  • 55 8 lapore City Council sorted out the pro»e massive Felix ural. given to the the British Gcv- The 36 pieces of the mural have now been assembled and hung in the auditorium of the Victoria Memorial Hail. It took workmen five days to erect the scaffolding
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  • 152 8 3 DIED IN LORRY ACCIDENT Driver is fined KUALA LUMPUR Thurs. THREE Malay students were killed when a police armoured lorry in which they were travelling overturned In Salak South Road, Kuala Lumpur, on Mar. 10, the First Magistrate's Court was told today. Hashim bin Main, the driver of the
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  • 41 8 JOHORE BAHRU Thurs.The twelfth Federation Social and Welfare Services lottery will be drawn at 2.30- p.m. In the Government offices here tomorrow. This will be the second tiny that the lottery has been drawn in Johore Bahru.
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  • 24 8 BRUNEI. Thurs— The Governor of North Borneo will open the new hostel of St. Michael's Girls' School, Sandakan. on May 31.
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  • 293 8 Dr. D. interrupts his speech to have his own blood taken HE BLEEDS FOR THE TRUTH THE Singapore Government's Chief H-?a!th Officer, Dr. M. Doraisingham, yesterday denied rumours that his department was taking blood from women and children in rural areas to fill the Colony's blood 0<iniC. r\- nnrnixlnchnm who
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  • 308 8 'Story of Malaya not of one, race only* KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. fTHE STORY of Malaya was not the story of one race alone. It was the story of all its peoples' and all the i circumstance? which had shaped its course. This was said by the High Commissioner, General Sir
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  • 18 8 Singapore's Social Welfare Department boga n shifting to new offices at the Chinese Secretariat buildine ysterday.
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    • 261 8 MORRIS OXFORD y^\ __-^--~~^^<^V^ OFF PII A I A&lll A|i H v 3^^^v^ ott bNuLANU ANu W^~*^ 't^M( "**JV !^"MTBT^fc^\ <r I^^^ Take advantage of Malayan Motors popular "Homo Delivery" plan and \^EB *r enjoy the comfort and convenience of touring in your own car whilst on "^m igj a
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    • 251 8 1030 As Spore; 1 pm-2 As Spore; 7.15 Organ. 7.30 Whaf« New; SINGAPORE 6.10 At Your Service: 6.55 News; Talk; 8.15 Quiz; 8.30 Concert; y m „n 7.15 Trio: 7.30 Journey from Jaw; 9.30 News; 9.45 Trio; 10 The NPu-| 3 -?s m rh™£ n Hin b% v Hiif Silence:
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  • FILM NEWS of the week
    • 820 9 Brian Croaier svos '"THE HOUSE OF WAX" A has already been briefly notic?rt In the news columns, but It deserves a few more words on thi* page, now that it is showing in Singapore. As many already know, "The House of Wax" is in
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    • 198 9 HERE if a telccrion «f filHlf now in circulation in Singaport or th« Federation. Three start mean* an outitandI ing frhn. two start bettor than average, one star good enfer- Jinmcnl i DREAMBOAT Clifton Webb skit on televition. j SON OF PALEFACE: Bob Hope bubbling over wirii gagt
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    • 347 9 Republic sign contract with Cathay OEPUBLIC Pictures x% Inc., makers of the world-famous picture "The Quiet Man", have signed an agreement with the Cathay Organisation to release* their pictures through the Cathay circuit of cinemas. The agreement follows lon e negotiations to flnd playing spa"c for some blg-scaie production brought
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    • 268 9 FRtE PASS /llJJjf.l.jlllifil 4,6.45, SUSPENDED Lm QiWlhrUli^ 'wuiMt &9^PM 1 1 So Dangerous. H I JENNIFER CHARLTON u^. v JONES HESTOK MALPEN 3ft Morning Tomorrow !t am "THE LAST OUTPOST" Show>: Sunday 9 a.m. "TKRRYTOONS" TODAY JL nA 1 1 V I PMOM M^Mi ~J~^^\J \A iT^~"^Y7 ROBERT TAYLOR AS
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    • 103 9 Kentner back from Hong Kong AFTER successful visits to Singapore and Penang, the world-famous pianist Louis Kentner went on to Hong Kong, but returned to Singapore yesterday for his series of recitals of Beethoven sonatas. Subscriptions for the series closed on Wednesday. Tickets for individual evenings at $7 each are
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    • 381 9 \iotr Showififj gifl/ptm Si^^^i^B r saAu I Beauties for his Museum s v^flk^B^^^^LtT CHAMBER OF HORRORS! WAKNEi BROS." ASTOUNDING FEATURE N.B The Polaroid -»p<-> i *>!«••. «ti,, mm m- worn to see the film will be rented at :*0 cent? plus a deposit of 50 rents which will be refunded
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  • COMMERCIAL NEWS & VIEWS
    • 340 10 Federation weaving works to be set up $3 million project for Johore Bahru $3 MILLION project for the setting up of a weaving and dyeing factory, probably in Johore Bahru early next year, is taking shape. Author of the plan which would be a step forward in the industrialisation of
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    • 51 10 INDONESIAN copra exports I*■ In March increased to 19.560 tons from 18.884 tons in February according to preliminary figures Issued by the Copra Foundation. All pxports came 1 from East Indonesia. Western Germany was the largest importer in March, taking 8.128 tons against 5,080 I In
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    • 332 10 TIN is taking an important place in the production of Coronation souvenirs and this is being illustrated in a small display exhibition in the windows of Malaya House, London. Arranged by the Tin Research Institute of the United Kingdom, the display shows that tin
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    • 119 10 THE main body of the 85 Hong Kong businessmen, who are to stage a trade exhibition at the Happy World. Singapore, early next month, arrived by air in Singapore on Monday. An exhibition office has I been set up at the Ritz Hotel, Bernam Street, Singapore,
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    • 261 10 CWKDKX now ranks second in the world in the export of office machines and is making a big effort in the Malayan market, said Mr. Lennart Schussler, assistant export manager of AB Atvidabergs Industrie!', of Stockholm who is now on a visit to the
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    • 141 10 MR. A. W. PERCY, director of the Shell Petroleum Co., Ltd., arrived from Britain by air last week-end for a short visit to the Shell Company of Singapore Ltd., and left by the Corfu on Wednesday to visit Shell installations at Hong Kong. Last year
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    • 84 10 HTHE biggest exhibition of A industrial machines ever sent abroad by the West Oerman Federal Republic opened at the Workers' Palace of Culture in Pekin on Monday. More than 800 tons of industrial apparatus is on display i ranging from cranes, lorries, textile and printing
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    • 139 10 Comet's first big flight anniversary rpHE 8.0.A.C. Comet which came and conquered at eight miles a minute eight miles high celebrates the first anniversary of its inaugural passenger flight tomorrow The inaugural flight on the London to Johannesburg route was on May 2 last year. It was followed by services
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    • 297 10 MR. KOH SIN HOCK. Federal Legislative Councillor and vice-pre-sident of the Penang Chinese Chamber of Commerce, started life as an articled clerk with the firm of Brown, Phillips and Stewart. In 1918, after two years as a bookkeeper with Eastern Ship pine, he turned to
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    • 236 10 k^lTl Acjfv'^' N. Vbangkow flrl^ 1 /^>iSjQ RANGOON rySPMOMPENH r »fidb£* V^^^l 60 1 I** PENANG Cl »NGOR -w T*rj/ SINGAPORI^Q A. —4? A»;«nfs: Singapore and Penjng w You can effectively COMBAT TOOTH DECAY Brushing after every meal with LISTERINE Tooth Pasce helps reduce tooth decay in 3 important ways!
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    • 793 10 OEUTI Marina engines VM Type ff^ r e v c r t i b I t and n** l -aTbjgJ_J_j^- reversible to. »J|/<Hnf ship, with or without K^^WWW super-charger. From 300 Q|'_ I I —1800 H.P. Marine Auxiliary Com JSitfum! pressor. Light and Pump */iffitir^^fffljJ-f.B ing sets on common base
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  • 419 11 SHARE PRICES EASIER ON VERY DULL MARKET RUBBER RISE CONTINUES cent above Wednesday's close. There was good trade buying and some short covering actitivlty which sent the price up in the morning but later it eased on profit taking. The close was easier. Closing prices yesterday were In cent* p«"
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  • 169 11 MELBOURNE, Thurs. j CHARES In producing gold companles nad a twoyant market on the Stock Exchange this afternocn. Morning Btar (Victoria) Jumped 2s. 9d. to provide the steepest gain. Bate metal shares united .-lightly against holders aud Industrials moved variably and narrowly. Bends again had a good market,
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  • 15 11 Tribute on tin-ore production received by Kesang Tin Ltd.. in April totalled $7,096.
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  • 103 11 NEW YORK, Thurs j-iN Wall Street yesterday the j technical rally continued to be aided by some further largely enI couraglng corporate news. The volume, however, was limited. Ga nwfre mostly fractional In the sfternoon trading showed Miitle. if any. inclination to expand bu' the market manaeed to
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  • 16 11 The price of tin in Singapore yesterday was declared at $360.25 a picul, unchanged.
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  • 30 11 Rubber reached 75 cents a pound in Singapore yesterday but later eased and closed at 73 3 r cents, for May first jrrade. This was one-eighth of a
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  • 62 11 rpHE property, buildings and 1 equipment in Malaya of Pan Tin have been iold for $50,000. The salp of the property was held up by the death of the purchaser but his son has now completed the purchase A special general meeting of Parl Tin -has been
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  • 46 11 MELBOURNE Thurs— Wool continued Its upward course In Adelaide tfdav ard the season's record price waa touched. Prices Kcnerally were firm to slightly dearer than yesterday. The strorneat buying came from the United Kingdom, the continent and Australian mills In th- 1 order.
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  • 215 11 OH. PS lying alongside the Slnga- pore Harbour Board wharves 01 expected today are:-Chusan 13, Chupra 4,5. Bradeverett C.P. Tyndareus 6 7. Benven- c 8 9. Tarttan 11. Glenearn 13 14, E.npire Halladale 15 16, Benmacdhul IS, Yamahlko Maru 19 20, Kampar K P.M. N.Wall 3 and 4.
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  • 62 11 Slntapore Chinese Produce F.\ rhanfe: Noon prices per ptcul were: Copra: weak: buyers $37 sellers $38. Coconut oil: $62 sellers, weak: Pepper: quiet, small business, unchanged: Muntok white $553. Sarawak $530. Lamp nut black $470. Lewis and Peat: Closing prices were: Copra: May. $37 buyers. $37', sellers; June
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  • 37 11 On the free exchange market In Hone Korg yesterday the U.S. JOilar «/a« quoted at 5.94>. for cash -nri 5.96 «-i for T.T. Sterling was quoted 15.68 and one tael of gold it 270 925.
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  • 225 12 MAST-HIGH VIEWPOINT OVER THE COLONY "fHESE superb pictures of Singapore and surrounding seascapes were taken by Mr. J. C. Dallow. Acting Director of the Telecommunications Department, Singapore. He climbed the new radio masts on Mount Faber to take the three upper pictures. The masts, shown below are probably the highest
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 338 12 23. Right Ue to begin with (4). Wails Times Crossword 24 a y rt ca°fi a (7 r met thU 26. A one-eyed affair (7). ~^J Lx-^-L vxwsl xAivxi i A bl 8 ch »P but a stone made iH §il 2 S Wk «SS 5 a difference to him
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  • MALAYA CUP ROUND-UP
    • 717 13 Singapore will win again Says SENTINEL AM V three matches "have been plnyed in the Malaya Cup competition so far, and the final is more than three months ahead, yet I have no hesitation in forecasting that Singapore will win for the fourth year in succession— -a feat never before
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    • 391 13  -  SENTINEL By THE first-ever cricket fixture between the Padang Clubs (S.C.C. and S.R.C.) and The Rest, which starts tomorrow, should barring the unwelcome intervention of rain provide grand cricket despite the fact that, on paper, The Rest appear much the stronger combination. The
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    • 357 13  -  TEOH ENG TATT By ON Sunday at Jalan Besar stadium the curtain rings down on the brightest and most talented school soccer season Singapore has seen for many a year, with the final of the S.A.F.A. youth tournament between Victoria School and St. Joseph's Institution.
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    • 360 13 By RALPH MODDER BOXING In Singapore is back in the doldrums after a short and hectic effort to get the ramp coins on a more-or-less permanent basis. Financiers have risked their bank balances some lost them completely— and I doubt whether there will be any more
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    • 259 13  - SELANGOR FACE A HARD TASK NG YOOK YOON By OELANGOR nave a hard; task against Perak in their cricket match onj the Kuala Lumpur padang tomorrow and Sunday. Perak have a! strong team th's season,! as shown by their I innings trrmncing of Penang during the Easter holidays. Selangor will
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    • 322 13  -  JACK BEAUMONT Selangor Turf Club row By rnHE time has come for the stewards of the Se!*nfor Turf Club to admit having made a mistake. They should rectify this by unreservedly and immediately withdrawing their ban on the suspended jockeys. By their action, the Selancor
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    • 167 13 Few horses sent for track work rpHERE was little activity on the training track at Kuala Lumpur yeaterday morning writes Epsom Jeep. Only a handiul of horses were sent out against the stopwatch. The rain soaked track is drying up rapidly. Trumpington n, who did not accept on the first
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    • 324 13  - i .1 M li > w/HILST I am no hub.scnb'.v io the view that goalke.pets should be wrapped in cotton »ooi', they are en. tiled to certain amount of protection by the laws After all, the goalKet per Is the last line oi uffence and. in my opinion, bears more
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    • 155 13 In all things... W&& Thai U whr, «H orer thr world i SOOTH'S is aecUimeJ ma the s »io»* •eacnriaj far every jrin drink. Far iv R :=j N J^^.l^^^" amoethaeaa, drrnr»», aulhrntie 1 j favour and perfect blrnding, the K| < i>t~*-^'' ru *""x* asnooi»mr win alway* RaL>.;. M
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  • 326 14 Racing crisis is worse after new bombshell' From EPSOM JEEP KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. A LL hopes of a happy ending to the racing crisis may have been shattered by the dramatic statement by Murray Brash, legal advisei of the Malayan Jockeys Association, hinting that the jockeys suspended by the Selangor
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  • 87 14 A 440 TRACK FOR YOUNG ATHLETES MR. Frank C. James (Prog. East) asked the Singapore City Council yesterday to provide a 440-yard running track at Farrer Park for young athletes. The Singapore sports stadium was still a big question mark, he said, and "saturation point" had been reached in schools,
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  • 94 14 KLINY CUP TENNIS OINGAPORE Chinese Recreation Club ard Malay Sports Association won their Kliny Cup tennis matches yesterday. S.C.R.C. beat the Young Men's Muslim Association by four matches to nil at the YMCA courts Resulrs SCRC players first > Sinfles: Ong Chew Bee beat All bin
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  • 75 14 Malay Sports Association beat Singapore Recreation Club by 4-0 in their Kliny Cup tennis matches at the M.S.A. Courts yesterday. Results (M.S.A. players first i Singles: H Khami* beat Or. B. Labrooy 6-4 6-0: Haji Jamil beat E Le Mercier 6-5, 4-6. 6-1. Doubles: K. Yadi and
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  • 43 14 The Young Men's Christian Association will meet Young Men's Muslim Association in the Kliny Cup tennis competition on the YMCA courts at 3.30 p.m. today. In the event of rain the tie will be played on Monday at 5.1 5 p..i.
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  • 44 14 The 12th anniversary of the Maxfli Badminton Party will be celebrated on Sunday ar the Hua Yu Villa. East Coast Road, Singapore. There will be land Sports and Indoor Games. Lunch will be provided. Mrs. Tay Bwee Leng will distribute the trophies.
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  • 58 14 The Singapore Swimming Club will hold its championship gala from 3.30 p.m. tomorrow. In the open 50 metres freestyle race for boys under 14 years Barry Lancaster will attempt to break Mis own S.A.S.A. record of 32.7 sec There is also an open 200 metres team
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  • 376 14 LONDON. Thursday. ONLY one league problem remains In English foot<f ball as a result of the matches played last night and taking into consideration games played previously. This is the championship of the First Division which rests between Preston North End and Arsenal. Preston,
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  • 118 14 Sports Letter pONCERNINO your descrlpv^ tion of the teams to 1 represent the Padang Clubs and the Rest, this is the very first time I have ever seen the umpires named amongst the respective members of the teams on the team sheets. Hitherto I had believed that umpires
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  • 93 14 T»AMIL B.A. scored a well deserved x 3-1 victory over R.N. (KranJD in a SAFA Dlv. 2 match at Geylang stadium yesterday They would have won by a wider margin had their forwards shot more accurately. Ramachandra opened scoring for TBA In the 10th minute
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  • 69 14 Johore Molek Socerltes beat Queen Street Boys' Club 6-3 in a soccer friendly at Farrer Park yesterday. Hashlm (2). Anwar (2). Bakar and Mahesa scored for the winners, and Thamby all ihree goals for Queen Street Boys. Boustead S.C. beat William Jack S.C. by 2
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  • 150 14 NEW Zealand's Alt-Blacks Rugby team will make the'.r first visit to Singapore when they play a representative XV fh the Colony tn October. The All-Blacks w;!i spend a day In Singapore on their way to Britain :'or their first visit to the United Kingdom
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  • 242 14 ./#*r>|»\ jnttinffs ARTHUR Ward, a topflight Australian jockey, has accepted an offer by Shaw's stable to ride in Malaya. He is expected to arrive in time for the Coronation meeting at Bukit Timah on May 23. Ward, a lightweight, rode Shaw stables' Great World in
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  • 103 14 TO stimulate more Interest In the game* the Singapore Table Tennis A.ssdMMs will show a 16 mm. film a^^^pd from Dunlop Rubber C^H BL which the two former worW^^ErnplqEV V Barna and M. SzamMHT are%*.jction. Singapore are preparing' a team fcr the forthcoming second Asian championships.
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  • 35 14 Aston AC beat Kallang Air Port S.C by 5-0 In a sorer friendly at Clerical Union ground on Thursday. Chee Seng (2), Chee Teng. Samv and Ec Khtn scored for the winners.
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  • 407 14 U'HiiHTs for Sat- urdav. last day of the Selanror Turf Ctab-s April May meeting: CL. 5. DIV. 1— Furs. I Marcus Aurellus 0.05 Tahiti 8.11 Flyllte 8.10 Paumora 8.08 Enjoyment 8.07 Air Port 8.0« Gay Ensign 1.05 Brilliant Marr B.OS Admiral 8.03 Oregon II 8.02 Brlradlcr 8.01
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  • 56 14 ROYAL Army Service Corps goalkeeper Fair leaps to hold a high ball as Mason, HMS Terror outside-left goes up for a header. On the left is Terror outside right Keeley. R.A.S.C won this United Services League division o-ne fixture at' Ayer Raja Road yesterday by three
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  • 357 14 A LTHOUGH Chinese Athletic registered tmlr fourth successive win in the SAFA Div. 1 in beating Amicable Athletic Association 2-0 at Jnlan Besar yesterday, the result might easily have been the other way. So close and sternly contested was the game that when Athletic
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  • 53 14 Results of United Services le?gue matches played yes'erday: Div. 1: RAF Changl beat Roy.M Engineers 2-1 at Changi; RAF Changl Lodgers beat R.A.F. Tengah 6-1 at Tengah: RAF Seletar Athenians beat RAF Soletar Corinthians 2-1 at Seletar. The Dlv. 2 game between RNA*". Sembawang and RAF Tengah at
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  • 63 14 The Seventh Company of the Singapore Boys Brigade trounced Second Company in the inter-com-pany soccer final on the padang yesterday. The score wa> 6-2. Choon Loon slammed in four goals and Ken Ngow and Cheng Peow one each for the winners. In the last few
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  • 151 14 LONDON, Thurs. THERE was a shock for the Australian touring foam at Worcester today when the c ?"ond day's play between the tourists .and Worcestershire was (ontinued. The county declared at 333 for 7 wickets and then Whitohead. the Yorkshire lad who has now aualiflpd for
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  • 168 14 f HINESE Athletic A' were held to a one-all draw by Haikowyu in a SAFA Div. 2 gameat BODCA ground yesterday. Athletic were in control from the kick-off and were all over Haikow yu for most of the first half but U ey could not acore
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  • 57 14 KUALA BELAIT. (Brunei), Thurs. —Amateur athletics here and "^-.e neirbv Serla area have been brought urder the contrcl of a central oreantsaMon for the first time by th» formation of a Belait District Amateur Athletic Association. First president of the new Association Is Mr. G. A.
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  • 45 14 The R.S.O.C Ladles' April Medal (Stroke) competition played on Tuesday resulted in a win tor Mrs. R.A.C. Cobley (33' 2 i in "A" Division. Mrs. O. S. Taylor (34-» in "B" Division and Mrs. J. B MacMlllan 1 37 1 in C" Division.
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  • 28 14 I«ve!l scored six goals for Bradavll S.C. who beat Serangoon MY. 7-0 in a S.A.F.A. Dlv. 3C match at CYMA ground yesterday. Hall scored one.
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 909 14 CLASSIFIED ADS. Continued from Pace 6> SITUATIONS VACANT JUNIOR Commercial artist required by Advertising Agency. Apply to Box No A7S4B. S.T. GENERAL Engineering Salesman required by Kuala Lumpur Brancn of old established European Import Firm Write Box A 1267. ST. XL. WANTED Female Stenographet by European Co. State qualification, experience,
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    • 888 14 TUITION SINGAPORE Motoring School. Expert Instruction by qualified European Instructors. Charges moderate. Modern cars supplied Office 34A. Raffles Quay, Phone 4138. ACCOUNTING: To pass LCC Professional Exams, study on 'modern lines. New classes May: by F Pereira, B Com B.Sc. (Ecom i Hons. (Lond). CYMA School of I Com 8.
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous
    • 51 14 SOCCER DIV. 1: Fathul Tvarib v Kilont Sajarah. Jalan Besar. OIV. 2: Tionn Bahru Hangers v Police S.A.. CYMA ground. DIV. 3A: Vounj Companions v Wondrrladv Geylanf. DIV. 3C: Bales tier I'nitrd v Cosmos B.C., MFA (round. BOXING SINGAPORE Army Trade School r W. Australian Youths, Set Soon. 8 P
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    • 30 14 SINGAPORE TIDES IOUAV Hlrtl 1227 hr* IB 01 »nd 2354 0. Low 05S7 ,0 31 aim Hit (3.21 i nMyakoH Hi^h 130& n*i: Low 06:i0 {OH »nr1 Ml <3 5)
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