The Straits Times, 6 June 1955

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    14 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845. SINGAPORE, MONDAY, JUNE 6, 1955 15 CENTS New**** 1
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    DETAINEES RIOT: 3 DIE
    266 1 DETAINEES RIOT 3 DIE Prisoners 'truculent* since Singapore disturbances crowd attacked warders hventeen hnjured Vice called in M IPOH, Sunday. 9 taincci died after they were fl t it the Ipoh detention camp ecled Communists* wen A i tpened fire ;is they were .-.i-es were seriously inA injuries. <H of
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    Lock icon LORRIES MASS TO BEAT THE STRIKE
    218 1 LORRIES MASS TO BEAT THE STRIKE Sir Anthony uses crisis power LONDON, Sun. TH E GOVERNMENT moved last night to requisition private lorries to carry badlyneeded coal during Britain's lengthening railway strike. It was the first major application of the government's emergency powers granted by the Queen. The lorries will
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    IT WAS PRESTON ALL AGAIN
    832 1  - IT WAS PRESTON ALL AGAIN LEE SIEW YEE By liHE Thomas Cup, symbol of world championship in i badminton, remains in Malaya for three more years Winning four out of last night's five matches in the Singapore Badminton Hali. the Malayan holders established the overwhelming winning margin of 8-1 over
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    Lock icon NEW HONOURS THE OLD
    71 1 tt Mm. The vt rtß Muind over !5 miles Ml MmI men of aircraft *rk Royal, •nice to U the- spot where she sank 14 years ago. The carrier will stop enfjines while the ship's chaplain conducts a short service on the fliKht dock. The old
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    THE CUP STAYS in MALAYA
    79 1 TH E CUP STAYS in MALAYA IT'S ALL OVER. Malaya have won the Thomas Cup for the third time in succession. Here is part of the reception the man who scored the winning pomt Ong Poh Lim was given immediately after beating Ole Jensen. This victory save Malaya a winning
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    Lock icon 'No atom danger'
    36 1 CHICAGO. Sun.— Dr. William Libby, a member of the American Atomic Energy Commls sion, told a university meeting here that nuclear test explosions did not constitute "any real hazard to immediate health." Reuter.
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    Lock icon Sea remedy
    24 1 NEW YORK. Sun. An American pharmaceutical manufacturer today claimed to have made a new seasickness rpm rly a mint flavoured chewing-gum.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon This may mean war—Nasser
    194 1 This may mean war Nasser TENSION RISES IN GAZA STRIP CAIRO, Sunday. THE Egyptian Prime Minister, Lieut. Col. Gamal Abdel Nasser, threatened "total war" this week if Israel attacked in the Gaza strip, it was reported here today. r The reports said Col. Nasser told Major Gen. Edson Burn^ Canadian
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    $20,000six days more to go
    55 1 $20,000six days more to go THE Malayan Monthly's 1 $20,000 Must-Be-Won Contest K closes on Saturday, June 11— SIX days from today. If you have not already done so, get your entry in as soon as possible. Post your coupon, with postal order, TODAY. Full details in MM for May
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    Lock icon 'PURPLE HEART' IS SENT BACK TO IKE
    127 1 NEW YORK, Sun—The parents of a bomber pilot who disappeared in Korea have returned his Purple Heart to President Eisenhower along with an angry note sayinp: -our son and his Communistheld comrades deserve more ■than medals." Mr. and Mrs. Ottley R. Coulter, of
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    Lock icon Chiang's protest
    26 1 TAIPEH. Sun. The Chinese Nationalist Government Is to protest to Egypt against its reported signing of a cultural co-operation agreement with Red China.— Reuter.
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    Thousands are hit by drought VILLAGE WELLS NEARLY DRY
    292 1 Thousands are hit by drought VILLAGE WELLS NEARLY DRY of villagers A in the rural districts of Singapore are feeling the effects of the past three weeks' drought. Little rain has fallen in that time and many wells are almost completely dried up. The city, supplied by reservoirs, has so
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    $5,000 S'PORE THEFT
    126 1 Burglars raided the pantry, too A FTER stealing about $5,000 worth of jewellery and A cash from a house at the 4th milestone. Serangoon Road, Singapore, yesterday, the thieves helped themselves to cakes and drinks from the pantry. Madam Wee Geok Neo, 66. the chief tenant, told
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    Dock strike threat by 20,000
    322 1 Dock strike threat by 20,000 T^EARLY 20,000 Singa--11 pore waterfront workers from 13 trade unions threaten to go on sympathy strike if the Government fails to settle the 38-day dispute between the Harbour Board and its Staff Association. The unions will today pre- sent a joint memorandum to the Chief
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    Lock icon Planter left $9,300
    33 1 LONDON, Sun.— Mr. Kenneth Douglas Paul, manager of Pengerang Estate, South johore, who was killed in a terrorist ambush last March, left an estate valued at £1,094, (about $9,300). Reuter.
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    STOP PRESS
    55 1 EDEN GETS A i.KWi: REPORT LONDON. Sun.— A grave report on Britain's strikehit industry was handed today to Prime Minister, Sir Anthony Eden, a few hours before he was due to broadcast on the nations rail stoppage. It was drawn up by Government experts who have been assessing
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    Lock icon 16,000 attack rebels
    385 2 BIG OFFENSIVE AGAINST HOA HAO IN VIETNAM SAIGON. Sun. THE South Vietnam National Army today launched a general offensive against rebel forces of the Hoa Hao sect. Army headquarters said 20 battalions comprising 16,000 troops had moved into action against the blackshirt private army under General Tran
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    Lock icon Malaya tops world in rabies war
    94 2 Malaya tops world in rabies war NEW YORK. Sun. MALAYA has shown tlie world how rabies can be controlled, a leading American medical research scientist declared here yesterday. Dr. Hillary Koprowski. assistant director of virus research !or Lederle Laboratories, said that the United States and most other countries lagged behind
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    Lock icon 208,000 settlers
    27 2 SAN FRANCISCO. Sun.— A total of 208.000 people emigrated to the United States in 1954, compared with 38.000 in 1945. the State Department announced. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Kashmir remembers a noble Briton
    109 2 SRINAGAR. Sun. A L st of the British missionary and educationist. Canon C. E. Tyndale Biscoe. was unveiled In Hadow Memorial School here yesterday by the Prime Minister of Kashmir. Mr. I Ghulam Mohammed. He said: "All progress in Kashmir can be traced back to
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    Lock icon 151 prisoners freed
    34 2 LA PAZ. Sun.— One hundred and fifty-one political prisoners jailed by Bolivia on charges of complicity in seditious acts have been freed. More political prisoners may be released next month. U.P.
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    Lock icon Ex-president held
    36 2 GUATEMALA CITY. Sun.— Guillerho Ovando Arriola. expresident of the Congress during the left-wing legime of President Jacobo Arbenz. was arrested today near Coatepeque. South-West Guatemala. He went into exile in Mexico last September.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon Nehru: Goa is India's, but we must not take it by force
    216 2 Nehru: Goa is India's, but we must not take it by force BOMBAY, Sunday. T*HE Prime Minister, Mr. Nehru, yesterday ruled out police or military action to force a Portuguese withdrawal from Goa when he spoke to 100,000 people at Poona, centre of agitation to oust the Portuguese. ".We have
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    Lock icon JET BANGS BLEW UP SHOW PLANS
    94 2 JET BANGS BLEW UP SHOW PLANS TORONTO, Sun. PLANS for three Sabre jets to break the sound barrier at the Canadian International Air Show were cancelled after complaints about broken windows during rehearsal flights. The Mayor of Toronto, Mr. Nathan Philipps, banned the supersonic bangs and refused a last-minute request
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    Lock icon SMACK ON THE CHEEK
    55 2 THE TUNISIAN Nationalist leader, Habib Boafguiba, gets an unexpected kiss from a follower as he leaves Paris by train for Marseilles, on his way back to Tunis. The leader who has been living in exile is returning borne after the French had agreed to hand over
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    Jacqueline took off her shoes and burst into song—backwards
    202 2 Jacqueline took off her shoes and burst into song— backwards RIO DE JANEIRO, Sunday. URENCH singer Jacqueline Francois took off her shoes and declined to face a studio audience as she sang the first of a series of concerts over the National Radio last night. Members of the studio audience
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    SANTIAGO AND THE FLATFOOTED COPS Oh, it was a merry anniversary
    336 2 SANTIAGO AND THE FLATFOOTED COPS Oh, it was a merry anniversary NEW YORK, Sun. CANTIAGO F. Martinez, a lorry driver, just wanted to get his wife a gift for their first wedding anniversary. They stepped into a shop on 48th Street near Sixth Avenue the heart of midManhattan— to buy
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    Medical talks
    30 2 f Prof<? ssor Ronald Hare of the London University will give two Tectures at the Department of Pathology, Singapore General Hospital, today and Wednesday at 8.15 p. m
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    Holiday over
    26 2 Lady Watt, wife of the Australian Commissioner, sir Alan Watt, returned to Singapore by n yes f terda >' a «er a holiday in Australia.
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    Lock icon A BIGAMIST — BECAUSE OF A COURT JUDGMENT
    116 2 A BIGAMIST BECAUSE OF A COURT JUDGMENT A SALZBURG, Sun. LABOURER became a bigamist all because of a complicated judgment in his divorce suit, a court here was told. The labourer, whose name was withheld by the court, had sued for divorce. The verdict was written in such complicated and
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    CHIEF BIG TREE IS HELD
    89 2 NEW YORK. Sun. John Big Tree, the Onondaga Indian chief whose nose adorns the American five cent piece is in trouble with the law Chief Big Tree was charged with driving while intoxicated Police said it was the first time the 79-year-old chief had been
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    20,000 OFF T FIGHT REBE 'ARMY OF GOD
    126 2 20,000 OFF T FIGHT REBE 'ARMY OF GOD French cabinet PARIS, Sun. THE GOVERNMENT has x ordered 20,000 more battle tested Ind o China veterans into Algeria to put down an insurgent "Army of God" uprising. In addition, the Cabinet authorised sending 12,000 coscripts last night, brin^ir France's total' forces
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    Lock icon TESTS FOR PRINCE
    152 2 TESTS FOR P RINCE To see if he is fit te 1 A TRIBUNAL ordered Prince a?5 A R«?POli. playboy member ofone 0 S? 0 1 noble families, to undent four mn2 :>^ tests to determine whether he £S*M his private fortune. His father SS** The tall 29-year-old Prince l
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    29 2 WASHINGTON President of the »w Mr. Eugene Biaci nnuncpd the British ec Cope, as r: d^partmer.' Europe. A:r; sia. Mr. Cope has bf- a tant d:r Reuter.
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    23 2 LONDON. Ba observed j innivtrsary I V 1 1 Lenin's comrade a stgned the feiUi J the Czar and Crcai Reuter.
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    Lock icon PEACE—BY THE DUKE
    160 3 veterans hear tale of sword that Uncle Louis L world's gangsters frey will get same ttitient as last lot' LONDON, Sunday. jnburgfa said here last night I was to have peace it was i;iko it clear to any budding era that they will get the same lot."
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    Lock icon Hawk attacks climbers
    41 3 BIELLA. Italian Alps. Sun.— Two Italian mountaineers. Qicvanni Ribott, 24. and Mario 24. were attacked by rioua hawk while climbing a mountain here. Tht> bird tore their clothes to shrecis and gashed cuts all ever their bodies. Reuter.
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    Lock icon 31 soldiers die
    29 3 BOGOTA. Sun— The Government of Columbia disclosed that 31 soldiers were killed in action during the campaign against guerrillas in Tolima .state, south-east of Bogota. AP
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    Lock icon EAT KILLS THE BRIDE
    50 3 A bride l I cued In b wedding procession after the ceremony. The bride, carried in a closed litter to the home of her 1" ;sband, was found dead by the bridegroom when he opened the litter. He followed the procession, by tradition, on horseback.— A.P.
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    Lock icon MENONSAYS: U.S. NO WARMONGER
    280 3 He'll meet Dulles on Formosa LONDON, Sunday. AIR. KRISHNA MENON, India's roving diplomat, said aTI here last night that the "conception of an area of peace in the world, not aligned to any of the power blocks, is now being more accepted." He told a meeting
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    Lock icon What Mr. Butler saw in Rome
    39 3 ROME. Sun. Mr. R. A. Butler. Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer, on a brief visit here, watched the shooting of several scenes of Gina Loilobrigida's n?w film "The world's most beautiful woman" yesterday.—Reuter.
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    36 3 TORONTO, Sun.— Canada's Defence Minister, Mr. Ralph Campney, told the Aviation Association convention here that inter-planetary travel and man-made satellites circling the earth "may not be so far distant as we now think." Reuter.
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    Lock icon CHINA IS HIT BY WORST DROUGHT IN 90 YEARS
    172 3 CHINA IS HIT BY WORST DROUGHT IN 90 YEARS HONG KONG, Sun. THE worst drought in 90 years has hit Kwanfftung Province, compelling Communist authorities to mobilise army units to assist peasants. Copies of Communist papers reaching Hong Kong reported that an additional 10,000 people were sent from Canton to
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    Lock icon To 1,800—dead in memory
    57 3 To 1,800— dead in memory BAYEUX. Sun. The Duke of Gloucester unveiled a memorial here today in memory of more than 1.800 Commonwealth men killed in the Normandy landings and the Allied sweep across France Irom June to August 1944. Some 850 relatives of the British dead were unable to
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    Lock icon SKIPPER GOES DOWN
    166 3 Refused to leave sinking ship ABERDEEN. Sun. Captain Marten Den lejer. 61--year-old skipper of the Dutch trailer Dolfinj, went down with his ship in the North Sea yesterday. First he saw his 15 crew safely transferred to another trawler, the Maria. Both ships were out of Scheveningen,
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    32 3 NEW YORK. Sun. Four people were killed yesterday when an car plunged through a bridge north of a central New York village and dropped into th? Black River.— A.P.
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    25 3 NEW YORK, Sun.— The 200--room newly renovated Ostend Resort Hotel at Atlantic City collapsed into a pile of blazing rubble early today.— A.P.
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    Lock icon £100 fine for causing death
    56 3 "NICOSIA, Sun.— A 26-year-old American, Thomas Clinton Griffiths, was yesterday fined £100 for causing the death of Squadron Leader Laurence Brown, RAF, in Nicosia on Jan. 21. Durine the preliminary inquiry it was said that Griffiths hit Brown after Brown had said: "Americans are .stupid."
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    Lock icon Polio vaccine $100,000 claim
    36 3 SAN FRANCISCO. Sun. Superior Judge A. J. Woolsey authorised the parents of a boy who contracted polio after inoculation with Salk vaccine to file a $100,000 damage suit against Cutter Laboratories. A.P.
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    Lock icon Synthetic still a challenge—newspaper
    172 3 Synthetic still a challenge newspaper LONDON. Sun. The Financial Times yesterday predicted that natural rubber will again find itself strongly challenged as soon as certain difficulties concerning synthetic rubber are overcome. .■Although at the beginning of the year there was a fall in the proportion of natural to synthetic rubber
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    Lock icon THE SILENT RAILWAYS Empty tracks... Crowded roads
    79 3 THE SILENT RAILWAYS Empty tracks Crowded roads THIS IS WHAT happens when an industrial nations railwaymen bo on strike. LEFT: Miles of empty track make a desolate picture at Clapham Junction. London, normally the busiest junction in the world. ABOVE: At Kingston bypass. Surrey, the queue of vehicles trying to
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    Lock icon Home again from Soviet prisons
    247 3 'SOME OF US ARE TRAITORS, KILLERS' WIENER NEUSTADT, Austria, Sunday. WEEPING, excited relatives stormed aboard a Soviet train on its arrival here today, carrying the first Austrian prisoners of war released by Russia under the Austrian State Treaty signed last month. Police had to restore
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    Lock icon DIM LIGHTS, SOFT MUSIC: 'DOCTOR'HELD
    77 3 DIM LIGHTS, SOFT MUSIC: 'DOCTOR'HELD MIAMI. Sun. Arrest of a 28-year-old fake doctor who collected fancy fees for treating young pretty women in an atmosphere of dim lights and soft music was reported today. Constable George Rogers identified the "doctor" as Milford J. Ellison. He was charged with practising medicine
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    37 3 TOKYO, Sun.— Brig. Gen. Benjamin O. Davis, first Negro General in the U.S. Air Force, was named Vice Commander of the 13th Air Force and Commander of Air Task Force 13 on Formosa. A.P.
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    Let's pull together, same way
    329 4 HAMMETT HANDS OUT PRAISE TO THE PEOPLES OF MALAYA WE HAVE A DEBT TO THE CHINESE MALACCA, Sun. »THE RESIDENT Commissioner o f Malacca, Mr. H. G. Hammett, said today that Malaya had many debts to acknowledge and one was to the Chinese of this
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    Mr. and Miss FILM STAR—and a CHAMP
    88 4 Mr. and Miss FILM STAR— and a CHAMP EI G II TE E N NEWSPAPERS and magazines in the Federation and Singapore nominated Maria Menado as "Miss Film Star 1955" and Ronani Noor as "Mr. Film Star 1955" at a beauty contest held at Johore Bahru on Saturday. i The
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    NOW—BOARDS OUT OF WASTE
    124 4 NOW— BOARDS OUT OF WASTE KUALA LUMPUR. Sun WASTE from Malayan sawmills can be converted into high-grade hardboard by a process developed in Sweden, it, was officially stated here today. A Swedish firm has carried out successful tests on samples sent by the Malayan Forest Department, the Government said. The
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    Chandu fine
    32 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Sun.— Hoe Poh Kee. a labourer, was fined $200 in the Sessions Court. Kluang. today for possession of H pellets of chandu dross and two chandu smoking pipes.
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    ALL AT ONE MEETING: IN AND OUT OF OFFICE
    99 4 KLANG. Sun.— Three officials elected at the annual meeting of the Klang Youns Malayan?" Club last night resigned soon after the meeting. They were the president. Mr. C. Gnaneswaran. the treasurer. Inche Kamaruddin Ismail, and the secretary. Mr. S. S. Tan.
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    Jailed for 16 months
    97 4 For savage attack JOHORE BAHRU. Sun. Chong Ng was at the Sessions Court here today jailed for 16 months for causing hurt to Tan Lie Hee. TV President told Chong the attack was a savage one. Tan told the court that on Feb. 12 when he
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    Driver fined
    22 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Sun. Yeoh Seng Watt who drove a car into a trisha and injured the rider was fined $25
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    This is the school I sent my son to
    238 4 This is the school I sent my son to SIR DONALD TELLS THE •OUTWARD SOUND' BOYS: LUMUT, Sun. fFHE High Commissioner, A Sir Donald MacGillivray, and the Director of Operations, Lieut.-Gen. 1 Sir Geoffrey Bourne, were so convinced of the usefulness of €>utward Bound school training that they sent their
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    Bicycle thief fined $100
    54 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Sun. Abdul Rahman bin Abubakar was fined $100 in the magistrate's court today for the theft of a bicycle on April 27. The bicycle was left on the five footway and on May 5 Abdul Rahman was found riding it. He said the owner
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    Cocktails at new service station
    45 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. -The Federal Town Planner. Mr. T. A. L. Concannon. today opened the* new StandardVacuum service station in Sungei Besi Road. More than 50 guests, including Municipal officials, wer^ later entertained at a cocktail party on the premises
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    STREET ROBBERS GET $200
    78 4 PENANG. £un. Two men accused a hotel clerk of being a bookmaker and then robbed him of $200 in Muntri Street late last night. Eh Ghee Huat was walking hom# with his wife when two men stopped him. They accused him of belr.e a bookmaker and
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    SENIOR GOVT. MEN: WE ARE LOYA
    201 4 SENIOR GOVT. MEN: WE ARE LOYA gENIOR Asian Gove*^ J assured the High Commi OlriCe I > Gillivray, of their* aSSSg^.tffl service. 1( >yalt y The pledge was made at th. Senior Asian Government op v annu^. Sir Donald and Lady MacGU? 4 rs m The President of the Assoda-
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    20,000 to hold Protest rally
    31 4 20,000 to hold Protest rally ftraß ripality hln uKthf f Th «rsd a y A"* debate The squats, he ™mp,n ytk) i r 22 i to,, )o« '^H "•at thereat,' municipality.
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    OCPD to on leave
    41 4 OCPD to on leave on leave K^ALA SELttGOR TheOCPDfcaaVw W. F. K will leave for Baton on home leave. Mr. Kearnev ju; > for three years, fr™ trie police dbhki i Bcrnam Seiansor by Pery. awarded the sezm torious Service JWii i
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    Tapper ha cooked ric
    30 4 •JOHORE BAH?;B Tan Ah Ter. a .-jrH was fined S-iC" Court. Pont:... fl cooked rice in a food prcr.::!"?: ifl In default I serve four m
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    THIS RULE 'KEEPS TIN IN GROUND'
    349 5 Mining chief protests against filling prospecting excavations Govt. urged to plan ahead oh ore extraction Govt. should help solve tin problems KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. jTN miners in certain states are allowed to prospect only if they fill and level excavations the annual general meeting
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    MAN OF 75 LOSES HIS LIFE FOR 22 CENTS
    94 5 MAN OF 75 LOSES HIS LIFE FOR 22 CENTS PENANG, Sun. LIM CHOOI MM. 75. an inmate of the Penang Home for the Aged lost his life yesterday because of 22 cents. After alighting from a municipal bus in front of the home in Batu Lanchang he suddenly remembered he
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    SIR GEORGE versus 20 AT CHESS
    77 5 SIR GEORGE versus 20 AT CHESS Sir George Thomas, donor of the Thomas Cup for badminton, will take part in a simultaneous chess competition against probably 20 schoolboys and undergraduates at the University of Malaya on Wednesday at 8 p.m. Sir George has represented Britain in chess tournaments I regularly
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    Strike hits cinema
    116 5 Strike hits cinema 2 SHOWS WERE CANCELLED EMPLOYEES of Singapore's Taj Cinema theatre yesterday walked out in a lightning strike. The 3.15 p. m. and 6.15 p. m. shows had to be cancelled. A threatened strike was averted when the management of the theatre agreed to 30 per cent wage
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    New officials of union
    65 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. Inche Ujang bin Ishak, secretary of the 1,000-strong Selangor Transport Workers Union. called on delegates attending the union's annual meeting today to launch a drive for bigger membership. Inche Maarif bin Sadikin was elected president. I Other officials are: Hussein Ja'afar (vice-president 1.
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    Six-month stay
    24 5 The International Labour Organisation expert, who is expected in Singapore next month, will remain here for six months, a Government spokesman yesterday.
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    MANYAM: LAST RITES
    115 5 000 attend labour leader s funeral MR. S. S. MANYAM. president of the Singapore Labour Party who died on Saturday, was buried at the Bidadari Catholic cemetery yesterday. About 500 people attended the funeral. Trade unionists city Councillors and Legislative Assemblymen were among those at the funeral.
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      601 5 RADIO MALAYA Company. 10.00 Musicale. 10.30— 11.00 Jose Daroya And His Band. Piocrammes thus marked can be received by listeners in Malacca, j L^^ty^TV^V^^l 1 Short wave 49 62m. Medium wave I Bifi-4 '-il I JI K1 I 476 m 343 366 m. and 297 m i A M LVtHfcMHflHHfl
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    DEATH
    26 6 21/ Wnrits >/« i minimum). QOH CHAN THUAN, JOHN, I away on 4.(> 55. age 63. i Roaci I 4 p.m. on ti.ci. 55 (or Bld.x
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    28 6 M Ut.rd- .</« (minimum). MR ANDSIRS. A. V. M.the.-an th*:.k all friends and relative! l ,c glfte, congratulatory nd kind attendance a; t eddinj; on 28th May 1955.
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    IN MEMORIAM
    24 6 M,.,,(, $U mm.mum). IN EVER LOVING MEMORY Of Chow Teck. who j Will always be remembered by Ills beloved v nd children.
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Mon. June 6, 1955. The Greedy Groups
    531 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Mon. June 6, 1955. The Greedy Groups The aggressive solidarity that the UMN.O.-M.C.A. Alliance has shown these past few years is being threatened by a strong body of opinion within U.M.N.O. which is not at all disposed to sharing political power with its allies. This dissenting
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    South Of The Khyber
    411 6 South Of The Khyber The number of would-be mediators in international disputes is a sign of the times, a recognition that lesser incidents are inadmissable in an age of hydrogen bombs. Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Iraq have all offered to restore peace between Pakistan and Afghanistan, and Saudi Arabia
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    Build Houses For Rent
    292 6 Passage by the Federal Legislative Council of a Bill amending the Municipal Ordinance gives municipalities in the Federation power to declare certain parts of their towns "insanitary areas" and give orders that they should be cleared. The public would be mistaken, however, if it supposed that
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      Hostel food 'not worth the money'
      122 6 Hostel food not worth the money' ATELY there have been reports about nurses in the General Hospital complaining that the food served is of inferior quality. I support the comments made by a staff nurse. The food provided to these unfortunate nurses Is indeed poor. At times It is quite
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      They're not opposed to Islam
      226 6 They're not opposed to Islam "PERSIAN workers wreck 'anti-Islam' centre" was the heading of a picture in which Persian masons were shown destroying the Bahai temple. Bahai temples in all parts of the world are open to people of all religions, and are used as a platform to bring people
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      UNIFORMS IN SCHOOL
      176 6 ON May 27 you reported that an unofficial member of the Rural Board alleged that "there is something going on" in a Bedok school because parents are being forced to buy expensive uniform for their children. I am told that a change of uniform took place this
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      ELECTRICITY BILLS
      68 6 TH E Central Electricity Board, Ipoh, sends no reminders notifying people that their supplies will be cut off if they do not pay their electricity bills, except to European consumers. The latter are given 48 hours. When the bill and the reconnection fee of $3 are paid the
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      Afraid to complain
      96 6 T agree with "Staff Nurse". The nurses at the Tan Tock Seng Hospital, too. have much to complain of but they are afraid that a black mark will be put against their name if they do so. From what I hear, the meals supplied are not worth
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    Turnover tax hits Vietnam firms
    233 6 M. clans aft; finding it increasingly hard to carry on in North Vietnam. Many have been driven out by the method of collecting the turnover tax. The authorities do not at first demand > an exorbitant sum, but Instead have been asking firms to "pay
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    Dual nationality pact a triumph for Peking
    839 6  -  WALTER BRIGGS By HONG KONG. TN their recent dual 1 nationality treaty, Red China may have surrendered a traditional Chinese claim -to allegiance of all kinsmen abroad, but Indonesia surrendered more by conceding a primacy of blood over birthplace. This is the interpretation
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    The riot have changed the city
    470 6 The riot have changed the city MAY 12 was not merely the day when an ugly riot broke out in Singapore. It was, in its relatively small way, a revolution, which my dictionary defines as "an instance of a great change in affairs." Things are not the same now as
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    NO POLITICS' BAR FOR STUDENTS
    242 7 I of no—today's big meeting on Chinese schools will decide gTUDEXTS should be forbidden by law from joining any political party. This would eive hem more time for their studies. This is one of seven proposals, whose inclusion in memorandum to the All-Party Committee investiatinp;
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    will be big elcome
    19 7 will be big elcome IJ0DDINS g0SG V i at r ma'tin.u r U 1 1 l- has Malay -pdaka."
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    BODY ON RAILS: NO CLUE
    180 7 BODY ON RAILS: NO CLUE AFTER reporting a fatal accident at the Sepoy Lines police station, Singapore on Friday night, a Pakistani lorry driver. Maihideen Filial Mohamed. 36, disappeared. His body was tound at 4.15 a.m. the next day on the railway track opposite the Nanyang Shoe Factory at Bukit
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    Magicians to aid nuns
    35 7 Members of the Internationa] Brotherhood of Magicians, Singapore Ring 115, will stage a one-night performance in aid of the Franciscans Nuns. Venue and date of the show will be decided later.
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    Queen's birthday parade
    41 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. Police Home Guard and military units will take part in a Queen's birthday parade at Majedee Barracks, Johore, on Thursday. Planes ot No. 1911 flight. 656 A.O.P. and Light Liaison Squadron. R.A.F.. will fly past.
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    S DIAMOND JUBILEE
    45 7 relewith from B science and art display. The week's programme will include sporting fixtures between the present and past students of the school a oneact play "The Dear Departed" on Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, and an old boys reunion dinner on Thursday.
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    CAKE AND WINE FOR BRIDE
    50 7 MR WILLIAM PERREAU feeds his bride. Miss Edna Nunis. "unle were married at St. Joseph's Church. Kuala Lumi;_ c Tsterday The groom is attached to the Public Works S£»ar7ment .A "Cake and Wine" reception was later held at {he sStul Works Recreation Club.-Straito Times picture
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    Man killed. in accident
    42 7 Man killed in accident Goh Tong Lip. 38. was killed instantaneously after being involved an accident with a car at Mandai Road, Singapore, last night. Goh. a pedestrian, had a fractured skull. The traffic police are appealing for witnesses of the accident.
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    Workers boycott strike-bound firms
    164 7 A SINGAPORE lighterage firm another company whose goods the firm handles are being boycotted by workers because a strike by 56 lightermen still remains unsettled after four months. The 56 lightermen, employed by Swee Hin Company, stopped work four months ago and all negotiations, Including efforts
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    Three are ordained deacons
    46 7 THKEE ASIANS WERE MADE deacons during morning service at St. Andrew's Cathedral, Singapore, yesterday. Shown here with the Bishop, the Rt. Rev. H. W. Baines, they are (left to right): K. Jambunathan. T. O. Lav, and Chhoa Heng Sze. Straits Times picture.
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    We're not out for seats, he says
    215 7 WHY MIC JOINED THE ALLIANCE PENANG, Sunday. THE Malayan Indian Congress did not join the UMNO-MCA Alliance to get seats in the Federal Legislative Council, Mr. A. Balakrishnan, President of the Penang and Province Wellesley branch of the MIC, declared today. He told
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    Missile man on way to Britain
    103 7 Missile man on way to Britain riXPERrMENTS in guided Su missiles at Woomera in the Central Australian desert, were most important for the defence ol the free world, the Australian Minister for Supply, Mr. Howard Beale. said in Singapore yesterday. Mr. Beale. who is responsible for Australia's guided missile development
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    Club picnic
    18 7 The Singapore Improvement Trust Sports Club held a picnic at the Istana Ayer Gumuroh, Changi. yesterday.
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    Hong Fatt makes less profit
    152 7 Hong Fatt makes less profit KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. fTHE HONG FATT (Sungei Besi) Tin Mine made a profit of $777,219 last year, compared with $905,983 the previous year. The chairman of the company, Mr. W. T. Dunne, explained at the annual meeting of the company last night that this fall
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    THEY WILL PROTEST AT QUIT NOTICE
    123 7 A delegation from Seletar, Including Mr. M. P. D. Nair. assemblyman for the division, will call on the Minister for Local Government, Lands and Housing. Mr. Abdul Hamid bin Jumat. at his office at 2.36 p.m. today. They will discuss the quit notices given
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    CANDIDATES TO FIND $1,000 EACH
    131 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Sunday. ALLIANCE candidates contesting the Federal elec- tions on July 27 will each have to pay his own $500 deposit and print his own posters and personal manifestoes, which will also cost another $500 The Alliance will raise $5,000 in each constituency to
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    MORE CASH SOUGHT FOR BLIND
    247 7 MORE CASH SOUGHT FOR BLIND Handicapped girl a steho KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. THE Malayan Association for the Blind is to ask the Social and Welfare Services Board for more money. The chairman of the association, Inche Mustapha Albakri, said at today's annual meeting that work last year had to be
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    Murdered planter is buried
    100 7 Murdered planter is buried MALACCA, Sun. rE Resident Commissioner. Mr. H. G. Hammett, Government officials and planters attended the funeral of Mr. B. L. H. Sheppard, a planter who was killed in a terrorist ambush yesterday. The funeral took place at Serenglt Catholic cemetery after a service in St. Francis'
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    TRADE FAIR OPENS FRIDAY
    79 7 Goods manufactured by 39 Hong Kong firms will be exhibited at a trade fair In the Happy World. Singapore, from June 10 to 26 There will be 200 stalls. The fair is being organised by the Hong Kong Manufac- .turers' Union. The Chief Minister. Mr David
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    New officials of actors' union
    60 7 New officials of the Persama Artistes' Union, Malaya, are: President, Mr. P. Ramlee; vicepresident, Mr Jaffar bin Abdullah; secretary, Mr. Salleh Ghani; assistant secretary, Mr. Rahaizad; treasurer, Mrs. Musalmah Kamsani; assistant treasurer, Mr. Ahmad Kamel. Committee members: Messrs. Van Poh Kai, Jamil Sulong, Tan Cho
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      186 7 No insect can eat a metal window No termite, no fungus can destroy it Torrid heat, damp and rain; sand storm, snow storm and arctic cold cannot damage it. That is why you find Williams Williams metal windows doing an equally good job in Malaya and Canada, in India and
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      160 7 The weather MINIMUM TEMPERATURE: (7.30 pjn. on June 4 to 7.30 a.m on June 6): Singapore 77 degrees. Penang 72, Kota Bahru 75. Kuala Lumpur 74. Ipoh 74, Kuantan 76. MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE: (7.30 a.m. to 7.30 p.m. on June 5): Singapore 90 degrees, Penang 91. Kota Bahru 90, Kuala Lumpur
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    Replanting: smallholders must look to the future
    996 8 IT has recently been stated in the vernacular Press that Malay economy has deteriorated owing to the drop in the prices of padi and rubber and that the replanting scheme has also affected the livelihood of Malay smallholders. As regards the first, tthe
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    'EVILS' DO NOT EXIST
    124 8 rE Labour Party, wherever it may be. is the counterpart of the Labour Party of Britain, for it follows the same policy as the latter. It is high time that it changed its policy and followed the Conservatives, for I am convinced that under a Conservative
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    Malaya and Britain
    70 8 I AM told by those who are supposed to know that the unrest and strikes in this city are due to the victory of the Labour Front in the recent election. In Britain the Labour Party was defeated, and today that country is confronted with an industrial
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    Let the old hands help
    100 8 I AM surprised to read about the fear of the Government employees about victimisation if they take an active part in the Whitley Council. It is time they got some spirited ex Government employees to join on the Whitley Council for discussion. Pensioners are also
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    BRIDGE:
    250 8  -  KENNETH KONSTAM by MANY readers have asked me what is the best lead against a No-Trump contract when no obvious solution exists. The old whist maxim of "fourth highest of a player'.s longest suit" is still a rule worth following when in doubt, and the lead of a short
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      314 8 A FINE RECORD 107 years of insurance service A with-profit endowment assurance policy taken out in Malaya with the "Prudential" in 1931 for an original sum insured of $10,000 and kept in full force is now worth $13,340. BONUS was added for all the war years, and all war claims
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      322 8 Straits Times Crossword il2 I |3 T" r iT" "™1 9 i* is m t6 >r •8 9 2' 22 25 24 I 1^ ill k^ t8 "29" ACROSS of him" (Julius Caesar) (5). 1. Mineral found in hospital 8. Choice made by elections (9) u s?°S lds <4) t
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      Lock icon Prison turned a boxer into 'King of the Killers'
      1817 9 Prison turned a boxer into 'King of the Killers' TWENTY-three years ago, a thin, sharpfaced little man with a receding hairline and a shifty manner stepped out of the front tfates of the Maryland State Penitentiary. He had served 12 years, but his eyes revealed ho was no ordinary "ex-con."
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      207 9 seethe 1955 VAUXHALLS n««r.M' '^-^i iili'Tr'tßir riwi These brilliant new Vauxhalls an now on display at Orchard Motors SINGAPORE ft KUALA LUMPUR ■VOCKNTtD CLSCWMCm IN TMC FCOCIWTION v HOMNCO MOTOOI LTD. ANO IN BORNEO By BOPINeo MOTORS iTO. AND SOMNCO COMPANY LTD oo' lSe fid« rlCe (amelia^l SOLUBLE SANITARY TOWELS
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      202 9 Shertack Haitnes Feets victimised f m HOLMES 1 P... AND TUEW OWE MOBNIN6, AAR. \J fME DIP 3UT I STILL FEB./ I PEEL THAT S— MY UAME \S HOLMES. fIOSS AW TUE LEAGUE I THAT I HAVE BEEN 1 XXI HAVE, J JABEZ WILSOW.'IOWKUBOOK- HAP PISAPP64BEP j \VICTIAAIZED j~<rf V
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      1171 10 EAST ASIATIC LINE SAILINGS TO CONTINENT/SCANDINAVIA Far Aden, Port Said, Ganaa. Antwerp. Rottordam, Hamburg, Copenhagen, Gothenb-rg ft Oslo Spore S'hom Penong x) "SELANDIA" In Port 8/ 8 June V" I*'"1 "MALACCA" 3/ S Jury 4/ 6 J-ly 7/7 July 20/24 July 2S/24 July 27/28 July x) Calls Beyrouth, London (passengers
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      575 10 "CAUSTER cf^., B CITY OF BROOKLYN v 17/21 inn* 24/JSJun. i^^ H Aw 'CITY OF PERTH IJuBI '">*,„ t^HliH Spore P. Shorn p i4/i» July jo/ji j U J ,?rr n I CITY OF POONA V lM 2 V v July r C *lTity» I Call* Hull. h<l S'Pt J»
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  • AYAN SHARE MARKET REVIEW
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      ightly higher price levels bring sales
      646 11 11V 011 l M AII Kt.T lOIIIIISIMMNM THE Singapore Share Market last week held steady— but only just— and it is very apparent that any set-bacK in the precarious political situation or back-peddhng by the Singapore Government would make itself felt again in no
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      WIEND NOUNCED
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      a meet be held Ceylon
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      Burmese will encourage investment
      103 11 RANGOON, Sat— The Burmese Government hopes to attract foreign Investors In order to step up industrialisation of Burma, It is learned from official sources. Sources say th e Government intends to guarantee that no industry set up by foreign firms will be nationalised for at least
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      INDONESIAN PEPPER RISE
      83 11 JAKARTA, Sat.— Pepper prices on the Indonesian market showed a sudden increase in the last few days as the firmer tone of the Singapore market caused anxiety among pepper traders. The increase of prices wa s mainly caused by local buyers, who hurriedly expanded their stock In
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      EXCHANGE RATES
      104 11 The Malayan Exchange Banks Association made the following changes in its rates to merchants on 3aturday: London selling. T.T. or O.D 2 4 132; buying, airmail T.T. 2,4 5 32, O.D. 2 4 3 16. 30 d.st. 2 4 5 16, 45 dst 2 4 3 8. 60
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      SUNGEI BIDOR
      14 11 Sungel Bidor Tin Dredging Ltd.'s May tin ore output was 579 piculs.
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    RUSSIA BUYING RUBBER
    609 11 COMMODITIES AFTER several weeks of near stalemate the Singapore Rubber Market sprang to life again last week and on Saturday morning business took place up to 97 cents. The rise in price was due to short covering of rubber for prompt shipment and overseas interest by Britain.
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    BUSINESS DONE
    359 11 THE following business done in the Singapore Share Market last week was announced by one firm of brokers for the period May 28 to June 3:— INDUSTRIALS: Alexandra Brick Ords. $2.25. C.T.S. 30s. 6d and 30s. 9d Praser Neave Ords. $i.75, Gammons M.70. wd «.61» to S2 70
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      747 11 NOTICES SITUATION VACANT COLONY OF NORTH BORNEO One Boiler and Smithy Shop Foreman for North Borneo Railways. Salarf will be in the scale Malayan $312 x 18 420 per mensem, the initial salary being determined according to qualifications and experience. In addition to salary a cost of living allowance is
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      578 11 NOTICES NOTICE CITY COUNCIL WATER DEFT. Water Supply Essential work to be carried out at Waterworks in Johore will cause a general reduction of Water Pressure throughout Singapore Island on Tuesday. June 7th and Wednesday, June Bth. Consumers are advised to store water for use during this period. NOTICE LIM
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      518 11 TENDERS TENDER NOTICE TENDERS are Invited for supply of Textiles for Medical Department, Johore. for 1955. Apply Principal Medical Officer, Johore, for particulars. TENDERS TENDERS are invited for the supply of cooked meals to Police personnel attached to Federal S.C. Depot, Tanjong Xllng; Malacca for the 2nd. half year of
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      391 11 TENDERS P.W.D. TENDER NOTICE TENDERS from Contractors Class E' fc above will be received by the Executive Engineer, South Perak. Tapah. up to 3 pjn. on Bth June, 1955, for the Construction of— ia» One Block of 2 Units Class H' Quarters at Tapah; (b) Three Blocks of 2 Units
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    SMOOTH, METHODICAL PERSIDJA GAIN SECOND COLONY VICTORY Sino-Malays outplayed 3-0
    535 12 SMOOTH, METHODICAL PERSIDJA GAIN SECOND COLONY VICTORY Sino-Malays outplayed 3-0 Chee Seng's timing was off again Persidja 3; Sino-Malays 0. DERSIDJA, Djakarta's champion team who opened their Singapore visit with a 5-1 victory over Combined Services on Friday, yesterday settled Singapore Sino-Malays 3-0 at Jalan Besar stadium. An enthusiastic Sunday
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    Services (S) find form in 2nd half
    226 12 KLUANG. Sun. pOMBINED Services Singapore recovered from a poor start to rout Johore 5-2 in their Malaya Cup soccer fixture played here today. Services were the only team to score In the iirst half when, midway throimh. a iob by Wilson was deflected
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    Lock icon May to lead Test team
    90 12 LONDON, Sun. LEN HUTTON, England's cricket captain withdrew from consideration for England.; team for the first Ted match against South Africa starting at Trent Bridge. Nottingham, next Thursday. Peter May will captain the team which :s P. B. H. May (Surrey). Trevor Bailcv <Essex). R.
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    TODAY'S SOCCER
    20 12 The visiting soccer team. Porsidia. will meet a Singapore 'A' team at lalan Besar at 5.15 p.m. today.
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    ARMY TAKE OVER LEAD AS S.C.C. ARE HELD TO DRAW
    671 12 SINGAPORE Cricket Club lost their lead in the senior cricket tournament when they could not force a decision against Ceylon Sports Club on 'the padang yesterday. This lapse gave Army their chance and their five-wicket victory over the Royal Air
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    The senior Scoreboard
    904 12 SCO v CSC Singapore Crlrket Club and Ceylon Sports Club drew on the padangSINGAPORE CRICKET CLUB Sheppard b Nagaiah 21 Arkell lbw Nagaiah 6 Armitage lbw de Kretser Barker c Nagaiah bde Kretser 3 Kirkham c Rajendram b Param 83 Woodhouse run out 36 Price c Yogarajah
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    Selangor win by innings
    153 12 MALACCA, Sun. QELANGOR dismissed MaO lacca for 80 and 88 before the tea Interval today to score an innings and 45 runs win in their Inter-state cricket match on the Malacca Club ground. Yesterday, the Selangor batsmen had totalled 213 Malacca, who lost three wickets for
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    KINGDOM'S 78 BEST
    350 12 A GALLANT undefeated 78 by Sgt. Kingdom was just one run short of saving R.A.F. Changi "B" from defeat against Wanderers In the most exciting finish of yesterday's S.C.A. junior tournament matches. Kingdom had seen the Changi total rise to 166 runs, just a run behind the
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    Moncrieff and Wong clock best times
    464 12 J. N. K. MONCRIEFF, in hi:: Cooper 1,098 cc, won the Fastest Time of the day award at the Singapore Motor Club's Bukit Batok Hill Climb yesterday. Moncrieff returned 42.22 seconds in the racing cars unlimited event beating th* course record set up by
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    Lock icon APPLEYARD ROUTS SURREY
    452 13 Titmus makes Test claim with 5 for 11 He takes 7-29 and champs out for 85 LONDON, Sun. FIRST round in the eagerly awaited clash between Surrey, the only side with a hundred per cent record, and Yorkshire, their closest rivals, has gone to Yorkshire. Bob Appleyard.
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    Donnelly is champion at KL meet
    165 13  - Donnelly is champion at KL meet EPSOM JEEP By MICKEY DONNELLY, one of the three remaining prewar jockeys on the active list, was in top riding form at the Selangor Turf Club May-June Meeting. He was champion jockey with sevtn winners, three seconds and a third. Bob Franklin had a
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