The Straits Times, 15 June 1955

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  • 12 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845. SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15, 1955 15 CENTS
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  • 398 1 #ob coercion' stops taxis running IttfnMnr ORS WARNED: ACID ATTACKS itimidation which the Singapore Government described coercion* 1 yesterday swept the Colony. his. nearly 3,000 workers returned to work out of i n strike on Monday. •_!..",<>< workers ;it U\ establishments went out on strike TALKS
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  • 271 1 Negotiations on SHB strike end in deadlock VEGOTIATIONS be k tween the Singapore Harbour Board and the S.H.B. Staff Association on three outstanding claims again ended in a deadlock yesterday. The Board representatives ottered to go to arbitration after three hours of bargaining had failed to settle a single issue.
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  • 60 1 A 40-minute electrical blackout in a big area of East Coast Road in Singapore last night caused nervous residents to ring up the Straits Times office Inquiring: "Has this anything to do with the strike?" The trouble, however, was due to a technical fault, which occurred at 7.17
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  • 54 1 LONDON, Tues. Mr. Con j O'Neill, newly-appointed British Charge D'Affaires in Pek- ing, will leave London by air to take up his post on June 26. the Foreign Office announced today. He will fly to- Hong Kong, i where he will take a train for!
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  • 156 1 PENANG, Tues. Mr. Fong Swee Hong, a teacher in a Chinese school, yesterday withdrew his application for a marriage licence after a former dance hostess had entered a caveat to stop the wedding. Mr Fong was to have married Miss Lee Swee Goh, 23, at '-he
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  • 41 1 THE HARD WAY HOME— for THE CITY WORKERS IT'S "HOME BY LORRY" for many Singapore eit.v workers yesterday. Witft taxis driven ofl the streets by intimidation, lorries with improvised plank seats did roaring business taking home office workers. Straits Times picture.
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  • 159 1 CONFIDENT BURHANUDDIN IS BACK WHEN Dr. Burhanuddin Al-Helmy, former leader of Malay Nationalist Party, returned from Medan, (Sumatra), yesterday he said he was determined to work for the independence of the Malayan oeoDle About 100 jubilant and cheering Malays greeted the smiling Dr. Burhanuddin when he
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  • 62 1 Rise is checked Rubber fell by -U cents in price in Singapore yesterday, closing at $1.04 i per lb. This was the first time for a week that the rise in price had been checked. However, the turnover was very large again yesterday with active speculative buying and selling.
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  • 30 1 CAIRO, Tues Siamese Premier Pibul Songgram said here trday that "whereas the peoples of the free world do not want war, the Communists do not want peace." Reuter.
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  • 140 1 BRITAIN'S RAIL STRIKE IS OVER LONDON, Tues. THE organisers of Bri- tain's rail strike decided tonight to call off the stoppage. The strike, called by the Associated Society of Railway Engineers and Firemen, was tiie worst in British rail his--1 tory. It hadj»lasted 17 days. The stoppage was called off
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  • 39 1 NEW YORK. Tues.— George Jean Nathan, veteran drama critic, and actress Julie Haydon will marry at sea next Monday during a voyage to Latin America. Miss Haydon is 44. and Nathan 72.— AP
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  • 48 1 NEW YORK. Tues— The Japanese film. "Gate of Hell," has completed its 26th week at the Guild Theatre and joined the select group of pictures that ran over six months in New York. Only five foreign language films have achieved this length of run. AP.
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  • 34 1 WELLINGTON. Tues. Sir Edmund Hillary, conqueror of Everest, today cabled from South Africa his acceptance of leadership of the New Zealand party joining the Commonwealth expedition to cross the Antarctic next year
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  • 34 1 Pek Boon Yam, 25, a driving instructor, was admitted to the General Hospital in a critical condition after being attacked and stabbed by six men in Cross Street. Singapore, early this morning.
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  • 29 1 A man was arrested outside the Nestles Products Ltd. go* down in Trafalgar Street when 30 strikers demonstrated against the moving out of three van-loads of goods.
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  • 35 1 The Singapore Government yesterday declared the birthdays of the Prophet Mohamed and Lord Buddha (Vesak Day) as public holidays instead of fhe first day of the August Bank holidays and Whitsuntide.
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  • 28 1 BONN. Tues. A Swiss couple from Berne are showing at a fair near here an electrical gadget which creases trou-sers while they are being worn.— Reuter.
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  • 320 1 RED PAPERS? GUILTY, SAYS UNIONIST But judge rejects his plea I OH WAH LIM, 19, one of the five men detained under the Emergency Regulations last Saturday, pleaded guilty in the Singapore First Criminal District Court yesterday to charges of having terrorist documents and copies of a prohibited publication. But
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  • 53 1 Business as usual RACING will carry on as scheduled at Bukit Timah today. The first race will be at 2 p.m. with half an hour interval between races. The day's racing will finish soon after 5 p.m. This was decided at a special meeting of the Singapore Turf Club
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  • 21 1 RUMOURS that S.T.C. bust's would resume srrvicf this morning could not be confirmed. Union official* would not comment.
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  • 35 1 SAIGON, Tues. Tommygunners shot dead an army sentry guarding the home of the South Vietnam Minister of Interior. Mr. Bui Van Thinh. this morning. In the darkness they got away by car Reuter.
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  • 61 1 TORTONO. Italy. TuesGeraldo Grandin. 63. and his wife Gluseppina. 61. embraced md stretched out on the railway track here to await death. Villagers tried in vain to pull them off. and called the police. An officer got them off the raib with the false report:
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  • 438 2 THE BIG QUESTION: WHO SHOULD SUFFER- ADDICTS OB THOSE IN PAIN? By Chapman Pincher LONDON, Tues. WHO should be allowed to suffer if a choice has to be made the drug ad diet who ruins his health with dope, or the patient who is in terrible
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  • 144 2 NOW A COURT WAITS TO SEE THE RING SHE SWALLOWED LONDON, Tuesday. >'ORA ODONNELL came to court here yesterday with her sister's diamond engagement ring in her stomach. She had swallowed it. The 20-year-old blonde Irish girl pleaded guilty to stealing the ring worth £50 (about 1425).
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  • 60 2 Judge tells 'menace on land and sea DETROIT, Tues. Judpe Gcatft Murphy forbade l.ouix Morabito to pilot a motor-boat for four months .liter finding; him guilty of recklcs ilrivini; on the Detroit river. Morabito earlier had his car driving licence cancelled. Said the judge: You are a menace
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  • 35 2 MEW YORK. Tues. Atomic locomotives will soon haul American trains the 3.000 miles oast to coast without refuelling, Mr. James Mead. member of the Federal Trade Commission, predicted here last night. Reuter.
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  • 33 2 NEW DELHI. Tues. President Soekarno of Indonesia will arrive in New Delhi next month for a day on his way to Mecca. He will be the Indian Government's guest.— Reuter.
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  • 82 2 ATLANTIC CITY. Tues. AN airlines executive, Mr. Harold Gray, said here last night that a traveller was 32 times safer in a. passenger plane last year than he was in his own car. Mr. Gray, executive vice-pre-sident of Pan American World Airways, said airlines
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  • 64 2 The U.S.I.S. air-conditioned theatrette at 26 Raffles Place Singapore, is now showing a film entitled "Our Times" in which the game of badminton is featured. In the film. Eddie Choong ls shown in play against Joe Alston in the recent United States championships. The finer points
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  • 365 2 LONDON, Tuesday. THE present unrest in Singapore is the result of a decision by extreme Left-wingers in Malaya that they can now obtain great results by stirring up Singapore, the Manchester Guardian said today. I "Their first endeavour is tc discredit the new Chief Minister.
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  • 100 2 COLOMBO. Tues. The Ceylon Bar yesterday paid tributes to a British judge. Sir Alan Rose, who is retiring as Chief Justice. The acting Attorney General, Mr. T. S. Fernando, said that Sir Alan might be "the last of a long and very distinguished line of British
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  • 40 2 OKLAHOMA City. Tues. Mrs. C. Jones, mother of a U.S. soldier who chose to stay with the Chinese Communists, yesterday said that she would demand from the Government the USS3JK)O due to him in back pay. A.P.
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  • 72 2 MONTREAL. Tues. Mr. William Mulcahy of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals was electrocuted yesterday while trying to rescue a raccoon which had climbed to the top of a pole. I Standing on the roof of a four-storey building, Mr. llul;cahy reached out
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  • 31 2 NEW YORK. Tues. Tarzan No. 11. Gordon Scott, aged 27. will leave by air tomorrow for Nairobi, where the film "Tartan and the Lost Safari." will t -UP
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  • 91 2 After tavern row WHITESBURO (Kentucky Tues. Police here allege that a 14-year-old girl shot dead a man who had quarrelled with her father over three 50 cent pieces. The men. who had been drinking heavily, argued in a tavern and shots were fired but neither
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  • 82 2 MAINZ. Tues.— Several German guests walked out in protest last night when Brig.Oen. Christian de Castries appeared at a farewell party for a French official. Many Germans have protested against the appointment of the former commander of Dien Bien Phu as deputy Commani der of the
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  • 36 2 LONDON. Tues.— The Duke of Edinburgh who travels to as many of his public engagements as possible by helicopter is to learn to fly one himself. His first lesson will be this week.— Reuter.
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  • 166 2 He ruined the home he rented SANTA MONICA, Calif, Tues. LINGER Mario Lanza was ordered today to pay U5540,361 ($121,000) for damages done to a US$2OO,OOO ($600,000) Beverley Hill." home hr leased for 2; months end ing last January. Lanza dk not appear tar
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  • 68 2 BIRMINGHAM, Tues. Leslie Moore, 35-year-old yachtsman, whose passport was taken away three weeks ago as he was planning to leave on a world cruise has had it returned. Moore's former wife had been granted a writ of attachment against him pending payment of divorce costs. Her
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  • 70 2 It was love at first sight (iING IDRIS of Libya has taken as second wife Alia Abdel Kader Lamloum, 37, daughter of a wealthy Egyptian landowner. The 67-year-old King saw his bride for the first time only two hours before the marriage
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  • 91 2 Reds may be ahead says general NEW YORK. Tues. Concern over a "grave possibility" that the Soviet Union might perfect a new super intercontinental guided missile was expressed last night by LieutGeneral Donald Putt, Deputy Chief of Air Staff for Development. This could be a most difficult advantage
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  • 17 2 MELBOURNE. T Arthur Rodep Cutler V c I been appointed total Minister to Igypt-Baid
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  • 81 3 VVASHINGTON, Tuesday. ,»>ador. Mr. Krishna Menon, said rospects of peace in the Far East better." d President Eisenhower and Mr ie time is ripe for peace talks with r fused nrr he, I :■>-)- c by He c "of it rr- Ms
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  • 11 3 Commonth -n out rested for the to the Kwang-
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  • 124 3 Britain can't match Soviet planes LONDON, Tues. RUSSIA had planes hardly matched by the United States and better than anything in Britain, a British air expert and M.P. said yesterday. Mr. Charles Orr-Ewing told the House of Commons that 12 lour-jet bombers of extremely advanced design and other advanced types
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  • 30 3 NEW DELHI. Tues.—A month-old strike by 21.600 tea pluckers in 34 tea gardens in Assam ended yesterday after the Government gave an assurance of higher wages. U.P.
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  • 19 3 NAIROBI. Tues.— Security forces killed 44 Mau Mau terrorists last week. There were 77 surrenders. Reuter.
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  • 55 3 PRINCE CHARLES and Princess Anne at London airport after their first flight They had travelled from Balmoral in a Viking of the Queen's Flight. As soon as the plane touched down they asked for their pet Corgis and here they are being
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  • 208 3 Three strip and drug singer HOTEL MAN HELD HOLLYWOOD, Tues A HOTEL page was arrested yesterday on suspicion of being one of three men who invaded singer Alice Lon's home, stripped her, photographed her, drugged her and subjected her family to a night of terror and torture. Miss Lon, 27,
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  • 36 3 NICOSIA. Tues.— Ten schoolgirls and 11 schoolboys, aged between 13 and 18. were fined amounts ranging from 21 shillings to £7 yesterday for taking part in an unlawful procession calling for Enosis.— Reuter.
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  • 41 3 WASHINGTON. Tues.— The wail of air raid sirens in a test tomorrow will send President Eisenhower and 15.000 other people scurrying to refuge in secret centres from which they will conduct the government's business for two days— U.P.
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  • 30 3 PARIS, Tues.—A group of French leaders, including the former Premier M. Pierre Mendes-France, took off for Morocco last night for an on-the-spot check of that troubled French protectorate.—AP.
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  • 30 3 LONDON, Tues.—A Commu- nist Chinese Red Cross dele- I gation arrived here yesterday on a fortnight's visit as guests of the British Red Cross So- j ciety. —Reuter.
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  • 86 3 WOLVERHAMPTON, Tues. HAROLD MILLARD, 57, amputated his own right foot by accident and without realising it, Wolverhampton Royal Hospital repor:ed today. A medical spokesman said Millard, who had broken his right leg. tried to relieve painful pressure of the plaster cast by loosening
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  • 53 3 CAIRO. Tues. Sir Ralph Stevenson, retiring British Ambassador to Egypt, yesterday said that the present situation alone the border strip of Gaza was most dangerous. He told a farewell Press conference that the Gaza crisis had give him more concern than anything during his five years as
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  • 234 3 M.P. SAYS SHOWMEN RUN BRITAIN'S AVIATION LONDON, Tues. A LABOUR Member of Parliament. Mr. Lan Mikardo. today branded the British aircraft industry as "a prototype circus run by showmen.' 1 Mr. Mikardo. a supporter of Mr. Aneurin Bevan, was speaking at Margate in support
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  • 167 3 New rules to prevent Le Mans crash PARIS, Tuesday. THE Cabinet last night decided to suspend tern porarily all car races in France after the Le Mans disaster. A spokesman said tnat the ban would apply until new regulations for car racing had been worked
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  • 112 3 NATIONAL SERVICE? HE IS SAVING ENERGY LONDON, Tues. Service in the British armed forces was described as a "waste of a Welshman's energies' by Edward Rees, 21-year-old Welsh nationalist before a conscientious objectors' appeal tribunal here yesterday. Rees, who said his objection to national service was "purely political," was appealing
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  • 350 3 LONDON, Tues. RISING hopes regarding the labour situation and the appearance of some very good company statements imparted a generally firm tone to the stock market today. Buyers returned to the market In force and prices showed an all round advance, especially in Industrials. Steels were strong and
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  • 24 3 LONDON. June 14. Cash Buyers £725. Sellers £725^: Forward Buyers £725. Sellers £725 V..; Settlement £7284 Turnover ajn. 50 tons. p.m. 100.
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  • 29 3 LONDON. June 14— Spot 32' id., July-Sept. 30\d.. Oct.-Dec. 28^(1.. Jan-Mar. 27 3 id. Apr.-June 27d.. June cl.f. 30< s d.. July c.i.f^Sd.. Aug. Unquoted. Tone: Easier.
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  • 36 3 NEW YORK, Tues. A Supreme Court judge yesterday refused bail for Minot F. (Mickey) Jelke, 23. margarine heir, pending an appeal against a two to three year sentence for compulsory prostitution. A. P.
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    • 257 3 NOTICE (SINGAPORE ONLY) Owing to some of our staff being involved in an ILLEGAL STRIKE we regret we will not be able to make normal deliveries. Customers' requirements can be supplied at Orchard Road at any time during the day until 5 p. m. We will endeavour to maintain the
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  • 354 4 Seconds put— l30 in the ring ITS NOMINATION DAY AND OPEN SEASON FOR HUSTINGS K^||f/|^«|*4*/jH|f^lftmi^2|JliJjAj|||jAgA|nj||^A^j^g PENANG, Tues. With candidates for the Federal elections due to be named within 24 hours, the Alliance continues to keep its rivals guessing by steadfastly refusing to say which constituency the UMNO president, Tengku Abdul
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  • 360 4 AFTER YOU— NO, AFTER YOU— WHEN PAPERS GO IN KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. 'JpHE secrets so closely guarded by the Fcdi oration's political par- ties over the past weeks j will be out tomorrow Nomination Day when contestants for the first Federal elections will stand revealed. The die for the final
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  • 310 4 PANIC IN FERRY AS 17 DIED 'Land and water looked the same in mitt, 9 says pilot Hero tells how he saved four JERANTUT, Tuesday. TWENTY-ONE Chinese rubber tappers panicked L when the motor boat on which they were going to work on Padang Pioi Estate struck a sunken tree
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  • 188 4 Magistrate breaks the law again in court A SINGAPORE magistrate. Mr. J. M. Deve reux-C oiebourn broke the law again in the Fourth Magistrate's Court yesterday, this time for the sake of a man of 70. Aun Sai Ec pleaded guilty on April 6 to two charges of having opium
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  • 33 4 JOHORE BAHRU, Tues.— Ho Ng. 60, a rubber tapper, was fined $200 in the Sessions Court at Pontian today for possession of rice without a permit in a food restricted area.
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  • 25 4 A dance of the Singapore International Women's Club of the Y.W.C.A. tonight at Raffles Hotel has been postponed owing to transport difficulties.
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  • 98 4 PENANG, Tues. A hardworking clerk became an "entirely changed man" and started to spend recklessly when he learnt he was suffering from a heart disease, the Sessions Court here was told today. Lee Seng Eang, 51, employed for 27 years by Evmtt and Co.,
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  • 229 4 Prepare for citizenship: Bishop Baines Every school worthy of the name must teach politics and prepare its pupils for citizenship, writes the Rt. Rev. Henry W. Baines, Bishop of Singapore, in "The Courier," his diocesan magazine. "To teach boys and girls the history of their country
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  • 96 4 Engineering expert for varsity PROFESSOR l A M. Cray (above), the first professor of the new Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Malaya, arrived from Sydney yesterday. Professor Gray said yesterday that 35 students would begin a four-year degree course in civil engineering at the beginning of the
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  • 105 4 Official suspended KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. The general secretary of the Ail-Malayan Federation of Government Medical Employees' Trade Unions, Mr. K. Seenivasagam, said here today that he was contemplating legal action against the Selangor State Government Medical and Health Employees' Union. The union suspended him from membership recently.
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  • 58 4 A fifth victim of the headon collision between a car and a 10-ton R.A.F. truck at East Coast Road, Singapore, on Sunday night, has died at the General Hospital. He was Kassim bin Said, 36. father of Haminah, 3, and Marican, 5, who were among the
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  • 148 4 The women begin to co-operate —AND THE MEN ARE BEHAVING ALREADY IPOH, Tues. TTHE women detainees at the Ipoh detention camp who were rebellious yesterday during the removal of 312 men to Batu Gajah jail are "just beginning to co-operate," the Commissioner of Prison.;, Mr. O. V. Garratt, told the
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  • 23 4 YONG PENG, Tues. The Yen Robin Woods, Archdeacon of Singapore, visited Yong Pene last Sunday and preached In St. Stephen's Church
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  • 94 4 "n the Cathay foy Ore ar! h,i'j,' V •fey were about SlUjj Damage $20 The projection one-,.* :no cn e in the fT could havepjtsfe* I out being seen thea How the flrei ttmi two plac-s 15 feet mains unsolved I estimated at about 8" The fire at Granee a*
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  • 55 4 Conviction and semrai ten years's jail or. Tai. Lian for armed rocbery quashed in the Sing Court of Criminal Appea ,terday. Tan walked out c; co free man. Mr. G. Abishe»ar.3ce: argued the appeal, ha, t that Tan was oonkti 1 the evidence of an mm 'in
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  • 51 4 j JOHORE BAHRU. I Foo Chong. of Sou:.-. K and Sim Heap BO{ a::5, were toriav HttifM with attempting to nj« 1 of opium from the T ;y: I to Singapore. The case was trau.-. r :r the Session Court Ud I the accused W i Slb.ooo
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  • 50 4 BUKIT MERTAJAM. T.ies. The Ist Federation Regiment wooed recruits with music before opening their campaign here yesterday. The regimental band at- itracted a large now** leave its first pub- I anc-p on the paci: a Today, a recruit::.; M 'terviewed candidates V J Bukit Mert;i 1
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 160 4 The weather MINIMUM TEMPERATURE: (7.30 pjn. on June 13 to 7.30 a.m. on June 14.) Singapore 75, Penang 72, Kota Bahru 7j. Kuala Lumpur 74. Ipoh 74. Kuantan 73. MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE: (7.30 a.m. to 7.30 am. on June 14) Singapore 89 degrees, Penang 89, Kota Bahru 88. Kuala Lumpur 92.
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  • 346 5 p vho knew answers gets three years •ORE rourt was told yesterday that a il entitled "Talk on problems'relatinp; memoration of June 20, National was used by the Malayan (om-iii-t members for terrorist activi- aged 21. was Jailed for three years
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  • 32 5 SUICIDE BID ANY NURSE [PUB Tues. HosChow j on a I for at- ished one; Kuala Main Road, bM D in on two as re- nrrvous nronurse had r. ;;>r she depret*-
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  • 19 5 Mr. Lim eapore yrs- ia to stuciy Colombo lector in Young PerSoda] Welan asses Assistance
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  • 12 5 Capt hit assumed ■rr.manding FMVRC. m succesT M P. Dale, district
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  • 370 5 Fans defy strike and cram Victoria Hall IjNDAUNTED by the trans- port strike last night were nearly 1.000 peope who cramm- j id the Victoria Memorial Hall to hear Larry Adler. the world's j greatest harmonica player. ft Many of the audience were Chinese too
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  • 170 5 'Don't worry about ghosts,' Coroner tells witness A GHOST would never *A bother anyone who has a clear consumer. Mr. Giam Thong Hin*. the Singapore Assistant Coroner, told a woman witness at an inquest yesterday. Wong Tai. who Rave evidence at th,- inquest »n Sam Yoo. her daughter, who drank
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  • 53 5 Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald, the Commissioner-General, yesterday laid the foundation stone of the new convalescent home of the Singapore Children's Society at Tanah Merah Besar yesterday. At the ceremony. Dr. A. W. S. Thevathasan. ex-president of the Rotary Club of Singapore handed a cheque for $10.000 gifts
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  • 155 5 He has a scheme A SIX-MAN delegation of jobless men yesterday met Singapore's Minister for Labour and Welfare, Mr. Lim Yew Hock, to discuss what employment he could find for them. Other officials who took part in the two-hour meeting were Mr. F. G. Tyson. Chief
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  • 33 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. The Malayan Association for the Blind has applied to the Lotteries Board for a $500,000 grant to build a training wing to the Gurney Training Centre here.
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  • 184 5 Robbers used sawdust THEY ARE SENT TO JAIL A COFFEE-SHOP owner told the Singapore High Court yesterday that two men pushed sawdust down his*thruat while they robbed the till. Hashlm bin Mohamad Noor and Kadir bin Kamari, both 23, were jailed for six years and four years respectively for robbing
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  • 29 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. The jungle front was all quiet today. No incidents or casualties to either terrorists or security forces were reported in this afternoons communique.
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
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  • 116 6 (mi»i»i«»). k i bfl i Nrc i .■■Any peace 654-18. I Bedok. Singapore. 99 m. aeed 70. 8 daughters. In-law, 7 sons-in-law, and l grandIth levera] urand-:ici-children No wreatha by d all donations to Methodist Church Build- 1 c \'ill leave at 4.15 Iliur.-day. 16.6.55 for, idisl Church and
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  • 36 6 PBf $10 i mini mum > AND MRS SOMANITHY •.ends and Relatives for ble p:escnt.s. congratula- n< "endance at :.ice. KHOO ENO HUM and to thank all Relatives rkwi kind mpathy in connecnd Funeral r :m.
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  • 181 6 H ,H. fin i minimum). i Guan of I apore. recret i Reception to tttle'i Cafe. re, on Satur- '.955, at 4.00 p.m. :icelled due to the sud- father, the late I ong. FOLLOW PEDANT Every Day in 11 you want to win 1 jid puzzle IPKAN FAMILY leaving
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  • 641 6 Singapore, Wed. June 15, 1955. The Wraps Are Off For weeks now the various political parties in the Federation have been selecting their candidates for the forthcoming j Federal elections. This ex- j tremely difficult and delicate j task has not been without the I usual heartbreaks and breakaways. Some
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  • 595 6 Wheels For Singapore There were fewer workers out on strike in Singapore yesterday, 15,765 against 16,173 the day before. Among those who returned to work were 1.500 Chinese workers at the Harbour Board, a substantial reinforcement which gives renewed assurance that the handling of cargoes will not be seriously affected.
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  • 219 6 The fate of those who went South The second of three articles on Indo-China by GRAHAM GREENE accusation you hear frequently from Vietnamian Catholics is that the Church has been made a political tool, that the name of God is being used to get votes. It was humiliating for a
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  • 307 6 T*HE fate of those who fled is not a happy one. Once a week two American ships, the Marine Adder and the Marine Serpent, arrive in Saigon river and moor off the Majestic Hotel, each with 5.000 refugees on board. They are welcomed with bands and banners and rations
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  • 274 6 CATHOLICS, especially the \j Catholics of France, have contributed generously to their support, and tlhis aid is perhaps more appreciated than the aid from the United States, for it does not ask anything in return. It is difficult to feel so grateful when a gift is permanently stamped with
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  • 62 6 IF the Geneva Convention is to be honoured, elections in the North and South must be held in July. 1956; but you will find no Vietnamese who believes that the elections will ever be held. Members of tihe Government point out that they never signed the Convention. American spokesmen
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  • 575 6  - Mystery of Kao Kang purge By WALTER BRIGGS "uteh HHlf HONG KONG. i T*HE spectre of the 5 A Soviet Union looms i larger in a continuing search here for clues to the Chinese Communist 5 purge of Kao Kang, one- time strong man of huge Manchuria, and eight alleged
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  • 58 6 which helps the Communists, for no one has the slightest doubt that Ho Chi Minh could agree to any form of supervision without risk; his majority in North and South is assured. And what if the elections 'are not held? What hope is there of avoiding anarchy
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  • 284 6 NO need for the Viet Minh Army to move South: they are already there. Two Viet Minh battalions are concealed in Saigon-Cho-lon. and the countryside Ls in the possession of the sects who already have their contacts with Hanoi. General Bay Vien. the leader of the Binh Xuyen, has
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  • 288 6 /CORRUPTION is not the danger (though there are stories that in the countryside a new bicycle bicycle again kept prominently in view may catch a Commissar's eye* but inexperience and unsuitability. There are so many heroes of the resistance. Even deserters from the Legion have deserved well of the
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  • 170 6 MAN MX THE STREET have I read a letter calculated to inspire so much ill-feeling between civillans and Service personnel as that written by Redress." Wp. a typical service NCO's family, have to pay $300 for a small bungalow furnished with the bare necessities, electricity, electrical equipment
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  • 105 6 I AM the wife of an English sergeant. We pay $250 a month and light and water. Believe me we do not want pay these amounts. But Servicemen posted out have to live somewhere. Don't forget. "Redress," it Is not compulsory to let to Servicemen
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  • 99 6 rpHE various Singapore j unions are undoubted- ly strong. As a worker myself, I was -very proud of these unions. Now I feel sorry for them because they are like a strong man who j has over-exerted himself and is now suffering from a malignant disease.
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  • 75 6 CAN you tell us whether Singapore is now governed by Marshall ft Co. or Lim Chin Siong and his regiment? I am a wage-earner with three children attending school, all depending upon the S.T.C. for transport. If I don't attend office my work can easily be
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    • 470 6 CLASSIFIED ADS. Word, tit (minimum). CHIN To Lilian and Patrick. r: lo: Hnr.ii. at K.K. on Bth of June. PrtKllb at Colchester. iff of Michael Cant of j June Bth, a son. ii ,4. 5/0 < minimum). roO: The atogagemenj Ls Ml Sec Kwong Mi rkel and Miss Foo Sidin.
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    • 11 6 MALAYAN RAILWAY TRAVEL IN COMFORT AIR-CONDITIONED COACHES ON ALL MAIL TRAINS
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    • 56 6 There is no way of doing justice in words t the pleasure of MURRAYMINTS. Do try them tor yourself. You'll find them absolutely fascinatingThey're haxd, with a creamy smoothness, and they f **^M^J i have a delicate j^tiK&f^'*- /•'W'/l hint of mint M^fc^JaP'^*' iM^ that's most jH^' "^s^^ -with a
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  • 566 7 HAI HSU AN IS SOLD IN SECRET form on which negotiations could ensue. The Board also repeated its offer to advance loans of one and a half months' basic p&v to employees who had pot into financial difficulty through the strike, the loans to be repaid in easy stages after
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  • 1257 7 Road after the majority of the union's 1.000 members had been driven off the •streets by intimidation. A statement issued by thp president, Mr. Choo Wan I.oong. alleged that croups of strikers had threatened to fling acid at them or pui. ture their tyres if they
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  • 127 7 rE ALL-PARTIES meeting, convened by the Peoples Action Party met again last night to discuss the present unrest in Singapore, but took no decision. One of the reasons was that the representatives felt they had no mandates to urge any course of action on the
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  • 38 7 PENANG. Tues.— The Penang and Province Wellesley Malay Students' Union will hold a drawing contest amor.; members to choose the best design for use as the union's badge. Entries will close on Aug. 17.
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  • 66 7 PENANG, Tues. Two guns from the Royal Artillery today opened up a barrage of 25 lb. shells against terrorists believed to be hiding in the Bukit Mertajam hills in Pro- vince Wellesley. Residents came out of their homes to I watch the firing. The hill
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  • 87 7 Railway labour for wharves KUALA LUMPUR. Tues rE MALAYAN railway administration may now provide labour for loading r»r discharging cargo at any wharf, pier or jetty. This was stated today In a Gazette notification amending the railway tariff book regulations. A Government spokesman said: '•Introduction of these provisions was thought
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  • 32 7 KUALA KANGSAR, Tues. The Kuala Kangsar branch of the Malayan Trained Nurses' Association raised $3,275 at a dance on May 14 in aid of the association's Rest Home Buildin;; Fund.
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  • 33 7 TWO ARMED POLICE GUARDS watch out for trouble as they ride astride a Shell petrol wagon bringing supplies into Singapore from the company's Woodlands depot. Straits Times picture.
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    • 51 7 T e ct accompanied #Jf 'er^cct dinner... ij|^p !LUE EBFRAUMILCH H. SICHEL SOHNE t advice on the selection of wines for your next dinner s phone our wine specialist r« 5324. STERN AGENCIES (1946) LTD. 'cialists in choicest wines. felikan (g) h^Hißs fail- TRY Obllkan b!e all leading Book Stores
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  • 31 8 Wong Wu Tsuan of 45-B,' Tiong Poh Road. Singapore, was among the 701 students who graduated from the University of Chicago in the university's 265 th convocation last Friday.
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  • 25 8 The Malaysian Ship Officers' Union will hold its first annual meeting at No. 1-A. Raffles Place. Singapore, at 10 a.m. on Sunday.
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  • 160 8 Workers 9 lot to get expert attention BETTER SOCIAL SECURITY IS THE AIM 'THE United Nations International Labour Organisation is sending an expert to make a survey of social security schemes in Singapore. He is expected to arrive in the Colony in October. At a Press conference yesterda> Mr. T.
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  • 175 8 IPOH, Tuesday. fOMMUNIST terrorists hate the bombing and shelling directed against them persistently by the security forces so much that they are beginning to surrender in increasing numbers. Gen. Sir Geoffrey Bourne, I Director of Operations, gave i this as one of the three main I
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  • 133 8 MALACCA. Tues. SA'AT bin Abdul Hamid, a former P.W.D. lorry driver, was today sent for trial in the I High Court on a charge of 1 murdering his wife. Nan binte Mohamed Akip, 33, at their house in Buona Vista Road on April 29.
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  • 50 8 Twenty employees of Mansfield, and Co. gave 12 pints of blood at the Blood Transfusion Centre. Singapore, yesterday and 20 others promised to donate more today. Of the 70 employees of the I company who registered as I donors at the Centre yesterday 63 are Chinese.
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  • 267 8 Husband is guilty if he knows she has one yHE Singapore Police 1 argued yesterday that if a woman was arrested when a revolver was found in her home, then her husband would also be responsible. But the magistrate disagreed. The question was raised in
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  • 64 8 Daily-rated employees of Government will now be allowed to work up till 60 years of age instead of 55. This was agreed yesterday at a meeting of the Daily Rated Employees' Joint Committee of the Singapore Civil Service Joint Council. Special arrangements are being made
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  • 45 8 The Women's Society of Christian Service of the Wesley Methodist Church, Singapore, will hold a variety concert at the Methodist Girls' School hall. Mount Sophia, at 8 p.m. on Friday. The concert is to raise funds for a scholarship to Trinity College.
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  • 19 8 All classes of the Singapore Art Society have been cancelled until the transport strike is over.
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  • 222 8 Mr Chin is back in the fold MCA FOUNDER DECIDES NOT TO RESIGN SEREMBAN. Tues. IIIR. CHIN SEE YIN, a founder member of the Malayan Chinese Association, last night withdrew his resignation from the Negri Sembilan branch of the M.C.A. from which he had resigned on Sunday. Mr. Chin did
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    • 211 8 2 %M^ l\MS£^^ Weather that it changeable or unseasonable it a coust of much sickness colds, rheumatism, USED BY ALL THE WORLD T.T' „T"VT t!Z w you quick relief from all thetc troubles and keep ftoWßd todov »*»ot y OU f,f anc well. cl pO'»s o* the No oltur m«J>C'«e
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    • 92 8 j >T B 3& SWWW\ WSSBSI&, v i Arrow is the style leader i n COLORED SHIRTS Arrow Shirts set the trend. And the trend fc is in Arrow Colored Shirts. You set all collar styles, quality fabrics and comfort, an Arrow White Shirt pius a wide varieh pastel shades
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 339 8 Straits Times Crossword IO ~U~ 20 2l 22 25 25 26 27 111 -J— J— I— IviiiTi I —L^i^-t^—^l^.^-L— i ACROSS 9. A border county turns to 1. Land of rearon? (6). P o <>• JO. 3) 4. Charms a stubborn element to A flower-raiser (5). the Service (7). £othng
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  • 1684 9 Magna Carta gave sound I constitution o free world IT has been said, ironically but truly, that all great reforms in history, political and economic, have been the consequence of war. So it was with the American and French Revolutions in the 18th Century, with the British Reform Bill in
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    • 44 9 \rnni\ READS ERCE glare tened wi Glasses "HHOUGH fac- -BL ET S ■•sain \flrr II P. onr'x ■< natural of the VR PROSS bottle. p HRODISINE" P. f..p. IM ISS) :t>«r f -l. Germs Minutes IfHucus B" tf fst Day WM A.11.p, KIN. > in.- a
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    • 116 9 Heartburn? Acidity? FOR \*^r XIAUY RAPID RELIEF I ALWAYS PRESCRIBE PHILLIPS MILK OF MAGNESIA TABLETS s^gsssi (MINT FLAVOURED) ghtoefamb for NEW FAMILY CAR a 8 Meet the fine M\W?k> and thrifty j woMXXfpwley It*i here in our Showrooms now the car that motorists everywhere are acclaiming for its magnificent O.HA".
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    • 110 9 Shertavk Hattnes Art dvatvrs /'THIS STBEEtN I A STCEET OF SPLENDID I LETS PIMP QU T WHAT'S EXACTLY IKJ &AC*. W l|l|sJt l$ EATMEe SWOPS! JEWELECS, FU2- LJ lo c JABEZ WLSO^ BOOKS-OP.' MPirh Tracy All intact gysH'te* II tv I r-THIS HAS ALWAYS BEEN MV 1 TtHE FLOOD VOTERS
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    • 1034 10 T.i: x4os MANSFIELD 6c CO., LTD. Ml a-m (18 tines) (Incorporated in Singapore) (12 Unas) THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE J~;" It is notified for general information that, as from Ist |uly 1955. the Blue Funnel Line agency at PORT SWETTENHAM will be reairanged as follows:— CABLE ACENCY ADDRESS TEL. No.
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    • 1192 10 EAST ASIATIC LINE SAILINGS TO CONTINENT/SCANDINAVIA For Aden, Port Said, Genoo, Antwerp, Rotterdam, Hamburg, Coaenhaaen Gsthenbura Oslo Spore P. S'r.om "MALACCA" 3/ Jury a July 7/7 Juhr "MEONIA" 20/24 July 25/2 a July 27/ M Jury x) Colls London (passengers only}, Gdynia. SAILINGS FROM SCANDINAVIA/U.K./CONTINENT Spore P. Sham Penong "MALACCA"
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    • 1049 10 boi'l^nc THE BEN LINE STEAMERS LTD. m i£i SINGAPORE (Incorporated in the United Kingdom) S LINES SAILINGS TO U.K. AND CONTINENTAL PORTS Spore P. Sham Penong b v it^« o h h v v"' London/ s^ fi= Benvennach for London, Hull 0. S 21/24 June 27/2W June "^TOinrHoS 01 !ST
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    • 660 10 McALISTER J ELLBRMAM 6c W*££\ l *C| ond for U.S.A.. N r,r, h Atloo c l N <>. $&> ond Canada O nn vio C,l4£ At p n <0,,, *< 2 c CITY OF BROOKLYN 17/23J«n. 24/2SJun. u^S? I***1 •CITY Of PERTH Un J ">">r Spore P J ham p
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  • 7 11 down r piCUI per piCUI
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  • 12 11 AUSTRALIAN STOCKS quieter >»■ mm buyer buyer buyer seller seller -eller 11 seller
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  • 13 11 df ttir harvrs Srudai N.W An:irtney dja 36, 40 41, ing 44.
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  • 10 11 \vri Panas Kluans Talis- T>!uk \nxin 50.618 b
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  • 271 11 RUBBER DROPS FOUR CENTS BUT INDUSTRIALS GAIN By Our Market Correspondent LESSENING tension in the Colony yesterday mis was the first time in a SS SSti h prte >»3 nri k. on v firmer overnight London and New *ork. the highest price his year to date, but the S kef
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  • 310 11 aJ 116 Malayan Share Brokers' £t^ a Sin?a P°re section, reported: -With no fresh incidents or spreading of strikes in the Colony, confidence returned in the indusmarket and there was good sus£.ned buying support at the lower wiYh?' ns were dull and irregular within narrow fluctuations and rubbers
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  • 148 11 June first grade rubber buyers f.o.b. closed in Singapore yesterday at $1.04' per lb., 4'> cents below Monday's dose. The closing tone was uncertain. Closing rubber prices yesterday in cents per lb. were No. 1 R.S.S. spot loose buyers 104 s sellers 105; No. 1 R.S.S. June buyers
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  • 184 11 Singapore Chinese Produce Exchange: noon prices per Picul yesterday were: Copra: quietly steady; June $27 »i buyers. $28 sellers; July $28 U buyers. »28' 2 sellers: August $28 3 S buyers, $28 '-s sellers. Coconut oil: quietly steady: bulk $41 2 sellers, drum $44> 2 sellers. Pepper: quiet
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  • 41 11 On the free exchange market In Hong Kong yesterday, the U.S. dollar was quoted at 5.80 3 8 for cash and 5.81 V 2 for T.T. Sterling was quoted at 15.60 ana one tael of gold at 251 >s.
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  • 164 11 LONDON. Tues— Lord Balllieu. chairman of the Dunlop Rubber Company said at the annual meet- in yesterday it seemed clear world rubber consumption would continue to expand and the Dunlop board had been giving serious consideration to the ray.- rubber supply situation. They had now
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    • 415 11 KNUTSEN LINE Fist and Regular Service < CANADA, U.S. PACIFIC PORTS— 3O DAYS Sailing Arriving Singapore P.Swcf Penang Fremantlc 7 June 1 8 June 26 |une I |unc 11 |uly IS |uly 14 |uly 21 July 8 Are 10 Aug 1 1 Aug 1 8 Aug |J Aus 12 Sept
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    • 928 11 TENDERS CITY COUNCIL OF SINGAPORE TENDERS ELECTRICITY DEPARTMENT: 'a) Supply of (1) Electric Lamps. Close NOON 4.7.55 and (11) Plastic Insulated, Armoured, 250 volt Cables of various sizes and lengths, I with Cable Olands. Close NOON 11.7.55 and <b) Installation of I Underground Electricity Cables along i various routes totalling
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    • 803 11 TENDERS CONTROLLER OF SUPPLIES SINGAPORE. Tender Notlee No. 11/55. TENDERS are invited for the supply of 500 long tons Siamese Whit« Rice 10^, broken*. Price to be per long ton nett weight delivered to Government godown door in Singapore. Tenders will close at 12 noon on 22nd June, and prices
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    • 1154 11 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS TWO YEAR CERTIFICATE COURSE (1955/57)— TEACHERS' TRAINING COLLEGE. SINGAPORE. APPLICATIONS for admission I to the first year of the above course I will be received on forms obtainable' from the Registrar. Teachers' Training College, Cairnhlll Road Singapore-9, up to 22nd June 1959. t The qualifications for entry are:—
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  • 822 12 Rosemary, Teddy and Go//.v sail to a small island. Teddy goes off to explore it and comes back shouting that, he has found gold in a stream. He pans it out with a baler from the boat, then Golly roars with laughter and says it is
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  • 293 12 STAMP MEDAL AWARDS A VERY interesting event will take place shortly in Sweden. This will be the International Philatelic Exhibition, which will be held at the Liljevalch Art Gallery in Stockholm. The exhibition is being organised by the Royal Swedish Post Office in conjunction with the Swedish Philatelic Society. I
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  • 389 12 Wise owl wants to buy some unusual pets Dear Hoys and Girls, Here are the six winners of xir painting contest. Ong Kirn Sens, aged 15, 28 Dunbp Street. Singapore 8, Tham Keng Hoong, aged 14, 245 Tembeling Road, Singapore 15. Larry Loo. aged 14. 28 Adis Road. Singapore 9,
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    21 12 Lucky, the tabby cat was reared on the bottle, and noio he refuses to drink his milk any other loay.
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  • 112 12 T«EACHER. "Where were you born Mohammed?" Mohammed "Malaya sir." Teacher. "What part?" Mohammed. "All of me." "Ah Kirn come here at once and give me what you have In your mouth," said teacher. "Oh sir, I wish I could," groaned Ah Kirn. "It's the toothache."
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    • 253 12 1 1 1 f 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ll l m 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ll 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11 1 1 1 1 1 f 1 1 1 1 1 f
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    • 34 12 C.C.C. Collect six of these coupons to join the Children's Corner Club. DLEASE enrol me as a membir of the Children's Corner Wise Owls and send me a badge NAME ADDRESS DATE OF BIRTH
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    • 172 12 Served on the ...all over Makya and in Borneo too! /ror Mnor boot wiisXjS^ I 15 CENTS/^% V a tin /f! m PARROT BOOT POLISH i$ a new product to M»l.y« made .n Engl»nd by the M»nul»ctur*r S ol Snower* Cl«»n«r and Cardinal' and Manvon Pol'S^' PARROT BOOT POLISH Is
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  • 331 13 Mirandola can make it 3 in a row I EPSOM JEEP S STAR 3 Bracelet Boy Little Andy Mirandola VjIRANDOLA, carrying iTI only 7.11, must have a great chance of winning the Class 1. Div. 1 6f. event (Race Five) at Bukit Timah today, second day of the Singapore Turf
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  • 135 13 EPSOM JEEP i ALL BOY POINTER Race 1 2.00 BRACELET BOY Programme Undecided BOBBIE BURNS Bracelet Boy Programme ROBBIE BTRNS Pi fr— Mae Bracelet Boy Race 2 2.30 GREET Orchestration Chrysanthemum STAR SAPPHIRE Orchestration Greet BPOBTER Star Sapphire Fairy T»T« Race 3 3.00 LITTLE ANDY Don Wayne
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  • 1099 13 Race 1—2.00: Class 2, Div. I—6 Furs. 1 Malayan Scholar 3y Mortimer 9.00 S. L. Wong &C. H. Teo Rodgers 2 313 I'ndecided 4y Mawi 8.13 Playmate Stable Sullivan 3 517 Rose-Marie 4y Smith 8.08 Mms. R. Yeap 3. Manning Manning 4 732 Programme 3y Bell 8.07
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  • 191 13 WILLY L, nicely handicapped at 8.3. may find hi* wlnnJnu break in Race Seven. This consistent but luckless four-year-old, spldom runs a bad race and can act on any golnß. HU last apnearance was at loon on Derby Day In April when he ran
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  • 397 13 BRACELET BOY. a smart three-year-old, lost no credit when he finished fourth to The Ringer with 9.0 over 6f. on Saturday. Badly drawn on the far side he" was a trifle slow off the mark -and right up to the home turn he had to
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  • 391 13 rNAH BIJEH (late J.K.8.) was sent over a sprint in his first race in Malaya at Bukit Tlmah in May. He created a fair impression when he came from last to finish right on top of the placed horses in Langton Lady's race. Tanah Bijeh has
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  • 43 13 rE going up to last evening was good. TODAY'S Best Bet: Bracelet Boy in Rare One. Be«t Lonpshot: Fairy Tale in Race Two. THE Double Tote will h r on Races 3 and 6; Big Sweep on Race 7.
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    • 156 13 Rrfre Posting j CORRECT the INI .lira v Tang--B.T. Road. Full Phone M Box I 120, ED Room Box Large ■f oc- Bex iree BedI Fur- Modern Box :n with Phone D ExcelB BUNOAn Conloottu, apply n Road. Garown :ongM >derate BuncaCeiling ImmeI i.e. 3rd Box W 2 Gar--.rien- Timah
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    • 841 13 DANCING 20 Word, $1 9 (mimimum). l>ml v 1 manth. In Word. $2.i0 (Mim.) RAFFLES HOTEL— Nightly Dance r.-.v. Floor-Show irom 9 to 12 pm BAJ3ST HOTBL-Enjov v o at our Roof Gardf. niehtlv 9T POINT GARDEN, fitly Par.- c irom 8 p.m. to Midnight M.rinicht. Best Food. S!nsrar>ore Airport
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    • 942 13 VEHICLES FOR SALE 20 Word, ffcj Bm i» eU. txtra. 1951 AUSTIN A4O. Morris Minor. Chevrolet, 1952 Morns Minor. trevrolet. excellent condition. Trnde-i:i Good Used Cars. Consult !Wong. call 278 Lavender Street 1 1 hone *****. 1953 MINORS. VELOX 1951 M rf r> A Ma y flow er. Hawk.. Vancuard.
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    • 613 13 KIM TIAN ROAD Tlnnj ll:ihrii "^T* i la rnamaaiii «■>••*•• OPENS TODAY 200 4.15 7.M 9.30 pa. Another One Of U-A.i Flnrt Ran Releaaea! ACTION! SUSPENSE! THRILLS! Mcl flp WifM^^T^ JBj Wm WI7ID -fen lOWIX I "igjr 21 JWLS >. 17 JWLS Q£ CENTS and UOIES. <g 85 FULL STEEL.
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  • 56 14 Results of the Singapore Rifle Association spoon shoot held last Sunday Gun Score: S.R. ta.i WO I. E. Mitchell (99>. and also with possible at 500 yds. 1 35 1. S.R. tb> Sgt. J. A. Adam iloo>. Handicap Score: S.R. (A.i LEM J. Glendenning a 03.13 >
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  • 51 14 The Singapore Malay Schools football championship final will be held at Jalan Besar stadium on Saturday, June 18 at 5.15 p.m. The finalists are Geylang (East Singapore champions) and T. Tinggi (West champions). The charges are »1 and 50 cents for adults and 20 cents for
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  • 25 14 The Johore Bahru A.A.A. will hold their annual athletic sports on Thursday. June 30 and Friday. July 1 on the English College ground.
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  • 316 14 (This y^i Malaya Cup final may be played at Jalan Beaar^ Stadlam But FAM councillors turn down home and away suggestion KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. A FRESH move has been made to have the premief soccer fixture of the season, the Malaya Cup final, played in Singapore
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  • 131 14 INDONESIA FOR 1958 THOMAS CUP TOURNAMENT KI'ALA LUMPUR, Tues. INDONESIA will de- finitely enter the Thomas Cup badminton competition in 1958. Ferry Sonneville, the new Malayan badminton champion, said here today. Indonesia will compete in the Australian zone, he said. Sonneville said that Gan Kai How and Gow Soon Lok,
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  • 44 14 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. Kampong Kuantan beat Kuala Lumpur Non Benders by six wickets in their cricket match. N(/i Benders declared 153 for five < Selvanayagam 80 retd.) and Karapong Kuantan replied with 159 for four (Felcate 54 Lloyds 27)
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  • 185 14 Drobny sixth on the list LONDON, Tuesday. TAROSLAV DROBNY, (Egypt), holder of the men's singles title at Wimbledon, is seeded No. 6 for this year's event which begins on Monday. Top place is given to Tony Trabcrt (United States), followed in order by Ken Rosewall
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  • 352 14 McDonald, Harvey hit unbeaten centuries KINGSTON, Tues. AUSTRALIA made a bad start in their reply to the West Indies first innings total of 357 in the fifth and final Test here yesterday, losing Les Favell and Arthur Morris for only seven runs, but unbeaten centuries by Colin McDonald (115) and
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  • 58 14 Officials of the Wembly Badminton Party for this year are: President: Chan Soo Ouan; vicepresidents: Baey Lian Peck, L. Cheah. Secretary: Miss F. Wee; aast. secretary: J. Tan; treasurer: Ang Yew Kirn. Sports captain: Quek Soon Chan; Asst. Sports captain: Tan Cheng Eng. Committee: Tan Teow Seng.
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  • 32 14 LONDON, Tues.— Australasia beat England in the first of 11 speedway "test" matches to be run this season by 67 points to 39 at Wimbledon last night.
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  • 187 14 HPHE R.S.O.C. competitions played A over the weekend resulted: JUNE MEDALS (STROKE) "B" Division: winner: J. N. Hacking 84—16 68. Other cards: H. W. Lade 84—15= 69. P. W. DunhlU 83—14=69. J. Milllken 84—14=70. R. J. Smith 87—17 70. E. W. Shaw 89—18=71,
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  • 20 14 The Singapore Combined Schools' sports heats will be held at Victoria School at 2.30 p.m. .today.
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  • 53 14 The first Test DON KENYON, England's opening bat. turns a ball to Endean at fine leg off Adcock during the first day's play of the first Test against South Africa at Nottingham. Kenyon scored 87. England won the match by an innings and five rans. Tom Graveney is the other
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  • 233 14 BURGHLEY ELECTED V-P PARIS, Tuesday. THE International Olympic Committee meeting here today passed a vote of confidence in the Australian Organising Committee planning the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne. Mr. Avery Brundage. president of the Internationa) Olympic Conirhittee, criticised the preparations at Melbourne during
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  • 70 14 Aston A.C. officials for 1955-56: Patron: Chin Yong Lock; President: Tan Ewe Chee; Vice Presidents: Heng Seng Chens. Choo Kirn Chwee. Wee Eng Chye, Pek Tiong Seng. Hon. Secretary: Lira Fook Hee: Hon. Treasurer: Wong Swee Wah; Hon. Auditor: P. L. Chin; Hon. Sports Secretary: Ldm Tin
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  • 56 14 Raffi bin Bahrawi (Rough Riders) won the 60-mile massed-start cycle road rac« organised by the Singapore Cycle Racing Association held at Setetar on Sunday. His time was 2hrs. 35mlnv Second was Hugh Williams (RAP Changl) and third Manaor bin Bawl (Rough Riders). Twe*9-three cyclists,
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  • 109 14 AMSTERDAM, Tues. TWENTY-EIGHT countries have entered for the 1956 Olymplr soccer championship at Melbourne, the Olympic Committee of F.I.F.A annothiced yesterday. Twenty-four of them will have to play a preliminary round in their areas to decide 12 qualifiers for the final round. The other four were exempted.
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  • 140 14 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. GOLDEN Arrow Cycling Club won all the four individual championships at tie Malayan Rough Riders' four-day carnival at the Bukit Blntang stadium last night. The four champions are Miss Yeo Swee Heng (women). M. Sukir Hussein (Senior). Samad Farad (Junior) and Wahid Farad
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  • 67 14 AMSTERDAM. Tues.— Britain will play Bulgaria in the preliminary round of the 1956 Olympic football tournament, a meeting here decided today. The winners will be among the 16 teams to play at Melbourne In next year's Olympic Games. Like the other eliminating ties this will
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  • 18 14 All 8.A.F.A., Business Houses, and Government Services soccer leagues have been suspended until further notice.
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  • 195 14 Victoria School beat St. Joseph's Institution by four wickets at cricket en the V.I. ground yesterday. ST. JOSEPH'S INSTITUTION K. Twsensohn c Thambiraj b Heng Hoe 7, M. de Uaz c Sarbu b 8. J. Retnatn 16, P. Mowe run out 2, 8. Wicks c
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  • 157 14 T<HE Malayan Water Ski AsA sociation will hold another competition at Pasir Ris Hotel from 9 a.m. on Sunday, when the tide will be ideal for the sport. A new event will be Trick Skiing. There will be the usual Slalom and Jumping events,
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  • 264 14 SURREY TAKE 3 POINTS LEAD, IN COUNTY TABLE SURREY, the holders of thr NF)() Tv 2J ship gained their iitail» < ri 4> since the season started who, T^^O 111 runs at the Oval today the > be at ?> Essex, needing 180 runs r« seven wicketeln hand, could m^J*
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  • 106 14 HK will test NZ soccer strength WELLINGTON, Tues NEW ZEALAND soccer team may tour the Fa' East towards the end of nex^ year. Mr Lee Wai Tong, manager of the visiting Hong Kong team, attended a meeting of the New Zealand Football Association tonight and gave the management committee relevant
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  • 48 14 KINGSTON. Jamaica. Tues Bill Johnson, the Australian bowler and captain who injured his knee when fielding on Saturday in the fifth Test against the West Indies has damaged a cartilage and has been advised by a local specialist to have an operation here —Reuter.
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  • 70 14 Raffle s Institution will be holding their annual athletic sports on Saturday, June 25 at 3 p.m. on the school ground. Parents and friends are Invited to the sports. There will be two events for old boy s of the School: 1. 100 ya:d? handicap for
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  • 50 14 St. Patrick's 0.8.A. officials for 1955-56 are: President: Adrian de Sllva; Vice President: Stephen Chee; Hon. Secretary George Chlng; Hon. Treasure: Leonard Chee: Sports Secretary: Eric B. Yee; (re-elected) Social Secretary: Anthony Goh. Committee Members: Edward Scow. Eu Wing Kee. Stephen Pang. Charlie Koh. Bernard Chee.
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  • 65 14 The Singapore lawn tennis open championships will be held from July 2 to July 10. Entry forms may be obtained from all affiliated clubs of the I S.L.T.A. or from the hem. secretary, Mr. Low Kee Pow, c o Rofflcs iMtB °34!7 and ***** Competitor? for
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