The Straits Times, 20 June 1955

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  • 12 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845. SINGAPORE, MONDAY, JUNE 20, 1955 IS CENTS
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  • 90 1 Terrorist group strikes twice in Johore without claiming a single victim tunning battle on estate i defy ang of 20 in jungle BAHRU, Sun. manager lour special [a blt« shot it out terrorists who them on Estate in the I of Johore erdaj Mr. J. E. Ived
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  • 83 1 4-mile dash to police station ihe bandits charge' 1 they ditch and ran .-hooting as they i inaged to reach I the attack on the Ulu Remis EsSw h i c h i between ng Layan^ Rengam. the Straits sa that he driving in jeep when B cloud of dust
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  • 33 1 THE INDIAN PRIME MINISTER, Mr. Nehru, is garlanded by pupils as he calls at a local school during his visit to Moscow. At his left is his daughter. A.P. picture.
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  • 177 1 Pinay: We go with open mind NEW YORK, Sunday. 11l ANTOINE PINAY, the French Foreign Minister, iVi said here yesterday that the West would go to next month's Geneva conference with an open mind in search of how Soviet "gestures of goodwill can be brought
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  • 134 1 Escort of the Princess is to marry LONDON. Sun. ANOTHER of Princess Maris, garet s steady escorts to the gay spots of London is going to marry The engagement was announced yesterday of Mark Bonham Carter, 33, a publishing firm director, and Lady St. just, daughter of the late American
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  • 128 1 Daughter of Sultan in hiding From HALL ROMNEV LONDON, Sun. TENGKU SAKINA, disowned by her father, the Sultan of Kedah, because she married a Frenchman is now in hiding. She married Yves Borotra, 25. son of Jean Borotra, a former world tennis chamI pion. Tengku Sakina met Ives in Paris
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  • 17 1 LONDON, Sun.— Sir David Kelly has been appointed chairman of the British Counc il.— Reuter.
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  • 56 1 Hair and. La- ill ask SingaMinister, Mr. ■a bother it is I "he Austra- officer in d discussed send- ing Australian troops to SingaP °lf e so. Mr. Nair would like Mr. Marshall to state the outcome of the talks. He will ask the question in
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  • 37 1 COLOMBO, Sun. Turko Westerling. former Dutch army captain who is reported to be sailing for Indonesia with a yacht loaded with arms, wtll not be permitted to land here, the government said today. U.P.
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  • 35 1 EUENOS AIRES, Sun. Peronista National Senator Roman Subiza, former Minister of Political Affairs in President Peron's government, was killed in his home in a shooting fray with his wife and a brother-in-law.— U.P.
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  • 24 1 TAIPEH, Sun. A Nationalist transport plane dropped tons of anti-Communist leaflets over Fukien Province on Friday, it was announced last night.-^Reuter.
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  • 29 1 MAIZURU, Japan, Sun. American and Russian navy officers signed final papers on the transfer of 10 lend-lease ships being returned here by the Soviet Union today.— A.P.
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  • 23 1 TAIPEH. Sun. A fairly strong earth tremor shook Taipeh today rattling windows for 23 seconds. No damage was reported.— Rcuter.
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  • 83 1 Plane in 'sea of flames' after crash MEXICO, Sun. AN American four-englned plane loaded with Mexican labourers en route to jobs on U.S. farms crashed and burned at Leon yesterday, killing two and seriously injuring at least 10 of its 42 occupants. Mexican civil air authorities said the plane developed
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  • 26 1 CANBERRA, Sun. Australia will seek election to the United Nations Security Council this year, the External Affairs Minister, Mr. Richard Casey, announced today. Reuter.
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  • 124 1 CO-EXISTENCE II THE RING BERLIN, Sun. i boxers may not be friendly but they are very polite. During the European amateur championship matches here, Russian boxers followed the rules of etiquette closely. If a Soviet boxer was warned by the referee for
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  • 141 1 The Lees 9 Lillian sails away NEWLY MARRIED Lillian. 18-yrar-oiti daughter of Singapore millionaire newspaper magnate Mr. George E. Lee, left the Colony yesterday to make her new home in Australia. With her aboard the Sydneybound Nieuw Holland was her Australian husband, Mr. Patrick O'Connor. 27, Second Secretary in the
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  • 177 1 Danny called Margaret 'honey' Columnist LONDON. Bun. A London columnist today reprimanded Danny Kaye for addressing Princess Margaret as "honey." The columnist s%id Her Royal Highness and some friends walked backstage to Bee the American comedian after one of his Palladium shows and Danny said: "Hello,
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  • 243 1 Oh, for a nice conceit hall Mr. Hendl: Why don't you have one? WALTER HENDL, con- ductor of the Symphony of the Air, said yesterday that Singapore should have a proper concert hall. The 92-man American orchestra played to packed audience in the Singapore Badminton Hall last night and on
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  • 195 1 OVENS GLOW TO MAKE WORK FOR 500 All back at Hock Lee A LL THE 500 workers of the Singapore Glass Manu- facturers' Company will report for duty today, although some may have to wait until tomorrow for the Henderson Road factory to return to full production before they can
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  • 57 1 Hutton out of Test series HEALTH REASONS LONDON, Sun.— Len Hutton, England's Test captain, has told the selectors that, owing to reasons of health, he will not be available for the four remaining Tests against South Africa Peter May has accepted the captaincy for the remaining Tests. (Team for the
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  • 86 1 Trains crash head on: 42 hurt NEW YORK, Sun.TWO underground trains collided head on at a station in Brooklyn today, injuring 42 people. Officials of the Transit Authority said that one of the trains was derailed. The driver of one of the trains was trapped in the wreckage. Officials said
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  • 42 1 PERON'S ESCAPE BUENOS AIRES. Sun President Peron escaped certain death by leaving his palace before Thurs day's revolt broke out. it was revealed tonight. ,Rebel nm-hine-gun bullets riddled Ins office including chair where he usually sal. Reuter. (See P. 3)
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  • 49 1 LONDON, Sun.— Hopes of an early settlement of Britain's 28-day-old strike of 20,000 dock workers fell today when two mass meetings of strikers made no move to return to work. In London and Hull the strikers made plain their determination to continue the stoppage.—Reuter.
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  • 38 1 The departure of a KLM Super Constellation for Amsterdam was put off yesterday morning when a leaking washer was found in the hydraulic system at Kallang airport, Singapore. The aircraft will leave today at 10 a.m.
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  • 45 1 SAN FRANCISCO, Sun. Mr. Molotov, the Soviet Foreign Minister, gave his porter a $50 tip when he alighted here to- day from the train which had carried him across the United States for the opening of the United Nations meeting here. —Reuter.
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  • 169 2 Senator says that would bring peace NEW YORK. Sun. SENATOR Alexander Wiley said that the United States should Invite Russian and Red Chinese observers to its next hydrogen and ato- mic bomb tests. The rankinp Republican member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee also sugg(
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  • 318 2 The crews practise precautions against atomic bomb and frogmen attacks Navy assesses results of exercise 'anzex 9 By WILIJAM FISH ABOARD H.M.S. CONCORD. Sun. ■pXERCISE "A nz c x." biggest Commonwealth maritime operation in South-East Asian waters since the war. ended today. Now only the "wash-up"
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  • 37 2 r— j OVER THE WAVES] HIV. COMMANDER -IN CHIEF FARELF, Gen. Sir Charies Loewen, transfers by jack-stay from the cruiser Black Prince to the destroyer Concord daring Exercise "Anzex" in the South China Sea. Straits Times picture.
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  • 104 2 Detective's wife killed by mistake LA JARA, Colorado, Sun. The young wife of a District Attorney's investigator was killed in ambush on the front porch of her home early today by a bullet apparently meant for her husband. Mrs. Virginia Armijo. 33, mother of three small children, was killed as
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  • 119 2 LONDON, Sun. BRITAIN'S striking seamen and dockers began trickling back to work yesterday. The Shipping Federation reported a flow of seamen asking re-employment aboard the 81.000-ton Queen Mary and other giant Cunard liners strike-bound in Southampton and Liverpool. Most were seamen under
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  • 25 2 LONDON. Sun. World production of rubber during April was 132.500 tons and consumption 155.000 tons, the International Rubber Study Group announced here. Reuter.
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  • 184 2 SAIGON, Sunday. COUTH VIETNAM'S Deputy Defence Secretary today escaped a terrorist ''booby trap" intended to kill him. The road outside his house here was closed this morning while army sappers removed bombs planted at the front entrance of his drive.
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  • 42 2 •'The Bambinoes," a musical rhythm trio, won the 1955 Singapore Amateur Talent Quest yesterday. Mr. Ronald Alcantra. tenor, was runner-up. He sang "Schubert's Serenade." Third was Mrs. Wilma Tang, singing "Ready. Willing and Able." Six other finalists appeared.
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  • 41 2 JOHORE BAHRU. Sun— Ho Ng. 60. a rubber tapper, who said he came from Singapore, was fined $200 in the Sessions Court. Pontlan. today for possession of 3J katis of rice without a permit In a food restricted area.
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  • 329 2 Barnardo Boy M.P. finds his family LONDON, Sun. BARNARDO BOtf M.P. Mr. Ronald Ledger, has been reunited with two of his lost family. He drove to a semi-detached house in Devonshire-grove, off the Old Kent-road, and met his sister Iris for the first time in 30 years. She is the
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  • 54 2 CEDAR RAPIDS, lowa, Sun. A man in a dark business suit and wearing horn rim glasses entered a bank here yesterday, trussed up the cashier at gun point, complained that "the shape the world's in these days you can't make a living" and left
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  • 142 2 COLOMBO, Sunday. DAD weather and smoke threaten to obscure to- morrow's total eclipse of the sun for which more than 100 scientists have travelled to the Ceylon capital from eight countries. A magnetic storm has been increasing in intensity as the day approaches. The smoke
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  • 96 2 THE CHURCH BEATS THE BEAUTIES PANAMA, Sun. PROMOTERS of a "Miss Panama" contest have bowed to criticism by the Catholic Church and called it off. This followed the withdrawal of several entrant* after a pastoral letter from the archbishop, read in all pulpits in the city, branded the contest as
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  • 30 2 LONDON, Sun. The number of national savings groups in England and Wales at the end of May was 162,830 an increase of 1,346 on the previous year. Reuter.
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  • 174 2 PARIS, Sun.— France put on a dazzling air display yesterday that marked her comeback m a major air power capable of building jet airliners and some of the world's fastest fighters. Of the 10 planes in the world today which are supersonic in
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  • 218 2 DO YOUR FRIENDS LOOK DOWN IT YOU, CHILDREN scnool snoop angers r***l V||fw DARENTS here are protestS*?' 11 1 11 Sun, r school are being asked m£V eh does your father come h «mC> s s secretly wish you were w££*£j* J^H These questions are part of v survey on
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  • 128 2 HE FORGED COUNTERS TO BEAT THE CASINO A TURIN. Sun. YOUNG man who refularly "broke the bank" at casinos in Turin Venice and San Remo was under arrest here last night accused of swindling them out of several million lire. He considered betting at the roulette table a mug's came,
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  • 35 2 WELLINGTON. Texas. Sun Storms yesterday caused severe damage in Kansas. Oklahoma and Texas. A total of 20 tornadoes were counted 10 in Oklahoma, seven in Texas, and three in Kansas.— U.P
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  • 42 2 LONDON, Sun. Mr. N Longley. a past president of the British National Federation of Building Trade Employers, has been elected president of the International Federation of Building and Public Works in succession to M. Andre Boric of France.— Reuter
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  • 37 2 NEW HAVEN. Sun. After devouring turkey at the home of a Yale Professor two thieves left a note that read: -Didn't want to disturb you with running water, so we left the dishes dirty."— U.P.
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  • 65 2 NEW DELHI. Bun. T Government yesterday a nounced the award of the Aaoka Chato Indian h:?hest civil decor tion. to the captain, air ho tess and three other en I killed in the crash of air I i dia's "Kashmir Princess" < I Sarawak on
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  • 62 2 KATHMANDU, Sun. The "Abominable Snowman" has popped up again. Mr. T. Cortenay, member of the British Menlungtse expedition, said he had sighted some large footprints on the peak believed to be those the snowman. He and tw 0 other membe of the expedition irnvec he last
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  • 95 3 TRAGEDY ENpsjWLIDAY-MAKERS' TRIP-200 YARDS FROM LAND 0 \FTER, 0 SEA $1 C'IVES (F BODIES N. Sun. pluhious barpe u ,ili tourists yards off rfsterday and half of the i n it were resaid 22 been rcral othrr lieved to targe Army-type by a to run
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  • 29 3 K. Sun. new German provided for Cunard tranded In I era destined' By by way of I mtreaJ in a ilation. This I Lufthansa -A.P.
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  • 33 3 Ohio. Sun. 12, competing i and girls in I at a reserhooked a rubt re were two 7V4 in. long. the largest of and won id prize. A.P.
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  • 43 3 More than yesterday i throush Vienna in a new social w under ccfn- The doctors, marching in their white coats, wanted patients to choose their own physicians. Under the new law officials would assign patients to doctors. U.P.
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  • 97 3 Till. MOMENT when Pierre r I.evecirs Mercedes somer- >aulted into the crowd at Le Mans killing; 82 penplc I and injuring 92 is caught in this picture. TOP: Firemen fight flames of blazing Mercedes (left) while spectators some with flames licking round their heads,
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  • 43 3 PANKSHIN. Nigeria. Sun. A truck carrying 27 passengers missed a detour sign here yesterday and plunged over a .'.mall cliff where a bridge had been removed for repairs. Seven passengers were killed and most of the others injured.—A.P.
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  • 31 3 PESHAWAR. Sun. The Princeton University expedition to 25.420-ft. Mt. Tirish Mir, in the Himalayas, has been abandoned after two of the Americans climbers were disabled by frost bite.— Reuter.
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  • 188 3 LOS ANGELES, Sun. f OLLEGE girls were used as \J nude models in a lucrative photography business which averaged $3 million a year, a blonde divorcee told Senator Estes Kefauver's sub-com-mittee on juvenile delinquency yesterday. Senator Kefauver investigated an alleged 300 million "smut mill"
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  • 444 3 PRIESTS ARE FREED FROM JAILS pRESIDENT Juan D. Peron put the Army in full command of the Argentine nation yesterday. It clamped a tight control on the people under a state of siege in the wake of Thursday's bioody naval-air revolt. Authorities of the Roman Catholic
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  • 165 3 'CAMELS' WILL LIFT SUNKEN SUB PORTLAND, Sunday. pAMELS— GIANT buoyancy tanks— were being sunk beside the 1,000- ton Royal Navy submarine Sidon, which lies in 36 feet of water here, to surface the vessel. I They would eventually be blown up with compressed air., lightening the load for lifting the
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  • 33 3 ROME. Sun. The Soviet naval attache to Italy has been called home following accusations of espionage in the Italian press. No Soviet embassy official could be reached for. comment. A.P.
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  • 128 3 Duke at motor show LONDON. Sun. The Duke of Edinburgh flew by helicopter from Windsor Castle of Buckingham Palace yesterday on his way to take the salute at a cavalcade of motoring history in London's Regent's Park. The Duke, who is President of the
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  • 251 3 The summit talks Germany the test NEW YORK, Sun. The West German Chancellor, Dr. Adenauer, said yesterday that the "test case" determining whether East and West can come to an agreement will be whether the Russians "are prepared to return to the people of the eastern German zone their freedom."
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  • 221 3 TOKYO, Sun. fHINA said yesterday that three Americans and two Belgians, who chose to remain in China after the Korean war, have been given permission to leave the country. A Peking broadcast heard here said, however, that only two of the Americans had asked
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  • 59 3 LONDON, Sun. Sir Winston Churchill's lion, Rota, was yesterday put to sleep. Sir Winston reluctantly gave his permission for the destruction of the truculent old lion, presented to him in the war years of 1943. Rota had been ailing for months. Sir Winston used to visit
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  • 40 3 PETOSKEY, Michigan, Sun. Mr. Justice Jeperson fines people one dollar a mile for each mile they go over the speed limit up to 10 miles. After that, the fine is computed at U.S. $2 a mile.— U.P.
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  • 37 3 ICHIKAWA, Sun. A fire| believed to have been set off by a crazed inmate raced through a insane asylum near here early yesterday, burning i 18 people to death behind its! barred windows. U.P.
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  • 286 4 But they decide against cutting Whitley meetings to one a year KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. QELEGATES attending the annual conference of the Union of Post Office Workers, Malaya, here today described the Postal Department's Whitlev Council as "a farce." Some delegates wanted the constitution of the
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  • 129 4 THE JUNGLE NURSE SAYS CHEERIO BEXTOXG, Sun. PAIIAXG'S primitive (he Wong aborigines will rviss one of their best friends when 26-year-old British Red Cross nurse, Mivs Morlvdd Young, goes on leave .soon. Miss Young, who spent two months with the aborigines in the jungle last year, was accepted by them
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  • 29 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Sun. Organised by St. Christopher's Church Fellowship, a dance will be held at the Bukit Zahrah School. Johore Bahru. from 8 p.m. on July 1.
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  • 119 4 SALMAH LAGIO, 18. is the first girl from Johore Bahru to enter the Miss Malaya contest. She enters the contest as Miss UMNO, a title she won recently. The girl who will go to Long Beach, California, to represent Malaya in the Miss Universe contest will be
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  • 63 4 BATU ARANG. Sun. The new office of the Colliery Workers' Union will be opened at 10.30 a.m. on June 26 by Inche Mohamed Yousoff bin Mohamed Noor. vice-chairman of the Malayan Trade Union Congress. The opening ceremony will be followcG by a free cinema show
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  • 222 4 THE Singapore City 1 Council law forbidding buses of one company from stopping and picking up passengers in the territory of another in areas where routes overlap may soon be removed. The Vehicles and Traffic Committee of
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  • 110 4 DEFORE he entered the water at Singapore's Pasir Ris beach yesterday, the Commissioner-General, Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald, said "I am a very bad water skier." But Mr. Mac Donald. in swimming trunks, was applauded by on-lookers as he returned to the beach after
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  • 43 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Sun— Chia Kirn Teck was fined $200 today for moving a homemade cake and some rice without a permit alone the Kot a Tinggi Road The rice fell out of his pocket and gave him away.
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  • 21 4 The Singapore General Hospital needs Group "O" blood urgently today. Donors are asked to contact Blood Transfusion, telephone *****.
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  • 18 4 The Singapore Public House Owners' Association held a dinner last night to celebrate their second anniversary.
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  • 123 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. Women members of the Mala- yan Indian Congress were uraed today to keep in close liaison with Chinese and Malay women. •Indian women should not lap behind others in the country,"' said Mrs. Devaki Krishnan who presided at the "laugurai meeting
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  • 37 4 JOHORE BAHRU, Sun. Chong Putt was fined $50 In the Magistrate's Court today for using an unsuitable building tor a motor repairing business. He was warned last August, but he paid no heed.
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  • 57 4 KLANG. Sun. Pulau Ketam Crab Island, seven miles from here, where a population of 5,000 live in stilt houses over the sea, is to have its own qualified mid wife. A Health Office spokesman told the Straits Times today that a candidate is now being
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  • 19 4 Mariamamutthu a railway worker was found fatally injured on a railway track near Spooner Road,, Singapore, yesterday.
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  • 22 4 The Judo section of the Singapore Judo Club will hold a meeting at 7.30 p.m. tomorrow at the Club premises.
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  • 164 4 ACE PIANIST WINS NEW ADMIRER VU CHUM *EE, bril4 liant 18-year-old Singapore pianist, won another admirer yesterday when he played for American' conductor and concert pianist Walter Hendl. Mr. Hendl heard Yu play pieces by Beethoven, Mozart and Chopin at the invitation of his teacher, Mrs. Madelein Altken. Yu, who
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  • 192 4 roared for an encore i audience S^D* I ehp stra S: tL**i Bi*e an enS ha<l I he sw ung the S^i chest ra great n offering an «n hears 5U r?, an 2^ 2 fortissimo pasS. he Superbly led Which was a ft, l music soared t\ff'\ SSttt???" the
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  • 223 5 ifter the barrage, troops move in (A. Sun. i; |wo nights of Liitiniioii* bomb- Communist on Mol.nl ROi i lace direct from ground jn ;i follow-up ■r|||im. .rdmem. ne- Royal ArtiiMa.jor p. was the the Err.erseven yean directed at JndepenMount Ophir. Dorc'er of MaNrpn Sem(Hinder
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  • 43 5 nnJ^i^ V "c l)|ipilt K'Kistrar of Civil Marriaces. «nn 6 ratulatos M.ss (,oh S.ow Bag of Singapore after her marnagr tn Mr. Chan Rcur Kr.n. Dental Surgeon attached to the Prnanc C.cnrral Hospital, at the Pcnans Re«istry.— Straits Times picture.
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  • 107 5 AUSTRALIA HAS LOCOS TO SELL MALAYA AUSTRALIA wants to sell diesel electric locomotives <rV to Malaya. Mr. A. P. Austin, service engineer of Clyde Engineering Works. Sydney, said in Singapore yesterday that his company had offered to supply passenger-hauling diesels to the Malayan Railway. Tenders will close this week. Mr.
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  • 65 5 He wants a school for salesmen PENANG. Sun. THE president of the Penans Chinese Salesmen's Asso- fiation. Mr. Law Mook Weng, •vßnts the Penane Government Commercial Day School to teach salesmanship. "Salesmen have an important role to play in the business life of the community which Is closely related to
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  • 39 5 TELUK ANSON. Sun.—Teluk Anson's newest playground the Sir Henry Gurney Child- j ten's playground —in front of! the clock tower in Anson Road, was opened by the Deputy Mentri Besar. Perak. Inehe Oman bin Talib today.
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  • 26 5 PENANG. Sun. The Veterinary Department's travelling dispensary carried out 13,6731 cases of ranikhet and fowl-pox vaccinations and chemical; caponisations in the settlement during May.
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  • 22 5 PENANG, Sun. The Federation School for the Deaf will launch a Federation wide appeal week from August 2 to 8.
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  • 67 5 PARIT BUNTAR. Sun. Shane bin Hashim. 45. a rubber tapper of Matang Kerat Terlun.iok, Banda Bahru. was fined a total of $750 or three months' jail when he pleaded cuiltv to two charges of having assisted in the carrying on of a public lottery. He
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  • 56 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. The next "classic of the cinema" to be shown by the Selangor Film Society will be Conrad Veidt and Werner Krauss in "The Cabinets of Doctor caligari." This •film was made in Germany in 1920. It will be screened at the Town Hall Kuala
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  • 101 5 Sun.- More than Tnmrnt clerical ofPenang. Kedah. 1 r>rak. Kfiantan and i 1 have undergone] courses at the staff here. "1 these courses very useful." the Resident Commissioner Mr. D. Gray, told the Straits Times today. Besides giving the staff of Government departments an opportunity
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  • 849 5 The prize-winning answers to $20,000 questions By THE COMPETITION EDITOR rE standard of entries in The Malayan Monthly's $20,000 Word Puzzle "K" was high. The field was one of the biggest for many months. Here are observations on what the judges thought were Hie most apt and accurate answers to
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  • 54 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun.— Inche Mohamed Saman bin Osman, a Customs officer, who saved a man from drowning off Johore Bahru In September last year, has received a testimonial on vellum from the Royal Humane Society. The presentation was made by the Mentri Besar. Johore, Dato Wan
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    • 592 5 9.45 There's Company: 10.00 RADIO MALAYA Mi»lcale: 10J0-n.OO Percy Proctor and His Band. i -Programmes than marked ran ■^■■■■^^iH^i^i^B^i^i^i^ite hr received by listeners in Malacca. I B'^^r^J^l^Tlß Short wave 49 62m. Medium j BiItMLU It'll wave 478 m.. 315, 366 m. and 297 m.) IHHIHhBHIMHIbIH 8.57 and 11.10 a.m. English
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  • 140 6 .</« (minimum). FOLLOW PEDANT Every Day in |faJT if you want to win 000 word puzzle. IK)RIS GEDDES, Uttle Shop. Hotel. Charming Cottons i. Day and Cocktail Wear. Open during lunch. 008 SMELLS arc constant worry; b«:de they give your guests a bad impression. Your problem olvea Dm Air-wkk.
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  • 48 6 TO Word, }10 (minimum). THE FAMILY of the late Mr. fitpphen Goii Client Hian thank 's. friends for the sympathy c. 'heir Father's death. K NARAYANAN of Jasin I tate, Jasin. thanks all friend Uona who attended beloved mother and for BtSMCW Of condolence and a-vJstance uiven.
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  • 1254 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Mon. June 20, 1955. The Graft Report The report of the Federation's Integrity of the Public Services Commission contains none of the startling and sensational exposures that some may have hoped for. On the evidence it collected, the Commission pronounced the civil service as composed of
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  • 153 6 MAN IN THE STREET Nothing has been won but hardship NOW that the strikes have ended, at least temporarily, there must come the realisation among the majority of the strikers that their stoppage of work achieved nothing, but only brought hardship and misery to themselves and their families. And for
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  • 148 6 rE picture of P.AP. champions of the workers. Messrs. Devan Nair and Lim. showing clenched fists does not fool sensible people. I do not understand what they have achieved, or brought to the poor workers who were misled into an illegal strike. They gained nothing but
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  • 81 6 WELL done. Mr. Marshall, for the firm methods used that have made the strikers return to work. The back-bone of the illegal strikes has been broken and responsible members of unions have been made to realise the untold misery and harm that can be caused to themselves
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  • 391 6 I PROTEST against the inconsiderate attitude of a Hokkieji wayang. In doing so. I am sure. I am voicing the feelings of the people living near the Sims' Association at Beatty Road. Instead of using one loudspeaker in the auditorium, the wayang puts up another one
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  • 657 6 a \I7E all know E the handlI caps, and hardships of E the latest attempt to overthrow democratic i government in Singa- pore. But what about the advantages to be 5 found in its failure? I wonder whether, in a i year's time we shall not be
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  • 419 6 T<HE criticism directed 1 against Mrs. McNaughtan because she chooses to drive from Penang to Singapore in a Jaguar XX 120 motor car seems to me to be unnecessarily biassed and one-sided. The main grudge appears to be. "I couldn't do it. therefore how dare she"?
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  • 298 6 IN a recent issue of the Straits Times there appeared the picture of a Chi- nese girl, who appears to be a teenager, addressing a crowd of strikers at the Hume Pipe Factory in Bukit Timah, which is truly pathetic. It is a revelation of
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  • 71 6 .TWAT the M.I.C. still X clings to the Alliance when they were refused even a single seat in the coming Federal elections, shows that the Indians in Malaya believe only unity, understanding and peaceful settlement can bring Independence to Malaya and are not at all aggressive-minded. What
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  • 160 6 For one hour each night and for three nights a week, these adults, sacrificing time with their families or friends, go to school to learn. English to them is a "vocational tool" something they need and need badly for occupational advancement. Numerous adult education courses at postliteracy level
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    • 708 6 CLASSIFIED ADS. It N'»rW< fid (minimum). HALLIWEI.L To Barbara (nee p-nninci and Peter at Teluk Anson n June, a son. Mark Philip. N shireen and Alt. proudly nee the Birth of Tanya Helen I K K Hospital on 18tl. June bo 1 h l SELVARATNAM To Rajes and teacher Tuanku
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    • 54 6 6 RAFFLES PUCE 'PHONE ***** OPTICIANS**"* K. E. MEYER f.n.a.o. o. opt i.o* K. W. BELL dip. opt. a.s.t.c, f.a.oa^ SPORT TROPHIC SILVER E.P.N.S. CUPS MEDALS, SHIELDS, etc. ILS.de SUVA ./curlier* ph«ne 106, ORCHARD RD., S'pore-9^ *****. i r Sole A ce- fTD found*** 1 fe SHRIRO (CHINA) LTD. (0
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  • 220 7 if their claims are not settled in a week THE ln.lNMMronK Singapore City Council Labour slriuT li^ derat n yesterday decided to take a strike ballot on Sunday if jt s outstanding dc- a not met within one week. me Federation is one
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  • 31 7 Five newspapermen. two from the Federation. Hong Kong and North Borneo left Singapore by air yesterday for a one-month visit to Britain as guests of the Colonial Office.
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  • 22 7 KANGAR. Sun. The Perlis Council of State will hold its next meeting on July 28, at the Balai Besar. Arau.
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  • 112 7 SHOPMEN TANT A 5- POINT BARTER Shop :uon will mdtun to Labour, ><-k. seeknl legisle satis- ng condimployees. .i! meet,vr boon postponed there was im states pted fact cannot :i"in.selv<\s :hc\r workit logisla:he Gov- a U*t* five should be not mrs a day. •k 12 to 14 a should be
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  • 59 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. More than 3,000 Catholics marched in procession on the padang outside St. Anthony's Church this eveninc in celebration of the saint's feast day. The procession moved out of the church following evening mass with t. Anthony's statue carried by the leaders. Catholics came
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  • 52 7 Home from school on holiday MR. CHAN BOON TEIK, third year civil engineering student of Manchester University wh o returned to Singapore yesterday by air for the summer vacation. He is a son of Mr. Chan Ewe Pin, Senior Master at the Bukit Mertajam High School, and Mrs. Chan. Straits
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  • 52 7 SAVED $83— LOSES CAR 1 BAHRU. Sun— Yainttan, who le $83 duty cigarettes 'he Sessions and the car ho was driving were confiscated. The court was told that when Yacob was asked if 'he had anything to declare he produced* a packet of matches. The cigarettes were founa in the
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  • 35 7 MISS MARGARET OEHLERS, a Singapore teacher, has many colleagues in to help her celebrate her 21st birthday. Miss Oehlers is in the foreground with the cake. Picture by Johnny Quek.
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  • 82 7 THE MAN WHO HAD THREE WATCHES JOHORE BAHRU, Sun. Chong Choy, a passenger on the night mail to Kuala Lumpur, told a Custom officer that the wrlstwatch he was wearing was bought a year ago in Kuala Lumpur. In his pocket, the Customs officer found a receipt showing that he
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  • 49 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Sun. Ng Soon Hai, a shopkeeper of Lima Kedai new village, was fined $300 by Mr. N. L. Cohen in the Sessions Court today for failing to open two tins of condensed milk and two tins of coconut oil before selling them to two customers.
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  • 139 7 LABOUR CANDIDATE'S CLAIM KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. MR. TAN TUAN BOON, Selangor Labour candidate in the Federal elections, told a rally of 800 people here today that workers will never trust the Alliance because it had tried to stop the Employment Bill from being passed.
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  • 81 7 Mac Donald takes a harmonica lesson THE COMMISSIONER-GENERAL, Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald, tries his skill at the month organ under the expert direction of Larry Adler TOO BIG? Well then, try a smaller one. Maybe this is a bd 100 5ma11. BIG OR SMALL, it's a
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  • 163 7 Pickets still out at two plants From Page One ployees' Union and the S.H.B. Labour Union spent an hour yesterday in discussions with the S.H.B. Staff Association president, Mr. Siak Chun Leng, on the association's 52-day strike. The association members had waited the whole day in vain for representatives from
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  • 75 7 Leadership course Mr. T. G. Jeffreys Jones, lecturer and tutor in Youth Service of the University of Swansea, will visit Singapore next month to conduct a training course for youth leaders in the Colony. The visit Is arranged by the Swansea Youth Leadership Training Team of Singapore. The training course
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  • 73 7 A move to stop unpaid overtime work of the monthly-paid *taff of the Singapore City Council will be made by Mr. P. R. Williams City Councillor, at the Council's ordinary meeting this month. In a resolution to be tabled at the meeting, Mr. Williams will
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  • 103 7 Wan Hamid inquiry is put off HPHE inquiry which the Johore •I. Government ordered into the case of Wan Hamid bin Salleh was deferred today. Wan Hamid, a member of the Johore Civil Service now on a scholarship in Britain, disregarded an order and went on a visit to China
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  • 18 7 Four hundred people attended the Young Progressives' first picnic held off West Coast Road, Singapore, yesterday.
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  • 82 7 TODAY: Singapore 11.29 am. (8 ft. 4in .i 10.30 P.m. (0 ft. 7in); Port Dickson 8.18 am. ft. 4 in.) 6.54 p.m. (9 ft. 7 In.); Penang 12.33 a.m. (5 ft. 9 in.) 12.43 p.m. (8 ft. 7 in.). TOMORROW: Singapore 12.15 a.m. ifi ft. 6 in.) 11.18
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  • 287 7 Another wins $3,750 with lost-minute entry MRS C. Engcl of Ford] Avenue, Singapore, one of the two winners of the Straits Times $5,000 Word Puzzle "F*\ hit the jack-pot at her second attempt. Mrs Engel said yesterday that she had not yet made up
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  • 22 7 Mr. Bo Khln Maung Gale. Burmese Minister for Home Affairs, arrived in Singapore from Jakarta yesterday for a two-day stay.
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  • 316 7 BURHANUDDIN TALKS OF HIS BANDOENG TRIP Not a word on terrorists rjR. BURH/INUDDIN AL-HELMY, chairman of the Malay Youth Congress, which has its headquarters in Kuala Lumpur, yesterday gave his first indication of an active return to politics when he spoke before a meeting of 1,200 Malays in Singapore. The
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  • 92 7 Three knocks a church is opened KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. rE Bishop of Singapore, the Rt. Rev. H. Baines. today declared open the church of Saint Andrew at the Royal Air Force Station here. In a simple ceremony the Officer Commanding the Station Group Captain P. Broad, opened the door of
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  • 44 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Sun.— Son Yu Seng of the Police Depot, charged with the theft of police uniform equipment, was discharged In the Magistrate's Court today when the prosecution withdrew the charge against him. The discharge di d not amount to an acquital.
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  • 34 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. Father Vendargon, parish priest of Saint Anthony's jChurch here will be ordained a Bishop on August 21. He will be the first Asian to become a bishop in Malaya.
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  • 94 7 MENTAKAB, Sun. The body of a woman terrorist was brought to the Mentakab police station today and identified as Ah Ann, alias Ec Phln. She was killed by a patrol of "D" Company First Battalion, Northern Rhodesia Regiment, in the jungle near Se-
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    • 54 7 lea ,nd Perr.nt W,v« P^^J^^^n IWur.nj in tHe.r O'*.^ c sauce ioup cei.ervh.re •••«»^J «.w d c £erl Men*"*' Mm complete v^ p.Juancy fl BY SIME DARBY (athay~hotel All bedrooms air-conditioned with bathrooms telephone: luxuriously CHINESE MEALS Single Room \rom 818.90 I r lbl Double Room 'Rom $26-00 JSZ *dd:
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    • 109 7 f "No meal is ever ordinary when it includes V j@tyz~ J \^TOMATO CATCHUP"/ I ss=a LOOK TO JWSF&~ FOR PERFECTION Of H»« Itntet of m«H, non« it more higtity priird than that ot tight. If B^. your eye t Smart, but you hay« Ml headache or "Tirad fading" while
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
    • 80 7 The weather MINIMUM TEMPERATURE: (7.30 p.m. on June 18 to 7.30 a.m. on June 19j Singapore 73 degrees, Penang 75. Kota Bahru 75. Kuala Lumpur 75, Ipoh 73, Kuantan 74. MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE: (730 a.m. to 7.30 p.m. on June 19) Singapore 81 degrees, Penang 81, Kota Bahru 85. Kuala Lumpur
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  • 731 8 [By SIR SYDNEY SMITH, EMritis PrtfMttr tff Fir- j jiisic MidieiM, Edinburgh I University. j POLICE DRUGS. By lean Rolin. Translated by Laurence J. Bandit (Hollit fir Carter. 12s. 6d.). A RATHER unusual A book has just appeared in which the author, Monsieur Jean
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    193 8  -  imiiimiiimiiiiMmmiii KENNETH KONSTAM by rE merits and demerits of the two principal systems played In Britain. CAB. and Acol, have been argued out ad nauseam, the champions of each being adamant that their own preference is the best. One can produce hands that give an advantage to any system,
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  • 283 8 THE AUTHENTIC NEW 1 TESTAMENT, edited and translated by Hugh Schonfield (Dennis Bobson, 755.). rIRTY years of study and five years of actual waiting is a very long time to spend upon a single book But it was the time occupied by Mr.
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  • 312 8 QATABAN AND SHEBA. By Wendell Phillips. (Victor Collancx, 215.). T*HERE can at first view be 1 no possible link between Malayan rubber latex and the buried Arabian cities of the pre-Christian era. but Dr. Wendell Phillips provides a link in this interesting, and exciting, account of his
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  • 38 8 BELATED ESSAY ON NAZISM moot a^ 0 High mli >n time. '-n v ar» :v If We donht ti. ment. we can nl the library n "«l Any library p,.,.,,. Rv what ovmirtrlff! BBS c "<T,H TRF.VM v,.
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  • 162 8 THE WORCESTER ACCOU' Early Reminiscent* j Behmun. iHjmijk Him* 1 2s. 6d \JR-BEHRMASha,»ta i»l macf easj the theatre and fasvrodi in (he home. He is the mn <, practls 'and the most ronciwi writers in his fiefo. and "The Worcester Accou he enlarges that field to
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 279 8 I Xjl NESPRAY 0 w^gT' I nespray A! A l-lb. tin contains the equivalent Ml I £3> f mA\/ n SIX IMPERIAL PINTS V OF PURE FULL CREAM MILK 'ft, I Kj>B's2 7 U 'fUt^^S test cman^s sturdy construeAm-\ X^- t HiiVVikJ tion anc^ extreme adaptability. ■h Hl^^' iM an^
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    • 81 8 CCC. Collect su o' *J coupons to ChUdnffl Corner Out MADE TO MEASURE. there's W& an AUSTIN for your particular job k!b^ Er door delivery 3,750 I specification. $4,395 -^^s^si A4O VAN All fa* b<x»y-io.d» P WC C r up to half a ton operating f li^K^c^ll •conomy —dependable. B»o,°
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 288 8 Straits Times Crossword s M 4 M 5 I J T X l-I--77" 1| TT 19 20 ACROSS 9. The only property of a tramp? 1. Natural cause of recent air- ii 0> t i. mt; (10) 12 Mount to back on Walpurgis I?! SS'^l— Preserve? trtrv 10) 11. Unknown"
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  • 1804 9 40 diggers fought and won battle for New Guinea STRAITS TIMES SPECIAL FEATURE "iiiiiiir TJIHL thud of mortar bombs punctuated the X crackle of rifle and machine-gun fire in the mountains surrounding Wav airstrip in the New Guinea Highlands early in 1943. imm IIZ£S2fIEL h< 1 k nai rass and
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    • 105 9 0s bit i(or you APPLE BLOSSOM 01MISK ROSE CORONATION ife, MIMOSA LILAC Bfe 1 fOKP I I I( L CARS LTD. Prnang BROS. LTD. MNsakaa M.iiicca "OHG LEONG LTD. is BESAR SINCAPORE IF FAR CO., LTD. **i Bh.,r U T 'O W G YEONG Bharu. Of "'pnnw 0/ Division toONAL
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    • 248 9 Quality Footwear by BALLY 3IIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIMimmil'(m>"niMU ?i .iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiir; New Summer Range, just arrived All the latest Styles. Colours and Materials, for morning, afternoon and evening wear. English sizes 2 to 1\ American sizes 3£ to 9j Front 923/- pair m^^ sihgapohi i. p •WE STORE WITH A 6 £(lh TO OFFER
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 154 9 Shorlaek Haimes Ait in the m>u s mf A 1 ACT |T Lt^l A\CC IE TLIKL vV^L. I Wk i I ITtTJ^^ i mm Dl*-O I "OLm \C^ f Ir I Hl^ uRb RRR^^r- 1 x^ W^WKTjt^^ P/\PFff lHvk Truvy One mistake onlyr BWrRRRR^BrRrI r^P.Ng^mE Twe cm* 1 RX-tmis 6
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    • 1250 10 Tel: i4os MANSFIELD tfc CO., LTD. Tali »«m |M lines) (Incrrporo'cc in S.ngopore) (12 Hnee) s K f T HE BLUE FUNNEL LINE Co"if« *n r'vwrf jr. olSrr ports to load and discharge cargo SAILINGS ta LIVERPOOL, GLASGOW, LONDON ft CONTINENTAL PORTS Singacora Dua Soili P. S ham Penong l»"»^»»
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    • 1220 10 MJ^^MJm by^^^^j^^KdAjLy EAST ASIATIC LIMB SAILINGS TO CONTINENT/SCANDINAVIA For Aden, Port Soid, Genoa, Ai.fw.rp, Rotterdam, Hamburg, CoaQ"n«B*» Gsth*nbur« ft o*i« Sport P. S'tKim Pnoog x) "MALACCA" 3/ J July 4 4 July 7/ 7 Jury "MEONIA" 20/ 24 July 21/24 Jury 27/21 Jury "FALSTRIA" 14/19 Aug M/M Aug 21/22 Au<j
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    • 1008 10 I,Kk*THK BEN UKI STSAMBRS LTD.^^ SINGAPORE (Incorporated In tfie United Kingdom) LINES SAILINGS TO U.K. AND CONTINENTAL PORTS Spore P. S'hom "-nana ■mreimeeli for London, Hull 4/ 7 14/2* Juno 27/» June Um oSJr**£SS^ t m/»j— «tj«-v t j-» v 4 j-f, lenreecfc for London, Rotterdam 23 June/ 3 Jaly
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    • 668 10 McALISTER USA.. North AHM T^Tte M, t Km Col(» Hull. '0 Au, «/30 j u y ,>« A aarjag t c ct."-& K (Incorporate n °f CO.. LTn^^Hl c*. Wt0 'Bin; 2ZSSZ" r -r" RADNORSHIRE BW* PEMBROKESHIRE r I Jul, -^B" 1 SLENROY 20/21 J u y J«/'!j2 '■Bui CLENARTNEY-
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  • 479 11 Conf idence returns to Singapore |V SHARE 3MARKET BEVMEW C dSp IhS m "*»™ln.T to the Singapore Share Market, despite the nnlitirai »nH !he^C llbleS WhiCh ki the This returning confidence was reflected in the industrial section of the share market which can now be regarded as L^ rr n
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  • 147 11 DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED t ..nird last ef ..pe- URED- tii 1 interim I share. f it 8v 6d. r ending in Lonshare- •< i.-i'-ter on I \l WAN i \<, LTD.: r\ of 4d. i i dine tax for P»>--t -i July 20 on the t M TIN fll diviI stock
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  • 460 11 THE price of rubber, which had risen sharply in Singapore last week on large buying orders by nervous traders and speculators, fell on Saturday morning with the end of the Colony strikes and the closing- down of 25 of General Motors' 119 factories in
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  • 837 11 T*H£ Malayan Share Brokers' Association, Singapore section, issued the following full list of revised quotations after their last meeting at 4 pjn. on Friday:— INDCBTKIAU Siren Sellen Al»x. Brick* rm 2.M 1.11 Ora» JJO 3|o Atlas ice nM '{buym) 8.8 Petrol 36/- 96/- Id BM TniMMt 490 14*
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  • 287 11 rpHE following business done 1 in the Singapore Share Market last week was reported by one firm of brokers for the period June 11 to June 17:— 91 67W. Federal Dispensary MJltt. fess.*»aa2*s t B Oriental Telephones 100s. to 105s. S 103s 104 d.. Robinson Ordi. Sl3 50
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    • 379 11 KNUTSEN LINE Fast and Regular Service MM CANADA/U.S. PACIFIC PORTS 30 DAYS >— Sailing Arriving Francisco Singapore P.Swer Penang Fretnantlc In port 22 |unc 23 |unc 30 |une 1 |unc 11 |uly 13 July 14 July 21 July 9 |uly 8 Aug 10 Aug 1 1 Aug 1 8 Aug
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    • 753 11 TENDERS TENDER NOTICE TENDERS a*e Invited for the manufacture and supply of class room furniture to the various vernacular schools in Selangor. Particulars may be obtained from the Chief Education Officer. Selangor. TENDER TENDERS will be received by the Stall Officer. M.A.AT. at R.A.F.. Kuala Xumpur up to noon on
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    • 887 11 TENDERS CITY Co\mdl OF SINGAPORE TENDERS. ELECTRICITY DEPARTMENT: (a) Erection of Cast-ln-Sltu RC. Structures. Concrete plinths and Cable Tranches, Wire Mesh Fencing and other sundry civil works at Woodlands Substation. Close N00N— fi. 7.55; (b) Supply of CO 2— 24 lbs., C.T.C. Pressurised type l quart slse. Soda Add type
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  • 915 12 A veteran trade unionist warns the Singapore worker AS a domiciled European in Singapore, I. like many others in this colony, view with grave concern the evergrowing unrest and strikes which are daily worsening the life and future of a city which should normally be looking forward to prosperity and
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  • 267 12 THEY COPY HIM AT SCHOOL A SUNDAY evening programme is on the air with the title "Towkay's Tavern." It is neither funny nor humorous to at least one section of Malaya's population. The Tamil Indians feel that it is an insult to their community, as one of the characters. "Muttoo,"
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  • 190 12 »THE letter by "Bread x Winner" should be enough to inform the trade unionists what difficulties are being faced by the workers in the present strike situation. Will the political leaders and a few* so-called trade union leaders consider the great injustice done to the common
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  • 200 12 I AM in complete agreement with the remarks of the New York World Telegram, when, commenting on the Inquest verdict on the death of Mr. Gene Symonds, the American Journalist, it says, "There was a time when such wanton killing would not have been written
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  • 822 12 I^HE Kuala Lumpur Klang Port Swettenham or Klang Port Swettenham buses end their route irregularly. They either stop short at Port Swettenham town or run and terminate opposite the railway station via Station Road, and sometimes via Camp and Padang Roads, depending at times on the
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    • 299 12 Synthetic fabric* u P er iy JySjLgj Aik for ASAHI m^^^ /Ci^|^2&^2 JJ^ <f> FABRICS igSSSji Comet Georgette Crcpo S**—^^^^^^j^| S AX. 7,000 (Georgette Crepe: ■tf^"%KSl^|^ S^^'j \J V AX 7,050 (Georgette Crepe M^Mfeß^^^ M^l AX. 5,400 (Bern Fonny) 9^^^^SSSS^o^A I AX 5.000 [Cherry Voile) aMlwSN*^ AL, 1 AX 5.700
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    • 229 12 However n^\ the job-ih er n a Why is rr that henley \^^--^^Mi Tyres are today winning I such an amazing reputation 3spbCj I for carrying really rough, ll^/i^ I diflScult loads under the I most arduous conditions? It I is because whatever the job, in whatever corner of the
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    • 920 13 MED by .i.tants. i'harma- ,<■ firm in Apply ■.;x>re-l. 1 American Assld- Bfa 26--e to travel d have mitrol crknoa, In confl- 1 COUNCIL: j ;>!aftsmen „:v Scale oixA2o- i plus VIII with t .ematics r.ave oom- I TechnlU < have 5 ng the exipabillty 1 Inilowing Hidings. 1 layout.
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    • 839 13 TUITION 20 Word* $s (Min.)-Box SO ct*. extra. WANTED to learn Latin AmerlI can and Ballroom Dancing. Indivl- aval Coaching, must be Qualified Tutor. Apply Box A 4311. S.T. 'MRS MADELINE AITKEN ATCL, LTCL, ALCM. LLCM Tea- i cher of Pianoforte and Harmony students prepared all examinations. 20A St. Martin's
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    • 913 13 VKIIICLES FOR SALE 20 Words M i Mln.,—H,,x SO cts. extra. 1955 M.Q. MAGNETTE 3.500 miles. OfTers to ***** after 5 p.m. 1951 STANDARD VANGUARD, j 1950 Humber Hawk. 1952 Humber Hawk. Terms arranged If necessary. Call 77 Beach Road. Office Hours. MORRIS MINOR TOURER 1953 Good condition 29,000 miles
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    • 951 13 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS APPLICATIONS are Invited from Federal citlaens to fill vacant posts of Town Planner Assistants in the Federal Town Planning Department, j Federation of Malaya. Salary scale; < 137.50 X 7.50 152.50/209 x 14 307/324 x 14 450. Aged 17 22. Qualifications: passed school certificate grade I or II
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    • 746 13 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION SELANGOR Applications are invited for the post of Hostel Steward at the Trade School. Kuala Lumpur. Salary: $90-A6-138/144-A6 168 plus Cost of Living Allowance. Qualifications: Federal Citizen or State National, must speak Malay and English. Successful applicant required to overseer catering arrangements for students In
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    • 1003 13 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS STOREKEEPER P.W.D. STATE STORE SELANGOR Applications are Invited from Federal Citizens for the post of Storekeeper in the P.W.D. Stale Store. Selangor. Kuala Lumpur. Applicants must have attained their 17th but not their 23rd birthday and must have passed either Standard VII or VIII in an English Scnool.
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  • 402 14 Varsity v Navy LTNIVERSITY of Malaya beat Royal Navy by four wickets at Sepoy Lines. ROYAL NAVY Nolan c K. T. Retnam b K. J. Retnam 4 Slaney c Thiagarajan b Delilkan 37 Mill s c K. J. Retnam b Delilkan 24 Sharpe c Wong b Delilkan 1
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  • 209 14 NEGRI SEMBILAN IST INNS. 84. SELANGOR IST INNS: Jones b Shutt 55 Hobbs c Kok Heng b Ratnayake 66 Rajalingam c Thillagaratnam b Shutt 45 Shepherdson b Boon Oon Lor o Chua Eng Cheng c Hamlin b Ratnayake 1 Chelliah c Shutt b Ratnayake 15 Gurucharan Singh c Hamlin
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  • 447 14 Three SCA senior matches abandoned ONLY TWO of the five matches in the Singapore Cricket Association senior tournament were played yesterday. the other three games being abandoned after overnight rain had made grounds unfit for play. In the two games played, Royal Air Force beat Singapore Chinese
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    50 14 TOM GRAVENEY makes a good catch at first slip to dismiss Roy McLean of South Africa, off the bowling of Frank Tyson, in South Africa's second innings in the First Test match at Nottingham, which England, won by an innings. McLean had scored 16 when he was cauuht.— A.P. picture.
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  • 314 14 KUALA LUMPUR. Sunday. SELANGOR scored their fourth successive innings victory in an i nter-state game when they beat Negri Sembilan by an innings and 50 runs on the padng here today. Final scores were: Selangor 225 for nine declared and Negri Sembilan 84 and 91.
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  • 282 14 LEW HOAD LOSES TITLE, THEN WEDS LONDON, Sun. KEN ROSEWALL, the Australian champion, beat his fellow Australian, Lewis Hoad, 6-3, 6-1 in the men's singles final of the Queen's Club international lawn tennis tournament here yesterday. Rosewall, second favourite in the Wimbledon betting, increased his prospects by the ease with
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  • 246 14 Kelly hits 74 as RAOC retain 'bat' OOYAL Army Ordnance Corps rely tamed the Young cricket bat when they were held to a draw in their annual match by R.A.M.C. at Friendly Hill yesterday. R.A.O.C. scored 242 and R.A.M.C were 95 for seven at close. The holders went for the
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  • 88 14 PARIS. Sun. I^IJI and five other countries were accepted as members by the International Olympic Committee at n meeting here yesterday, the others being East Germany, Rhodesia. Kenya. Liberia and Barbados. East Germany were admitted on condition that they get together with West Germany, who
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  • 345 14 LONDON. Sun. pLAClNGS in the county cricket championship table are: 1st. inn. 1. P W L D L D Pts Surrey 9 9 0 0 0 0 108 Yorkshire 10 7 3 0 1 0 88 I Sussex 9 4 1 4 0 3
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  • 80 14 Singapore Recreation Club and Wanderers drew their Section A fixture in the SCA Junior tournament at Balestier Road yesterday. A fine 67 by skipper V. C. Westerhout helped the S.R.C. to recover from a poor start and finish with 147-8 declared. S.R.C. 147-8 dee!. (V.
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  • 53 14 JOHORE BAHRU, Sun. Johore C.C. and Police drew in their cricket match here yesterday. Johore C.C. scored 185 for eight (Wahid 56. Moore 25. Ghani 20, Low 24. Lee 3-62, Rajasooria 2-25) and Police 136 for six (Rajasooria 50 n.0., Ang 45 Lingam 2-57. Lazaroo
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  • 46 14 Results of Singapore Amateur Swimming Association water-polo league matches played yesterday are: "A" division: Singapore Swimming Club beat R.AF. 14-3: "B" Division: Singapore Swimming Club beat R.A.F. 13-1: Chinese Swimming Club beat Tigers "B" 9-7:"C" Division: Tigers b?at Chinese Swimming Club 8-2.
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  • 165 14 17ORTY-NINE entries have been A accepted for the Federation of Boys' Clubs inter-club boxing championships for the Davies Challenge trophy. The tournament will be held at the Singapore Badminton Stadluir on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Seven clubs are taking part Singapore Harbour Board (present I
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  • 492 14 Loader (81), Lock (55) rout Yorks bowling SURREY 119 FOR 8, GO on LONDON, Sun. SURREY owe a debt of gratitude to their bowlers, Tony Lock and Petef Loader, for their position after one day's play in the vital match with Yorkshire at Leeds. Not because Lock and Loader bowled
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  • 295 14 SHEPPARD, PARKS HIT CENTURIES OFF S. AFRICANS SUSSEX, Sunday. FkAVID SHEPPARD, the former England captain who is to be ordained as a clergyman in the autumn, and his Sussex colleague, Jim Parks, both hit centuries against the touring South African cricket team when their three-day match opened here yesterday. A
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  • 92 14 LONDON. Sun. F|AVID THOMAS, of Sudbury, won the British assistants' professional golf championship on the Hartsbourne Country Club coun>e today beating Jimmy Hitchcock, of Coombe Hill, in th c 36-hole replay with 143 to 146. Hitchcock failed to reproduce the form which brought him a course
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  • 158 14 HUTTON OF ALL TES THIS SEASL T K\ HI TTOX ,i|, nol Knpland in any of ih remainins Ifsu iiim (h ing South Africans ink aiTordint Ui an annou today by thp sr|f,|i on Hulton missed thp fi>*t j, rausc of 3 reeurfnu »f 1 and has no* in(<irmp<| th»
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