The Straits Times, 2 July 1955

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    15 1 fl/atie* 1 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845. SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, JULY 2, 1955 15 CENTS
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    THE M-LINE FOR SPORE
    189 1 i [BEGINS jn pAGE T t£q TODAY— A SPECIAL GOT POLLS j Scrap Rendel way: It doesn't work 'DOUBLE SIZE OF ASSEMBLY' THE CHIEF MINISTER, Mr. David shall, said yesterday that in his periew the Singapore Legislative Asv should be enlarged to twice its present size
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    I can't do 2 jobs—Marshall
    442 1 I can't do 2 jobs— Marshall Interview Mr. iall said: A Ho i even n rs divided Opposition is 11 from which m i M I sonal should he for the both the nt and the other portfolio. Appreciates criticism j i Minlsthi U rform them In the rday, CabiLid
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    POWER PLANT BLAST INJURES 3 IN JOHORE
    173 1 JOHORE BAHRU. Friday. T<HREE men were injured in an explosion at the power station here this afternoon which plunged the whole town area up to Tampoi village, five miles away, into an all-night blackout. The injured, who were taken to the General Hospital,
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    Lock icon $19 MIL. PAY UP ORDER
    42 1 IN, Fri. The >un of Appeals the judgment of I Washing-' the former. Nationalist Air Force General p T Mow to turn over US. $6 368.503 ($19,000.0001 with interests and costs to the Republic of China.— Reuter.
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    THE JOYS OF LIFE—BY ! PUFF-PUFF ANNE, A j" PAVEMENT PAINTER i
    164 1 THE JOYS OF LIFE— BY PUFF-PUFF ANNE, A j" PAVEMENT PAINTER i .WK.y .i.VSK IH I lli.V 2t>. an aritist, settled herself comfortably on the pavement in Hampstead's roadside "Royal Academy." London, and lit her pipe. Painting, according to Anne, gives indrscribable pleasure and satisfaction which you can't get out
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    Rolls Royce burned
    53 1 A Rolls-Royce belonging to an Army officer was destroyed by lire outside his home in Cornwall Road. Alexandra Barracks. Singapore, last night. Police suspect arson. Two Army fire engines which were called could do little to save the car. It was the 35th car burned in recent
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    Lock icon 12 JETS A WA V—THEN 8 CRASH IN AIR
    111 1 LISBON, Friday. EIGHT Portuguese jet planes crashed here, killing their pilots, after colliding in the air today. I The planes, which rook off to fly salutes honouring the third birthday of the Portuguese Air Force, were believed to be American Thunderjets.
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    His first job
    30 1 Sir Robert Black signed his first act as Governor of Singapore last night when he approved the Central Pro- vident Fund 'Amendment No. 2 1 Ordinance. 1955.
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    Lock icon Pakistan joins
    21 1 KARACHI. Fri. It was officially announced today that Pakistan has decided to join the Turco-Iraqi defence j agreement.— U.P.
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    Lock icon Nationalised
    17 1 NEW DELHI. Fri.— The Imperial Bank of India, the coun- try's biggest, was nationalised today —A.P
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    One cent cheaper
    26 1 Singapore housewives will pay oiv rent less for a katl of rice as the result of the Gov- i ernmont's latest price slash
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    RUBBER
    92 1 The price is still going up By Our Market Correspondent RUBBER .'hot up to $1.19 a lb. in Singapore yesUrday as a result of heavy de.nand. This was 4.1 cents more than Thursday's closing price and the highest close since Feb. 14. 1952. Experienced market observers can see no
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    The big prayer
    37 1 NEW YORK, Fri. The World Council of Churches with 170 million members in 47 countries has appealed to Christians to pray for the success of the Big Four meeting in Geneva on July 18.
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    Lock icon Troops at docks
    29 1 ANTWERP. Fri.— The Belgian Army was called in today to unload ships here as the unofficial strike of 17,000 Antwerp dockers entered its fifth day. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Shot in church
    30 1 PHILADELPHIA. Fri.— Frank Hatfleld, of New York, shot and critically wounded himself in Holy Trinity Church here yesterday after sitting in a pew for 30 minutes.— U.P.
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    Watters held gun on me-Sgt.
    364 1 Watters held gun on me-Sgt. 1 STRUCK HIM 111 SELF DEFENCE 1 DUSSELDORF, Fri. OERGEANT Frederick Emmett-Dunne struck Sergeant Reginald Watters in self defence after being held up with a .38 pistol, the defence said today. Mr Derek Curtis-Bennett Q.C.. defending EmmettDunne on a murder '-harge. told lis court martial
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    Lock icon Nehru's freedom i
    22 1 BELGRADE. Fri. The I Prime Minister of India. Mr. i Nehru, today received the i freedom of Belgrade —Reuter.
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    Lock icon On the screen
    16 1 BONN Fri.— West Germany expects to produce 400.000 television sets this year Reuter.
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    Lock icon A MUSICAL COME-DOWN
    99 1 LONDON, Fri. When a grand piano hurtled from a London hotel window onto the car of one of his constituents, that Rentleman was more than annoyed. Mr. Charles Hobson (Labour) told the House of Commons. But the unlucky motorist was really angry when he learned that he
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    Off for talks
    30 1 The Cnmmlssi'incr-Ot'neral. Mr. Malcolm MacDonaM, loft Singapore by air yo.stcnlay for London for talks on Southeast Asian and Indian affairs. He win be iw.iv for three weeks.
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    Lock icon What s in a name?
    71 1 $212 when it's Faure BORDEAUX. Fri. Marcel Bouyer, a baker, was fined 25.000 francs ($212 here yesterday for slandering the French premier, M. Edgar Faure, by saying that Faure was not his real name. The premier was awarded one franc as symbolic damages. The baker,
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    Board refuses to meet staff
    476 1 Board refuses to meet staff HPHE Singapore Harbour Board has refused to meet the S.H.B. Staff Association for further talks, as suggested by the Labour Ministry, before the dispute "is referred to arbitrators. Tin Ministry announced last night that the Board was unwilling to have another meeting with the association
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    STOP PRESS
    51 1 not K STBIKEM TOLD: mum to work 1 ONDON. I :i— l.tadirs of Britain i 10-da>-old do'.k slriki- decided today to --all on their nii'inix-rs to return to work on Monday, tint it was unlikely that the fail would he obeyed li> more than al)out half tin- 18.000
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    Lock icon PERJURY CHARGE DROPPED
    38 1 WASHINGTON. Fri— A Fede- I ral court yesterday formally dismissed charges against Pro- fessor Owen Lattimore, Ameri- can expert on Far Eastern affairs, after a government decision to drop the perjury prosecution aaainst him. Reuter
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    Will the Negara vote hit Alliance?
    119 2 DARTY NECARAS decision not to contest the Feder.il elections in the four Penang and Province Wellesley constituencies raises the question: Will their backing of other candidates in this hide-and-seek game seriously affect the Alliance's rhances in the Settlement? Alliance leaders think not. After all.
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    U.S. steel strike
    36 2 PITTSBURGH. Fri.— A nationwide steel strike cut off 90 per teni of tlic .steel production In the United States today when negotiations between labour and management failed to produce agreement on wages. IP
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    Lock icon — Officers ensure Big Four safety
    146 2 Officers ensure Big Four safety GENEVA. Fri. -Security officers of the four great powers arc already in Geneva quietly making arrangements to protect the lives of the premiers, foreign ministers! and general* meeting here jii July 18. The first contingent of American security men flew in earlier this week to
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    SPOTLIGHT on the POLLS
    1033 2 STARTS j TODAY 1 RUBBER, PADI AND FISH PROBLEMS FOR CANDIDATE PENANG ISLAND Electorate 27,331.. Malays 14.063. Chinese. 10,604, Indians 1.62 C. othei 443. T"HE main problems of 1 P 1 ing Island of interest to candidate and voter can be grouped under rubber holdings, padi
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    Records of the candidates
    210 2 MR. CHEE SWEE EE (Alliance i. 53. merchant. Born in Balik Pulau. Penang. Educated at St. George's School. Balik Pulau, and St. Xavier's Institution, Penang Personal Notes: Vice-pre-sident of Penang M.C.A.: former member of the Federal and Settlement Councils, and Penang Rural Board. Trustee, of the
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    Bomb-tosser hunt still on
    50 2 Singapore Police hut night reported no developments in their search for the man who flung a grenade into a police van outside Kreta Ayer police station on Thursday night. Police still believe that the bombing was a demonstration to mark the Malayan Communist Party's inauguration anniversary.
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    RECORDS OF THE CANDIDATES
    124 2 INCHE S. M. /.UNAL ABIDIN (Alliance". 50, Pensioner. Born in Penang. Educated at chowrasta Malay School and Penang Fiee School. Personal Notes: President of Penang UMNO, teacher at Free School for 20 years, headmaster of Francis Light School for 10 years. Inspector of Schools (1943-*****. former
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    Lock icon Telephone link
    36 2 NEW DELHI. Fri. A direct radio telegraph service between India and Yugoslavia was opened yesterday marking the first day of a seven-day visit to Yugoslavia by Mr. Nehru, the Indian Prime Minister. j Reuter
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    Lock icon Strike called off
    30 2 PARIS. Fri. The French I Communist-led General Confederation of Labour and the unions controlling all civil aviation workers cancelled their strike calls la nl *ht.— Renter. I
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    Billy for East
    21 2 ROTTERDAM. Fn. The American evangelist Billy Graham nlans to visit the Far and Middle East soon. A P
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    Lock icon 'TOO MANY PARTIES'
    99 2 Cut them down, says Indonesia s Hatta JAKARTA. Fri.— The vicepresident, Dr. Hatta. wants a reduction in the number or political parties in Indonesia He told an informal political meeting at Banjermasln' "There are too many partlps lp Indonesia." He added that he hopeo that when general
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    Bandits hear of beaten leaders
    147 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri I^IVE HUNDRED t sand leaflets being distributfd to agers and kampoim I pie living on j fringes in emerge] areas all over thf eration. The leaflets tell then, Communist Party's "Lets T,,., Peace" letter. Printed in Malay. < and Tamil, the leal!,
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    Lock icon Pay us more for rubber
    101 2 COLOMBO. Fn.— The Ceylon Government has decided to ask China to pay more for the rubber she is receiving under contract, as price rises have resulted in Ceylon losing about five pence on every pound of sheet rubber sold to China, vas learned here today.
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    Black's speech on the air
    56 2 An edited version of t 1 i speech of the Governor. Sir Robert Black, at this mornina'.s installation cerenm: will be broadcast a?ei F Malaya in -Saturday Spotlight 1 at 7.10 tonight It will replace a scheduled talk on "Tamil Culture Prof. Xavier S. Than,
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    60-second quakes
    24 2 SAN FRANCISCO. Fri.— T slisht earthquakes wrrr i in San Francisco and northf California yesterday Ea i lasted flo seconds. R< I
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    3-POWER TALKS ON CYPRUS DISPUTE
    354 3 New British move to restore order in her Middle East bastion Eden asks Greece, Turkey to meet in London LONDON, Fri. nRITAIN has invited 1' Greece and Turkey j 0 London confer^ cnfe to settle the dispute over Cyprus, ie Mediterranean stronghold, the Prime Minister,
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    WOMEN TELL SOEKARNO: -I TAKE No. 1 TO MECCA
    110 3 WOMEN TELL SOEKARNO: -I TAKE No. 1 TO MECCA 'Her prestige will grow* SEVENTEEN women's or ganisations in Semarang have asked the first wife of President Soekarno (ABOVE) to go with hhn to Mecca to enhance her prestige. President Soekarno goes to Mecca this month. The organisation said in a
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    Lock icon Rebels try to break out of trap
    207 3 BUT DIEM MEN MOW THEM DOWN SAIGON. Friday. TTROOPS of the rebel warlord Ba Cut, encircled in the Seven Mountains area 100 miles south-west of Saigon, are hurling themselves against the surrounding ring of National Army troops in an attempt to escape. South
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    Black day threat
    63 3 'BLOOD WILL BE USED AS PAINT' NICOSIA. Fri. i irist Eo k a I bombing outterd thr< aten"black days tyrants of. nd that "bigger on the aitors" ed to the ound stuck i ika warnas or we our bodies with hoover reint will be i man who
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    Lock icon RED PARTY LOSES 201 MEMBERS
    89 3 RED PARTY LOSES 201 MEMBERS INDORF. Central India. Fri. Mr. Harishchandn Patil the organiser of the Indore district C omniunists, and 200 1 others have resigned from the Communist Party and joined the Congress (government t Party. In resignation letters, Mr. Patil and his followers gave eight reasons for their
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    French air toll
    13 3 were 53 j costing 33 lives territory last nnouncen today.
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    Lock icon The navy behind the curtain
    59 3 LONDON, Fri. The British cruiser Glasgow docks to- I morrow at Gdynia, Poland, to pay the Royal Navy's first postwar courtesy call behind the Iron Curtain. Shipboard lessons have carefully equipped sailors for shore leave by teaching them two phrases in Polish. The two phrases
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    Lock icon INDONESIA WANTS DENTISTS
    34 3 Indonesia lantrl, presim lan Den- iation, t,. niav said that there was only one dentist for every 300,000 people. He estimated that 70 per cent of Indonesians needed dental treatment.— A.P.
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    SOMEONE HAD BLUNDERED... U Nu, kept waiting, walks out in America
    354 3 SOMEONE HAD BLUNDERED... U Nu, kept waiting, walks out in America WASHINGTON, Fri. THHE Prime Minister, of x Burma. U Nu. walked out on the Secretary of Agriculture, Mr. Ezra Benson. In a calm but pointed rebuke because he had been kept stand- ing in an anteroom for five minutes.
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    Bullets miss judge
    89 3 NEW YORK, Fri. Justice Hamilton Ward, 50. escaped without injury last night when a barrage of bullets was fired at his car in an apparent atter.ipt at a gangland style killing. Justice Ward, who is a member of the State Supreme Court, said a car with four
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    Lock icon Mozart festival
    32 3 NEW YORK, Fri. Columbia University announced yesterday that it will sponsor a four-day American Mozart Festival next April to comme- j morate the 200 th anniversary of his birth.— A.P.
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    Lock icon Died in search
    40 3 TOKYO, Fri.— Japanese police today found the body of a missing U.S. Marines pilot in the wreckage of his plane on a volcanic island. He died in the search for two other fliers lost at sea. UP.
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    Lock icon Promoted
    31 3 LONDON, Fri.— Air Commodore W. H. Kyle, Air Officer Commanding in Malaya, was today promoted to the rank of Air Vice Marshal. He is an aide-de-camp to the Queen.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon Saucer scare
    21 3 MACASSAR. Fri— Villagers in the Parc-Parc area near Macassar today said that they had seen a flying saucer.— A.P.
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    PLEA TO EISENHOWER
    148 3 'Don't deport Indonesian* NEW YORK. Fri. The Ame- rican Committee for Cultur- j al Freedom yesterday urged President Eisenhower to pie- i vent the deportation of a j former Indonesian official. The committee asked the Pre- j sident to "use your influence to maintain the great American
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    Lock icon Geneva talk: Nutting is optimistic
    157 3 Geneva talk: Nutting is optimistic LONDON. Fri. ff HE Minister of State. Mr. Anthony Nutting said Russia had stopped merely talking about peace and seemed to be doing something about it. Her actions in recent months .such as signing the Austrian Treaty and agreeing to a summit conference have been
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    Lock icon Troops for Aden
    30 3 ADEN, Fri. Britain is flying military reinforcements to Aden, where troops have clashed several times with rebellious tribesmen, as a precautionary measure, it was announced today. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Toff in underpants swims Thames
    186 3 LONDON, Fri.— A dashing young society blade last night strode out of a debutantes ball I at the Savoy Hotel here, peeled ofT his immaculate white tie and tails, and plunged in his underpants into the Thamei to win a bottle of champagne. Th* 1
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    LONDON STOCKS
    328 3 LONDON. Fri. STOCK markets ended the week on a firm note with some useful gains under the leadership of British Oovernment securities These closed up to three-quarters of a point higher. The market was cheered by the Government's denial of recent sterling devaluation rumours and the statement that
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    LONDON RUBBER
    37 3 LONDON. July I— Spot 36", d Auk. 35' ad.. Sept. 34d., Oct. -Dec. 32d Jan-Mar. 30', d. Apr-June 28 T «d. July c.if. 34', d.. Aug. c.i.f. 32',d. Sept. c.i.f. unquoted. Tone: Easier after firm.
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    LONDON TIN
    25 3 LONDON. July I.— Cash Buyers £728: Sellers £729: Forward Buyers £725 i: Sellers £726-: Settlement £731' Turnover a.m. 60 tons. p.m. 90 tons.
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    'BAD BARGAIN' —COCKPIT LOSES ITS APPEAL
    215 4 'BAD BARGAIN' —COCKPIT LOSES ITS APPEAL ]N the Singapore Court of Appeal yesterday Mr. Justice Taylor dismissed an appeal hy Hotel de IKurope Ltd., (the Cockpit) against a High Court ■ward of £2.")0 to two cabaret artists who had sued the hotel for breach of contract. Mr. Justice Taylor said
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    Cyclist killed
    29 4 KLANG. Fri. A 14-yrar-old Indian boy cycling along Sepang road last niuht was in collision with a police vehicle rnrl died later in haspital from his injuries
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    Troopship's mercy Penang visit
    102 4 Troopship's mercy Penang visit TIIK troopship Drvonshirr, which left Singapore for Britain on Thursday evening with troops and thnr families, entered Pena-ng on a mercy call last night, to put ashore Winn-Command-er 11. W (ullrn. who was taken ill suddenly while the >>liip was on her way to Colombo. It
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    MAH A exhibition
    26 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri— This year's Malayan Afiri-Horticul-tural Association exhibition will be held at the chinwoo stadium here on Aug. 19, 20 and 21
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    Bandits held him in slavery
    172 4 Bandits held him in slavery COOK JAILED FOR FOUR YEARS KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. VGIAM SOO KIM. 22, described as a "slave" to the terrorists, was today sentenced to four years' jail by the acting Chief Justice, Mr. E. O. Pretheroe. He pleaded guilty to a charge of consorting with armed
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    Freed—the man recalled from Britain
    133 4 Freed the man recalled from Britain P. RAMASAMY. a Person nei Welfare Officer in I th< Singapore Labour n< partment, was jresterday acquitted ol criminal breach "1 trust of $4,830.49 belonging to the Health Department labourer's Co-operative Thrilt Society. The District Judge, Inche Ahmad bin Mohamed Ibra- him. who did
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    Nimble on skates and easy on eyes
    80 4 PRETTY GIRLS who arr nimlilr on skates are also easy on thr ryes. These girls are some of the members of the big cast In a new ice show which has just began its 1955 Singapore season. The girls are shown here making
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    WELCOME ADDRESS FOR BLACK
    219 4 New Governor to be installed today AN address of welcome on behalf of the people of Singapore will be Dresented today by the Chief Minister. Mr David Marshall, to the new Governor. Sir Robert Black, at the installation ceremony in the Victoria Memorial Hall. Sir Robert
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    He tried to stab wife
    56 4 RAUB. Fri. Doralsamy. aged 28. a labourer on Cheroh Estate, neat Raub. admitted in court here he had tried to stab his >vife v.-lth a knife on June 6. The court was told that a neighbour had intervened. The magistrate. Mr. JR. Whimster. bound Doraisamy
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    He can't ride—for a year
    45 4 He can't ride— for a year Lee Foo Eng wa.s lined Sino by the Singapore First T Court yesterday for ririin<; a motor-cycle along Havefock Road without a third partiinsurance. Lee. who committed offence on Jan. 2 was als. qualified from ridinc; for I months.
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    New lawyer
    22 4 Mr. S. T. Sampanthar. bar rister-at-law. wa.s admitted I the Singapore Bar ye.sterri to practice as an advocate a; solicitor.
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    Sakai gives up 5 guns
    94 4 FOUND IN JUNGLE IPOH. Fri. An aborigine headman in the Sungei Siput area yesterday handed over five 1 shotguns to a field officer of! the Protector of Aborigines' Department. Two of the shotguns were of American orißin and were given to him during the Japanese
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    Services beat rent racket
    173 5 PROBE LEADS TO PROMPT ACTION AGAINST CHEATING LANDLORDS I AMILIES IN PRIVATE LODGINGS WERE EXPLOITED jYW THEY'LL GET BETTER HOMES qUJGAPORE landlords who cheated Service families living in civilian accommodation have l H t n beaten by a combined committee of Army, a w and Air
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    'We are not nabobs'
    201 5 'We are not nabobs' CHILDREN'S EDUCATION WORRIES OFFICERS THE EUROPEAN Civil x Service Association of Singapore has been trying to convince local authorities i n Britain that "we're not all millionaires out here." The spokesman said "When you translate our Malayan salaries into sterling they look wonderful, but in purchasing
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    SCA GIVES $2,500 TO CHARITY
    61 5 SCA GIVES $2,500 TO CHARITY The Singapore City Association yesterday gave $2,500 to two charitable organisations in the Colony. Mr. S. D. Pillay. vice-presi-dent of the Association, presented $1,500 to Brother Albert, the Director of Boys' Town in Bukit Timah Road. He also gave another cheque for $1,000 to Prof.
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    Bata Union now recognised
    39 5 The newly-formed Bata Employees' Union, Singapore, said yesterday that it had been officially recognised by the firm. The company's managing director, Mr. A. J. Jugas. was introduced to union officials at a meeting on Wednesday.
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    Anniversary of Buddha's mission
    44 5 Buddhists will the anniversary of mission with a "Pin- sermons in English tialese at the Sri Lana Temple, St. Michael's at 7 p.m. on Monday. It will commemorate the first sermon of Lord Buddha the ;ka Pavattana Sutmonks about 2.500;
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    Farewell party
    45 5 KUALA LIPIS, Fri. The I clerical staff of the Pahang Contingent Police Headquarters here held a farewell tea party in honour of Mr. N R G. Filial and Mr. T. Subramaniam on the occasion of their transfer to Mentakab and Kuala Lumpur respectively
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    Factory saved
    28 5 KLANG. Fri.— Thirty workers I at a factory on the Klang- 1 Port Swettenham road yesterday put out a lallang fire" which was threatening the works.
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    The phantom polling district
    76 5 IPOH, Fri A PHANTOM polling dis trict nestles in jumrl. clad hills of upper Perak It is the Belum Valley, from where 150 Malay families were evacuated three years ago berause of terrorist interference. The place is gazetted as a polling district, although it has been
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    Speech day
    15 5 St. Andrew's School. Singapore, will hold its annual speech day. on July 14.
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    ARTIST AT WORK
    134 5 i Gerard applies the finishing touches to his new Raffles Hotel mural j MR. GERARD D' ALTON HENDERSON, a young Singapore artist, was busy yesterday afternoon finishing the second of two morals in the entrance hall of Raffles Hotel. The mural U a bold and colourful impression
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    HITCH CANCELS THE PAY TALKS
    142 5 Men thought they'd lose wages 'TALKS on wages and working conditions between the 1 Singapore City Council and the City Council Labour Unions Federation were called off yesterday after a misunderstanding. The Federation delegates refused to attend after some had been told by their heads
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    A late start
    26 5 The Chief Minister .Mr. David Marshall, will begin his "Meet-the-People" session at the Assembly House today at 11 am. instead of 9 a.m.
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    2 armed thugs snatch payroll
    183 5 A SINGAPORE rubber company foreman was waylaid yesterday by two armed men and robbed of $2,113 in the Thomson Road area while he was on his way to pay his workmen. The foreman. Low Juay Boon, 50, employed by Messrs. Thong Ouan L Co., made
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    A teacner writes...
    71 5 A teacner writes... Mr. W.N. Campos, of Beng Wan Road, writes to point out that the Straits Times report on June 25 headed. 'He failed exams dhose death" Is incorrect In its references to his evidence. Mr. Campos said that Thiruganam, whom he had taught, was weak in mathematics but
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    Bail for weather optimist
    38 5 Goh Tal Seng, who stole a $10 raincoat in Dover Road, Singapore, at the height of the recent heatwave, was yesterday offered bail of $100 in one surety. Sentence was postponed to July 8.
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    THE GOVERNMENT WOULD RUN BROTHELS
    279 5 THE GOVERNMENT WOULD RUN BROTHELS Under Mrs. LeonSoh's plan RS. F. LEON-SOH, who is investigating the pos--IT* sibility of forming a Married Women's Union, said yesterday that she wished to clarify the proposal for legalised brothels. The proposal was made at a preliminary meeting of seven married women held at
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    Robbery case postponed
    47 5 Ramasamy Murukayan and J. Anthony Wtr» charged in a Singapore court yesterday with the robbery of $5 ncm Abdullah bin Mohamed at a lane off Desker Road on Thursday afternoon. Bail of $3,000 was offered. The case was postponed for mention on July 8.
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    ROLL UP FOR WEDDING GIFT
    65 5 A special attraction at today's Singapore V.M.C.A. centennial fair will be the Wesley Homemakers stall where wedding gifts and novel home decorations ar° among items for sale. Other attractions include gymkhana events for children, magic .show, and a gymnastics display. The fair, in aid of
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    Lecturer to conduct youth course
    142 5 Lecturer to conduct youth course MR. T.G. Jeffreys Jones, lecturer on youth service at the University of Swansea, South Wales who is to conduct a training course for Colony i youth leaders, will arrive in Singapore by air from London on July 16 His visit was arranged by the Swansea
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    Inspectors fly to England
    45 5 I »Four Singapore police inspeci tors left by air for Ryston-on-j Dunsmore Police College. England, yesterday for a six to nine months' course. They are C. J. K. R. Mason. Ong Kirn Boon. Abdul Rahman bin Dalbasha md Tan Jee Bah.
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    Raid for card
    24 5 KUALa L.UMPUR, Fri.— Four armed, untfotinM terrorists robbed a tapper of hi:, identity card in the Bentong area n Pahan? yesterday.
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    PERSONAL
    36 6 _ft Ham Jijtt 'm i m ntn mJ WILLIAM MARSHAL STEEI E r^njrratulatio'is on your marriage :id you the ver- Rer yoi;. Hoping to see you soon. J. If. F. I -lev Hn,iil. Edgbas'on Birmingham.
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    198 6 :t) „rdt tilt (minimum). R2-1. Bras Road Dresses Gowns POI IX)W PEDANT Every Day in .lay Mail' if you want to win that $5,000 word puzzle. -MRGAIN! Many Hall Price Salon Open 4 p.m. Tommy Thomson, GJ! Blcr.. Batten- I?ond. HV.T YOU TRIED Air-wick In :-room? It freshens the
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    RELIGIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTS
    70 6 ;0 Words $2.10 (minimum). CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY. Singapore, 8. Orange Grove Road, i pore- 10 (off Orchard Roadt. Sunday Service 10.30 a.m. and I t p.m. Sunday School 1(1.30 a.m. Testimony Meetings Ist and 3rd Wednesdays 7 p.m. KUALA LUMPUR Lrik*hmana V idhyar informs the public that Yajurupakanni
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  • The Straits Times Singapore, Sat. July 2, 1955.
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      Not Made To Order
      602 6 Less than three months ;.ftcr he assumed office, Mr. Marshall is talking of changes in the Singapore constitution. This will surprise even people who associate his Government with speed in certain matters such as rushing amending legislation through the Assembly on a certificate of urgency. But
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      War Without Bullets
      660 6 There is a limbering up for a new type of cold war between the Communist and anti-Cor-n munist nations. It is a war in I which the social engineers and i the political experts, rather than generals and guerrilla leaders, will play the more prominent part. This
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    As I was saying...
    1210 6  - As I was saying. CYNICUS by lOHORE CAUSEWAY J grows wider every day, in spite of the fervid cries of politicians on both sides of it. Admittedly union with Singapore is not playing a prominent now in the campaigning now leading up to July 27 when the Federation goes to
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    Saturday study
    10 6 MOSQUE AT ALOR STAR— Photo by R. Mamckam
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    Heart of Indonesia
    596 6 lOKJAKARTA is about J seven hours' journey from the Indonesian capital by rail and it is the sort of town whose charms are felt more easily than they can be described. On the journey I travelled in what I gathered was the second class. The coaches were
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    MALAYSIAN notebook
    257 6 MALAYSIAN notebook commemorated. I cannot say that I tried very hard, but certainly I failed. WHEN even the history lecturer at the University, a fellow countryman disclaimed all knowledge of the obelisk I got too hot to bother and hired a betja for the afternoon to take me off to
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    FiFTY YEARS AGO
    116 6 From the Straits Times of July 3, 1905: WE understand that Mr. Tandy, the Oeneral Manager of the Tramway Company, has offered a reward of $1,000 for information which will lead to the apprehension of Instigators of the recent plot to wreck the trams. Last night no
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    This crash made history
    224 7 LORRY DRIVER CLEARED ON MANSLAUGHTER CHARGE ;OER BEFORE HAS THERE BEEN A CASE LIKE IT— COURT PRESIDENT KUALA LUMPUR, Friday, .og PRESIDENT of the Kuala Lumpur Sessions (lU rt. Mr. I. C. C Riffby, commented during a t "In the history of motoring, there has Ht
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    Bnvalid stamps
    22 7 ItUALA LUMPUR Fri. -General anthat Malayan 15, 25 and 50 cent. UniverPosfal Union commemora- stamps will not be valid 10.
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    Bonus talks open at bus firm
    108 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Frl. T*HE management of the Ge- neral Transport Company and representatives of the G.T.C. section of the Transport Workers Union opened negotiations today on payment of bonus. They denied a report carried by a Kuala Lumpur newspaper that the 300 daily paid
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    Collision, then cyclist dies
    49 7 IPOH. Fri. A cyclist. Wong Wah. whose machine was involved in a collision with a car driven by the trainer Mr Wally Bagby early yesterday morning, died at the ipoh Hospital this morning The accident occurred near the junction of Brewster Road and Cowan Street.
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    Knuckleduster charge
    47 7 Tan Tong Hoi pleaded guilty in a Singapore court yesterday to being armed with a knuckleduster at the junction of Braadell and Thompson roads on the night of June 30. Bail of $2,000 was allowed and the case was postponed for mention on July 8.
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    Away from it all-just for a moment L
    60 7 THE WHIRLIGIG SISTERS TAKE TIME OFF FOR k STROLL S KAY SAN, Stella and Alice take a stroll in Katong Park. Yesterday was another hectic dap. After a round of visiting relatives and the shops, the three spent a quiet evening in
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    T WAS TALK, TALK, TALK till CLOCK STRUCK 2
    391 7 By STELLA HO IyHEN you haven't seen your sister for a long time, you have an awful lot to talk about bridging the long years of parting and planning a wonderful future. That's just how it was with us on Thursday
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    Rhodesians kill woman Red
    90 7 Rhodesians kill woman Red KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. ro more terrorists have been killed in the Federation. A platoon of the Ist Northern Rhodesia Regiment made one kill in the Mentakab district of South Pahang. The terrorist, a woman, carried a handgrenade. She has been identified as Leong Hon Wah. The
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    To a jubilee
    31 7 A 38-men team of Australian car representatives flew into Singapore last night on their way to London to attend the Austin Motor Company's Jubilee celebrations on July 9.
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    TRADER ENDS UP $19,000 IN RED
    128 7 A MAN, who started in business as a sundry importer in 1942, with a capital of $500, found himself insolvent with total liabilities amounting to $19,000 at I the beginning of this year. M. M. Nayagam, who was adjudicated a bankrupt on Feb. 25
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    Red v Red: A bandit boss wipes out a bandit boss
    131 7 SERKMBAN, Fri rE topmost terrorist ever to give up in Neeri Sembilan has surrendered at Pantai police station, five miles from Scremhan, it was learned today. Yau Tone, 30. a district committee secretary, who went into the jungle when
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    150 gave blood
    28 7 One hundred and fifty people gave blood at the Singapore Blood Transition Centre during the week ending June 28. Of tlhis number. 65 were Chinese.
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    Schedule of music
    63 7 PENANG, Frl The band of the Royal Scots Fusiliers will perform today at the Malay Settlement in Ayer Itam. They will also give performances at the following places: July 4 Sungei Bakap. July 11 Tanjong Bungah. July 15 Val Dor and Jawi New Villages. July 18 Sungei
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    | 'Colourful' lacquer paintings on show
    148 7 'Colourful' lacquer paintings on show MR. P. K. RAU, Consul for Vietnam in Singapore, •yesterday opened an exhibition of lacquer paintings by the Vietnamese artists, Le Thy and Tran Tho. The exhibition Ls being held at the British Council gallery, and will be open from today to July 10 from
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    Troops arrive
    17 7 The 22,400-ton troopship Asturias arrived In Singapore yesterday frnm Britain with 400 troops for Malaya.
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    Thousands see exhibition
    39 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Thousands of people visited a trade exhibition which opened at the Buklt Bintang park here tonight. More than 100 stands display goods made in Malaya The exhibition will be open until July 14.
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    RUNAWAY BOY FOUND—JUST IN TIME
    342 7 RUNAWAY BOY FOUND— JUST IN TIME His plan: Flight to Bangkok A FATHER who couldn't eat and a mother who couldn't stop crying are both happy again today. Their runaway son is coming home. The words they had prayed to hear— "your son has been found" had at last been
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    The brave act of Cpl. Perry
    123 7 The brave act of Cpl. Perry KUALA LUMPUR. Frl.— A patrol of the Ist. Bn.. Somerset Light Infantry, slogging through deep jungle in the Kuala Krau game reserve area of Pahang, reached a wide river which had to be crossed. As the jungle patrol prepared to cross the rapidly flowing
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    Trader declared a bankrupt
    41 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. Lian Kow Ying was declared a bankrupt by Mr. Justice Wilson in the High Court here today. LiaiVs liabilities totalled $15,340. He was the proprietor of Lian Trading Company, dealing in stationary and piecegoods.
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    Patrol finds dead tapper
    45 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. An area security unit patrol found the body of a tapper on Sydney Estate, in the Kajang district of Selangor. yesterday. He had been shot In the back and his neck had been slashed. His wrists were bound.
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    Blackout follows Johore explosion
    151 7 Blackout follows Johore explosion From Page One with gas and oil lamps and torchlights. The hospital's operating theatre was not being used when the blackout started. A hospital spokesman told the Straits Times the operating theatre had an auxiliary lighting set which could be used 1 in an emergency. Mr.
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    Best film in contest
    57 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri.— The only black and white film entered beat eight colour films in a contest organised by the Selangor Amateur Cine Group. The first prize went to Mr. H. Miller. Mr. Goh Kong Hong took second prize and Mr A. Watts third. All the
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    New phone link
    28 7 Sarawak. North Borneo and Brunei are to be linked by a radio telephone network. A survey of the scheme is at present being carried out.
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    Off on holiday
    22 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Fri. Mr. D.K. Grant, Legal Adviser, Johore. and Mrs. Grant left today for Britain on a holiday.
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    LICENCE TO SELL SODA
    40 7 A poisons licence is required for anyone selling caustic soda in Singapore, the Ministry of Health announced yester- day. Sales without such a licence arc illegal and persons doing so are liable to prosecution. 2-1/2-year-old daughter.
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      134 7 The weather MIMMIM TEMPERATURE (7.30 p.m. on Jun. 30 to 7.30 a.m. on Jul. '1): Singapore 74 degrees. Penang 75. Kot* Bharu 72, Kuala Lumpur 74. Ipoh 76. Kuantan 71. MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE: 7 30 a m lo 7.30 p.m. on Jul. 1 Singapore 89 degrees. Penantr 88. Kota Bharu 87,
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    Unknown person shot boy, jury finds
    991 8 THE DA V DECENT CITIZENS TURNED INTO RIOTERS THE JURY of five took 20 minutes yesterday in the Singapore Coroner's Court to return an open verdict at the close of the inquest on Chong Lon Chong, 16, a schoolboy who was shot during the
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    BABY LAY LIMP ON FLOOR
    147 8 Court 18 told how mother banged her child's head PENANG. Fri. A constable's child lay still on a floor after her mother had banged her head against it several times, the Magistrate's Court here was told today. Aisa binte Isa. 21. was accused at a
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    MUSLIMS MAY SEEK BAN ON 'HERETICS'
    306 8 MUSLIMS MAY SEEK BAN ON 'HERETICS' IPOH, Fri. T»HE PERAK branch of 1 the All-Malaya Muslim Missionary Society warned today that it would petition the Sultan to ban the Qadiani Islamic sect if its followers did not stop preaching "their false propaganda." Mr. M. Y. Hussein, secretary of the society,
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    Hush-hush operation on the border
    130 8 HELICOPTERS FLY OUT TROOPS ALOR STAR. Friday 'TWO ROYAL NAVY helicopters today flew a com- bined force of Malayan and Siamese bandit fighters to a hush-hush operation on the Malayan-Siamese border. The helicopters landed this morning in a remote villiage in North Kedah soon after
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    THEY WORK WITHOUT HOLIDAYS
    83 8 ALOR STAR. Fri. The Union of Social Workers has decided to ask the Federation Social Welfare Department to Improve the "scandalous" working conditions of staff employed in homes and institutions. "Many of these employees have been working overtime continuously and, in some cases, have not even
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    He takes law degree
    42 8 MALACCA. Fri— Peter Stephen Lai. 26. who went to England in August 1951. has obtained his Bachelor of Law degree. A former A.C.S. boy. Lai is son of Mr. Lai Neo Swee. interpreter in the Magistrates Court here.
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    Nurses: No discrimination—Braga
    193 8 Nurses: No discrimination Braga SINGAPORE'S Minister for Health, Mr. A. J. Braga, yesterday strongly denied allegations of discrimination in the choice of Malayan delegates to attend the World Health Organisation's nursing seminar at Suva (Fiji) this month. The allegations were made by Miss Stella Koh, Johore branch secretary of the
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    Kuantan went short of stamps when philatelist ruled
    1688 9 Kuantan went short of stamps when philatelist ruled KUANTAN today is a growing city with all the promise that its place as State capital confers. And yet a hundred years ago no one had heard of Kuantan. In fact, it is doubtful whether «uch a place existed. Pahanp; has had
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    Official prices!
    25 11 SINGAPORE, July- t Xl BBEE: 51. 19 per In. }l\ $363.62 2 p*r plcul 75 cents). II fOPRA: S2B per picul p > M^.
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    1 AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    64 11 1 AUSTRALIAN STOCKS I MELBOURNE. Fri. ts -ended to firm with a selected issues and :r.<>derate on the today Minings ulth trading quiet, teady. -."i9 £95 i seller 1555-58 £96 17/32 seller 66 9 buyer 1 unquoted 26'- buyer 96 6 seller ,i 5 10' 3 i .12 B>, ~6
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    I SHIPPING
    40 11 lalonnMe the sinca- ird irhanrea nr nI 'in 1-2. i I P K.inm.ita 8-D Benattow 11. 15-li, SteeJ ..ink 19-20. I Auby N w.ill 25-86. Hni Lee 29 President Tyler 33-34, Caroline Azumasan Mam 4 4 :< Balit.tni 44.
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    GOODYEAR RECORD
    22 11 ; I le> of the Good>ber Enport Com- Inch oi U.S. represents a er sales of U.S. i for the first
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    DEMAND SENDS RUBBER TO HIGHEST LEVEL FOR 41 MONTHS
    366 11 By Our Market Correspondent RUBBER went up by four and a quarter cents in Singapore yesterday to close at $1.19 per pound, the highest closing price for 41 months. fnrthi^w TS ve 7 heavy turnov er yesterday, with further bi-r trade
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    BROKERS' REPORT
    269 11 The Malayan Share Brokers' Association, Singapore section reported: "On the local share market industrials were steady with business passing around quotations. Selective tins continued to advance and rubbers were dull." Singapore brokers reported the follow inn business done yesterday Fraser and Ncave ords $1 70- Malayan Breweries $3.45;
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    179 11 Singapore Chineae Produce Exchange: noon prices per plcul yesterday were: Copra: steady; July $27 3 4 buyers. $28 sellers; August $28 14 buyers, $28 1.2 sellers. Coconut oil: steady quiet; bulk $41 1 2 sellers, drum $44 sellers. Pepper: quiet and dull; Muntok white $176. Sarawak $175, Special
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    RUBBER PRICES
    137 11 July first grade ouyers fob closed In Singapore yesterday at $1.19 per lb 4 1 cents 'jove Thursday's closing price. The closing tone was firm. Closing prices in cents per lb. No. 1 R.S.S. spot loose buyers 121 i. sellers 121 s No. 1 R.S.S. July buyers 119.
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    Rubber mart has acute shortage
    402 11 Rubber mart has acute shortage THE inability of a large Chinese firm here to meet all their June commitments has seriously discomntted world trade, reports the weekly rubber market circular of Holiday, Cutler, Bath Co., Ltd. Apart from skyrocketing prices last Saturday and producing a nervous fluctuating market it has
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    54 11 NEW DELHI. Thurs— The Indian Government ftxiay announced a reduction of export duty on all varieties of cotton from Rs. 150 (£ll os. 5d.» per bale to Rs. 126 (£0 7s. 6d.) per bale. The Government also decided to nllow an additional export quota of 150.000
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      198 11 TENDERS P.W.D. TENDER NOTICE TENDERS from registered Contractors Classes A B will be received by the Settlement Engineer, Penang up to 3 p.m. on 27th July. 1955 for the Development of Site of Old St. George's Girls' School at Northam Road, Penang. Full particulars are obtainable from the Executive Engineer
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      173 11 NOTICES NOTICE We respectfully request all future applicants for visa to Indonesia living in Federation of Malaya to forward their five copies of appllca- j tion forms to the nearest Indonesian Consulate either in Singapore, Kuala Lumpur or Penang. CONSULATE OENERAL for the Republic of Indonesia. SINGAPORE. P.W.D. TENDER NOTICE
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      513 11 R. REHTON ft COMPANY LTD. NOTICE IS HEREBY OIVEN that MR. T. E. HARCOURT-POOLE has resigned his Directorship of hu own accord and left the service of I the Company. His authority to sign cheques, contracts, etc., on behalf of the Company is therefore cancelled. TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN
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      405 11 nviiviw NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING The First Annual Oeneral MeetIng of the Perak Branch of the National Union of Teacher*, Federation of Malaya will be held at the Anglo-Chinese School. Ipoh, on Saturday the 30th July, 1955. at 2.30 p.m. AGENDA 1. To read and to confirm the minutes
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    The -STRAITS TIMES Saturday forum
    252 12 The STRAITS TIMES Saturday forum Carry on with what is right AS a common and an ordinary man, one can only say, "Congratulations, Mr. David Marshall, on the courageous and t-rue-to-facts speech you made at the Legislative Assembly." What percentage of the ordinary run of man do really take an
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    THE POSTAL RULES
    137 12 A REGISTERED envelope was refused acceptance by a postal clerk at Port Swettenham because it was "improperly sealed." Wax was used on the t>ack at the centre where the flaps meet. At certain other post offices, I was informed that a mere signature across the back suffices
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    DENIED THE RIGHT OF DEFENCE
    326 12 TME PROVIDENT ANP THE IMPROVIDENT VERY recently the Naval Base Labour Union served a strike notice to the Admiralty in protest against the dismissal of a labourer. The union's argument was that the labourer was not (•iven a chance to hear the reasons for hi.s
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    Annoyed by the truth
    94 12 A MAN wfio had the courage to criticise the actions of the general secretary of the Singapore Naval Base Labour Union has been expelled from the union, because the union representatives '•unanimously" decided to do so. Mr. J. M. Mani has the right to express his
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      Unfair to juniors
      109 12 rPHE grievance voiced by -I- "Wife" Is most pathetic and I wholeheartedly praise her for airing the facts. Juniors in the Government service should first be considered for the low-cost houses, as they really come in the low income group. Senior officers who have served five years
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      NO CHANCE
      35 12 MOST unemployed with qualifications are not given the chance of clerical service. It is hoped that Malacca will open a book-keep-ing class to help those possessing School Certificates. VICTOR V. K. PILLAY. Malacca.
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      DRY WELLS
      78 12 T*HERE is no water in the wells in the area along the road leading to Woodlands, near the Tamil School. Sree Narayana Mission, Chinese School and Dravida Kazhakam Building in the West Hill Estate during any dry spell. The nearest standpipe, which Is forever crowded. Is about 400
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      DANGER SPOT
      28 12 rE absence of zebra crossings makes It dangerous for pedestrians, especially children, to cross heavilycongested Serangoon Road, especially at the New World entrance. M. IBRAHIM. Singapore.
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      KEPT WAITING
      62 12 MAY I express a grievance about the dental clinic at Kuala Trengganu? The other day, I went very early to the clinic for I required a filling but. to my great surprise, I was told that those who wanted to have their teeth extracted would be seen first.
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      ROAD PERIL
      30 12 SOME motorists use the cyclist and trishaw track along Kalian* Road ln the morning. They hoot at cyclists to give way. This will lead to accidents. CYCLISTS Singapore.
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    A NEW PARTY IS NEEDED
    178 12 A NEW PARTY IS NEEDED rpHE Indian sub-con- tinent has as many political parties as we have in Malaya. The most prominent party which won independence for India was the Congress Party. At one time or other, every staunch Indian who wanted to wrest power from the British was a
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    Let THEM strike
    95 12 MR. Llm Chin Siong and Devan Nalr do not like the Emergency Regulations and "recommended" thousands of workers to go on strike until certain gentlemen detained under the Emergency Regulations were released. What Is good for the workers Is also good for 'the leaders. Therefore, should not
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    THE UNCIVIL SERVANT
    80 12 IN your report of the election campaign speech delivered by me on June 23. which appeared in your issue of June 24. you alleged that I regarded the officers of the Malayan Civil Service as "uncivilised." What I actually said was that "they were sometimes* uncivil." You
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    THIS 'AMAZING' TEST
    180 12 WAN Farida writes that "if Chinese and Indians are really as loyal to Malaya as they profess, this invitation (to embrace Islam en masse and inter-marry with Malays) should constitute the supreme test." This Is the most amazing and curious test of loyalty that has ever been
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    Women must be freed
    119 12 WAN Farida should be congratulated for the frank opinion expressed in the article in defence of Che Rahmah, whose picture appeared in the local papers showing herself arm-in-arm with two American sailors In my opinion there is nothing offensive in this. In this country one can
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    FREED OF WORSHIP
    74 12 t V m v3&J?i tUin »•»«> n*«°nhood suggested by Wan I m7""Hl?^^^^^ Malay race becoming a bygone race a few years hence &Wfiti^xsFfza£ one natlonmmy the MS, c .1 7 7«!ssS«eV. StTSSS 9 VSL'jfXS lllow Cft M "V* be me Ilke of KeiT" America is a strong
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    OCEAN PEARL HAS BRIGHT CHANCE OVER BEST DISTANCE
    434 13 OCEAN PEARL HAS BRIGHT CHANCE OVER BEST DISTANCE fkCEAN PEARL came v from last to finish a close fourth to Delivery over 9f. with 8.1 last week. On that display his chances in the llm. trophy event for Class 2, Div. 1 (Race One) must be rated extremely high. This
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    Improving Bracelet Boy can handle straight 51/2f
    342 13 JEEP'S STAR 3— Ocean Pearl Bracelet Boy Sooka By EPSOM JEEP ORACELET BOY, a striking chestnut by Ali Pacha 11, has every chance of making amends for his recent Bukit Timah defeats in the Class 2, Div. 1, SJ-f. straight race (Race Four)
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    STRAITS TIMES SELECTIONS
    113 13 Race 1. 2.30. OCEAN PEARL Canterbury CANTERBIRV Oelivrry DELIVERY Orran Pearl Rare 2. 3.(15. CHINA TOWN II Sweet William PaUtoy GR. TRADITION Eminent Prine* Splrndour I KH.Hr Great Tradition Eminmt Prinro Sac* 3. 3.4*. ROSALIND Portmastcr Unaware INAWARE Hoofhly Rosalind HOOGHLY Rosalind Meteorite Racr 4 4.15. BRACELET
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    TODAY'S RACE CARD
    920 13 Kace 1—2.30: Class 2, Dlv. 11', Miles 1 023 Rigoletto 8y Bougoure 9.00 Raja Kamaralzaman Breukelen 2 811 Delivery 4y Paterson 8.12 Mr. Si Mrs. I. K. Cheah Allan 3 391 Canterbury 4y Leong 8.08 Mr. it Mrs. S K. Foo R. Breukelen 4 305 Kuddrn choice
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    CHINA TOWN II CAN STAY
    181 13 fHINA TOWN II gets his right trip and I expect him to make amends for his poor showing over It. on Wednesday in Race Two. A five-year-old by Prince Chevalier out of a Precipitation mare, China Town II came with a stayer's record His best
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    USEFUL SOOKA IS A CONFIDENT BET
    390 13 COOKA has obviously been "saved" for this li-mile event (Race Five). Irish Elegance's stock has dropped somewhat after a listless performance over 9f. last week and Sooka can be backed with confidence. This French-bred gelding has improved noticeably since his two promising showings at
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    THE GOING AT IPOH TODAY
    52 13 rpHE uoiiiK at Ipoh up to last I evening was on tin hard side. TKKBI.K Tot,- will he hrld on Races Four Six and Seven. I The Bik Sueep will he drawn lon Race Seven. Radio Malaya will broadcast coinini'nl.irics on all races at i
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    KELANTAN AGAIN EAST CHAMPS
    153 14 KELANTAN AGAIN EAST CHAMPS KOTA BHARU, Fri. K El -A NT AN won the Eastern Zone Chamship in the Malaya Cup soccer competition today when thej beat Trengganu 3—o at the stadium here. Kelantan will now meet the winners of tomorrow's Pen-mK-Selangor. northern zone tie for the right to challenge
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    Tennis meet\ ties for weekend
    210 14 THE Singapore lawn tennis championships beyin today. The ties for the weekend are: TODAY 3.30 p.m. Tanglin Club: A. S. Walls and Bobby Chia v C. G. Kirkwood and Dr. G. Phillips. Harold Chia and Gordon Lim v Peter Hayes and V. I. Murlouch; Hamid
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    Lock icon UK CRICKET RESULTS
    112 14 LONDON. Fri. Results in county cricket matches ending today were: At Liverpool: Lancashire-Sussex match abandoned drawn, rain. Lancashire 96 and 243 lor six (Ikin 76. Grieves not out 57). Sussex 197. At Eastbourne: Oxford Univer-sity-D.R. Jardine's team match abandoned, no play today, rain. Oxford 215 and 233.
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    KEDAH SURPRISE PERAK WITH 5-2
    40 14 ALOR SIAR. Fri. SPARKED by a hat-trick by their Captain, centre-forward Azlzah, in the second half. Kedah beat mu.ch-fancied Perak 5-2 in the last Malaya Cup soccer game for botn states at Alor Star today.
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    Penalty gives REME a point vs Indians
    181 14 ROYAL Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, one of three teams fighting to avoid relegation in the SAFA Div. 1 league this season, gained their second point yesterday when they held Indian Recreation Club to a 1-1 draw at Jalan Be.sar Stadium. After a scoreless
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    Annie's 100 yards in 11.7 was day's best effort
    698 14 Annie's 100 yards in 1 1.7 was day's best effort TWO SELANGOR AAM MEET RECORDS BROKEN RONALD PARRY IS INJURED IN HEAT KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. a MALAYAN record H was equalled and two state marks beaten on the first day of the Selangor athletic championships which began on the padang
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    BOYS TOWN AND JACKS DRAW
    48 14 I Jacks Sports Club and Boys Town drew 3-3 in a soccer friendly at Farrer Park yesterday. Denis de Souza (2) and Monteiro scored for Boys Town; Boon Teng Hoon and Yong Kong for Jacks, I whose other goal was a "Rift" goal
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    Wong, Sonneville are seeded to meet in S'gor semi-final
    269 14 Wong, Sonneville are seeded to meet in S'gor semi-final KUALA LUMPUR. Friday. MALAYA'S newly-crowned badminton champion. Ferry Sonneville of Indonesia. Penang's Eddie Choong and Singapore's Wong Peng Soon are among the 22 players who will compete for the gold trophy in the men's singles of the Selangor Badminton Association's international
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    CORINTHIANS GET 6 GOALS
    93 14 Singapore Corinthians "A" beat Indian Brotherhood S.C 6-1 in their SAFA. Dlv. 3A match on I the C V.M.A. ground yesterday. Os- I man (2). Daud Roslan (2). Ismail and Chin scored for Corinthian* and D. K. Samy for Indians. Setia Jaya and R.E.M.E. Civilians played
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    Lock icon Miss Crocket in two-stroke lead i
    58 14 WICHITO, (Kansas), Fri.— Miss Far Crocket (Uruguay) led by two strokes at the end of the first round of the 72-hole American I women's open golf championship I here yesterday. An amateur, Miss Jacqueline I Vate s (Hawaii.) was second with 76 and Miss
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    Lock icon SPRINGBOKS HELD TO DRAW
    52 14 NORTH ANfPTON. Krl. Th» match here between Northamptonshire and the touring South Africans was drawn. Scores: South Africans 409 and 80 tot one dccl. (Duckworth no. 30. Murray b Clarice 40); Northants 271 iSubba Row 62: Goddard 4 for 20) and 133 for 4 iSubba Row
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    NEXT REGATTA ON JULY 16
    57 14 The half-yearly regatta ol the Royal Singapore Yacht Club will be held from the clubhouse. Trafalgar Street, on July 16 at 2.30 p.m. The programme will consist or I seven racing events. Sixty boals will compete. Th* classes are. Dragons Tornados. Skifls. Fire--1 Hies Snipe.
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    THE CHAMPIONS SAT WATCHING
    558 14 ANGLO Chinese School, champions for the past two years, watched, in gloomy inaction yesterday while other teams contested the third St. John Ambulance and Nursing Cadets athletic sports at St. Joseph's Institution ground Singapore. For reasons unknown, ACS. officials did not enter a team this year.
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    RSYC BOAT TO BE AT 1956 OLYMPICS
    130 14 RSYC BOAT TO BE AT 1 956 OLYMPICS THE Royal Singapore Yacht Club will send one boat, possibly two, to compete in the Olympic Games at Melbourne next year. Mr W. Preston Hon. Secretary of the RJS.Y.C. told this to the Singapore Olympic and Sports Council at a meeting held
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    OUT OF HUNT CUP
    28 14 LONDON. Fti Turks Blood, quoted as joint favourite for the Royal Hunt Cup (Ascot. July 13 1. was today officially scratched from the race.
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    2 Johore state records broken
    406 14 JOHORE BAHRU. Fri. TWO state records were broken today at the seventh annual Johore Bahru District athletic sports on the English College ground. Nine district j records were set and another equalled. In the women's 100 yards j Lim Pek Shin clocked 12.4 sec to
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    TRABERT TAKES THE TITLE IN STRAIGHT SETS
    593 14 TRABERT TAKES THE TITLE IN STRAIGHT SETS WIMBLEDON, Fri. rNY TRABERT of the United States won the men's singles title when he beat Kurt Nielsen of Denmark 6-3, 7-5. 6-1 in the final of the Wimbledon lawn tennis championship here today. Thrilling a packed cenfe court crowd of 17.000 which
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    Tenth day's result!
    200 14 MEN'S DOUBLES SEMI-FINALS. N. Fraser and K. Rosewall (Aust) beat V. Seixa* and T Trabert U.S.) <— 3. I—6. S l. 4 6. R. Mart hi s and L. Hoad I Aust) beat M. Ros r and G. Wnrthinctnn (Aust) 7—9. I. 6_4 ■>— 6. S— l
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      208 14 TODAY SOCCER LEAGI'E. ni V. 1: Woodbridge v Kota Raja, Jalan Brsar. DIV. 3\: BinUnx Bulan v Jollilads. Jalan Besar, 4 p.m.; Serangoon M.Y. v Woodlands, (ieylans; Govt. Printing v T.M.0.8.A.. CYMA ground. DIV. 3B: Katong v Police at P.T.S. CRICKET SINGAPORE v Malacca, padang, 11 a.m. FRIENDLY Non-Brnder« v
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