The Straits Times, 5 August 1955

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  • 12 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845. SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, AL'GUSA 5, 1955 15 CENTS
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  • 5 1 Came is made Marshall adviser
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  • 40 1 GETS JOB WEST INDIAN REFUSED jj VDNEY CAIN'E. llor of the Malaya international nd fiscal been ap- 'Onomic adChief Minngapore, Mr. halL I regarded Britain's dis\ar in the now headtnmisslon in I back in Octo- (Ul the post c Four
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  • 18 1 born after mother dies I IK] CITY. Thurs.— i^crc half an mother was prothe 7%lb. boy's were good.
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  • 123 1 WHOfcl BAHRU, Thurv ABDUL RAHMAN, t" he (hief Minister ■en Federation Gov'•>'t. today received a "me tall from the Melur n< Herald asking him if J would consider an invitall 'n ta visit Australia. replied that he would be Ia PP» to
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  • 575 1 BOOM MILLIONS ROLL IN It's best year since 1951 The Federation counting house kings are now busy counting the money Rubber closed at $1.52\ in the Singapore market yesterday KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. MALAYA'S RUBBER BOOM is back with a bang. Rocketing rubber prices are pouring more money into the Federation
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  • 114 1 And China trade hopes go up LONDON, Thurs. Hopes are rising in London that the Geneva talks between the United States and China may lead to a relaxation of the embargoes on strategic goods which have been cramping the Sum-British trade as well as Malayan rubber exports to China. The
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  • 33 1 LONDON. Thurs. Congratulations from all over the world poured into Clarence House here today where the Queen Mother is celebrating her 55th birthday quietly at home with Princess Margaret.— Reuter.
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  • 85 1 250 STUDENTS CALL ON MARSHALL: THEY WANT TEACHER RELEASED THESE ARE SOME of the 250 Singapore Chinese school students who went to Assembly House yesterday to demand the release of Chen Yang Cheng, a teacher of th P Chinese High School. Chen was one of those detained during the recent
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  • 249 1 Jakarta millionaire among businessmen accused of $75 mil. racket JAKARTA. Thurs. NUMBER of Government officials and leading businessmen have been arrested here following discovery of an import licence racket said to have cost the Indonesian Government $75,000,000. Among those arrested is a Chinese millionaire
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  • 268 1 Merdeka at Raffles CHIEF MINISTERS GET TOGETHER THE Singapore Chief A Minister. Mr. David Marshall, said yesterday he believed that if ever the Colony and the Federation quarrelled over any differences, they would "quarrel as brothers who have the same blood in their veins and the same traditions behind them."
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  • 44 1 THE 10— NOW IT'S OFFICIAL l.'.jllMf i ijxa' ITS TIMES from left, Tengku Rahman, Mr. Ong Yoke Lin, Dr. Ismail, Dato Aziz, Mr. Leong Yew Koh, Inche Sardon, Col. Lee, Mr. Sambanthan, and Dato Abdul Rahman. I FROM TUESDAY'S STR/ Abdul Razak, Inche Abdut
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  • 153 1 The big walkover in Malacca MALACCA. Than. rE Alliance has won the Malacca Settlement Council elections without having to fight for the seats. All its eight candidates were retained today unopposed after nomination had closed. The Settlement Election Officer, Mr. S. A. Rees, announced that there would be no contest
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  • 24 1 GOA, Thurs.— a bomb explosion caused slight damage near a bridge between Margao and Cortalim here on Saturday, it was announced today.
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  • 285 1 Alliance can call on at least 71 votes in House KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. npHE Federal Legislative Council to be inaugurated on 1 Aug. 31 will consist of 50 Malays. 25 Chinese, seven Indians, two Ceylonese, five European Officials, seven European Unofficials, and a mystery man from Malacca whose identity is
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  • 46 1 LONDON, Thurs.— The Shell Petroleum Company announce that a show of oil has been encountered at comparatively shallow depth at Jerudong in Brunei. This is the first oil show of promise to be found during the post-war exploration drilling in British Borneo.
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  • 54 1 A-BANGS AGAIN IN RUSSIA WASHINGTON, Thurs. Russia has resumed testing nuclear weapons "within the past few days," the Atomic Energy Commission said today An announcement said that these tests may mean 'the beginning of a new series The AEC declined tr ay whether the Soviet test;- in--1 olved hydrogen or
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  • 63 1 ISiAN MOVE TO i>l*RS' N DOOt l OIOM^O. Thui Tnaonesia has told Oyloa ihc is '-o'inrl<n; omnn md We item oantries 1■• in sn.-c -in I fol mil rcn'i-t'nrf of ?i1 1 m'rd > rrT-mh" < to on i iHmi ion ir >n and oihrr Mr« up countries
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  • 84 2 16 KILLED IN MINE EXPLOSION BONN, Thurs. SIXTEEN MINERS were killed and 25 are missing in an explosion in the Dahlbusch Pit in Gelsenkirt-hen. West Germany, last nicht. A fire-damp explosion in the same pit lulled 78 men in 1950 The explosion last nig;ht was believrd to have be^n caused
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  • 72 2 HUSBAND AND WIFE HAVE APPENDIX OUT SAME DAY LONDON. Thurs.— A husband and wife were operated on here yesterday in the same hospital for the same complaintappendicitis. The husband— Actor Gaylord Cavallaro was admitted to the hospital on Saturday, and the next day his wife, Joanna, said she felt ill
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  • 465 2 v Dr. Ching will work unpaid while university is reorganised then j I the aim will be to build up an institution of world standard 'Make this man Chancellor am we will raise $6,000,000 says a letter from Hong Kong men in America have made an offer
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  • 259 2 Loke's tip to film makers: Less talk, more action LONDON, Thursday. ]t|R. LORE WAN THO. Singapore millionaire cinema iTI owner, today gave this advice to American and British film companies who want to make money in Asia: "Always remember that a film should be a movie and not a talkie.
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  • 54 2 NEW YORK. Thurs.— A dead man has been charged with the cost of the rented aircraft in which he crashed and was killed three years ago. A law court here directed the estate of John Gould to pay U. 5.52.500 to the plane owners, the
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  • 100 2 Smokers paid tax of $32 mil. rE lung cancer scare had no effect o n the Colony's cigarette smokers, the Singapore Customs annual report said yesterday. Cigarette smokers contributed more than $32 million to revenue last year. More than 96 per cent of the tobacco revenue and about 41 per
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  • 43 2 THE Ceylon Sports Club will hold a variety concert at Beatty Secondary School Hall, Serangoon Road, Singapore, tomorrow at 8 p.m. to raise funds. The concert will be under the patronage of the Com-missioner-General, Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald.
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  • 45 2 Had liquor in a taxi— fined A woman, Kuek Chui Tee. aged 40, pleaded guilty in Singapore yesterday to having two gallons of dutiable liquor in Prinsep Street on Wednesday. Kuek, arrested In a taxi at 3.20 a.m., was fined $100, or two months' jail.
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  • 169 2 Mr. X LOSES OUT Mystery American fails to take over Bernard Shaw's home LONDON, Thurs. A MYSTERY American has missed his chance of becoming the tenant of the late George Bernard Shaw's house at Ayot, St. Lawrence, Hertfordshire. He was to have signed the lease on July 4 after settling
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  • 61 2 DIOR TELLS WHY IT'S A TO Y PARIS. Thurß. Christian Dior, French oracle of world fashion, explained here today that women's styles change from year to year "because they are always Imitated and become dull. "So this year's f&shions naturally react against last year's styles," he said. "It is all
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  • 300 2 The freed airmen arrive in Hong Kong o questions on family affairs •WE WERE SHOT IOWN IN KOREA— ROT CHINA' HONG KONG, Thurs. ELEVEN jubilant American airmen, freed from two years imprisonment in Communist China, crossed the border here today, insisting that they had been shot down over Korea in
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  • 60 2 NEW YORK, Thurs. The American Association for the United Nations today proposed that the U.N. should co-ordi-nate world attempts to launch earth satellites. The association said that there should be international co-ordination of such projects to calm fears that what was being dODe for peaceful purposes
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  • 31 2 A record crowd of 102 Malayans boarded the Carthage in Singapore yesterday for Penang, where they will be in time to see the Gold Cup race on Saturday.
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  • 58 2 FRANKFURT. Thurs— A 71--year-old man confessed here to murdering a retired Frankfurt judge 34 years ago. But the man. whose name was given by police only as Franz W.. will not be prosecuted. Under the German Statute of Limitations, a murderer can be prosecuted only
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  • 67 2 First man made sattelite spain here AN A.P. DRAWING which illustrates the distance from the earth that would be reached by the first manmade, earth-circling satellite, according to plans announced in Washington. The basketball-sized satellites, to be launched by rockets, are expected to circle the earth at 18,000 miles an
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  • 85 2 Freed to go home to die KILLER VERY TALLAHASSEE, Flo: Than A KILLER serving a sentence in Florida State tiary has been pan so he can ?o hon.Massachusetts to i The Cabinet Par agreed to release Demars after the prb perintendent reported convict was "desperate and there is no hope
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  • 29 2 Mariappan and nando were acquitted In pore yesterday ol a rrobbery of a $20 Manikkam Pillay at tl tion of Rowell and Roads on the nit<nt ffl
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    • 114 2 HE CONDEMNED A JURY TO DEATH! I When they found young Bill Purvis guilty of a crime he did I no commi and tent him to the gallows he placed a terrible I A)k eu«e on the 12 jurymen. "You all die before I do. he sad ..ffc Incredible? It's
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  • 380 3 BULCANIN REPORTS ON CONFERENCE-^ GREAT HISTORIAL EVENT' MEANS 'A NEW PERIOD 9 IN RELATIONS BETWEEN RUSSIA AND THE WEST MOSCOW, Thursday. uIRSH \h BULGANIN, the Russian Prime Mintold the Supreme Soviet today that all rower* nt the GeßCva "summit" conference the desire to put an
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  • 88 3 Russia to open borders for tourists •I IN. Thurs. •Monties inopen >ip to Western shortly, pcrautumn, a source said thai technl- of visas, and booking :!h Western were already consideration uthorltlea. No difficulties over exchange are and to pay fee, which would the difficulties has In Ku.v-ki in favourable rate
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  • 20 3 LRIB. ThU Tho French M Edgar loreign n.inisPinay, will acInvltation to Government flounced aftei a ting here today
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  • 71 3 hurs, Americans th Vietnam have victims of a war of the United States 1 en have received their lives writ--1 English. Cars have been burned or blown up. Grenades have been thrown against an apartment building in which embassy families live. Nobody is
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  • 33 3 DAWN ADAMS and her husband. Prince Vittor.o Massimo, exchange a confidential word during a film party held in Rome to elect a "Miss Cine Roma 1955" A.P picture.
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  • 118 3 Ooh la la! Lollo in tights PARADE WILL JAM PARIS TRAFFIC PARIS. Thurs. fINA LOLLOBRIGIDA f is planning to parado through the streets of Paris in circus tights The time: 10.30 a.m.. Sunday, Aug. 7. Police agreed to permit this publicity stunt promoted by the producers of the film "Trapeze",
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  • 76 3 HONG KONG, Thurs.—Owners of the British freighter InchwclLs reported today the ship had been bombed and machine-gunned at the entrance to the port of Foochow. Williamson and Company j Ltd. of Hong Kong said the Inchwells radioed it had suf- 1 f ered two casualties, one serious,
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  • 58 3 ROME. Thurs. Storms ranging from the Alp s to Si- cily left Italy with at least three dead and heavy damage today. Several areas in the cities of Bari and Taranto were flooded. Fishing craft along the Adriatic coast were endangered. Wind and hail caused an
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  • 41 3 NEW DELHI, Thurs.— lndia's roving diplomat, Mr. V. K Krishna Menon, returned here today to report to the Prime Minister, Mr. Nehru, on his talks with Mr. Dulles and Sir Anthony Eden, during his recent visit to Gevena. Reuiter.
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  • 22 3 ST LOUIS. Thurs. Mr.s. Emma Janson, already mother of 17 children, gave birth here yesterday to twin boys. A.P.
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  • 119 3 Bandits use stockings as masks in $1,500,000 raid on armoured car NEW YORK, Thurs. rPHREE gunmen masked with silk stockings last night held up a bank's armoured car containing U. 5.51.494.000 of racecourse takings. They took part of the cash but this was recovered when two of the bandits were
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  • 175 3 Inflation running riot: Banker JAKARTA, Thursday. lyiTH Indonesia in tne midst of a cabinet crisis, the TT governor of the Bank of Indonesia today blamed the government of Dr. Ali Sastroamidjojo— who resigned as prime minister last week but is carrying nn a "caretaker" government for
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  • 69 3 Gambler leaps under express TOKYO, Thurs. Pachinko, a pinbali gam e that is sweeping Japan, was blamed for six deaths yesterday. Police said Kunio Fukuma, 34, strangled his wife and four children near railroad tracks, < then leapt to death under an < express train at
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  • 51 3 JAKARTA, Thurs.— Military police headquarters announced today the arrest of j. Van Dulken. former Dutch acting chief of the Indonesian Finance Ministry's foreign exchange bureau. The arrest follows a campaign against corruption which allegedly involved loss to the Government of 300 million rupiahs in foreign exchange.
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  • 85 3 Pretender? Not me, says prince MUNICH. Thurs. PRINCE Albrecht, 50-year-old heir to Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria, will make no claim to the English throne through his descent from the Royal House of Stuart. The court marshal to the Wittclsbach family announced last night at Leutstetten near here that though
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  • 56 3 CATANIA, Sicily. Thurs Mt. Etna's noisy northeast crater burst out in a new series of explosions before dawn today. After belching smoke and lava for more than a month, the volcano had showed signs of quieting down. Late last week. Just when the eruption appeared over,
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  • 155 3 LONDON, Thurs. LONDON, Thurs. A sug- gestion that the Queen may visit Moscow was made today by Mr. Emrys Hughes. Labour Member of Parliament, who has long urged friendlier terms with Ru-ssia. In an article in the Scottish I Labour weekly "Forward," Mr.
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  • 384 3 LONDON, Thurs. r PHE credit squeeze was again the dominating influence In the stock exchange. With markets nlmost devoid of support and .sales continuing to trickle In prices suffered another severe setback espe- dally among industrials. Gilts, however, were fractionally higher with the banks no longer sellrrs. In
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  • 34 3 LONDON. Aug. 4. Spot 43 4 d Sept. 43 'ad.. Oct.-Dec. 43d., Jan.Mar. 41 %d., Apr.-June 40'td., Aug. c.i.f. 43 1, d., Sept. c.i.f. 43 .id.. Oct. ci.f. 42 ',d. Tone: Uncertain
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  • 25 3 LONDON. Aug. 4. Cash Buyers I £762: Sellers £763; Forward Buyers £756; sellers £756' j Settlement £764. Turnover a.m. 25 tons. p.m. 85.
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  • 28 3 PARIS. Thurs. The Council of the Republic (upper bouM) today ratified the Franco-Tunisian convention on Tunisian home rule by 254 i votes to 25— Reuter.
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  • 335 4 This is a most stupid case. says counsel SHE TOOK BALLOT PAPER HOME, COURT TOLD 'WOMAN LOCKED UP ON POLLING DAY' KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. A WOMAN was today charged in Telok Datoh, south Selangor, with unauthorised possession of a ballot paper on July 27, the day of the first Federal
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  • 304 4 SAGA OF THE YACHT EVELINE Police answereo flash signal THE Singapore yacht 1 Eveline, which was sailing to Kuala Selangor, ran into two sumatras in five days but gallantly braved the storms until it was "saved" by a police launch off Port Swettenham and towed up the Klang River. Despite
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  • 36 4 Cadets take a course IPOH. Thurs. Twentyfive cadets of the Anderson School will have a week's training at the 15/10 Hussars Camp in Ashby Road from Saturday. The cadets will qualify to become non commissioned officers.
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  • 54 4 TODAY: Singapore 12.17 ajn. (Bft. Bin.) 11.47 pjn. (10ft.); Port Dickson 7.24 a.m. (Bft. Bin.) 7.49 p.m (Bft. 81n.); Penang 1.44 a.m. (7ft. 2in.) 1.38 p.m. (Bft. 21n.) TOMORROW: Singapore 12.42 p.m. (Wt.); Port Dlckson 7.58 a.m. (9ft. 2in.J 8.19 p.m. (Bft. Bin.); Penang 2.12 a.m. (7ft. 81n.)
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  • 216 4 PLANS FOR NEW ADVISER Industry, income and social work From Page One which Mr. Marshall intended for Professor Arthur Lewis of the University of Manchester, a West Indian Negro of world standing as an economist. Prof. Lewis turned down the appointment. Sir Sydney's duties will be to advise the Chief
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  • 46 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs. The son of a retired policeman was fined $150 in the Juvenile Court and put on probation for a year. He was accused of stealing coupons which he changed for goods at a canteen. He. sold the goods.
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  • 68 4 A 13-year-old Singapore Chinese schoolboy has won a prize in the international exhibition of children's drawings held on Mother's Day in Japan recently. The boy. Chen Slew Ming, of the Chinese High School, was listed No. 61 in the entries. Altogether 71 prizes were awarded
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  • 156 4 They stop would-be suicides— and SIT tenants are so glad IVDGS owned by top-storey residents of the S.IT flats in Pickering Street have been partly responsible for the decrease in suicides over the past six months, a tenant of one of the flats told the Straits Times
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  • 27 4 A 22-year-old fireman, Massiam. fell 30 feet while picking rambutans In Kheam Hock Road. Singapore, yesterday. He was admitted to hospital with a leg injury.
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  • 76 4 THE NEW MATA MATA— WITH THE NEW TENGKU LOOK AN artist's impression of the new uniform for the Federation police force which is being de- signed by the Chief Mm- ister. Tengku Abdul Rah- man. The Tengku says the present police uniform is unimpressive. He will! wear the proposed new
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  • 32 4 A cyclist snatched- a gold chain and locket, worth $210. off the neck of a Malay woman. Duriah binte Asoor. while she was walking along Race Course Road, Singapore, yesterday.
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  • 27 4 A boiler at the Singapore Glass Factory in Henderson Road caught fire yesterday day morning. A fire engine had the fire out within an hour.
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  • 218 4 But it's only a film death DILLY YATES, 12, who im appearing in the Singapore filming of "A Town Like Alice," says: "I wish I could get killed off quickly and get it all over with." Billy, who doubles the part of Freddie
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  • 60 4 SIR PATRICK VISITING SINGAPORE Sir Patrick McKerron, form,er colonial Secretary in SinI aapore, is arriving in the j Colony from Britain today on I a short, private visit. He will stay at Government House till the week-end as guest of Sir Robert Black Sir Patrick left Singapore in 1950, on
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  • 60 4 KLANO, Thurs. The number of fires in Klang this year will be the highest in postwar years said KUnu's fire officer. Mr. J. F. O. Nicholas, today. The record year was 1952 when 47 fires broke out. From January till today, the fire brigade has already
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  • 29 4 A thief broke into the house of Inspector Hoe Fook Sing, in Happy Garden Avenue, Singapore, on Wednesday night, and stole a canary worth $40.
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  • 111 4 rPEE of the Singapore fishing boats whirlwere detained by the Vietnamese authorities for more than two months, returned to the Colony yesterday. Four more ships have also been released and are now or their way back to the Colony. A $40,000 ransom was paid
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  • 15 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The Federation collected $15,--80f).173 in income tax last month.
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  • 307 5 P O THEY HAVE SINISTER PLANS TO SPLIT WORKERS OP COLONY? 9 lR VERY EXISTENCE IS 17 STAKE BECAUSE OF THEIR DISRUPTIVE WORK' ifHK ver} tx\dt»et of the Singapore Trade Union resfl ia at stake because of the disruptive o f i xirile poop, the
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  • 55 5 Two In•s today denit by the PrnWellealey Union, that n ing dismissed c had not car- rifd out our duties to our employer's satisfaction." Haja Moydeen and Shahul Hameed of the G.A.M. Cigar Co.. Bukit Merla.tam. said in an advertisement in the Chinese Press, i They
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  • 40 5 Back from Kirkby then a kiss of welcome from sister... PRE'irY LAILATON ALBAKRI of Batu Gajah. one of the students who returned from Kirkby College, Liverpool, yesterday, being greeted by her sister at Kuala Lumpur airport. Report in Page 7.
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  • 241 5 Marshall says 'No' to 250 students TEACHER WILL STILL BE HELD IN CUSTODY npHE Chief Minister, Mr. A David Marshall, yesterday rejected a demand by 250 Singapore Chinese men and women students for the immediate release of a former Chinese High School teacher who is under Emergency detention. The ex-teacher
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  • 130 5 Police rushed. but all quiet Thp students, carryinj? banners, in Chinese, first began to converge on the Assembly House •at about 3 p.m. Special police were rushed to Empress Place but the demonstration was quiet and orderly The police took up positions in and outside the Assembly House as the
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  • 37 5 Singapore Customs collected $77,263,046 last year—a drop of $1,107,906 on the previous year's all-time record. Its annual report revealed yesterday Entertainment duty dropped by $216,000 last year—lndicating a big drop In cinema attendances
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  • 142 5 Move to subsidise Chinese schools GOVT. TO BE ASKED FOR GRANTS T*HE Singapore Chinese Schools committeeTeacher Association decided at a meeting yesterday to ask the Government to subsidise all Colony Chinese schools. The decision was made after complaints from the Singapore Chinese School Conference that Chinese schools were in financial
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  • 41 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Community leaders, soldiers and firemen were among the 45 people who received honours and awards from the High Commissioner. Sir Donald MacGillivray, this morning. A large crowd attended the ceremony at King's House
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  • 128 5 gINGAPORE Police banned six dances and a song, which formed part of a concert to be staged by Singapore Chinese High Schools Graduates of 1953 Arts Association on Aug. 20, because they were adapted from Communist publications. The Deputy Commissioner oi Police wrote to
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  • 196 5 I kept my promise about Council seat JOHORE BAHKIJ. Thurs. TENGKI' Abdul Rahman. Federation Chief Minister, today declared that the demand for a Malay woman Federal Legislative Councillor had been met by the election of the Alliance's only woman candidate. Che Halimaton binti Abdul Majid, who was
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  • 140 5 GOING UP NOW— A NEW TALL BUILDING WORK has begun on the Ngee Ann Kongsi's multi million dollar housing project in Orchard Road. Singapore, with the construction of a 10-storey building fronting the main road. Mr. Lee Wee Nam. chairman of the board of trustees, told the Straits Times yesterday
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  • 66 5 ALLIANCE TO PICK MEN ON MONDAY ALOR STAR. Thurs. Kedah Alliance Liaison Committee will meet on Monday to select candidates for the first Kedah State Council elections on Sept. 15. The council, which will meet within 30 days of the elections, is to have 27 members, including 12 elected, for
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  • 29 6 20 W firrf.v J/fl (tnitiitrtuffi). JOHN—In loving memory of j Bertha John who i>a.ssed away on Aucuti sth 1946. sadly missed by her ►orrowins: mother and friends.
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    • 683 6 It is perhaps natural that some of the elected Ministers in the Federation should want to give special emphasis to the problems of the rural community. For one thing the new Government was elected largely through the votes of a rural population and it must, therefore,
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    • 538 6 The walkover for Alliance in the Malacca Settlement elections, while it is unprecedented, need occasion no real surprise. In the national polls eight days ago, both its candidates in the Malacca constituencies were returned with such crushing majorities that -esistance by other parties at Settlement level could
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  • 1156 6  -  O.J. VOELCKER, Director tf Agriciltirt in the Federation /XDCOA is not an easy crop to grow. Soil and climatic requirements are narrowly defined; pests and diseases many and destructive. The shade-loving tree itself, not dissimilar in size from an apple tree, takes six
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    • 126 6 IT was reported in a recent issue of your paper that a Chinese Boy Scout who found a python, was "bird-shootinf It would be interesting to know what birds he was trying to shoot, as all birds on Singapore Island are protected under the Wild Animals
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    • 368 6 IX>R a number of years r the normal teachers in Pahang have been trained by correspondence. Training by such means has Its disadvantages and the Government had to resort to it because of the lack of suitable men among the expatriate officers who could be put
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    • 137 6 riTOE letters by Ah Plan Poh and L.C.L. of Penang about the evils of opium and alcohol should interest every youngster. But it is extremely foolish to try to say which is more evil. Both opium and alcohol should be eradicated. Ah Plan Poh and
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    • 250 6 A LOT OF SENSE IN THIS ADVICE rw*HE Colonial Secretary in an interview told re--1 porters that history showed there was no problem that could not be solved. There is a lot of sense in this statement and I feel that not only I, bu,t every man with a logical
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    • 177 6 THE WOMEN SWAYED THE VOTING MY belated congratulations to the UMNO. MCA, MIC Alliance for its sweeping victory ln the recent Federal Elections. TheiiT superb organisatior rests in the Kaum Ibu section of the UMNO, and I raise my hat to them. The landslide results ln the Federal Elections were
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    • 266 6 Should doctors tell? front page, s On vr >-, interesting i; t n has made mo Ariff ar questions of the doctors. According to doctors Dati allergic to the drtj wear discs or cam noting their sensiffi But doctors of have a •traige iabit^ known to tlvn Riving patient., 2%
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    • 37 6 I SINCERELY thank I am very grateful to i those who have very kir contributed for my" tripl and also to the Straits T:.:/ who made It p publishing my plisht HASSAN BIN MAT X.VII Rawan*.
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    • 694 6 MR Si MRS. Pujio Hara. Con-•Ulate-General of Japan. Singapore. m\ Hannover"- 4th August, '65. f]\ to all our friends In fcincapore and Malaya. ppx. 2» W»r4i 11* imimmum). ORIER: To Patricia (Nee Spensi •nd Anthony Orler The Residency Jesaelton a son on 29th July. HANFIELD: To Joan, nee Patrick. I
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    • 86 6 Man of Evtraat 20-pag* book condensation it Sherr*^ T rraiitK. who chibv* I ed to the top of Ike worM, f tell* the dranatk, ioagk'' awaited Mory of hit life. How to Grow Old and Lika It j A doctor telk how ilrnrw I may lead yoa to a fuller,
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    • 17 6 1 WILLIAMS HUMBERT'S I 1 DRY SACK AGENTS: CALDBECK. MACGREGOI Qc COMPANY LIMITEI (Incorporated in Honi; Kone>.
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  • 187 7 Fourth day of tryal ™h k nX told the court that w h »»e andKwong Kirn On robbed Wearne Brothers' chief he nev knew he would be involved in a V h n #r sa d the robber y' suggested by Kwong, I started off as a joke." Kwong staged
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  • 117 7 j AND PUTS HIS VIEW TO THE OTHER CHIEF MINISTER I THi. Singapore .»unister. Mr. David Marshall, clenches his fist in emphasis while talking with the Federation Chief Ministerdesignate, Tengku Abdul Rahman, at a lunch at Raffles Hotel, Singapore yesterday. Teneku Abdul Rahman who was
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  • 935 7 'It all began as a joke'— Chen SALESMAN ON MURDER CHARGE TELLS OF ROBBERY 'PLOT* OUTSIDE A BANK I ONLY INTENDED TO ROB CASHIER' The row in the car 'then I saw the victim bleeding kl y-A LUMPUR, Thurs. Hi \K.\K brothers salesman, (hen ll r h Court here i;
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  • 605 7 'HE TOOK CASH TO BUY CLOTHES' put it on before going back to his office. Kwonp. he said, asked him to keep the two envelopes containing cheques and cash which he had taken from Yap. At Davidson Roaa Kwong took some monoy from one of the envelopes to buy new
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  • 360 7 The men who will rule Malaya *fe From Page One tary; Col. H. S. Lee Minister for Transport; Mr. M. P. Hogan, the Attorney-General; Mr. C. T. Thomas, The Financial Secretary; Dr. Ismail bin Dato Abdul Rahman, Minister for Natural Resources; Mr. O. A. Spencer, Minister for Economic Affairs; Mr.
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  • 74 7 KLANG. Thurs.— An hour before the monthly meeting of the Klang Town Council started today, a councillor died at his home after a long Illness. He was Raja Ibrahim bin Raja Abdul Jilil. 63. His late wife was the sister of the Federation Chief Minister, Tengku Abdul
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  • 110 7 TOO MUCH CARGO IN PORT PORT SWETTENHAM Thurs. SHIPPING authorities expect severe congestion at Port i Swettenham next month unless j importers clear their goods quickly from the railway godowns. A back-log of imports from Britain is expected soon, after the ending of the British dock strike on July 5.
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  • 65 7 Lionel de Sllva, who was alleged to have posed as a detective, yesterday was charged in Singapore with corruptly accepting $112 from Ho Yoke Chee, as an inducement for showing favour to 14 Singapore Traction Company conductors by not reporting alleged offences of criminal breach of trust.
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  • 48 7 Prem Singh, a labourer, accused at the Singapore Assizes yesterday of the attempted murder of N. Lakshmanan, a van driver, outside the Dunearn Road toddy shop on the evening of April 14 last, was acquitted. The Jury returned a unanimous verdict of not guilty.
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  • 264 7 First a $100 cheque for each, then they get a month's holiday KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.Students who returned from the Malayan teachers' training college at KlrJcby in England received surprise cheques for $100 on their arrival at Kuala I Lumpur airport today. "An advance In case
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  • 140 7 SAWMILL WORKERS SETTLE DISPUTE TWO HUNDRED Sinßa--1 pore sawmill workers have called off their threatened strike after a last minute settlement with their employers who are contractors to five sawmills. Representatives of the Singapore Sawmill Workers' Union negotiated with the contractors for four hours before agreement was reached. The workers
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  • 28 7 About 8,900 tiles worth $1,166 were stolen from a building site at the wireless station in Yio Chu Kang Road, Singapore, on Tuesday night.
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    • 76 7 /-C-VTSw WI9/S4 Voice Hoarseness iMm Hacking Coughs WM Bronchitis raJi^i Sore throat If^l Colic pain RIIm Hll MU INSUVTII WITH Woods fi REAT PEPPERMINT CURE Resi»tance to cold germs increased when nupplemented by this correct internal remedy Also recommended j*a*rtT J\ for wind in the stomach. JWn THE FAMILY REMEDY
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    • 172 7 which is such a tremen- t y dous success \n Europe xTj^s^ arid America, is at last y Fifty years experience in typewriter engineering and ':w» the study of all innovations resulting from latest proc- ;-3n/ tice ond methods of monufocture are the bosis of the yff New Olympia Standard
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  • 253 8 DEATH FOR MAN WITH BULLETS JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs. CUPRAMANIAM. who was wounded and captured by Security Forces on April 29. was sentenced to death at the Assizes for havint? 20 rounds of ammunition. He was captured north of Senda Estate, Rengam. by a patrol of the East Yorks. That morning
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  • 121 8 After toddy spree a sickle attack IPOH. Thurs.— After a spree In a toddy shop, two labourers fought each other over a 40-cent dobt. the Magistrate's Court was told today. And w>'n Kali Muttu. brother-in-law of one of them, attempted to separate them he was assaulted with a sickle. As
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  • 30 8 PENANG. Thurs. Cash and other articles worth $839 altogether were stolen from a house in Balik Pulau yesterday. Three bicycles were reported lost during the past 24 hours.
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  • 200 8 OPIUM FOUND IN PETROL TANK, COURT TOLD JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs. piFTY lb. of opium was found concealed in a secret compartment inside the petrol tank of a oar going to Singapore from the Federation, the Sessions Court here was told here today. Low Foo Cheong and Sim Heap Heng, who
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  • 37 8 JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs. Charged with importing 21b. of saccharin without a licence, Wong Keng Bong said in court here today he thought it was sugar. He was fined $95 and the i saccharin was confiscated.
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  • 258 8 'REMEMBER SINGAPORE RIOTS': COUNCIL CHIEF KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. THE president of the Joint Consultative Council for the Planting Industries, Mr. T. M. Walker, today warned employees to be on the watch for "wreckers" and to bear in mind the trade union upheaval which
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  • 103 8 $220 more for the triplets SYMPATHISERS throughout O Malaya have subscribed a further $220 for the family of Hassan bin Mat Kaii, of Ulu Yam Bahru, Sclangor, whose wife gave birth to triplets The total now stands at $1,497.64. Latest contributions SINGAPORE: Miss Dhanl Dcvi $5, Sympathisers Engr Base Installation,
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  • 59 8 BARBARA OFF FOR DRAMA LESSONS MISS BARBARA LEE. a Singapore schoolteacher, who left Singapore yesterday in Carthage for Encalnd. where she is to take a year's course in dramatic art. The Commissioner General. Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald.went on board to wish Miss Lee goodbye. She will study at the Central
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  • 316 8 Councillor is rebuked 'UNFAIR' ATTACK ON GOVT. SEREMBAN, Thurs. THE Mentri Besar, of Negri Sembilan, Inche Shamsuddin bin Nain, today rebuked a State Councillor who alleged that the Negri Sembilan Government was run either by the Mentri Besar or the British Adviser. In an adjournment speech at todays Negri Sembilan
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  • 19 8 TAIPING. Thurs.— The Federation of Malaya Police Band will beat Retreat on the esplanade at 5.30 tomorrow.
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  • 115 8 PLANS are being made to hold a trade exhibition at the Great World amusement park when the Colombo Plan consultative committee meet in Singapore in October. The management of the park Ii sponsoring the fair which will be one of the biggest ever in
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 144 8 O x^m \lm^ O pi J ////If D/^C(¥^i^mjr Simplicity itself! BUY A PACKET OF SUW TODAY! y Vir^ If Mr# Surf caUsand you can P roduce the V* cket he will y\%^ O\b yi Vj present you with a beautiful Gold Tudor Ladies Watch made y^ \***^kS "S^SV) by world
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    • 230 8 Do you realise I you can buy your B] U{ Gillette Blades in a quick-feed Dispenser without paying any more for them? You can enjoy Gillette Superspeed <haying too if you use a quick-feed Dispense tr^ with a quick-action one-piece i n -n f I You can get both in
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    • 302 8 Straits Times Crossword "5 5 ~!H i ii I I v I "IT" I* 1|| TT" >6 17 '8 «9 20 I $Sss^ ACROSS 7. Grub but inedible (5i 1. Peace pipe includes a chimney 8. Vessel with three banks (7). »2i ..u 14- Whatever you put here is wrong
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    • 1657 9 l reared country as own S estate and eople as cattle AT 11 a.m. on the morning of May 15, 1848, three cannon boomed from the fortress of St. Elmo, high on the hill overhanging the teeming city of Naples. At the signal, 1,000 of the King's guards, their sabres
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    • 123 9 LOOK FOI SESg frittersJ r«mo»* l«'« -to 2or J •«<!- mt Ma>« it.d CfcMM, try m 0-an .at. c ;-J hOl. mTno ?issolesJ) ,:i maihad Btal M tqual r .ii b'tad:ttp f«t Dra-i. HORTON HERRINGS^J fTH MACARONI *M A^CI h ard W C"oppt« Til tt"iltr, I i-eai«d anh. -[SKINGS w.lfl
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    • 97 9 wfuuwiuiuira Mulsified m COCOANUT OIL ft£\ SHAMPOO B it a natural shampoo, made from .ti e jl *h* purest blend of cocoanut WA toto.^oo 1 oils. Mulsified Shampoo will Kri^fl brim; out the natural be.iuty of H four hair, leaving your hair soft, H fragrant, lustrously radiant. Glostora ||ib lUST
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    • 123 9 Shi't'tiPi'ti tli>!nn>s JVo-oiif* ans9*'i>n>tt 1^ I—4C,1 4C, /-B5 I!Ib¥b1 13 FOOLHARPy 1 ANSWEPEP AIV ADVERTISEMENT, J ADVKESS, MJ.MELAS.' IP M3U PO Vf J I HfSsT l7^ T O AQ fes-7 All?. MOL/MES j^KSS^7^\ HE4K FKOM E < CALL OM L Jm mF^^ vertise /mr. Wm&znr—. at ru] vTIAAE T oMoeeow.'
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    • 1329 10 Td: Z405 MANSFIELD tfc CO., LTD. T.l 141* (18 lines) iMcn-i o-oterf in Singopore) (12 lines THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE Corners of»fior, to prorrrrt vio other ports to lood ond discharge corgo SAILINGS to LIVERPOOL, GLASGOW, LONDON, CONTINENTAL PORTS Singapore Sail* P. Sham Penang leertes ta Liverpool G. 1 1
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    • 1166 10 EAST ASIATIC LINE SAILINGS TO CONTINENT/SCANDINAVIA For Aden, Pert Said, Genoa, Antwerp, Rotterdam, Homburg, Copenhat— Gothenburg ft Oilo Spore P. Sham Penong x) "FALSTRIA" 11/13 Aat 14/14 Aat 15/1* Aa, xx) "INDIA" 14/16 Aug x) Calls London (Passengers only), sx) Call. Beyrouth, Kori.hamn. SAILINGS FROM SCANDINAVIA/U.K./CONTIHENT Spore P. Sham Penong
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    • 964 10 ÜBS!U B S!? D N INC THE BEN LINE STEAMERS LTD. Wi SINGAPORE (Incorporated in tha United Kingdom) UMt» SAILINGS TO U.K. AND CONTINENTAL PORTS Spore P. Shorn Panonß ■^^irdom 1 0 O.U/14 SaH. «A* Dlr^ arrlva. LMNmst 28 A»g Bencmochen for Havre, London, ia/11 Aua 19/21 Ah Rotterdam, Antwerp
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    • 971 10 McALISTER tfc CO., L Tn TIL: No: ***** ■Mrl^MA- «k BUCKMALL KUI) LONDON, HAVRE ROTTERDAM, Los ANG a IDIJ HAMBURG PORTLAND C $U TT f f N '»»N t <F and for U.S.A., North Atlantic Ports Accepting )v V ond Conoda ond via Colombo i CITY OF OTTAWA ."par. "^'^U,
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  • 8 11 OFFICIAL PRICES prr piru! prr P.CUI i nts).
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  • 37 11 KN'E Thurs. trading c Stock prices 1 were rm CM 15 32 3 £96 7/8 «7 9 I 55 27 9 T 5H buyer 18/3 6/6 seller M/1 41/10'j 41/10 36/7 18/1 I •/7fc 21/-
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  • 65 11 Ii rubber buyers ir P ye.aerday 4 rents above puce, The in erUUn. reiit s per !b. fob buyers No. 1 R.S.S. filers 152 ember buyers 152 j August buyers I buyers 136 I Commerre noon prli m ye«tugust 4 1 in Buyer* Sellers 154 15S 154 155
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  • 568 11 RUBBER MARKET IS VERY NERVOUS BUT TRADING HEAVY By Our Market Correspondent there was a tremendously heavy turnover on the Singapore rubber market yesterday operators were in a highly nervous mood and there was a wide range in the price. «r AuK i lst flr 1 grade o Pened over
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  • 208 11 Singapore Chinese Produce Exchange: noon prices per plcul yesterday were: Copra: uncertain; August $26 i buyers. $26 4 sellers; Septembei $27 buyers. $27 U sellers; coconut oil: quiet; bulk $40 sellers drum $42 sellers. Pepper: quiet with no business reported; Muntok white $169. Sarawak $168. Special Sarawak black
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  • 190 11 THE HAGUE. Thurs. T*HE International Tin Study Group reports world production of tin In concentrates during May totalled 14,700 long tons against 13.800 in April. Increases are noted in Malaya. Indonesia. Bolivia and Slam while Belgian Congo and Nigeria decreased. Figures for June so
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  • 82 11 BATU Matang Rubber Plantations have odd their Amu. estate at Enggor, Perak, for $150,000. The area consists of 384 acres of old seedling rubber, all in need of replanting. The directors state that the situation of the property is isolated and that it. has not been easy
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  • 25 11 The following tin-ore outputs for July are announced: Takuapa Valley 571 picuLs; Sungei Bidor 725 piruls; Katu 543 plculs; Renong Consolidated 400 piculs.
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  • 27 11 WASHINGTON. Thurs. The Export Imptfrt Bank lia.s announced a credit of £60 million to Japan to be used toward* the purchase of U.S. cotton— Reuter.
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  • 449 11 The Malayan Share Brokers' Association, Singapore section, reported: "Rubbers were very firm on the local share market throughout the cury despite the erratic movement of the commodity price. Industrials were generally slightly better in sympathy but tins on balance showed an easy tendency." Singapore brokers reported the following
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  • 150 11 Ships lying alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves or ezpectrd today are: Henri Poincaire 12. Olengyle 45. Fujikawa Maru C.P.. President Jefferson 6 7, Laura Maersk 89. Laertes 11, Benvrackle 13 14. Somali 15 16. Marudu 18. Sg. Deli. Bronxville 19 20 Leksula N. Wall 4, Hong Tat N.
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  • 62 11 The Malayan Exchange Banks Association made the following changes in its rates to merchants yesterday: Selling T.T. or O.D. ready: Swiss Francs 142; Holland Guilders 124. On the free exchange market In Hong Kong yesterday, the US. dollar was quoted at 5.814 cash and 6.84 for T.T. Sterling
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 422 11 LINALUX MARINE >Jpv PAINTS s^^^^^sT structure. Longlasting protec£3 rr\__ tion. Favoured <jry p] [-{c= M by many of the N^ C •_i_^>' 7 Worlds Great >^ ejt Shipping lompanies. Cut \_^v >S S- s~^'~~~ down mainten- ince costs and CC^3*" s v N^_*^ Overheads. KNUTSEN LINE Fast and Regular Service
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    • 1112 11 NOTICES I THE TRADE MARKS ORDINANCE, 1950 No. 26 OF 1950. This advertisement appears by direction of the Registrar of TYade Marks under the provisions of Section 49(7) of the Ordinance. NOTICE Is hereby given that the following Trade Marks registered In] the name of The Borden Company, a corporation
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    • 405 11 I TENDERS P.W.D. TENDER NOTICE tenders from Claas 'D' and above registered PWD Contractors will be received by the State Engln eer, Johore up to noon of the 13th August. 1955 for: CONSTRUCTION OP SUBDISTRICT HEADQUARTERS AT PENGOERANG, KOTA TINOOI. Full particulars may be obtained from the Senior Executive Engineer,
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    • 190 11 NOTICES THE SINGAPORE TRACTION COMPANY LIMITED (Incorporated In the United Kingdom) OMNIBUS SERVICE NO. 14 With effect fiom 7th August. 1955, an Omnibus Service will operate between RAFFLES QUAY AND KIM KEAT AVENUE via. Boon Tat Street, Robinson Road, Collyer Quay, St. Andrew's Road, Beach Road, Bras Basah Road. Bencoolen
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    • 246 11 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS APPLICATIONS are Invited to nil vacant posts In the Technician Scheme In the Public Works Department, Negrl Sembllan. Candidates should be Federal Citizens between the ages of 17 and 23 years 1 and must have passed Form IV English School. The salary scale of the Technician Scheme is
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  • 443 12 Singapore now eating twice as much mutton ]^|ORE Chinese in Singapore are eating mutton and this has resulted in a significant increase in the consumption of fresh mutton since the liberation, according to Mr. E. L. Nathan, manager of a leading livestock importing firm in Singapore. Mr. Nathan says consumption
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  • 179 12 XJEGOTIATIONS between the ll Malayan Trade Commissioner In London and the British Transport Commission have resulted in the Commission agreeing to make a trial of Malayan kapor for railway wagon construction Tenders are being put out immediately for 20 tons, which are
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  • 236 12 India and Ceylon send most coir fibre INDIA and Ceylon were Malaya's leading sappliers of coir fibre obtained from the outer husk of the coconut last year and according to official statistics, they sold Malaya 424 tons worth $178,422. This figure excludes rope and mats $2,292,550 worth of which were
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  • 291 12 AUSTRALIA is making a big attempt to enter the Malayan soft drink market with the sale locally this week of a new drink of which thousands of dozens have already been sold in the Dominion This new drink. Tuttl Frutti. claimed to be the latest
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  • 125 12 KEEPING check of the Alliance landslide voting totals in the Federal Elections last week was simplified in the Kuala Lumpur office of the Straits Times by the use of a National Accounting machine. Within moments of the receipt of the flfty-flrst-and-final-results on Friday evening:, the machine
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  • 307 12 COLONY RUBBER BUSINESS SOLD MR. FRED L. WATERHOUSE, a well-known Singapore rubber miller and packer, is to leave the Colony soon on retirement after spending 33 years in Malaya. He announced yesterday he had sold his shares in Fred Waterhouse Co. Ltd. to AngloFrench and Bendixsens Ltd., Singapore, and had
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    • 156 12 CABLES are necessary to bring electricity to these and almost every other aspect of modern life. Good cables are vital cables developed by Members of thr Cable Makers Association. SPECIFY U Jgj|H GABLES British /f-f/sltr Cct'/<c*tiim T'ait Mt'kt MALAYAN CABLE MAKERS ASSOCIATION. MACDONALD HOUSE. SINGAPORE 1 PRESSURE, VACUUM, COMPOUND HYDRAULIC
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    • 92 12 SMALLER COLD HANDS H NIB FOR I VISIBLE YOUNCER INK jj PEOPLE "jA SUPPLY Parker \SLIMFOLO/\ FACTORY SOLE AGENT AND REPAIR SERVICE STATION ARCADE BLOG -RAFFLES PL -SINGAPORE A i. x*?^--. m pehkins DIESEL Marine, Industrial and Vehicle Coavenim Knsin" Sales service LYONS MOTORS LTD, Orchard Road. Sin;jpcrH C.A.V. Pumps
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  • 176 13  -  EPSOM JEEP KITSON LEONG SCORES ANOTHER DOUBLE By APPRENTICE Kitson Leong kept up his splendid work for the van Breukelens when he landed a double on two old stagers, eight-year-old River Patrol and seven-year-old Tryas, at Penang yesterday, third day of the
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  • 63 13 TOTAL POOL: $150,830 Ist: No. *****7 ($15,249) 2nd: No. *****2 ($20,362) 3rd: No. *****1 ($11,312) STARTERS ($1,508 each): Nos. *****6; *****0; *****5; *****8; *****9; *****6. CONSOLATION ($452 each): Nos. *****8; *****4; *****2; *****6; *****1; *****5; *****3; *****6; *****5; *****0. TREBLE TOTE: Eight tickets ($164 each). the third furlong.
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  • 1343 13 Race One CLASS 2, DIV. I—B FURS. Mr. Yap Kirn Hoe's (4) RIVER PATROL 8.7 carr. 8.4 (204—39) Leone 1 (3) Beccaneoes 8.0 (99—44) Hudson 2 (1) SATISFACTION 8.8 (134—31) Bougoure 3 (2) SCONE STONE 7.10 carr. 7.13 (79—33) Jones 4 (Winner trained by M.
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    • 279 13 p-***"*^ ut l '1^ Before Posting j M ljii to Box Numbers should be taken to bo« number the CORRECT I Addrcu »O the Cecil Street. ,v» rACAUT I M rf». rxtra. 1 1 m Hale M 8. Apply P.O. K K To Let Central from Telealablei :,c telephone Tel.
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    • 360 13 TUITION 120 Word, fS (Mln.)— Box St ett. extra. CHINESE LADY Priv.,t« Teacher W;int«l to Coach two Olrls In English three Evenings a Week Apply Box ASIB3, ST. YOUNG DHIVINO INSTITUTE offers you highly recommended European and Asian Instructors Beginners, test coaching, parking' regulations $6 hourly. Phone 2129(1! OREGG SHORTHAND
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    • 864 13 DANCING 29 Words tit I minimum j. i Dalla I month, 10 Words it JO (Mm RAFFLES HOTEL— Nightly Dance and Floor-Show from 9 to 12 p.m. TRY DINING in our Patio at the West Point Garden. EMBASSY HOTEL— Enjoy your dance at our Roof Garden nightly. DANCE in the
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    • 288 13 REACH 75,000 FAMILIES WITH A CLASSIFIED ADVERT. VEHICLES FOR SALE 20 Words ti (Mln.)— Box it ets. extrm. 1948 STUD_BAKE R, good Mechanical condition, good Tyres and Body. Black Paint Fair $1,600 0.n.0. Phone *****, Ext. 277 Captain Furk. MORRIS MINOR, 2 Door Saloon, in very good order, 1952 Model,
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    • 294 13 FOR SALE 20 Wordt $1 (Min.)— Box St ets. extra. MURPHY RADIO at Shotams 12, Orchard Road, Phone 6322. CHEAP SALE HSU BROS. 161 Orchard Road, Singapore, specialising in Oriental Arts and Chinese Handmade Embroidery Goods. Inspection cordially invited. SELLING:— 3 Sheets $10. "Candlewick" Bedcovers $20.50, Washable American Frocks $10.50,
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    • 256 13 MISCELLANEOUS jit Words ti (Mln.)— Box It ets. extrm. SHELL COCKROACH KILLER will kill cockroaches. Applied by spray or brush. Cost, $1.60 for 32 01. tin. AMERICAN DRESSES Just Arrived Slaes from 9—30 at $20 each. Hilda's S.C.S. Arcade Orchard Road. TW *****. ROSY CLOUD Permanent Wave Saloon, 36 Dhoby
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    • 606 13 New science conquers muscular pain 'FIBROSINE' ¥T~ NEW FIBROSINE BALM acte instantly, safely, f* m m •Seotivaly to attack muscular and rheumatio pain f \*m/ ot tit source, wimmontr* passes right through the Sv skin at oooe. And the wonderful healing compounds 3 '_Hrn in FlßßOSlin go deep down, right
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  • 109 14 rpHIRTY-FOUR entries have been submitted for the Motor Club rally to be held on Sunday in Johore and Singapore. Competitors must cover 160 miles in the Federal ion and 25 miles in Singapore, finishing at the Royal Singapore Flying Club. Those taking part will also do
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  • 116 14 BOXERS from the Singapore Harbour Board Boys' Club will meet Queen's Street B.C. in a 14-bout boxing programme at Keppel Road tonight at 8.30 p.m. The programme is (Queen Street boyj firs; > Atom: W. Tan v P. Jansen: Midge: Nee Roath v G. Krishnan; Cliia
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  • 78 14 The Malay Sporty Association will begin their annual tennis tournamem on Sunday at the MSA courts. Ties for Sunday air Ml a.m.: "B" singles: Sulaiman Kassim v Dollah Junied; Hussein Siraj v Ishak Alwi; Amf.n Puteh v Shariff. 2.30 p.m.: Optn singles: Shahrin Osman v Abdullah
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  • 63 14 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. OINGAPORES All Star table tennis team opened their Federation tour with a 5-0 wii. over Selancor Combined last night at Fui Chui Hall. Though the Singaporeans won by a convincing margin, they had to fight hard In all their ties. The opening match
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  • 76 14 games represents tivr. and Selangor's Ng Wah Sung. The He went to four closely fought sets. Results: Loh Heng Chew bt Ng Wah Sung 21-18. 21-19, 17-21, 24--22; Son Cheow Hoe bt Low Hon Cheng 21-17. 21-7, 20-22. 21-19; Poon Weng Hoe bt Chaing Tuck She
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  • 56 14 The Royal Air Force team to meet Indian Association in a senior tournament cricket fixture at Changi on Sunday will be: SqLdr I. L. Dunn. Pl.t Jackson, P Lt Blissett. F Lt Leray. Cp! Burton, Cpi Bartram. Cpl Muir, Cpl Burdett, SAC Major. LAC
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  • 926 14 The strongest Fijian team yet EVEN THE REGULAR STARS ARE NOT ASSURED OF PLACES RUGBY WIZARDS PLAN STORMING FAREWELL WITH... By TEOH ENG TATT T^HE forthcoming sca--1 son will be the last in which we will see that efficient rujjby machine, Ist. Fiji Infantry Regiment and it promises to be
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  • 293 14 Now Fathul make it 11 in row but only just A FINE hat-trick by centreforward Sahar enabled Fathul Karib to beat Singapore Cricket club 3-2 in a thrilling SAFA Div. 2A match on the padang yesterday Fathul Karib are now level on points with the league leaders, Areonauts F.C.. who
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  • 72 14 The training schedule for Singapore boxers preparing for the South East Asia boxing tournament has :*en changed. Mr. B. L. Dunsford, Secretary of the Singapore A.8.A., said last night that all boxers have now been requested to attend sessions at the Police Training School every Monday. Tuesday
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  • 98 14 A hat-trick by Wahab Abu enabled Marine Department to beat Teachers Training College "A" 3-0 in a Govt. Services Div. 1 league soccer match played at the Printing ground yesterday. The Div. 2 matches yesterday resulted: Prisons beat Domain 2-1 at Farrer Park. Samat and
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  • 40 14 Scoring three goals in the last five minutes. RAF Seletar Spartans beat R.A.P.C. 4-0 at Seletar yesterday In their Singapore United Services Div. 2 league match. Scorers were McCrlrie (2), Scott 'penalty) and Dtckson.
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  • 502 14 By EPSOM JEEP PENANG, Thurs. AFTER exactly 20 years, Mr. T. H. Menzies, a pillar of Malayan racing, may win his second Penang Gold Cup with Zabaglione on Saturday. Zabaglione's appearance on the training track this morning dispelled a rumour that all
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  • 182 14 Penang Gold Cup probabie line-up and Jockeys for the $15,000 Penang Gold Cup over 1> 4 miles to be run at Penang tomorrow are: 212 South Pacific 9.00 (Spencer) 5 bikes by Tor bido— lsland Voice Bell 924 Shancrila 8.07 (Bagby) 5 birg by Pappageno II Warella
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  • 302 14 OTAR SOCCERITES recovered from an early deficit to beat Pulau Brani 3-2 in a SAFA first division league fixture at the Jalan Besar stadium yesterday Soccerites deserved their victory though they would have been able to show a wider margin had they taken their
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  • 62 14 REME Civilians had to fight hard for their narrow 3-2 victory over Woodlands B.C. in their SAFA Div. 3A match at Farrer Park yesterday. Scorers for the winners were Tallb (2) and T. A. Welles while Ibrahim bin Abdul Wahab scored both goals for Woodlands Sukaramal
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  • 123 14 BIRMINGHAM. Thurs. THE SOUTH African cricket tour- Ists took full toll of the Warwickshire bowling and wer c 284 for four at the tea interval here today Four of the South African batsmen have scored half centuries McOlew 84. Groddard 71, McLean
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  • 180 14 LONDON, Thurs. Surrey lost first innings points to Lancashire today when they were dismissed for 220 runs in their county cricket fixture. Lancashire had scored 248 off the preseiit leaders yesterday. Glamorgan switched positions at the foot of the table when they beat
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  • 380 14 PEI WAH GIVES ONN LENG a HURDLING Him rWCOURAGING note in d Singapore's bid to retain the Malayan athletic title for the seventh time on Aug. 26 and 27 at Ipoh is that hurdler Teng Pei Wah is in serious training again. Pei Wah, who has been out of active
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  • 115 14 C'WEALTH TEAM us ENGLAND LONDON, Thurs.— Seven Australians, two West Indians and two Indians will form the Commonwealth team to meet an England eleven during the Torquay cricket festival at Torquay from Sept 3 to 9. The Commonwealth team will be. B. Barnett (capt), L. Livingston. G. E. Tribe, B.
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