The Straits Times, 12 August 1955

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    14 1 The Straits Times Hat*** 1 Estd. iKi;, SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, AUGUST 12, 1955 15 CENTS
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    6 DIE in 5 TERROR MINUTES
    1309 1 Soldier g tabbed machine-gun then it was a nightmare in the day mail Amok sprays train with bullets Jammed gun saves boy from death WILD BURSTS OF SHOOTING Killed and 12 seriously injured when a Rhodcsian mcd with a Patchctt machinegfun ran amok on
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    DERBY CUP IS STOLEN '
    42 1 DERBY CUP IS STOLEN I— burglar stole the gold cup presented to (.Irnkter when her colt Nimbus won the lf)4f> I up rost t(>00. I am prepared to pay a substantial sum It i< of the Greatest sentimental value and is ~\V
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    Lock icon Pakistan gets new Govt.
    40 1 KARACHI. Thurs—Pakistan's new Cabinet was sworn in by the acting GovernorGeneral. Ma: Gen. Lskander Mirza. tonight. It is a coalition of the Muslim League and the United Front, each with five members plus one independent. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Saucers to jets
    30 1 WASHINGTON. Thurs. President Eisenhower today named Mr. Donald A. Quarles i leader of the earth satellite project as the new Secretary of the U.S. Air Force.— A.P.
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    Body in sea
    27 1 Sineapore Marine Police found the body of Abdul Jalep bin Abdul Rahman 16. in the .sea off Pa.sir Panjang yes- i i tcrtiay afternoon.
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    Students escaped but this happened to their luggage j
    76 1 JAMES FANG. 18. (lelt) and Sebastian Yco. It, two Singapore boys, show the bullet holes in their travelling bans. In the centre is Edmond Kwee. 18. another scbool- AN OFFICER and three British soldiers carry away the body of a Gurkha
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    Lock icon KIOTSUKE!
    123 1 a new Nippon army, navy and air force of 265,000 TOKYO, Thursday. JAPAN will present to the United States this month a J six-year defence programme which would bring 265,000 men under arms by March, 1961, it was learned today. The targets of the military blueprint completed by defence
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    Robber stabs woman
    82 1 Robber stabs woman A Singapore woman teleprinter operator. Miss Beatrice De Silva was stabbed in the hip when she resisted an armed Chinese, who attempted to rob her at Dido Street, near the Siglap area last night. The woman Miss Beatrice De Silva. was returning home after a hncke- game
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    $20,000
    57 1 Only TWO days left to enter YOU have only two days left in which to send in your entry for the MM $20,000 Must-Be-Won Contest "M." The contest closes on Saturday at 5 p.m. Entries from outside Singapore postmarked Friday, August 12, will be accepted if they are received
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    New peace bid in racing strike
    65 1 The secretary of the Singapore General Employees' Union, Mi A. Ponnusamy, will meet trainers of the Ellery and Bagby stables at 2.30 p.m. today in a bid to avert a strike at tomorrow's meeting of the Bukit Timah races. The dispute is over the
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    Lock icon Japan gets in
    25 1 TOKYO. Thurs. Japan has gained the necessary two thirds vote for admission to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT). A.P.
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    Lock icon A clothes-off strike war for more pay
    135 1 NEW DELHI, Thurs Six thousand clerks in the In- i dian Government secretariat will start a ".'■triptease" strike on Thursday to back demands for more pay. Mr Onkar Sharma, president of the clerical union said to- i day the clerks had "further plans"
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    SINGAPORE TV IN 2 YEARS?
    288 1 Government states its conditions for privately-run station SINGAPORE may have a television system costins the public $2.50 a month in licence fpes within t.hr next two years. The Government has invited anybody prepared to have a privjttely-owned television station in operation within two years of
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    12 students held
    31 1 PENANG, Thurs. The Pen- ang special branch detained 12 Chinese school students, including a girl, in swoop.s on various parts of the town at midnight last night. I
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    Ail VAL BASE STRIKE IS OFF
    60 1 The 10.000-strone Singapore Naval Base Labour Union last night withdrew the strike notice it served on the Ad- i miralty on Wednesday. This followed a letter from I Mr. D. Crowley, secretary to the Commodore, informing the union that a sacked trainee. Lee Kwone
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    Lock icon Mid-air crash kills 67
    139 1 Mid-air crash kills 67 Transport planes collide STUTTGART, Thurs. TWO United Stales air 1 force C-119 Flying Boxcars, loaded with American paratroops, collided in the air near here and crashed in flames today killing 67 men. The C-119s were part of i flight of nine planes whicfc had just taken
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    STOP PRESS
    41 1 BRITAIN FACES Mio: mil. <;\r LONDON. Thuss—Britain's trade gap. which is < „um:i; the O— f HIIHIIIt concern. amounted |o 107.81(0.(MX) in July, provisional Board of TnicliikgmrtM showed tonight. Imports tost ES3MM.MI exports and re-exports were valued at £231, MMM.
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    POLICE SMASH MILLION $ RACKET TN CALL GIRLS
    200 2 POLICE SMASH MILLION RACKET TN CALL GIRLS MONTREAL, Thursday. MONTREAL police claim to have smashed a million-dollar-a-year call girl racket involving some 300 young women. They said many of them were "business and office girls supplementing their incomes." The assistant Police Director. Mr. Paciflque Plante, iid the racket was broken
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    Lock icon War wound made him car chief
    132 2 War wound made him car chief LONDON. Thurs. SIR CHARLES BARTLETT, who left school when he was 12 to work in a bicycle shop and became head of the big Vauxhall Motor Corporation, died at his Harpenden home yesterday. He was 65. He did not like the job in the
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    Lock icon 30 drowned in lake
    53 2 LA PAZ, Bolivia, Thurs. A launch crossing an artificial lake behind the Lupi Dam capsized yesterday and 30 men. women and children were feared to have been drowned. Eleven bodies have been recovered. Mast of the victims were tin miners and their families going to a
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    Lock icon Russia agrees
    25 2 MOSCOW. Thurs. Russia yesterday agreed to free Belgian citizens detained in the Soviet Union since the war. according to usually reliable sources.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon GORILLA GOES TO THE HUMAN'S HOSPITAL
    49 2 DETROIT. Thurs.— Maximo, a Detroit Zoo gorilla, will be operated on in an ordinary hospital today for a ruptured navel. The zoo director, Mr. Frank Mclnnis, said: "His anatomy is much the same as a human's so we treat him that way." Reuter.
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    Lock icon 3 MEN IN a ROW
    143 2 LONDON, Thurs. A GOVERNMENT arbitration tribunal today produced a 4,500--word report on its hearings in a wage wrangle between the Air Ministry and three foremen in Malta. A spokesman for the Civil Service Arbitration Tribunal said: "It is certainly the smallest claim that we have
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    Lady MacGillivray films a historic meeting
    63 2 LADY MACGILLIVRAY, a E keen cine-camera enthus- iast, took her own perS sonal record of the King's House lunch on Tuesday in honour of the new E Federation Government E ministers and their wives. E Lady MacGillivray is seen filming the Chief Minister, Tengku
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    Lock icon RIDDLE OF ZHUKOV'S DAUGHTER
    141 2 Was Ike tricked? WASHINGTON. Thurs. AN official spokesman today threw cold water on rumours that President Eisenhower was the victim of a Soviet practical joke when he sent wedding gifts from Geneva to Marshal Zhukovs daughter Mr. Murray Synder. assistant White House Press Secretary, questioned about
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    Lock icon Envoy arrives
    24 2 PARIS. Thurs. Mr. Henry Hoppenot, French High Commissioner to Vietnam, arrived in Saigon by air today to take up his post. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Indonesia gets a Cabinet at last
    217 2 UNKNOWN* LEADER AS PREMIER JAKARTA, Thursday. VICE-PRESIDENT Mohammed Hatta today appointed a right-wing anti-Communist Cabinet headed by an "unknown" leader of the Muslim Masjumi Party. Dr Hatta accepted a Cabinet formed by. 38-year-old Mr. Burhanuddin Harahap with Mr. Harahap as Prime Minister. Dr. Hatta
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    Lock icon WHAT-IS-IT DECIDES TO BE A MAN
    61 2 WHAT-IS-IT DECIDES TO BE A MAN MANILA, Thurs.— General Hospital doctors said today they successfully operated on Saturday oa a person born with dual sex. Dr. Lorenzo Reyes and Dr. Horatio Banuelos said the patient, who chose to be a man, was resting comfortably in the hospital. They said another
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    Lock icon IS WIFE TO KEEP ALLOTMENT?
    168 2 Freed U.S. airman has to decide soon WASHINGTON, Thursday. THE U.S. Air Force said yesterday Airman Daniel Schmidt must decide whether his wife, now married to another man, will continue to receive his pay allotment. She has been getting the allotment regularly while her husband
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    PORTUGAL TO SEND ENVOY TO CEYLON
    45 2 PORTUGAL TO SEND ENVOY TO CEYLON COLOMBO. Thurs— The Ceylon Government expects Portugal to set up a Legation here, an External Affairs Ministry spokesman said today. This follows the closure of the Portuguese Legation in New Delhi owing to strained relations with India over Goa.
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    Lock icon Treaty signed
    29 2 TRIPOLI. Thurs. A treaty between Libya and France providing for the evacuation of French forces from the Libyan province of Fezzan was signed here last night.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon KLAN THREATEN LAWYER
    100 2 RICHMOND, Virginia. Thurs.— A fiery cross, symbol of the Ku Klux Klan, was burned yesterday on the lawn of Mr. Oliver W. Hill, Negro lawyer to the National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People. Mr. Hill was one of the lawyers in the Virginia school case
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    Lock icon GODLESS FUNERAL FOR AIH VICTIMS
    188 2 GODLESS FUNERAL FOR AIH VICTIMS MOSCOW (X>MMUNIBI y Bervio ttonofGod I 10 Norwegia, Soviet women £k? i R^ia's fir- pffi f Plane crash The neare.st thlno prayer was whet. Kian Charge dApf,Per Borgen. pljffftl from the Hori,^? Government on railing in the crw and said: "May with you and y
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    Lock icon Six policemen arrested
    40 2 NEW YORK. Thurs policemen were EU terday on charges the morals of twi girls The pollcemi mediately suspended Officials also said civilians were am I case on charges I impairine the moraN o! minor to rape.— A.P.
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    Six rebels die
    21 2 CONSTANT! NX Thurs. Fre:: forces killed sb took 15 p:;.- I clashed with 75 t< here yesterday.- R
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    Studies in Russia
    23 2 CAIRO, Thurs. Twenty Egyptian doctors have accepted an invitation to visit Russia for advanced studies, said Cairo Radio. A P.
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    Lock icon SHEREE'S SECRET WEDDING
    74 2 HOLLYWOOD. Thurs. Ac-' tress Sheree North was married last Feb. 20 to Hollywood music publisher John M. Freeman, her studio disclosed yesterday. Sheree explained: "We thought that at this stage of my career I shouldn't mix in a marriage, so I quiet." m It was the second
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    BRITAIN JOINS H-BOMB RA CE
    158 3 JU T NOW IT IS pOR PEACE Cheap fuel for homes GENEVA, Thurs. oterday that she had the race to the hxdrogen bomb for peace— the jjjcsl scientific step r« ar d since the fan iA the atomic »un :emenl by nan of the Bri-
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    Lock icon ATOMIC FISH GROW FASTER
    43 3 Kadio- >■ S speeds and vegepotatoes Moacow said biologist Grigosald: "Soviet scientists exposed the leaves of cabbage and other plants to radioactive cobalt. "It appears that radioactivity has a beneficial effect on plants. Their development accelerates and yields are boosted."—U.P.
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    Lock icon Salk vaccine for army children
    52 3 TOKYO, Thurs. United States Army headquarters here announced today that Salk polio vaccine will De given to dejx>ndent military children in the Far East within the next two months. The vaccine will be administered on a voluntary basis, and only after parents have given written
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    DOWN GOES THE VODKA-IN ONE
    59 3 MR. W MTf.R ELLIOTT i s shown how to down a vodka in one by Professor Topchiev, leader of the Russian delegation to a world conference of scientists in London. The Russian Ambassador in London. Mr. Jacob Malik, looks on with amusement. This A.P. picture
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    Lock icon Italian railway men to strike
    47 3 ROME. Thurs. Rail union leaders announced plans here for a 24-hour strike of Italian State Railway workers following the Government's failure to meet wage demands. The union leaders set the rail strike date for "just after" the Aug. 15 national holiday.— Reuter.
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    20 3 NEW DELHI. Thurs. Maj.-Gen. Salah Salem. Egypt's Minister of National Guidance, will visit New Delhi in September.—U.P.
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    Lock icon Korea riot gangs storm base
    179 3 WASHINGTON MEETS ON ULTIMATUM WOLMI ISLAND. Thursday. \f ORE THAN 2,000 screaming South Koreans beseiged this tiny island today as America's senior military leaders in the Far East urged President Syngman Rhee to call of! the anti-Communist demonstrations. i 1 The Koreans massed at the
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    Lock icon Innocence plea from the grave
    166 3 Innocence plea from the grave DR. THOMAS Baty, an international lawyer who died believing he was under a cloud of suspicion as a traitor, made a last plea of innocence in his ii 7.181 will published here today. The British-born doctor of laws lived in Japan throughout World War Two
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    Lock icon THE LITTLE PRINCESS CATCHES A FISH
    247 3 and takes first bicycle ride LONDON, Thurs. DRINCE Charles and Princess Anne went fishing at Stranraer, Scotland, yesterday. The I Princess caught a tiny perch. The children, with the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh, are on their way to Balmoral and are travelling
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    Lock icon Stir over naughty nymph
    186 3 TWO TOWNS DIFFER OVER NAKED CHARMS MABI.FTHORPE, Thurs. FOR several years, the crest of the neighbouring holiday resorts of Mablethorpe and Sutton-on-Sea, Lincolnshire, has been a naked mermaid riding on a dolphin. But this year, when it came to building an Bft. high voluptuous neon-lit mermaid
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    Lock icon Commandos of vineyards will strike at midnight
    168 3 Commandos of vineyards will strike at midnight BIS WINE SURPLUS CAUSES CRISIS PARIS, Thurs. ANGRY wine-growers in southern France are threatening to strike in the dead of night with commando tactics in protest against the Government's plans for disposal of wine surpluses. They claim the Government measures are inadequate. Warning
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    Lock icon Bulgaria is sorry for U.S. deaths
    110 3 Bulgaria is sorry for U.S. deaths WASHINGTON. Thurs. BULGARIA has apologised to the U.S. and offered to pay compensation for the death of 12 Americans killed last month aboard an Israeli airliner shot down by Bulgarian fighters. A State Department spokesman yesterday said that the offer was in a reply
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    Lock icon Cable rates may go up
    53 3 LONDON. Thurs. Cable and Wirless Limited. the world-wide British communications system, announced today it made a £1.828.220 profit in the year ending last March. This was a drop of £236.218 on the previous year. The nationalised organisation, in its annual report, hinted that higher charges
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    Lock icon Freed fliers, Red China and Chiang
    147 3 LOS ANGELES. Thurs.— I Generalissimo Chiang Kal- i .shek said today that China's i release of Imprisoned American airmen was ordered by the l Soviet Union. "The Chinese Communists on i Instruction from the Kremlin i have decided to put on a peace 1
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    LONDON STOCKS
    439 3 LONDON. Thurs. WHAT looked like being another TT good day In .stock markets was marred towards the close when rumours connected with the credit squeeze circulated following news of a cabinet meeting called for Monday. Prices that had made good headway throughout the day were marked down as
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    LONDON TIN
    25 3 LONDON, Auc. 11.— Cash Buyers *2E £750; Forward Buve£ r-dfli Uers £745: Settlement £;48 i. Turnover a.m. 45 t ons pm 55 tons.
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    LONDON RUBBER
    26 3 <J^2???- UR "--SPOt 41>,d., m» P *o-?2" Oct Dec 41 '-d Jan.--r i SSlh Bept elf 41; d fir. «1 4 d. Tone Erratic.
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    The big walkover goes on—10 in Selangor
    575 4 The big walkover goes on 10 in Selangor ALLIANCE WILL HAVE FIGHT IN ONLY 3 CONSTITUENCHiS KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. THE UMNO-MCA-MIC ALLIANCE had almost another clean sweep today when nominations for 13 constituencies in the Selangor State Council elections closed they were returned unopposed to 10 seats. The Alliance will
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    Homicide case woman cleared
    189 4 Homicide case woman cleared THE HUSBAND of a 24-year-old mother of five, who died after an abortion, wels treated as a hostile witness at a preliminary inquiry in the Singapore Fifth Magistrate's Court jesterday. Mohamed Saat bin Kassim. a fitter in the Naval Base, went back on his statement to
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    Going on leave
    30 4 IPOH, Thurs.— Lleut.-Col. W. Whittaker. Assistant State Elections Officer, Perak, leaves tomorrow for Singapore, on his wav to England on leave He will be back in November
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    Crown counsel
    21 4 Mr. S. E. Teh. Assistant Official Assignee. Singapore, will be a Crown counsel from the end of this month.
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    UNESCO man on way to Australia
    106 4 UNESCO man on way to Australia DR. LUTHER H. EVANS (above). Director General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation, passed through Singapore yesterday on his way for an official visit to Australia and New Zealand. Dr. Evans has Just visited Afghanistan and Ceylon to have discussions to
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    Fisheries' boat
    15 4 The Department of Fisheries' research vessel Manihine is due in Singapore late tonight
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    WHY THEY WANT TO DIE...
    186 4 WHY THEY WANT TO DIE... I— Parents said no to wedding KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. A YOUNG LABOURER attempted to commit suicide because his parents would not permit a love affair between himself and a young woman, the Second Magistrates court here was told today. Kumarasamy. 21, of Ulu Buloh Estate,
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    CHILDREN TELL OF DEATH FALL
    128 4 I Boy, 3, denies pushing his sister A FIVE-YEAR-OLD girl and her younger brother gave A evidence yesterday at a Singapore inquest on their youngest sister. Yoke Eng and Hoy Chin, three, were hesitant and looked shyly round the court. The assistant Coroner Mr. Glam
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    High tides
    55 4 TODAY: Singapore 4.31 a.m. (7ft. 51n.) 4.17 p.m. (Bft. 61n.); Port Dickson 12.30 p.m. (7ft.); Penang 6.04 a.m. (6ft. 21n.) 6.24 p.m. (sft lin.). TOMORROW: Singapore 6.18 a in (7ft.) 5.28 p.m. (Bft. 4in.); Port Dickson 12.40 a.m. (6ft. lln.) 2.16 p.m. (6ft. Qin.); Penang 8.17 am (6ft.
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    Inspector wins Baton of Honour
    87 4 rE Baton of Honour at Hendon Police College, near London, has been awarded to a police officer from Malaya, Inspector P. Alagendra. The presentation, made by Sir John Howard, chairman of the Police Council for Great Britain, marked Inspector Alagendra as the most eff.cient trainee
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    Marshall: I look forward to Nanyang
    145 4 OINGAPORES Chief Minister. Mr. David Marshall, yesterday said that he was in favour of the Nanyang University long before he ever thought of entering politics. "I look forward with pleasure to the day when this territory will have a university oi the first order
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    Three say: 'I was in mental hospital'
    193 4 Three say: 'I was in mental hospital' IPOH, Thurs. rrHE IPOH, magistrate, Inche Jamal bin Abdul Latif, today ordered three men to be sent for mental observation at the xpoh Hospital. ABDULLAH BIN ABDUL, 38. accused of dishonestly retaining a stolen bicycle at Jalan Pasir Puteh on April 30, looked
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    'No city like Singapore...'
    69 4 'No city like Singapore Singapore's Commissioner of Police. Mr. Nigel Morris, said last night there was no other city like Singapore where there was such superb co-operation between the police and the army. He was speaking at a dinner given to him and senior officers of the Singapore Police Force
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    Bus driver vanishes after two girls died in crash—police hunt fails
    400 4 Bus driver vanishes after two girls died in crash— police hunt fails KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. A BUS DRIVER, wanted A ona charge of manslaughter of two telephone girls of Police Headquarters here, was "nowhere to be found anywhere in Malaya" the Sessions Court here was told today. Inspector Teoh Khoon
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    Fusilier injured: Gun goes off
    50 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs Army authorities announced today that L/Cpl. B George of the Royal Welch Fusiliers was injured on Tuesday while on patrol In the Bahau area of Negri Sembllan. He received a gunshot wound in the right foot when his carbine went off accidentally.
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    Teachers go
    29 4 TAIPINO. Thur«. KinEdward VII School wUI b«> losing eight teachers who air going for training either at Brinaford Lodge, Klrkby or the Training College at Kota Bharu.
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    DEATH
    34 4 KLASSEN Joseph Patrick, at Qeneral Hospital, Singapore on Aug. 11. Cortege will leave 327 Jon Chlat Road, at 4.30 p m for Cathedral of Oood Bhepherd, thence to Biciadarl for Internment Deeply regretted.
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    plan for satellite towns
    81 5 nEVELOPMEMT CHIEF IK BACK FROM BRITAIN WITH HEW PEAS ,'U BE Till' WER fll i: SPORE' indepentownsmay the recom- in the |»lan lor Sinv hirh is due Emitted to ster for rnment, d Housing:, •dul Humid Jumat, be- nd of next Kom- > im- K which
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    \BY SAVES MOTHER FROM JAIL TERM
    81 5 IBAHRC, Thurs.— A t>.th> saved a receiving a pri- in the Sessions today. I i», Yin. was the Emerges unh being in possession of 71 katis of scrap rubber at Kulai nc« villacpMr V L Cohen. President of the court, in order not to
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    68 5 i \P<>.;;. arcbilect, Mr. iienn uw m mm. mmm m* i Hiss Dorren Lav i)or l.in. walk under an arch of sets(|ii.ues after ihcir wedding at St. Andrews Cathedral, Singapore. The bridegroom is a nephew of Dr. Lav Peck Hiong. The bride, who
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    The man who stayed
    176 5 POLICE CHARGED MAY RIOT MOB ASL HE SAID: TM NOT AFRAW lI'HE.N the police charged a mob during the May riots ai scattered except Khoo Guan Siah. 21. a labourer, who stood his yrounci and boasted: "I am not airaid of anything In a Singapore court
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    P.W.D. men for Britain
    57 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs. Three technical assistants in th( Johore P.W.D. have been leave to go to England courses at the Brighton Technical College. Two Of them. Mr Low Ten? Hong and Mr E' Kiah Choon. eek snd the other. Mr S. V Nay sails on Sunday.
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    Goode at camp
    33 5 The Chief Secretary of Singapore. Mr. W A. C Goode will pay an informal visit to the Malayan Air Training Corps camp at the Royal Naval Air Station, Sembawang, tomorrow.
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    KOOTALI (such a lonesome mongrel) SAILS OFF TO A HAPPY REUNION
    167 5 KOOTALI (such a lonesome mongrel) SAILS OFF TO A HAPPY REUNION PENANG. Thurs. HAPPIEST passenger in the State of Madras when it sailed from Penang today was a mongrel. "Kootali" (Friend), or more than a month, since its mistress. Muniammah. *a s repatriated to India. Kootali had bee n pining
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    GIRL ATE SAND, CHARCOAL
    150 5 Foster-mother is fined $100 PENANG, Thursday. 14-YEAR-OLD orphan. Nagammah, said in court today that she was often hungry after having only rice and water for her meals. "She was fond of eating and and charcoal, and that was why I caned her." Arumusam, the girl's foster-mother
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    Misadventure
    51 5 The Singapore Coroner. Mr. K. T. Alexander, yesterday recorded a misadventure verdict on Mawi bin Ahmad, a peon of the Utusan Melayu. who died after a car in which he was travelling burst a tyre and crashed into a tree at the 1\ mile Bukit T:mah Read on May
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    Birthday of the oldest settlement
    74 5 PENANG. Thurs. THE Iti'tth "birthday of Britain's oldest settlement in the Far East passed off i quietly here toda> The signalling tower at t-ort Cornwallis. where Captain Francis Light planted the I'nion Jack and claimed Prince of Wales Island in the name of Kins George
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    They'll tour Far East
    47 5 A tepjn of American industrialists will tour the Far East, including Singapore Australia and New Zealand from Sept. 20 to Nov. 4. this year. The team will include six top U.S. Industrialists. Some will i be accompanied by their wives on the trip
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    More volunteers please, appeal by Lady Black
    174 5 LADY BLACK, wife ol the Governor of Singapore. yesterday appealed for more volunteers especially from among Asian women to work in the Divisional Therapy Unit at the Tan TOCI Seng Hospital. She made the appeal after touring the Therapy Unit during which she
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    LAND BILL INEQUITY' ANGERS Mr. YAP
    262 5 LAND BILL INEQUITY' ANGERS Mr. YAP THE Land Acquisition 1 Bill, now before the Singapore Legislative As- sembly, was strongly attacked by Mr. Yap Pheng Goek yesterday. Mr. Yap. City Councillor, banker, and Vice-president at thr Chinese Chamber of Commerce, said one result of the legislation would be to discourage
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    NEW AIR LINK OPENS WITH AUSTRALIA
    59 5 NEW AIR LINK OPENS WITH AUSTRALIA The flr.-t flight ot a now weekly Qantas Super Constellation service from Sydney through Perth to London landed at Kallang. Singapore, las: night. Fhe service will replace 'he flieht through Darwin on Thursday. A serrice to Australia through Perth will leave Singar>ore every Wednesday.
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    Mac Donald off to Hong Kong
    63 5 The Commissioner-Gen-eral. Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald. flew to Hong Kong yesterday for a farewell visit to the Colony before he takes up his new post as High Commissioner In India. Mr. Mac Donald expects to return to Singapore tomorrow. He will stay with the
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    133 6 Wnrtu $10 I minimum). 1 KE Lee Siong Klal of Chop Tong Hlap Hin A Kian Tal. a«ed 82 pH.^ed away peacefully on 8/8/55 al 13 Choon Ouan Street, leaving behind ills wife. 10 sons. 5 daughters. Daughter Son-In-laws and many jtrandchildren. Funeral on 14th AuKiist 55 9 10
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    53 6 It Word, $1$ (minimum). Mi: AND MRS. S. MARTIN thank all those who attended their ,i Gilts and Telegrams en their Mnrripsc Occasion. TMK FAMILY of the lute Madam la Cheng (Mrs. Choai thank nil relatives and friends for their kind attendance assistance, con- wreaths at the funeral of
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      Test For Alliance
      664 6 seems unlikely that the Federation's Chief Minister I meant his words to be taken j literally when he spoke of providing open air classes. The idea offers the tempting prospect of saving large sums in school building costs at one stroke of the imagination. But it is
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      Neutralised Commissions
      377 6 It is not so much peace as Neutral Truce Commissions I appointed by the United Nations which are now in danger. Last month supporters of the South Vietnam Government assaulted members of the Indo-China Truce Control Commission and demanded their withdrawal from the country. Last week South Koreans,
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      More Gunga And Less Din
      197 6 More Gunga And Less Din Mr. Herbert Hoover, former, U.S. President, said on his 81st birthday this week that Americans should "occasionally mention something good about themselves" as an antidote to the deluge of criticism against the American way of life. However there is nothing more irritating to one country
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    Not ready for major operation
    219 6 Not ready for major operation British are sysA tematic organisers, efficient administrators and Just rulers, but, of course, being human they are not infallible. Their civil servants are mostly higihly educated, long experienced, broadminded and self-restrained people who have every reason to be proud of their struggles and achievements in
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    Governor's powers
    152 6 UNDER what principle has the Rendel Constitution been worked in Singapore? We are all aware that the Governor still possesses reserve and veto powers. The responsibility of the ministers, unlike that of the Government officers, should be to the legislature. The Governor should occupy a position similar to
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      71 6 'THE payment of Government dues and other taxes in Kedah differs in calendar from other states in the Federation. In Kedah all payments of ttxes and other dues are reckoned in the Muslim cat c n d a r. Payments of salaries and other bills are made in
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      Malayanisation 'crumbs on the Railway
      193 6 THERE is much truth in what Mr. R. J. Nash, wrote A about promotion in the Malayan Railway. How can we swallow all the glib talk about the Malayanisation policy of the Government, when what is being carried out in the Malayan Railway is the
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      PROTEST BY A PARENT
      165 6 PROTEST BY A PARENT mHE week-end classes for 1 training teachers in Pahang is a new plan put up by the acting Chief Education Officer to take the place of holiday classes, which were already arranged to take place during the August holidays. This new plan Involves the grouping of
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      Respect for the Anthem
      103 6 Respect for the Anthem SIR John Kotelawala. the Prime Minister of Ceylon. has taken firm action in "directing the authorities concerned to instil into the public respect for the National Anthem. I fervently hope that Tengku Abdul Rahman will do likewise in this country. It is very annoying to see
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      The age to retire
      168 6 The age to retire HOSPITAL assistants in the Federation Government service who wish to exercise the option of retirement on reaching the age of fifty are not allowed to do so unless they produce a medical certificate. This is not fair on the part of the Government. Whose fault is
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      SITES ARE ON STATE LAND
      107 6 ON the question of bus shelters, the Johore Bahru Town Council is at present confronted with two main difficulties, finance and the fact that although there are sites avialable for such purposes, they are state land. We had previously pressed Government to declare these sites
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      Uncomfortable uniform
      58 6 UNIFORMS are supplied to the Railway staff so as to make them appear smart and comfortable. The coat with five buttons closed up to the neck known as thp "tutop" is uncomfortable. It Is quite unsuitable for the indoor as well as outdoor work which a station master
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      255 6 fHE chairman of th* National Union of Teachers, Johore Branch, strongly escorted and supported on the right by the senior assistant of the secondary school in which he works and on the left by the union secretary, with the union treasurer trailing close behind, have interviewed the
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      FIRST AID FOR POISON
      97 6 FIRST AID FOR POISON REPLYING to your pondent "Citizen' would point out that coconut oil (or any vegetable oil or animal for that matter' n caustic soda, soap I This fact should be p: well-known t< during the occupation ih they had to produre Ivr'made soap from K and ash
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    Here are two good reasons for amnesty
    561 6 Here are two good reasons for amnesty AMNESTY" is an alarming word, as are most words that suggest a sudden reversal of policy. But that is not an adequate reason for avoiding the subject. The most obvious and important fart about the Emergency is that it has resulted in a
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    pon't blame British: Marshall
    218 7 Detained school teacher; Frightened witnesses would not testfly In court DELEGATION REBUFFED 'Banishment story' is ridiculous: He asked for it tinned detention of Mr. Chen Yang fl i Chinese High School teacher, is not ,n the "academic institutions of this not the work of British "colonial
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    Police seek lieutenants in Australia
    102 7 Police seek lieutenants in Australia r\i fiuA i.i .>iri k. lhurs. Tilt DEPUTY ('omrnissionerof Police. Mr. I.S. Wylie. is in Australia rccruitine police lieutenants for Malaya. Thrre arc a number of Australian police lieutenants in Malaya already but this is the first rocruitinn; drive launched in Australia. It is to
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    Methodist Youth meet in K.L.
    36 7 TAIPING, Thurs. The Methodist Youth Fellowship Council will hold a meeting at the Kuala Lumpur V.M.C.A. on Sunday at 9 a.m. Officials from all over the Federation and Singapore will attend.
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    Usual session
    21 7 The Chief Minister of Singapore, Mr. David Marshall, will hold his usual "meet-the-people" session at the Assembly House tomorrow.
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    LABOURER WRESTLED A PYTHON—AND WON
    106 7 LABOURER WRESTLED A PYTHON— AND WON MM FOOT-LONG python s Milxlufd and raught URUIe at Delta 1 Singapore, yesterday h "t not before it had bit- Indian labourer twice inn. ourer. M Krishnan 27,1 I if, -tro-steam Laun- < ompanjr, found the uncoiling itself be- :> hnilor Although he had
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    CHURCHES HIT AT EVILS OF GAMBLING
    373 7 CHURCHES HIT AT EVILS OF GAMBLING Crime will inevitably be increased THE Malayan Christian Council has hit out against any suggestion that the Singapore and Federation governments should raise revenue by legalised gambling. The two governments have appointed a joint committee to consider the question of establishing a totalis at
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    \CHINA: BY ORDER I
    41 7 TWO WOMEN banished Irom me t-eaeration ooaru a launch at Clifford Pier, Singapore, yesterday for the ship taking them to Red China. Two of the seven men banished with them are also in this Straits Times picture
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    Banished from the Federation, they smile as they go
    184 7 THERE were tears mixed with smiles at Clifford Pier, 1 Singapore, yesterday when nine Chinese— seven men two women who have been banished from the Federation embarked in a launch taking them to the ship in which they will travel to
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    HAMPSHIRES' REWARD: $500 KRIS
    72 7 KLANG, Thurs. rE people of Kuala Langat are presenting a kris worth $500 to the Royal Hampshire Regiment tomorrow in appreciation of their achievements in the fight against the terrorists in the area. A cocktail party and a ronggeng will celebrate the occasion. Before the Hampshires
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    Councillor hits at 'little tin gods9 who changed minds about a licence
    173 7 Councillor hits at 'little tin gods 9 who changed minds about a licence SEREMBAN, Thurs. A TOWN councillor today condemned "power-infest-ed Government officials who changed their minds according to their whims and fancies." Describing them as "little tin gods," the councillor, Mr. Stanley Ponniah, said that too much power placed
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    In only 48 hours
    120 7 T£W MEN BUILT A PRE-FABRICATED HOUSE USING NEW METHODS KUALA LUMPUR. Thursday. TEN MEN this evening put the finishing touches to a "two-day wonder house" at Petaling Jaya, Kuala Lumpur's satellite town. The men started the job yesterday and the house was built and painted by
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    200 ESTATE MEN GO ON STRIKE
    63 7 200 ESTATE MEN GO ON STRIKE KLANG, Thurs.— Nearly 200 labourers on Seaport Estate, 12 miles from here, went r>n strike today— 24 hours before their two-week ultimatum had expired. They derided to call their strike today after a meeting last night to discuss the sacking of 37 labourers. The
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    A SCRAP OF PAPER? OH, NO
    63 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The Federation Chief Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman. said here today that the constitution was "not a piece of paper to be torn up and thrown into the wastepaper basket. "It must be changed, where necessary by constitutional means," he told 32
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    Grannie left and girl disappeared
    111 8 Grannie left and girl disappeared AGIIL. On; Genk Hong. three, has been missing frnm Ht homr in Changi Road. Singapore. for a week. At noon »>n Aug. 5 Tee Lew. Genk Hone's grandmother, left the girl in the house. When she returned half an hour later she had cone. Geok
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    Gambling fine
    27 8 Wong CrienE Pnh was fined $500 or two months' iail in Singaporp yostrrriay for assisting in the carrying of 20 ehap-ji-ki slips in Jalan Besar.
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    Jumat's visit
    24 8 Inche Abdul Hamid bin Haji Jumat. Singapore's Minister for Local Government. Lands and Housing, will visit the Bukit Timah area on Monday.
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    Jap admiral will be inquiry witness „
    686 8 Jap admiral will be inquiry witness Day of oil claim taken up with evidence of expert on Indies law JAPANESE admiral will be called to give evidence for the Crown in the $6,000,000 oil claim against the Singapore (tovernment, which entered its third day of hearing yesterday. Mr. Kenneth Diplock,
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    NO CANS-OIL FIRMS HIT
    173 8 Striking tin men may be sacked T*HE strike by 200 tinsmiths in seven Singapore Chinese firms manufacturing tin cans is affecting many biscuits and oil mill factories. And coffee packers are hit. too. Since the workers walked out on Tuesday after a deadlock in negotiations with
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    BUTTER HE BOUGHT WAS CAR GREASE
    67 8 IPOH, Thurs. A 55-year-old man today said that he bought two tins of car grease from a boy thinking they contained butter. Lee Sai Mai. who i-ould hardly stand and was offered a stool, was charged here with possessing stolen grease. Lee said: "The
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    Judge going on holiday
    35 8 Mr. J. B. Jayaretnam. the Second Civil District Judge, will leave Singapore next week on holiday. He will be succeeded by Mr E. H. de'Netto. who is now on short leave.
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    Pigs are to be vaccinated
    56 8 IPOH, Thurs. All pigs above three weeks old within Tanah Itam new village. Kanthan new village, chemor. Kuala Kuans; new village and Tangjong Rambutan. are to be vaccinated against swine fever. This follows an outbreak of swine fever among pigs in the Changkat Kinding regrouped
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    Two for trial
    52 8 BFNTONG. Thurs. Two youths. Abdullah bin Awang riongkok. 19. and Abdul Rahman bin Hit am. 17, were on Tuesday committed to stand trial before the High Court at Raub on allegations of murdering Hamzah bin Hat Dilu at Kertau. in Temerloh. between April 1 and May 3
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    To report here
    37 8 Mr. J. C. Caminada has arrived in Singapore as the South-East Asia representative of The Times. Mr. Caminada was at one time on the staff of the Straits Times in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur.
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    WANTED: A CHINESE PLAY
    79 8 PENANG, Thurs. A first prize of $500 awaits the writer i of the best Chinese play with i a Malayan background and outlook submitted before November 15. The Chinese Advisory Board Is inviting Chinese playwrights to send scripts between 8,000 and 10,000 words for consideration by
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    Two bandits. constable die in clash
    81 8 Two bandits. constable die in clash KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. AN area security unit patrol killed two armed and uniformed terrorists .in the Kulim district of Kedah yesterday. In the engagement a special constable was also killed. The patrol recovered a shot<zun and ammunition. A patrol of t^e 2 10 Gurkha
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    India's message, by Mr. Sastri
    62 8 JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs.— Under the auspices of the Johore Bahru branch of the Malayan Indian Congress, a public meeting will be held at the Bukit Zahrah School at 5.30 p.m. on Monday. Aug. 15. when Sri S. R. Sastri will give an address in English
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    Cinema attack alleged
    47 8 Ahmad bin Sher Mohamed, ?0. was charged in Singapore yesterday with being a member of an unlawful assembly that assaulted Abdul Rahman bin Abdul Aziz in front of a cinema on Aug. 5. Ahmad, who pleaded not cuilty was granted bail till Aug. 16.
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      398 8 downs (6>. m I 27. The Guardsman marches under Straits Times Crossword n 0 w ghl 18) 1 1 1 illllu 1 29 hah murder'd sleep I 3 I* 6 ("Macbeth") (6>. I vSSSv 1 1 nnwv 111 111 ill IH H 1. Such work is standard (7). l.g^ t^^
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      Mild-mannered banker was terror of he bushrangers
      1650 9 Mild-mannered banker was terror of he bushrangers ROBERT Hoddle Driberg White was the ideal bank officer for Australia in the hectic 1860s. The bushrangers who infested the roads and made travelling hazardous held no terrors for the normally mild-mannered bankman. Faced with armed desperadoes, he shed his quiet exterior like
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      104 9 Sherlock Holmes Gone away Tr* rv rtSIRS^wBi Hill \E~ Mi a Ib^H |Ry Dick Tracy No commeni HHHIHCI 1 f DID V3U T AS THEY If MV JACKET? BRING IT N I TAKE IT TO "^E LAB. ILL 1 "V"l N KNOW WHAT f SAY IN THE EJIACKf TWATSMINE' >
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    57 11 ;;OURNE. Thurs. i „-r on the kl«a covered were varilable with the mm lead were 15 5/8 buyer 17 3/32 It/! £37- v 27/6 seller I 97/6 I S3/6 I 28/7 I 1/VA n/9'i If r 6/1 53/104 41/7 42/4 M: 17/2' i 34/9 46/9 I 27/9 17/6%
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    26 11 110 Thursday Lanes have of 19 new i nrtoe on Sept. orld trade. go into service md March and displace 12.800 20 kfcots.
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    RUBBER PRICES
    139 11 August first grade rubber buyers f.o.b. closed in Singapore yesterday at $1.46 for August first grade 5U rents below Wednesdays close. The closing tone was slightly easier. 3 Closing prices in cents per lb were No. 1 R.S.S. Spof f.o.b. buyers 146, sellers 14fl>-,; No. 1 RSS August
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    SHIPPING
    89 11 Ships lying alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves or expected today are: Elpenor 1 2, Ceylon 45, Okhla C.P., Wonorato 67, Adrastus 8 9, Idomeneus 11, Benveg 13, Kimanis 14, London Spirit 15,16, Manoran 18, President Arthur 19 20, Rajah Brooke 21 22, FaUtria 23 24, Perlis 25. Tantalus
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    RUBBER FALLS EIGHT CENTS, IMPROVES THEN EASES AGAIN
    523 11 RUBBER FALLS EIGHT CENTS, IMPROVES THEN EASES AGAIN ciNr?Pn™ r M?"***. Correspondent S ?h™, °u R ruhh r market yesterday passed through three phases; a drop of about eight cents in price at the opening of the day's trading, pr r o e fit°Sg n n& SUPPOII and a final
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    BROKERS' REPORT
    278 11 The Malayan Share Brokers Singapore sectior., reported: "All' sections of the local share market were quiet with both a small turnover and price changes showing irregular trends." Singapore brokers reported the following business yesterday:— Fraser and Neave ords. $1.70 (and overnight); Gammon $2.72 li, $2.75; Henry Waugh $1.72^;
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    203 11 Singapore Cldnese Produce Exchange: noon prices per picul yesterday were— Copra: quietly steady; August $26 buyers, $26 3 4 sellers September $27 buyers, $27 1 2 sellers' Coconut oil: steady bulk $40 sellers, drum $42 3 4 sellers. Pepper: quiet for the white variety but steady with about
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      632 11 TENDERS P.W.D. TENDER NOTICE TENDERS 'wiII be received from Contractors Not below Class "C" by the State Engineer Kedah /Perils Alor Star, up to 3.00 p.m. of the 29th day of August, 1955, for the Construction of Nine Blotts of semidetached (18 Units In allT Class IX Quarters with Ancillary
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      728 11 NOTICES ESTATE OF YEO CHENG HOE, DECEASED All persons having any claims whatsoever against tMe Estate of the abovenamed deceased who died on the 22nd day of September, 1954, at 429, Race Course Road, Slnga-pore-8, leaving behind his Will appointing the undersigned as Bxecutrices and Admlnistratlces are required to send
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      413 11 NOTICES BOARD OF LICENSING JUSTICES SINGAPORE NOTICE OF QUARTERLY SESSION* A quarterly session of the Board of licensing Justices for Singapore will be held in the Court of the District Judge and First Magistrate In the Criminal District and Police Courts Building, South Bridge Road, Singapore at 2.30 p.m. on
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      Indian ban on sago imports hits Colony trade
      489 12 I fHE «ago trade in Singapore has dwindled considerably chiefly as a result of the existing ban by India on the importation of sago flour for use as a starch in her textile industry, writes Straits I Times Commercial Reporter Koh Peng
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      SINGER EXECUTIVE ARRIVES IN COLONY
      55 12 SINGER EXECUTIVE ARRIVES IN COLONY MR. HAROLD ROME CRAWFORD, assistant vice-president of the Singer Sewing Machine Company New York, who Arrived in Singapore yesterday. Mr. Crawford, who was formerly general manager of 'the Singer Sewing Machine Company, South East Asia, will stay about 12 days in Singapore in the course
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      U.K. petrol exports were 3½ mil. tons in half year
      151 12 T*HE U.K.s exports of refined petroleum products during the first six months of the present year amounted to approximately 3»/ 2 million tons, valued at £39,686,560. This compares with a figure of £40 747,949 for the previous half year, and
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      Trengganu cocoa plan
      79 12 810 TRACTS of virgin jungle in Trengganu are to be developed for cocoa growing. The Agricultural Department's experimental cocoa site at Ulu Chalok, about 30 miles from Kuala Trengganu has proved successful. So new cocoa areas are now planned. Land near the experimental site is to be
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      COLONY BANK HAS NEW PLAN
      232 12 Employees train in U.K. JLf R. LEE KWOK BAN, an employee of the Overseas Union Bank Ltd., Singapore, who has undergone six months' training with the Midland Bank, London, Is returning to the Colony next month. Mr. Lee,, who is chief of the bills department,
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      DEALERS ATTACK LAND "FREEZE"
      302 12 DEALERS ATTACK LAND "FREEZE" BUSINESS in land has virtually stopped in the -Colony, following the Singapore Government's proposal to "freeze" land values. Realty dealers yesterday said the announcement had come "like a bombshell and the market was now idle with an absence of both Duyers and sellers One' leading dealer
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      Special visas
      50 12 The Indonesian Consulate General, Singapore, will issue special trade fair visas to those who wish to attend the International Trade Fair taking place in Jakarta from August 18 to September 26. Garuda Indonesian Airways have announced arrangements for travel to and from Jakarta in connection with the fair.
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      SCOOTER SUCCESS
      58 12 Although it was only In recent weeks that it began rolling off the assembly lines the Dayton Albatross, Britain's first mass produced modern-style motor scooter, has already, been ordered In substantial numbers by dealers in the U.S.A.. Scandinavia, and the Commonwealth. Streamlining and a 225 ex. engine give
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      _HE SOLD MOST
      184 12 LEVER BROTHERS (Malaya) Ltd.. Kuala Lumpur, entertained the salesmen of Henry Waugh Co. Ltd., their agents, to a luncheon at the Lee Wong Kee Garden Cafe last week and salesmen came from all parts of Malaya by road, rail and air. They were shown round the factory
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      AIR RECORD
      47 12 Pan American World Airways achieved an all time high in transportation of passengers across the Atlantic in June this year when 14,760 people were flown from the United States to Europe This figure represents a 33 per cent increase over the same period last year.
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      BURMESE BANDITS a HOLDING UP TAVOY PRODUCTION
      148 12 BURMESE BANDITS a HOLDING UP TAVOY PRODUCTION INSURGENTS are still preventing production from Tavoy Tin Dredging Corporation's property in Lower Burma and its five bucket dredges are lying idle. In his annual statement to shareholders the chairman, Mr. W. M. Warren, says there was little if any progress last year
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      U.K. is still world's biggest car exporter
      142 12 rE U.K. motor industry broke both production and export records during the first half of this year— production totalling 626,498 cars and commercial vehicles, and exports 278,000 units. The U.K. is still the world's biggest exporter of cars. Leading customers were Australia, New
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    Lock icon Scientist can tell the cash-winning racehorses
    218 13 Scientist can tell the cash-winning racehorses SYDNEY, Thurs. MR. J. D. STEEL, a Sydney scientist, has startled the racing world here with an announcement that he can estimate a horse's moneywinning possibilities. Mr. Steel, who is a veterinary science lecturer at Sydney University, takes only a clinical interest in Australia's
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    Lock icon Americans win golf match
    56 13 ILLINOIS. Thurs— United States golfers won six of their eight singles matches against overseas opponents here yesterday to win the two-day International Cup match by BVs points to 3 1 On the first day, the United States established a lead of 24 points to l 1
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    Solidarity has improved, is ready to win
    741 13  -  HPffffMMßfjjjgjjg^fgfffMMM an WWWWwwWW W9WW Ex 9' JK* WWW W ffr MM| M VVf I i r Jft STAR SIX ON THE TRACK Stage Show II it Golden Dollar Hot Iron Solidarity if Perfect Pearl Esparto COLIDARITY has improved since his first race in
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    Bradman has to chooge? to write or select
    221 13 From JACK FINGLETON SYDNEY. Thurs. IF Sir Donald Bradman wishes to remain an Australian Test selector he will probably have to give up a £1.500 writing contract. The Board of Control, which meets in Sydney next month to pick selectors for the
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    Lock icon BRITISH XV OUT OF FORM
    126 13 DURBAN, Thurs. THE touring British Isles rugby union team beat Central Universities by 21 points (three goals, two tries* to 14 (goal, penalty, two tries) in a scrappy matrh watched by a crowd of 16.000 here yesterday Johnny Williams and Haydn Morris each scored two
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    MANNING'S PAIR GALLOP WELL ON WET TRACK
    562 13 ROGATION (Manning) and Pal O'Mine (West), a pair of promising four-year-olds in che Manning stable, were matched in a testing gallop on a wet track at Bukit Timah yesterday morning. They covered 3f. in 39 1/5 with very little between them at the
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      465 13 ACCOMMODATION \A(,\.\. 20 Word, (*fiii.;_Bojc 5* ets. txtra 'LEONIE HOUSE". 25 Grange RM£ m double vacancy occurs A,.p y Mrs. T. H. Payne. Tet. QUIET EUROPEAN GUESTHOUSE. 87 Cavenagh Road s.nsle/Double Rooms Bathroom/ Veranda* attached. Full Boa-d' Phone 6866, Miss Flintcr after 5.30. KENT New Terrace House, Pava lobar. Immediate
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      466 13 PUZZLE FRIDAY Straits Times i j WORD PUZZLE "O" j Cut our and pin with other coupon* I Potting instructions appear below. j Nam* Address 5 L__i i I|P A ftl o l T ß FILI IN j 1 r^— .aaaaafl /[{ROS£ I ■5»" *VVW Sy^* lul i^>* .Id In)
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    England XI threatened by injuries
    189 14 LONDON. Thurs. INJURIES threaten to strike X again at England's strength for the vital fifth Test against South Africa at the Ova! here on Saturday. News from four quarters >esterda> has thrown doubts on the fitness of Willie Watson. Frank Tyson. Jim Laker and Denis
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    SUKARAMAI IN SECOND ROUND
    32 14 Sukaiamai S.C. beat Tampenis Rovers 5-3 in the S.A.F.A. junior tup game at Geylang yesterday. In another junior cup match, V.M.M.A. beat Fairer Junior 1-0 at Farrer Park.
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    SCC drop out of junior cup soccer after hard fight
    281 14 SINGAPORE Corinthians "A" eliminated Singapore Cricket Club from the S.A.F.A. Junior Cup competition winning yesterday's first round tie by 4-2 on the padang. Corinthians. though deserving winners, did not have control of play and it was their better finishing that
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    Seven drop out of SABA squad
    158 14 Seven drop out of SABA squad rE WEEDING out process of the 28 Singapore boxers in training for the South East Asia championships from Aug. 29 to Sept. 3 began at the Police Training School yesterday. Seven boxers were eliminated. Before Aug. 25. when 15 candidates far the final team
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    MSA TENNIS MEET DRAW
    78 14 Draw for the Malay Sporti Association's tennis tournament, starting today at M.S.A. courts, ls:Today, 5 p.m.: Shahrin Osman v A. S. B. Pakir. Tomorrow, 3 p.m.: Hamid Bilal v Hamid Kassim; Dollah Junied v Ishak" Alwi; All Yimos v Ibrahim Junied. Sunday, 9 a.m.: Sharif! v
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    Sanong to spar before public
    61 14 Nai Sanong, the Siamese bantamweight champion who fights Don Razall in Singapore on Aug. 18. will have a public workout at 5.30 p.m. today at the Happy World Stadium. He will spar with Kan Ton* Kee. Nai Opas, who meets Singapore flyweight Chua Glm Chiang
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    Malayans, Danes each get $dU,uuu
    516 14 THOMAS CUP BADMINTON TAKINGS TOPPED 9190,000 -PBOPIT $90,000 AIR PASSAGES FOR VISITING TEAMS COST $50,000 A PROFIT of approximately 590.000 was made on the final stages of the Thomas Cup international badmin t o n tournament played at the Singapore Badminton Stadium between May 24
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    Cut-throat methods of the English selectors give Aussies hope, says Miller
    275 14 Cut-throat methods of the English selectors give Aussies hope, says Miller From JACK FINGLETON SYDNEY, Thurs. A USTRALIAN cricketer Keith A Miller claims that English selectors have panicked in their choice for the final Test match against South Africa at the Oval on Saturday. "You don't build up your side
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    MALAYAN SOCCER STANDARD
    229 14 MALAYAN SOCCER STANDARD as a touring Austrian sees it KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. T<HE standard of soccer 1 in Malaya is just a little below that of central European teams. This is the opinion of Dr. Hermann Langer, chairman of the touring Salzburg team, who have delighted thousands of fans in
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    Lock icon Tourists go on to 463-6 and declare
    236 14 LEICESTER. Thurs. THE TOURING South Africans took their flrst innings total to 463 for six before declaring in their match against Leicestershire here today. The need for as much batting practice as possible before the fifth Test, probably Influenced Cheetham to continue batting
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    Tigers keep in hunt with a nine-goal spree versus REME
    352 14 Tigers keep in hunt with a nine-goal spree versus REME TIGER Sporting Association kept alive i-their prospects in the SAFA first division league when they trounced Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers 9-1 at Jalan Besar stadium yesterday. Tigers who have two more games in hand— against Dockyard and Indian Recreation
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    IT'S DIV. 1 FOR S.H.B. POLICE NEXT YEAR
    198 14 OINOAPORE Harbour Board Po- lice made certain of promotion when they beat Chinese Athletic 'A' 3-0 in a S.A.F.A. Div. 2B at CYMA ground yesterday. 8.H.8. Police took the lead in the seventh minute through Rahman Omar, who collected a long clearance
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    MALAYAN RE-DRAW
    526 14 FIVE national champions for the men's singles in championships, to be played ing on Thursday. A re-draw for four eventsmen's singles and doubles, women's singles, and mixed doubles, was announced today by the organising committee, I necessitated by the late entry of the Ceylon champions. R. W. Ferdinands,
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    Ties for Island Club's RAF Cup golf
    299 14 THE DRAW and starting time, for the R.A.F. Cup competition (36Imip stablefordj at the Royal Island Club tomorrow and Sunday are: TOMORROW First tee: 230 D C. Wright and J. P Lletzan; 2.35 Low Kee Pow and W. J. M Warden; 2.40 Heah
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    TENNIS MADE
    18 14 IPOH, Thursday, are among the 24 entries the Malayan lawn tennis in Ipoh next week, start-
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    BRITISH XV WIN
    27 14 DURBAN, Thurs. The British Isles rugby union team beat Central Universities by 21 points to 14 here today afer leading 10-8 at halftime—Re Jter.
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    Lock icon ANOTHER TWO-DAY WIN FOR SURREY
    259 14 ANOTHER TWO-DAY WIN FOR SURR EY LONDON tv I gURREY, g? I retained rhf.i. the county C] I Pionship tabl, I scored another victory bj I set by an in; runs at w« M Marr be! I Test bo* I again p'.av fM Surrey's easy view. I four wicket i
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    SBA FIXTURES FOR SUNDAY
    104 14 'TIES FOR the S.B.A. junior cham- pionships at the S.B.A. hall on Sunday are: MEN'S JI'NIOR SINGLES (Fourth round 6.45 p.m.: Wong Boon Kong v Slow Watt Soon. Leong Yun Chan. v Quek Koon Chye; Willie Tay v Guinea Goh; 8.30 p.m.: Titus Matthew v Chen
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      47 14 I SOCCER Sultan Gold Cup (semi-final) Singapore Malay, v Selangor Malays, Jalan Besar, 5.15 p.m.; S.A.F.A. Junior cup: R.A.M.C. v Dockyard, (ievlang; Rajaji v Town Rangers, M.F.A.; Windsor Rovers v R.E. Civilians Farrer Park. ATHLETICS Achilles v Army meet. S.R.C padang. 5 p.m. TENNIS S.C.R.C. handicap tournament.
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