The Straits Times, 2 September 1955

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    14 1 The Straits Times Kstd. IK4V SINGAPORE, I Kill \Y. SEPTEMBER 2, 1953 15 CENTS
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    CITY COUNCIL STRIKE ENDS
    41 1 Yorkers win 9 ot 12 demands, including triple pay for holidays and sole recognition of union MINISTER HIMSELF TYPES OUT THE AGREEMENT MINISTER, Mr. Lim Ycr Hock uhn bec/nn I out the ayrccmcut cnd.na \iti Times picture.
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    8,000 back to work today
    219 1 >-cl;i> strike In N.OOO Singapore City uncil workers is mrtr. Agreement beIhe workers' representatives and the 1 1 \*;i* reached at 1.15 last nijfht. .ilxtureis will linn ii|> for dul\ this ing and star! Ihe hi; 4 job of clean ing the \l Icasl l.">on
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    Malaya may be a new Dominion
    850 1 Malaya may be a new Dominion Boyd's hint: A goal others have won K. LUMPUR. Thurs THE FEDERATION of 1 Malaya's future destiny could lie as a Dominion within the Briti s h Commonwealth, the Colonial Secretary. Mr. Alan Lennox Bovd. MM at his final Press conference here today. Mr
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    Lock icon Boy Scout chief re-elected
    36 1 NIAGARA FALLS Canada. Than.- Britain's Colonel J s Wilson was re-cleeted hono- rary president and Lady Budcn-Pnwell honorary v.or president of the International Committee of the Boy Smut movement here yesterday Renter
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    Mrs. Roosevelt here today
    27 1 Mrs. Eleanor Roosrvelt. wlfp of the lat« President Franklin D Roosevelt, is rtur to pass through Slnßapor^ from Jakarta to Bangkok thLs norning.
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    Lock icon Chrysler pact
    40 1 DETROIT. Thurß OfTh ial.s of the Chrysler Corj>orntion and union leaders as reed on a new employment contract I today six hours after a strike i had shut down Chrysler !a< i tortes in /We States. -Renter. i
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    HEAVE, HEAVE—1OO MOVE A HOME 70ft
    450 1 HEAVE, HEAVE— 1OO MOVE A HOME 70ft IPOH. Thurs. Workmen today lif'.rri a Malay house weighing two tons and mo ad it 70ft. to make way lor a railway deviation at the scene of the «iunt cave-in ■CVtO miles .south of Ipoh. When the house «as finally placed on its
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    NO PLANK-BY-PLANK MOVING DAY THIS
    40 1 ONfe HUNDRED labourers carry a two-ton hou>e ~<o feet to a new site to make way for the rail track deviation at the scene of Wednesday's giant cave-m. seven miles from Ipoh Straits Times picture
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    HANDS OFF
    135 1 Aussics cautioned: Don't clap Asians on the back AUSTRALIAN troops who left Sydney on the New Australia yesterday for Malaya have been warned: Don't clap the Malay or the Chinese on the bark to show your friendliness. They don't like being touched." The warning Is contained I in
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    Marshall sick
    59 1 1 Cancels all dates The Singapore Chief M.nis ter. Mr. David Mai. hall, wai confined to bed yesterday with hlßh temperature and paatra enterttli His public engagemei I the next three dun. including his nieet-the-peoplf" ■radon on Saturday momim* hay been esncelled Mr Marshall will, howwi. meet the
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    Car gang kill a fitter
    87 1 Car gang kill a fitter LARGE crowd last nißht watched helpIt ssiy as io Singapore ganttsters stabbed a Chinese fitter to deattl while he was playing. mahJonK on the fivefoot way ol a coffee shop in Waterloo Strert. The fitter. Chow Senu. 40 tried to run to his hou.M nearby
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    Protest on taxes
    39 1 WASHINGTON Ttnn tmocrat Represent > rank Chelf ha> lold South I ocean Presiti' n* BynßOsan hee iii a letUr thru the I xrs ins country leriee on i s business in' n are "hi ■criminatory." -A p.
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    A VILLAGE GOES RED HUNTING
    187 1 Dawn trek into jungle then a give-up-or-else order lonit a.s thc\ .s t i in thi* South Selanuor swamp dutrlft. thousands of villaKcr.s livinu In the area MMI stay under Emer^enrv restrictions But if they surrender the restriction* will be lifted and the district made
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    Lock icon Market hunt
    31 1 ZAOREB. Yucoslavla. 9 Thins Russia and other H Ka.st European countries will P exhibit at the annual Z.mreb t. international tradr fair onrn- D Inc here tomorrow Renter tl
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    Red hotel blast
    40 1 VIENNA. Thurs A ba.s*menl «xplasion sent Samei md smoke spurting throußh the Sovirt-orrupteo Orantl Hotel here today At least seven Russian hildren attending a nlm ihov n( i sl adults ««ri innirrd Vienna police said. J P
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    Hit, hit cry by mob
    385 1 Hit, hit cry by mob FORMER SCHOOL TEACHER IS BOOED AND CHASED AS HE LEAVES COURT 4 CROWD of hm- dreds, mostly Chinese school students, booed a fnrm< school teacher as lv U'tt the Stngapon Fourth Magistrates Court yesterday pleading not multv to charges of howst-trt ■Hi and causing hurt
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    Lock icon New Royal tour
    29 1 STOCKHOLM. Thurs The Queen and the Puke of Edinburgh have accepted ,\t. invitation to visit Stockholm in June next year it i nounced here today Reutcr
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    Still 4 1/2 per cent
    24 1 LONDON. Thurs Th,. h.ink rit.- r< main* unchanged ,n four and a half p<r -<nt. < i announced R utcr.
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    STOP PRESS
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    MTUC ASKS FOR WELFARE STATE
    316 2 Mr. Lennox Boyd told: Police interfere in trade union work KUALA LUMPUR Thursday. i 13-MAN DELEGATION from the Malayan Trade Union Council today met the Colonial Secretary, Mr. Alan Lennox Boyd, at Kind's House and gave him a memorandum asking for the setting up of
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    Lock icon US—FROM 100 MILES UP
    170 2 US— FROM 100 MILES UP Rocket photographs the earth WASHINGTON. Thurs. THE U.S. NAVY has found out what you would see from a rocket 100 miles above the earth. Navy photographers have developed a composite view, taken from an Aerobee rocket, showing 1.150.--000 square miles of the earth's surface. All
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    Lock icon Rocket picture sets record
    51 2 WASHINGTON. Thurs. A US. Navy research rocket took photographs from about 100 miles above thp earth showine an area 2.800 miles lone from Omaha (Nebraska i to the lower Gulf of California in Mexico the larcest earth area ever photographed from one spot at one time
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    Lock icon 71 MORE ON ROAD TO GOA
    56 2 BOMBAY. Thurs —Seventyone unarmed Indian volunteers crossed into Goa today from the southern .side of the Portußiiese r >lony. the Press Trust of India reported. Portuguese authorities last night expelled a group of 25 unarmed volunteers who entered Goa yesterday to demonstrate for the
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    THEY'LL TAKE THE HARD ROAD
    294 2 THEY'LL TAKE THE HARD ROAD U.K. to Spore by car LONDON. Thurs. university underRraduates leave London today in an attempt to become the first motorists to drive to Singapore from England. The students, all under 28. will travel in two Land Rovers. Chief object of their trip to study irrigation
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    Two ships collide
    60 2 TOKYO. Thurs Six Japanese seamen were mtsMnn today after their 200-ion essel was hit by a British freighter and sank off the .Vakayama coast. A Japanese coast guard pokesman identified the Bri:sh freighter. Inbound for the ort of Kobe, as the Cap*fork. 8.297 tons. The "Shipping and
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    THE BOY IN A DOG CHAIN Welfare men start probe
    75 2 THE BOY IN A DOG CHAIN Welfare men start probe (HEN NUM. IIkAM.. the 15-year-old boy of Tanglin Road. Singapore, who was found with a do« chain fastened by lock round hts neck, at iirange Road market, on Wednesday afternoon. lii< >miai Welfare Department have started inquiries into how he
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    Boy sues for a name THE HEIR AND THE DANCER
    163 2 Boy sues for a name THE HEIR AND THE DANCER LOS ANGELES. Thurs. rT.OCERY chain heir. lf Mr. Hunt ing ton Hartford 44, was named in a suit yesterday as the father of a 17 -year-old boy horn to a New York dancer who died in 1941. The suit says
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    Marriages irk Army
    269 2 HONG KONG. Thurs. ORITISH Service comD manders in Hongkong are worried about marriages between their men and Chinese girls. There have been 54 so far this year— and the total is expected to reach the yearly average of 100 by December. Not many In a 10,000-man garrison
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    Body in sea
    23 2 The body of a n unidentified Indian aged about 35. was recovered from the sea oft Meyer Road. Singapore, yesterday.
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    POLLING TO LAST SEVERAL MONTHS
    118 2 Hitch in election machinery JAKARTA, Thursday. 'THE Indonesian Government has derided to spread the nations first general elections over several months, it was announced today Elections will be held in some parts of the country on Sept. 29 as scheduled The Information Minister Mr SJamsuddin
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    Lock icon DEATH-FIGHT
    117 2 Czech doctors struggle to save their president's life VIENNA, Thurs. A team of doctors are flshting to save the life of the president of Czechoslovakia, Mr. Antonin Zapotocky, stricken by a sudden heart attack. Prague Radio announced thnt four doctors were at the bedside of the 70-year-old president at
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    Lock icon Full Moscow honours —For Adenauer
    97 2 Full Moscow honours —For Adenauer BONN Thurs -The Qerman Chancellor. Dr Konrad Adenauer, will be received with full military honour* ti the "trains of 'Deutschlani Ueber Alles played by a Red Army band, when he arrive* In MHM on Sept 8. a Bonn government spokewnan dl»--i closed today. He said
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    Death threat
    28 2 Kong Hsiang Ken was sentenced to six months Jail in Singapore yesterday for threatening to kill LI Chuan Pin with a knife in Teluk Kurau Road.
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    Lock icon Out of Kenya
    31 2 NAIROBI. Thuns Britain la to withdraw 1,500 of her troops and 1.000 African* from the fight aguiiut Mau Mau terrorists in Kenya, li was announced hen today Reuter.
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    Corporal forced to leave the beryl millions
    83 2 Corporal forced to leave the beryl millions HONG KONG, Thurs. BRITISH ARMY Corporal William Harries has been refused a prospector's licence to exploit a vein of ranberyl ore he found here. The Hong Koni? Mining Ordinance prevents any "terrain of th< Crown" from obf.aining a prospector's licetv ■<■. a Government
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    Lock icon Toeing Nehru line
    225 2 MARSHALL WANTS [NDEPENft SINGAPORE TO FOLLOW NEUTRALIST FOREIGN COLOMK* r pHE Singapore Chief Minisb r, M 1 shall, says his Singapore wou India's neutralist policy in lon freedom is achieved In an Interview with \h>news magazine Jana. publish in Colombo. Mr Marshall taid. however. he doubted whether
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    Has US the clue these 3 men seek?
    23 2 Has US the clue these 3 men seek? NEW J Briti pd Lonclo: Dei. is i tary ai I plan to A P
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    Man accused of extortion
    13 2 Chu 1 in Sin charm a: 24 H 8
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    Lock icon Juniter calling...
    56 2 SYI»M:Y Thurs Australia K getting weekly "radio signals from the planet Jupiter it wa* stated here today. Dr. K <1 Bow en. chief <>f the Kariiophvsio Division of the Commonwealth Scien--tifit and Industrial Rrsearch Oricanisation. said that they appeared to ori;i m:irk.>u l.ire.-i meter II 1 earth One
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    SCIENCE PLEA: PEACE
    255 3 oled chemist calls for end lo war 'Force is too easy,' conference told LONDON, Thursday. QIB ROBERT ROBINSON, winner of the I \obel Prilt for Chemistry in 1917, last nade a dramatic appeal to all scientists to we can' to help the present negotiations end the cold
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    Lock icon Jackie arrives for his holiday ...BUT HE IS NOT ADOPTED
    144 3 Jackie arrives for his holiday ...BUT HE IS NOT ADOPTED LIVERPOOL. Thursday 4 SALVATION Army missionary from Malaya r% Major Catherine Smith. 56. arrived here yesterday with the five-year-old Chinese boy for whom she had given up her life'" Miss Smith, for many year* missionary in the K. VII in
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    Lock icon No divorce, says Schmidt
    79 3 No divorce, says Schmidt LOS ANGELES, Thurs. AIRMAN Daniel Schmidt yesterday formally with drew his divorce suit against his wife Una. who 'married another man in the belief th;it Schmidt had died in ihf Koraaa war. The ■ehmldta were recently reconciled and be«an a second honeymoon after he returned from
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    He failed in North Africa
    39 3 (•lI.KFKI GRANDVAIft who was replaced on U'edaesday as French Kesident-<ie- il in Morocco because of his failure to maintain law and order. He i s succeeded by (.en KutiT de L.itour. A. P. picture.
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    Lock icon His music hath charms...
    27 3 ROME. Thurs. K Fupino Bechi enter-d a circus race and sang to five lions last night to win bet with an Impresario Renter
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    Lock icon Paul Muni has eye trouble
    58 3 NKW YORK. Tlnirs- Four medical specialists were due to see actor Paul Muni today »o determine whether something can be done to restore rlear vision in lu> l 'ft <">'<*• The trouble, a detuchec; retina, forred Mr. Minn to leave his starring role in the
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    Royal visit
    23 3 \N, Thurs.— Kinu Hus- r. will leave for i on Monday for 1 I*ll at the in- na saud.— A P
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    DARUL ISLAM PEACE MOVE
    54 3 Thurs. —Negotiapeaca with the j. Darul Islam terWorth Sumatra li move, the MinisI Information an'rrday try said Ha.sballah Daud, son of the rebel leader, Daud Bmirouch, and Abdullah Arief, a Mlnistr> of information official, had railed on Bourouch in Wl hideout in the Atjeh district on
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    Lock icon This word in Russia means so much
    194 3 This word in Russia means so much MALIK: PEACE AND WHY WE WANT IT HARROGATE. Yorkshire. Thurs. \IR. JACOB MALIK. iT the Russian ambassador, said hero today that the word peace" is the most popular word in thr Soviet Union. "We suffered so much from war.' the 48-year-old envoy to
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    Lock icon Babu Rao's appeal
    88 3 NAGPUR, Thins The tliuh court here yesterday admitted the appeal tiled by a nek.shaw puller, Babu Rao, against hLs conviction and sentence on a charge of having attempted to cause the death of the Prime MinLster, Mr. Nehru, on March 12. He was sentenced on July 28
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    Lock icon Salem is out
    28 3 CAIRO Thurs The Egyptian Revolution Command Council has accepted the resignation of Major Saieh Salem. Minister of National guidance and Minister for Sudan Affairs. Reuter.
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    Israel shoots down two Egyptian fighters as they do 'victory roll'
    142 3 Israel shoots down two Egyptian fighters as they do 'victory roll' TEL AVIV. Thurv ISRAELI eyewitne«*e* said today that the two Egyptian* Vampire jrt fighter* which were shot down this morning, were caught napping as they rxr<iited "vietorv dives" over Uraeli territory The Israeli* said they saw the two Egyptian
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    Now Sammy Lee snubs the colour-bar town
    133 3 SAN FRANCISCO. Thurs The San Francisco Chronicle said today that .Major Sammy Lee. the Olympic divine champion, has decided not to live in Gar den Cirove. California, where hr was turned down i w l,. c because of his Korean ancestry in efforts
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    LONDON STOCKS, RUBBER and TIN
    478 3 I OMPOtt. Ihuis ALTHOUGH opinion WM uronu' aggtlilllH 'eh! i uank rate derision the no-chanye announcement brouicht li'tle relief to deI in wail Mock markets where BUM „,r i>r(i: |MMnl reluctance lo extend nmuniiment* It l» attli thought a hither i.ite ls not nil Tomorrow's
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    Lock icon TURKEY PUTS FOOT DOWN ON CYPRUS
    186 3 'She must remain British' LONDON. Thursday. 'TURKEY today flatly rejected Greece's appeal for self-determination for Cyprus and opposed early self-government for the island. Mr. Fatln Zorlu. Turkey's Foreign Minister, told the three-power Cyprus conferruce here his country would never countenance Greek sovereignty over the
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    Lock icon BOAC shows profit in bitter year
    92 3 BOAC shows profit in bitter year LONDON. Ihurv Till trou inline <>i Britain s (nmrt I jetliner fleet after disasters Involving two of these aircraft hail a big rfTert on the MM/M financial year for the Rriiish O\»-rse.is Airway* Corporation But despite Uiis ">ear of bitter memorieV culminating in the
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    Girls hurt in Cyprus blast
    42 3 NICOSIA. Thura Two •jirLs were Injured by flying class and considerable damage was caused yestorriay when a time-bomb exploded In the Cyprus brmdrastine station. The station s record library was completely destroyed and a storehouse wax damaged
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    Jap fertiliser for Formosa
    54 3 TAIPEI, i Formosa t. Thurs. Nationalist China has contracted to buy 284.000 tons or hcmicai fertiliser from Japan in the next II months. The price will be US$6O H' per ton. Sixty per cent of the fertiliser will be carried by Nationalist ships, the rest by
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    Lock icon Accident as plane lands
    47 3 RANGOON Ttturs. A BOAC four-enplned plane was damaged In a forced landing at Ranuoon airport yesterday, but no one *as hurt The pilot bringing his plane in to an emergency landing. mis.sod the tarmac and rolled into a ditch damaging the whtels. UP
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    Rector coming
    31 3 The Rector of Alazhar University in Cairo. Dr. Abdul Rahman Tai is arriving in Singapore by air today He will stay for a aav and give a public lecture
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    Pact extended
    23 3 TOKYO Thurs. The Foreign Office said the ster ling payments aßreement between Japan and Britain has been renewed until Seat 30
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    Foster father of 48 is dead
    254 4 MINING TOWN MOURNS FOR ITS 6.0.M. !KROH, Thurs. 48 foster children )f Mr. Jimmy Kemp. Grand Old Man of oh. wept today en they were told his death in GlasW, Scotland. >mp. who had lived In i mining town in Perak 55 years, died
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    Body in drain
    56 4 Purse was empty KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs The body of K S Menon, 35. a clerk in the Finance Branch of the Fedeiation Information Services, was found in a drain near a railway bridge here this morning. He had head injuries. Police found on the body a bunch
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    Penang UMNO assembly
    51 4 PENANG. Thurs. The Federation Chief Minister and president of UMNO. Malaya, Tengku Abdul Rahman, will open Penanß UMNO's annual assembly at UMNO Hall here on Sept. 24. The assembly. originally scheduled to be held this Sunday, has been postponed because the Chief Minister cannot visit Penang thU
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    Anti-T.B. branch formed
    56 4 KAJANG, Thurs.— A branch of the Malayan Association lor the Prevention of Tuberculosis has been formed In Ulu Langat, with headquarters here. Two specialists visit the local hospital twice a week. Variety night PENANO. Thurs. The Penang Malay Youth League will hold a variety night in Cheeseman
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    Dressing room theft
    29 4 A wallet containing $112 was stolon (mm tin dressing room of the Slme Darby Sports Club. Farrer Park, on Wednesday evening The owner was playing football.
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    $1,175 theft
    24 4 Thieves broke into a house in Brickwork Estate, off Alexandra Road. Singapore on Wednesday morning and stole $900 and jewellery worth 275.
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    Shots in the dark
    54 4 KUALA LUMPUR Thurs A policeman Ared at lights seen outside the perimeter wire at P«rtang new village in the Jelt-bu district of Negri Sembilan last night. Special constables at Sungei Rotan new village in the Taiplng district of Perak opened fire at three figure* which disappeared
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    40 Guards to be stood down
    47 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Thun The Home Guard force at Selayang. seven miles from Kuala Lumpur, will be disbanded on Sunday The Selangor State Home Guard Officer said today "The area has been quiet and free from terrorist activity for a long time."
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    THE MERRY MINISTERS
    68 4 Off with the cans of State— on with the dance CARES OF STATE are togoiten tor the moment as Federate Ministers sit down to d>nner at UMNO House. Kuala Lump j Legislative Council meeting Left to right: Singapore Minister Chew Swee Kee, Singapore Minister for Health. Mr.
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    JOBS, PLEASE, REPENTANT STRIKERS SAY
    243 4 Back to work for some rIE Singapore Cold Storage yesterday began reinstating a number of former workers who applied for re-employment after their dismissal on Monday for absenting themselves during the strike. And the Singapore Factory and Shop Worker j Union which called for the
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    He tried to kill two, police say
    77 4 IPOH. Thurs. A FISHMONGER, Wong Cheong Seong. 37, was i-harped at Ipoh today with the attempted murder of his wife and her uncle in the Pcrak Chinese Chamber of Commerce yesterday Wong was alleged to have stabbed his wife. Chow Kow Moy. 21.
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    Valiant escort
    140 4 BOMBERS ON PROVING FLIGHT WILL FOLLOW AIR MARSHAL TWO Royal Air Force Valiant Jet bombers. on a proving flight to the Far East, will accompany Air Marshal Sir George Mills to Singapore when he leaves Britain this month to attend the Air Forces Commemoration Week ceremonies in Australia.
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    Doctor must pay $8,400
    228 5 WIFE OF THE CAMAniA M TRADE COMMISSIONER WINS DAMAOI \EGLECT IN OPERATION OS ANKLE CAUSED fUS AND DISABILITY 9 IMAGES totalling $8,481 were granted to V Mr-. Donald Armstrong, wife of the Canadian 1 |l( j ommissioner in Singapore, by Mr. Jus- Whitton in the High
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    Royal blood to help Perak's sick
    59 5 Royal blood to help Perak 's sick i ill MIIW OK PERAK. 66. who recently returned from a health trip to Britain, gives blood in Ipoh. He is the first Ruler in the Federation to do so. Taking the blood is the State Physician, Dr Hajl Mrgat Khan, and assisting
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    First wife comes to his aid
    138 5 V 2 ASKS FOR MAINTENANCE 4 MANS nrst wite i ired in a Singaourt yesterday his behalf when •summoned n<i to pay anoe to his wife. B ion Lam was vi April to a month to id wife. Goh i. to maintain hildren. not
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    MOTHER JAILED FOR SHOP THEFT
    113 5 I \X who used her daughter to help her 1 i was jailed for one month by a Singapore terday. Hong, a mother n. .siud that her "ally income was ni to maintain that she earned u'tvr so that she lathes for her M C
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    SIT extends 'get out' time limit
    89 5 THE Singapore Improve ment Trust has agreed ti give certain Short Street re .sidi nta more time to find al trrnatlve accommodation an< quit houses which the Trus ftnta to pull down for a ne\ housing scheme. Summonses taken ou against the residents an
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    Kidnap gang murder?
    128 5 Kidnap gang murder? DID SLAIN MAN RESIST? VIfAS a Singapore towkay, who was found stabbed, murderet? because he resisted a kidnap attempt? ThU was a theory posed to the Singapore Coroner, Mr. K. T. Alexander, at the inquest on Chua Chuan Qeok, a rubber estate owner, who was found dead
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    Girl,15, took ferry trip and vanished
    57 5 Girl, 15, took ferry trip and vanished A ■■!< OLD Singapore Ab binte Ah- missing since lust seen leaving vj „> <w a w .Pulau BuJcum Besar .it 4^30 I"" l'"' y 1 Androw for Wngapor.- sn. w« wc-.rm« bl« sßirt and whlu- biouse when J« appParea. Anyone seeing Zalnab
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    Mr WONG's ART ON SHOW
    95 5 Mr WONG's ART ON SHOW AMO6T unusual exhibition opened yesterday at the Chinese Chamber of Commerce in Hill Street, Singapore. The exhibition will remain open until September 4 It features the miroscopic carvings of Mr. Wong Lofeng, one of the best -known craftsmen in this field. About 300 statuettes and
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    Artist going to Paris
    58 5 The Singapore An society yesterday gave a cheque for $1 305 to a promising Colony artist who is going to Paris for training. The artist, Mr. Lv Chong Mm, 21, will leave In the French liner Laos on Sept. 20. He is the first artist the
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    Detained boys: Elders meet
    53 5 The management committee of the Singapore Chinese High School met at the Ec Ho Hean Club yesterday and discussed the recent arrest of four students of the school under the Emergency Regulations. Students of the school have often appealed to the Chinese Chamber of Commerce to
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    COURT TOLD OF $2,000 BRIBE ATTEMPT
    278 5 COURT TOLD OF $2,000 BRIBE ATTEMPT I tried to give money to police officers, trader admits A MANAGING partner of the Dunn Trading Com- pany, Njr Chong Hock, 24, admitted in a Singapore Court yesterday that he tried to bribe two police officers to get an acquittal for his father,
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    Corps dance
    38 5 The Singapore Civil Defence Association will hold a social and dance for members of the Civil Defence Corps. Hospital Reserve and Auxiliary Fire Service at the Civil Defence clubhouse. Kolam Ayer Lane, at 9 p.m. tomorrow
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    On leave they earn more
    82 5 On leave they earn more JOHORE BAHRL', Than JOHORE BAHRI Town Council labourers arc taking advantage of the Singapore City Council strike to earn more money. About 30 labourers *o at a time to Singapore where after working for a few days they return Then other labourers get their turn
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    Riot murder case reward
    49 5 Singapore Police last night offered a reward of $3,000 for Information leading to the arrest of two men in connection with the murder of Volunteer Special Constable. Andrew Teo Bock Lan. on May 12 night T- w;t> klll< r\ it Alexandra Circus during the rioting.
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    Cyclist robs schoolgirl
    44 5 An fight-y«ar-old schoolgirl was robbed of a $100 necklace in a backlafle In Serangoon Road. Singapore, on Wednesday alternoon. Shr was returning home from school when a cyclist held her up put one hand on h<T mouth, and snatched the necklace.
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    SO IT'S LONGER STILL
    87 5 SINGAPORE'S longest-ever strike 219 days which was to have ended j yesterday is still en. REASON: The two parties in the dispute, the Transport t Vessel Workers' Union and the Swee Hin Lighterage Company, did not send representatives to the Labour Ministry yesterday to sign the
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    DEATH
    111 6 M Morrf, >;« (minimum). MM At the General HoaplUl. Singapore, on 1/9/.55. Ltm Hock Ciuan. 49 ypnr.s. leaving behind hi* belo-.pd wife, 2 sons, 3 daughters. n-law and 1 franditon to mom n Lls loss. Tlie funeral cor.l leave bit residence, 33 Boy mont Oardena, Prankel I :<; 330
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    150 6 2* Word* lit (mimimum). FOLLOW PEDANT Every Day tr :ho 'Malay Mall' if you want to ■rln thai $r>.nno word puzzle MATERNITY and morninß li *>■ srlectlona In HorI Orafton, Cepea fabrics. No two alike Duncan's. 11 DAiineiri.i St. IOM RafTle., Plar*p. OANYMBU PRINTS New n of Old Masters
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Fri. Sept. 2, 1955. The Seven Bills
    695 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Fri. Sept. 2, 1955. The Seven Bills Towards the end of April, barely three weeks after he assumed office, Singapore's Chief Minister moved the renewal of the Emergency Regulations against which he had campaigned in the elections. In the debate which followed, Mr. Marshall also said
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    Sacrifice In Morocco
    341 6 "France has lost a little more of her prestige as a liberal nation, a little more of her reputation as an intelligent people, a little more of her standing as a great Power Thus commented the French newspaper Le Monde reflecting on the mob violence which resulted
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    Slick Survival
    164 6 These are difficult times indeed for Indonesians who had hoped to turn a dishonest rupiah. And these are dangerous times for those who have. The new Indonesian Government, formed last month, seems to be unkindly disposed towards those who have grown rich without good cause. Knowing that they
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    A Malayan's farewell to the man who 'left his hills to dwell down in the valley'
    925 6  - A Malayan's farewell to the man who 'left his hills to dwell down in the valley' S. SAM RATMM By 'THE toothy grin; the sharp Scots brain; the open- necked shirt; the coatless nights at classical concerts: the bland bonhomie; the Jolly E good fellow; the feeling that you might
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    Growing pains in Africa but there's plenty of good will for Britain
    1106 6  - Growing pains in Africa but there's plenty of good will for Britain SIR PERCIVAL GRIFFITHS ly VIOERIA and 11 the Gold Coast today have to cope with three main problems, namely, how to avoid fragmentation, how to carry on administration with African personnel, and how to develop their economic resources.
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    Where are we now}
    111 6 XJOT being on personal i^ acquaintance with the gentlemen who wouM have the philosophical, anthropological and historical knowledge nrcrssary to help me solve the following dilemma. I wonder if any of your readrrs could hrlp The proble.n Is this: at what exact stage of "progress" or
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    OFFICER'S LIVING COSTS
    73 6 IT Ls amazing how the powers that be in the Forces have one eye open In Singapore, and the other closed in the Federation, where accommodation such ao ooarding houses are concerned. In Singapore the military authorities laid down a scale of rates for accommodation suitable to
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    Reds still wide awake, warns MacD.
    144 7 COMMISSIONER-GEMERAT ff riiXKWKLL PRES S COWFBBKWCB O'T LET THEM CATCH SAPPING, HE > SOITH-EAST ASIA I no room for complacency about Hinism in South-East Asia, Mr. k Donald warned yesterday on the departure from Malaya. nil still dangerous, he declared, rta in •!i-East .to
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    'I shall be just next door'
    150 7 'I shall be just next door success was North Vietnam Communism could be checked if the free Governments continued their policies of economic, social and political development, remained prudently on guard in military matters and were proper- supported by their friends in Asia and tht rest of the world. The
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    Esplanade diners will have peace
    199 7 Esplanade diners will have peace WAITERS SIGH PLEDGE: HO MORE BRAWLING* arid waiters at the openair Singapore Esplanad' restaurant have .Mum d a pledge— not to rinht over customers. There will be no rowdi"r hooliganism amonc waiters serving the public,' 'aid a Joint announcement yesterday by the stallholders. Recently, two
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    Farewell with 45 paintings PARTING GIFTS TO VARSITY
    184 7 Farewell with 45 paintings PARTING GIFTS TO VARSITY THE UNIVERSITY of Malaya is to receive gifts of '45 paintings and drawings, three gold-thread Malay sarongs, and more than 100 pieces of ceramics from its Chancellor, the retirin g Commissioner General. Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald. In a letter to Prof. A.
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    BRUNEI SULTAN HAD TO LOOK FOR TAXI
    148 7 r» M 1.l <>i toruoei 39-year-old Sir Omar AM Salfuddin. (above right), who owns a spe-rial!y-built 18 foot Kins. s".n <HMi Daimler, arrived in Singapore yesterday and looked round for taxis for himself and his entourage of 2" people The Sultan one of
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    $136,000 in planters'
    81 7 study gifts KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs rE Rubber Growers" Association has decided to five fccholarehtps to the Outward Bound School at Lurr.ut Perak. in memory of planten *ho lost their lives In the Emergency The association i> expected :<• .vp $136,000 lor the scholarships This v stated by
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    The open door
    40 7 A woman living in Lorong 3 Gt vlang Road. *ho went to ■Mp ir-avine tht door of h«T room open, wokr up at 3 am werday to flnd her cupt>>anl rmnsarkcd Bin 1".»t $260 worth of < w»'li»rjr
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    Marshall's second trip—next April
    128 7 Marshall's second trip next April gi/AL.*, LUMPUR. Thur*.— The Singapore chief Minuter. Mr David Marshall. will go to London about %.pri| next rear for talks with the Colonial Office on *elf-government for the Colony. This was disclosed today by the Colonial Secretary Mr. Alan Lennox Boyd. at a pre** conference
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    THE STUDENTS WAIT OUTSIDE THE MAGISTRATES COURT
    30 7 The crowd leaving thr court after tin case was postponed. Many «f them later boor 4 Chan a* he lett StraiU Times picture.
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    PEP VISIT TO STRIKERS
    186 7 Bar boy* plan bus tour of picketed hotels L»>IIM.nYFES of Singapore hotels, bars :md rrst.tu- rants are planning to get an afternoon off on Monday to visit the strike- bound hotels and rh«rr up the picketers there. They will go around in c hartrred buses. They
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    M.P. wants to call on Lee and Marshall
    75 7 MR KEVNtltl KM N< I I (above), a Labour Member of Parliament and a farmer Minister of Statf al the Foreira Office arrived in Singapore yestrrdu on a pi.vi visit and h:ipr» t.> mrrl thr Chief MmisUr. Mr. I>a\id Marshall. an 4
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    Somersets are leaving
    49 7 KUALA LUMPUR Thu: The Ist Bn of the Somer.^t Lisht Infantry whJ h has been in the Federation sim c January 1953 will b< Britain at the end of j this month. ('hi.dren of men of tl.<» I regiment were piven a farewell party here toe
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    THE BIG QUESTION: WHAT IS A MALAYAN?
    380 8 Malayanisation Commission advised: Let's first decide on the true meaning of these words f)R F. C. B. MARSHALL, in a memorandum to the Malayanisation Commission, asks for clarification of the words "Malayan** and "Malayanisation.** ■The commission will hold the nrst oi a series
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    Retired—he sets sights on Bisley
    84 8 Retired—he sets sights on Bisley MX. FRANK ALWYN BICKERDIKE. one of .Malaya's best rifle shots, leaves today on retirement after 28 rein in Singapore He plans to settle down near Bislev and h.-p-- to have a shot at the Queen Prize the premier shootm< event for Empire sportsmen. Mr. Bickerdike
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    Police fire into air MOB ATTACKS PORT OFFICER
    238 8 Police fire into air MOB ATTACKS PORT OFFICER PORT SWETTENHAM, Thurs. rVO ARMED marine policemen today rescued the Harbour Master. Capt. J. St. Bellis, when he was attacked twice by 60 angry sampan men. The sampan men set upon the hefty Harbour Master with oars and sticks at a Jetty.
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    Boyd's adviser visits Malaya to study labour conditions
    143 8 MR. E. W BARLTROP. Labour Adviser to tr.r Colonial Secretary. Mr. Alan Lennox Boyd. is now in Sinßapore to make a ftrst-hand study of labour conditions in Malaya This la his second visit. H' was here in 1947. Mr. Barltrop met officials
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    CITY COUNCIL MEN GO BACK TO WORK
    312 8 Two months unpaid leave each year, subject to certain conditions, and The re-engagement of •even employees on the basis of no loss of service except for the period between dismissal and reengagement. No preference The Council has also undertaken not to discharge daily-rated workers In preference to contract employees, to
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    WHO WAS THE KIND HELPER?
    69 8 WHO WAS THE KIND HELPER? SINGAPORE t raffle police want to contact a European, with a moustache, who helped an injured motor-cyclist Into an ambulance at the junction of Rochore Canal Road and Bencoolen Street at 145 am. on Aug. 27 The motor-cyclist. San Ah Ngau. has since died in
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    More padi in Segamat
    40 8 SEGAMAT Thurs. More than 1.300 acres of land has been planted with padi in Segamat district this year an Increase of 300 acres Biggest area under padi cultivation is in the Tenang section of Labis sub-district
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    Minister's visit
    38 8 Britain's Secretary for Commonwealth Relations. Lord Home. Is expected to visit Singapore next month, nbout the time of the Colombo Plan conference, in the course of a tour of India Pakistan, Ceylon. Australia and New Zealand.
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    Two caused hurt charge
    41 8 A man and a woman were charged in Singapore yestrrdav with causing grievous hurt to Hsu Yun Tsiao la Marine Parade on June 10 Lee Liang Soon and Lee Seoh Kiew were allowed bail until Sept. 8
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    RIDA chairman
    28 8 TOHORE BAHRU, Thurs Dato Zainal Abidin. chairman ol RIDA, arrived in JonouBahru today after visiUn;.; Kluane and Muar, with Mr W Fox. the State Development Officer.
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    Fire No. 3 breaks out in freighter
    127 8 Fire No. 3 breaks out in freighter r/ENTY-FOUR hours before the Danish freighter Lexa Maersk was due to be towed from Tanjong Rhu for breaking-up at Pasir Panjang, she caught fire for the third time. The fire is believed to have been caused oy an oxyacetylene blow lamp ignltmscrap oil
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    Opium found in train
    67 8 BUTTERWORTH, Thurs. Pral Customs Officers found three slabs of raw opium weighing 9 lb concealed in the Penang-Bangkok international express carriages when the train arrived at Prai on July 22, the Buttenvorth 8 sions Court was told today. Senior Customs Officer, Mr J. Fudge, applied for
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      63 8 Straits Times Crossword ACKOBH rumpletr <!>>' P'tuu <J. making kcene. in the home Qo mi(kf profll (|l It. she <>b\lou>ly won't u-.it S. The soul *nd crmAned Douglaa >8i from home (Popei 161. 19. W»ger >n thr first letter for 9 Ham Hrlne sent by Artaxerxe* all ,8i to rebuild
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      189 8 23 Anger «et to aMcnata <l>. 24. The composer's so abrupt '8> "2f> It makes you sick <6>. 26 Onh children ne\er IHM them < 8) DOWN 1. Table display of colour!;. pottery! 1 7 1. 1 need not mean Der ember 14, i> 3. Source ol enerty from mm*
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    Steam engine inventor was buried in pauper's grave ]
    1659 9 Steam engine inventor was buried in pauper's grave THE Cornish village of Camborne seethed with excitement on Christmas Eve, 1801. as a dozen men clambered aboard the world's first passenger locomotive standing ready for its first road test. The inventor coaxed it to life. It ran sweetly for 400 yards
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      118 9 scons 7 a i JAMS and MALADES lUmd PATRICK'S AT LAST IRE POLISH pioo*", A*, J \Z/ TOPPS ZfIfCOVS ~^S II KM I IKK S^ y-~J JlK'Xlf<t 5«.,1.AN0 r ays a m 60 years Ibrahim i on 17th ttribwton wanted j?hout Malaya. MASHCOR 102. Spore. T *****. SP. H.P^ BLE
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      343 9 CHARITY BALL ktd for th* first tin* in Singapore PRESENTATION OF HAIR STYLES of 1955 JANE KOK Under the distinguished Patronage of His Excellency the fevtnwr SIR ROBERT BLACK, K.C.M.G. O.BE, IN AID OF t SATA Admmion $5 00. Tickets obtainable *'-m Mr» M R Apchoo. ff Ea*t M«c School.
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    RUBBER PRICE SPURTS THREE CENTS ON MORE BUYING
    990 10 RUBBER PRICE SPURTS THREE CENTS ON MORE BUYING By Our Market Correspondent THE price of rubber, which has fluctuated within narrow limits in the past week, spurted by three cents in Singapore yesterday, September first grade closing very steadily at $1.45. The price opened half a rent above the Wednesday
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    Indonesians 'simplify' import regulations
    367 10 Indonesians 'simplify' import regulations JAKARTA. Thurs. THE Indonesian authorities announced new simplified import regulations valid as from today report* Reuter. A Joint decree of the Economic Ministry. Foreign Exchange Institute and Monetary Board abolished the complicated Import system Including parallel tranaacitiona and Imports free of 1 foreign exchange. lm- ports,
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      335 10 NOTICES In The Matter of HENG LEE COMPANY (SINGAPORE) LIMITED At an Extraordinary Oeneral Meeting of the Members of the abovenamed Company, duly convened, and held nt the Registered Office of the Company, No. 88, Cecil Street, Singapore- 1, on the 26th day of August. 1955. the following Extraordinary and
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      221 10 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS APPLICATIONS are Invited from Federal Citizens for appointment as Probationer Laboratory Assistant In the Canning Research Station. Federal Department of Agriculture, Johore. Duties will Include experimental and analytical work ln connection with research ln the preservation of Malayan fruits and vegetable* Salary: $137.50 x 7.50 152.50 Exam Bat
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      286 10 NOTICES NOTICE TO ROAD USERS Repair* to tn« lrvel crowing between Railway Telegraph Posts No: 2S/17 and 25/18 tat 81m pang Lima Village) leading to Tall Ayer Estate off the Main Trunk Road will be carried out between the 1 hours of 7.00 p.m. on 7th. September. 1055 and 6.00
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      825 10 NOTICES NOTICE NOTICE U hereby given that Mr. Haii Ghl Ming and Mr. Richard Cheng Chan Kah mre not authorised to transact any buslne«e on our behalf aa they are no longer in our service as from Ut September, itSS. Signed. LINDETEVES M> LTD.. Singapore. In the Matter of HENG
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      196 10 SHIPPING NOTICES WILH. WILMELMSEN LINE MS "TIITON" Anive4 I7th Aagast. 19.V1 A Oeneral Survey of sll dsmaced cargo discharged ex the above vessel will be held at Singapore Harbour Board Oocown No It at s m. on 6th and 12th September. IMS. No further survey will be held either before
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    Tourist Board can earn cash for Colony
    690 12 J'HK first and most obvious requirement, if Singapore is to take full advantage of its largest potential invisible export tourism is the establishment of a Pan-.\lalayan Tourist Rureau in Singapore with branches in the Federation. This is the opinion of Mr. D. C.
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    379 12 INDIAN SALES DEPOT FOR K.L. PLANS arc now beine made by the All India Handloom Board to open a sales depot in Kuala Lumpur to serve Federation customers, the marketing officer of the board ior this region, Mr. K. S. U^pala Rao, announced in Singapore yesterday. Vr Kao said there
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    LOCALLY MADE ELECTRIC KETTLES ON SALE SOON
    264 12 LOCALLY MADE ELECTRIC KETTLES ON SALE SOON !*:r. r. s yko ALUMINUM articles made '....n- are finding rearlv innrrv in M.il.n i. an aluminium »arr manufacturer in Singapore. Mr. T.S. Yeo. said yesterday. 11-- iltn'mli-'l •<,,. popular demand to cheapness of prices romparri) I<> aluminium or enamel goods imported from
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    SOFT DRINKS IN BIG DEMAND
    308 12 Company steps up output THE soft drink industry ;n Singapore is Htpntaf up production to moot local consumption winch has boon risinp steadily siner the end of ttlf last war. I Among manufacturers «hi have taken .steps to expand the trade is the National Airated
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    223 12 rE planned policy of BOAC to Rive the Pacific increased facilities for tranMMM travel, will be brought nearer to realisation, it i.s hoped, by the resional meetinu of the International Civil Aviation Organisation, which nwas at Manila on October 27 BOAC. have in
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    Krakatoa will be a big threat SHAWS SPECIALLY BROUGHT HIM FOR $25,000 SPRINT
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    DOUBLE BORE ISTOPWEIGHT
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    INDIA BEAT HOLLAND 3-0
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    62 13 AKNKNAL caalkeeper KelM$ dives towards the port but in beaten by ohot from Chelsea inside left O'< onnell. who puts the reifninf league champions "in up in the Dtv. One match at Hirhburjr on Auf Z? Arsenal, however, man :«er to eamaltee through Tommy
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    Preston lose lead and record in 2-1 defeat by Luton
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    Nashua is easy winner from Swaps
    222 13 CHICAOO. Thurs. NASHUA, by the Iruh «irr N.isrullah. beat Swaps. A aon o( the British bred Khaled. in a winner-takp-all challenge race (or $100 000 over a m:l«' and a quarter, at Washington Park hi r. yesterday. Nashua, leading all the way. won by
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    FINAL ACCEPTORS FOR THE ST. LEGER
    199 13 LONDON I hurt. T«HERE are 19 final acceptors loi 1 the St. Leger. flnul classic of the EnglUh turf season to be run at Doocatler. over one mile, six furlongs and 112 yards on Sept 7 There were originally 390 entrlet and the value
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    BIG CROWD SEF SOUTH CHINA BEAT SCRC 6-2
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    105 14 yHE first round of the S'ng^porr Hvkey Association >. sevrn-a-•id» rompentinn wag rompl'ter when thr la-t three "c* were drfldrd at the SRC padanc ye.s■c:c\a\ The results i rrr R.EM.E. beat Royal Signal* 1-0; RAF Chanci A' bW YM S A A" hyp p nilty ?.->rn«"- SRC
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    SABA celebrates its Jubilee
    57 14 The Slnsapnre Amateur Boxing A.^oriation celebrated 'heir .sll»er lubilrr and the Inausural So'i'hEhsi A.sia boxing tournanvnt with a dinner at thr Capitol Blue flmm iast night Mr Aw Cheng Chye. president of the S A.B A the host, prr^mied sntivrnlr pennants to the mninetlnn countries Au«tr;ili»
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    20 14 Indian Recreation Club beat Areonaut* FC 3-1 in a friendly .sorcer match at Farrer P*rk yesterday.
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    JOE LEVULA AMD TOMABI NAIDOLE SET MEW ATHLETICS TARGETS... Challenge to young Malayans
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    380 14 U.S. swimming stars have two mishaps at first session T*HE FOUR American national swimmine rham--1 pions. now on a enodwill lour of thr Far East. had an eventful start to their Si maporr exhibitions and demonstrations yesterday. Their Olymoir iprtnl champion. Reid Patterson, had to be rushed to hospital m
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    55 14 IPOH. Thurs a top-ranklns bnsknball team from Formosa compriMPc players from tlie Nalionallitt AiiTiy N ivy and Air Korce will play one match in Ipoh on Saturday nsain.st the Perak Mate team The team w.ll arrive by plane on Saturday morntns and will bf rn'rM..inc<l
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    50 14 MM t IK S A.X.A Ira.,. |»|t Kala taja v (nrinihiiiK Jalan Bnuir. Hv. .IB: Illut Ro\rr« K«rial AT. arrer Park sHIMMIM. S.A.S.A i hjiupmn^h^i^ I'ultrr > jnd relay ImuK S li p.m S( ..-.I I xhit-iimiiv by Amrrtran Mimmrrs al KAI. KrleUr m. anal iiillm.ni liarrarks t
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    312 14 FAM ATTACKED OVER S. CHINA SCHEDULE IPOH. Thursday. 'PHERE is considerable dissatisfaction among soccer I officials in Perak and Penan* over the allocation 1 of matches acuinst touring teams. The programme for the South China team has been so arranged t' t Kuala Lumpur havr tw< irs. and Ipoh and
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    55 14 Penang* 21-\mr-old b.irkMrokc ■Mmmlnc rhampion Ong Ene Kool and holdrr of ihe Slneapnrr 100 m barkMmke till' will not I (end tt ki this year Binnpnr<' I Amateur Swinin.nn. A«>oclatlon h- mpmiLviiip Ong who is '«-'li MccounIM v firm in Pfnans. will be leaving (or studio
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    211 14 IONDON. Thuts 11EO PERKS HMMMTI 43-yrai -old |MofesMon.il cup t.iln playtnc In his la.«t county I'ntrli dUmisi^rl |;ir Hiimpkhnr b»l»n-i-i\ yr.tcrftiy lo ndiifvc thf ouUlandtni performHnre for a ■%r.tm »xi'\ler of inking 100 »Jckfl> in em h of if. i) pfiii
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