The Straits Times, 3 September 1955
1955-09-03
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Title Section13 1955-09-03 1 The Straits Times 'Mai*!** Kstd. 1845 SINGAPORE. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1955 15 CENTS13 words
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Article623 1955-09-03 1 xtrcvagant demands by labour could destroy the Colony, he warns SENTIAL TO MAINTAIN CONFIDENCE Strikes scare off foreign investors ;.\\T demands by labour, leading mpetiUvc prices, could destroy SinColonial Secretary, .Mr. Alan Lennox Ijir.d. *arned yesterday. I ihe notoriety which Singapore lukl nigh Ihc strike wave623 words
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Article100 1955-09-03 1 ASSISTANT SAVES GEMS IK)SING as customors, throo Malay youths ontrrod a jewellers' shop In Middle Road. Singapore, yesterday aiternoon and tried to «rab 51. 500 worth of diamond t ar rings. Tin- attempt was foiled by a shop assistant. Two of the youths spoke to one assistant100 words
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Article, Illustration26 1955-09-03 1 -ITS A SAD DAY AS HE LEAVES SINGAPORE A FINAL WAVE to the croud at Pay a Lebar yesterday Straits Times picture.26 words
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275 1955-09-03 1 MR. MALCOLM Mac Donald said yood-bye to Singapore yesterday after nine years as Commis-sioner-General for Smith-East Asia. I He took off for Britain where he will spend a fort- night before taking his new position of High Commissioner in India.275 words
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Article, Illustration133 1955-09-03 1 'Watch out for sabotage bid at Athens/ says letter LONDON. Fri -Scotland Yard disclosed today that it had warned the luxury liner Chusan to guard against a suspected bomb plot which mieht be tied in with Greek efforts to gain control of Cyprus. The 25.000-ton ship,Reuter; UP - 133 words
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Article29 1955-09-03 1 Mr David Criditon, 41, former information secretary on the stafT of the Commis-stoner-Oeneral, has inherited nearly idi.ooo tinder the will of Mrs. Madeline Balfour of Drogbeda, Eire.29 words
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Article73 1955-09-03 1 A scream and girl, 16, is saved A MOTORIST pulled up near some bushes in Pander Road. Singapore, when he heard a girl screamIng for help on Thursday afternoon As the cat stopped, an Indian ran out of the bu.she.s followed by the girl The girl, aged 16. later told73 words
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Article33 1955-09-03 1 The Chief Minister Mr David Marshall yesterday presented the Colonial Secretary. Mr. Alan Lennox H >yd with ten big cigar* Mr. Marshall had tin- U:uv, specially tl<>wn troan Hong Soni33 words
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Article37 1955-09-03 1 JOHORE BAHKI' Fri Liew Tong 25 a rattan maker was fatally stabbed outside a restaurant in Jalan Ibrahim latr tonigh' Another man. Chonu Looii 25. received a knife wound in his left arm37 words
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Article23 1955-09-03 1 LONDON, Fri The Economist today suggested that the time was probably ripe to offer an amnesty to the Federation terrorists- ReuterReuter - 23 words
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Article16 1955-09-03 1 Singapore firemen will imel tomorrow to take a strike ballot over Mgl il mands16 words
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Article180 1955-09-03 1 Ex-Corporal Harries becomes metal adviser HONO KONG Fri WILLIAM BRUCE HARRIES, 28. amateur k»-o-:<>Kist who discovered deposits of the rare metal beryl In Horn* Konu, ha.s bun allowed to buy hi.s Aimv dlacharKf. :> .spokesman said here today Mr Harriet (formerly rornora'.i said at anReuter - 180 words
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Article36 1955-09-03 1 WASHINGTON. Frl ["hi United States OtMM IVNI said today men who go t. college can expect to make US$lOO,OOO more in their lifetime than those who uo t<> work after hich .school I P36 words
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Article21 1955-09-03 1 LONDON. Frl Britain BMOUatIM with Hunmu tui rtghti to fly eom'nercial an '-is n\fi Soviet ten itui v APAP - 21 words
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Article28 1955-09-03 1 TAIPEH. Frl —Nationalist China's President Chlane Kai-shek, said today hla forces rould "rieflnltrlv" com plete the "liberation" of Communist China In five years' time.— ReuterReuter - 28 words
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Article127 1955-09-03 1 SERMON FROM GRAVE By a killer MESA, ARIZONA. Frl A MURDERER executed on Wednesday in the Arizona State Prison gas chamber spoke by tape recording at his funeral and told his mourners he hoped to see them in heaven Lester Bartholomew. who shot his wife and two of his childrenAP - 127 words
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Article166 1955-09-03 1 PACT SIGNED AND 330 GO BACK T«HE five-day strike at Raffles Hotel. Sinuapon 1 ended yesterday, and the 330 employees return* d to work. An agreemrnt betwwi th* management and representatives of the Slnsapon Workers' Union, to which th.' employees belong, was signed at the166 words
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Article47 1955-09-03 1 Rubber shot up by f> in Sineapore on good dem.ind from Continental countries September first crade I .1 at $1 50. The Drier hru now inrr**.ised more than eiuht I m- two days after beinv: around $141 fo r the h of a week.47 words
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Article155 1955-09-03 1 Bush Jacket bows to pullover CIIMGAPORE'fI i hk MinUO ter Mr D:i\:r| NI I pulled himvii out of kx d I a fiuii collared woollen pull.vi r (or In- bush jack, t md rlnive tn Oovt'rnment Hov e ka with the Colonial I<nn<;x M Th- I M nllti rtad been155 words
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Article33 1955-09-03 1 I' \K 1ST AN lo II KKPI'lll I I \K\( III In iMCIIIDf .1 >!ilt witliin > onimonwralth. I lllltMll. I Mmist. i I >liih;inimrd \li i t (I today. A. P.33 words
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Article44 1955-09-03 1 BELFAST. Fr: A I crn Ireland court tod cided that a Jailed Ffiuer. Philip Clark illegally elected to the House of Commons in the Ocneral Election last May. They awarded Col Th.' decision neana the lnercawd IU majority In 'he I44 words
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Advertisement57 1955-09-03 1 YOGHOURT nourishes 1 without fattening HI A M t R I C S LTD. I iiM'Ul. PINAN^ SEACON LTD. PHASE 3 FRANKEL ESTATE ISTRUCTION UNDER WAY Terrace Houses from $13,060/--cmi-Detached $17,500/Bungalows 519.000 <-a-, Mcml. San.. P«Ma«f. °VER 75°0 ALREADY SOLD. WILDING LOANS AVAILABLE. MOUSING SIGLAP Ihc for "ANGIN BAIK" r57 words
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Advertisement97 1955-09-03 1 MO MOMC \OAP rACTOMY ITD tiNl I Y^BHißr*^-^ iii.c- I l"aV)u hi r y>ur Child's Health... What wouldn't you give to ensure it f Out v. Mi.ther is tv ti fj^ ngaiai Uh vajaa <>t :i iix.d vN^ At Mi|>|>lrn,i -,t < iive >imr < luld delirious 'Ovaltine' every da>97 words
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Article368 1955-09-03 2 Back-slap etiquette AUSTRALIANS TOLD MAIN RULES: 1. DON'T SLAP TOO HARD 2. NEVER, NEVER SLAP A WOMAN KUALA LUMPI'R, Friday. AUSTRALIAN troops now on their way to Malaya by sea should brush up on their back-slapping before they reach these shores, Malayans said today. The soldiers have been warned in368 words
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Article133 1955-09-03 2 TV actor found dead HE WAS ACCUSED OF RED TIES NEW YORK. Fri. DHILIP LO£B, an actor whose rareei was disrupted by allegations that he had ties with pro-Com-munist organisations, was found dead in his hotel room last night. Police said the 61-year-old actor who had appeared on the atageReuter - 133 words
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Article51 1955-09-03 2 TOKYO. Fri Emperor Hirohito today awarded Oenera) Phao Briyanond. of the Siar.iese police the First Order of Merit with the Order of Sacred Treasure in appreciation of his effort to promote goodwill between the two countries General Phao is in Japan on a goodwill mission A51 words
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Article31 1955-09-03 2 JOGJAKARTA. Fri A three-day conference of the Electricity and Ga< Workers Union of Indonesia called on th« Government to nationalise "all power and gas enterprises throughout Indonesia" A P31 words
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Article171 1955-09-03 2 LET MISS SMITH KEEP HER JOB LONDON. Friday THE DAILY HERALD and the Daily Mirror "today urged the Salvation Armv not to accept th« resignation of an officer. Miss Catherine Smith, whjr broiuht a Chinese boy to Eimland from MalavaX Miss Smith, an •Army major,171 words
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Article34 1955-09-03 2 WASHINGTON Fri The Attorney-General. Mr Herber* Brownell yeste-dav that he had ordered an investigation to nn out whether the constitutional rtRhU of Net: roes were violated in recent elections in MNsi.s•■lppl Router.Reuter - 34 words
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Article95 1955-09-03 2 Songgramis the ONLY boss now ()NI.Y PremifN Pibu^u:;. crrun can orde*^ mill tary or police alert in Sltirr. now In hs in. i.- MIVIS TKK OK MPBUCa he has ulven i>rder> m> the Army Navy and Air Force that n>> alert cun be called except on direct order.s of the95 words
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Article20 1955-09-03 2 NOVA. Goa. Fri. Portnollrc arrested 71 Indlan drm< n*tr;i?(>rs at Maxem. near Gna's »mithern irmituT y.si- rday \P20 words
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82 1955-09-03 2 LONDON. Krl The shape of the famous white horse on the chalk face of the Wiltshire Downs and vi,i bl»- for milis wa» altered this week by v.mduls. A section <>t dirt below tin hor>« wu rt- moved and will hay». to beReuter - 82 words
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Article128 1955-09-03 2 Up goes the suicide rate if... LONDON, fri. BRITISH 'litctor expects a rise in the suicide rate if hanks carrying out the Government's credit -.queeze policy to press peopl,to reduce the r overdrafts. In a letter to the Lnn cet. leading medical journal, Dr T l>. Blott. medical officer ofReuter - 128 words
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Article42 1955-09-03 2 Drive on graft spreads T]m > HELD ,v 80ERABAYA BOER 4 THE 1 drivi I distri n the f> Sum; I Chief ol tl and M BWIKK Nf; ed the dow n< si;i 27 peopl .i pure'-. Ls backed I Darul I sntion42 words
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Article51 1955-09-03 2 NEW YOKK. Fn -Captain i Samuel H Miller of Par. 1 American World Airways, who j has flown more than 10.000 I hours in many types oi cralt. has been selected to head a technical assistance project to aid the development of commrrrMa] aviation in Turkey A51 words
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Article66 1955-09-03 2 by a convict jjuts t rein BRISBANE. Fri A -nan. released from prison day after live years, returned by uay of a rope ladder early today in a bid to free •even prisoners. He was captured inxide Stuart Jail near Townsville in North Queensland, after an exchange66 words
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Advertisement647 1955-09-03 2 ITIENDE MEANS tlurrvUous Musiv! Ultru-Hifjh'Fidetity (Super Tone) RADIOS RADIOGRAMS <il so triilt 3™D reproduction .^j*?^aßi»mMi X*99 ME I ijg ""^"""'^"^BB »«»»H-*ti« mmi'r^irl,*" I Thr IhMBJ ABABrLL* A |i i.r.l W K4ili» k r«i» -lib. I i '>r"«»*r. K MODU. \m\. hi \\r \ntmnil>. Jkjf Rr.ord Cll*nt»r. F^ ga n R1..1.1111..647 words
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Advertisement195 1955-09-03 2 Mr «^A *tewH«U'W\) PUZZLE Straits Timcjfrf word puza^Ey^r Cyf out jnd pin wJ)K ots Poitinc initructidm apocjr t- Name y?.... CLUES FOR WORD PUZZLE I Many a little girl wouM hk, 4 P. monn; OMc ro f her doll i 2 When tKcv re out to brck 5 W recordv195 words
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Article300 1955-09-03 3 Arabs threaten to mobilise for holy war on Israel ore fighting on border: Syria protests to U.S. envoy LONDON, Friday. «EPRESENTATIVES of Britain, K Prance and the United States f nn<iilU'fl yesterday in New York tt jth the I'nited Nations Secretary l|U r;l Mr. DajjReuter; UP - 300 words
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Article127 1955-09-03 3 Bride didn't hear his 7 will LONDON. Fri \yHEN Arthur Bartlett pressed hLs brides hand in church today it meant more to them both than it would to most people The couple are blind and deaf. A pressure of the i hand was Arthur's only way of telling his bride127 words
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Article44 1955-09-03 3 BALTIMORE. Fri Joseph Knox. 16. was sentenced yesterday to two years in school The judge imposed the sentence after Knox had pleaded guilty to a shoo robbery. Probation officers said that the boy wanted to return to school.- A P.44 words
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Article, Illustration95 1955-09-03 3 a:hm.\n i i. z SCHMIDT and hi* wife I'na were reunited at Portland. Oregon, at the home of his mother, Mrs R Peters. With them in the picture above is thrir two-year-old »on Danny. Schmidt. one of 11 I nit. d States airmen recently released95 words
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Article102 1955-09-03 3 murder charge out it's just hurt NYERI. Friday. OLICE INSPECTORS were each sentenced to lonths' jail here yesterday for causnm uncv- harm to a Kikuyu prisoner who died in tody. Petei Fuller. 22, of Mlddleaex, and Domlnlck Patrick <■<>■ of Monkstown, Dublin. pleaded n ßReuter - 102 words
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Article199 1955-09-03 3 THE TOLL: 79 MORE CASUALTIES RABAT. Moro'-eo. Friday. rRESH violence in North Africa left at least 79 new casualties today, while last minute hitches delayed application of France's "new deal" in Morocco Compilation o f official fi'-unvs showed 51 Arab rebels slain in Algeria aloneAP; UP - 199 words
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Article38 1955-09-03 3 LONDON. Fri The sterling area's gold and dollar re-,-erves fell by US$B7 million in August. Total reserves on Aug 31 stood at U552,457 million compared with U552,544 million on July 31 Reuter.Reuter - 38 words
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Article38 1955-09-03 3 LONDON Fri President Ho Chi Minh of North Vietnam today called for a conference between North and South Vietnam to prepare for free general elections and to unify the country, the New China News Agency reported38 words
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Article120 1955-09-03 3 Over Cyprus LONDON. Frl. rK GREEK. Turkish and British Foreign Ministers made conflicting statements on Cyprus In their first policy addresses to the thn-e power conference in session here. Th<» Grr<-k Foreign Minister. Mr. Stephen Stephanopoulos. said the Greek Oov«rnm»'nt wanted to secure for the people of Cyprus120 words
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Article153 1955-09-03 3 NEGRO BOY KIDNAPPED AND KILLED Hi whistled at a white wonan NEW YORK. Fri. 'THE Governor of Mis- slssippi has called for a full investigation of the kidnap-killing of a Negro youth who allegedly whistled at a white woman. In a telegram to the National Association for the Advancement of153 words
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Article80 1955-09-03 3 LONDON. Frl. A CHAPLAIN is wanted for the world's loneliest island— Tristan Da Cunha in the South Atlantic with a population ol about 300 but no one seems B 9 want thp post. The Rev. A. E A. SuLston wrote in the Churrn Times:Reuter - 80 words
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Article81 1955-09-03 3 K i A taciturn nown in Brook- 'Jain was describ-'""iii.-.s today as vat known Inc., which "'l'" guns to ft I and teen-agers. i Babai Waffa, 41, «0t 01 ig^rthy chef, was 1 lb picked up oy police last night a.s they investigated the theft of 102UP - 81 words
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Article99 1955-09-03 3 CHICAGO. Fri A »-ye«rnld father of four was accused yesterday of making erotic proposal* to a pretty neighbour and of a«.king her to signal him by putting -somethins on the clothes-line When arrested. Lloyd Summers said: "Put me right in Jail. I'd rather go there than face mv99 words
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Article482 1955-09-03 3 LONDON Pri. IT has been .mother day of sliding prices on the si oik Exchangr Sentiment hag been completely tacklnK »hlle tin re havt been numt>ei of depressing ln-flu'in-fs Including perM-stent talk of higher bank rate. The position worsened in the afternoon when the 'treasury482 words
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211 1955-09-03 3 A robot to take the place of cupid BRISTOL. Fri. SCIENTISTS havr built an apparatus which can point the way to happy marriage or sucressfiil business. It was described today to a meeting of the BritLsh Association for the Advancement of Bcience by Dr. W Gray Walter, director of aReuter - 211 words
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Article53 1955-09-03 3 LONDON. Fri— The Queen cancelled a staff ball arranged for last night at Balmora. Castle because of reports of poliomyelltU In Scotland Buckingham Palace announced yesterday. She did so on doctors' advice, the palace stated The Queen is on holiday at Balmoral with her family untilReuter - 53 words
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Article31 1955-09-03 3 DALLAS Texas. Fri —An R3-year-old women told the police yesterday that someone entered her house, stole her lower faLse teeth and her two cats- A P31 words
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Article37 1955-09-03 3 BOMBAY. Fri The Indian Express first with the new* last year of Chou En-lai vi.Mt to India— yesterday said Its London corresnondent reports that he \s expected to visit India again in two months AP.AP - 37 words
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Article27 1955-09-03 3 BRUSSELS F:i Oroup Capt Peter Tnwnsenc. British Air Attache in Belgium will fly to London on Mont!;'.. to see the Farn'wrough air show.— Reuter.Reuter - 27 words
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Advertisement153 1955-09-03 3 CHOOSI- -ffiSR A NICE LEG OF LAMB W and serve it with Vv44 BIRDS EYE GREEN PEAS i&^ OXHARf) Until BRVMH C' Until further notice, we are closing on Saturdays at 2 p m. f art*m» -*T*^^-i SINGAPORE (OLD STORAGE CO. LTD. m m Now here f s a newer,153 words
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Article309 1955-09-03 4 -SCAKING AWAY WORKERS IS A CRIMINAL OFFENCE'— POLICE INTIMIDATION ISN'T JUST A CASE OF THREATS OF PHYSICAL VIOLENCE PHYSICAL intimidation is not the only form of intimidation which constitutes a criminal offence under the Trades Disputes Ordinance, the Commissioner of Police, Mr. Nigel Morris, warned309 words
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Article18 1955-09-03 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Frl. Dr. C.J Bakrr. Health Officer. Jobore South, leaves nrxt, Tvrek lor Kodoh on transfer18 words
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Article185 1955-09-03 4 'LETTER CALLED ME A LUNATIC' MRS. ISABELLE THERESA KANAPATHY said today her husband had written her letters calling her "a brute" and "a lunatic. Mrs. Kanapathy. who said the letters were written from Australia where her husband was studying on a scholarship, was suing K. Kanapathy, an Agriculture Department assistant185 words
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Article67 1955-09-03 4 A BOLT $50,000 worth of opium was seized by the Customs in a raid on a provision shop in Woodsvit- Road, Singapore, on Thursday evening. The raiding party of six found the opium hidden behind a false panel of a showcase. The opium weighed 10567 words
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Article39 1955-09-03 4 Mr. Tan Kal Cher. Assistant Controller of Immigration. Singapore, left the Colony yesterday in the Corfu for Britain. He will do a six-month training court* In the London Immigration office before he returns to Singapore.39 words
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105 1955-09-03 4 A SEAMSTRESS. Tan Ah Cheng, earning $40 to $50 a month, who put si 0.000 vhi borrowed from hrr foster mother in a saronc export business, told tli.- acting Chief Justice. Mr. Justice Taylor, in the Singapore High Court yesterday that105 words
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Article, Illustration73 1955-09-03 4 The girl from Holland weds in Singapore MR ALPUONSE M. A. WOLFS and Mias Hedwig BuHsrher who were married at the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd. Singapore, yesterday. Mr. Wolfs Is the Singapore manager of the pharmaceutical department of Borneo Sumatra Trading Ltd The bride flew from Holland last Saturday73 words
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Article53 1955-09-03 4 A total of 207 Chinese out of 595 people gave their blood to the Singapore Blood Bank last month Among the others were Europeans 200, Indians 106. Eurasian* 43. Malays 34. Transfusions during the period totalled 575. Of the recipients. 423 were Chinese The stock at present53 words
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Article53 1955-09-03 4 Three youths were charged in the Singapore Seventh Magistrates Court yesterday with the murder of Chow Seng in Waterloo Street on Thursday night. The three were Low Loo Meng Fong Che« Bee and Nr Choo Seok o The were remanded till Sept. 9. when the caae53 words
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Article146 1955-09-03 4 $25.71 each for prisoners of war or widows JHE INFAMOUS Death Railway is paying its first and Anal dividend—s2s.7l. The sale of the railway, from Burma to Slain, which prisoners of war were forced to build during the Japanese occupation realised $25,000 Mr. C. O. Dickens. Volunteer146 words
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Article187 1955-09-03 4 Spore Govt told how to do it: But where is cash coming from? THE SINGAPORE GOVERNMENT now knows exactly what to do to prevent flooding in the Colony. But the big question which officials are evading is: Where are the millions coming from to carry out187 words
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Article70 1955-09-03 4 A 30-YEAR-OLD woman Bah Ah Eng. and her twe children, aged three and two were injured when a bus knocked them down yesterday in Siglap Road. Singapore. Bah and the chiu:r<-n were waiting at a bas .stop Her three-year-old child a boy. was70 words
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Article48 1955-09-03 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Frl. rhe Kuala Lumpur MuniciMl Council will set up tonorrow a Joint industrial •ouncil for its daily paid laK'urer* The agreement will be ilgned by representatives of he Municipal Council and he Kuala Lumpur Munici>al Workers' Union at the rown Hall at 5 p.m48 words
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Article68 1955-09-03 4 Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, who was due to pass through Singapore yesterday, did not arrive and is now expected to stop here for an hour on her way between Jakarta and Bangkok tomorrow. Mrs. Roosevelt, who is on a tour of the Far East, will represent the United68 words
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Article22 1955-09-03 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri.-The University of Hong Kons Alumni Association, central Malaya, is holding its annual reunion dinner on Sept. 24.22 words
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Article36 1955-09-03 4 MALAYS for talks on COCOA COM! I faction. eighth elpa] c Uirouthoui .from the 1 "irodur. nigh pr London cuw c cntro: Only IDOunced th:rd Cocoa has air i follow T 111 Tr. Althougl difficult 136 words
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Article16 1955-09-03 4 man Tj old a: Azh arrive! day. Hp i rally organi Malays I16 words
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Article15 1955-09-03 4 pknano y rbe Pent Rural Boar George Ti $20,000 inn fire Qghting rural15 words
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Advertisement138 1955-09-03 4 f COC° M SOUTMMN COTI DOR I Oi> G.n COCKTAIL rr-II T t I f I COCKTAIL I Dry Martini I I 2 S«««t 1 IIIPSP nPllrthtTUL I 1 2 Dry G,n N 1 Vwrroufh, I 4 WHt Mort.n. V,,. /T >. 1 tILM, UL li^fllj 111 t Vf D^138 words
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Article, Illustration64 1955-09-03 5 Last chat— then good-bye GOVERNOR and LADY BLACK SEE MacDONALD OFF E TIRING Commissioner-General, Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald, waiks to his ie with the Governor, Sir Robert Black, and Lady Black, after saying good-bye to crowd which had turned out at Paya Lebar airport to bid Him farewell. He ip64 words
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Article, Illustration21 1955-09-03 5 'NAL FAREWELLS: At left, to Lady Biack; ax right, to the GovernorStraits Times pictures.21 words
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Article70 1955-09-03 5 ON LABOUR PROBLEMS THE co incil of the Sin- < Trades Union 'Kress will meet to1|!''nv and appoint a "■'il committee to ibour problems Colony, the prelent. Mi. S. Jaganaaid yesterday. mmittee will submit morandum to the Govtte r it has studied I DM. than said there70 words
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Article36 1955-09-03 5 Lim will open b oys' club ter for Labour Bock wlf*' Mr Lmi Yew ctepntlH for the kr, Mr. David opening the new '.I' "/.the Katong Boys' ■uillen.ard Road, t 5 p.m. today. a is sick.36 words
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Article167 1955-09-03 5 ...but that means the public must give $300,000 to the sports fund THE City Council has decided to contribute up to $150,000 to, the Singapore Youth Sports Centre Fund on a basis ol 50 cents for every dollar from the public. This Is the second largest amount promised167 words
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Article17 1955-09-03 5 Att ap hut fire *ged an attap I Ui Kayu. Singa"ight. Villagers before the 01 Uie brigade.17 words
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Article221 1955-09-03 5 GABBICK: Halla Oulla Hindi) 3.15. 6.30, 915; Tel *****. KING'S: Zorro's Dream 115, 3 30, 7. 9.30; morning show—Calamity Jane, 10 a.m midnight— Ace Ton Mool (Hokkleni; TeL CATHAY: The Prodigal— ll. 1 45 4 15 6.45. 9.30; morning show B-xnba Jungle O'rl. 9 a.m.; mid. night—221 words
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Article43 1955-09-03 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Ftl. A domestic science wing has been added to the Oetnereh Malay Girls School. Segamat at a cost of $3,510. RIDA gave $2,910 towards the cost and balance was the value of self-help from the kampong people.43 words
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Article107 1955-09-03 5 THROUGH TRAINS AGAIN New rail link around cave-in IPOH, Frl. WORKMEN have com- pleted the halfmile semi circle deviation of the railway line at Lahat, seven miles south of Ipoh, where a giant cave-in took place on Wednesday. Working round the clock since Wednesday, rallwaymen laying the new track from107 words
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Article43 1955-09-03 5 Assemblyman 'at home Mr. Scan Peng Chuan, Singapore's Legislative Assemblyman for Kampong Kapor Division, will hold his meet-the- people sessions at the Labour Front Kampong Kapor Branch at 26. Dunlop Street every Monday. The first will take place on Monday at 6 p.m.43 words
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Article269 1955-09-03 5 RUBBER THIEF MAY BOW TO SCIENCE Chemists have a plan to stop stealing wave on estates KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. ILfODERN science may be called on to help check iTI the wave of rubber thefts on estates all over the Federation. The beat-the-thleves-by-science plan ls suggested In an editorial in the269 words
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Article84 1955-09-03 5 Contempt probe by lawyer SINGAPORE Chinese newspapers which published comment about a eaae arminxt a Chinese former schoolteacher when the hearing was pending may be accused of contempt of court. Mr T. T. Rajah, who is appearing for Chan Shook Yau, yesterday said that he was hartng the Chinese reports84 words
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Article55 1955-09-03 5 PENANG. Fn Nursing through the age.s from 2,000 B.C. to the 20th century waa depicted In the pageant of nursing which opened laat night. Hundreds axmed with umbrella* watched the colourful tableaux In the rain on the grounds of the Penang Central Hospital The pageant will55 words
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Article40 1955-09-03 5 The Singapore Chines* Bports Association has given $100 each to the Royal Singapore Tuberculosis Clinic. St. Andrew's Mission Hospital. Kwong Wai Siu Free Hospital, and the Tong ('hay Medical Institution to commemorate it* 25th anniversary.40 words
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Advertisement231 1955-09-03 5 AVAII rOURSILF OF 20 paM of eiptr.«»<c ,n e.t.if d«»tlop*nrn» by CREDIT FONCIER MIYIR CHAMBERS 3rd FLOOR 'RAFFLES PLACE: FRANKEL ESTATE OPERA ESTATE FIRST CLASS NEWLY RECENTLY COMPLETED DEVELOPED EST«TF A T ESTATE «i M.S. CHANCI ROAD BETWEEN CHANCI 6 EAST COAST KOAD', NIAR THI SIA (A NEW LARGE ACCESS231 words
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Miscellaneous49 1955-09-03 5 M Di Di »^9 3i v I t^B O 7 t w fl TODAY KATONG BOYS 1 CLUB: OpenIng of new clubhouse »t OuiUernard Road, 5 p m n mw* SINGAPORE CIVIL »t"; N < Ay s e T.^0 e HN 9 A P MBtXANCEBRI tlc!^ R<*d. b I- i.i-49 words
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Miscellaneous54 1955-09-03 5 VM.c.% i Orchard Road): Tabie-tennls, Singapore Chew Club 3 p.m.; Movie Circle ntiam "JvU ThLs Onre" 8 p.m WE8LEY U.V.T.: Badminton, Uble-tennu. netball at Fort ■^ffilKMSl 'AST' HOC.ETV: KxhlblUon of worlu by women artUU of Malaya, British Council art gallery Stum ford Road. 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Same for54 words
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Miscellaneous53 1955-09-03 5 TOMORROW POLICE BAND: Public concert ■t the EapUnade, 7 p.m. to 8 urn < HI RCH OF SACRED BEAST (Tank Roach: Ponttncal High Mau Mnglnf by BUhop PrancU Chan. 8 am. TELOK AYEB Mil: Cabinet meeting 2 p.m.; devotional meeting with mwaace by Mr Daniel Bundram, church auditorium, 235. Telok53 words
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Obituary41 1955-09-03 6 2H M-,,rf« imtmmum). MOAIOTM In Loving i>l Horace Nelson who 1 on 3 9.53. Sadly I bj I. ls wife and children HITCHAM In Loving Memory I Dear Beloved Husband of bo Ui«l 3ici Sept. 1939— c will understand."41 words
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Article126 1955-09-03 6 H,,rd, $1$ (minimum). m I'BIMNT EvM-y Day 1 I Mall' If voii want to 1111 word puzzle. ASK FOR SK ?o evervonf says. Best Bi.scuiu and I en V PARMESTICKS i| cbeaM appetizers by di biscuit* for the I KgtaU Robinson ULIE ANN DRESS-SHOP. 34 I .i Jul:e Ann126 words
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496 1955-09-03 6 The Straits Times Singapore. Sat. Sept. 3. 1955. Success Of A Mission Tomorrow the Secretary of State for the Colonies returns to the United Kingdom. When Mr. Lennox-Boyd"s Malayan tour was being planned, no-one gave a thought to junior ministers in Singapore. Still less could anyone have foreseen that out496 words
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Article390 1955-09-03 6 The 15-day strike of City Council workers ha t ended. The Council has been generous in its concessions; it has given in to all but one of the major demands made by the workers. The one demand on which the Council has stood firm is on strike390 words
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Article306 1955-09-03 6 The Singapore Fourth Magistrate has acquired a reputation for unorthodox behaviour on the Bench Often he has been praLsed for tempering the letter of the law with the humanitarian touch. But for his latest pronouncement Mr. Devereux-Cole-boum must expect only the strongest criticism. During the hearing of306 words
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Article1120 1955-09-03 6 CYNICUS - CYNICUS by SYMBOLIC use of left and rißht to denote shades of political thought is firmly entrenched in most languages today, although its use first arose in France. There the Chamber of Deputies is unlike the British pattern of Parliament. The members do not sit in1,120 words
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Article799 1955-09-03 6 n<*ti>h*ntk WHEN the World AsfT sembly of Youth gathered in Singapore, not so long ago. the delegates expressed amazement over the freedom with which, in what they had been led to believe was a "police state," all races mixed and mingled good humouredly on the Padang. Probably799 words
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Article147 1955-09-03 6 From the Struit* Time* of Sept. 7, 1905 MESSRS Duplre and Co have sold a splendid ten horse-power De Dion touring motor car to Mr David Neave. of Port Dickson The car is the wellknown motor lhat the Messrs Duplre and Mr Kester have been seen driving147 words
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Advertisement615 1955-09-03 6 CLASSIFIED ADS. 10 W,,r4. lit tmlndmmm). I AMPRECHT: To Ronemarv and i son brother to Chrb-tlan. and Johannes. 2.9.55 at N Wmm fin (minimum). \SO En« Klat. teacher. r istltuUoo Singapore son v the Luc Mr. Koh Boon lacca, and Poh Kirn, I T. 0.8., Taiplng. daush- Mrs. Ang Chal615 words
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Advertisement33 1955-09-03 6 CERMAN PIN ▼Smite incomparjbl* for visible ink filling capacity, reliability b pricc-worthinett. Agents <k Service Stations: EVERBRICHT OPTICAL CO., 19. 1 huh.. St., S'porr-l. fNC SENC MEDICAL CO.. t, Ah Quw St., Prnang33 words
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Advertisement39 1955-09-03 6 there *s interesting variety V.. \1 in kill; a m kK: Moiira I \ni|>«n» n CU- l«w iit'tr rvi€»asvs fttfet V At.-in a la king k TV Man I 1..w; .1. rVnnx Cmrfmtn A <>.. S-.tra n _^^aJB fSS** I39 words
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Article173 1955-09-03 7 THEY AGREE TO INDEPENDFMT COMMISSION ON CONSTITUTIONAL REFORMS pv BRITAIN CONSENT <S UA\NCE K \IPUR, Fri. r ir Malay Rulers agreed to the request for independent com- ion to consider to the Consti- w*B learnt ent follows Colonial Alan Lon- 1 the Chief ;.u173 words
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Article, Illustration297 1955-09-03 7 VfICHAEL PASQUAL. lfl 27-year-old forenan of the Straits Times advertising department, leaves this norning on a Pan\mer i c a n Airways jlane for London where it- is to take a special me-year advanced •ourse in printing. The Straits Times is .sendng Michael to297 words
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Article53 1955-09-03 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. The Chief Minister. Ten«ku Abdul Rahman, told a party of Perak Chinese middle school teachers here today that the Chinese language would rv encouraged in the federation. Although Malay would be the one official language, this did not mean that other tongues would53 words
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Article55 1955-09-03 7 The Singapore Air Ministry Local Staff Union yesterday held discussions with Mr K W Barltrop. Labour Advivr to the Colonial Secretary. Mr Lennox Boyd A union spokesman said 1 that the discussions "were most cordial and illuminating Mr Barltrop will meet the i officials of the55 words
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Article53 1955-09-03 7 Mr. T. D Ommanney Director of the Singapore Regional Fisheries Research Station yesterday opened thr first exhibition of the Singa- pore Aquartsts' Society, heir! at the Happy World Sta dlum. Six hundred tanks, containing hundreds <M varieties of fish, are on display. The exhibition53 words
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Article31 1955-09-03 7 The wife of an army officer living in a boarding house in Cairnhlll Road. Singapore lost 1112 from a handbag sh«> left on a chair in her room31 words
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Article, Illustration51 1955-09-03 7 11CTIRED at the Isiai.a i».,.it. Jonure Bahru, MMft* day morning when the Colonial secretary. Mr. Lennox Boyd, visited the Sultan of Johore. From left to right: Mr Lennox B<»yd, the Sultan, the Sultanah. Lady Patricia. Princess Miriam and her nurse. Straits Times51 words
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191 1955-09-03 7 A FAMOUS CAR TAKES BOYD TO THE SULTAN JOHORE BAHRU. Friday. 4 BULLET-PROOF car used by Sir Winston Churchill during World War II was used by the Colonial Secretary. Mr. Alan Lennox Boyd, when he sited Johore Bahru this morning. twas accompanied by Patricia and the it ion High CommlsSir191 words
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Article80 1955-09-03 7 KIALA Ll'MPl R. Fri. THK Prisons Department has introduced a parole system for prisoners serving terms of four years or more. Rules for the new scheme were gazetted today. Prisoners who have only about two to four months more to serve will be80 words
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Article28 1955-09-03 7 PKNANG, Fri Muslims vishing to make the pilgrimiee to Mecca next year may icw register with the Ferie■ation Pilgrimage Control Dfflcer, Tuan Haji All Rouse28 words
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Article47 1955-09-03 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri— The Malayan Indian Congress has offered six gold medals to the winners of a Tamil song contest here on Sept. 11. The competition will .start it 9 a.m. at the Vivekananda Tamil School. Brickfields, and open to boys and girls.47 words
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Article139 1955-09-03 7 Ferry men scared SERVICE AT A HALT PORT SWETTENHAM. Fri. FEAR today stopped the ferry service between Port Swettenham and Pulau Ketam. an island 12 miles from here. Launch operators suspended passenger service because they were afraid of reprisals from the port's sampan men. Under a new ruling, the launches139 words
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Article53 1955-09-03 7 The New Zealand Commissioner in Singapore and Malaya. Mr. Foss Shanahan, returned to Singapore yesterday after spending four days in Kuala Lumpur where he represented his country at the opening of the Federal Legislative Council. Mr Shanahan had discussions with leaders of the federation Government and53 words
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Article94 1955-09-03 7 STRIKE at HUME IS OVER 76 return to work Xl ALA LUMPUR. Fri A settlement was reached here today in the dispute between Hume Industries Ltd. and iU Kaala Lumpur factory worker*. The 76 men who have been on strike for the last 1? days wHI resume work to morrow94 words
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Article79 1955-09-03 7 To be broken up Three tugs, the Silversides, the Croaker and the Flounder, yesterday towed the burnt-out hulk of the Lexa Maersk to Bungei Pandan off Pasir Panjang. where it will be finally broken up. The 15-mile tow from TanJong Rhu to Bungei Pandan took five79 words
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Article23 1955-09-03 7 The World Health Organisation staff stationed in Singapore are exempt from the Central Provident Fund Ordinance, the Government announced last night23 words
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Article35 1955-09-03 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri Negotiations between the Central Electricity Board and its daily-rated employes' union on claims for wage increases were continued today The dispute involves 1.700 daily-rated workers of the CE.B.35 words
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Article88 1955-09-03 7 CITY COUNCILLOR IDENTIFIES BODY FROM SEA K NAVARATNAM, 35. an assistant postmaster at Sepoy Lines post office, Singapore, was found drowned in the soa off Meyer Road. The body was identified b> a City Councillor. Mr S. M. Vasagar yesterday. Navaratnam. whose widow and two children live in88 words
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Article223 1955-09-03 7 'BIG SWEEP' BEGINS IN COLONY 5,000 tons of refuse is collected rIE 8.000 Singapore City Council labourers who returned to work yestrrrlay after their l.'i <lav strike, worked doubly hard to get things hack to normal. Instead of stopping? work at 2.30 p.m.. they continned the "big sweep" for a223 words
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Article, Illustration75 1955-09-03 7 New stamps on sale tomorrow SIM. \l OKI i.rnrul ro»l Of In.- and other sub post offices throughout the olony mil be opened tomorrow specially for the sj|e of the new s.t of «t.imp> with ratrh ing design* and > ilours The stamps, in rirnominations of one. (wo. four. five.75 words
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Article30 1955-09-03 7 KUALA LUMPUR six-year-old boy. Ngnh T>i Soon. di«*d In ho.spltal after ■he was knocked down by I car in Pahang Road. K.i.i!a 1 Lumpur, this afternoon.30 words
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Advertisement55 1955-09-03 7 i i iBflSSm #Bw Ye», that's right I When you eat Batchelors Peas you know they are »h« best peas you've ever tasted. Plump, lender and oh, so delicious! And so nourishing, too, because they are rich in protein. Batchelors are the perfect vegetable. Try Irxsm today -you'll love fhem55 words
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Advertisement95 1955-09-03 7 the be*t t^lumbincj and \f-itting6 fri™ rr q if 7 com,to w A TTS& $mj BAKER SANITARY ENGINEERS PLUMBERS JO4-N ORCHARD ROAD TIL ***** EMBASSY HOTEL LIMITED •46 MEYER ROAD D.r>r »r«t Djrnr Bv«ry Saturday Mlßhi Bxiension le 1.00 n.m To-morrow TIFFIN DANCE from 1.00 to 4-OO p.m. V*<*lii»t Mitt95 words
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Miscellaneous179 1955-09-03 7 The weather MIMMIN 1 1 MII K\ I I Xl 7 :iip 1 1 ii on Sr\n lto 7 30 m ,on Srpl 2 1 Singapore 73 drurra PwrnnK 72 Koii Bhaiu 72 Kuala Lumpur fi9 Ipoh 74. Kuantwn 70 I N.UIMI'N 1 r M II K\l I K I179 words
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Article473 1955-09-03 8 Wife tells court: I saw murder attack 1. 'China Street people 9 2. 'They sell fish 9 3. 'Tua Pooi fishmonger' A 25-YEAR-OLD DRIVING instructor, Pek Boon Viam, who was beaten to death in Singapore a few months ago, tried to describe his attackers to473 words
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Article39 1955-09-03 8 MALACCA. Fri Shortage of iron and vitamin tablets for expectant mothers at the only welfare infant clinic here is over. The clinic yesterday received 300 bottles of these tablets, a gift from a Penane firm39 words
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Article20 1955-09-03 8 Ipoh. Fri. Terrorist shots missed a prllce vehicle on Jenalik EstaU- in the Orik area of Perak yesterday20 words
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Article, Illustration56 1955-09-03 8 SHE'S OFF TO BRITAIN TO STUDY AMONG 60 Singapore and Federation students, who sailed in the P and O liner < iirfu ve<tterday for further studies in Britain. was pretty 21 -year-old Ali«« Sylvia Perera. (above). An old of St. Margarets School, Sylvia is joining Edinburgh I'niversity for a two-year56 words
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Article102 1955-09-03 8 Father of eight gets death KUALA LUMPUR. Frl. EIOHT young children waiting outside the High Court here today with their mother wept when ih«y wore told that their father, a 44-year-old rubber tapper. S. Arumugam. had been sentenced to death for murdct. Arumugam was found guilty of the murder of102 words
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Article32 1955-09-03 8 JOHORE BAHRU. fYi Mr Chen Stew Suan. a teachfr at the Bukit Zahrah School for the last 28 years, has died H.- is survived by hii wife and several children.32 words
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Article203 1955-09-03 8 Fish— 3,ooo piculs more a month BID TO BRING IN JAP SUPPLIES 4 NEWLY-FORMED company has presented a plan to Singapore Government to increase the colony's fish supplies by 3.000 piculs a month. The plan is to Ret Japanese trawlers direct to Singa- pore from their fishing grounds It is203 words
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Article32 1955-09-03 8 The Sultan of Brunei, nw in Singapore was invited to Kuala Lumpur by the Sultan of Selanuor Ho will visit Ipoh and Penanß before returning to Brunei32 words
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233 1955-09-03 8 Man who punched P.C. is put on bond IPOH, Fri. (\SE OF two men charged with assaulting a policeman, who allegedly called a padre "a bloody fool." was today acquitted by the Ipoh magistrate. Inche Jamal bin Abdul Latin, acquitted 8 Onaniah. 37. a labourer, of a charge of punching233 words
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Article52 1955-09-03 8 Kan Yam Kee. of Tanjong Pagar Road, Singapore, who Is oming the Comptroller of li.come Tax $12,217 on a -udgment debt was ad indicated a bankrupt in the High Court yesterdayKan told the court that he was unemployed at present and that he could not make52 words
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Article43 1955-09-03 8 Francis Ramdhas. a former lawyer's clerk, was adjudicated a bankrupt by the acting Chief Justice. Mr Justice Taylor in Singapore yesterday The debto. filed his own petition and his liabilities amounted to $3,805 which he owed among six creditor?43 words
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Article27 1955-09-03 8 SEOAMAT. Fri -North Johcre Indian .schools will hold an exhibition of arts and crafts and give a concert on Sept 9 and 10 at Begamat27 words
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Advertisement183 1955-09-03 8 ONE O- THE WORLDS MOST DESIRED WATCHES All component parts Ate -nanufaetured and assembled by 1200 skilled employees in our factories established in 1888. Experience and continuous research together with the aid of the l.itrst technical developments, achieve precision ,md durability. 100 waterproof />%^^^P% Shock resistant /N vjhj. *'«\L f183 words
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Advertisement369 1955-09-03 8 I Your toyo rrany °n A B TOP QI I Bmtt Brands for Best Business in N*u I "AMILAN" Nylon Ulament >. ms Spun N>ion Varna, HoollwSvlon (RtrHrh NvU,, v I 2*25 Br V M V N > l{ '^ft SiT A Nylon Trimt "TOYOLAN" N>lon.Ra>on»UnHHsn, 1 v, I "SUPER369 words
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Miscellaneous285 1955-09-03 8 RADIO MALAYA f p r ,v a^., rrnsrammr. thuv marked ran U^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^m he rrrti\t4 t>» lUlrnrn in I Malarra Shart wave 4S A Rm I I f T T Jf 1 1 1 M.dium wave Chm 143 IMaa IMOHi|M r.M. MOO Programme Sum SltiViArOAL mary: -1.30 New.; 145 Ttme For285 words
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Article, Illustration1639 1955-09-03 9 Malaya entered World War II unaware of the future T^ the second time in a little over X twenty years Great Britain and trance are at war with Germany and we may thank God for it." Thus the leading article in the Straits Times when Britain with all her dominions,1,639 words
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Advertisement149 1955-09-03 9 FOUNTAIN I PEN S J pint point 'of tt,e wsy you Mfy Ifm/raom »io— i sxaaur f ricoiml— fD mil KMOM Hri ftfmt. Md*j*. D MOORE LTIX >por»-t. I B>«// turns $M. LEAHINCO I pore T.I 11U* T YARDLEY LAVENDER OOP_NEWSH REDUCTION HONE RECORDS A I i.tlish Musirl ■I I149 words
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Advertisement8 1955-09-03 9 JIOXUAY Drntr from "ihr moon' l« Sinitjtpurr j8 words
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Advertisement434 1955-09-03 9 HUP YOUR PEN C^ PERFORM y&i, ITS BESTI VN V -C USE i *rt^i-^ > F| I You can avoid annoying Cir'l/£*|~ troubles by using Quink -l^V^ exclusively in your r >cn. tlll/nfr Quink's special ingredie- T^"'' 1 K-x, actually cleans your th* only ink P™ as il writcv jj434 words
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Miscellaneous133 1955-09-03 9 Jii:\- jlvryan. 31.1). Was tvrritivd Divk Travy mmm arrival ■H^HHBH rp"eßMAPs.stßibT ve&mv 1 T wwo T>vwen i wenttdl |MEA^JwwLE.AN aiblinpr BETTED MAKE FOKNTA I VMtfi THAT TU6 DOOO I VMftS ARRIVED FOOM SOUTH and y 5 I alTaLtooet^ >*wv doTt *Sv?X I optulbopoep. /i ANOTHER > NK coat UKE me133 words
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643 1955-09-03 10 RUBBER PRICE IMPROVES 5J CENTS ON BETTER TONE By Our Market Correspondent THERE waH a distinctly better sentiment on the Singapore Rubber Market yesterday and continued demand by Continental countries and genuine trade interest added five and a quarter cents to the price. September first grade, which had gained three643 words
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Article451 1955-09-03 10 AFTER last week's uncertainty the rubber market lapsed into the doldrums during the early part of the week, state Holiday. Cutler. Bath Si Co. Ltd. Most operators were quieter and looking for some trend to work on. But for four days the price remained at451 words
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Article139 1955-09-03 10 September Arst grade rubber buyers fob closed in Singapore yesterday at »15O\ per Ib five and a quarter cants above Thursday's closing price. The ctasuifc tone was firm Closing prices in cents per Ib were: No. 1 RBS Spot fob buyers ISO. sellers 150',. No 1 R.SB September139 words
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Article40 1955-09-03 10 On the free rx -hange market in Hong Kong yesterday the US dollar was quoted at 5 .80S for cash snd 5«3 v f.n TT Sterling wn quoted at 15.51 and on* tael of gold at 252 V40 words
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Article22 1955-09-03 10 Taksjaps) Valley mln* worked 615 hours in August and won 5M pi< uU of tin ore from 160.000 cubic yards.22 words
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Article308 1955-09-03 10 The Malaya r Share Brokers' As sociation. Singaixjre section report- d The i(ral share market today was a .shade firmer with a fair volume of business transacted in all sections. Singapore brokers reported the follow in? business done—Frascr and Neave onis |1.T1%, $1.72' i; O.immon *2 tii Malayan308 words
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Article111 1955-09-03 10 Ship* lying alongvid* Ihr Singap«re Harbour Board wharves or operUdJ taatoy are: Palmf -> Mariner 12. Donal 4 V BelhMlir C.P. Ttgelberg Mathilde Maer^k •t. Lycaon 11. Eastern Quern 13 14. State of Madras IS IS B- navon 18 That 19 20 Bruas N Wall 3. Peralr N. Wall111 words
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225 1955-09-03 10 rE new Indonesian Oovernment does not Intend to devalue the ruplah and has no plan to Introduce compulsory loans as suggested recently by the Vice-President Dr Hatta, declared Dr. Sumitro. the Indonesian Finance Minister at a press conference, cables the Straits Times Jakarta Correspondent. Dr.225 words
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Article43 1955-09-03 10 AUSTRALIAN STOCKS Ir. bi mor» Exchange offeren SEE"' Con Bank >■ Mouni N Btu,-, HUl 5n Mount Pekn Anipr,] e> OH Bet Aum con A PM I B. Hiil Courtaui'i Dunk.-, E!ec Skte Pelt nr.d O. J r Herald I.C I. S«an Br> Woolmo:43 words
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Article51 1955-09-03 10 mi:a i chan^-r yestertJ.! Copra q ber $26 October 121 C<<onu' $41. Pepper reported Sarawak |1< Special Ban Septemb. •ieilfry. sellers Tone M.( R lid tern ber *27' t Kllei $26 bu dull 4 p ■"eller.v buyers. 127 October I H B lld roroiwt »i| prices: t. $4251 words
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Advertisement558 1955-09-03 10 NOTICES MISSING ACCEPTANCE Or PRIVATE any PFRwm ».h knows CANDIDATES FOR Tilt ANY PERSONS who knows itiuii'i.-i»«itv tw whereabout, of Lim Chin 8rn K r .MRHIii? -a iivi' R <f» alias Urn Sen* who has disappear- L;\7 ll^' 1 i,.!. ,Vw- i rt^ ed from hU home at Parlt SCHOOL558 words
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Advertisement544 1955-09-03 10 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS APPLICATIONS are invited from Federal citizen* for appotnti ment as Probationer Laboratory Assistant In the Canning Research Station. Federal Department of Agriculture, Johore. Duties will Include experimental and analytical work In connection with research In the preservation of Malayan fruits and vegetables Balary: $137 50 x 7.50 152.50/544 words
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Advertisement778 1955-09-03 10 NOTICES STRAITS PLANTATIONS, LIMITED. In his statement sccompanjrlim the account* for the \ear ended March 31. 1055. thr Chairman. SIR ERIC MACFADYEN says: 1954-55 was an indifferent copra crop vr-ar In Lower Perak but there was no similar falling off In yield of palm oil. and In addition we had778 words
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Advertisement408 1955-09-03 10 iSiaip^; '•>■ 'llr, TIN KM KNUTSEN LINE Fast and Regular Servic, fROM CANADA US PACIFIC PORTS- 30 DAY; Sailing Arriving San FraiKisce Singapore P Swct Pon.n, F Annj Bakkc 13 Aug 1 6 Sept 1 8 Sept 1 9 Sept Ogekj Bakke 3 Sept 3 Oct II Oct 12 Get408 words
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Advertisement798 1955-09-03 11 I o5 MANSFIELD tfc CO., LTD, Tot, T«' rated m Singopore, THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE R ro oL.- Glasgow. KWTU&ssa'agi L>v-e Soils p r tVll/14 Sep, 5 u*^™ "Wg sept ,4 RJ Jj£S Jj JJ/JJ S«Pt 11 So* 17 So. 11/21 Sep, 22/21 Sept II Sot 21 Sept 24 /2798 words
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Advertisement1145 1955-09-03 11 EAST ASIATIC UNE tmm r SAILINGS TO CONTINENT/SCANOINAVIA rer Aoea. Pert Sold. Gene*. Antwerp, Rottoreem, Hamhu't Capowhmn, Gethenhwrg ft Oslo "win*.. P Vt-«m Penong t/12 Sep* 11/11 So* 14/1 S tot .55?'*" *»P» 14/14 tot !fit M IT/lf t* t CW™, K.rH*aaln /If Calls Berrottth SAILINGS FROM KANDINAVIA/UK /CONTINENT "PASADENA"1,145 words
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Advertisement1035 1955-09-03 11 UNION pjapjscsp. P mi OWVAMtm* tT "J»sT» TIL N# •uiiDiNC THE BEN LINE STEAMEHoi LTD. ***** UNGAPORE (Incorporated in the United Kmgoom) LINU SAILINGS TO U.K. AM* CONTINENTAL PORTS S por* P. S'hom Penang •Benmhor 'or Londen, Rc*ter-lom 6 ISSeiltlS.pt Dsraot arrives Un«e* IS tep* Bankiwon for L'verpnol, Rotterdam Antwerp1,035 words
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Advertisement1231 1955-09-03 11 McALISTER «Jg CO., LTD. TEL N* 2.141 ItIBHI,iH IDCKNALL KLAVENEII LDfK LOMBON. NARVf, ROTTERDAM, LOS ANGELES. SAN FRANCISCO. HAMtoofi PORTLAND, tEATTU ft VANCOUVER ond for USA.. North Atlantic Pott Amptmp ear*, far Central ft teeth ond Conoda ond vio Colombo America CITT o» pcsOma SUNNTVILLE PW S'por* f. Shorn fonong1,231 words
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Article215 1955-09-03 12 WORST PROBLEM OF THE STRIKE rpHE ordinary man was not interested whether the demands submitted by the City Council labourers which culminated in the recent strikp were legitimate or not, but one point needing the immediate attention of the authorities concerned is the removal of night soil. We read daily215 words
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Article83 1955-09-03 12 on the way home from school one day, I saw a bip car beinp driven with .such tremendous speed that when it turned a corner near the market In Jalan Water Work* it .swept into the grass lane by the side of the road. To my83 words
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Article45 1955-09-03 12 IMIKRF ar c many instant pn where new arrivals who have come here on six months' holidays, find employment and are still in this country. It is high time the Immigration Department did some investigations. KM HOR I I (i\(, Singapore.45 words
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Article, Illustration320 1955-09-03 12 "OFFICE IS A MANY -ATTIRED THING" OEGARDING the pro- posed ban on toddy drinking, it is pertinent to sound a note of warning on behalf of the inarticulate South Indian labourers. Legislators are often slow in the understanding of the human element in all social320 words
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Article172 1955-09-03 12 NOT THE WAY TO TREAT A FRIEND WITH the coming of internal politics. Singapore has clearly forgotten Its good manners This U patent by the fact that a very loyal friend of Britain. the ruler of a most important small country and one which helped Malaya in its hour of172 words
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Article116 1955-09-03 12 IT Is interesting to note that the Traffic Police will soon be introducing a scheme, whereby all roads where accidents occur frequently wIH be marked with a signboard. The scheme will greatly benefit not only mo' but all other users of the roads However, the ignboard116 words
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Article132 1955-09-03 12 Prison too grim for 'sick men' rEKK haa been some talk recently of somr radical changes that are being made in our prison* system. One of the first things that I would have changed i' the uniforms of the prison warden. These men look more like combat-ready infantrymen with their132 words
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Article71 1955-09-03 12 ONE of the primary tasks of the Alliance Government will be to put the country on a sound financial footing which after all means the success or failure of anf Oovernment I suggest it should start pruning down the expenditure of the Malayan Film Unit for a start,71 words
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Letter68 1955-09-03 12 IF one wants to Ml and hear mil.:: Ilngualsm In action, without Interpreters, the ideal place is the premises of the Singapore Telephone Board in Hill Street. It is suggested that booths, sound-proofed, be installed like the booths outside the office. Then multl llnguallsm can be68 words
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Letter76 1955-09-03 12 Leaders can's back-pedal IIfHY is it that in Malaya and Singapore violence is connected with strikes? We do not hear of strikers in UK or U.B.A. using violence. The Oovernment ha* given the strikers the privilege of striking, but this is no excuse for violence. Cannot the strikers strike peacefully76 words
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Letter110 1955-09-03 12 MALAYA, a conglomeration of peoples, must fuse the various l.m guages into a Malayan one. In this way the people* of Ma'.aya are regarded as equ.i's and justice is met. The National Antheni. will I am sure, not receive the respect that should be accorded it.110 words
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Letter83 1955-09-03 12 IN a rosmopolltian country like Malaya, where all nationalities live In harmony, it us iinpn^ivi 1 to see Ministers drawn from various communities wearing their national costume at official functions If Mr Sambnnth in copies our Indian Minister '.s dress, what difference does it make? What83 words
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Letter65 1955-09-03 12 Don't forget the policemen IT is Interesting to know that the Singapore branch of UMNO may re quest the Singapore Government to set up a commission to enquire into the service conditions of the Malay .soldiers Since UMNO is championing the cause of the Malay soldiers, let us hope t65 words
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Letter94 1955-09-03 12 ONE of the most thrilling and exclUn* sports, the Orand Prix, was cancelled last year because the event Interrupted the Johore Oovernment working day. This year I ♦hink, the most suitable time Is during the Johore Sultan > diamond jubilee celebrations. In previous years the94 words
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Letter55 1955-09-03 12 \IUCH has been ;:ad about prostitution and the bad girls being disgrace to the country, but not a word of criticism of the men who make it possible for these airls to operate Our system of living breaks down if we cannot take care of55 words
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Letter81 1955-09-03 12 1 took a taxi home after marketing The distance was not more than a quarter of a mile I paid the driver 40 cents i according to the meter i but was surprised when he said that he wanted 00 cents The meter showed no other81 words
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Letter53 1955-09-03 12 Angered by audacity I WAS Rreatlj altered by the report that when he was told by our Chief Minister that strikers had no riuht to obstruct workers. Mr Kriahnan said. We will continue to obstruct." Buch audacity in defying i authority is intolerable, and should not be passed over lightly.53 words
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Letter53 1955-09-03 12 /\N August 20 I travelled by bu.s from Malacca bus stand to Batu Beremdam police station, about four miles for 20 cents On my return by another company, the conductor char- ged me 30 cents. I hop? the Malacca councillors will try to get fares i53 words
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Letter49 1955-09-03 12 TODDY drinking bringa humiliation, degradation and ultimate ruin Not only is. the hard-earned money of the labourers be- Ing spent worthlessly but they themselves slip into shame and Ignominy. Why does not the Government close down all toddy shops in the country? D ABISHEGA.M. Kr*npa*.49 words
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Letter59 1955-09-03 12 Ideal for the Federation 'TRAFFIC accidents occur daily and take many innocent lives Traffic accidents in the Federation are more numerous than in Singapore and effective measures to decrease their number are very essential The Singapore scheme to identify all roads and spots where accidents occur frequently would be an59 words
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Advertisement112 1955-09-03 12 iherell be one m/i** <^ next door to Zffi^^L you soon! >c^^ because ATCO gives you //^/f^^H^'l) Y> Quicker, Easier Mowing W/ j(Q"^^ of Less Cos/ fo^jmffly] mowers A Wd'^mKrSr*^: fJ Phone or fill in the B^^^A coupon bc/ow and post K I P^KfiMwly the ATCO MotAf Mower at h<vn*112 words
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Advertisement134 1955-09-03 12 DULUX* GLOSS FINISH PENTALITE EMULSION PAINT For colour, long life and better decoration indoors and out Say DULUX PENTAL to your dt*ronitor THEYRE gyyj f tikes the guesswork OUf Of Smith-Corona Sole Aq«ntt TTfEWWTWS (MALAYA) LIMITED .lit HMIH Mil I.IMMtI miriHi itiu »•••!< lilt Ml MUIiU H*l* Mill I»MI» 'My134 words
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429 1955-09-03 13 Singapore will see Levulai, Naidole next Saturday JgINC.APOKK will sec the recurd-breaking Fijian athletes, the Levula brothers, Joe and Kmosi. and Tomasi Naidolc in action next Saturday. The Fijians will be competing against Singapore Civilians and Singapore Services in a triangular athletic match429 words
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170 1955-09-03 13 THE strength of this year's Royal Air Force Singapore timmiu team v 111 be gauged at their annu.i! liHmptonshlpb at Seletar on Wednesday The airmen hope to enter a formidable team in the Cnmbmed Senlcrs uala un Sept 21 Favourites for the RAP170 words
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Article182 1955-09-03 13 lOUAI »<>( I Mi HporUman* Trwphv AJIStncaporr r«liT..imn. Jalan Bmr 5.1% p.m.; S.VFA Janlor (up Y M S A t Kat«n» St., Jalan Hr.^r 4 p.m.; frtrndlv Amrnal S.C v S'por*Has, Dtetrirt Karrrr Park. MM Hoath fca-U \»a UMf"' championship* final*. Mlngaporr Hadni.n on SUdium. R p.m. HCM182 words
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Article21 1955-09-03 13 Singapore Recrea'ion Club bej' Royal Malayan N»vv 3-.' in friendly hockey match on tlv I SRC pad.mc yesterday21 words
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148 1955-09-03 13 MELBOURNE. Fri QOrBT has been raised by newspapers here on the availability of Australia's Test captain 37-year-old. Lan Johnson for big cricket next season. John.%on said today hr would not make a decision on hi* future for148 words
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Article158 1955-09-03 13 FIFTEEN -YEAR -OLD Fong Scow Hor of Penang E bettered the 200 metres butterfly record in the Singapore Amateur Swimming Assoriat ion's championships at the Chinese Swimming Club yesterday This was the first record to fall in the champion- snips. Kong returned 2nnn 56.45 ec158 words
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Article250 1955-09-03 13 S. Africans England team draw HASTINGS Fri I^HK South African cricketers and I an England XI drew in their three-day festival much which ended rure today The South Africans declared In i heir second lnnlns> during the afternoon at 3g7 for nine leaving the England aid? to get 235 to250 words
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Article71 1955-09-03 13 84 -RUN WIN Singapore Combined Schoolboys beat United Kingdom Stltoolbov* by $4 mn* in their friend)) «:nket match at 'he Sepoy Line.i yest tday Scores Singapore COitibined Schoolboys 151 for 3 dccl. 'E Te.v*n>ohn 43 A Razak 38 Sundraj 27 no Baldn.i! 19. Ja)adural 19 no. Wmt- i. I J»71 words
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Article33 1955-09-03 13 Btntapore Corinthians received walkovr from Kott Raja, who could not field a 'earn for thetr SAFA Dn 1 Iragu, .•»am« iwheluled to be nlavnl at J Un Benar ■tadium ysteiri.i'33 words
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Article44 1955-09-03 13 THE Singapore I re. Press U organUlnc a Singapore to Johore walking rare Khortly— the HrM of il« kind since the war. In i the prize will be a hand Mime cup l>ttaiK will be published in toda> i Free Preaa44 words
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Article356 1955-09-03 13 Surrey make it a record finish LONDON, Fri OURREY. who had al- ready made certain of the English county pricket title for the fourth successive year, completed their seasons county programme yesterday with a resounding win over Derbyshire at the Oval here with a day to spare They won byReuter - 356 words
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Article109 1955-09-03 13 LONDON. Fir NORTHAMPTON the only A team with a hundred perrent record In the four divisions nf The EntUsh Football League kept up their good work In Dlv. Throe South i when *hey M-ored their fourth conserut.ve :rtorv \-esterday winning 2—l against S'vindon Town Bhefneld I'nlted lo.v109 words
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Article178 1955-09-03 13 Draw and »tartm« times for the Pre.«Klrnr* and Vice-Pre-ident s prises at the Royal bland Club I today i.«ll off Or st re* 1 210 pm J D Donnelly and R D Johnston S E M Welch and HMD Flrtrher 235 C H Beamish und U.w178 words
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Article110 1955-09-03 13 /•JEORHE BREEN United States I inorti iridoo: < hxntpioii. in'roduied live JapaneM- brea.«twiirn tile lour tomtnj; Ameili*i) .swimmer, n*\r exhlb!- Uons and nwrhing he'orr 300 airmen veMerdMV mormag at RA F Tin.- st\l, require-, the «»lmnier to t.ik twn full Mroker under thf 1 water and110 words
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172 1955-09-03 13 LONDON Frl /*HRIB CHATAWAY may meet an "up and coming young>ter' when he runs for Britain in Mumvi iln. month Hrrordlnt to Mos- '<>* Kadlo's sports commentators Hr Us Vladimir Okorokov lln 24 year-old runner." said mr commentator, "will put up a good showReuter - 172 words
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Advertisement1140 1955-09-03 13 V.UAM )-Box St tt: txtrm. I.loyd Rd.. Ingto Room, attached, i European Monthly rates. NFURNISHED mmaalow. bathragf servants Upper Serangoon sii.irmß contwo Bedroom m .s. Dunearn nils* Soul to September ted plc.ise conR8648. SISHK) Double oon attached. Ceiling Fan. locality, near Moderate Charge Balmoral Roati. VTION for FamltnU Kith/without old1,140 words
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Advertisement390 1955-09-03 13 CLASSIFIED ADS. FOR SALE t- Word. U ißMm.r—BmM it rt, rxlrm COMPLETE FURNITURE In eluding Olass arfb China for large three Roomed Flat Tel- ***** STOCKTAKING HALFPRICE Clearance Sale Doubl* Bedsheets 3-pteces $11: Knlckerg $1.30 Towels $2; 1001 Amazing Bargains Cathay's. 38/39. Bra* B.ivih Road BOYLE VALTIVA VIUI tonic for390 words
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Article182 1955-09-03 14 VMM ii tr CAM i.ov FOINTtK Rao* t MONTANA {HURT JKWEL MONTANA I. IS Sir Hrrrulrs VonUni \jii M«ry X'mas Sir Hrrrulf* (ourl Jrwrl Rirr (AItriNTKK U KIT\ lI ATTRU K *2.50 I'uiol IVilrn f^ipf filer .-irp-nlrr Cr.rrilv ILilturk i'ulut Pulrh Rarr S MISTY JAM :.<»!. I)182 words
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Article551 1955-09-03 14 AIISTY JADI is nt and A wrll after a throomonth lot-up and over his prt distance 6f. his ohanres look prrtty bright in Racr Three. Misty J.idi has hardly run a baa rnrp since he s'ruck his form in class 4 late la.st year551 words
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Article391 1955-09-03 14 JEEP'S STAR S- Jackie's Kuda Bearer Bond Bracelet Boy GOOD BET TODAY ON HIS B. TIMAH 8-LENGTH WIN JACKIE'S KIIMS spectarular cljhtl<imth win with 8.6 from a CL 2. Div. 1 field over the Bukit Timah fit. last month clearly sucßcsts he is in the391 words
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334 1955-09-03 14 ¥>RACELET BOY has shown himself to bo a pretty smart sprinter and in his present form he is not far removed from thr best in the sprinting class. I regard this genuine threr-yoar-olri as the best bet in todays ca334 words
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576 1955-09-03 14 Bearer Bond tipped on Penang Gold Cup form JM \RrK II«>ND. a prrtty useful iit^ver. r» n a game third with 713 to Zaba«lione n the Pending Gold Cup over 1 n: last mint*: Ther* U no Zabaslione lf J<xker II agatnU him thU t'mr »nd I think lie Is576 words
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Article63 1955-09-03 14 THE r "it at Ipoh up to last rvrntn, «it ((Hid Thr Trehlr TMe •vlll I.- hrirf on It" Knur, SU and s.\.n and thr R'x S»rr n br diawn nn Hart- tight. y '.KTllgi \H» Haralata. Above All and faal Hlore have keen arratrhrd from63 words
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Article1174 1955-09-03 14 Race 1—2.15: Class 3. Dlv. 2—7 Fur-> 1 900 Live Wire 4v Oeyer »00 8. D Brott 2 642 Sir Herralea 5y Donnelly »13 Merrle Kongsl Donnelly i 3 fi.Sff CHmis Sv Smith 813 Tanah RaU Stable Donnelly 4 150 Flawer Queen 4\ Bouitmire II 12 Mlnlrut1,174 words
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322 1955-09-03 14 6 COUNTRIES IN GOLD MEDAL HUNT TONIGHT By lIAKI-KS MYCE rpWENTY top amateur boxrrs from six countrirs clash tonight at the Singapore Badminton Halt fo- the right to Ml themselves South-Kast Asia champions. Boxing starts at 8 p.m. Some have fought through from tho opening ni'-jht. others will be making322 words
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Article63 1955-09-03 14 Cnmnv n< Ins at 8 n.m Brnntr initial fralhrr*ri«h Yal Chi! i Burm > v K Hilton HK Chatnplmuihin in H» MAD (\e Silva <Ccv i v Ttilen Mvint Burma i Bantam: W Culvert Alnandrn Ortuostr •Phil Feather: M<in,, Dlzon Phi! i x H P Jwia—63 words
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