The Straits Times, 19 June 1956

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    13 1 The Straits Times tie**** Estd. 1845. SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, JUNE 19, 1956 15 CENTS
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    DEATH POWDER STOLEN
    110 1 Thieves break into estate storeroom, carry off 1,100 lb. of weed destroyer Enough to kill 120,000 people KLANG, Monday. EN drums of sodium arsenite, weighing more than 1,100 lh. and enough to kill .mid people, were stolen from a store on i Strdanjj Estate, 12 miles from
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    BANDITS WERE SMELLED OUT
    165 1 The great fish robbery failed KLUANG. Monday. A TERRORIST gang stole 50 katis of dried fish, n a lorry on Saturday and then lost it all ecurity forces caught up with them yesterday. the tale of the [ah Robbery. Five bandits stopped the i 'he 33
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    Lock icon BEAUTY QUEEN JANET WEDS HER PRINCE DULU
    65 1 BEAUTY QUEEN JANET WEDS HER PRINCE DULU JANET HICKS, 20-year-old blonde beauty queen, married Hindu Prince Achaya Saharangchu, son of the Maharajah of Mymensingh, at Braintree. Essex, at the weekend. They met in London this spring when the prince put up at a West End hotel, where Janet was the
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    Lock icon 'Spies' jailed
    20 1 JAFFA, Mon.— An Israeli r court here yesterday d two Egyptians to n merit on charges "Dionage.— Reuter.
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    They met 27 times only
    50 1 and 17 Reds died KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. Security forces last month contacted terrorists on 27 occasions the fewest number of encounters since October last year. Seventeen bandits were killed, one was captured and 13 surrendered. Three members of the security forces were killed on operations.
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    530 tigers and leopards killed
    33 1 HONG KONG, Mon.—Hunters and provincial militia have killed 530 tigers and leopards in Fukien since the end of winter. The tigers had killed 14 cattle and 37 sheep.
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    Lock icon China pays
    26 1 COLOMBO. Mon. China toduy liquidated in sterling her debt of 45 million rupees to Ceylon under the rice-rub-ber pact, according to official sources. Reuter.
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    Forget China trip: Tengku to Mr. M
    184 1 BUT MARSHALL IS BENT ON GOING KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. THE Chief Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, today tried to persuade Mr. David Marshall to put off his trip to Communist China. But he was unsuccessful for Mr. Marshall told him that he was determined
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    A HAPPY LANDING FOR ANNIE
    76 1 A HAPPY LANDING FOR ANNIE THE riddle of Annie Hansen has reached a happy solution. Annie, who left Singapore on Sunday with a flight ticket to Karachi, doggedly repeated that she knew no one in that city. "I'm going to school in Copenhagen." she said. But at Karachi airport, a
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    Chinese uranium discovery
    29 1 HONG KONG, Mon—Uranium has been found on Hainan Island, off the southernmost tip of Communist China, the pro-Nationalist Chinese newspaper Wah Kiu Vat Po, reported today.
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    Lock icon Jet car soon?
    38 1 MODENA, Mon. Reports circulated in Italian motorracing circles last night that the Ferrari Motor Worksmakers of some of the world's fastest sports and racing cars —would shortly start work on a jet-propelled racing car. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Minister quits
    32 1 NEW DELHi. Mon. Mr Chintaman Deshmukh. the Indian Finance Minister, has resigned in protest against the Governments decision not to Join Bombay City to the proposed new State ot Maharashtra.—Reuter.
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    Lock icon Ike doing well
    25 1 WASHINGTON. Mon. President Eisenhower had another good night's rest with almost seven and-a-half hours of continuous sleep, his doctors announced today. Reuter.
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    He gets his nose back
    59 1 AUCKLAND, Mon.— An ambulance raced to the scene of a two-car crash here last night for a second time. The driver' found half a human nose on the bonnet of one of the cars and rushed back to Middlemore Hospital, where it was stitched back
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    Bonn visit
    18 1 BONN, Mon. President Soekarno of Indonesia arrived here today for a nine-day visit to West Germany.
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    Suicide with a statue
    64 1 rOKYO, Mon.— A man of 22 yesterday blew himself to pieces with dynamite in a "double suicide" with a statue of a nude woman. He lashed the dynamite to his body, stood before the statue, on the banks of a lake, and lit the fuse. His
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    I thought of my children as my trek began HERE ARE THE SERGEANT'S JUNGLE FRIENDS
    1576 1  - I thought of my children as my trek began HERE ARE THE SERGEANT'S JUNGLE FRIENDS Sgt. KEN McCONNELL By ON the morning of Monday May 28 I woke feeling refreshed and anxious to begin my trek out of the jungle. But the memory of the previous evening— when I was
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    ROSE IS SO ANGRY
    181 1 She has to keep her panties on— and police make sure of it too IfUCHING. Mon.— Rose j Chan, Malaya'sj strip-tease queen, is playing to capacity houses here, but she's still angry. The reason; Kuching authorities insist that she keep a reasonable amount of clothes on
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    Disappointed
    40 1 j TAIPEH, Mon. The aui diences refused to leave two i movie theatres here last night because a Japanese screen I star, Mariko Okada, failed to make a scheduled appearance. Some seats were smashed and a few windows broken.
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    Lock icon Truman in U.K.
    28 1 LONDON, Mon.— Mr. Harry Truman and Mrs. Truman landed at Harwich. East England port, today from Holland for an 11-day private visit to Britain.— Reuter.
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    Bandits kidnap estate kepala
    135 1 IPOH, Mon.— A gang of 1 between 15 and 20 armed and uniformed terrorists staged a daring raid at about 9.30 p.m. yesterday on the lonely Sungei Klah Estate, about 60 miles south of lpoh on the main trunk road. After spending nearly two hours on
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    Lock icon STOP PRESS
    24 1 TITO ACCEPTS VIENNA. Mon. President Tito of Yugoslavia has accepted invitation from Rumanian (iovcrnnicnt to visit Bucharest at end of June. Reuter.
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    'I felt I could touch the people in my dreams'
    213 1 'I felt I could touch the people in my dreams' 17IVID dreams began to plague Sgt. Ken V McConnell. 34-year-old Army pilot who spent 21 days fighting his way back to civilisation after his plane crashed deep in the Malayan Jungle. "I dreamt I was talking to people in the
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    Lock icon No soothing music this
    57 1 MOSCOW. Mon. The famous Soviet composer. Dmitri Shostakovich, yesterday made a slashing attack on "Doßmaticlans" whose suppression of creative exjperi m c n t "obstructs and sometimes completely stops" progress in Soviet music. In an article in Pravda. he criticised the indiscriminate condemnation as "formalistic" of
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    The counterfeit ketchup case
    140 2 ANALYST TAKES THE TOMATO SAUCE TRAIL 'THE Singapore City Analyst has ordered a full investigation into reports that fake tomato ketchup is served in Colony restaurants. Mr. T.A. Spillane told the Straits Times yesterday that samples of ketchup hd been taken for examination. Results of the
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    Lock icon 'Spies' go free
    31 2 WARSAW. Mon. Ten Polish officers, sentenced in 1951 to long prison terms for espionage, were released today because evidence which convicted them was secured by "unauthorised methods." —Reuter.
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    Lock icon AFTER A 75 mph TRAIN FALL, NOT EVEN A SCRATCH
    66 2 AFTER A 75 mph TRAIN FALL, NOT EVEN A SCRATCH KAMPEN (West HoUand). Mon. Mr. Jan Sangers. a 27 -year-old civil servant fell out of a train travelling at more than 75 miles an hour, picked himself up and climbed on board again uninjured. Mr. Sangers was standing by a
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    Lock icon CALL TO OVERSEAS CHINESE—COME BACK TO HOMELAND
    294 2 CALL TO OVERSEAS CHINESE— COME BACK TO HOMELAND 'You can help' aays Tan Kah Kee TOKYO, Monday. IXDRMER Malayan millionaire industrialist Mr. Tan Kan Kee, now a member of the Overseas Chinese Affairs Commission in Peking, yesterday called on all overseas Chinese to to China. Peking Radio said Mr. Tan
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    Tokyo shaken
    13 2 TOKYO, Mon.— A slight earthquake rocked downtown buildings in Tokyo today
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      Lock icon GOLDA, 58—THE NEW FOREIGN MINISTER
      296 2 GOLDA, 58— THE NEW FOREIGN MINISTER rL AVIV, Mon. The Israeli Labour Party yesterday elected Mrs. Golda Myerson. 58, Minister of Labour, to succeed Mr Moshe Sharett as Foreign Minister. A spokesman of the party announced that Mr. Sharrett would submit his resignation to the cabinet tomorrow. Mrs. Myerson was
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      Lock icon 'Roerby', champion sire, tops them all
      37 2 ODENSE: A seven-year-old bull. "RorrhV" from Odrnse. Is claimed to be Denmark's champion sire. In 1955 "Roerby" fathered 9.170 calves 4,000 more than any other bull used (or artificial insemination. Reuter.
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    The peril of automation
    76 2 The peril of automation AN AUSTRALIAN M.P., returning home by Qantas from a tour of the United States, said in Singapore yesterday that automation held grave dangers for trade unionism. Mr. Fred Daly, a member of the Australian Labour Party for 25 years, made a detailed study of trade unionism
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    Lock icon Captor of rebel chief slain
    79 2 Captor of rebel chief slain SAIGON Mon.— Bui Van Viau, the civil guard sergeant who captured rebel nhieftain Bacut, has been assassinated, military authorities said today No details were given. The sergeant recently had collected a reward for capturing Bacut and It was assumed that he was killed by friends
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    Adlai expects to be chosen
    23 2 CHICAGO. Mon. Mr. Adlai Stevenson said yesterday that he believed he will win the Democratic nomination for President.
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    WOMAN CLIMBS MALAYS 'EVEREST'
    134 2 WOMAN CLIMBS MALAYS 'EVEREST' Champagne af tencards Kuala upia Malay., mountain. 7f R r s< Gunong rah Pahaim, hv \lr climbed be for th 0Ir 'am history. She is 57-yi ir-old tin r Fernanda a fare officer seem the Pahan pmrtmi ■rsras h. j. gat Parley C Ogilvle, to toast
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      135 2 Crisp, golden pastry pastry that melts that's the result when you use Stork Margarine Stork makes cakes and sponges too, into sc extra-special. Give yourself a treat next b; use Stork Margarine. I If you w»nt to receive copin of Stork cookery leafletj I cu r THIf I and booklcu
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    Lock icon 19 TROOPS DIE IN FIRETRAP
    494 3 Sudden change oC wlnd btew m.^.,^.. dea|h towawH MMh p,^, IS others hurt in Cyprus disaster Forest blaze snaps I steel ring round terror leaders Mon.— 1 Nineteen British !riiers hunting for k Cypriot rebel in the Troodos Mountains were traped by a forest fire
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    Lock icon VIETNAM'S HOA HAO REBEL CHIEF ON TRIAL: IT'S THE GUILLOTINE IF HE'S GUILTY
    64 3 VIETNAM'S HOA HAO REBEL CHIEF ON TRIAL: IT'S THE GUILLOTINE IF HE'S GUILTY KEBEL General Bacut (centre) stands trial for his life in Cantho, South Vietnam. He is accused of murder, arson, extortion and bribery. If found guilty he will be guillotined. Bacut led the rebellious Hoa Hao sect against
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    Lock icon Raiders spirit away quisling's body
    131 3 rPHE HAGUE, Mon— The 1 body of Anton Mussert, Holland's quisling who was shot in 1946, was dug up by unknown persons and removed from a graveyard here on Sunday night. The police said they believed an attempt was being made to smuggle the remains
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    Lock icon Birdman falls to death
    208 3 5,000-ft. GLIDE—AND THEN A STEEP DIVE HIS AIM: TO HELP THE NIGHT COMMANDOS CK>RT WORTH, Mon. r A new-style "birdman" crashed to his death from 5,000 feet here on Saturday when his "flying wing" device plunged out of control. His father, Mr. C. W. Hilburn. and
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    Lock icon Bomb in bar
    31 3 MUNICH, Mon.— Seventeen people, eight of them American soldiers, were injured when a grenade was thrown into a bar here last night. Military police made an arrest. Reuter.
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    Car production
    25 3 NEW YORK. Mon.— Figures Issued by the U.N. showed that world production of automobiles hit a new high of 12.961.700 In 1955.— AJ>.
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    GENEVIEVE—THE ANGEL OF DIEN—WEDS IN PARIS
    35 3 GENEVIEVE— THE ANGEL OF DIEN WEDS IN PARIS GENEVIEVE de Galard. the "Angel of Dien Bien Phu." arrives at a Paris church for her wedding to Captain Jean de Boutsoco last week. A P. picture.
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    LONDON STOCKS
    230 3 LONDON, Mon. Closing middle prices of selected stocks not Including stamp duty were: LOANS Consols £52»; U Funding 4% £88\ —3/16 War 3>i% £71 11/16 —5/16 BANKS Mercantile (£l2 Vi) >. £4 Eastern (£5) £7% Chartered (£5) ..36/10' Hongkong ($125) £91 W INSURANCE Com. Un. (uts.) 86/6 /10V.
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    TIN
    22 3 LONDON. June 18. Cash Buyers £748; Sellers £750; Forward Buyers £740; Sellers £741; Settlement £750. Turnover, a.m. 85 tons, p.m. 40.
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    RUBBER
    26 3 LONDON. June 18.—Spot 24-\d., July-Sept. 24' id.. Oct.-Dec 24d., Jan-Mar. 23% d.. April-June 23-s.d.. June c.l.t. 251 id.. July c.U. 24\d. Tone: Eaay after nnn.
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    Skymen fight cavalry
    211 3 Skymen fight cavalry French helicopter troops kill 26 ALGIERS, Mon. A Helicopter -borne French troops fought a pitched battle with rebel horsemen deep in the Nemencha Mountains and killed 26 of them, French authorities announced today. The French suffered several losses." The battle— one of the biggest to be reported
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    Lock icon New honour for Eden
    103 3 Invested as K.G. WINDSOR, Mon. The Queen today buckled a jewelled garter round the left knee of the Prime Minister, Sir Anthony Eden, investing him as a Knight of the Garter, the oldest European order of chivalry. In a ceremony more than 600 years old. she
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    Lock icon Price pegging
    35 3 PARIS, Mon.— A decree banning any increases in prices above the present level will be Issued soon by the French Government, Mr. Paul Ramdier, Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs, said today.— Reuter.
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    Accountant 'pirates' flooding the country
    137 4 Accountant 'pirates' flooding the country OUNDREDS of ac--11 countants with bogus qualifications nave set up business in Singapore and the Federation, duping the public and undercutting qualified men. A leading Singapore accountant, Mr. H. Tan, (himself a Fellow of the Association of International Accountants, made this allegation yesterday. 'Cash diplomas'
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    Beating Retreat
    28 4 RAWANG, Mon. The band and drums of the Ist. Bn.. Royal Hampshire Regiment, will beat Retreat on the Malay School padang at Batang Kali on Friday.
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    WORDS IN CAR PARK, THEN FREE FOR ALL
    168 4 Magistrate: Why not try a ring? r r O motorists tried to drive out of the Clifford Pier car park at the same time on Sunday and jammed the exit. There was an exchange of words and a few minutes later the
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    1,000-ton limit
    26 4 The North Borneo Government has fixed 1,000 tons as the maximum amount of lubber that may be aent to China in a single shipment.
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    ROW WITH HUBBY: THEN SHE DIED OF BROKEN HEAD
    661 4 Fall from moving ear? No, says expert A PRETTY waitress of the Highway Inn, Singapore, and her husband, a police officer, quarrelled for several hours one night in April. She was heard to tell him: "This is my last night with
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    Temple teachers say thanks
    58 4 A special thanksgiving service for the "achievements of the Labour Front Government during the past 14 months," will be held by the teachers of the Opium Addicts' Treatment Association Singapore temple at the 54 milestone Changi Road tomorrow. Labour Front members have been invited to the
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    Army recruits
    26 4 PENANO, Mon. A combined team will interview potential recruits to the Malay Regiment and the British Army at the police canteen, Bukit Mertajam, tomorrow.
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    Last hurdle for the 'let me stay' stowaway
    135 4 ONE last hurdle stands in the way of a young stowaway fighting a battle from the cells to stay in Singapore: He must prove his father is a British subject. He is Mohamed Fiaz Zarook. who stowed away in the liner Vietnam
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    Development in Sarawak
    52 4 One of the principal aims of development in Sarawak Is to reduce the country's dependence on exports of rubber, according to the Colombo Plan Information Unit. For the first time in 1953. the value of other agricultural exports exceeded rubher, largely because of the development of pepper
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    HE'LL BE CLEAR IN JUST 166 YEARS
    110 4 $10 a month to repay $19,000 debt A MAN who owes a provision firm $19,969 was A ordered by the Singapore High Court yesterday to pay back $10 a month He is S. Mohamed Hussain, trading as K. K. Yusoff. He owes the
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    Seamen seek union merger
    37 4 More than 500 Colony sea men, meeting at the Victoria Memorial Hall last night, unanimously decided in principle to form a national seam»"»'« union of Singapore. The seamen are from 10 SL._.ipore unions.
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    DAWN FIRE IN AIRPORT HANGAR
    80 4 DAWN FIRE IN AIRPORT HANGAR I A fire broke out two yards from a parked Malayan Airways Dakota, in the hangar of Singapore Airport early yesterday morning. Alert mechanics on the night shift sounded the alarm, and the blaze was put out quietly. It is believed that the fire was
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    FOUND DEAD IN HIS CABIN
    45 4 Michael Christopher Murphy, 43, bosun of the Blue Funnel ship Anchises was found hanging in his cabin nine hours before ths vessel left Singapore on Sunday. Murphy joined the shiD as bosun five weeks ago. There will be an Inquest.
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    Robbers drop 447 gems
    384 5 THEY GOT AWAY WITH RECORD HAUL OF $220,000, BUT... 1 PACKET OF DIAMONDS WORTH $20,000 FOUND SEAR RIFLED SAFE armed gang which broke into a Singapore 1 diamond merchant's shop on Sunday and rifled his safe at pistol-point dropped an enrtjlope containing 447 stones worth $20,000
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    Mr. Price Control off to Bangkok
    210 5 HE SEEKS FACTS TO BACK CASE rMon. Mr. ■■>. A. Abdul Karim, a rral Councillor, for Bangkok row to make a of living survey inditions in Siam. I m who will be away i week Is Introducing ■n the Federal Council seeke control of
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    Strike on estate
    43 5 ALOR STAR, Mon.— About orkers have been on at Tanjong Pauh Estate, Wra ince last Wednesday. men want better workmditions and the dis"issal of a worker. kesman of the Labour merit said efforts were *'r.t; made to settle the disI
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    Tea party
    25 5 I. >Kapore Business and aal Women's club et at 5.30 p.m. tomor- >■ tea at the Y.W.C.A. Canning. A film too w will follow.
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    Malays can 'join up'
    52 5 PENANG Mon. Malays with the "highest standard of character" are required for the Ist Singapore Regiment, Royal Artillery. A team under Lieut. P. Robertson, R.A., will interview potential recruits at the Central Police Station here on July 9 and 10 between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m.
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    Up—another new hotel
    42 5 Up another new hotel IPOH, Mon. A $150,000 three-storey hotel, the Nanyang, was opened in lpoh yesterday. It is the newest of a string of hotels that have been springing up. Several of the 20 rooms in the Nanyang hotel are airconditioned.
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    FEW WANT THESE SCHOLARSHIPS
    81 5 RAL scholarships are going a-begging in ipore. They are offered by the United Na--1 irkey, the Philippines and Burma. < Goh, Deputy Secre- I i~'her Studies at the Education, told Times that he d the scholarTurkey, the PhilipI Burma more than ago. ry few entries had
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    Dinner for OBE
    24 5 Mon.— Mr. Tan who was recently BE., was feted at i Kiven by memKuching Chinese f :nber of Comi 15 community
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    X-ray talk
    41 5 Mrs. Rita Alison, organiser of the Singapore X-Ray Club has been incited to address the staff of Fraser and Neaves's during their annual sports meeting at South Winds next Sunday. She will talk on the aims of the club.
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    CASHIER KILLING —PEON FREED
    159 5 CASHIER KILLING PEON FREED "Dangerous to convict*— judge PENANG, Monday. I^OORDIN BIN SHARIFF, a peon, was today ac- quitted of the murder of Ong Ewe San, chief clerk and cashier of United Traders. The iury, who retired for 15 minutes, returned a unanim- ous verdict of not guilty. The trial
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    Two girls replace man who walked out
    67 5 Two girls replace man who walked out rE shorthand problems of the Master Plan inquiry being held in Singapore are over. The male stenographer, who last Thursday suddenly announced "I quit" and walked out. wa s replaced yesterday by two girls. But the conditions under which the two girls worked,
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    Can Christians gamble, drink?
    51 5 Dr. Olin Stockwell. of Trinity College, Singapore, will lead a Mefchodist youth meeting to discuss: "Can a Christian smoke, gamble, dance or drink?" The meeting, planned by the Wesley Methodist Youth Fellowship, will be at the church hall in Fort Carlning Road at 8 p.m. on
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    Two temporary Councillors
    66 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon.— The High Commissioner has appointed Mr. T. Rajendra a temporary member of the Federal Legislative Council during the absence of Mr. Leong Hoe Yeng who Is in Europe on holiday. Inche Mohamed Yusoff bin Mohamed Noor of Penang has also been appointed a temporary
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    HOW THE THIEVES ENTERED AND HID
    167 5 THIS IS THE BACK YARD of the shoohouse in Serangoon Road, Singapore, where five armed robbers waited for hours on Sunday before they trapped the towkay, Mr. Tan Poh hor. 52, and robbed him of $220,900 in cash and jewellery. Mr. Tan, a jewel
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    Deadlock over motor strike
    75 5 Deadlock over motor strike VTEGOTIATIONS between il George Lee Motors in Singapore and representatives of its 120 striking workers ended in a deadlock at the Labour Ministry yesterday. The men walked cit last Friday because a worker was sacked for being rude to Mr. George Lee during talks over a
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    Lokes return
    27 5 Mr. Loke Wan Tho. chairman of the Asia Film Festival, and his wife returned to Singapore from Hong Kong by Cathay Pacific Airways last night.
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    COUNCIL REJECTS RACE DAY RECESSES
    153 5 COUNCIL REJECTS RACE DAY RECESSES fTHE finance and genA eral purposes committee of the Singapore City Council yesterday unanimously rejected a suggestion that the Council should not meet on race days. The suggestion was by Mr. K. M. Oil Mohamed who felt that attendance, especially at committee meetings, had suffered
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    Chapel cost $6,000
    61 5 RAWANO, Mon.— The Bishop of Kuala Lumpur, the Rt. Rev. Mgr. D. Vendargon yesterday opened a $6,000 Catholic chapel on Mlnyak Estate, Sungei Tinggl. The chapel, known as St. Anthony's Chapel, was built through the Initiative of the estate manager, Mr. L. Merville, and members of the
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    Three told to behave
    55 5 MALACCA, Mon. Kuan Ah Mcc, Tan Cheng Lim and Wong Chue Chye, who fought each other Just outside the Central Police Station here on the morning of May 26, were today bound over for $50 each by the Malacca Magistrate. Mr. Ramanatha Iyer, to be of
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    50 6 20 Wordt lit (Minimum) MADAM TAN HOON TAN aged 69 passed away peacefully on 17.6.56 after a short Illness at the General Hospital, Penang. She left behind 2 daughters, 5 grandchildren nnd several nephews and nieces to mourn her loss. Funeral took place on 18.6.56 according to Budhist Rites.
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    97 6 20 Wordt $U (minimum). THE FAMILY of the late Mr. Pang Chlap Seng wishes to thank all Relatives and Friends who sent Wreaths and Condolences tnd who attended his Funeral. MR. F. G. D'ARANJO, Mr*. Ramdhas and their Families thank &U those who attended the Funeral of the late
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    PERSONAL
    24 6 20 Wordt HO (minimum). OLD BLUNDELLIANS In Malaya /Singapore should contact Menneer P.O. Box 865 Singapore who is endeavourine to organise Informal reunion.
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    IN MEMORIAM
    29 6 20 Words 11$ (Minimum) IN rOND MEMORY of my dear *-i f e Eva Eugenic Daly and devoted jlother of Betty. Jimmy, Dennis. June and Philip 19.6.53.
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    Singapore, Tues. June 19, 1956. The Last Of Suez
    605 6 Singapore, Tues. June 19, 1956. The Last Of Suez The last British soldier has lafl Suez. Yesterday Egypt celebrated with a military parade in Cairo and a display of her Communist armaments. It was an unexpected and in many ways a depressing end to a chapter. For when agreement was
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    Return To Service
    297 6 What response will there be to Mr. Leong Yew Koh's appeal to former Government doctors to rejoin the Medical Service? Most of them will be reluctant to give up the lucrative private practices they have established since leaving Government service. The tendency moreover is still for doctors
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    Prices And Wages
    313 6 Wage increases won by 75,000 Federation Government employees have been wiped out by "an unjustified rise in prices by unscrupulous tradesmen", claims the Malayan Trade Union Council. On these grounds the M.T.U.C. is to press for controlled prices and subsidies for a handful of essential commodities. The
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    THE PHONEY HERO
    2028 6 Thf sfirophant* httrv pictured Stalin as a great military genius and as the man responsible far the defeat of th<> German arnties. But, mays Khrushchev, Stalin teas respon%ihle for the criminal waste of thousands of Russian lives. He insisted on conducting his campaign by drawing lines o.j
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      DANGER OF ILLITERACY
      48 6 TV) establish a strong gov--I- ernment and to administer a country peacefully, It Is essential that the people should be educated. In the Federation, most of the kampong Malays are Illiterate. Therefore compulsory adult educa- tion should be carried out throughout the Federation. TEACHER. Serendah.
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      Homes tor the poor
      47 6 Iread that a home for 30 poor old people is being built at Park Keroma. Muar. It will cost $18,500. Will the Government please see that Teluk Anson. too. Is given such a home for its poor old folks? RUMAH MISKIN Teluk Ansoo
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    Peon tells of three $100 errands
    293 7 $8,000 PAID OUT WITHIN 10 DAYS-THEN UNION WAS TOLD: 'INSUFFICIENT FUNDS' JOIRNALIST ACCUSED OF USING CHEQUES TOR PURPOSE OF CHEATING 9 PEON told a Singapore court yesterday how fl ht ran three errands for the airport reporter o f the Singapore Standard— and was
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    Bank official asked him to wait...
    285 7 Bank official asked him to wait... bank official asked him about the ownership of the cheque. f sai f d K he told the official that it belonged to "James Jumat. The official, he said, then asked him to wait for five m 2 ut r es He went outside
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    Archbishop gets part of 'green belt' back
    435 7 OBJECTIONS TO MASTER PLAN THE Archbishop of x Malacca and Singapore, the Rt. Rev. M. Olcemendy, was the first objector to the Master Plan when the inquiry into land owners' complaints was resumed in Singapore yesterday. He protested against seven acres of land
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    Architects can see games
    55 7 Members of the Institute of Architects of Malaya, their wives and friends, who want to see the Olympic Games in Melbourne, will have no accommodation problem. The Boyal Victorian Institute of Architects has offered to take them as guests in the homes of its members for
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    FOUND; A THIRD JUMBO
    134 7 FOUND; A THIRD JUMBO Mother was shot rpEMERLOH, Mon. An--1 other baby elephant has been found in Pahang. He was rescued from a drain on Kemayan Estate near Triang after his mother had been shot. She was in a herd of six which destroyed 800 young rubber trees in two
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    His defence was not called
    55 7 S. Sastrosendjojo, an Indonesian, was acquitted in the Singapore Second District Court yesterday without his defence being called, on a charge of using four cash vouchers believed to be forged at the office of Pelni Lines in Robinson Road on Sept. 15 last year. Mr.
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    High tides
    59 7 TODAT: Singapore 8.18 a.m. (7ft. 61n.) 7.57 pjn <Bft. 51n.); Port Dickson 3.19 a.m. (6ft. 41n.) 4.01 pjn. (7ft. 71n.); Penang 10.25 a.m. (7ft. lin.) 10.46 p.m. (sft. 71n.). tomorrow: Singapore 9.25 a.m. (7ft. 81n.) 8.46 p.m. (Bft. 71n); Port Dickson 4.18 a.m. (6ft. 7in.) 4.55 pjn. (Bft.);
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    'Kallang mob hurled fist-sized rocks'
    205 7 MR. ERIC LINSELL, Superintendent of Police, yesterday told the Singapore Third Criminal District Court that stones "as large as my fist" were thrown at the terminal building of the former Kallang Airport during the all-party merdeka rally in March. Describing the stone throwing as "very
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    A certificate for nurse from Malaya
    61 7 A certificate for nurse from Malaya SISTER CHOO WEE LIM of Penang looks at her graduation certificate from the School of Nursing in Melbourne, where she has completed three years' general nursing training. She plans a post-graduate midwifery course and an infant welfare course before returning to Malaya. Two younger
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    Thugs rob, stab woman
    56 7 A woman. Mrs. Liang Choon Lim, was stabbed on the head and shoulder while resisting three robbers in her house In Boon Teck Road, Singapore, on Sunday morning. The robbers, one armed with a pistol and two with daggers, got away with two gold rings and
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    FREE RIDES DEMAND by AN OIL UNION
    267 7 pMPLOYEES of the Standard Vacuum Oil Company in Singapore want the management to introduce a housing scheme for those with over five years' service. They are urging the company either to build houses and sell them to the staff or give them interest
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    THE ROTATING WHEEL OF FRIENDSHIP
    118 7 GROUP of new-found ft. friends met in an atmosphere of informality at Singapore Airport last night when 26 Medan Rotarians flew in by Garuda Airways. Several Singapore Rotarians greeted them before whisking them off to their homes for a two-day stay. The Medan Club is
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    BOY MADE SYCE MOVE OVER
    285 7 Then he tested father's new car WILLIAM LIM, 16, a schoolboy, told a Singapore traffic court yesterday that he completely disregarded the syce's warning that he should not "try out" his father's new car. He said he pushed the syce from his seat and climbed
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    Club concert
    30 7 The Singapore Cold Storage Social Sports Club will hold a concert In the Homer Cheng auditorium of the Chinese V.M.C.A., Prince Edward Road, at 8 p.m. on Saturday.
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    Pay-day is a long way away
    129 7 Pay-day is a long way away ftORPORAL correction Private Albert Feather will not need to attend pay parades for the next few weeks. He cadged a free driving lesson from another soldier In March but after stepping on the accelerator, he did not know what to do next. The Jeep
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    5 accused of theft
    65 7 Five men were charged in a Singapore court yesterday with stealing 13 cases of cloth and blankets worth $40,000 from t»- motor vessel, Lycaon at the Eastern Anchorage, on May 18. The property belonged to Mansfield and Co.. Ltd. The men, Tan Leong Chuan, Loh Kirn
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    'STRUCK OFF LAWYER APPEALS
    332 7 'STRUCK OFF LAWYER APPEALS 17UALA LUMPUR, Mon. 1V A Penang lawyer, Lim Khenpt Kooi. who was ordered to be struck off the list of advocates and solicitors for fraudulent conduct, has applied for leave to appeal to to the Privy Council. His application came before the acting Chief Justice, Mr.
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    Exercise is the hey to glamour' poise and charm
    295 8 Exercise is the hey to glamour' poise and charm KEEP FIT FOB HEALTH AND BEAUTY WRONG WRONG BEAUTY, grace and a really good figure all depend on physical fitness, but in a warm climate most of us are tempted to relax and forget about exercise. It doesn't pay in the
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    CRICKET CAUSES CHAOS
    515 8 MONDAY lIOW delighted I shall 11 be when the Test Match has finished and we can get some peace in the house again. As soon as we have finished our evening meal the dial twiddling begins, accompanied by screeches, drones and whistles. There seems to be an
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      139 8 Not a shadow ofadouk withKptex Now comes packed in pearl -grey boxes of 12 towels with More women choose I KOT E X than all^ other sanitary towels. Extra Mild NEW %M leaves hair Radiantly Alive Get Fit! build red-blooded vigour VIKELP is a natural sea plant mineral tonic that
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      263 8 Straits Times Crossword •9 |?0 11l 15" 23 j ?3" mmm m rsssi issssa rssss^ [^p«MK^ .B^sfl iMs Im. ACROSS S. Night mail? (7). 7 S r OP K cl 7) coinpBny Btrange SyeSTffii IS! S3S.SJg^Sr Sk He a coasurn^ taM worker (81 in his own kind (8). 11. S%gf
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    Lock icon Took $700,000 a year chance with the law
    1098 9 ANEW industry began one night in 1924 when a ussy, gravel-throated blonde, ex-chorus girl named uman opened the first of the modern nightclubs old warehouse in New York. She was financed )torious racketeer, who had hordes of "steerers" the town to lure
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      282 9 LACTOGEN Fm llii& :Moti Jf^JIT^^^lMWH Mohd Raiid bin Adam Lim Eang Lcng ,^^B^^ £jj^**" Penang IICTOCEI/ J^ 1 tfiVl VyLn jr^ j,j 4 ~7OR THE WORLD'S BABIES 2££" Maplt ne \f\'/»fQ0~- MOTHER BOOK ffe^s 2S>, Pirate trnl me a cofv of the Jjl^^^^^Zl^""^/ "Mother Book" for expectant and jAm ttHR
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      82 9 Hp.v Morgan. M.D. Young upstart *ZSSJUiM9^^^^^rZ^~i'vt uin ci.fbv'l fjUtH I'M 60IN& TO 6O WJP SUPPOSE THEY pAT LEAST THEvTtMAT X3UN6 UPSTACT^H m^^^^^f n^JrOtt. WITHIN A. JTO SOM.E 816 CLINIC TELL YOU eiCACTLV WONT SAY WHAT^— TtLLIN6 ME I'M ~^M WANT YOU TO 6ET\ c^, u5 OP TWKTTV A SOAEWHEBE— WHEEE
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    RUBBER PRICE GAINS FURTHER AS SELLERS HOLD OFF MARKET
    417 10 By Our Market Correspondent LACK of sellers on the Singapore Rubber Market yesterday mainly contributed to the rise in price to 85 j cents for July first grade. Most activity was confined to covering short positions, largsly speculative, and the turnover
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    RUBBER PRICES
    147 10 July first trade rubber buyers f.o.b. closed in Singapore yesterday at 85"i cents per lb., up 1% cents on Saturdays closing price. The dosing; tone was uncertain Closing prices in cents per lb yesterday were; No. l R.S.S. Spot f.o.b. buyers 87. sellers 87 V No. 1 R.S.S.
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    SHIPPING
    130 10 Ships lying alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves or expected today are: Carthage 1 2. Nieuw Holland 45, Flintshire C.P., Benalder 67, Orestes 89. Singapore 11, Sur'at 13 14, Steel Architect 15 16. Slamat 18, Asphalion 19 20, Sadao N. Wall 4. Senggarang N. V'all 6 Sedili N. Wall
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    BROKERS' REPORT
    438 10 The Malayan Share Brokers Association reported: "On the local share market, rubber* were quietly steady, and industrials and tins I were very steady, with improvej mem la prices .11 a few counters.' I Singapore and Federation bro- ken reported the following business done yesterday: Fraser ana Nea.-e ords
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    72 10 Singapore Chinese Produce Exchange: noon prices per plcul yesterday were: Copra: quiet; June $28 buyers, $28% sellers. Coconut oil: quiet; bulk $42 sellers, drum $45 sellers. Pepper: quiet, with no business reported done; Muntok white $96, Sarawak $95 (both varieties down $3 since Saturday), special Sarawak black $73
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    RUBBER CROPS
    46 10 The following May rubber crops are announced: Aver Panas 45.000 lb., Glenealy. 65,300 lb., Kluang. 43.000 lb. Pajam, 82.000 lb., Talisman 20,700 lb., Teluk Anson 37.519 lb., I'l'i Benut 27,000 lb.. Chermanr 93,000 lb Indraflri 128,326 lb.. Nyala* 37,029 lb., and Tapab 64,000 lb.
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    STOCKS
    62 10 pvEsr: ward tre. Stock E> Ing wa. vanatio SB. 1 25 iSSsVS'S Con. Zirr Bank of K.sV Mourn Lyen N. Broker. Hill""" Hill 50 pe°ko ni Wartern'iitabi J Ampol. F.n Oil Search uwt aw fci-| a.p.m. (new) Bradford 3. Hill Pro Courta':'.d Dunlop Elec. Zinc Peit ar.d Textiles G.
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    EXCHANGE RAT
    74 10 The Malayan Xvr hsv Associate,,, chance: yesterday New York: >, 32",. O.D. 33 credit biiis, 33 Canada: bu>ln» 32 7/16. OD WHS. credit in, Selling T.T. or 01) York 32 Im#j Francs u_> r,, J614',: French f^ 1 HolUnd Ouildfrs \y Marks ISS 168',: Danish k weitian Kmnrr
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      532 10 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS CIVILIAN CLERICAL SERVICE, Federation Military Forces. Applications invited from Federal Citizens. Salary scale Probationers $137.50x7.50-1-2.50 (Examination Bar) Timescale clerks. Grade II $175x7 M) -205 /Examination Bar/ 223x14-307 324x14-380 (Vacancy Bar) Grade I $394x14-422 (Vacancy Bar) Clerks. Special Grade $462x20-562. Age limits over 17. below 23. Qualifications: School Certificate
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      542 10 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS APPLICATIONS ARE invited from Federal Citizens for appointment as Technicians in the Public Works Department, Malacca, on the salary scale of: DIVISION 11lProbationers: $122.50 x 7.50--152. First Examination Bar. Timescale: 5209x14-321/Second Examination Bar /338x14-450. COLA at the appropriate rate will be paid. 2. Candidates must not have attained
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      766 10 NOTICES NOTICE NOTICE Is hereby given that no member of our stall (not even the Principal or the Head Teacher) has the right to transact any business or Issue school certificates on behalf of V.a.c. Institute of Commerce unless acknowledged and signed by the undersigned. Sd. 8. C. YEH, (Sole
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      916 10 NOTICES ALLENBY RUBBER COMPANY LIMITED (Incorporated In the Federation of Malaya.) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Thirty-Second Annual General Meeting of ALLENBY RUBBER COMPANY. LIMITED, will be held at the Registered Office of the Company, 70, Ampang Road, Kuala Lumpur, on Thursday the 19th day of July. 1956. at
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      832 10 NOTICES AMENDMENT Reference advertisement inviting applications for the supply of Groceries, dry goods etc. for Federal Training School, Tanjong Kling, Malacca. Applicants please note that applications will now close at 12 noon on 22nd June 1956 and not 1000 hrs. on 25th June 1956 as previously stated. FAR EASTERN FREIGHT
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      303 10 MAERSK LINE M/S THOR ODLAND SINGAPORE P. SHAM PENANC N. TCI 13/24 |une 2S|une 28/29 June M| KNUTSEN LINE orient service FROM CANADA/U.S. PACIFIC PORTS-30 DAYS Sailing San Arrivin; Vancouvei Francisco Spore P. Swet. Pcnaru Anne Bakke Sailed sailed C.23 '24 20 |un 21 Cjertrude Bakke 28 |un II |ul
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      1046 11 ■■^■■^^^^^^1 BAST ASIATIC LINES OUTWARDS S.lling. far Bangkok and Par East P.nang P. S'hom S'pora MACOAtA Can.: 31/32 Java A la Port 2*/22Jana IA 29 June/ 1 July 2/ 3 July 6/ 9 July Nat carrying patMiMjera. HOMEWARDS Sailing, tat Ganaa. Antwerp, Rtt.rd.n., Hamburg, CIUR.IBIR ipora P. Shorn P.nong LALANMA
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      984 11 b^lTno THE BEN LWE STEAMERS LTD Tl h37 H i t: SINGAPORE (Incorporatea in the United Kingdom) LINES SAILINGS TO UK AND CONTINENT PORT* S'pora tfhoa/i Panang **n run h*. m/m j— ■BENREOCH for London, Rotterdam 29 Ju.e/ 9 Jury Dlraet arrhrw Lana»n 31 Jury BEN AVON for Hovra, London,
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      1313 11 MeALISTER <Sc CO., LTD. TEL.: No.: 2*361 EIXERMAM «k BUCKNALL KLAVENESS LIMB LONDON, HAVRE, ROTTERDAM, LOS ANOUES, SAN FRANCISCO, HAMBURG PORTLAND. SEATTLE ft VANCOUVER and for U.S.A., North Atlantic Ports J*!*-*" 1 ut|l and Canada via Colombo BONNEVILLE emr OP PIRTN Spore P S'hom Pennng S'por. P. Sham Panang J
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      Britain buys most rubber from this country
      371 12 J* HE important role that Britain occupies in our economy is again strikingly brought home when Malayan exports of rubber for the first five months of this year are analysed and compared with the corresponding period last year. Fob Britain in the period
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      A SEWING MACHINE TECHNICIAN FROM ITALY
      175 12 A SEWING MACHINE TECHNICIAN FROM ITALY AS part of their expansion drive in Far Eastern trade, the Necchi Sewing Machine Co., of Pavia, Northern Italy, have sent to Singapore their chief technician and demonstrator, Mr. P. Brassi. Mr. Brassi, who has visited 15 other countries in hi* present tour of
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      'Colony airport excellent'
      162 12 rE engineering director of Trans Australia Airlines. Mr. John L. Watkins, who passed through Bingapor c on his way back to Australia after a week's business trip to London, said: "You have an excellent airport here." "The airport is conveniently large in a country like this, and
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      City water pipes 'spring-cleaned' by new U.S. process
      315 12 City water pipes 'spring-cleaned by new U.S. process AN American firm, R.C.P. Construction Company Ltd., has been awarded a contract by the Singapore City Council Water Department to undertake the cleaning and reconditioning the island's water supply pipe-lines by means of a new scientific process. Work began last week with
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      CP A announce new travel scheme to Hong Kong
      238 12 CATHAY Pacific Airways have come to an agreement with several shipping lines whereby passengers may travel from Singapore to Hong Kong and back, one way by air and one way by sea. The shipping companies are. The China Navigation Company Ltd.,
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      SHIPPERS CUT RUBBER LOSSES
      300 12 SHIPPERS CUT RUBBER LOSSES T OSSES in crepe rubber shipments as a result of the bales sticking together are being eliminated by an improved method of stowage recently introduced by American Isthmian Line ships trading from Malaya. Rubber shippers and insurance companies in Singapore yesterday welcomed the new method of
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      164 12 TR©fIDE X^^ c EUROPE GENERAL AGENTS MALAYA MANSFIELD CO.LX SINGAPORE KUALA LUMPUR PENANG (just rightlMM ju*t right for good look* and just jfl| jBK^BsSr right for value, John White ijljp H By Shoe* are made in England by Mm |fe§lH MSmj B^-^^ls^ mi expert craftsmen. Tied to MM H/ •very
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      78 12 The right choice at all times SCOTCH -WHISKY %mW Sole Distributors: JOHN LITTLE (MALAYA) LTD (Incorporated In Singapor' JTIITF issue on IU H SALE NOW If J i IT m^lml »jJr> \\II: >t m I I I I MM. Malaya's best-selling Mg»* m L^^^^M^^^^jg demand. It presents to you Mala>3.
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    Lock icon Sweden, Italy in Europe zone final
    260 13 Sweden, Italy in Europe zone final PARIS Mon. ITALY and Sweden will meet in this year's European zone final of the Davis Cup tennis competition. Italy qualified for the final by beating France 3-2 In Paris and Sweden defeated Britain 4-1 In Stockholm. Both matches ended yesterday. Italy, who trailed
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    Lock icon ANOTHER FA WIN
    36 13 BULAWAYO. Southern Rhodesia, Mon.— The England Football Association team recorded the eleventh victory of their tour with a 3-1 win over Southern Rhodesia here yesterday. The tourists led 1-0 at half time. Reuter.
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    STRONGER ENGLAND SIDE FOR 2nd TEST
    375 13 Statham win nice ttvely wicket at Lord's From JACK FINGLETON LONDON, Mon. 4PPLE YARD and Moss A have been dropped from the England team for the second Test at Lord's next Thursday, but with the weather so bad at the moment the selectors have
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    Twelve records broken at Bartley Sch. championships
    1048 13 Twelve records broken at Bartley Sch. championships ffiWELVE records were set L up and two equalled at the Bartley Secondary School fourth annual athletic meet yesterday held on a soggy ground. Last Friday the meet had to be abandoned after seven events, because of rain. There was rain again yesterday
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    BBC TEST BROADCAST AT LORD'S
    153 13 BALL-BY -BALL commentaries, with music during meal intervals and weather stoppages, will be broadcast continuously by the British Broadcasting Corporation during the second Test match between England and Australia at Lord's from Thursday to Jane 26. Direct transmission from U.K.: 5.45 p.m. to 1.15 a.m.—
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    MANASSEH IS OUT OF SABA 'NATIONAL'
    264 13 JpiTTY-SEVEN entries have been received for the Singapore national open amateur boxing championships of 1956 to be held at the Great World arena on July 28, 29 and 30. Among the "big names" entered are Bill Calvert and H. Mac Donald, two South East
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    Less soccer will rob little man
    814 14 NO MORE THAN 20 OUT OF 1,000 GET A SLIGHT OVERDOSE OF FOOTBALL SINGAPORE Amateur Football Association officials have had vast and varied experience of running: soccer in this island and they have, by and large, done the Job well. Now they are being
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    Fairy Flotsam can stay
    346 14 EPSOM JEEP ON THE NEWCOMERS EiAIRY FLOTSAM and x Performer II (late The Beadle), two of the newcomers entered for the Selangor Turf Club June Meeting, were winners in England last year. Fairy Flotsam, a four-year-old gelding by Fairey Fulmar out of Chattel by Foxlaw, won
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    MACKAY SCORES 113 n.o. OFF KENT
    171 14 MACKAY SCORES 113 n.o. OFF KENT CANTERBURY, Mon. rpHE AUSTRALIAN cricketX ers scored 301 for four wickets and declared half an hour before the close today, the second day of their three day match against Ker At close Kent were 15 for none. Batting on a firm pitch, the Australians
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    SCOREBOARD
    97 14 AUSTRALIANS Ist Inns Rutherford c Page b H»lfr»rd Burke b H»lfyai>. ST 1 Harvey c and b Halfyard 56 Mwkay not oat 113 Craig c Shlrreff b H»lfy»rd Barge not out 69 Extra 3 Total (for 4 dee) 301 Wicket* fell at: 0. 95. 126. 126. Did not bat:
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    Lock icon Yorks lead Surrey
    96 14 LONDON. Mon County-cricket championship close of play scores today were: At Oval. Surrey 99 (Wardle ♦-22). Yorkshire 107-8. At Lord's. Middlesex 59 (Cannings 5-27). Hampshire 174-4 (Marshall 112). At Chesterfield. Derbyshire v Glamorgan, no play today, rain. At Horsham, Sussex 125 (Manning 6-73). Northamptonshire, 186-7. At Nottingham,
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    Lock icon U.S. KEEP CUP
    26 14 WIMBLEDON. Mon— The United States women tennis team retained the Wlghtman Cup today when they gained a winning 4-1 lead over Britain— Reuter.
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    SPORTSFRONT
    34 14 'If anything cuts harder across the spirit of amateur soccer or, for that matter, against the chief purpose for SAFA's existence, I have yet to hear of it 9 By THE SPORTS EDITOR—
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    RECORD THRO
    27 14 i NEW YORK j Parry OR:,, n record for the throw of BUI yesterday. O'Brien set of 60ft. lOin. two pin K| Her this year
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    BE READY FOR SACRIFICES WARNS 'Mrs BADMINTON'
    44 14 HELEN HENG, Singapore champion, lunges forward for a backhand drop from Penang's Tan Gaik Bee in Sunday's Über Cup trials in Kuala Lumpur. Helen lost the first set 11-4 and won the second 11-2 Straits Times picture.
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    'Cup must be pursued with a will'
    549 14 MALAYA'S foremost woman badminton player, Mrs. Cecilia Samuel, thinks that Malayan women can be a distinct challenge to the women of Europe and America if they applied themselves seriously enough to the game. "There is no reason why our girls cannot be just
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    SPORTS DIARY
    59 14 ATHLETICS Beatty Secondary School meet, Jalan Beaar. SOCCER S.A.F.A. League, Div. 2A: Fathul Karib v Seletar F.C., I Oeylang; Div. 2B: S.R.C. v Farrer Juniors, padang. United Services League, Div. 1: RAOC v REME; Div. 2: RAPC v Kranji; Lodgers v Tengah (at Changi); SASC v Crusaders, NETBALL
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    SELETAR GOLF
    37 14 F/O Sinclair and SAC Galloway won the foursomes flag competition of the RAF Seletar Golf Club. They also won the ball sweeps on the first and second nines. D. Strong and W. Homcastle were runners-up.
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    MATCH DRAWN
    32 14 R.A.P. Changl drew their B.C.A. Junior A cricket match with R.A.P. Seletar at Changi yesterday. Scores: Changl 156-7 dccl. (Clarke 39 n.0.. Green 2-15) Seletar 122-8 (Wood 34. Claris 5-37).
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    Webb to lead Spore vs Malacca
    179 14 JJUGH WEBB. the Oxford "Blue" and mi" Mre player, will captain the Singapore XI against Malacca In their interstate match at Malacca this weekend. The Singapore team will be: E. Rose, S. Kulaslngam, J. Marks, H. E. Webb. D. Ross, C. R. Barron, R.
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    MARINES SHOW OLD SPIRIT IN BEATING CA
    405 14 DESPITE having to pl ay wj,,, y ball that was at times «Cj J*>^ has run out of white plastic -coy,.- orf h *Mi and Chinese Athletic provided mi f^% ball in their S.A.F.A. league r.rs7 aini nu under floodlights at Jalan SSJS£jS
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    lose poiN to REME
    89 14 lose poiN to REME AMHA.'v 1 f*- division [hopes strength R.e Mc V !held thfm to ai H /alan Be Sar %2, terday. Altho,;^. the top ol point from have but against the who have tw< R.E.Mr Ah Kuan and fuHbar^J •ewskl but r their rescu« performance R-E.M E took
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    $5,000 gift to F.M.0.1
    118 14 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. THE Asia Foundation an American welfare organisation has donated $5,000 to the Federation of Malaya Olympic Sports Council. This donation is not a direct on c to the Fund. It is to be used to help the FMOC to raise money. The FMOC
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