The Straits Times, 26 June 1956

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    12 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845. SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, JUNE 26, 1956. 15 CENTS
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    THE WEEPING MOTHERS
    450 1 Taxi dash to dockside fails to stop runaway son bound for Red China Police hold 'no pass' youth fHKRE WERE dra matic scenes at Singapore Har(tur Hoard wharves isterday as the liner liwanjji left the olony with about 200 passengers *ound for Communist China. One mother, whose
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    A SAD DAY FOR TWO WOMEN
    37 1 SAD MOTHER No. 1 ...Madam Chew Fook Kee. Sh« was too late to stop her son. SAD MOTHER No. 2 ...Madam Yeow Keng Siong. She waited in vain for her daughter
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    THE BOY WHO RAN AWAY FROM HOME
    31 1 CHAN CHENG LIE, 16, seen boarding the Tjiwangi after running away from home. His mother arrived too late to stop him— Straits Times pictures.
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    Airliner crashes at end of runway
    435 1 27 BURNED TO DEATH—IB SURVIVE LAGOS. Nigeria, Monday. TWENTY-FIVE passengers and a stewardess were killed when a London-bound British Overseas Airways Corporation Argonaut crashed and burst into flames soon after taking off from Kano Airport last night. A steward is also feared to have
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    35 1 TOKYO, Mon. An ob- servatory on Mount Full (12,395 feet) today reported rain falling on the summit gave off radioactivity of 4,063 counts per minute, the highest yet recorded for Mount Fuji.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon Talks delayed
    21 1 WASHINGTON, Mon. President Eisenhower today postponed talks with the Indian Prime Minister. Mr. Nehru, planned for July 1-10. —Reuter.
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    Lock icon Rhee agrees
    36 1 SEOUL, Mon. -Dr. Syngman Rhee said today he would agree to United Nations sponsored elections in all Korea to unify the country on one condition-com-plete withdrawal of Chinese Communist forces from North Korea.— Reuter.
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    R.A.F. plans to cut overseas Postings to three months
    112 1 R.A.F. plans to cut overseas Postings to three months From HALL ROMNEY LONDON, Mon. Royal Air Force men serving in Singapore will have their period of service cut to three months if a plan is adopted by the Cabinet. The News Chronicle said that the Cabinet were discussing sweeping changes
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    The bases stay
    33 1 REYKJAVIK, Mon. The Premier, Mr. Oiafur Thors. whose party favours the retention of strong Americanmanned NATO bases in Iceland, won a resounding election victory in the capital today.— U. P.
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    Mystery blast kills man 60ft. away
    301 1 Mystery blast kills man 60ft. away CHANGKOL CLUE IN CRATER A MYSTERY explosion A on the Bukit Timah hillside, near the Singapore Granite Quarries, yesterday afternoon killed a man and injured three other people. It Is feared that a second person lost his life but little trace of a second
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    Big opium haul
    40 1 About $120,000 worth of opium was seized by the Singapore Customs on board the Dukat on her arrival from Bangkok early yesterday. The opium weighed 305 lb. and was found in an escape shaft of the ship.
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    26 1 NICOSIA, Mon— Terrorists attacked a suburban police .station before dawn today. A British soldier was wounded in the leg by bomb fragments. —A.P.
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    Man stabbed
    24 1 Philip Wong Pak Yu, 23. a draughtsman, was stabbed in the chest last night following a quarrel at Keong Siak Road. Singapore.
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    21 1 TEHERAN. Mon.— T n c Shah and Queen Soraya left today for a two-week visit to Russia.— A.P.
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    TERROR IN THE NIGHT Thug enters home and stabs two
    178 1 TERROR IN THE NIGHT Thug enters home and stabs two k YOUNG thug terrorised a A family living at Potong Pasir village in Singapore last night by stabbing a man and his mother and punching the man's wife. Earlier three men had visited the family and assaulted P. Thangavellu, 25.
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    81 1 NEW ESCORT FOR THE PRINCESS Commoner but he is wealthy PINCESS M AR G A RET and her new commoner escort. Christopher Loyd. 33-year-old tall, dark anJ handsome war hero, at Ascot races. Loyd. wealthy squire of Locklrfg, Berkshire, was educated at Eton and Cambridge. He was a captain in
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    Lock icon Mr. Nehru gets a 'torture' cable
    46 1 BOMBAY, Mon.— The Press Trust of India today reported that nationalist Goan leaders had sent a cable to Mr. Nehru, the Premier, alleging that Portuguese authorities in Goa had arrested at least 80 prominent Goans and had tortured many.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon 'No religion bar in China'
    60 1 HONG KONG, Mon.— The Right Rev. Ronald Hall, Anglican Bishop of Hong Kong, said after his return from Peking today: "There is religious freedom as far as I could see during my threeweek stay in China." Bishop Hall accompanied by Mrs. Hall, visited China at
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    Lock icon Nude banned
    33 1 JAKARTA. Mon.— Actress Nurnaningsih, who .shocked the nation by appearing nude in a motion picture, has been barred by police from performing in Pekalongan to maintain "public order and security."— UP.
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    29 1 Marilyn ROXBURY. Connecticut. Mon. Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller took to the hills of Connecticut late last night. Their marriage appeared to be a day or two off— UP.
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    Test: Aussies get on top
    173 1 Test: Aussies get on top LONDON. Mon.—Australia played themselves into a dominating position in the second Test match at Lord's today. England, with Richardson and Cowdrey out and 72 runs on the board In the second Innings, need 300 to win tomorrow— the last day of the match. Richie Benaud,
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    STOP PRESS
    42 1 AIR CRASH TOLL NOW 30 LONDON Mon—Minister Transport. Mr. Harold Watklnson. told House of Commons only in passengers and "ye of crew of BOAC Argonaut survived crash at Kano. BOAC spokesman confirmed Anal death toll of ;:<!.— r.P. (See this paco
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    Lock icon All for Chiang
    29 1 TAIPEH. Mon— The South Korean Ambassador, Gen. Kirn Hong H. today said that his country was solidly in favour of an alliance with Nationalist China. A.P.
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    GIRL CHOSEN FOR TRAINING
    49 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. A 25-year-old Kuala Lumpur Malay girl has been selected for six months' training in Britain a* an organiser of Women's Institute. She is Che Kamsiah binte Ibrahim, an assistant organiser at the headquarters of Malayan Women's institute here. She leaves on Wednesday.
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    18,000 PLAN 'HURRY UP' HALTS
    223 2 Mine workers protest to their employers: We're tired of waiting for a decision Every Sunday a holiday until an old dispute gets a hearing IPOH, Monday. FIGHTEEN THOUSAND mine workers may down tools every Sunday from next month in protest against the "long delay" in
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    Lock icon New German party
    69 2 BONN. Mon.— Dr. ViktorEmmanuel Preusker, West German Minister of Housing, was yesterday elected chairman of a new Liberal party, the Free People's Party, which has rour Federal ministers and other Bundestag members in Its ranks. They are the minority group who left the Free Democratic Party when
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    TWO LAWYERS ROW OVER THE CASE OF AN OFFICE
    154 2 TWO LAWYERS ROW OVER THE CASE OF AN OFFICE rTO Singapore lawyers one a woman appeared in court yesterday on an order because it was feared their strained relationship o/er an office might lead to a breach of the peace. The office, No. l-A Raffles Place, is occupied by Mr.
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    Cheesecake to give away the iced cake ANY GUY CAN GET A PIECE FROM THESE LOVELY DOLLS
    122 2 Cheesecake to give away the iced cake ANY GUY CAN GET A PIECE FROM THESE LOVELY DOLLS IT WILL be a case of cheesecake giving away the iced cake at the "Guys and Dolls" dance at Raffles Hotel on Friday. These eight Goldwyn Girls will distribute the cake. Yesterday the
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    AIR SHOW FOR SEATO MEN
    61 2 Four Venom fighters of No. 14 Squadron, Royal New Zealand Air Force, will give an acrobatic display over Singapore tomorrow in honour of delegates to the third SEATO conference. The display is part of the final military honours which the Far East Air Force will
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    The riddle stays unsolved—HOW did Janet die?
    277 2 The riddle stay s unsolved— HOW did Janet die? MYSTERY shrouds the fatal head lnillr on Janet Wong, 23, the waitress f '""i Singapore General Hospital on the April 8. After a three-day-long in- 1 quei-t, the Coroner, Mr. K. T. Alexander, yesterday recorded an open verdict and said: The
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    A SMILING MAHMUN MEETS HIS FATE
    133 2 Life-andL-death boy's great courage I SYDNEY, Mon. A Malay boy. fighting I death battle against a brain tumor, v I to St. Vincent's Hospital immediately after hi I rived here this morning- I Mahmud bin Haji Yunos. 17, left Singapore yesterday to undergo a
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    Lock icon King's visit
    28 2 JAKARTA, Mon. King Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia will arrive in Jakarta on August 7 for a 10-day state visit, the Foreign Office announced today. Reuter.
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    $50,000 SPENT TO STAGE MOTOR SHOW
    43 2 $50,000 SPENT TO STAGE MOTOR SHOW Singapoi;: ders the finai I latest car. In for Singap' I show. wbicS Happy World Stad Friday. vide ai the public cars in town More been 8] v. dee r the show. It will ran til! I
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    ELECTRIC THREAT AVERTED
    112 2 ELECTRIC THREAT AVERTED Power station i, •protected' m T HE Po« Go, emmm; has swiftly to ruption oi c electricity su p should the 7,' J threatened electrical workers n off. It has countered with a de the Pasir Pan station a "proted Special powers By doing so, it ca-
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    Lock icon Patriarch gets job back
    64 2 CAIRO, Mon. Anba 7» sab. t'.ie Coptic (C Patriarch of Alexar was deposed for agemenl last year, was reinstated la-t night. The decision to the Patr.a spiritual leader of 3.000' Coptic Orthodox Chi Egypt and l.noo.cnn In tin Sudan. Ethiopia, the QoM Coast and South Afric
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    Flame at last
    26 2 CHICAGO, Moi the kitchen ctrove 30 Ana I from a restaurant r N of the restaurant: The F;:=- 1 Dlace.— A P I
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      Lock icon BLITZED CATHEDRAL REOPENS
      51 2 PARIS, Mon.— The Cathedral of Notre Dame at Rouen has been reopened 12 years after Allied bombs and fire made it a ruin. At the same time, Rouen celebrated the fifth centenary of the rehabilitation of Joan of Arc. who was burned at the stake in 1431.—
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      17 2 LONDON: Czechoslovakia ha*s produced a new jet fighter with sweptback wings, the Czechoslovak news agency Ceteka reported.—Reuter.
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      24 2 VATICAN CITY: More than 500 Servicemen who will take part in alr-.*>a exercises next week were received in audience by the Pope on Sunday.—A.P.
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      18 2 LONDON: Ivan Llkhachev. one of the orjranisers of Russia's car industry and road transport system, has died. —Reuter
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      18 2 KARACHI: President Iskander Mirza of Pakistan has invited the presidents of Lebanon and Syria to visit Pakistan— Reuter.
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      29 2 PARIS: Mr. Khim Tit. the Cambodian Premier, has left Pnompenh for Parto to join Prince Norodom Sihanouk, former KlnK of Cambodia, on a visit to Moscow and Prague Reuter.
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      21 2 LONDON: Mr. Anthony Nuttins. I for Fi I gone to N I suit I': nadian I I I i Ri I
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    Lock icon B and K throw a Party to tell how far ahead their air force is
    655 3 B and K throw a Party to tell how far ahead their air force is AfOSCOW, Mon. ri The Russian Communist Party leader Mr. Nikita Khrushchev, said last night that the big Soviet air display yesterday featured comparatively few bombers "benise we wanted to emphasise our defensive equipment." He was
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    Lock icon EGYPT TOLD: YOU PLOT A WAR
    125 3 JERUSALEM, Monday. ISRAEL has complained to the Israeli-Egyptian armistice commission about a speech made by the Egyptian Prime Minister, Lt. Col. Nasser An Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman accused Col. Nasser of making "a public declaration in unmistakable terms that he planned to use newly-acquired
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    Lock icon 51 REBELS DIE IN ALGERIAN BATTLE
    158 3 ALGIERS, Mon. TRENCH CAVALRY and infantry killed 51 rebels yesterday in one of the biggest actions of recent weeks. T. battle took place in the Constant ine region where French forces are sweeping through the rocky, scrubcovered hills in an attempt t knock out
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    ISO-passenger jet will fly non-stop from Moscow to the U.S.
    108 3 ISO-passenger jet will fly non-stop from Moscow to the U.S. MOSCOW, Mon.— Russia's new 180-passenger four-jet airliner will fly non-stop from Moscow to New York, Mr. Khrushchev, the Communist Party First Secretary." said here yesterday. The plane, being buiU by Andre Tupolov. designer of the two-jet passenger airliner, the TU-103,
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    Lock icon Such jolly boating weather —so the Russian leaders pull oars for their guests
    477 3 Such jolly boating weather so the Russian leaders pull oars for their guests LOOK, I'M THE ENGINE— TAKE MY PICTURE' AfOSCOW, Mon.— The ITI Russian Prime Minister, Marshal Bulganin, took a member of the British Government for a row on the lake here yesterday and the commander of the Soviet
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    Lock icon GUNMEN SHOOT JUDGE
    111 3 NICOSIA, Mon. rpERRORISTS today shot A down a British Judge who recently sentenced two rebel gunmen to hang. Mr. Justice Shaw was seriously wounded by a bullet from a volley fired at him on the courthouse steps when he left for home at 2 p.m. Troops and
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    Lock icon Ceylon to see Jap royalty
    37 3 TOKYO. Mon The Japanese Government today announced Prince and Princess Mikasa would go to Ceylon as the representatives of the Japanese imperial family for the 2,500 th anniversary of Ceylon's foundation. Reuter.
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    LONDON STOCKS
    222 3 LONDON, Mon. Closing middle prices of selected stocks not including stamp duty Consols £52>i Funding 4% £88 War 3>*% £71 7/16 +11/16 BANKS Mercantile (£12%) £4 Eastern (£5) £7% Chartered (£5) 37/ 1>* +/1% Hongkong (1125) £92 +Vi INSURANCE Com. Un. (uts.) 84/10 >-i /6 Royal 81/4V4 /3
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    RUBBER
    25 3 LONDON. June 25.—Spot 25-S.d., July-Sept. 25^d., Oct.-Dec. 25Hd., Jan-Mar. 24-Hd.. April-June 24% d., July c.l.f. 25* d.. Aug. c.l.f. 25\d. Tone: Easy after firm.
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    TIN
    22 3 LONDON. June 25. Ca»h Buyers £751; Sellers £753; Forward Buyers £742; Sellers £7424: Settlement £754. Turnover, »jn. 125 tons, p.m. 40.
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    Lock icon CEYLON TO STAY IN THE EMPIRE
    190 3 LONDON, Mon The Ceylon Prime Minister, Mr. Solomon Bandaranaike, arrived here yesterday for the Commonwealth Prime Ministers' conference which begins on Wednesday. His government, he said, would alter the constitution and declare Ceylon a republic. Ceylon would stay in the Commonwealth. "I do not
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    45 3 WASHINGTON, Mon.—President Eisenhower continues to progress "very satisfactorily," according to the latest medical bulletin. The bulletin said: The President spent a quiet afternoon. He napped at intervals, read and listened to music. "His temperature, pulse, blood pressure, and respiration are normal." Reuter
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    48 3 BOMBAY. Mon. The World Bank will sign an agreement, this week granting a loan of £28 million to the Tata Iron Company. The money will be spent on new equipment to Increase annual steel production from one to two million tons. Reuter.
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    NAKED CORPSE YOUTH TO HANG
    401 4 Judge; He was tmpiyd by qneontyollable Impute* Jury out 38 minutes rejects insanity plea PENANG, Monday. "uncontrollable impulse" seized Loh Ah Bah as he sat on a hillside with his girl friend an impulse that will send him to the gallows. It was Feb. 12,
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    Minister .sees old friends
    57 4 TELUK ANSON. Mon.— Mr Chew Swee Kee, the Singapore Minister for Education, on holiday in the Federation, came here to see two old friends. They are Inche Bahaudin bin Mohamed Nordin, court clerk, and Inche Maamun bin Haji Abdullah, peon of the court, where Mr. Chew
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    Song festival
    28 4 PENANG. Mon.— The Penang St. John Ambulance Association will stage a Festival of Songs at the Han Chiang High School hall at 8.30 p.m. this Saturday.
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    COURT TOLD OF ROW OVER A LETTER
    135 4 JOHN HADDON STONE, a mechanical engineer, who sued his wife. Lilian Stone nee Lilian Didier. for a divorce in the Singapore High Court yesterday on grounds of desertion and adultery, was granted a decree nisi. The decree is to be made absolute in
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    Measles over—so boys can meet Governor
    129 4 Measles over so boys can meet Governor DOCTORS have checked the outbreak of German measles in the Gimson School, Clement! Road, Singapore. And now the 130 boys there are once again looking forward to meeting the Governor, Sir Robert Black, and Lady Black, at the school's ninth anniversary celebrations. They
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    THUG 'GENERAL' JAILED
    79 4 PENANG. Mon. A Singapore gangster. Yap Chai Lian, described by the prosecution as a secret society "Tiger General" was today sentenced to three years' Jail. Yap, who had one previous conviction, stole three pens, two watches and cash from a house at Green Hall on June 17.
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    Union opens new branch
    54 4 About 100 members were enrolled at the opening on Sunday of the Peninsula Malay Union's new branch in Geylang Serai, the union's publicity chief. Inche Izadin. said yesterday. This is the seventh branch to be opened this year, he added. An eighth branch will be opened
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    Red Cross ball
    30 4 MALACCA, Mon A gala ball will be held' at Kubu Stadium here on Friday in aid of the British Red Cross Society and Malacca Church Workers' Association.
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    ) *| COULDN'T LET THEM I STARVE, COULD I?'
    79 4 COULDN'T LET THEM I STARVE, COULD I?' A NINE-YEAR-OLD black and white terrier *****, in Clementi Road, Singapore, is suckling two stray tensShe belongs to Mr. J. Reilly. a teacher at the naval school at Sembawang. Romulus and Remus the kittens were adopted by Mr. Reilly when he found them
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    CLASH RUMOUR: THREE HELD
    153 4 Police question youths BUTTERWORTH, Monday DOLICE here are questioning three Chinese teen- agers. believed to have spread rumours of a communal clash between Chinese and Malays at Permatang Rawa. Bukit Mertajam, en Saturday night. "Such false rumours are designed not only to create trouble but to
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    Spitfire turns into a butterfly
    85 4 Spitfire turns into a butterfly IPOH. Mon. The banned "Spitfire Revue" has been given permission to resume its shows minus its two strippers and under a new name. The strippers are Chan Hoong, manageress of the 'roupe, and Wong Ah Yoke, better known as "little Chan Hoong." The revue renamed
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    Concert by the 'Workshop'
    53 4 TAPPING, Mon.— The Music Workshop, conducted by Mr. N. William Zimmerman, gave a choral concert at the Lady Teacher Girls' School hall on Saturday. Mr. Zimmerman had as his accompanists, Miss Chua Sul Bee ard Miss lim Meng Lin. The programme included negro spirituals, folks songs
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    MM CONTEST—WHERE YOU WENT WRONG
    714 4 MM CONTEST— WHERE YOU WENT WRONG fHE names of the prize- winners in the Malayan Monthly's $20,000 Jackpot Word Puzzle "W" were announced in the Sunday Times. Here are observations on what the judges thought were the most apt and accurate answers to some of the more difficult clues. ACROSS
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    Our famous river odour
    300 5 LAWYER SNIFFS AT KAI r >«.« SCHEME: POINTLESS HE 8AY8 'GREEN BELT? WHEN THE TIDE GOES OUT YOU'RE HAPPIER FAR, FARAWAY HEMEte widen Singapore's Kallang River and to give the public access to its banks criticised at yesterday's Master Plan in- guM ;aid Mr. A. F.
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    Mother begs: Please find my son
    44 5 Mother begs: Please find my son SETOH SAM YAM, 17. of Sembawang Road, Singapore, who has been missing from home since April 17 His mother Madam Wong Ah Gam, yesterday wrote to the Department of Social Welfare asking officials to try to trace him.
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    New St. John centre
    50 5 IPOH. Mon. The St. Ambulance Association. Centre, plans to build i.OOO headquarters in on a site promised by sate Government. Sections for the building during the past five however. have 'd to only $37,192. n association will hold a day on July 7, to raise tunds.
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    PAP ASK: WHEN CAN WE MEET?
    99 5 WHEN, where and under what conditions can the Singapore People's Action Party hold public meetings? That is what the P.A.P. leader, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew. asked the Chief Secretary, Mr. W. A. C. Goode, in a letter yesterday. The letter followed police i^fusal to
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    Full military honours
    42 5 TAIPING, Mon. The four» troopers of the 15/19 Hussars, killed in the collision between a train and an armoured truck, 19 miles north of Ipoh yesterday, were buried with full military honours at the British cemetery here this evening.
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    Varsity dinner
    28 5 The University of Malaya Society is giving a buffet dinner tomorrow in honour of the Hong Kong sports contingent at the Medical Alumni building, College Road.
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    MUD BOGS DOWN MERDEKA ROAD'
    149 5 \\'ORK on the new coast road connecting the Merdeka Bridge with Connaught Drive has been t> niporarily bogged down by mud. The multi-million-dollar I f was originally schehave been completed end of this month. >York on the bridge Itself is I on time but the
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    Had opium —fined
    52 5 Had opium fined PENANG, Mon.— Three Revenue Officers searched a house at Victoria Street and found 20 tins of prepared opium in a drain, the Sessions Court here was told today. Llm Twa Tow. who claimed ownership of the opium, valued at $900. was fined $6,000 or in default, nine
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    Army council to meet
    49 5 Army council to meet K'CALA LUMPUR Mon. Urst informal meetings th e Federation Armed ceg Council the new body h will determine the itution of the country's I army, will be held early 1 month. follows the arrival Saturday of Major OeH. Brooke, the new of the Federation Army.
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    The vital task of the trade mission
    194 5 The vital task of the trade mission TO FORGE LINKS WITH CHINA AND JAPAN CINGAPORES trade mission to China and Japan will have a vital task to preserve the commercial life of this island. Mr. Yap Pheng Geek, who is organising the mission, told the Straits Times yesterday: "W e
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    Archaeologist visits Colony
    50 5 Burma's chief archaeologist, U Lv Pewin, will modernise his department as a result of a three-month visit to the United States where he saw museums and libraries. "I am going to have a look at your Raffles Museum while I am here," he said in Singapore yesterday.
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    Latifah and Victor are jitterbug champions
    57 5 Latifah and Victor are jitterbug champions MALAYAN champion Jitterbug dancers, Victor Yeo and Latifah Shariff, in action at the Great World Singapore. The competition was organised by Shaw Brothers, to publicise "The Benny Goodman Story." They will appear in a 40--minute variety show to be given before the screening of
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    LIFE BRIGADE GIRLS MUST WAIT FOR SHIELDS
    100 5 LIFE BRIGADE GIRLS MUST WAIT FOR SHIELDS PUR Singapore companies of the Girls' Life Brigade will have to wait another week before they see the two shields they won in a world -wide Girls' Life Brigade competition. The shields were to have been brought by Miss Gladys M. Gebbie, organising
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    Witness in murder case commended HE SAW ALLEGED FATAL ASSAULT
    251 5 Witness in murder case commended HE SAW ALLEGED FATAL ASSAULT MR. Justice Knight commended Mr. D. A. Lewis, a rubber merchant, in the Singapore Assize Court yesterday for the cooperation and help he had rendered to the police in apprehending a Punjabi watchman who is alleged to have murdered a
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    The diplomats toast Siam
    38 5 The Governor, Sir Robert Black, and consular heads in Singapore yesterday evening drank a toast to Siam at the Siamese Consulate In Lyndhurst Road. The occasion was the celebration of the Siamese National Day.
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    TEACHERS TOLD: DON'T COMPLAIN
    188 5 TEACHERS TOLD: DON'T COMPLAIN fHE Singapore Minis--1 try of Education yesterday gave this advice to newly qualified Normal teachers who are disappointed over the delay in their pay "don't complain but Rive credit to those working with great inconvenience to help you." A Ministry spokesman, explaining the delay, said there
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    Red camp, food dumps found
    42 5 ALOR STAR, Mon.— A patrol of B Company, Ist Malay Regt., and local Home Guards yesterday found a bandit camp in the Kulim area. Two small food dumps with cooking oil, salt and sugar were found nearby.
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    Tengku visits Highlands
    74 5 TANAH RATA, Mon. The Chief Minister and Minister for Defence, Tengku Abdul Rahman, paid his first visit today to the Highlands since he came into office. Army and Police officers briefed the Tengku on the details of "Operation Shark South", which was mounted in early May to
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    DEATH
    47 6 211 Hords $10 (minimum). KHOO TENG OON of Messrs. Anglo French and Bendlxsens Ltd.. Kuala Lumpur, third son of Mr. t< Mrs. Kl.oo Boo Thye, passed ewav on 24.6.56. Funeral tomorrow (26.6.56). Coriege leaving the Ch .:k Seng Tong, Sultan Street. Kuala Lumpur at 2.30 p.m.
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    114 6 ttt Word* HO (minimum) MR. tc MRS. EZRA MEYER CAUL of Seremban thank friends end relatives who gave valuable preatoU, sent congratulatory mesMfti an d rendered assistance on the occasion of their marriage In t ore en 24.6.56. MR. VERNON BLIGH and tc lily wish to express their heartIt
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    236 6 ANNOUNCEMENTS 20 Words $10 (Minimum) FOLLOW PEDANT Every Day! In the "Malay Mall" if you want to win that '{5,000 word pussle. LOLLI-POPS popping in every mouth. \iovely Fruit Flavoured Sweets oi. a Stick. Made by Fullers Ltd. Sole Agents Robinson's. MADELINE'S FASHION NEWS j California Cottons Cocktail Wear. We
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    IN MEMORIAM
    60 6 .''i Uords $10 (minimum) IN EVER LOVING Memory of F.imuel Hector Balaslntram Sinnararal who met the dawn of everlasting day on 26th June. 1954. You are forever In Our Thoughts ami every hour we Pray Keeping back 'he tears in Our Hearts and Hope thro' Christ to meet
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Tues. June 26, 1956. Khrushchev's Dilemma
    595 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Tues. June 26, 1956. Khrushchev's Dilemma Doubts which weighed heavily on Mr. Khrushchev's mind when he began the de.^nctification of Stalin at the February Congress of the Russian Communist Party are proving only too justified. Day by day the evidence accumulates of dismay and dissension among
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    Misdirected Zeal
    248 6 Mr. Lee Choon Eng, the member for Queenstown in the Legislative Assembly, has written a complaining letter to the Assistant Director, Women's and Girls Section, Social Welfare Department He ha s also circulated copies to the newspapers. It is to be hoped that the official concerned hag consigned
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    Pay Delays
    165 6 Fourteen student teachers of a Government English school in Kuala Lumpur are desperately short of money because the Government apparently thinks it good for their souls to keep them waiting. These teachers have not received their May salaries. The sum involved is not large. Surely the Federation Government
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    Unusual Channel
    153 6 In Singapore today are three members of an organisation called the Jammu-Kashmir Kisan Mazdoor Conference. Their aim is "to publicise Kashmir's case in South East Asian countries so a s to bring pressure to bear on the Indian Government to implement the proposal for a Kashmir plebiscite." These
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    A SHAH WHO RULES OVER OIL WELLS
    1060 6  -  They eiilt him Me King 6t Kings. tKe Centre of tho r nS > the Shadow at the Almighty but to his Russian hosts ti^fr received him with great ceremony yesterday he is f iisi WHE King of Kings L the one they
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      Battle of Marina Hill
      575 6 DR. C. H. WITHERSPAYNE has cast doubt on a statement by Professor Parkinson that a battle took place on Marina Hill between the Japanese and the Malay Regiment. In his attempt to show that this site would be better occupied by an Army Mess than by
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      Learnt the hard way
      194 6 IFEEL that I may be able to enlighten "ex-E/Sgt. 368" on how the European Police Sergeants learned jungle work in 1048. As far as I am aware, no provision was made for the training of European Police Sergeants in jungle work until about the middle of
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      "Empty" buses are crowded
      206 6 AS a regular passenger of the 18A Service. I would like to mention the very serious overcrowding in these buses after office hours. People working in the Orchard Road area have to wait at least half an hour before they are able to board these buses
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      BETTER ONES IGNORED
      64 6 rE recent selection of candidates for appointments to the Malay Administrative Service is something one had hoped would not happen under the present Government. Despite the stated requirements that candidates should possess Grade I or Grade II School Certificates, the Public Services Appointments Board has chosen to
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      419 6 r i Straits Times Free Press Far the convenience af edver- N»en our representative at Ist. floor, SINGAPORE COLD STORAGE, I ORCHARD ROAD. will receive fmoll odverf t% enonti ond answers re box numbers Classified advertisements may also be handed to: CITY BOOK STORE LTD. Winchester House, Collyer Quay, Singapore.
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      120 6 "SCHOOL" VIOLIN OUTFIT. (Made In Germany i Through special arrangement* made by our Resident Agents In Germany, we have bought over the present year's whole output of Violins from a reliable Maker In Germany; thus we are able to present this astounding offer: "SCHOOL" VIOLIN OUTFIT. Outfit consists of: 1
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    Found hanging
    29 7 housewife returned home hopping last night to find her husband, Lee Seng, t r > hanging from the ceiling r house in Tan j ong Paear Road. Singapore.
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    Women shoppers stole 5 rings
    108 7 Women shoppers stole 5 rings /pWO well-dressed young -I mothers pleaded guilty in Singapore yesterday to stealing five rings from O. C. De Silva and Bros., Raffles Place, or. May 26. Senior Inspector Chan Chin Fonf said that the women, Khoo Guat Cheng and Tay X.m Swan, asked to see
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    Suit dismissed
    22 7 A Singapore court yesterday dismissed a maintenance suit of a dance hostess, Annie Chan, against a merchant. Nk Fnok Cfree.
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    The girl who wed her teacher
    318 7 „_-j '"'HiiitnitniiiiiHiitmiti mnimmniiiiinm iiiiiiiiititmiiimiiiiiiiiiiiii urn mil ninminni mnimn H i iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiii jGIRL BRIDE ALLEGES SHE WAS STRIPPED. BEATEN AND PUNCHED BUT HE MARRIED ME TO AVOID SACK -FOR OUR INTIMACY' FORMER schoolgirl who married her teacher told a Singapore court yesterday that he K
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    THE CRUEL WORLD...
    200 7 Unhappy amah poisons herself because fate wouldn't give her a chance in life AN amah, Tan Bock San, 27, poisoned herself with opium because the felt fate had been cruel to her, a Singapore inquest was told yesterday. The employer, Madam Low Ah Mvi, of Owen Road,
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    SERGEANT: 'I WAS TORTURED BY FAN'
    360 7 SERGEANT: 'I WAS TORTURED BY FAN' —but his statement is admitted A MALAY soldier claimed at a court martial yesterday that he was subjected to mild torture by the Singapore C.I.D. The soldier, Sgt. Tamby Chik bin Kassim, of the R.A.S.C., said that while being questioned in Robinson Road he
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    Showed obscene films—fined
    41 7 Showed obscene films fined For publicly exhibiting obscene films, Mok Kam Kwong. of Craig Road, was fined $500 in the Singapore Fourth Magistrate's Court yesterday. Mok, unemployed, admitted that he screened the films in a Geylang Road flat on Sunday night.
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    20 MINUTES OF 80mph TERROR
    107 7 $30,000 rubber ruined KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. A FREAK 80-mile-an-hour gale cut a mile-long swathe through Staffield and Pajam rubber estates, 30 miles south of here this afternoon. In 20 minutes of wind and rain and thunder, 70 acres of rubber trees were uprooted and shattered.
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    Govt. unions vote to join T.U.C.
    112 7 Govt. unions vote to join T.U.C. rpHE Federation of Unions X of Government Employees last night decided in principle that they should be affiliated to the Singapore Trades Union Congress. The decision was taken at the federation's seventh annual conference in Empress Place, which was attended by leaders of 25
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    Treasurer is fined
    53 7 Singapore's assistant City Treasurer, Yeow Cheng Hoe, was fined total of $200 yesterday on two charges of driving a car on which registration tax had not been paid. The offences took place on April 16 and April 19 at Woodlands and in Coleman Street respectively. Yeow pleaded
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    7,000 accept Army pay offer
    79 7 7,000 accept Army pay offer KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The executive council of the War Department Civilian Staff Association here last night accepted the Army's offer to back-date the wage Increase for 7,000 daily paid workers to April 1. The general secretary of the association, Mr. S. J. H. Zaidi, today
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    Woman ('Who'll take my child?') in hospital
    107 7 rpHE Eurasian woman who A is giving away her baby —as yet unborn —to an elderly couple with 12 children of their own, was taken to Kandang Kerbau hospital yesterday for observation. She told a Straits Times reporter: "I don't know what is
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    SENIOR JOBS IN CITY FOR LOCAL MEN
    270 7 Many Asians hold top posts in European firms rp HE chairman of the Singapore chamber of Commerce. Mr. M. F. Cutler, said yesterday that many Asians were now getting big jobs in the city. "There is a steady increase now in the number
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    Home growing
    27 7 Singapore is now producing more of its food than ever before, said Mr. R. F. Carey, secretary general of the Singapore Agricultural Show, last night.
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    Seah family moves into the house that Rotary built
    246 7 Seah family moves into the house that Rotary built THEY JUST CAN'T GET OVER THE CHANGE TUBERCULOSIS victim, Seah Oh L Chan, and his family have moved into the little wooden house built for them by members of the Singapore Rotary Club. And they can't get over the contrast between
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    TWO KILLED ON WAY TO PARK
    82 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. Two people were killed and two others seriously Injured when their car crashed into a tree in Treacher Road here last night. The dead were Khoo Teng Oon, 28, local manager of Anglo-French Bendixsens, and his niece, Miss Loong Seah, 19.
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    $300 MILLION SMUGGLING INDUSTRY
    142 7 $300 MILLION SMUGGLING INDUSTRY Jakarta seeks pact to end it T*HE Indonesian Government Is worried about the x mounting losses through the smuggling of rubber from Indonesia to Malaya. An Indonesian Consulate spokesman said yesterday: "We are very concerned over this smuggling." Last year about 153.400 tons of rubber worth
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    Mufti ('I signed because I was ayain on memo
    126 7 Mufti ('I signed because I was ayain on memo MALACCA, Mon.— The Mufti of Malacca, Tuan Haji Khalil bin Haji Hussain. today dissociated himself from a memorandum recently sent to the Reid Commission by 110 British subjects of all nationalities in Malacca. Tuan Haji Khalil said he signed the memorandum
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    5 terrorists give up
    33 7 TEMERLOH, Mon. Five terrorist* surrendered near here yesterday. They surrendered a rifle and 17 rounds of ammunition. Nine bandits have now given up In the Temerloh district since Friday.
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    STUDENTS OFF TO U.S. FOR FOUR-YEAR COURSE
    71 7 THESE THREE SINGAPORE students have been awarded scholarships by the Tennessee Temple College, America, to study theology. They are, from left: Lee Leong Bor. of Raffles Institution, Chew Chin Hua. of St. Hilda's School, and Chew Chin Kew, of Beatty Secondary School. All
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      190 7 How to own a complete suite of Waterford Glass Start with six glasses of one 'basic' type— add other types at your convenience from time to time w-^ Every suite of Waterfnrd Glass has several types of glass for various drinks and beverages. There arc, however, four basic types of
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      137 7 Pr.%*™ Urn SHOWROOM SHINE of your CAR with KELVEX! ...THE SENSATIONAL PLASTIC DISCOVERY THAT MAKES UM!% PteuOcote A product of U.S.A. origin. Pla&ticote" Is today not only the most economical but also the most effective auto polish, which has beoonie increasingly popular with motorists throughout the length and breadth of
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      64 7 High tides TODAY: Slnapore 12 a.m 1 9ft. Bin.); 1.18 p.m. (Bft. 4in.); Port Dickson fe.oB n m. iBtr. 3in 8.32 p.m. (Bft. 4in.): Penang 2.30 a.m. (6ft. Tin.) 2.16 p.m (7ft. Bin.). TOMORROW: Singapore 12.34 a.m. (9ft. 4in.) 1.47 p.m. <Bft. 4in.); Port Dickson P. 33 a.m. 'Bft. 41n.)
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    The can-can petticoat
    27 8 A can-can petticoat of black nylon organza, with net underskirts. The black lac« long-line bra, by Warneers. Both from The Modern Silk j Store.
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    New lingerie is pretty enoughfor
    213 8 New lingerie is pretty enoughfor DRILLS, flowers, lace and a froth of A nylon net make the latest lingerie as pretty and feminine as the gayest party dress and even more flatterIng to wear. Nylon, in soft, sheer tricot or crisp organza is used for glamour nightdresses, negligees and wonderful,
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    STRETCH AWAY INCHES
    120 8 STRETCH AWAY INCHES REACH for the sky when you go into action in your search for a slim, trim figure. Singapore physical culture expert, Mrs. Claire Corridon, who suggests a "keep fit" exercise on this page every Tuesday, today gives you a bend and stretch routine which is a sure
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    HE STOPPED TRAFFIC
    503 8 MONDAY VkTE are driving along a main road this afternoon when a white-clad man steps from the pavement at a junction, carrying a CHILDREN, STOP sign. All traffic comes to a screaming halt and watches the chap who walks leisurely over the street, but instead of pausing
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      145 8 J Not a shadow I ofadouk —with Kj)lox Now comes packed in pearl-grey boxes S of 12 towels with More women choose KOTEX than all_ other sanitary towels* I LEC REFRIGERATOR m 4 x 2 cv. ft. NEW SHIPMENT DUE NEXT Wf£K g| j I ill jiaSlH «9i Price! $575.00
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      345 8 Straits Times Crossword 7™ r" 5 j is I 6 7 ■lIIIEHEIILIiZ I "T^ J~S 9 J 1 I I 15 6 "HT "9 M2O 21 "m" 24 2S ""fc""^ ACROSS 7 London thoroughfare where 1 Encourage the theft of time one cu > credit, not suet (7, 6) (13)
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    STRAITS TIMES Special Feature $700,000 will lured bluebeard to doom
    1543 9 STRAITS TIMES Special Feature $700,000 will lured bluebeard to doom A pudgy, dandified man sat talking with an elderly woman in a house in a select residential street in ulclphia one day in 1932. The woman looked with so ft eyes at the man whose attention and flattery had c
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      239 9 KiJlh K ala K h Bahru Bj jßv >^fl F^v John Tyw ■1 ■Bb,-: -hooa ana good heaitn means mental alertness. You can safely put your trust M V LACTOGEN supplies the Mineral jM Salts and Vitamins Baby needs to make < ..«^^|LL dense bone, firm flesh, strong muscle l|
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      128 9 Rex Morgan, M.D. Rarher wants job .~=^BBBM^7r^rrewirc~A~iMl ill file xxjr application look mb. I u«por™utelv vou'pe l^vu.-wa y >" COMPLETE J E ANP IF SOMETHING COMES S CRAVEN MOT TRJkINEP FOR MiS AMY KIND OF K I BUT WHAT IF NEIL'S^J RE-EDUCAT\ON WM kUP WE'LL 6ET IN TOUCH I KEEP
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    MALAYAN CUSTOMS' REVENUE HOLDS AS RUBBER FALLS
    439 10 MALAYAN CUSTOMS' REVENUE HOLDS AS RUBBER FALLS By Our Market Correspondent f)ESPITE the fact that Federation of Malaya revenue from Customs and Excise duties fell last month again by $4.6 million, revenue from this source for the first five months of this year was $202.5 million compared with $173.6 million
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    RUBBER PRICES
    149 10 July first grade rubber buyer* f.o.b. closed in Singapore yesterday at 89*1 cents a tt>., up 2" H cents on Saturday's rloslng price. The closing tone was steady quiet. Closing prices in cents per lb. yesterday were: No. 1 R.S.S. Spot f.o.b. buyers 90- 1 sellers 91 No.
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    BROKERS' REPORT
    355 10 The Malayan Share Brokers Association reported: "There was greater investment in industrials which remained very steady, and in certain Instances improved slightly. But tins and rubbers were quietly steady." Singapore and Federation brokers reported the following business done yesterday:. 8.8. Petrol 565. xd cd, 575. xd cci; Fraser
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    103 10 Singapore Chinese Produce Exchange: noon prices per picul yesterday were:Copra: quiet; June $27 38 buyers, $27 5 8 sellers; July $27 1.2 buyers, $27 314 sellers. Coconut oil: quiet; bulk $40 34 sellers, drum $43 3 ;4 sellers. Pepper: quiet; no business reported done; plenty of stock arrival;
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    RUBBER CROPS
    12 10 Rlverview Rubber Estates produced 136,094 lb. In its May cfop.
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    SHIPPING
    78 10 Ships lying alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves or expected today are: Vietnam 1/2. Somali 4/5, Maron C.P., Denbigchlre 6/7. Straat Makassar 8/9, Glenartney 11, Llmburg 13/14, Benreoch 15/16. Eastern Saga 18. Charon 19/20, Serampang N. Wall 2. Rengam N. Wall 4. Resang N. Wall 6, Sumpitan N. Wall
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    AUSTRAL STOCKS
    71 10 INVESTMt;;;'. firm do u£ Inhere today, Broken H ,il moves were a KS. 1 Con. z ln t 'Jl Bank of N.s!w Mount Lye,: p^r.^ ;i Western Minitv Ampol Ex Oil seairi, Aust. Consol. inri"- A.P.M. mew, 52 ;r J Bradford B. Hill Pro 3 '-!a Counauld Dunlop
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    105 10 The Malayaa i uhln Association n np >m SS£ H credit bills, 33 1 4 Canada: 32 5/16. O. wnl' 4 cmhl bii! Selling T.T. or OD »a New York U 58: i^* Swiss Francs ll'-. frmrhT *****; Belg.an Fr» nts |mS Holland Guilders Deutsohe Marks I3S 3'4*">t*!
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      709 10 NOTICES SOCFIN COMPANY LIMITED NOTICE is hereby given that the twenty second annual general meeting of 'lie company will be held at the registered office. Bungluir Estate. Kuala Lumpur, at 10.30 o'clock in the forenoon on Tuesday the 3rd July 1956 for the following purposes:— 1) To receive the Directors'
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      196 10 NOTICES TANARA COMPANY LIMITED I NOTICE is hereby given that the twenty-fifth annual general meeting of the company will be held at the registered office, Bungsar Estate. Kuala Lumpur at 11.30 o'clock In the forenoon on Tuesday the 3rd July 1956 for the following purposes: 1) To receive the Directors'
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      396 10 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS CENTRAL ELECTRICITY BOARD OF THE FEDERATION OF MALAYA A vancancy will soon exist for Chief Generation Engineer to the Board. The duties of this office are both administrative and technical. The appointment is at the Board's Headquarters Offices in Kuala Lumpur and the Department Is responsible for mechanical,
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      381 10 NQTICES THE MALAYAN EXCHANGE BANKS ASSOCIATION All members of the above Association in the Colony of Singapore will be closed for business on Saturday 30th June and Monday 2nd July, 1956, being Gazetted Bank Holidays. WANTED Two teachers to teach ENGLISH In the Kuching Chung Hua Middle School. Salaries according
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      684 10 TENDERS CITY COUNCIL OF SWCAPORE TENDERS. ENGINEER'S DEPARTMENT: Supply of One (2-Way) Mobile Loader. Tender Deposit $100/--(refundable Close NOON 19.7.55. Tender documents are available from the City Engineer's Dept., on production of the City Treasurer's Deposit Receipt, which will be made in the name of the Tenderer submitting the Tender.
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      342 10 I MAERSK LINE M/S THOR ODLAND PENANC N. YORK 29/30 June 30 July KNUTSEN LINE orient service FROM CANAPA/U.S. PACIFIC PORTS— 3O DAYS Sailing San Arriving Vancouver Francisco Spore P. Swet. Penan? Finn' Cjertrude Bakke 28 |un 11 lul lOAur ElisabeHt Bafcke 8 lul 21 lul 20 Aug 24 Aug
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      1019 11 JA ,UNGS LIVERPOOL. LMaaa (or Liverpool Glosgow Soilt P- S'horr. Penano „„>.«. for Lrvarpool £J June 2t/28 J.n. 3»/|g ».o«mo.j|h Jun. 28 i-ZT. i- 14 /27 J I 7 8 July 4/ y Jun. IS j,j_ J »nr 4 Jury S/ 4 J.ly f j i Humburg jyl, ptlwi for
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      950 11 EAST ASIATIC LIMES OUTWARDS SaMag. tar Ba.** aad Far Eaat Penong P. Shorn S'pora A 29Jaae/2J.ty 3/ S Jaty 4/ 9 My IT* »/9J*y 19/11 J.,y 14/18 Jaty MLANDIA 14/17 Jaty 18/19 Jaty 30/33 Jaty MoMi A 19/3S Jaty 31/33 Jaty 33/34 Jaty Nat earryatg paseaagsis. t HOMEWARDS SaßMg, c^.^
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      1034 11 .UliftU TI« REN UNE STEAMERS LTD "h^* 1 SINGAPORE (Incorporotad in th* United Kingdom) S UNO SAILINGS TO U.K. AND CONTINENT PORTS S'por* P. S'hom Panong BEN ALDER tar Liverpool. Rottardom, Hull Nrt 37/3S Jan» -BENREOCH for London, Rottardom 39 Jane/ 9 Jury Dtraat arnVas laadea 31 Jary BEN AVON
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      1270 11 MoALISTER tfc CO., LTD. TEL.: No.: ***** ■filiMilMAW Ok BOCSUf ALL aaXAVBMBaM LIMB LONDON, HAVRE, ROTTERDAM. LOS ANGELEI. SAN FRANCISCO, HAMBURG PORTLAND, SEATTLE ft VANCOUVER and for U.S.A., North Atlontlc Ports M P M C# tr#l UuM> ond Cdtwdo via Colombo DONNEVILLE ITV M Bern, S'pora P. S'hom Penano crnr
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    Demand lessens for Malayan latex output
    424 12 Demand lessens for Malayan latex output WORLD demand for Malayan latex, which in the past few years had been on an increasing scale, received a set-back in the earlier part of thsi year, due to the economic recession in certain industries. Pan-Malayan exports of latex last year had totalled 107,806
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    COCA-COLA CELEBRATES ITS 25th ANNIVERSARY
    210 12 COCA-COLA CELEBRATES ITS 25th ANNIVERSARY BECAUSE of the popularity in Malaya of Coca-Cola, Lion Ltd., the bottling company in Singapore is to buy additional machinery for its factory to meet the increasing demand, Mr. R. H. Barber, the company's export manager announced. Mr. Barber forecast a further expansion of sales
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    B.P.P. has record production
    214 12 B.P.P. has record production THE revenue of the British Borneo Petroleum Syndicate during the year ended March 31 amounted to £355.000, the net profit being £342,000. The principal source of revenue is in the form of royalty on oil produced in Brunei. One of the original objects of the company
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    Cold Storage have revolutionary milk packing machine
    297 12 Cold Storage have revolutionary milk packing machine SINGAPORE Cold Storage Ltd., which has pioneered the sale of hygienic milk in Malaya has installed a revolutionary plant at its Creameries in Orchard Road. Singapore, in furtherance of this object. The plant, known as Tetrapak and manufactured by a Swedish firm of
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    BRITISH CAR EXPORTS JUMP
    130 12 BRITISH CAR EXPORTS JUMP EXPORTS of British cars last month totalled 29,750, the highest monthly figure since October, 1955. Figures for exports in April and May compared with the same period last year show the results of British manufacturers' sales drive in some hotly competitive European markets. Exports to Sweden,
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    LESSONS FOR SINGAPORE COACHES
    54 13 SINGAPORE'S former star footballers. Harlth bin Omar and John Then (with ball), on coaching course in London, seen above at the National Recreation Centre, Lillieshall. near Newport, Shropshire. They are having a talk with Wolverhampton Wanderers fullback Bill Shorthouse (left) and England team manager Walter Winterbotham
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    Selangor's most useful cricket find in years
    368 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. CELANGOR'S best postwar cricket acquisition is 27-year-old Sydney-born Arthur Dews, who arrived in Kuala Lumpur in April this year and is already rated as one of the Federation's best cricketers. After one State trial. Dews was "capped" for Selangor against
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    Lock icon THOMSON'S 68 PUTS AUSTRALIA IN LEAD
    236 13 LONDON. Mon. A USTRALIA. represented by Peter Thomson. British Open champion for the past two years, and Norman Von Nida, held a one-stroke lead with 142 when the first round of the Canada Cup 29-natlons International golf tournament was played yesterday on the Wentwonh
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    The Victor Ludorum to June Stewart
    413 13 TOHE Victor Ludorum -1- award went to June Stewart at yesterday's Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus annual athletic championships held at Bras Basah Road. June won the high jump and long Jump events and was runner-up in the 100 yards and 80 metres
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    Saints score 86-run victory
    48 13 St. Andrew^ School beat St. Patrick's School by 86 runs in an inter-school cricket match at Woodsville yesterday. St. Andrews 127 for 6 dccl. (A. Jothy 53. Ang Keet 23: L. Nathan 3-32). St. Patrick's 41 (L. Nathan 12, Sundaraj 4-7, A. L'Strange 8-18).
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    COLD STORAGE 4-3
    25 13 KUALA LUMPUR Mon.—Singapore Cold Storag* beat Medical Sports Club 4-3 In a Dlv. 3 Business House* League soccer match at Sentul today.
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    Lock icon Le Mans race made safer this year
    131 13 LE MANS, Mon. i-VROANISERS of the 24- hour Le Mans Race, the world's most arduous test for racing cars, have spent more than 300 million francs (£300.000 sterling) to prevent a repetition of last year's catastrophe here which cost 82 lived. Spectators, many
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    Watch for Muggins tomorrow
    277 13 Watch for Muggins tomorrow —says EPSOM JEEP KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. MUGGINS, a newcomer in the Sullivan Stable, IT showed good galoping ability on the training track at Kuala Lumpur this morning. Sent out with Helen Jo, Muggins galloped attractively over 3f. in 39 4/5. He was two lengths clear of
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    Soo Cheng takes Charlton title
    66 13 Sixte«n-ye»T-old Tay Soo Cheng who won the 100 yds., 200 yds., 440 yds. and hop, step and Jump, was the "A" division individual champion at the Combined Charlton Schools annual athletic meet yesterday. The "B" 'Uvlsion championship went tr Choo Hoo. In the girls section,
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    Electroplate mare makes her debut
    80 13 Electroplate mare makes her debut THE ANAK, the x first foal dropped by Electroplate a high stakes winner in Malaya four years ago ran prominently but unplaced on her first appearance on a racecourse. She ran in a nursery five furlongs at Doncaster last week. Sent back to England after
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    Katong beat Workers E.U.
    63 13 Katong beat Workers E.U. KATONG S.C. beat Workers B.U. 6-1 in a S.A.P.A. Dlv. 3 A match at Parrer Park yesterday. Sail (3), Chan (2) and Jumat scored for Katong and Ahmad for Workers Div. 3B results RAF. Chanii beat BedoK 3-0 at M.F.A. ground; Mount Emily beat R.E.M.E. Civilians
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    ICI OFFICIALS
    37 13 Imperial Chemical Industries Recreation Club officials for 1956: President Mr. H.G. Owen; vicepresident Mr. Lim Blan Tan; secretary Mr. L.M. de Souia; treasurer Mr. A. Lazar; committee members Mr. D. Williams and Mrs. H.T. Richards
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    Soccerites win 8-1 in 'battle for survival'
    190 14 STAR SOCCERITES' battle for survival in the S.A.F.A. first division is on. Flaying with new spirit and determination— inspired no doubt by last week's 5-2 win over Dockyard Soccerites yesterday slammed Pulau Brani United 8-1 at Jalan Besar Stadium. With this their second
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    1146 14 England set 372, lose Richardson Graveney for 72 RICHIE BENAUD'S HURRICANE 97 PUTS AUSTRALIA ON TOP IN TEST From JACK FINGLETON LORDS, Mon. lyHEN the second Test between England and Australia here enters the last day tomorrow. England will either have to make 300 runs in 360 minutes to win
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    BOTH SIDES DON'T LIKE NEW DATE
    177 14 RUB, Mon. rE Pahang-KelanUn Malaya Cup tie, fixed for Friday, June 29 after a previous postponement, has again hit a snag. The Pahang Football Association, at an emergency meeting, held yesterday, decided to protest to the F.A.M. over the new date of the match.
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    BRITISH TEAM TRIUMPH
    36 14 MONZA. Italy, Mon. yHE British team of Peter ColA lir.s and Mike Hawthorn driving a Ferrari sped to a near 200 k.p.h. victory in the Super-corte-Magglore Grand Prix on tha Monza track yesterday.
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    to make lone bid
    48 14 By MOK SIN PIN SINGAPORE'S most promising schoolgirl swimmer, Bernice Lancaster, will be the only Singapore swimmer to bid for a place in the Singapore Olympic contingent for Melbourne at the Singapore A.S.A. trial to be held at the Chinese Swimming Club on Saturday.
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    Less football? SAFA replies with heaviest ever 6-week schedule
    474 14 By The Sports Editor SINGAPORE Amateur F.A. officials are showing a fine contempt for the current campaign for less football. Their answer to the crowing band of critics professional, armchair, harmless and just plain silly is more football than ever before.
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    691 14 loon Busmen are returning for a match by floodlight against Singapore "A" on July 11. Here, indeed. U a gtont-sfaed soccer sandwich to Mtlate even the strongest appetite*. I snppose I should severely ehMe S.A.F.A. officials for their naughtiness but it would serve no purpose now because they
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    Varsities meet at cricket today
    239 14 »T«HE INTER-VARSITY sports series will begin In earnest this morning when the cricket teams of the Universities of Hong Kong and Malaya begin their two-day match for the L. T. Ride Cup. Malaya have been the holders of the trophy ever since the series started
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    SINGAPORE WERE LET DOWN BY BAD FIELDING
    278 14 SINGAPORE have now *3 lost their first two State cricket fixtures of the season by 42 runs against Selangor at Singapore last month and by five wickets against Malacca at Malacca last weekend. Never before have Singapore suffered such an early blow to
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    221 14 'Old Drob' goes out to Krishnan in Round on e UNSEEDED? U than K fadlanDav er. sco:-.. major Wimbled champion hip, started elim,:. Ed Jaro Itarpt 6-1, S Krtabnan a -v, year-o!: the measu:,. from the He took opportunitcould to pin h: baseline. The final service until when or.-f cannon
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    23 14 RANGOON M Ing Chinese 0 H beat a Bui mew H today. The I I 2-2 at he If time.— Rputer.
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    134 14 LONDON. Mon Counyt cricket I championship tea scores today were: At NORTHAMPTON. Northampton 222, Middlesex 182 for four. (Robertson 63. W. J. Edrlch 54.) AT LEEDS. Yorkshire 171, Der- byshlre 260 for five (Kelly 104). AT BRISTOL, Oxford University 336 for eight dec. Gloucester 199. (Milton 84
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      103 14 SOCCE2 TOURISTS' MATCH; Singapore v Kowloon Bug F.T., Jalan Besar, 8 p.m. S.A.F.A. LEAGUE, DIV. ZA: Fathul Karib v Y.M.S.A., Geylant; DIV. 2B: S.R.C. v St John's S.C, padanc; DIV. 3A: Bad»n KeaenUn v Radln Mm, Jalan Beaar, (.45 I p.m.; DIV. 3B: Kebenaraa Club v Tornados S.C. Farrer Park.
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