The Straits Times, 29 June 1956

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    14 1 The Straits Times No*" 1 Estd. 1845. 15 CENTS SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, JUNE 29, 1956
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    NEW OFFER on FORMOSA
    319 1 WE ARE DETERMINED TO LIBERATE ISLAND' -CHOU Nationalist 'patriots 1 invited to talks on 'unification of motherland* No war let's use peaceful means FOR CHIANG: A SNUB PEKING, Thursday. THK Chinese ommunist Prime Minister, hou Kn-lai. today offered to negotiate itb the "Formosa authorities" for the
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    Lock icon BASES-Mr. BANDA SAYS:'1 HAVE'T CHANGED MY MIND'
    106 1 BASES-Mr. BANDA SAYS:'1 HAVE'T CHANGED MY MIND' LONDON. Thurs. THE Prime Minister of Ceylon, Mr. S. Bandaranaike, said today that he had not onanged his mind about Britain quitting her bases In his country. Mr. Bandaranaike was commenting on reports in London papers that "Britain is likely to be Riven
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    Wonder-boy Pan Hon is only six—but he's already a leader of men
    360 1 Wonder-boy Pan Hon is only six— but he's already a leader of men SIX-YEAR-OLD Lee Pan Hon. Singapore' s wonder-boy violinist, will lead a 42-man orchestra in a concert at the Badminton Hall on July 28. It will be the child pro- dlgy's first public appearance. Pan Hon will also
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    Lock icon General is accused
    69 1 LONDON. Thurs. The GOC-in-C Malaya Command in 1945, Gen. Sir Frank Messervy, 62, was due to appear lin court at Workingham today charged with attempting to have carnal knowledge of a 13-year-old girl. Gen. Messervy was commander of the 7th Army Division in the Western Desert in
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    Lock icon Embassy soon
    26 1 BANGKOK. Thurs. Siam will establish an embassy in Kuala Lumpur when the Federation of Malaya gets her independence, it was announced here today. Reuter.
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    Truman leaves
    16 1 LONDON: Thurs. ExPreMdent Truman l«"f t Lnn- lay for h«in »fter 10-day vli.lt. Riuur.
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    'I WAS GIVEN A BASHING'
    236 1 Australian accuses Royal Navy THE Royal Navy in Singapore yesterday emphatically denied an Australian Navy man's story that he had been "bashed up and drugged" after a mutiny in the H.M.A.S Anzac in the Colony last November. This denial, made by Commander N. E. Macdonald.
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    Blowpipe missed
    49 1 and a Red dies i TANAH RATA. Thurs. —An aborigine, guiding a Chinese terrorist in deep jungle northwest of here, took a shot at i a security patrol yesterday with his blowpipe. The shot missed— and he was shot dead. The other bandit was wounded but escaped.
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    Malay Regiment soldiers kill — the 'Terror of Triang'—
    199 1 Malay Regiment soldiers kill the 'Terror of Triang' TRIANG, Thurs.— Dis- trict committee member Wong Chee Plew, the "terror of Triang." and two other PahanK terrorists are dead. Their killers were men of the 9th Platoon. "C" Company. 6th Bn the Malay Regiment. The platoon also captured two bandit suspects,
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    Baby broke up wedding
    32 1 MONZA < Italy). Thurs. The bride fainted and a wedding was halted temporarily at Macherlo. near turf. yesterday when a weeping woman thrust a_shawl-clad daughter. Take yot nuneymoon." Reuur.
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    Rulers back Tengku
    157 1 Rulers back Tengku Civil courts to try troops KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The Conference of Rulers, which ended today, is understood to have rejected the British Government's proposal that members of the Commonwealth strategic re- serve in the Federation charged with criminal offences should be tried by Services courts, the Rulers
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    STOP PRESS
    33 1 I.S. Will. I.KMI DBiwm WASHINGTON. Thurs House Armed Scrvitrs ('ommittcr today approved Bill to lend des-trinei-M and other naval vesM-ls to (irrmanv Greece. Portugal. Spain, and allies in ►ar Fast. -IP
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    Lock icon Crisis hits British car industry
    341 2 MASS DISMISSALS, SHORT TIME, MARK THE END OF A BOOM LONDON, Thursday. gIR ANTHONY EDEN and his cabinet are expected today to consider the crisis in the British motor industry, pin-pointed by the biggest mass dismissal of workers since the war. Sackings, short time, and
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    Lock icon 'AMBER' AUTHOR WEDS AGAIN
    69 2 'AMBER' AUTHOR WEDS AGAIN KEW HAVEN (Connecticut), Thurs.— Kathleen Wlnsor. thrice-divorced author of "Forever Amber," was married here to Paul porter, prominent Washington '.awyer. Th»> couple left Immediately on a honeymoon trip to Spain. lii.-s Winsor, 35. previously was married to football star Robert Herwig, bandleader Artie Shaw and a
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    Lock icon Swallowed coins
    42 2 PAARL, South Africa, j Thurs. Rather than surrender his money— a number of coins— after he had been recaptured, an African prisoner. I James Mampani, swallowed them while in his cell and died, it was disclosed at an Inquest. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Fatter Japs
    37 2 TOKYO, Thurs.— The phynlque of the Japanese people, adversely affected during and immediately after the pacific war by poor nutrition, is returnirg to the pre-war level, according to a J panese Welfare Ministry survey. Reuter.
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    Trade pact
    12 2 KAKACHI, Thurs.—Pakistan yesterday signed its first trade agreement with Russia.
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    Lock icon Comet found faulty just before take off with 30 Reds
    116 2 MOSCOW. Thurs. A 60- minute flight for 30 Soviet air experts aboard Britain's I Comet II was postponed at the last minute today when an electrical fault was discovered by the crew of the Met liner shortly before the take
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    Lock icon Trouble over: Juliana, Bernhard out again
    138 2 THE DUTCH royal crisis is over. On Monday, Queen Juliana and her husband. Prince Bernhard, appeared in public together /or the first time since Holland buzzed with rumours ol the Queen's divorce or abdication. They smiled and waved to the crowd as they entered
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    Lock icon That merger is up to Malaya
    173 2 BOYD TELLS HOUSE OF COMMONS LONDON, Thursday. THE Colonial Secretary, Mr. Alan Lennox Boyd, made it clear yesterday that the initiative for any merger of the Federation of Malaya and Singapore rested with the elected Governments themselves. Mr S. S. Awbery (Labour) asked in
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    Plane back with engine trouble
    39 2 A Sydney bound Qantas Super Constellation which took off from Singapore yesterday morning returned after an hour's flight with engine trouble. The plane is expected to leave with its 50 passengers for Sydney today.
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    Lock icon HOAX CHECK ON 200 BRAVE MEN
    132 2 LONDON. Thurs. rE Historic Guildhall was the scene of a pageant of bravery last night when the City's civic leaders paid tribute to more than 200 holders of the Victoria Cross. The occasion was a reception marking the centenary of the institution of the
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      Lock icon OKINAWA SEEKS JAP AID TO OUST U.S.
      271 2 TOKYO, Thursday. /\KINAWAN leaders will appeal to the ruling v Liberal-Democratic Party of Japan to halt further land requisitioning by the American military on the island. Meanwhile, U.S. Ambassador to Japan, Mr. John M. Allison, declared last night that American forces would retain
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      Lock icon Kitten purred like an engine
      43 2 CHICAGO: A petrol station attendant asked Mrs. Kathleen Head how her car was running. "Purring like a kitten," Mrs Head replied. The attendant opened the bonnet and looked down. A cat was sitting next to the engine.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon THE COLONIES: TAKE HEED, HE TELLS U.S.
    351 2 THE COLONIES: TAKE HEED, HE TELLS U.S. '1776 is a long time ago' WASHINGTON. Thursday SIR ROGER MAKINS, the British Ambassadr said here today that small nations emerg for the first time into independence might under "malignant" influences if indepi-nder? 1 came prematurely The ambassador, address to the annual meet"
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    Lock icon Queen and PMs dine together
    101 2 Queen and PMs dine together LONDON, Thurs. T*HE Queen gave a dinner party at Buckingham Palace last night for the Commonwealth Prime Ministers. About 60 guests were received and the Queen sat In the centre of a long single table with the Duke of Edinburgh opposite her. Margaret there Other
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    Lock icon Traitor's grave still intact
    65 2 THE HAGUE. Wed.—Police said yesterday that laboratory tests have proved that the body removed from a cemetery here Is not that of Anton Mussert, the Dutcn quisling executed in 1946 Tor high treason during the German occupation. An Amsterdam newspaper had received a call saying that
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      269 2 1956 OLYMPIC GAMES .gpl Omen precision iratnimnn onct again record the md reliability of Oimgt engineering, nuking Omega the performance* of the great athletes of our time. official choice each Olympic year. Already during iti Olympic dthui, in 1932. Omega iatro- It U a vote of confidence which extends well
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    ATOMIC PERIL TO ALLIES
    249 3 Millions of friend, would tall In nud«ar attack on Russia' General: The fall-out would spread death from Bonn to Manila miittapy Thursday. A y." r TARY cXe X p ert hto|d Congress that the I mted State* mijrht kill millions of its own es by radio-active
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    FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS
    87 3 FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS LISBON. Thurs FM)R 40 years Antonio Faria was bellringer the Pousos village hurch and it was the treat bell that killed him. ntfiiiio a carpenter, id rung the bell niifht m d morning:, and for ((Sitings and funerals, since he was 14. e\t"rday he was
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    Miller gets 10 days to tell
    55 3 ASHINGTON, Thurs.— The Committee on Uniii Activities has given ht Arthur Miller 10 i to answer questions to d possible contempt prongs. When before ihc committee week Miller, fiance of Monroe, declined to ie nthers who were at a »et in g of Communist
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    Lock icon Britain's gifts to colonies
    54 3 LONDON. Thurs. Britain I contributed a record sum of I more than £16 million to df 'elopment and welfare pro. Jects in the colonies last year", a Colonial Office report says today. The report adds that during the past 10 years Britain spent almost £118 million
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    Final payment
    38 3 BONN. Thurs. West Germany regards the cash sup- port sh e will pay to the Western Allied troops this I year as the "last payment of this kind it was stated in the Lower House today.
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    Lock icon Commons query on Sarawak future
    181 3 :.ONDON. Thurs.— A Labour: I P.. Mr. Reginald Sorensen. d In the House of Coms'erday why the At- I in ■>• General of Sarawak i mated in a broadcast that -trawak would not necessa- r ly bo granted a constitution ■>nding to the terms ie
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    Lock icon 'EQUAL RIGHTSOR TROUBLE'
    171 3 Cyprus Turks give a warning NICOSIA, Thursday. THE leader of the Turkish minority on Cyprus r declared yesterday that the Turks "will never accept" any proposal to give the Greeks majority representation in the National Assembly. Dr. Fazil Qchuk. chairman of the "Cyprus is Turkish" party, told
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    Flood peril on River of Sorrow
    64 3 NEW DELHI, Thurs. A MILLION villagers faced a serious flood crisis today with almost every river in i Bihar and Assam states swollen by an early monsoon. In Bihar, the "River of Sorrow" and 21 others have flooded an area of nearly 1,000 square
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    Lock icon 'General' to die
    38 3 NAIROBI, Thurs. The Court of Appeal has dislssed the appeal by Mau General Tanganyika," Hiitenced to death for murcering a Kikuyu loyalist ;nnK a terrorist attack on i -r-ndins centre in the Nyeri area. Reuter
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    Lock icon SOPHIA, FRANK AND CARY, THE GAY GUERILLAS, ARE AFTER NAPOLEON
    69 3 NERVES are tensed as Spanish guerillas await the simal from their captain (Frank Sinatra) to go into action against Napoleon's invaders a dramatic moment from "The Pride and the Passion." now being filmed in Spain. On the left is Juana
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    Lock icon Ike takes a peek
    40 3 WASHINGTON, Thurs. President Eisenhower, clad in blue pyjamas, appeared at the window of his hospital room la.it night and waved as the U.S. Army band played a concert on the grounds of Walter Reed Hospital.— A.P.
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    Lock icon Troops fly in
    36 3 NICOSIA. Thurs. An advance party of about 60 men of the 2nd Bn. Parachute j Brigade, arrived here from Britain today in a Hermes airliner. The rest of the battalion will follow. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Pokkuri- it kills in 20 minutes
    110 3 Pokkuri- it kills in 20 minutes MYSTERY DISEASE BAFFLES JAPS TOKYO. Thurs. A mysterious disease that strikes apparently healthy young men in the middle of the night and kills them within 20 minutes has been reported here. Tokyo police physician, Saburo Yoshimura, said yesterday that the disease, known as "pokkuri,"
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    LONDON STOKS
    344 3 LONDON. Thur*. IT was a day of unsettled conditions in stock markets with economic uncertainties the dominating influence. Yesterday's announcement of large-scale dismissals Ly British Motor Corporation upset Industrials and the market was almost completely devoid of support while small profittaking sales depressed prices. Engineering and electrical equipment
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    Lock icon Empire debates China policy
    183 3 Empire debates China policy T ONDON, Thurs. The Prime Ministers of the Commonwealth, continuing their review of the world situation here today, decided to devote a full conference session on Monday to relationships with Communist China. This is an issue on which there has been sharp Commonwealth division of view
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    Lock icon Women pastors
    34 3 OSLO, Thurs.— The Judicial Committee of the Norwegian Parliament has reported strongly in favour of a Government bill giving women the same opportunity as men to become State Lutheran Church pastors.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon A $100 fire
    35 3 PERTH, Thurs. A man whose carelessness caused a 6,000-acre forest fire was fined SlOO in a Perth court, for having used a fire in the open air during a prohibited period.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon VICE BEAT: POLICE DON'T LIKE IT
    169 3 T ONDON, Thurs.—Al- legations of corruption are seriously hindering police efforts to stamp out vice in the West End, Sir John Nott-Bower, the City's Commissioner of Police, said today. The duty of dealing with prostitutes is a "most unpopular one," with police officers, the
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    Remand order
    43 4 TAIPING. Thurs. Chow Kut Wan. 17. of Butterworth. who stole a gold necklace from a 15-year-old girl, was ordered coday to be remanded in the Sir Henry Gurney School in Malacca till he Teaches the age of 21. He pleaded guilty.
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    EVENING CLASSES PLAN HAILED
    148 4 Tifß. Cheong Hock A Hal's suggestion that the University of Malaya should start parttime degree courses "certainly merits consideration", the Registrar. Mr. Maurice Brown, said yesterday. He added that the University Senate would discuss the matter at its next meeting in September. Mr. Brown said the
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    Five give up
    144 4 QUICK SURRENDER AFTER ATTACK ON STALL MAN Five men gave themselves up at the Beach Road police station late on Wednesday night after an assault on a foodstall owner in Bencoolen Street, Singapore. The men surrendered following a police raid on their house. 'Protection' Earlier in the
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    RED BORDER CAMP FOUND
    25 4 ALOR STAR, Thurs. A police field patrol yesterday found an empty terrorist camp on the Kedah-Siam border. The camp was destroyed.
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    SCHOOLTEACHER ACQUITTED ON OPIUM CHARGE
    65 4 BUTTERWORTII, Thurs. The Butterworth Sessions Court President, Mr. B. J. Jennings, today gave a Perils schoolteacher, Abdul Hamid bin Shaari, the benefit of the doubt and acquitted him on a charge of possessing 301 b. opium valued at $12,000. "There an many suspects in this
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    Synthetic threat: Has Malaya left it too late to compete?
    301 4 JHE Malayan Economic Review warns that the efforts of Malaya's rubber industry to compete with synthetic for world markets may be too late. The editor. Mr. P. C. Ratchagar, disclosed that there were already plans to set up synthetic plants
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    He stole army's coconuts
    65 4 He stole army's coconuts TORID bin Abdul Rahlm, 18, pleaded guilty In a Singapore court yesterday to stealing six coconuts belonging to the War Department. Tohld admitted that he entered the compound of Gillman Barracks In Alexandra Road on Tuesday and picked six coconuts from a tree. The value of
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    KAMPONG KITE CRAZE
    91 4 KAMPONG KITE CRAZE Contest prizes for high flyers KOTA BHARU, Thurs. KITE flying has again become a craze with Kelantan Malays. Until recently the sport had declined, but the inclusion of kite flying in the festival of Malayan culture In Kuala Lumpur next month has revived it. Children are making
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    BILL COLLECTOR GAMBLED AWAY $28,000
    191 4 BILL COLLECTOR GAMBLED AWAY $28,000 His family lived in poverty, but^ PENANG, Thursday A BILL collector gambled away $28,984 of hi. s A money while his wife and eight children live* abject poverty, Mr. Justice Rigby stated in tho hi Court today. "They stayed in without even a bed to
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    Award for 25 years of service
    87 4 INCHE SILONG BIN BUJANG, who has been in the service of the Singapore Government for a quarter of a century, was awarded a Valedictory Letter at yesterday's Rural Board meeting. The acting board chairman, Mr. A. E. Goodwin, made the presentation to Inche Sulong,
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    Flag appeal
    18 4 SEGAMAT, Wed— The flag day of the Segamat branch of the British Red Cross raised $706.
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    A boon to motorists
    221 4 GOVERNMENT TO ANNOUNCE DECISION SOON ON MULTI-STOREY CAR PARK PROJECT SINGAPORE'S first car park may soon go up on the present parking space at the Junction of Cross Street and Cecil Street. Both the City Council and the Planning and Coordination Committee have agreed to the
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    Freedom of the road
    93 4 Members of the St. Jo.<i Institution Cadet C St. John Ambulance Brij may soon be able to eh Singapore's Waterloo S without fear of being knoc down by careless motors'. The City Council will M be asked to confirm its c sion to bar traffl Waterloo
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    Guest speaker from the U.S.
    45 4 Dr. Timothy Dzao. ent of the Ling Liang W< Wide Evans.'!:.;. will be the guest 1 the -special "revive! 1 of the Jubiliv C ram Road. Binga Sunday. Dr. Dzao arrives the United States He will be here lor night.
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    'Help police'
    26 4 IPOH Thurs seven new Ullage in Kinta district, 1 three-day civics cou, were today urged t police by giving n mation. The cout day.
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    Job for 60 lady cops —but 140 apply
    84 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Saturday. ONLY 69 women constables are required in the Federation at present but more than 140 applications have been received already at the police depot here from the Jobs. A police spokesman said today: "The response is very gratifying." Most
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    BANDOENG: SOON THE FULL STORY
    143 4 A FULL account of the proceedings of the AfroA Asian students conference which was held recently in Bandoeng, will be revealed to the public next month. Thousands of booklets which will contain all the speeches made by various delegates, with pictures taken at the conference,
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    Receipts are lost
    67 4 Carelessness and not robbery was the cause of the loss of the 49 receipts which were recently missed from the books of the Singapore Youth Council. Mr. G. Abisheganaden, gen- 1 eral secretary of the council,; told the Straits Times that the receipts were "misplaced" and a
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    Not guilty plea
    31 4 IPOH, Thurs.— S. Muniandy, 21, was allowed 1 bail after he pleaded not guilty to a charge of causing hurt to p. Narayanan with a knife yesterday evening.
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    Jail term cut
    36 4 PENANO, Thurs. Chung Beng Woo, sentenced to two years' Jail for stealing a $35 watch, today had his Jail term cut to nine months by the Penan k appeal Judge, Mr. Justice Rigby.
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    Their night off
    23 4 IPOH. Thurs.— Perak police Inspectors will hold their annual social and dance at their mess in Jalan Dato on Saturday.
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    Last 'Reid man' due today
    46 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs The Indian nominee to ti. Reid Constitutional Comt sion, Mr. B. Malik. 61. is expected here tomorrow. Now retired. Mr. Malik wa formerly Chief Justice 0: Uttar Pradesh High Coa He has also held other sei legal appointments.
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    Only one answer call
    63 4 PENANO, Thurs.— Only one elector out of 40,000 gave hl3 views on the proposed set-up of a fully-elected Municipal Council for Penang. A select committoe was appointed last year to consldei amendments to the constitution. The committee invited electors to submit their »l suggestions," Mr. Mieet
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      272 4 f~^k I f something had happened The boss reread the letter, this time word for new qualifications to your untrained staff and word, slowly. He was struck by its appearance saves your experienced typists for more special' neat and clear in every line. How could a letter ized tasks.. like
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    More men join mine strike
    183 5 EMPLOYEE THE STRIKERS WANT SACKED IS MOVED TO SAFETY SO UNION OFFICIALS DO AN ABOUT-FACE AND SAY: 'WE GIVE FULL SUPPORT' BATU GAJAH, Thursday. 225 workers employed by the Malayan Tin Dredging Company at Kampong (lajah, 18 miles from here, have downed tools. They joined
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    72 5 CO-OP OFFICER WEDS A SCHOOLTEACHER MR. R. VUATA RAJOO, Co-operative Officer. Bukit MerUjam. and his bride. Miss Grace Pakiam Robinson, a teacher of the Methodist Girls' School. Klang, leaving the Methodist Tamil Church, Kuala Lumpur, after their wedding. The bride is the eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs. A. G.
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    Faith cure: A hope for opium addicts
    284 5 Faith cure: A hope for opium addicts BUT IS TREATMENT A COVER-ALL? A PROSECUTING offl- cer, Inspector E. J. Walker, told a Singa-. port court yesterday that many opium addicts would emol for treatment at the Taoist temple in Changi Road after being picked up by the police for opium
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    Riot squads called out
    70 5 PORT SWETTENHAM, Thurs. Riot squads from Klang and Port Swettenham today rushed to Carey Island, 16 miles from here, after the estate management reported that workers taking latex to the factory were stopped by The report said that a European assistant was taking latex in a
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    S.T.C. DISPUTE: BOSS REPLIES
    219 5 'We follow the court's findings' THE Singapore Traction Company said yesterday that the wage rates for its workers were accepted in an agreement reached between the company and its employees' union on Feb. 15 this year after a 142-day strike. I The general manager, Mr. A.
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    Exhibition of cartoons opens
    174 5 Exhibition of cartoons opens A LARGE and comprehensive exhibition of the works of cartoonist Wong Yeo was opened at the British Council Hall, Singapore, yesterday by the Minister for Education, Mr. Chew Swee Kee. Mr. Wong is a very versatile artist with a slick, easy, unhesitant style with the brush
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    100 PICTURES AT ART SHOW
    64 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.— l The Federation Malay Arts i Council has received 100 paintings for its first exhi- I bition at the Brtish Council j building here from July 12 to 18. I The exhibition will show works of Malay artists from Singapore and the
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    $2,000 test
    24 5 The City Council has voted $2,000 for piling tests at the site of a new fire station at Thomson Road in Singapore.
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    Anti-white hate? Piffle, says union
    218 5 rE Singapore Union of Journalists yesterday denied that it agreed there was a "wave of anti-Euro-pean feeling" sweeping the Colony. The Union was refuting an inference made by the British columnist. Don Iddon, in an article in the World's Press News. Iddon said he detected
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    TEC LIED IN BOX: CASE STOPPED
    169 5 TEC LIED IN BOX: CASE STOPPED rrHE Singapore Assize A Judge, Mr. Justice Knight, stopped a trial yesterday after a police witness admitted that some of his statements were not true. Detective Constable Abdul Rashid bin Doll was giving evidence against Lim Choo Kuan, charged •with attempt ed robbery. Part
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    NEW UNION APPEALS TO MINISTER
    88 5 NEW UNION APPEALS TO MINISTER KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.— The 20.000-strong Pan-Ma-layan Rubber Workers' Union today petitioned the Minister for Labour, Mr. V. T. 6ambanthan, against the Government's refusal to register the union. The PJ&R.W.U. a rival to the National Union of Plantation Workers, said that the Registrar of Trade Unions
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    She tried to kill self
    50 5 SEOAMAT, Thurs.— A 22--year-old Tamil woman, Parawathy, charged at Segamat with attempted suicide, said she .suffered from chronic stomach pains and did not think life was worthy living. She was said to have swallowed caustic soda and was bound over in $100 for three months.
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    Visitor from the states
    205 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— Mr. William J. Sebald. U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs, will visit Kuala Lumpur next Monday for informal talks with government officials and ministers. Mr. Sebald is on a six-week Far Eastern tour. KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. rpHE Federation Court
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      71 5 "S'SHrar arasjaaw; sa^r-a Pita sh£w Z> CWat community Yao. British Council art gallery. 9 Tay 7 pjn. to 8.30 p«. centre. 1 p.m. and 9.15 pjn. ajn. to s*o pm. SINGAPORE ABT ■OCBTV: •TKLSsraraJs £"3, s&v .as sragjaars-r. House, collyer Quay. 1.15 pjn. yji.C.A. (Orchard Road): pm to ojn River"
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    Traders told: Don't go to China
    264 6 OPPOSITION GROWING A STRONG movement to warn merchants against going on the proposed trade mission to China has gained strength in Singapore. Several leading business men have been told of unforseen consequences which might arise on their return to Singapore. Many have been advised
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    Man falls from building
    34 6 A 36-year-old labourer Shu Yong. fell about 30ft. while at work at a building in Dunlop street Singapore, yesterday. He was admitted to the General Hospital in a critical condition.
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    Fashion show at ball
    38 6 St. Andrew's Mission Hospital, Singapore, will hold a ball at the Sea View Hotel on July 6 under the patronage of Lady Black. There will be a fashion show of eastern and western styles.
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    APPEALS FAIL
    16 6 Now it 'B jail and the rotan for two padi planters who raped widow
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    $2,000 bail allowed
    63 6 KUALA LIPIS. Thurs. A 33-year-old padl planter. Abdul Rahman bin Ma] id, was allowed bail of $2,000 after he pleaded not guilty yesterday to possessing 41 slabs of opium worth more than $2,000. He was arrested at the railway station here while travelling on a south-bound train.
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    'POACHING' CRY SPARKS UNION STRUGGLE
    240 6 'POACHING' CRY SPARKS UNION STRUGGLE Bitter 'wtor 9 for allegiance of 1,200 mine workers KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. TWO UNIONS are fighting for control of 130 tin mine workers in Selangor and Negri Sembilan. Both the Malayan Mining Employees' Unio and the National Union of Mining Workers of 1 laya claim
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    Gorilla Roche will replace dragon in Chinese film
    80 6 and the Beast" in a Colony night dab for the past month. They left today to perform in Bangkok and will also make a film there. After seven weeks, they will return to Singapore.— Straits Times picture. A GORILLA wUI take the
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    Malacca-born form their own club
    124 6 THE AIM: TO FOSTER FRIENDSHIP f\NE of the newest and most exclusive clubs in v Singapore will hold its first function on Sunday at a seaside bungalow at Pasir Panjang. The club has 500 members all Malacca -born No Singaporean aiay belong to the Malacca
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    $50 FOR BEST IDEA
    88 6 PENANO, Thurs The Penang Municipality invites suggestions from the public on how to improve municipal services. A recommendation that the first prize for the best suggestion be increased to $50, and that $25 be paid for other suggestions adopted, will be brought up for confirmation by
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    Stabbed soldier collapses after running 100 yards
    136 6 Stabbed soldier collapses after running 100 yards rnHE Army Special Invest X gation Branch 1| i n vestigatlng an attack o n a Malayan Other Rank who was found with ;i stab wound in the stomach v Nee Soon Garri>< n nn Wednesday night. Private K. Williams. 20 was admitted
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    City president on leave
    41 6 The President of the Singapore City Council, Mr. J. T. Rea. leaves by air today for leave in Britain. He will be away for four months. In his absence, Mr. R Mlddleton Smith will act as President.
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    On transfer
    20 6 SEGAMAT, Thurs.— Mr. G. N. Cheek, Executive Engineer. Segamat P.W.D., is leaving on transfer for Kluang next week.
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    New replanting appointment
    34 6 Raub. Thurs.— lnche Yahaya bin Mammor has been appointed Assistant State Replanting Officer in Pahang. He succeeds Inche Shararun bin Haji Abdul Rahman, who has been promoted Deputy State Replanting Officer.
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    NOT TOO MANY LAWYERS YET, SAYS JUDGE
    107 6 IPOH, Thurs. Fears that the legal profession was getting "overcrowded" are unfounded, said Mr. Justice Thomson in the Perak Hich Court today when he admitted another new lawyer, Mr. Yeoh Kian Teik. to the Federation Bar. The judge added: "Law is a very
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    Two charges
    40 6 SEGAMAT. Wed.— A 47--year-old woman. Chew Yin, was charged here 'today v.i'r taking cloth out of a restrict ed area and offirinE a $1 bribe to a special constable to obtain her release. She was remanded on ball.
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    Lib-Socs: We do not fear threats
    258 7 THE president of the x Liberal- Socialist Party, Mr. C. C. Tan, has said nothing will deter the determination of the LiberalSocialists to play the role of the stable and responsible party in Singapore. Addressing his general council on Wednesday, he said the merger
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    Suicide bid by mother
    47 7 A young mother told a Singapore court yesterday that she drank caustic soda because her family was in financial difficulties. Choo Kirn Heok, 28, of Lorong 31, Geylang, mother of six children, pleaded guilty to a charge of attempting suicide. She was discharged.
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    'Work till 65' plea fails
    65 7 A Singapore City Council committee has turned down the request by its daily-rated workers to be allowed to continue working until the age of 65—10 years more than the present retiring age. Under present regulations, however, the men may be allowed to continue for an
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    The 'characters' game-now it's two-to-one it's a lottery
    272 7 The 'characters' game-now it's two-to-one it's a lottery ALOR STAR, Thursday. —Is the "100 characters" came (where bettors win money If their choice of three digits tally with the last three digits of the number of the first three prizes of turf club big sweeps) a lottery? Two High Court
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    CHINA EXPORTS FACTORY GOODS
    138 7 CHINA EXPORTS FACTORY GOODS MANUFACTURED goods from Communist China are making an appearance in the Singapore market, the Minister for Commerce and Industry, Mr. J. M. Jumabhoy, said yesterday. He told the Straits Times that until recently, the main Imports from China were fish, vegetables, eggs, soya beans, Joss paper
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    Politics at the varsity
    303 7 STUDENTS at the University of Malaya say that stringent Government regulations and fear of victimisation are the causes of their comparative inactivity in politics as compared with students in other South-East Asian countries. They admit that the report of the international students' delegation which was in
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      327 7 Straits Times Crossword ilB I* |H 20 mm 1 II I I I 1 ACROSS 12. Detest a nut that's not proved 1. Hold part of a hero (4-8). (10). 8. How to burn a "daily" (4). 13. Massage a girl for this Ulnesi 10. Briefly 505, subject to provid-
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    54 8 10 Words tit (Minimum) THE FAMILY OF The late Mr. Kwan Chun Sing thank all Relatives and Friends who paid Night Visit*, sent wrea'hs and Attended bit Funeral. MR AND MRS. HENRY LEE HUAT MONG thank Relatives •nd Friends for their Attendance Good Wishes and Useful Gifts on the
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    DEATH
    105 8 to Word* HO (minimum) LIM BAH CHTK retired Chin Chew Straits Steamship Co., Ltd. r-i«*d away peacefully at 1.05 a.m. on Thursday 28.6.56 aged 79, leaving behind wife, Madam Teo Hood Neo, only son Urn Tlan Chwee. daughter-in-law Song Hood Neo, 2 daughters. Diana Urn Chin Neo, Joyce Lim
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    248 8 111 Wordt $10 (Minimum) SALE STARTS On Monday at Mulchands, 82-1, Bras Basah Rd. FOLLOW PEDANT Every Day In the "Malay Mail" if you want to win that $5,000 word puzzle. HAVE YOU TRIED Petit Fours? These delicious tea-time favourlie.s are only $1 80 for a box of fineen
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    27 8 10 Worit HO (minimum). IN MEMORY OP Chong W&n Took who passed away on 29.6.55. Forever in the thoughts of beloved vile, daughters and relatives.
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Fri. June 29, 1956. A Stronger SEATO
    625 8 The Straits Times Singapore, Fri. June 29, 1956. A Stronger SEATO The third military staff planners' conference of the South- East Asia Defence I Treaty Organisation has ended in a glow of mutual satisfaction. But the somewhat cryptic communique which recorded the success of these Singapore talks must be taken
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    Sunset At Marina
    267 8 Almost every day brings new evidence of the historical association between Marina Hill and the Malay Regiment On this site and in the surrounding area developed some of the fiercest righting in the dying day s of the Battle of Singapore in 1942. But interest in this
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    Park In The Sky
    300 8 Three commercial firms have asked the Singapore Government if it is possible to built a multi-storey car park at the junction of Cross Street and Cecil Street. All they want to know at the moment is whether land would be available for this purpose. The City
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    WELCOME ALL WIVES
    972 8  -  In order to win tho support of Overseas Chinese* Peking wi11. Oversea* Chinese returning to China are to be treated more f0n5id,.,,,,, Certain bonrgeoim failing* like having more than one write trill be #rwr sympathy and money trhirh the returning Chinese may have av qu capitalist countries
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      The silent service
      299 8 1 WROTE to the District Officer, Johore Bahru, on May 19 applying for Federal citizenship but got no reply. Thinking that my letter must have gone astray I wrote another letter on June 2. Again I received no reply. So I wrote a reminder on June 18
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      THE LAST CONTINENT
      533 8  -  AUSTRALIAN weaA ther depends a great deal on the weather in the Antarctic. Australians have been greatly interested in the Antarctic for over 50 years. Sir Douglas Mawson led the first Australian expedition to the Antarctic In 1911-1913. Again In 1929-1931 he led a combined British-Aus-tralian-New Zealand
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    Double murder hearing starts
    685 9 CLERK SAYS: I FOUND MY WIPE AND MOTHER LYING BATTERED ON FLOOR BLOODSTAINED WOOD PRODUCED IN CASE AGAINST 2 YOUTHS MAGISTRATE: WHY HE CONFESSED examined blood from a piece of wood and found that the blood was of a similar group to that of Madam Yap
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    Tea party for Colony M.B.E.
    42 9 More than 200 co-operative members in Singapore yesterday gave a tea party for Mr. A. B. Pinto, who got the M.B.E. in the Queen's Birthday Honours List. Mr. Pinto is general secretary of the Singapore Cooperative Union.
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    INCHE MUDA, 60, IS HAPPY-HE CAN STILL WEAR HIS UNIFORM
    103 9 INCHE MUDA, 60, IS HAPPY -HE CAN STILL WEAR HIS UNIFORM Guard operational section in Tanah Merah District, Kelantan. When he had to resign because of his age, he had to part with his uniform. But the authorities have now allowed him to wear his uniform by giving him an
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    WHEN TIMID MEN RUN WILD-BY A POLICEMAN
    194 9 WHEN TIMID MEN RUN WILD-BY A POLICEMAN WHEN a mob was being TT worked up even the most timid people In it would Join in the violence. They would be "shocked" later when they came to their I senses, a prosecuting officer told a Singapore court yesterday. Mr. K. Ramakrishnan.
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    AUSTRALIAN: I WAS DRUGGED IN HOSPITAL
    532 9 From Page One said that Latter "had taken no part in the mutiny." '< The newspaper also said t'lat the Reception House, in Australia, where Latter was «-nt after confinement In the Aistrallan General Hospital, Concord, 8ydney. had declared him sane. Latter escaped from
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    Lock icon Chou: Let's be friends
    178 9 -jV From Page One of striving to liberate Formosa by peaceful means, many Kuomintang (Nationalist) military and political personnel In Formosa and abroad have expressed their patriotic desires. "We believe that those who wish to promote the peaceful liberation of Formosa and the complete unification of
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    Twelve men will tell how best Malaya can pull in foreign cash
    166 9 Twelve men will tell how best Malaya can pull in foreign cash KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs Twelve men have been asked by the Federation Government to suggest methods to attract foreign investments to Malaya. They have already held I several meetings and are expected to submit their report to the Government
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    Kuala Lumpur may have Colony-style Boys' Town
    87 9 Kuala Lumpur may have Colony-style Boys' Town KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The St. Gabriel Brothers in Singapore plan to start a Boys' Town in Kuala Lumpur like the one they started In the Colony. They have already approaohed the District Office for State land but have been told that no land
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    FOOD STALLS DIRTY, HE SAYS
    101 9 FOOD STALLS DIRTY, HE SAYS fTHB stalls of hawkers and X fishmongers at Changl Village, Singapore, are extremely dirty, the Rural Board was told yesterday. Inche Abdul bin Masood said that the hawkers' tablet were covered with flies and the eating utensils were rusty. Fishmongers in the market used the
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    X-ray dance
    29 9 The Guys and Dolls dance organised by the Singapore X-Ray Club will be held at Raffles Hotel tonight under the patronage of the Governor, Sir Robert Black.
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    P.A.P. PLANS A CAMPAIGN
    266 9 Meetings ban protest T»HE Singapore Chief Secretary, Mr. W. A. C. Goode. told the P.A.P. leader, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, yesterday that his party's public meetings had been banned because they were liable to lead to disorder. So the P.AP. is planning to start a passive
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    Give-away baby expected soon
    62 9 The Eurasian woman who is giving away her sixth child, as yet unborn, to an elderly couple, was reported yesterday to be in a "satisfactory" condition at the Kandang Kerbau Hospital. She was rushed to hospital on Monday morning as she was suspected of having a
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    Suicide bid is alleged
    53 9 S. Karuppaya, of Anson Road, was charged in a Singapore court yesterday with attempting to take his own life on Mar. 27 by Jumping into the sea from the s.s. Malacca which was berthed by the Singapore Harbour Board godowns. Karuppaya claimed trial and bail of
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    After SEATO —new talks
    36 9 After SEATO new talks Australian and New Zealand delegates to the S.E.A.T.O. Military Staff Planners' Conference, which ended at Sembawang on Wednesday, are engaged in further military talks in Singapore. They will be here till tomorrow.
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    Schoolboy sent for trial
    138 9 Schoolboy sent for trial HE HAD BULLETS, COURT TOLD A SCHOOLBOY was in A Singapore yesterday committed to stand trial in the High Court on a charge of possession of two rounds of stained and corroded .303 rifle ammunition. Lim Guan Seng, 14, who livts in an attap house in
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    His $210 car ride
    45 9 Johan bin Abdullah wa fined $150 by the Singapore traffic court yesterday for driving a car without the owner's consent In Oeylang Road on Wednesday night. He was fined another $60 for driving without a licence and without third party insurance.
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    New quarters for 100
    33 9 About 100 nurses and hospital attendants of Singapore's Middleton Hospital are to get new quarters. A City Council committee has agreed to spend $617,000 next year on this project.
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      61 9 High tides TODAY: Singapore 1.49 a.m. (Bft. 9in. i 2.50 p.m (Bft. 3in.i; Port Dickson 9.40 a.m (Bft. 21n.) 9.57 p.m. (7ft. 71n); Penang 3.46 a.m. (6ft 7in.) 3.30 pjn. (7ft. 3tn.t. TOMORROW: Singapore 2.31 a.m (Bft. Gin. i 3.26 p.m. (Bft. 3in.); Port Dickson 10.18 a.m. (Bft.) 10.33 p.m.
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    A musical in a million
    289 10  -  Cecile Parrish Films... GUYS, DOLLS AND A MISS WITH A MISSION "C UYS AND DOLLS IS a wonderful film, slick, racy and full of bright songs and zippy dances. It is probably the best musical ever to come from MOM, which is saying something. Abounding
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    Frankie in the underworld: Dope, hope and a craving for Kim
    247 10 A "FILM with a message" does not often turn out to be an outstanding artistic achievement. But Otto Premingers careful, unhysterical account of the drug habit, "Man with the Golden Arm," is a near-perfect piece of cinema. Story, dialogue,
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    CARON, A GIRL WHO CAN'T SAY 'OUI'
    182 10 "pABY," an MGM film \X coming to Singapore, is a simple love story of two young people who are both far from home. Gaby (Leslie Caron) falls passionatel y In love with an American paratrooper. But she clings tenacious 1 y to convention
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    WAYNE WOOS A PROPER TARTAR
    234 10 WAYNE WOOS A PROPER TARTAR DIG, bigger, biggest RKO's enormous "T h c Conqueror", coming to the Rex Singapore, is lavish entertainment. But film of the month no. It is a highly-coloured adaptation of the early conquests of the 12th century Mongol ruler Ghengis Khan. John Wayne plays the Intrepid
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    MILLAND GOES A-GUNNING
    222 10 But no wonder he looks sick of it all H "A MAN ALONE," at the A Cathay, is a commonplace though tolerable Ray Milland Western. A high standard of designing and pbetography and some passable acting deserve better than the worse-than-trite dialogue and plot. Milland plays a
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    This film is just fantastic
    48 10 "ABE-HAYAT," a Hindustani film about a princess loved by two men, just doesn't make much sense. The story is fantastic. It makes a heavy call on the Imagination. But if you want to escape from reality it may bo Jut your meat.— E.B.
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      Ghauls removed his head from the grave
      343 11 Ghauls removed his head from the grave camp and handed the bags to Power. The young constable was suspicious of the new wrappings round the parcel and a Rap in one of the bags. He asked Griffin as Assistant Gold Commissioner, to seal the parcel as a safeguard against tampering.
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      Lock icon Gambling magistrate robbed gold escort
      1258 11 TWO GHOULS laboured over an open grave in Rockhampton cemetery, Australia one moonlit night in 1868. First they took from it the limp body of a Chinese. Because of Power's inexperience, the bank manager refused to send the whole of the money, but still gave
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    BEARISH TONE ON RUBBER MART AS DEMAND FALLS OFF
    357 12 BEARISH TONE ON RUBBER MART AS DEMAND FALLS OFF By Our Market Correspondent pOR the first time for over a week the price of rubber in Singapore yesterday failed to register a rise and July first grade closed at 91 j cents per pound, a loss of 2 J cents
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    GAZETTED PRICES
    45 12 TIE Federation's Finance Minister has fixed the following prices for calculating customs dnties for the week starting June 28: RUBBER: 86 cents per lb. COPRA: $444 per ton. COCONUT OIL: $706 per ton. PALM OIL: $712.75 per ton. PALM KERNELS: $378 per ton.
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    140 12 Singapore Chinese Produce Exchange: noon prices per plcul yesterday were:— Copra: quiet; July $26' 2 buyers, $27 sellers. Coconut oil: quiet; bulk $39% sellers, drum $42> 2 sellers. Pepper: steady; about 15 to 30 tons of business reported done; Muntok white $99, Sarawak $98. (both up $2), special
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    BROKERS' REPORT
    303 12 The Malayan Sha-r Brekcrs Association reporter* "All sections on the local share market were quietly steady and a tew counters were selectively higher." Btngapere and federation Broken reported the following bosteem none ywterday:— B3. Petrol 565. xd. cci (delayed). 545. 6d. xd eel; Fed. Dispensary $1.97 Vi: Gammon
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    RUBBER PRICES
    144 12 July first cnUte rubber buyer* f *.b. cloaed In Singapore yesterday at 91% cents par lb., down 2hi cents on Wednesday's closing price. The etortne ton* was slightly easier. Closing prices In cents per lb. yesterday were: No. l R.S.S. Spot f.o.b. buyers 91* sellers 92%; No. 1
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    100 12 The Malayan Bmehange Banks AwirtsHin made the following changes in Its rates to merchants New York: buying airman: T.T. 82 11/18. O.D. 32 13/18, 90 d|at 33 credit bills. 88 1/18 trade bills. Canada: buying airmail: T.T. 92%. O.D. 82%. 90 djst 32 9/16 credit bills, 82% trade
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    OFFICIAL PRICES
    10 12 SINGAPORF i RUBBER- 91 vn Plcul(down62', re n
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    104 12 change here today. Turno-' small. In minings siive- ip firm but other mining S cept Oils Search which weTfl? ly flnr.er and active. OveraV ing was quiet and loan, Loans 3%% 1956-59 £94 ,;,S Loans 3*70 1955-58 £95 5/1 Con. Zinc Bank of N.S.W unv Mount Lyell N.
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    SHIPPING
    103 12 Ships lying sienejsls Singapore Harbour Board »»hr»« r or expected today are: BengkalU 1/2. Asia 4 i E" Mara C.P.. Steel Vendor Ettrickbank 8/9. Denbtashi-t Hessensteln 13/14, Benreoch l! Eastern Saga 18, Charon 1| Larut N. Wall 6 and 7 Uir" N. Wall 9, Salong 21 22, Clydrtta 23/24,
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      565 12 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS MALAYAN RAILWAY VACANCIES FOR TRAFFIC AND ACCOUNTS APPRENTICES APPLICATIONS are invited from Federal CittMns for the following appointments in the service of the Malajan Railway Administration (a) Traffic Apprentices to be trained for appointments as Senior Assistant Traffic Superintendents In the Traffic Department. (b) Accounts Apprentices to be
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      256 12 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS MALAYAN RAILWAY VACANCIES FOR CIVIL ENGINEERS: Applications are invited for appointment as Civil Engineers in the Way and Works Department cf the Malayan Railway. 2. Applicants must be:--(a) Corporate Members of the Institution of Civil Engineers; or (b) have passed Sections A and B of the AMICE. Examination
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      437 12 NOTICES THE TOWN COUNCIL ELECTIONS (TOWN COUNCIL OF BANDAR MAHARANI) REGULATIONS, INI Notice wider Regulation II (2) Notice Is hereby given that Lists "A" and "B" for the Electoral Ward of PARIT STONOKAT, prepared in accordance with Regulation 10 (1) of the Town Council Elections (Town Council of Bandar Maharani)
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      398 12 NOTICES THE TOWN COUNCIL ELECTIONS (TOWN COUNCIL OF BANDAR MAHARANI) REGULATIONS, 1951 Notice under Regulation 10 (2) Notice Is hereby given that the Lists "A" and "B" for the Sectoral Ward of MAHARANI, prepared In accordance with Regulation 10(1) of the Town Council Sections (Town Council of Bandar Maharani) Regulations,
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      700 12 NOTICES NOTICE Mr. K. K. Meyer, of R. V. Meyer Optician*, will be tMttnc Kuaia. Lumpur on Monday. July tad aad pot Tuesday. July 3rd tm pcerloualy reported. Appointments for eye examinations: STORCH BROS. LTD., 37. Mountbatten Road, Kuala Lumpur. MUNICIPAL COUNCIL KUALA LUMPUR For the convenience of the public
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  • Commercil news and views... by GEOFFREY BOLAND
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      Fast P& Q service is now in operation
      538 14 Fast P& Q service is now in operation THE second of the new fast cargo ships built by John Brown of Clydebank for the P. and O. Far Eastern service, Salmara, was launi ched this week by Mrs. W. M. L. Escombe, wife I of the chairman of Escombe McGrath
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      PHILIPS' CHIEF GOES ON TRANSFER
      233 14 PHILIPS' CHIEF GOES ON TRANSFER MALAYA is the most advanced and best developed country in the whole of South -East Asia, said the managing director of Philips' branch office in Singapore, Mr. H. A. C. van Beurden, before he flew back to Holland last week on transfer. "It is also
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      X.L.M. has a busy month
      195 14 XL. M. will add two more Super Constellations L-1049G with wing-tip tanks to the super fleet service next month as a further step towards flexibility and modernisation, the company announced last week. This will bring the number of Super Constellations L-1049G operated by the company
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      Colony fire paste chief shows R.I. his new invention
      244 14 I HTHE proprietor of the Universal Fire Resisting Paste Factory, Singapore, Mr. Low Yew. who has invented a fire resisting paste claimed to provide resistance against fire and wood decay, left for Indonesia last week on a five-week business tour at
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      New palm oil plant built
      52 14 A pa;m oil -processing plant to be owned jointly by Golden Rope Rubber Estate Ltd., and New Crocodile River (Selangor) Rubber Co., is being built near Morib. Three quarters of the capital will be provided by the Golden Hope and one quarter by the New
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      Youngest U.K. insurance manager visits Malaya
      157 14 npHE General Manager of 1 the Provincial Insurance Company, Ltd., and Its associated companies, Mr. J. G. Henderson, spent a few days in Singapore and the Federation last week. Mr. Henderson is probably the youngest general manager of any British insurance company and he
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      GERMAN TRACTOR CAN DO ALL WORK
      320 14 GERMAN TRACTOR CAN DO ALL WORK ANEW type of German tractor, described as having an unusual versatility of service, equipped with compressed air system, power lifts and power takeoffs, soon to be introduced here, may it is claimed, solve the problem of field work in Malaya. The tractor, known as
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    BISQUE BOGEY TO FOSTER
    40 15 Curley Foster won the R.A.F. Seletar Golf Club's bisque bogey after count-back. Runner-up was F/O P. Sinclair. Mrs. R, Logan, playing her last game in Singapore, won the women's flat competition from Mrs. S. Worthing ton.
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    THIS WAS THE REAL MACKAY
    509 15  -  JACK FINGLETON By SHEFFIELD, Thurs. yOUNG Australians lan Craig, who made his highest-ever score in England, Ken Mackay, who scored his second century, and Peter Burge saved Australia against Yorkshire yesterday after the tourists had lost three wickets for three runs. It was the most
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    Heavy programme in SBA junior tournament
    597 15 Heavy programme in SB A junior tournament 'TIES FOR the Singapore Bad- mlnton Association junior championships to be played on Wednesday at the s.b.a. haU at 7 p.m. and 8.30 p.m. are: Court No. 1: Chew Keng Wan v J.P. Morris; Lim Seng Kok v Chong Ngiap Hin; Richard Tan
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    CANDLIN SCORES 3 FOR SELETAR
    37 15 Royal Air Force Selrtar and Indian R.C. drew 3-3 m a soccer friendly at Farrer P«rk yesterday. Candlln got all three goals for Seletar while Krtshnan (2) and Baldahadur replied lor Indiana, >
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    LATE RALLY GIVES KOWLOON A 6-3 FED. TOUR START
    320 15 LATE RALLY GIVES KOWLOON A 6-3 FED. TOUR START SEREMBAN. Thurs. A SPIRITED attack in A the last stages of the game enabled the Kowloon Bus Company soccer tourists to beat a Negri Invitation XI by 6-3 on the station padang today in the first game of their Federation tour.
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    Tough time ahead for Kowloon
    137 15 Tough time ahead for Kowloon KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. CELANOOR'S Malaya Cup side will be matched against Hong Kong's Kowloon Bus Company in tomorrow's game at the T.P.C.A. stadium. On Sunday the tourists will also come up against a strong F .A.M. Selection. which Includes five Selangor players. The Selangor side
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    ENTRIES OPEN FOP JUNIOR MEET
    55 15 i Entries are now open for thi Singapore Amateur Weightllftlng Federation's Junior championships, Junior Mr. Singapore. Mr. Bodybuilder and the Mr. Physique contests to be held on July 22 and 23 at the New World. Entries should be sent to Mr. Chua Tye Jtiay, P.O.
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      858 15 VEHICLES WANTED 10 Word, U (Min.)—BoxSscts. txtra. PAYING CASH Triumph T-100 Wanted Model 1954-5, Maximum IPi ice $1,400. Contact Ping choo ;54 Seiegle Road, before 12 pjn. after 5.30 pjn. i HOUSES LAND FOR SALE 1 Z0 Word. $S (Min.)— Box S8 ct*. xtra. VERY CONVENIENT building £te at Jalan
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      791 15 FOB SALE 10 Word. $S (MtH.)-BoxSOct.. txtra. RUBBER ESTATE near Rawang for details see Advertisement For Sale by Private Tender. DUOBIPASS Petroieconomiser already prove to save 25% petrol fy s22/- each Including fitting. Car-emblem keyring available. Heap Huat Auto Supply 173, Seiegle Road. Singapore. TEXROPES the best known VeebelU in
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      410 15 TENDERS P.W.D. TENDER NOTICE TENDER from registered contractors (Class 'E' above) will be received by the State Engineer, Selangor up to 3 p.m. on 6-7-56., for the Construction of Labourers Qrs. 8 Unite at 3rd Mile Langat Road; 6 units at North Hummock Estate; 10 Units at Jenjarum, 4 units
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      420 15 WORD PUZZLE I FRIDAY j Straits Times I i WORD PUZZLE *X' j Cut out and pin with ether coupon* Posting instructions appear below Name j i ;-*.'j J L^a^a^Ba^a^Ba^BMlaM "~""~~~T^^^^^^^l ALRvrfJf > Cat alonf doltrd Hn«* ••••■•••••••"•■a«a«»CLUES FOR WORD PUZZLE K5 *1. Two of a kind, yrth as 4.
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  • Page 15 Miscellaneous
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      91 15 SOCCER S.A.F.A. Div. 2A: Alexandra v Snkaramai, Geylang; R.A.F. Seletar v seletar F.C., Farrer Park; Dlv. 2B: Balestier United v Bukit Ti n>ah. M.F.A.; Customs v Sprinjdale, Farrer Park. COMMUNITY League: Royal Navy t Indians, Jalan Besar. BOXING &A.B.A. national championships (aessl-flnaU). Great World, > pjn. ATHLETICS Inter-secondary Services Schools,
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    One more title to Eng Hong
    165 16 One more title to Eng Hong I£UALA LUMPUR'S Ong Eng Hong, studying for a Commerce degree in the University of Melbourne, has Just added another badminton title to his Australian bas. In the Victorian championships, he won the single* final on June 16 against the four-times title holder. Stan Russell.
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    Ong Choon Lim gives up Olympic bid
    493 16 PREMATURE RETIREMENTS OF MALAYA'S TOP SPORTING STABS CONTINUE LIKE THE OTHERS HE TOO SAYS: 7 MUST THINK OF MY FUTURE' By the Sports Editor no THE YOUTHS of Singapore and the Federation take life too seriously? Do they too readily sacrifice the chances
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    Malayans fight back after early shock
    286 16 UNIVERSITY of Malaya, holders of the Aw Boon Haw Cup In the inter-University badminton series since 1950. again proved too good for Hong Kong University last night with a five games to two victory at the Oei Tiong Ham Hall. It was Malaya's fourth
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    Ayala ousts Nielsen in Wimbledon upset: Anderson beats Krishnan
    496 16 Ayala ousts Nielsen in Wimbledon upset: Anderson beats Krishnan WIMBLEDON, Thursday. CHILEAN Luis Ayala, who was not seeded, provided the biggest upset on the fourth day of the Wimbledon championships today when he beat last year's runner-up, Kurt Nielsen of Denmark, seeded seventh, in five sets. I All the other
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    Lock icon Bailey gets six for 42
    201 16 LONDON, Thurs. England all-rounder Trevor Bailey took six wickets for 42 to help Essex take a first innings lead of 67 M Lords today. Close o* pTay score were: At Lord's. Essex 249 and 92 for I four. Middlesex 182 (Bailey six for 42. At
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    SASA move to honour former coach
    197 16 SASA move to honour former coach rpHE SINGAPORE A Amateur Swimminjj Association are considering a suggestion to commemorate the name of the late Mr. J. W. van Daatselaar, the former Singapore water-polo coach. ■It has been proposed that an annual waterpolo match be inaugurated between the league champions and the
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    WRAC head the table
    94 16 Positions in the Singapore netbaii league for the Clarke shield up to June 26 were: r w l f a pu. WRAC I G.S.C. II G.S.C. I St. Theresa 0.L.8. I WRAP 0.L.8. n B.C.C. WRAC II 6 5 l 118 52 10 5 4 1
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    ALL THE WEIGHTS FOR TOMORROW
    368 16 WEIGHTS for all TT nine race* tomorrow, Anal day of the Stlanfor Turf Club July Meeting »re: Cl»,Mvi-i>;M Fadl Field 9.00 Cynosure 8.1S Roman Galley 8.1S Majeatai 8.12 Parrot Fashion 8.11 Budgerigar S.I* Super Pkture 8.0S Captain Valiant R.08 Senanr H«U 8.04 The Bosnn 8.02
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    Early end for eight opening bouts
    443 16 fkNLY four of last nights 12 opening quarter-final bouts in the s.a.B.a. national Cham-' plonshlps went the full distance at the Great World last night. Four fights ended In knockouts and the referee stopped the other four fights. Big disappointment- of the night were
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    ELLEN'S TREASURE SHOULD MAKE UP FOR HIS FAILURE
    504 16 By EPSOM JEEP K. LUMPUR, Thursday WLLEN'S TREASURE, with Shelly Geyer astride, galloped in great heart on the training track at Kuala Lumpur this morning with an unnumbered horse for company. This speedy Archive gelding covered 3f in 37 1/5 in stylish
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    Lock icon Yorkshire 96 for 4
    172 16 SHEFFIELD, Thurs. AUSTRALIA declared at 306 for seven in ihei. first innings against Yorkshire 'xiay I i after three hours and ten minutes i play had been lost because of rainstorms. At close Yorkshire were 96 for four wickets and needed 81 runs to avoid following
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    MalayaNS retain Cup with 8-0 win
    288 16 MalayaNS retain Cup with 8-0 win UNIVERSITY of Mal v retained the qJJJ Xin K Cup whrr, f trounced a wei Kong University 8-0 in yesterdS inter-varsity hock, ture at Bukit Tirr.ah Malaya won the Cup for first time in hocKey was Introdui next year Hong Ron- ton//' trophy with
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    Jurong win triangular
    123 16 OAT. JURONO "B" won the iv triangular athletic meet against RAF Jurong "A" and RAF. Chla Keng at Jurong yesterday. Jurong "B" scored 26 points against 18'_. by Jurong "A" and five by Chia Keng. Results were: 100 yards: 1. Sgt. Whitney, 2. J/Tech Pocock. 3. LAC
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