The Straits Times, 29 July 1956

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    14 1 THE SUNDAY TIMES NettSal<*\ In No. 1,092. SINGAPORE, SUNDAY, JI'LY 29, 1956. 20 CENTS.
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    Lock icon SUEZ: BRITAIN GETS TOUGH
    436 1 Order goes out: Block Cairo balances DEN IN ALL-NIGHT TALKS WITH CABINET LONDON, Saturday. HERE were three major moves today in the crisis caused by the nationalisation of the its Canal by the Egyptian Covernment of S year-old Colonel Carnal Nasser. Britain struck first when after
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    Lock icon CRUCIFIXION' OVER – NOW COMES CASH
    101 1 CRUCIFIXION' OVER NOW COMES CASH MEXICO, City, Sat.—Tagore, the ventriloquist who was crucified in a bull-ring near here last Sunday, ended his ordeal yesterday. A doctor was called and the nails were removed and his hands and feet bandaged. After being nailed to the horizontal cross in the bullring. Tagore
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    The Titanic
    327 1 BEGINS IN THE STRAITS TIMES TOMORROW j| 'A Nifcht To Remember' by Walter Lord IT HAS BEEN CALLED THE «5 WORLD'S WORST SHIPPING g| DISASTER. At 11.40 p.m. on Sunday. «jys April 14, 1912, on her maiden voy>£f age. "the unsinkable ship" met the £g irresistible iceberg. ffi<
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    Lock icon NASSER: WE WILL MEET FORCE WITH FORCE
    219 1 CUKO. Sat Col. Nasser told cheering rwwtn here today that K\pt had procl. limed a .cneral mobilisation and would "meet force with force. Back from Alexandria, where he announced the nationalisation of the Suez Canal. Col. Nasser addressed the crouds from the Presidency
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    Rubber and tin up
    190 1  -  GEOFFREY BOLAND By RUBBER and tin prices reacted .sharply in ;x>re yesterday to the vial grab. Eearly rubber deals were at 98 cents per lb.. 2' 2 cents above Fridays best. The price of August :rade. however, came uer on profit-taking and closed at 96 5
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    DAWN RAID NETS 25 SUSPECTS
    165 1 ANG-BUSTER Jim Davies, superintendent of Singapore C.1.D., and his men yesterday ',aye a hard I blow to the secret societies when they bagged 25 in a dawn swoop on tongkangs. Supt. Davies commanded a strong force of 300—50 detectives. 30 tougli, kukricarrying Gurkhas and 250
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    $5,000: Spore winner
    41 1 $5,000: Spore winner A Singapore entrant. Mr. S. K. BEX. c/o E P.O. Box 1 05 1 won the $5,000 prize for the Straits Times Word Puxxle N. E i See Page 9 for the E Competition Editor's 5 article. .lIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMMIIII'IP
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    Lock icon STRIKE SETTLED
    33 1 NEW YORK. Sat. America's nationwide steel strike was settled yesterday with agreement on a three year contract giving workers 45.6 cents per hour more by the end of that period— A.P.
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    Lock icon U.S. AIR CRASH
    31 1 LONDON, Sat. A U. S. Air Force B-47 stratojet bomber crashed and burned at the Royal Air Force base at Leakenheath yesterday, killing four of the crew.— A.P.
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    Lock icon DID 34 PEOPLE GO DOWN WITH HER?
    315 1 NEW YORK, Saturday. THE known death toll in the Andrea Doria disaster rose to 1 1 today, but 34 people are still missing and it is feared they were trapped when the 29,000--ton Italian luxury liner went down in 225 feet of water
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    Double knifing: Man charged
    63 1 A Malay woman, Salmah binte Samat. and her daughter Monihsah binte Suratman. were found with serious stab wounds at the 6th milestone, Holland Road, Singapore at 2 a.m. yesterday. They were taken to hospital. A man was charged in the General Hospital yesterday morning with the
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    Lock icon HUNTING FOR FRESH ELASTIC?
    46 1 JAKARTA. Sat. -A hundred young men, armed with catapults invaded a women's dormitory in Medan. North Sumatra. The women were employees of an underwear factory. Police have arrested eight men but say they do not know the reason behind the invasion."— U.P.
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    Lock icon BULGANIN BACK
    25 1 LONDON. Sat. Marshal Bulganin, Prime Minister of Russia, and other Soviet leaders, returned to Moscow today after a week's visit to Poland. Reuter.
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    Lock icon AIRWAYS PLAN
    22 1 WASHINGTON, Sat— lndia plans to fly jet airliners to the United States from either Tokyo or London by 1958. -A.P
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    Lock icon Grace and Rainier step out
    55 1 MONTE CARLO Sat -Prince Rainier of Monaco and his ex-filmstar bride. Princess Grace, danced In public at a Red Cross charity ball here last night. The former Grace Kelly wore the $300,000 necklace of diamonds and emeralds which the 3.000 citizens of Monaco gave her
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    YAP TO H.K.: WE WON'T STEAL YOUR TRADE
    239 1 YAP TO H.K.: WE WON'T STEAL YOUR TRADE HONG KO:*G, Sat. rtMiE 27-member Singapore 1 trade mission to Japan and China arrived here by air last night. Mr. Pheng Geek, secretary of the delegation, said. "We are all out for trade and do not; want to be left behind by
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    Unionist held by police
    45 1 Unionist held by police TAN Lay Boon, chairman of the strongest unit of the Army Civil Service Union in Singapore, has been detained by the Special Branch. Head qf th e 40 Base Workshop Unit, Tan was at work in Ayer Rajah Road on Fri-
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    STOP PRESS
    53 1 SUEZ TALKS TODAI WASHINGTON, Sat. IS. Deputy I nder-Secre-tarj i>i State, Robert Murphy. Mi todaj i««r London lor Sue/ talks Beater. s\N I K\M 184 Sal Plane enrootc from Honolulu \\:th MS persons aboard. Bashed run r ucnev .ill toii.c saylns two «»r its lour engines had ton.-
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    Lock icon BOMB IN HOTEL
    30 1 NICOSIA. Sat.— Extremists tossed a bomb into the roof garden of the Acropole Hotel today In the first bombine attack on security forces lor five weeks. -U.P.
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      THE ABDICATION
      2873 2 A SENSE of helplessness of unimaginable scope came over me. The French telephone system thwarted me; everything that I wanted to say, that I had to say, and everything that David was trying to tell me was torted into a howl of subhuman squeaks and squawks. I now
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    INTO THE GREAT ADVENTURE
    1285 3  - INTO THE GREAT ADVENTURE ISOBEL STIRLING GETTING MARRIED... continuing a great new series giving the facts of life to young engaged couplet IT TAKES TWO TO MAKE A MARRIAGE AND TWO TO MAKE IT A SUCCESS By M.A. Dip. Psych. QETTING married means the complete end of one way of
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    What's WRONG with turning a mans head?
    590 3  - What's WRONG with turning a mans head? SYLVIA LAMOND By WHY does a good, lctig, appreciative lcok from n so often upset a poise... turn .shrimp-coloured, her \'eet and I monstrously make her fidget her bag and mdle her umbrella a weapon of deisn't the same the world over. Italian
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    Slovenly, useless, so helpless! And this, man, is YOU
    392 3 Slovenly, useless, so helpless! And this, man, is YOU 'PAKE a deep breath, 1 men! The little woman who has toiled so uncomplainingly in the Malayan home all these years now wants a change in the system. The Malayan husband, she says, is lazy, slovenly, useless and utterly helpless in
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    Thief promises to turn new leaf
    157 4 JAILING a housebreaker for 18 months yesterday, Mr. Eu Cheow Chye, a Singapore judge, told him: "While in prison, start thinking a bit about your bad record. It will do you good." Sa'at bin Jasman. 26, who had six previous convictions, was given this
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    Magistrate drives a worried mother to son's school
    388 4 A TALK WITH SCHOLAR AND THE HEAD EASES A WIDOW'S D»fFIG«LTIES SINGAPORE magistrate yesterday adjourned his court, took the wheel of his car and drove a woman defendant to a school to see her son. Trws surprise development followed an admission by
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    Prisoner who ran away gets 4 months
    107 4 Prisoner who ran away gets 4 months PLEADING guilty to escaping from legal custody on June 23, Lav Chee Kok yesterday told a Singapore court: "I was acting on an Impulse. I was thinking of the family I had left behind." Lav also admitted assaulting a prison warder during Us
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    enzies to hold Colony talks
    75 4 enzies to hold Colony talks The Australian Prime Minister, Mr. R. G. Menzies, will visit Singapore and the Federation next month, accompanied by his wife. Dame Pattie Menzies. Also in the party will be the secretary of the Australian Prime Minister's Department. Sir Allen Brown, and members of Mr. Menzies'
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    And a policeman for heroism in the riots
    123 4 A foli.e ConstaOie, Mfeafui bin Tahar (above), went to Government House yesterday to receive the Queen's Commendation an award made in recognition of his heroism during the May riots in Singapore last year. P.C. Baharin was a member of the crew of
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    HERE-FOR FIRST TIME SINCE WORLD WAR II
    144 4 SEVEN JAPANESE STUDENTS arrived in the Colony yesterday in the Hai Hlng the first to visit Singapore since the war. Their trip a study tour has been sponsored by the Osaka Youth Council. Two of them are girls. Twenty two year old leader
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    JOURNALIST AND SOLDIER ARE DECORATE
    51 4 Mr. C. V. O. Bartlett (C.8.E.) Straits Times political commentator, and Major-General D. D. C. Tulloch (C.8.), G.O.C. Singapore Base District, who were among the 21 people who received their Queen's Birthday decorations yesterday from the Governor. Sir Robert Black, at Government House. Sunday Times
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    MAHMUD DEDICATES HIS NEW LIFE
    165 4 MAHMUD DEDICATES HIS NEW LIFE JOHORE BAHRU S A SECAMAT schcx Mahmud bin Yunos, 17, whose i i saved by delicat surgery in Sydney c month, will return Malaya within a I Speaking for M family, his brothor. Hassan bin Haji V i terday outlined their for the boy's future.
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    Americans fete tourist man
    42 4 The executr I of the Sim I University Clul lunch for Mr tlce tomorr I the American Mr. Pren; i International Stanford Re.M California. He arrived In Friday to man ary survey of I llties In the G
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    Teachers visit Jakarta
    35 4 Nin P member^ jgapore St Guild will visit Aug. 11 for a tw Ito study the education S3 The Asi.i donated $POO I penscs a: ttl been approvrd I try of Education.
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    Merchants say ban Japs: We cannot stand their competition
    239 5 Merchants say ban Japs: We cannot stand their competition TEXTILE MEN WARN OF UNEMPLOYMENT 'MENACE' NGAPORE textile merchants are •,tened of direct petition from ge Japanese export j which are seekto establish xhes in Malaya. cc the Japanese -nous threat to their md a menare to ountrys economy. tton signrd
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    Happiest girl in Singapore
    89 5 Happiest girl in Singapore HI KST girl in Singapore yesterday was the Shahariah. daughter he Yang di-Pertuan of Negri Sembilan. She appeared 'n for the first time with c, handsome Tengku i] Rahmar.. second son! Ie Tenpku Mahkota of •uplo were betrothed Friday, when the Negri ■.V his consent. marriage
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    7,000 miners say: Strike
    56 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Sat. S-.GOR'S 7.000 tin miners have voted for a try-wide strike. :.:on official .said today ting waa "almost 100 nt" for the strike. Ballot papers were countre last night by officials i. the Selangor division of M.MrE.U. :;gor is the first of the seven
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    Trees block traffic
    47 5 Traffic in the Tanglin h .omson Road areas erupted yesterday ing when a sudden hit Singapore. Uprooted trees fell across .md motorists had to I detours into the city. After the one-hour storm. Works Department City Council labourers lent out to remo%'e the tions.
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    GAN ENG SENG O.B.A.
    25 5 A movr has been started the Gan Eng School Association of SinThose interested lid contact Mr. K.H. at the school, tel.
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    Free—at $30,000 a month
    201 5 Free— at $30,000 a month IT costs the Shell Company of Singapore about $30,000 every month to operate its fre c ferry service between the Colony and the Pulau Bukom installation, Mr. G. R. Main, manager of Shell's H. Q. Supplies and Shipping Department told the Sunday Times yesterday. He
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    THEY'RE TIRED OF JOKES ABOUT WAGGA WAGGA
    166 5 THESE two Australian youths, who have arrived in Singapore after travelling around the world said yesterday they were "a little tired' 1 of people laughing at their home town Wagga Wagga. The Aboriginal name of this famous "outback" New South Wales town. 324
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    Missionaries plan girls' work centre
    148 5 Missionaries plan girls' work centre rpHE FRANCISCAN Mission- aries Of Mary plan to build a social work centre where under-privileged girls i can do domestic science courses free. The Franciscan Sisters, who came to Singapore only three years ago. run a popular kindergarten in Holland Road. The Rev. Mother Jose,
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    RAF CONCERT STARTS OFF WITH BIG-3
    151 5 THE Far East Air Force Band will open its festival of music tomorrow night at the Changl station school hall with a concert of works by Tchaikowsky, Schubert and Rossini. The band will also appear in a Beethoven and Mozart night on Thursday with
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    ANY SOLUTION TO THIS PUZZLE?
    137 5 ANY SOLUTION TO THIS PUZZLE? HERE'S a perplexing: problem. And there seems no way of solving it. The law forbids vehicles from parking in areas where a white traffic line runs down the centre of a street. But licensed hawkers may erect their stalls there so long as they keep
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    FOUR LASSIES SKID A LIFE SAVER
    44 5 These four Malay film actresses stimulated new interest in the safety first exhibition at the Victoria Memorial Hall yesterday. Seen toying with a safety harness for lifeguards, are (from left): Rosenani. Saadiah. Normahdiah, Mariani Ismail. Su>day Times picture.
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    THE CONCERT WAS EXCELLENT BUT OH, THE AUDIENCE!
    325 5 THE CONCERT WAS EXCELLENT BUT OH, THE AUDIENCE! They cane to see, not to hear, 'wonder boy' I AST night's concert at the Singapore Badminton Hall was one of the finest I have attended with one exception the audience was by far the worst I've come across. The crowd had
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    ONE BREATH OF AIR: IT COSTS $40
    98 5 ONE BREATH OF AIR: IT COSTS $40 IPOH. Sat. —Asked why she and her friend Roger Barnet Gair. 24, had gone to the "dangerous" excluded area at Sungei Raya near here. Soon Hei Ling told the Magistrate's Court: "Just for a breath of country air." Soon and Gair, of Kamiri
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    Civics course for villagers
    64 5 Fourteen kampong dwellers from Yio Chu Kang village, Singapore, came to town yesterday to learn how the Government is run. They toured the Assembly House and the Public Relations Department, and had legislative procedure explained to them. Mr. M. P. D. Nair. Assemblyman for Seletar, was
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    PWD wins race against time
    609 6  -  A. SRIPATHY Malacca's fish culture centre biggest in the world By 'We worked 11 hours a day seven days a week' THE $2,500,000 Fish Culture Research Institute and Training Centre the biggest of its kind in the world is expected to be completed early next
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    BIG PONDS. SMALL PONDS-166 OF THEM
    20 6 BIG PONDS. SMALL PONDS- 166 OF THEM View of the ponds under construction. There will be 166 0 f them.
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    A little error brought money To Mr. Hurst
    99 6 LONDON. Sat. rE London stamp auction season which covered 85 sessions closed with sales totalling approximately $2,620,--176. Among those proving that mistakes can mean money was Mr. Cyril Hurst. Four years ago, he bought a 2s. 6d. booklet of ordinary current stamps
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    STRANGE NOISES? THIS THIN PIPING VOICE BEATS 'EM ALL
    354 6  -  MIKE WATCHER RADIO BY WELL! I have heard some strange things over Radio Malaya during the past few years, but this one certainly beats them all. Was I dreaming last Sunday night or did I really hear the lilting voice of
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    700 lb? a mere tiddler
    367 6 700 lb? a mere tiddler i ANGLING BY SPINNER %WHOOPS, pardon me while I pick up the clanger I dropped the other week. Apparently the 700-odd Ib. marlin I wrote about was a mere tiddler compared with some of the rod-benders that swim around our waters. Mr O. D. Vlnell,
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    Cook keeps children in hand with kindness
    549 6 THE Cook's control over his children's behaviour has to be seen to be believed; and it is all effected by kindness and persuasion and. on rare occasions, a gentle smack-bottom, and with the minimum of scolding. He allows them to go upstairs at
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    Drop us a Line
    835 7 \\rHY is the Taj Mahal among the most famous buildings in the world? Who built it? When and Why? CHONG SANG Batu Gajah. This white marble mausoleum was built at Agra by Shah Jehan in memory of his favourite wife who died in 1629. Twenty thousand
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    JANE LEE's HUMAN CASE BOOK
    1128 7 I AM very thin and many of my friends tell me I must sleep in the afternoons, eat more at each meal and exercise. Others tell me I should play badminton and swim. But now I am told that any exercise that stimulates the circulation
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      37 7 PAPllrslQ, I've SOUGHT al|anD YOU CAKJ PUT sol J ITS GOT TWO *E-YS 1 J IV6- GOT TUB OTUett OMEr J g^Sfi S^ MUCK A We&4^ IKITO &ACH, WeCtS ONE- POC YOU AND TOO. OPAft JSSJSW J^P
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    Oriental fashions invade West
    36 8 The Chinese coolie hat which is one of the popular of this season's styles in Paris and London. Film star Debra Paget wears a black velvet version, with a fetching silk tassel.
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    Shining hair adds to your beauty
    482 8 Shining hair adds to your beauty SUSAN RARRI£'S SUNDAY PAGE "J"H AT shining, glossy hair every boy admires is one feminine charm that's easy to acquire and keep if you are willing to take just a little trouble about it. Every girl should be interested enough to make the effort,
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    Recipe for teenagers
    205 8 Recipe for teenagers Here'l a dessert which ;> v to make, sweet. <s refreshing and delicious. £> < It kn nice to serve at << < parties, but the whole Ss family will enjoy it for >> < dinner. All the ingredi- SS ents are easy to get in h
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    Neat idea for that short notice party
    106 8 Neat idea for that short notice party TV and screen actress Elizabeth Allan has Introduced a neat American idea In her flat. There Is a bar or tcounter) at one end of the large living-room, with a kitchen unit behind it. From this she dispenses delicious light suppers and coffee
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    Sadlers Wells is the target of Prem s ambition
    173 8 Sadlers Wells is the target of Prem s ambition .1 lith'iiUul tfvnatffr scans a iimittess horiaon A TALENTED teenager with big ambitions as a ballerina is lovely Prem Gil Singh, of Singapore who has already made a good beginning in her chosen career. Prem Gil. who Is 17. has been
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    High heels are still popular
    141 8 High heels are still popular Despite doctors' warnings, high, slender heels are still popular among Singapore's fashionable women. Mrs. Phyllis Lim, buyer for John Little's shoe department, said this week: We stock heels up to four inches and they are very popular with both Chinese and European women They look
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    Flowered dresses are so romantic
    212 8 FLOWERS are blossoming in a riot of colour over this season's fabrics. Nearly all the Paris, London and Italian designers chose gay flowers printed silks, cottons, satins and nylons for their dress collections. Flowered dresses always look romantic and many of the newest evening dresses,
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    'Muslims sacked for going to mosque'
    145 9 'Muslims sacked for going to mosque' CHIEF KATHI PLEADS FOR FRIDAY PRAYER-TIME LAW Chief Kathi, Haji Ali M. Salleh, yesterday accused some employers of sacking Muslim workers for taking time off to attend prayer meetings on Fridays. '.aid: "I personally know of some Malays who I their jobs because they
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    MAGICIAN IN THE MAKING
    139 9 MAGICIAN IN THE MAKING Meet Denis Khoo. 18, a student of magic who gave his first solo performance in Singapore last week. Son of popular entertainer magician Mr. Khoo Teng hni,. Denis has come a long way under the watchful eyes of his father since four years ago when he
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    Record-breaking scooter on show
    39 9 or-scooter on which pilot Joe Rohan >-ord-:naking run .ngapore to Penang is now on show at Motors, Singapore. D display are photof i of Rohan at various >: the journey which mpleted in 14$ hours. iiiiiiiimiiiiiimiiHiiiifiiimiiiiiiiiii
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    Visiting Indians do the joget
    87 9 The officers and ratings of the visiting Indian Fleet danced the joget modern last night at a party given by the Singapore Sindhi Association. This capped a busy day. In the morning the visitors demonstrated the Flotilla Regatta. In the afternoon, 25 officers were lunch
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    YOUTH OUTING
    24 9 About 40 members of the Paya Lebar Methodist Youth Fellowship attended an outing with the Supersonic Ski Club at Pasir Ris yesterday
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    DATO'S DAUGHTER OFF TO STUDY LAW IN LONDON
    34 9 DATO'S DAUGHTER OFF TO STUDY LAW IN LONDON MISS Zaharuntul Wahab daughter of the I' mclima Buklt GanMentri Besar of Peft Singapore by air :.i\ to study law in 1 don. Sunday Times picture.
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    CHOIR TO HONOUR MOZART
    103 9 The Straits Chinese Methodist Church augmented choir will present a musical programme at No. 3. Kampong Kapor Road, Singapore, on Wednesday, at 8 p.m. to mark the bi-centenary of Mozart. The programme will consist of an organ overture, •Figaro", by Douglas Tan, a MiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiii string quartet
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    Many entrants find it harder than usual
    699 9 By The Competition Editor 'RANTS generally seemed to find Straits T mes Word Puzzle 'N 1 difficult than the js one. There was ne winner, but there t&m a strong field Offered at only one from the winning on. re are what the
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    SOLUTION TO CONTEST 'N'
    59 9 The $5,000 prize for Straits Times Word Puzzle Contest 'N' was won by Mr. S. K. BEX, c/o P.O. Box 1051, Singapore. He submitted a set of answers which corresponded completely with those given above. These were adjudged to be the most apt and accurate answers
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    LITTLE WOMAN LOOKS AT BIG BUSINESS-WHALES
    226 9 LITTLE WOMAN LOOKS AT BIG BUSINESS-WHALES ATINY Okinawan woman wants to move into big business. Whaling. And. if plans go right, soon this woman with a love for the sea will have two whaling fleets operating in the North Pacific. Madam Toshi Teruya represents the fourth generation of a family
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    MALA VAN SEES U.S. PRIMARY IN ACTION
    195 9 MALA VAN SEES U.S. PRIMARY IN ACTION THE purpose of primary elections in the United States is to assure the American people full control of their government through a free choice of candidates. The primary is an American tradition. So, during his recent tour in the United States, Mr. Yap
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    Man escapes from police
    90 9 A man, on an armed robbery charge, escaped from his police escorts yesterday morning at the Singapore District and Magistrates' Courts in South Bridge Road. He was one of a group of eight men being led out of the Singapore Seventh Magistrate's Court to the main
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    Engineers dig for elusive power fault
    115 9 17LECTRICAL engineers ■C* were still trying yesterday to locate the fault in Singapore's power distribution channels, which plunged the east coast and central areas into a two-hour blackout on Thursday night. The City Electrical Engineer, Mr. R. A Waddle, said that the fault is
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    PILGRIMS DUE
    33 9 The pilgrim ship Anking has left Jeddah and is on its way with 1,196 pilgrims for Malaya. It is expected In Penang on Aug. 5 and in Singapore the following day.
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  • THE SUNDAY TIMES Singapore, July 29, 1956.
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      TOUGH ON THE TOUGHS
      256 10 rpHE toughs of gangland have never had things tougher than in the last few weeks. Under the determined pressure of Singapore's "O perat i o vi Dagger," these arrogant he-men prefer flight to showing fight It is one thing for a gang ot the tattooed hoodlums
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      $20 an hour
      260 10 TT WAS a good idea to invite private practitioners in the Federation to undertake part-time duty in hospitals. But not so clever i s the offer of $20 an hour for services rendered. The effect of this financial miscalculation might well be to make more acute th?
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    Take one last look at life
    493 10  - Take one last look at life JOY MATTHEWS AND SHIRLEY LOWE BY LITTLE boy in America loses his sight. Surgeons and doctors knew he would be permanently blind; his parents knew. 3o the day before his operation they took him to see the countryside, the sea, the flowers, and the
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    Father O'Hagan Shepherd of Souls
    1639 10 Father O'Hagan Shepherd of Souls In this series of articles men md women eminent in a 'T<ytt)\tt\T/~' D/^rA7T TAT" T TT?TT A spheres tell of events or people or occasions that have changed J± 1 UKIVIIVKJ rxJlry 1 IIS LtLr £j -T oursc of theiT uves. This iceek's contribution is
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    Marshall's Tower of Babel falls down like a pack of cards
    223 11 COMMinEE REPORT LIES COLLECTING DOST 111 ASSEMBLY HOOSE LIBRARY THE Singapore Government is right back where it started on the question of multilingualism in the Legislative Assembly. It will now have to pass a fresh resolution In the Assembly
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    A SMILE THAT SAYS: COME AND SHARE MY HAYSTACK
    32 11 A SMILE THAT SAYS: COME AND SHARE MY HAYSTACK Anyone care to share a haystack for a comfy tete-a-tete? The girl with the inviting smile is barndance enthusiast. Miss Tan Slew Gna
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    THE LOVELIEST REDHEAD
    107 11 THE LOVELIEST REDHEAD t HKIsriNA i-.M1.1H was chosen the ~t redhead in the by Singapore beauty list Vicky Michelle at 'inpetition for redheads al the Rex Theatre. Mrs. Smith and 49 other happy redheads (with escorts) were special guests of the management during showing of the film Slightly Scarlet." co-star-two
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    DEATH
    61 11 M Ch*e Keow Joo. aged V 4 passed away peacefully on 56 Hf M.ilacca leaving beon Ong Kolc Chiang. Chee Bay Hoon n Mrs Tan Peng Eng and m Teck Kirn and several .rir^n "o mourn her lorn. Mil leave her residence at 75-A Devonshire Road. ne for Sen
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    No. 2 man goes for 'envoy' training
    339 11 CINCAPORE is going ahead with its scheme to train men who could one day head the foreign agencies the Government may set up abroad. Caught after ten hours' freedom Ibrahim bin Yahya, who escaped from a police escort party in Singapore yescerday morning,
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    Lim says it again: I'm confident
    103 11 Lim says it again: I'm confident LONDON, Sat. SINGAPORE'S Chief Minister. Mr. Lim Yew Hock, said here last night that the people of Singapore were friendly towards Britain —"so long as Great Britain will make us free people." He was speaking over the BBC. He added: "We are not anti-British
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    LONELY AT HEART? THEN JOIN THIS CLUB
    100 11 LONELY AT HEART? THEN JOIN THIS CLUB T ONELY? Well, don't Ld just sit there— do something. That's the advice ol Miss K.N. Wee, assistant manager of a Singapore firm, who is forming a "Happy Hearts Club." Miss Wee said yesterday: "The aim of the club is to make its
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    RUBBER UP 2⅛ TO 961
    147 11 RUBBER UP 2 TO 961 August first trade rubber buyVrs f.cb. closed in Singapore yesterday at 96H cents per lb., up 2H cents on Friday's closing price. The dosing tone was steady, quiet. Closing prices in cents per lb. yesterday were: No. 1 R.S.S. Sjot f.o.b. buyers 96"», sellers 9o"
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    COPRA PRICE
    26 11 Singapore Copra Association noon prices yesterday were: Straits mixed copra; August buyers $26.25, sellers $26.75; September buyers $26.50, sellers $27 The tone was quiet.
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    Appeal to Ministers
    68 11 More than 50 alumni associations of Singapore Chinese schools have petitioned the Council-of Ministers against the Registrar of Societies' refusal to register their joint union. The petition says a unite i body would enable the exstudents better to promote the welfare of society. Registration of the joint
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    Written off — a debt by 2,000
    193 11 Written off a debt by 2,000 TWO THOUSAND people living in Government houses 1 in Selegie Road and Short Street, Singapore, owe the Land Office seven months' rent but they don't have to pay a cent. The Government has agreed to waive the debt provided they begin paying their rent
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      154 11 RADIO MALAYA ■g"B.'?.«Ji Ltetmen^ ChSlcel 4.30 Australian Magazine- *4 45 (•Prorramme thus marked can be 5.00 On the Trail; 600 Evening received by listeners In MaUoca. Service; 6.45 First Hearing- 6 55 Short wave 49 61m. Medium Appeal on behalf of the Red' Crow wave 476 m., 313 m., 366
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    "Dragons' stirred an old-time traveller
    653 12 Historical Corner by Donald Da vies THE year is 1409 and the streets of the thriving town of Malacca are filled with Chinese soldiers and sailors. In the harbour is a fleet of Chinese junks which has brought to Malacca from China the Ming Ambassador,
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    BEAUTY IN LINES
    112 12 BEAUTY IN LINES rERK art many kindi „j lines straight lines crooked lines and curvtnr lines— and the Competition Editor decided their con" trast would make an excel, lent subject for this week. And the first prize of $31 goes to Mrs. Van Fook-Jmn of 288 Balestler Road, Singapore 12,
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    Here is how to enter
    70 12 /IAMERA fans should send \J entries to "Camera Contest," Sunday Times, 'ceil Street, Singapore. Names, addresses and Jetails should be written on the back of each print. Ilossy prints are preferred; md should be postcard ze or larger if ossible. No responsibility is accepted for
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    THE WEATHER MEN PREFER BRUNETTES
    106 12 THE WEATHER MEN PREFER BRUNETTES A GIRL'S hair is valuabh to the weather fore caster. When preparing bit charts he needs to know the amount of moisture in the air. A lot of moisture lr. t. air makes hair increase lr. length. Lack of moisture shortens it. The met, men
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      206 12 Popular Crossword hi 42f&SbOX I ™"~l^^l~~~ ACROSS: 1. May bring you Flower (5). 3 Exhibit (4). 4. back <6), 6. Fuel (4>, 10. Unlucky Projecting part of wheel (3). 5. accident (6). 11. Nasty (6). 13. Tyrants (10). 6. Sort of shot, tssay (7). 16. Company at din- (3). 7.
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    Many nations in the 'House'
    76 13 LONDON. Sat Rarely has a film cast held so many players of different nationality or association as "House of Secrets", now being made at Britain's Plnewood Studios. Michael Craig, playing his first starring part, was born in India. Julia Arnall was bom in Vienna, Barbara
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    Las Vegas hits the multi-million dollar jackpot
    334 13 Las Vegas hits the mul ti -million dollar jackpot b^bM |T'S more than a safe bet to put your money on a ticket to "Meet Me in Las Vegas," the multi-million dollar MCM musicale, starring Cyd Charisse and Dan Dailey. For this is a real winner of a picture the
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    Red Hot Momma is a little lukewarm
    382 13 TWENTIETH Century Fox have hurdled, with commendable neatness, the obvious restrictions placed by an outdated code upon a produce r attempting to translate into film the progress of a prostitute from the stale of cheap floozie to high fee flamboyance in their version
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    THE BALONEY BY TONY IS GOOD
    207 13 ITNIVERSAL-INTERNATIONAL'S "The Purple Mask" is the old hokum, this time with French dressing, and the offering at least is palatable Set in the period following the French revolution, it concerns the attempts of a royalist group to restore the monarchy. The sons of the
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    IT MAY BE SLIGHTLY SCARLET-BUT I SAW RED
    141 13 IT MAY BE SLIGHTLY SCARLET -BUT I SAW RED fLTHEN two gorgeous redheads such as Arlene Dahl and Rhonda Fleming are put into such a film as •Slightly Scarlet," there's only one thing to do. And that is: Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition—for firing from a welloiled gun
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    ON THE HOUSE
    35 13 The Uruguayan Embassy in London issued free supplies of national cigarettes to the producers of "The Battle of the River Plate," to lend a note of authenticity to this Pinewood Studios film.
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    'JUMPING FOR JOY-BUT NOT BY LEAPS AND BOUNDS
    157 13 'JUMPING FOR JOY- BUT NOT BY LEAPS AND BOUNDS JOY. unlike June, is scarcely bustin' out all over in the J. Arthur Rank Organisation comedy "Jumping for Joy," staring Frankie Howerd and Stanley Holloway. And that's a pity for both are such excellent comedians. This is no case of pictures
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    The glorious, b-e-a-u-t-i-f-u-l girls of Paris
    1560 14  - The glorious, b-e-a-u-t-i-f-u-l girls of Paris SECRET OF FRENCH CHIC AND -by Anthony Hunter INVENT to find the truth about French women. I found a human earthquake. What secret, I began by asking, lies behind that dynamic charm of Danielle Darrieux. the gay "entant terrible" of French film stars? Michele
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      154 14 Ih* lornof ml vnwluof torgotl V^VAI |R >f I IKw\ Ufl/VMr th,o»iHoiit MALAYA j£j VffJs'' IvwmLmYmlw mllCwWm M::^^^^^m \~omTort f^c^^^ Througnouf ft^jgl?; IM !f s DunlopiHo THE DUNLOP RUBBER CO. (MALAYA) LTD. »pn i, k. Immm ftm» .V. All genuine Dunlopilio mattresses or cushions have the name DUNLOPILLO stamped directly
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    16 MILLION MILES AND NOT ONE MISHAP
    832 15  - 16 MILLION MILES AND NOT ONE MISHAP PATRICK CHEE ty record of Spore's fast and skilful police driven CHASING A KIDNAP GANG OR ESCORTING YIPs ITS ALL IN A DAY'S WORK OLICE cars racing to the scene of a crime rd motorcycle cops chasing speeding rittl are common sights in
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    MEET THE MEN BEHIND THE SCENES
    38 15 MEET THE MEN BEHIND THE SCENES LEFT: Mr. A. D. Buckell. Motor Transport Officer, who supervises the training of all police drivers with the help of Staff Sergeant George Webber, (right) who heads a team of 14 instructors.
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    Your best friend is a dictionary
    510 15  -  VERONICA LAKE by do you ever browse through the pages of a dictionary and marvel at the thousands of rich. resounding words that you never dream of using? We regularly try out new hair-styles and new cosmetics but do we ever fresh-en-up our conversation
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    Netherlands — Mecca of all tourists
    126 15 Netherlands Mecca of all tourists SO many tourists are now crowding the Netherlands, the country's hotels are in competition to give visitors the best possible service. In the old Uansa town of Deventer, a hearty welcome awaits couples married six months or less. A "Deventrr honeymoon" includes flowers in the
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    New records—by Discus
    343 15 New records— by Discus LIKE a record with just that difference to make It a winner? Try Philips neat little disc Girl Meets Boy. It's record in which 11 popular numbers are strung together to make a coherent story. The plot is nothing more involved than boy meets girl, boy
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      439 16 7 JJITnJ-' Sir Compton Mackenzie and Alan Melville discuss the pleasure of drinking good whisky •Now Alan, you've given a great deal of pleasure to a great many people with your plays, revues, broadcasting and so on. And this whisky we're discussing Grants is also a notable purveyor of pleasure.
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      1285 16 hXm=Sw Edgar RICE Burroughs !l3^3^ f^'-'wl ifdj •V CCTCKMIME7 VISING VNAKKORS WZOuGi-r TAZZANJ -^B^^T^ 'I T*^W^ l\ Iml iXSr\ r> TO TWE SUOCES OP A MOUNTAIN LAKE W ""i^a T^.-^^ s^ [3-v'Wr^' f Jsl _j SOON TWE LOKPOP TWE II \_< Nb ik^ TAe^AN WAS TCA\?OeAK.ILV A CEA7V WHIP 1
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    Through Asia on a pogo stick
    823 17 Through Asia on a pogo stick of a Spore Gossip by WILLIAM DRURY I/\\ a day in June of 1955, ;it the hour i mad dogs and ishmefl dominthe Singapore liv kind permisof Mr. Nod i.l. I saw a bald, round, lle-a^ed man brief-case in hand and a poro i
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    HORROR TREES
    1064 17 The upas (found in Malaya) is said to give of deadly fumes Do they really exist, asks John Drummond |S IT POSSIBLE, do you think, for a to possess such s tr ange powers that uld lull to sleep ody who had the *ortune to rest in i*s
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    Crossword Solution
    116 18 ACROSS: l. Mascot 6 Peat 10. Mishap. 11. Horrid 13. Attemp; 15. Table. 16. Stew it. Rep 19 Silt. 20. Her. 21 Bears. 23. Tee 24. Passengers 27 Miss 28. Sour. 28. Stationery 33 Slii 34. Crane. 35. Hob. 37. Ends. 39. Sit. 40. Mere. 41 Stair. 43.
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    CANCER FROM EXHAUST SMOKE FEAR
    217 18  -  Christopher Page By gXHAUST smoke and Diesel fumes in particular are contributory causes to cancer, according to the British Medical Journal. And this means that motorists, like heavy smokers, apparently have a higher than normal average of falling victim to this scourge. It seems unlikely
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    Do you know your cars?
    32 18 One interior view and two from the outside a keen motorist should be able to identify these models. Can you? For solution see Col. 6 tin* page.
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    The new Fiat 600 is a little car with big friendly feeling
    622 18 The new Fiat 600 is a little car with big friendly feeling CVFRY so often, a car. which is more than just a new model and in time is recognised as a classic in its own particular field is produced. And I venture to sujjgest that the Fiat 600 will
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    AHMAD BAKAR IS SHELL CHAMPION
    335 18 AHMAD BAKAR, who won the 100 and 440 yprds events. was tne outstanding athlete at Shell Sports Club athletic meet at Paya Leoar yesterday. A nine-man federation Shell team won their contest against Singapore, scoring 40'; points Irom the seven events. haHiia: Sintapore vs Federation
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    JUNIOR TEAM TO MEET SCHOOLS
    103 18 The Junior Selection team to meet Combined Singapore and Federation Schools In their soccer match at Jalan Besar Stadium at 5-15 p.m. today will be picked from: Idroos Albar. Ahmad Bakar. Jalll Mastan. O'Neill. Harrison Majid bin Anf. Kas-sim. Harvey. Sahar. Jamil. Proctor. Ang Soon,
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    Edwards gets to 2.4 sec of Alam Sher's mile time
    369 18 HIS 4min. 29.6 5ec. BEST IN 17 YEARS OEVEN records, one of them a Malayan mark, were set up at the Singapore interServices athletic championships at Seletar yesterday. Lt. Col. Reldy reached 160 ft 3in in the hammer to better
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    SMITH TAKES SEVEN FOR ONE IN ROUT OF RNAS
    118 18 R.A.F. Srletar Polytechnics beat RNAS Sembawang by nine wickets in a Services cricket league fixture at Selatar yesterday. Sembawang were bundled out (or 13 runs with Smith taking seven wickets for one run. Seletar lost a wicket before passing this total.
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      182 18 SPORTING SAM By Reg. Wootton YYcddin** RPIIS |fl% H M «U.da«r!Buty«*, j"V .'3l tires* yourse'* ai i i_i lir- i O\*. Ica K'f t»» S \^\/^M I %gsyi r ipr AMD IN THE EVENING AT THE DOCTOR'S AMDSO.HORUC flwa+kltl cU.^up. y o 3 r -frDubfe is -fU«+ your c kill-joy
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      ONLY 45 MINS PLAY AND BURKE IS OUT
      298 19 MANCHESTER, Sat. PAIN restricted play to 45 minutes on the third day of the fourth cricket Test between England and Australia at Old Trafford here today. An early morning storm saturated the pitch and prevented a start being made until after lunch.
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      4-0 WIN FOR DOCKYARD
      49 19 Dockyard "A" beat Buklt Tlmah S.C. 4-0 in a S ATA. Dlv. 2B league match at Jalan B«sar yesterday. In another Dlv. 2B game at Oeylang. R.EC.A. beat Springdale S.C. 7-2, Minto C.U. beat Arsenal S.C. 5-3 in a Div. 3A game at Farm Park.
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    SAFA ADOPTS GET-TOUGH POLICY ON ROUGH PLAY
    165 19 SINGAPORE Amateur Football Association are taking strong measures to curb the increasing number of incidents on the field. S.A.F.A., in circulars issued to affiliated clubs, warned that in future clubs will be held responsible for the conduct of their players on the field.
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    WEIGHT' CONTEST
    23 19 The Pasir Panjang Boys' Club will hold a welghtlifUng and body building contest at their club house at 7.15 p.m. today.
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    Lock icon Head-on Olympic clash over the Duke of Edinburgh
    458 19 1.0.C. ACCUSES AUSTRALIANS OF CONFUSION, SQUABBLES, PETTY JEALOUSIES AND DISCOURTESY' LAUSANNE, Sat. THE INTERNATIONAL A Olympic Committee today accused the Australian organisers of the 1956 Games in Melbourne of "confusion, deficiencies, dissentions, neglect, squabbles, procrastination, opportunism and wretched petty Jealousies." In a
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    Joe Hok and Natekar first to reach semi-finals
    770 19 Joe Hok and Natekar first to reach semi-finals TWO MALAYANS LEFT IN SINGLES KUALA LUMPUR, Saturday. YTNRANKED Indonesian schoolboy, Tan Joe Hok, 18, qualified for the men's singles semi-finals of the Selangor international badminton championship this evening when he easily disposed of India's No. 3. D. N. Dhongade, seeded seventh,
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    SUSPENDED
    25 19 S.A.F.A.'s Commission of Enquiry yesterday announced that Ahmad Juri of Pulo Bukom Sports Club has been suspended until Dec. 31, 1957, for dangerous Play.
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    JOHORE 222 AND MALACCA FOLLOW ON
    164 19 JOHORE 222 AND MALACCA FOLLOW ON JOHORE BAHRU, Sat. xjALACCA followed on today in i?x their Inter-state cricket match against Johore here. Johore's innings was outstanding for a eighth wicket stand between Major Roberts (68) and Stevenson (52), which put up 112 runs before they were separated. This is a
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    ST. JOSEPHS BEAT SPORE RELAY TIME
    113 19 St. Joseph's Institution's crack relay quartette yesterday bettered th c Singapore inter-school sprint relay record with a splendid 14.3 sec. effort This is 1.2 sec. better than the present Singapore record held by A.C.S. since 1952 and is als 0 one of the fastest
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    ARMY GAIN 4-1 SOCCER WIN
    23 19 Army beat Royal Navy 4-1 In a B.A.F.A. Community league fixture at the H.M.S. Terror ground on Friday.
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    109 19 LONDON, Sat. f OUNTY cricket scores at the tea Interval today were: At Oval, Surrey 174 (Stewart 57, Oreensmlth four for 39) versus Essex. At Bristol. Gloucestershire 143 for five (Young 53) versus Worcestershire. At Northampton, Northampton versus Sussex. No play (rain). At Gllllngnam, Somerset 193
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    Fed Schools beat Singapore 4-1
    289 19 OLAYING superior football throughout Federation beat Singapore 4-1 in their first Schoolboys International soccer match at Jalan Besar yesterday. Singapore took the lead with a first-minute goal. But Federation weathered this early setback and, steadily getting into stride. drew away to a commanding lead. Though
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    43 20 21 HtirdM tin I minimum) DONALD MOORE PRODUCTIONS pre.s*nt> Singapore's R enow led Pian.s 1 Mm*. Florence MarRur-Wonx !n two recitals. On h Auia*t at the Vlctorli Mrmorial Hni:. Bookings now open a f Robinsons. Price concessions to Chamber Ensemble members. tnrriTinv
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    CYPRESS POINT ROUTS RIVALS IN CUP RACE
    2198 20  -  EPSOM JEEP By Bridge Law pays $98 in upset MR. WONG AH YORK'S grand money-spin-ner, Cypress Point, with Jackie Jones up, made a spectacular come-back to" score a runaway three-lenjrth win in the Bank Holiday Cup over a mile at Penanjr yesterday, opening
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    HKFA ACT ON FAM TOUR BAN Tengku told "show proof or admit you are wrong'
    540 20 HKFA ACT ON FAM TOUR BAN Tengku told "show proof or admit you are wrong' By A Special Correspondent HONG KONG, Sat. A DEMAND to the president of the Football Association of Malaya, Tengku Abdul Rahman, to withdraw charges he made against the Hong Kong Football Association of snubbing Malaya,
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    Federation Police make it 5-in-a-row
    414 20 FEDERATION Police beal Singar pore Police lor the filth successive year in their annual athletics match at Thonuon Road yesterday, winning 14 of the 18 events. But the outstanding performance was by Kernal Singh, of Singapore, who .set a record for ihe pole vault with
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    JOHORE CHAMPS AT HG MEET
    60 20 IPOH. Sdt.— Johore won the inter-state championship at the Federation Home Guard 4th annual weapon training meet in Ipoh today scoring an aggregate of 79 points. Defending champions Negri Sembllan also scored 79 points bu' were placed second, the decision being taken on the "jungle
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    GOOD GALLOP BY VAN BREUKELEN'S CUP PAIR
    180 20 PENANG, Sat. By EPSOM JEEP VAN Breukelen's Gold Cup pair. Bearer Bond <Bougourej and Rao Rajah ißarratt), were matched in a good gallop on a wet track this morning. Breaking from the mile post, they steadily picked up speed to run the last
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