The Straits Times, 16 August 1956

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    15 1 flat** 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845. SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, 1956 jf 15 CENTS
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    STRIKERS FIGHT POLICE
    519 1 Crowds block factory gates, defy *Get moving orders L I4AXV TO 10L liB to ppear court oday JCE and striken yesterday i the Kred trhdiM' factory okit Timah Road. MIC rs, one of ::.anc three re injured. strikers, ina'lB women, were leased mm; bond of $100 In
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    FIRST AID FOR A SERGEANT
    26 1 «vRrFANT HaJl Abdullah receive! first aid after tbeclash between police and strikers at SERGEANT naji Water house factory— Str»JU Time* pictures.
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    These men hunt Reds from the air
    163 1 These men hunt Reds from the air MEET the men who fly the Austers over Malaya's jungles, hitting the Reds from the air. Their story is told, in the August MM, now on sale at all bookstalls in Singapore *nd the -federation. The Auster pilots have hit the terrorists hard
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    Lock icon 100 hurt in UK train crash
    67 1 LONDON, Wed— More than 100 passengers were injured today when a train crashed into the rear of another train at Blackburn station, Lancashire. The driver of the first train had just released his brakes when an excursion train from Bradford came at 30 miles
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    Lock icon Troops sail for Malaya
    42 1 SEOUL. Wed. The Ist. Bn.. Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders, sailed from Inchon today for Singapore after serving in Korea for 12 months. The battalion, commanded by Lieut. Col. William A. Stevenson, will be stationed in the Federation. Reuter.
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    Lock icon RIDDLE OF VISA TO NASSER'S AIDE
    113 1 LONDON, Wed.— One of the chief aides of President Nasser of Egypt has applied for a visa to visit Britain and received it, the Foreign Office here disclosed today. Diplomats believe the move is in connection with the Suez conference starting tomorrow, but conference
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    HE'LL PAST (dawn-to-dusk) TILL MERDEKA
    82 1 HE'LL PAST (dawn -to -dusk) TILL MERDEKA KLANG. Wed.— lnche Vuspff bin Ahmad. 36, treasurer of the Port Swettenham UMNO branch, nas decided to go on a dawn-to-dusk fast until the Federation gets merdeka. He will start the fast on Aug. 31 and it will end on the same day
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    Nehru warns: False move over Suez could spark a general war
    198 1 INDIA'S Prime Minis- ter, Mr. Nehru, warned today that if any power tried, even by mistake, to solve the Suez problem by armed force or threats "it will not be solved, but it will lead to a conflagration which
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    LOST BOAT TOWED INTO HARBOUR
    224 1 Sunderland search called off PENANG, Wednesday. AN R.A.F. search for a missing 70-ft. tongkang with nine men aboard was called oft* at 3 p.m. today when the vessel was towed into Penang hari hour. The owners of the tongkang Sin Hock Hin went to the
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    Lock icon Marshall there
    21 1 TOKYO. Wed.— Mr. David Marshall, former Chief Minister of Singapore, arrived in Canton yesterday. Radio Peking reported today.— UP.
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    Mercy dash to see brother
    145 1 Mercy dash to see brother KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Mr. Mlch.ael Allen, 35, arrived here this evening on BOAC's inaugural Constellation service Intent on one thing to get to Ipoh as fast as possible to see his soldier brother Patrick, a sapper. Mr. Allen, a London house painter, only knows that
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    STOP PRESS
    29 1 FULL AGREEMENT ON SUEZ LONDON. Wed.— The Big Three Western powers today reached "full agreement" on a plan to place the Suez Canal under international control.— l.P.
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    29 1 CHICAGO, Wed. Part of the Democratic Party campaign policy Issued today emphasised the "right" of every American child irrespective of race to every educational opportunity.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon Lloyd speaks up: We don't want to
    943 2 WTO SOLUTIOM MUST DfCLUDE SOME FORM OF WTERMATIOHAL CONTROL* get tough with Nasser but the law must prevail LONDON, Wed.— Mr. Hugh GattskeH. Labour Party leader, declared last night That Britain weald be entitled to Me force in setf-iefenee against Egypt If Nasser
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    Lock icon NO RECALL FOR BRIBE CHARGE MINISTER
    89 2 NO RECALL FOR BRIBE CHARGE MINISTER JAKARTA, Wed The Government decided last night not to recall its Foreign Minister from the Bnes Canal conference in London despite corruption charges against him. An official announcement said that the minister, Mr Roseslan Abdulteni, would continue to the conference The Attorney General, Dr.
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    Lock icon Dinner time blast kills 15
    69 2 Dinner time blast kills 15 MONTICELLO, (Utah), Wed. U'ITTEEN people were killed a? yesterday and more than SO injured, nine of them critically, in a dinner time explosion that crushed a crowded cafe here "like an egg shell." Officials of both the State Public Service Commission and Utah Gas Company
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    Aussie air In with Reds
    37 2 MELBOURNE Wei tralla's first dlw, with a Communist m, being provided on ft Air India Intwnatlorj Super Constellation from London to Sjfc Prague and will also 11, the service to R^ a
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    Lock icon Marquess di
    22 2 LONDON, Wed. Marquess of But* j Britain's richest m today. He was 49. The fortune came from Wales coal. A.P.
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    Lock icon SUEZ RO MAY HIT OLYMPIC GAMES
    57 2 SUEZ RO MAY HIT OLYMPIC GAMES I hop. thf cn >b«r S IU b e ironed h S the Austra&*«! ration. ••ifT ol) «2 Sn thing US Aara tralia through wo «'d prosit 8 >" complication I Mr. Hugh Australian renr» I not discussM Australia's 0!v»« JJI commit he re
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    Suez: 24-hour general strike calle
    469 2 7^ From Page One and solutions are lasting which are based on understanding and friendship and not on threats and conflict," he said. Mr. N c h r v declared: "Again in the history of the world a dangerous moment has come." "In the month
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      Lock icon Planter's wife killing: Labourer accused
      137 2 From HALL ROMNEY LONDON. Wed. ADAM OGILVIE. a 32--year-old labourer, appeared in court today accused of murdering Mrs. Olive Nixon, wealthy widow of a Malayan rubber planter, on a waste site near Regent's Park nearly 10 years ago. Mrs. Nixon, 57, was struck down and
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      Lock icon Rhee starts his third term
      92 2 SEOUL: Byngman Rhee began his third term as South Korea's only president since it became a republic eight years ago.— LONDON: Sir Andrew Cohen, Governor of Uganda, has been named per. manent British representative on the United Nations Trusteeship Council. He will succeed Sir John
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      Princess Anne is six
      34 2 LONDON Wed— Princew Anne, who te en a tour of Scottand with the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh, was Bhe U l^ f«ty on the Eoyal yacht Britannia. Beater.
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    Lock icon Jets fired at
    31 2 AMMAN. Wed. An Arab Legion spokesman said today that legion anti-aircraft suns fired on three Israeli Meteor Jets which violated Jordan air space in the Jenin area. Reuter.
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    'Rescued'
    19 2 NICOSIA, Wed-Far believed to be aram i "rescued" two conricti I the heavily guarded 1 General Hospital.— Rnt(
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    Lock icon crisis: Appeal to Ed«
    314 3 tui CLIMAX TO MANY DEPUTES WTTHRRITAm W Sim RGENT VALETTA, Wednesday. c nt of Malta has appealed to p r j mc Minister, Sir Anthony the B^'fJ ••deteriorating state of affairs" k». ab j i(\va< officially announced here. sisl» nd "tioii Office statement, outlining grievances, said
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    Lock icon CYPRUS: THE KEY IN HANDS OF POLICE
    113 3 MCOSIA, Wed. v Qsjni P» lice SeSSse -j, problem. .\ummon up the L» and resolution to g the door, beyond fcTtlK peaces solu S White, former of Nar--0&. took up nts gbtr e five weeks «o. member "fine ci» 1 commission m »dverse
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    Lock icon Air killed car crash
    45 3 Air killed car crash 3ESHALL, 'England), <oL David C. Schil--1 S- Air Force ace of tend world war, was 2 a car crash here m Schilling, 37. was one Bicas top fighter aces. K down 23 German id the air and des- 110 more.— A.P.
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    Lock icon Birthday of Pakistan
    62 3 KARACHI. Thurs. Flans flew from government buildings and artillery salutes boomed across this city yesterday as Pakistan marked its ninth birthday as an independent nation. The Prime Minister. Dr. Mohamed All. In a broadcast, urged Pakistanis to "banish illiteracy, poverty and disease." "We must bestir ourselves," he
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    Lock icon A DASH OF SCOTS FOR THE RUSSIANS
    93 3 PRIVATE VICTOR SOLOVOV of the Soviet Army Ensemble Joins in as Louise Formoy, a member of the Dagenham ttirl Pipers, demonstrates the steps of a Highland reel at the Empress Hall in London. Members of the Soviet Army Ensemble musicians, singers and dancers
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    Lock icon Ike can expect a rough fight
    319 3 DEMOCRATS' NEW 'FIERCE' LINE WASHINGTON, Wednesday. THE reaction of the Democratic Party convention 1 to a blistering keynote speech by Governor Frank G. Clement last night now makes it clear that President Eisenhower will no longer be immune from fierce partisan attack in the
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    LONDON STOCKS
    221 3 ware: LOANS Consols £52% +H Funding 4% £87*4 War 8%% MO 16/1« BANKS Mercantile (£5) 24 1/S9 Eastern (£5) £7% Chartered Hongkong ($126) £80% INSUKANCS Can. 1 Com. Un. (u*d Royal 80/IOV4 <C4S 15/32 +27/32 OfDUSTBIALS Can. Pac. +H B.A.T. »1/- Boots +n% Bunnab Oil 85/7% +4/4% British
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    TIN
    21 3 LONDON. Wed.— C*«h Buyers 2773; SeUan *77»: Vanraitf BUjr•n £768; Selleri «76»; Settlement £775; Turnover, ajn. 20 tons, pjn. 10
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    RUBBER
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    Lock icon Japan offers $900 m. to Indonesia
    70 3 Japan offers $900 m. to Indonesia TOKYO. Wed. The Japanese Minister to Indonesia left for Jakarta tonight, carrying Japan's offer to settle the Indonesian reparations issue for about $900,000,--000. Two Japanese cabinet ministers agreed today on the figure, It was reported. Indonesia has already, said it will not settle for
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    Lock icon U.S. cotton for Formosa
    50 3 WASHINGTON. Wed.— The U.S. Agriculture Department today announced conclusion of an agreement between Nationalist China and the United States under which Nationalist China would buy with Taiwan currency $9,800.--000 worth of U. S- commodities. Nationalist China would buy cotton, dairy products. Inedible tallow and tobacco. —Reuter.
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    Lock icon Hitler man dies
    32 3 STUTTGART, Wed.— Baron Konstatin von Neurath, the German Foreign Minister under Hitler who was sentenced after the war as a major war criminal, died last night aged 83. Reuter.
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    Lock icon U.K. deficit
    22 3 LONDON, Wed. Britain had a deficit of £24.475.000 with the European Payments Union in July, the Treasury disclosed yesterday.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon TORCH-LIT CASTLE WELCOMES QUEEN
    347 3 TORCH-LIT CASTLE WELCOMES QUEEN Aid Margaret doea a rial in read BARRA, (Scotland), Wed. An American chief of the Clan MacNeil last night lit up his castle stronghold with the flames of pitch-soaked torches to welcome the Queen. In fall highland regalia, Wall Robert Lister MacNeil, of Vermont, strode down
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    Demonstration of painting
    58 4 A well-known Chinese artist, who has just arrived in Singapore from Hong Kong, will give a demonstration of nis "peony painting" at a China Society dinner at the Singapore Chinese Y.M.CA. In Shenton Way on Aug. 23. He is Mr. Chang Shao Shih, popularly called "The Peony
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    Army workers to meet
    37 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. The 10,000-strong War Department Civilian Staff Assoelation today decided to call J mass meetings *at all branches to consider what 1 action to take if pay claims 1 are rejected.
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    He took specials' pay, then set house afire
    238 4 He took specials' pay, then set house afire POLICE UEUTEMAMT JAILED FOB THREE YEARS SEGAMAT, Wednesday. RX-POLICE LIEUTENANT Stanley Vernon, 36, took money he should have paid to special constables, set fire to his bungalow and claimed the money had been lost in the fire. Today Vemon pleaded guilty to
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    THE SCOT IN MAJESTIC INDIAN ROBES WHO IS A GURU'S DISCIPLE
    181 4 THE SCOT IN MAJESTIC INDIAN ROBES WHO IS A GURU'S DISCIPLE MAJESTIC IN HIS robe* of the Indian national costume, M-year-ol* John Spier* (above) arrived in Singapore tram India yesterday in the company of his mentor, Nataraia Guru. Mr. Spier*— he was editor of the Madras War News daring World
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    SINGAPORE'S BIG DAY TO BE THE BEST EVER
    107 4 SINGAPORE'S BIG DAY TO BE THE BEST EVER GALA celebrations are being planned to mark the fifth anniversary of Singapore's City Day, on Sept. 22. Singapore received its charter as a city in 1951. The City Council wants the forthcoming celebrations to be the brightest carnival yet staged to mark
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    Gambling raids
    39 4 Seven raids were made by the Anti-Gambling sub branch of the CJ.D. on Tuesday night. Gaming was found in pro- gress at four clubs. These j clubs have been reported to i the Registrar of Societies. t
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    Stamp display
    35 4 The second philatelic exhi- t bition sponsored by the i Penang Stamp Club, will be 1 held at the St. Xavier's Insti- t tution hall in Farquhar Street on Saturday and Sunday. t
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    Storekeepers boycott promotion test
    124 4 rOUR hundred storekeepers r employed by the &A.F. n Singapore are boycotting 3ie examinations set for tolay by the Air Ministry to 111 vacancies hi the higher xwts. At a meeting last night ;h e storekeepers, who are nembers of the Air Ministry -ocal Staff Union,
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    Mr. Lim, the first, is off to train as an envoy
    251 4 Mr. Lim, the first, is off to train as an envoy IE WILL LEARI TIE JOB AT CAIIERRA KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The first non-Malay chosen for training as a diplomat will leave for Australia with five others at the end of this month. He Is Mr. Lim Talk Choon, 27.
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    Council meeting
    26 4 JOHORE BAHRU, Wed. rhe next meeting of the lohore Council of State will 3e held at the Council Chamber, Johore Bahrn on Oct. 2.
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    'SHORT TERM JOBS ONLY FOR EXPATS'
    215 4 'SHORT TERM JOBS ONLY FOR EXPATS' Rasak assures Malayan tt^ rpRE Federation's Minister r H We*, Abdul Razak bin Dato H., S Edl > ance here today that no expaS"' recruited on a permanent ba s ate ol <lS *»c w«* me luunn annua' conference of the Malayan Graduate Teachers'
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    Hair raid —so the T-boys scatter
    101 4 Hair raid so the T-boys scatter SDK Singapore Teddy boys were frightened away from a Tony Curtis hair style competition at the Bex Theatre yesterday— becaase the police were there. Wearing gaudy shirts and drainpipe trousers, they were munching pea- nate and chatting in the i lobby with other competitor*
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    30 HOUSES FOR ! EX-SOLDIERS '
    80 4 30 HOUSES FOR EX-SOLDIERS PENANG. Wed.— The Ex. Services Association of Malaya has approved an allocation of $100,000 for building 30 low-cost houses at Glugor for ex-servicemen In Penang. Hajl K. Mushir Ariff. president of the Penang branch, told this to the inaugural meeting of the Penang Poppy Day Appeal
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    Train hits lorry
    40 4 A goods train and a lorry collided at the level crossing in Bukit Pan Jang yesterday morning. Damage was slight. No one was injured. As a result of the accident the train was delayed about 20 minutes.
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    More tatto men at the CI
    20 4 More tatto men at the CI volunfaniy 9 "XSi Painful and A burn them out*? 1 °ne man died h
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    Promotion fo nine
    6 4 Promotion fo nine Tan Boon Hock.
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    Skeleton foum near helmed
    34 4 Skeleton foum near helmed A skeleton, 107 n^ ammunition, an<i a Jip steel helmet were tad Kampong Peck San Thomson Road in £fl yesterday. The spot was aboat yards from a Chinoe f yard.
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    'Help the disabled' plan goes ahead
    119 4 'Help the disabled plan goes ahead rE Singapore Government 1 is pushing ahead with its i scheme to train disabled people. And more employers are now co-operating In the plan, i The Industrial Training i Officer, Mr. F. G. Tyson, told < the Straits Times yesterday i that the scheme
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    uttee' allenge
    114 5 doctors E£3g fe «ho owns, a JWfS c last 449 but tea. Medical pro•^'.il to accept her yf»us*. they I ij,. several the past .purious. 3L medical proI beyond 1 s impossible food 'or io to 50 ".aysfZ on« a?ain j Seer raste of jo f appetite vofessor
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    |ayan artist honoured
    53 5 p y on —Another Eg painting by Eui School art iTlChaw Sia has pad for the Royal MBUf summer icdon this year. This is Mr. Khaw's second success in two years. He had two of his works— "A Village Festival Sce"e" at Tanjong Tokong, and Bali Beauties"
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    NO DECISION ON METHODIST BISHOP
    414 5 Dr. Amttutx h«ad« emotion fl.ld an- My^ t An6tto <>aiy FIRST BALLOT: Amstutz 19, Jones 12, Ho 5, Doraisamy 4, Hang 3, .Urn 1, Berckam 1. (one vote was invalid as It was for Bishop Archer who is retiring). SECOND BALLOT: Amstutx 26, Ho 12,
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    Woman searcher accuses
    34 5 Woman searcher accuses SEOAMAT, Wed.— Abdul Manap bin Sayak, 22, was charged yesterday with using criminal force on a Malay police woman searcher with intent to outrage her modesty. He was allowed $300 bail.
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    BRIEF GLORY IN A FILMLAND BLOCKADE AND NOW IT'S BACK TO BUSINESS
    287 5 But captain still has Una's bathroom and John's coat TUST LAST year this v ship was the Brgenstraase. The crew chased Lana Turner as the Royal Navy chased Captain John Wayne on Aim across two oceans. The ship,
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    New lawyer
    27 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed.Mr. M. Shanker. 24 was admitted to the Federation Bar by the Chief Justice, Sir Charles Mathew, in the High Court here today.
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    THE NEIGHBOURS
    179 5 ...But they seem so far apart, an Indonesian guest tells Rotarians MALAYA and Indonesia are close neighbours but yet so far apart. luis was the first impression Inche Barli Hallm of Indonesia got on his arrival in Singapore to attend the International Economic Association's refresher course now being
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    Boy: I was hit when I refused to pay protection money
    118 5 17DWIN CHAN, a schoolboy. Ju told a Singapore court yesterday that he was assaulted by a group of youths when he refused to pay protection money. Chan wag giving evidence against Dawood bin Babod who is charged with trying
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    Railway death
    33 5 KLUANG, Wed. Wang Tew, 56 was knocked down and fatally Injured by a train near the railway gate, Kluang on Sunday afternoon. He died seven hours after admission to Kluang Hospital.
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    Who took the animals' money box?
    193 5 Who took the animals money box? HOW did an R.SP.C.A. collecting box come to be lying, untouched, in Oxley Road, Singapore, this week? It could hardly have been a thief, for no attempt had been made to pry the box open. But there it was, lying in the street when
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    Equal pay urged for 'exploited' women teachers
    219 5 Equal pay urged for 'exploited' women teachers IPOH, Wednesday. TOE PRESIDENT of the Malayan Graduate Tea- chers Union, Mr. Teerath Ram, today criticised the Education Department for its "exploitation of women teachers." Addressing the union's annual conference. Mr. Ram said the Razak education report was silent on the position of
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    Teaching aids
    21 5 D?OH. Wed.— Miss C. White. Assistant Director of Education (Girls), today declared open an exhibition of primary teaching aids.
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    SAFIAH IS OFF FOR BRITAIN
    63 5 SAFIAH IS OFF FOR BRITAIN CHE SAFIAR BINTE ALI (above) sails for Ensland in the Canton on Aug. 30 to take up a threeyear Froebel course of training in kindergarten teaching:. She Is a daughter of Inche All bin Kling, supervisor of the General Hospital, Johore Bahru. Saflah is 21
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    Town official
    15 5 SEGAMAT, Wed. Inche Ahmad bin Mahmood has been appointed Town Superintendent of Muar.
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    DEATH
    58 6 it Words $U (minimum) CHEONG MIN LEONO age 33 eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Cheong Wai Kong passed away peacefully at 9.50 ajn. on 15-S-M at the Singapore General Hospital. He leaves behind his wife and three children. Cortege will leave 16, Foch Road at 4JO pjn. en
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    61 6 29 Word, Ut (minimum). MR. MRS. RUDOLF WILLIAM MOSBERGEN thank all Relatives Friends who Attended Assisted and gave Valuable Gifts en the Occasion of their Marriage M/S. SIM AH LIB, 81m York Bua and Family thank Relatives and Friends, all those who Assisted. Loan Can, Lorries, sent Wreaths. Scrolls
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    The Straits Times S'pore, Thurs. Aug. 16, 1956. Conference On Suez
    765 6 The Straits Times S'pore, Thurs. Aug. 16, 1956. Conference On Suez The London conference on the Suez Canal open* without any British retreat from the possibility of force in the last resort if all form of international control of the Canal is resisted. Britain stands firmly by the Prime Minister's
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    Indonesian Scene
    402 6 Tlie Suez drama has distracted attention from events in Indonesia, although the most startling of them probably was not unconnected with Egypt's nationalisation of the Canal. Hie Indonesian Government's d^thm to renounce all debts to Holland was announced after a abort newspaper «*">r««tn which approved the Canal seizure
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    Tiaras in the stalls should help pay the gallery
    671 6 Tiaras in the stalls should help pay the gallery By A Special CorretrpoMdent f f If ptr, mat had tin opportunity of hoarlma tomo of tho worlds mtt mutklan*. Bmt flhtw orthtmmmywoll ky-patt Slmwaporo Ittkorlck patromt of mmtk profor f o tako tbo tkoapor batk toatt VEXT week the Sin-
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      Living well an $500
      357 6 PERHAPS it may interest your readers to compare the expenditure of other Europeans. The following are Singapore figures, and may therefore be lower than the Federation figures given by Three more Survivors" and by Mr. J. R. TTititiy^i They are also figures for home expenditure which
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      Protection for postmen
      123 6 I REFER to the news Item i egardlng postmen and dog bites. One of the Instructions to the postmen Is: 'Shout from the fate Could not another method be adopted? Each postman should be given a whistle (not the police or scout types). When delivering mall to
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      Butter and cheese.
      55 6 .pVIDENTLY the European bachelors were thinking In terms of butter and cheese for themselves and blachan and udang kring for their Asian counterparts. Here in Borneo an Asian bachelor has not only to support himself on $120 per month, but his aged parents and two brothers going
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      Mr. BARTLETT REPLIES
      148 6 ris unfortunate for Col. Jelf's argument that his letter In yesterday's paper should have appeared on the same day as news of the Labour Party's request for the recall of Parliament owing to Its disquiet about British policy. He complains that I have not taken the "calmer
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    The Passenger who insisted
    255 7 TV L T™™T_K*mT. toWAS^ come TO A 'FORBIDDEN QR I 0l SINGAPORE? NO, 0 FROM HERE, 0 jfr. CLEAVELAND kTUA LUMPUR, Wednesday. a Overseas Airways Corporation had a today A passenger who insisted on P^TLr a city at which, the airline feared, lot be allowed to
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    5 doctors join
    58 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Wed. Five doctors who recently passed out of the College of Medicine, Singapore, and one dental surgeon, have joined the General Hospital here. They are Dr. Miss Yoong Van Yoon, Dr. Ahmad Yassim bin Mohamed Said, Dr. Ng Cheuk Hung, Dr Choo Soo Huat. Dr.
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    Off to Britain for course
    48 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Mr. Lye Peng Yam, personnel officer of Lever Brothers, has left Kuala Lumpur for England for a four-month course under the Unilever executive training scheme. He is the third Asian executive sent overseas for training by the company since 1955.
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    Detective disarms axe man
    70 7 Detective disarms axe man DETECTIVE Tua Tee of the Singapore C.I.D. last night struggled with and disarmed a man who had attacked a seaman. Son Kirn Siong. on the head with an axe in Cheang Wan Seng Place, oft Cross Street. Son, 46, was drinking coffee at a roadside stall
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    THIS IS IT-A WORLD BEAUTY IN THE DOROTHY (SARONG ONLY) LAMOUR TRADITION
    210 7 THIS IS IT-A WORLD BEAUTY IN THE DOROTHY (SARONG ONLY) LAMOUR TRADITION IBIS IS IT the face of a "typical* Matey beaaty, according to Life magazine photographer, Mr. Philippe Halsman, who found her after an islandwide search. She is Keris Film's 22-year-old actress, rjnuni Kalthonm, a mother of four. Or.
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    MORE MEN WITH SKILL —OR LESS WITH JOBS
    309 7 Chief Minister stresses need for training SINGAPORE'S Chief Minister, Mr. Lim Yew Hock, said yesterday that shortages of skilled labour might lead to unemployment in the Colony if nothing were done about it. His warning was in a message to the Inaugural
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    HE FLIES 11,000 MILES TO HEAR SISTER PLAY PIANO
    116 7 HE FLIES 11,000 MILES TO HEAR SISTER PLAY PIANO TO HKAB m piano recital, a doctor has travelled more than ll,Mo anile* to Singapore. He is Dr. Jobn Won*, assistant medical director of the University Hospital, godmtoon, Canada, who arrived jmrtwrdsy for the last pianoforte recital by his sister, Mrs.
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    Price of decay
    29 7 The Singapore Public Works Department, which carried out a record amount of work costing $47 million last year, spent $288,084 on mflmaln*ffg relics In the Colony.
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    Out—the 49 men who are trouble makers'
    133 7 Out— the 49 men who are trouble makers' KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.- Forty-nine workers on Seaport Estate, 10 miles from here, dismissed as "consistent trouble makers," are to be evicted, a spokesman of the agency house controlling the estate said today. The 49 must go. There Is no doubt about it,"
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    AIRPORT GALAHADS TO THE RESCUE
    143 7 A WOMAN in distress found many willing helpers at the Singapore Airport yesterday. She was Lee Ling Chi, 55. an evacuee from Quemoy a Nationalist-held island frequently bombarded by the Chinese Reds. Lee arrived In Singapore yesterday from Formosa to join relatives in Malacca. There
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    SCHOOL GRANTS: CHEW GETS TOUGH
    179 7 SCHOOL GRANTS: CHEW GETS TOUGH 'Take all or nothing' TIDE Minister for Education, Mr. Chew Swee Kee, has given Singapore Chinese schools an ultimatum: "Accept full grants-in-aid on Government terms— or get no aid at all." Mr. Chew made clear his impatience with- those who assert that there are "strings"
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    He shouted —two fled
    58 7 He shouted two fled Two men, who broke into a house In Joo Chiat Road, Singapore, yesterday morning, took fright and fled without stealing anything when a member of the household shouted for help. The two, one carrying a dagger, had already tied up a noodles hawker, Kway Sian Ton.;,
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    LESSONS OF THE OCCUPATION -BY TENGKU
    132 7 LESSONS OF THE OCCUPATION -BY TENGKU KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. —The Chief Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, today asked all Malays to remember the < hard lessons learned during the Japanese occupation. The Japanese surrendered 11 years ago today and left behind chaos and communal strife which must be avoided In future,
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    HOW MALA YA LIVES—ON AIR
    77 7 HOW MALA YA LIVES— ON AIR Radio Malaya will tonight broadcast a forum on "The economy of Malaya" in which two professors and three University it Malaya lecturers are taking part. The professors are Prof. T. H. Silcock, head of the Econo- talcs Department, University of Malaya, and Prof. Harry
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    Captain was host to 200
    57 7 To celebrate the start of its new, faster freight service between Britain and the Far East, the P and o Company last night -held a party on board the Canton. The ship's commander, Capt. HJJL Perry, was host to more than 200 guests. Eight ships
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    SCHOOLS SEND HOME 1,000 MOTHERS
    242 8 SCHOOLS SEND HOME 1,000 MOTHERS ABOUT 1,000 SingaA pore mothers have been turned away fron some school registration centres for not having their children's birth certificates. It is all because of a misunderstanding by the centra about proof of age, Mr. V Ambiavagar, deputy secretary of the Ministry of Education,
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    Attack on girl, 12. alleged
    46 8 S- P. Mummoorthl was accused in the Singapore Seventh Magistrate's Court yesterday of raping a 12--year-old girl In a house In Peck Seah Street on July 7. Ball of $5,000 was allowed. The case was postponed to Aug. 22 for mention.
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    Happy Hearts
    24 8 The Happy Hearts Crab will bold its inaugural meeting at the Chinese YM.CJL hall, Shenton Way, at 5.15 pjn. on Aug. 20.
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    Storm repairs
    29 8 MALACCA. Wed. The Malacca Settlement Welfare Committee last night decided to contribute $1,200 for repairing IS Malay houses damaged in a heavy storm 10 days ago. I
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    What Communism means: Destruction of all real human values—
    336 8  - What Communism means: Destruction of all real human values SIR ROBERT THE SPIRIT OF MAM -BY THE Governor of Singapore, Sir Robert Black, yes* terday warned all freedom-loving people to be on guard against Communism. Sir Robert said: "The challenge Is not a new one but, at this time, it
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    TWO MEN DIE IN LORRY SMASH
    78 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Two men were killed and four others seriously Injured when a lorry overtamed en the outskirts of town last night. The dead were Lam Khong, 52, and Taag Pong, 44. The injured men were rushed to the General Hospital. They were
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    Singapore's defences to be tested
    115 8 Singapore's defences to be tested MEMBERS of Singapore's Civil Defence Corps will take part in four separate exercises in October. The civil Defence Commissioner, Col. L. T. Firbank. said yesterday that tests would be carried out in each of the four sub-control areas on separate Sundivs in the month. In
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    Crash claim dismissed
    67 8 A claim for damages brought by Dr. V. V. V. Menon, of the Health Department, against Henri Pigeonneau, commercial assistant at the French Consulate, was dismissed by Mr Justice Tan Ah Tab in the Singapore High Court yesterday. The Judge held that Dr. Menon had failed to
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    Poor crop due to weather
    30 8 BEGAMAT, Wed.— The fruit crop here this year is poor. The weather has been largely to blame, according to an official of the Agricultural Department.
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    MINING CHIEF TO UNION LEADERS: BE REASONABLE
    243 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. A LEADER of the Malayan tin mining industry, Mr. D. T. Waring, today expressed the hope that a sense of proportion and responsibility among union leaders would eventually prevail. He said that labour disputes, which appeared to be the pattern
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    Dorothy in lead for beauty title
    110 8 Dorothy in lead for beauty title PRETTY 18-year-old Dorothy Wong is now the leadIng contestant for the title of "Trade Fair Qneen" after 14 girls withdrew from the beauty contest last Thursday. Dorothy works at the Caldfceek Maegreger stall at the Great World trade fair. She headed the list of
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    Malacca visit
    15 8 MALACCA. Wed.— The Reid Constitutional Commission arrived here today for a five-day stay*
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    'BOMBS' STUCK BUT THE JETS LAND
    170 8 TWO Royal Air Force Venom jets screamed to a halt halfway on the 8,000-foot runway at Singapore Airport yesterday— each with a 1,000 lb. "bomb" stuck under one wing. They were carrying out the first of a series of tests to see if emergency
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    Jenny studies
    35 8 JOHORE BAHRU, Wed A health sister, MUs Jenny Wong, who has been awarded a scholarship to an aA««ma. trative training course, leaves for Britain on Aug. 23 and will be away a year.
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      96 8 radio malaya Regional u I Z3SXS-£Z?l?£! SINGAPORE (Waort wsJ^T-Li Cm. Ma. w »wJ^«- wmr. itaa w.t. «a«u. S4SBL. J«m- «•»•> aaijmim.). A M. 7.15 Time signal and Open- PM. *1.00 nuaoos Oonducton; Ing Annct.i 7.16 Morning B*nJiS /JS^_ *>•«-*« I*dW nade; 7.30 kew«; 7.38 ADite With Ctaly; 800 Programme Summary;
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    Lock icon Love and jealousy drove Justice Minister mad
    1599 9 tt** TOMORROW^ REMBRANDT THE GREAT PAINTER %Few hitlers have been I i more cruet and stupid 1 NINE years ago last month, a fat, gross elderly man of 68 fefl dead from a heart seizure in England's Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum. His name
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      160 9 Rex Morgan. MM. A little help rjkjfl** _f f^fc^)aA/^U XD I UOULX7 iJKaS T"nw^S3^Bsßaw MOCC TWAN r MM£ V3U f^yi*»f-ej»f»\l I f us% y 10^ f^ wki IaHS 4$tVE y&Jd M A LfTTLE HELP. /Cf VbTI \DU hUaOwV eCAurs cr^ tlsc AMJ t. If J)M SO «9CAO 7>4*T HI/66AMD A
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    120 10 MayocßMaV w«« fNvESTMEMTS were vat tab! 1 with most fmctnatlons amal on the Stock Exchange hart to day. Electro Zinc declined by U In minings than was moderat trading with no definite trend aw Ampolßx. dropped sixpence. Loan wen steady. Loans 1%% 1956-59 £96 29/ M. Loans 5%%
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    RUBBER PRICES
    104 10 aTepaasaaar flrat grade raaaer kvyera f Ak. elasai in fain* in yesterday at 100% cents par lbs down 1% cents on Tuesdays dor lag price. The elestng tone was uncertain. Cleatng prieas In cenU par lb. yesterday were: No. 1 RJBJB. Spot tab. buyers »H. sellers 10OH; No.
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    BRADWALL SELLS OUT IN JAVA
    81 10 Sues the close of its financial fear Bradwan (FlaB) Rubber Estate Ltd., has sold Us shares hi C. M. Badek and C. U. »»>»«/fr«. H, locany-reglstered companies owning Bradwan praparUaV to Java, for a net amount of £15.500 paid In London. The Bradwall dj^nnan (Mr.
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    BANK PROFIT
    31 10 The India* Overseas Bank Lask Madras, net profit for the year end? •dJune JO^nbjeet to audit and including the amount brought forward from tost year amounted to rupees 1,711.271.
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    BROKERS' REPORI
    220 10 TW Malayan Share Broken Aj•irtaHau reported: "There waa a f*~dyjnvlertona to all aectlona of counters showed small lmproveStagaaore Federation brek•nnpartei tka faflawtar kaateeaa W£»: Breweries $3J2H J» W-WH: Malayan cement 61.63 H. 61.65: M. Colls 61 02U to (delayed); Robinson Co. ords 61.47. 61.47%; Singapore COM gong. 61.47*:
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    SHIPPING
    162 10 Skin M« s'ibitlli the Singafare Wallas* Beaut wharves ar axpielit teday are: Canton 1-3. Atnus 4-5. Kyoto Mara CJ*.. Tljlnegara 6-7, Manetesu Maru No. I 6-9. PwatdantOraat 11, Calchaa 13-14, Amerskark 16-16. Malay 18, ■Ban Mara 19-20. Beetong N.Wall 2. SedlU N.Wall 4, Landak N.Wall 6. Beggarang N.WaU 6,
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    79 10 The Malayan Exchange Banks llMiitoWia made the f ollowlng rh yy m 1U ntm to marthanto Canada: buying airmail; T.T. 31 15|16, OJ>. SS 116. BO dk SJ% credit tola, S3 7116 trada bills. BaDtiif T.T. or O.D. ready: Canada SI 9116 clear. On the free eiahange market
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    RUBBER GOES BELOW TOE DOLLAR BUT LATER RECOVERS
    331 10 By Our Market Correspondent THE price of rubber in Singapore yesterday hovered above and below the dollar l Pv *i finally dosing at $1,001 for September fiSt grade. The price opened at $1.02* per lb., but fell belo* the dollar to 99*
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    10 10 Indngirl 140,254 lb \yTl 36.174 lb.; and T.p.hjijog*'
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      1713 10 COMPANY MEETING > KUALA KAMPAR TIN FIELDS LIMITED (Incorporated in the Federation of Malaya) The Twamty-stxth Ordinary General Meeting ef Kuala Kasapar Tin Fields flndail waa hall ea the 15th Aagaat. 1956. at the Registered Office at the Company, 16 Barrack Bead, Kuala Lampar, Federation of Malaya. duction and consumption
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      297 10 JOHORE P.W.D. TENDER NOTICE TENDERS from Class IT and f*«w nghtandF.WJ>. Contractors win be received by the state ■ngtoeer. Johore. up to noon of Mtn: August. 1956 for:— CONSTRUCTION OF OMB JLOCK OF 4 CLASSROOMS, 3 CLASS VH QUARTERS. 1 UNIT LABOURERS QUARTERS AND 1 UNIT SCIENCE LABORATORY AT PONTIAN.
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      438 10 I Announce the inauguration of their EXPRESS Service from Singaoor, 25 DAYS to LIVERPoo via GENOA, MARSEILLES, TANGIER I 'so calling ANTWERP, ROTTERDAM BREMEN, HAMBURG. M/S "SAGAMI MARU" loading Singapore 10-I2S-BJ/S"SATSUMAMARU" 10 120(t M/S "SANLKI MARU 10-12 Ho» M/S "SADO MARU" in 12Dtt AND MONTHLY THEREAFTER The BORNEO Company Ltd.
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    For Auld Lang Syne
    80 12 Singapore's hardy Scots of the St. Andrew's. Society, braved the heat, for the sake of tradition, when they turned up in their colourful tartan kilts to a cocktail party aboard the P. 6 O. ship, SS. "Sunda," this week.. Commander of t h c "Sunda," Captain
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    Chef's special Try Java Rijsttafel in the real Cockpit style
    455 12 Chef's special Try Java Rijsttafel in the real Cockpit style A MEAL which has become Justly famous at "The Oodn^^^^^ tt^^^i. A rEurO pe, i S the Saturday Rijsttefel, served in with the tnmm Saturday is happy choice— the day when many people don't have to hurry back to work.
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    German house has a welcome on the mat
    389 12 ANE of Singapore's busiest centres of social and cultural activity today is v "German House," in Bukit Timah, the bright, modern headquarters of the local German community. Opened only last month, the house is attractively decorated, comfortable and welcoming, from its spacious,
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      188 12 "Goodbye, dear... 0} I)and I doff t forget what I said about DETTOl M I Yes, the sure way to personal freshness is to Use -ju, l every day. Doctors recommend it because it is saf I doesn t irritate or stain, and it has a pleasant, refresh I smell.
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      193 12 4» —m s* 23 Premier gallery without IS Straits Times Crossword w doc^ i M ye. <*: 26 Focal train, perhaps, not THSBT""" 3SEsT^"™KHBI^~ I ISBBr~~ 3B9BjBBEpB*"""T|Bw'' D "lBMr"""" <UkW WH| |SSI("^~ 3BTi^EHbM^*" SJSI 3 Reel and set the makings of a I I imm >^ ■~T^™T*~~T™™r«MBIMMa»»BBM«MM» i one you've
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    PERIWINKLE DOES SMART 3F WORKOUT
    208 13  -  EPSOM JEEP By KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. PERIWINKLE, a rapidly-improving three-year-old, galloped attractively on the training: track at Koala Lumpur this moraine With Hudson up, he came right away from Indian Heather II (Mortimer) at the finish of a good tryont over 3f in 37 2/5.
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    Newcomer won a £1435 race
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    Lock icon Roger Becker out of meet
    101 13 NEWPORT. Wed. MAL ANDERSON of Australia ousted Roger Becker of England from the Newport Invitational Tennis Tournament yesterday with a third round victory, 7-5, 4-6. 8-2. But Michael Da vies of England managed to stay in the tourney with a 5-7, 6-2, 6-1 win over
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    TRIPLE JUMP HOPE
    29 14 TRIPLE JUMP HOPE BRIAN OLIVER, Of the Royal Australian Air Force, who is expected to win the hop, step and jump title. His greatest rival is Borneo's Gabuh. IMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIt
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    Mansfield qualify
    117 14 DRAW IN KEY MATCH PUTS THEM IN KNOCKOUT ROUND MANSFIELD yesterday qualified for the knockout round of the Singapore Business Houses F.A. League and Cup competition. They drew 2-2 with Jacks in their Group c key match at Farrer Park. Both teams ended level with six points each
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    Results and tables
    259 14 5. Darby 3 Chart. Bank 4 PWDLP A PU iongkong ,Bk. 5500 17 4 10 Mercantile Bk. 5 2 12 9 7 5 ford 4 2 0 2 4 7 4 5. Darby 5 2 0 3 10 IS 4 bartered Bk. 4 1 1 2 5
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    28 14 LONDON. Wed.— Mr.. Joseph McOrsth's Irish colt. Roistar. was officially scratched from the Doncaster St. Leger yesterday. Roistar ran third in the Epsom Derby.— Reuter.
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    MCC name 13 for tour
    114 14 LONDON. Wed. T*HE M.C.C. last night announced the names of 13 players who will tour in South Africa later this year and said that three more will be named before the end of the month. Cyril Washbrook (Lancashire) asked not to be considered for the
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    Lock icon Denis 101, Tyson 7-46
    109 14 LONDON. Wed. Today's county cricket tea, scores were: At Srarboronxh, Leicestershire 12* for three (Jackson not out 82) v Yorkshire, raining. At Oval. Sussex 175 (Parks s*. Lock four for 38) v Surrey. At Lord's, Middlesex 206 for four (W. Edrich 67, D. Compton 101) v
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    Challenge to S'pore is weak
    1024 14  -  THE SPORTS EDITOR THE 35th MALAYAN GAMES BEGIN TOMORROW Ry IN SO SHORT A TIME HAS FEDERATION'S 'TEMPLER PLEDGE* BEEN FORGOTTEN? r[E 35th annual Malayan Amateur Athletic Association championships will be held in Penanc tomorrow and on Saturday and the prospects are that Singapore, champions
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    SCA TEAM
    34 14 Singapore Cricket Association team to meet Combined Schools In their annual two-day match on Saturday and Sunday: Westerhout leapt.) Lewis Ponnampalam. Smith. Pickett. Wicks. Carvalhlo Meadows. Webster, Olivelro. McNaught. 12th man: Kerton.
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    Salmah is 'dark horse'
    300 14 Salmah is 'dark horse' •HUSH HUSH 1 OVER CIRL ATHLETE rpIE Perak A.A.A. will 1 take along a "dark horse" when their contingent of 33 leave this morning by car for Penang to take part in the Malayan A.A.A. championships. Officials have been secretive about Salmah binti Mustapha, a girl
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    SPOTTING THE WINNERS
    350 14  - SPOTTING THE WINNERS EPSOM JEEP i I By UT ten to follow at the XT Selangor Turf Club August Meeting an: rLEASLRE PARK: Showed a bright turn of speed to beat Periwinkle over the Kuala Lumpur 5V4f. In June in yielding going only to lose the race on an objection.
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    Lock icon 3,000 m. RECORD
    35 14 MOSCOW. Wed.— A world record of S mm. 39.8 sec. for the 3.000 metres steeplechase was set up today by Semyon Rshishchln, of the Soviet Union, during the Spartlakad Olympic trials.— Reuter.
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    Tanglin Tinggi champs again
    46 14 Tanglin Tinggi became champions for the third successive year when they beat Gulllemard 2-1 In the Division A final of the Singapore inter-Malay school soccer competition at Jalan Besar Stadium. Ayer Gemuroh won the DlvUion B title by defeating Tanah Merah 2-1.
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    Signing-up fever hits HK
    223 14 From Our Own Correspondent HONG KONG, Wed. SOUTH. CHINA A.A. footballers, who returned to Hong Kong Kong yesterday by air from Saigon, were at once mobbed by representatives of several Chinese first division clubs in an effort to sign them on for the forthcoming season. Utter
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    001 WITHDRAWS FROM SINGLES
    83 14 PENANG, Wednesday. rpHOMAS Cap player Ooi Telk Hock, the Penang triple 1 champion for the past three years, gave up the singles title when he conceded a walkover to Toh Boon Teng in the Penang open badminton championships last night. He will concentrate on the men's
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    STATHAM RATTLES AUSSIES WITH 6 FOR 27 SHOCK
    217 14 STATHAM RATTLES AUSSIES WITH 6 FOR 27 SHOCK MANCHESTER, Wednesday. rffi Australian cricketers collapsed against England fast bowler, Brian Statham at Old Tr a fiord here today and by tea had scored a meagre 86 for the loss of seven wickets. Rain prevented a resumption after the interval. Statham tore
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    SCOREBOARD
    54 14 AUSTRALIA— Iit Inns Rutherford c Jordan b Statham 4 McDonald b SUtham 4 Harvey c Grieves b Statham i Craig c Edrich b Smith 13 Barge Ibw SUtham 13 I Archer b Statham 0 Benaud not oat Dftridson c Wharton b Statham M»ddocks not out 4 Extras 7 Total
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    199 14 metres 5 r sOtSJ Games >fo -safe under four 'MO metre, P;n ':> month bee man to fi* I wa selected 5 metres only ot Britain's <m m presentative, Wood, the P'on. Brian feT I L 0 o u y r Q minut 2:2 pr Theteams
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    46 14 They're to Marl pHINAS IHM team ye^e.-d Ml from Pay" I/aa: i-T"> for Jakarta i."f" W days here-mw o! their hotel room.' They «re to 'tit X I Asian tourrumer.' Indonesia Mpp Federation In MM tomorrow Two Sweapore left by :he same tm more Color.v bodybuildr
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      46 14 SOCCER S.A.F.A. Loßgse: Div. 1:— Tigers v Amicablcs. Jalan Besar. 5.15 p.m.; Div. SB: Spranjoon MY. t Rajaji. Geylanr; Kebenaran Club v Setla Jaya, Farrer Park. S.G.S.F.A. knockout competition; Div. I:— P.W.D. t MRNVR, Farrer Park. FRIENDLY: India* Brotherhood T S.C.C.. pading. BADMINTON Chinese V.M.C.A. championships.
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