The Straits Times, 24 August 1956

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    17 1 iziuLAc* H^O^iftMM.EN/r.AjaAi Nat** 1 New**** The Straits Times. Estd. 1845. SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, AUGUST 24, 1956 15 CENTS
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    THE DUKE IS COMING
    305 1 THREE-DAY VISIT-TWO in COLONY, ONE in KUALA LUMPUR I L are now a to give the common people every chance to we him J He will drop in on way togames •UK Duke of KdinI hurit h will arrive .fcbyaon th 7 e > v visit
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    Mr. TODD HAS A CHAT—with TWO REDS
    528 1 Mr. TODD HAS A CHAT— with TWO REDS And wife says: He's the world's luckiest man alive IPOH, Thursday. A PLANTER, Mr. J. H. Todd, 42, manager of Sungei Nibong Estate, Teluk Anson, was today described by his wife as "the luckiest man alive/ Mr. Todd, father of four children,
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    Lock icon No opposition
    37 1 ACCRA, Thurs.— All Opposition members were absent when the Gold Coast Legislative Assembly met yesterday. They were boycotting it in protest against a motion for independence being introduced before a constitution had been agreed. —Reuter.
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    Lock icon Eden sees his service chiefs
    790 1 MENZIES MA V LEAD TEAM TO CAIRO T ONDON, Thurs. The Suez conference ended today with strong indications that Mr. Robert Menzies, Prime Minister of Australia, would lead the committee that would approach Egypt for negotiations on the 100-mile waterway. Just a few hours before
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    Lock icon Destroyers search for lost plane
    175 1 'SHOOT IF ATTACKED' ORDER TAIPEH, Thursday. TWO American destroyers protected by U.S. Navy jet fighters with orders to "shoot if attacked" moved in close to the Chinese mainland today in search of a patrol plane shot down by the Comi munists with 16 men on
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    Lock icon Appeal for aid
    32 1 WASHINGTON. Thurs.— Afghanistan's ambassador called at the State Department yesterday to appeal for 40 000 to 50.000 tons of surplus American wheat to relieve flood and drought conditions.— A.P.
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    Trial re-opens
    22 1 BONN, Thurs. The court martial of seven American soldiers charged with raping a 15-year-old German girl reopened today.— U. P.
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    Lock icon AN EYE FOR A HOME
    86 1 AN EYE FOR A HOME SYDNEY, Thurs. After spending four nights in railway station waiting rooms here because she could And nowhere to live a 64-year-old grandmother offered one of her eyes to any hospital in return for a home. The woman. Mrs. Moloney, made her offer through a newspaper,
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    Soviet aid
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    CHINA WILL BUY 10,000 TONS OF RUBBER
    88 1 CHINA WILL BUY 10,000 TONS OF RUBBER From ALLINGTON KENNARD CANTON, Thurs. China has intimated that it will resume buying Malayan rubber. A quantity of 10,060 tons wag mentioned, spread over 'several months. Meanwhile, from Peking it was reported that the Foreign Trade Minister had told Singapores's former Chief Minister,
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    Ship shells terrorists
    49 1 LONDON, Thurs. The Admiralty reported here today that the cruiser Newfoundland carried out a bombardment in the Kota Tinggi district of Malaya in support of operations against the Communists. The message added that four targets were engaged. The 8,000-ton warship fired ten rounds of six-inch shells.
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    Copter crashes: Pilot escapes
    42 1 A helicopter of 848 Royal Naval Air Station at Sembawang, which has played a leading role in rescue operations In bandit-infested jungles of the Federation, crashed in a kampong near the station yesterday morning. The pilot escaped unhurt.
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    Gasmen call off strike
    66 1 I The 383 workers of the Singapore City Council Gas Department last night called off their threatened strike, due to start at midnight, after a five-hour meeting between their union representatives and the Minister for Labour and Welfare, Mr. Lim Yew Hock. After the meeting it
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    Lock icon General killed
    27 1 ALGIERS, Thurs. Gen. Besancon, Inspector-General of Artillery in the French Army, was among seven people killed when two aircraft collided today over western Algeria. Reuter.
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    Now Britons in Singapore have their own society
    473 1 rE formation of a new non-political British European Association to speak for Singapore's 15,000 Britons was announced yesterday by its chairman, Mr. A F. Thome. The association has been exempted from registration by the Registrar of Societies. Mr. Andrew Gilmour, former Director
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    Now Peng Soon is a film 'star'
    84 1 Now Peng Soon is a film 'star' KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The Malayan Film Unit is spending more than 530.000 on making a series of lour instructional films on badminton, featuring world's unofficial champion and Malayan "wizard" of the courts, Wong Peng Soon. "Shooting" began in the Selangor Badminton Hall last
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    New 'grey' area
    25 1 PONTIAN, Thurs. Mukim Ayer Masin and Mukim Serkat, near here, were today declared a selected area. This is Johore's third "grey" area.
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    England waver in last Test
    115 1 England waver in last Test ONDON, Thurs.- After an exciting day's play in the fifth and final Test match at The Oval today, England had scored 223 for seven wickets at the close of play. Three wickets fell for 66 runs but then the England captain. Peter May. -and Compton
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    Lock icon STOP PRESS
    63 1 DELEGATION WILL GO TO EGYPT LONDON. Thurs. Seventeen nations taking part in' the Suez cunferenre decided today to srnd a delegation to Egypt seekiiiK neKotiatinns for international management of the canal. Mr. Mcn/irs. Australian Prime Minister, will lead the delegation. Other members the I'nited States. Sweden. Persia and
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    HE PUT HIS THUMB IN IT
    56 1 SYDNEY, Thurs.— A man who put his thumb into his mouth and wet it to help him pick up paper, which he wrapped around a loaf of bread for a customer, was fined £A3 ($2l) here today. Mitchell Serhone was also fined £A3 for
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    The odd box
    60 2 MONTREAL. Thurs A "super louse" which is immune to DDT has been discovered in Korea, the tenth international congress of entomology was told here yesterday. Before this discovery, scientists had believed that DDT had finally conquered the common louse, which as a carrier of typhus has been
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    Lock icon It's Ike v. Adlai again
    752 2 THE REPUBLICANS HATE ENDORSED TfcE DOCTORS' PRESCRIPTION: THE MIXTURE AS BEFORE— AND TAKEN EVERT FOUR TEARS STASSEN BACKS DOWN— WITH AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE CAN FRANCISCO, Thurs. President Eisenhower was last night unanimously nominated for President by the Republicans Party for the second term. Vice President
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      PROFESSOR GIVES UP-SO STILL NO CABINET
      191 2 THE HAGUE, Than.— Professor Meter Lieftinck yesterday cave np his attempt tj try to form a new Dutch Government and end Holland's 19--week "cabinet crisis" Queen Juliana later had talks with Professor Jelle Zijlstra. leader of the Protestant Anti-Revolution-ary Party and economics minister in
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    MINE FIRE DEATH TOLL IS NOW 263
    53 2 MINE FIRE DEATH TOLL IS NOW 263 ivr«cix ELL Slum 1 t a rescue the total fi or d »w in 4 the lowest be alive erj The other 97 V i* found at > 1 fc T he rescu! ,'^a enmfaced i the surface long silence r£* member of
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    U.S. base leas expires
    55 2 U.S. base leas expires WASHINGTON n png Saud of SaA reported to Permission for LS Panes to continue ft big airba^e a: though a form^iS expired. The hitch ;r. rotJ has been Saudi Araba', Quest that it be IaJJ buy substantial qßiai J American weapons t« M its army, now
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    SUEZ OR THE CAPE? SHIP PLAYS SAFE
    74 2 THE 13,786-ton troopship Captain Cook took on extra bunkers and supplies before she left Singapore for Britain yesterday. A spokesman of Sea Transport told the Straits Times that it was a precautionary measure in case the Captain Cook had to reach Liverpool round
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      917 2 THE BRITISH EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION JTOR more than 130 years the British European Community in Singa- European must play his part in the future progress of the Island topore has played a vital role in the Island's development. There is wards self-government and independence and the development of a every reason
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    Lock icon SURRENDER OFFER TO REBELS
    264 3 SURRENDER OFFER TO REBELS Hj Hgn 8 B»ve. <****«M»_> J^ %mmtrv m promise to leave Cyprus, all will be forgiven NICOSIA, Thursday. rvnFR terms for Cyprus terrorists, h they tan surrender with their herc Pn three weeks from mid-night last i* .announced yesterday by the Govr <> John Harding. r<
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    Lock icon German raider dies, 77
    47 3 BERLIN, Thurs- Count Nikolaus of Dnhna, most successful surface raider of the German Navy In World War I. has died. 77. He destroyed 200,000 tons of Allied shipping. One of his officers was Count Felix Von Luckner, known as the Sea Devil. A.P.
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    AFRICAN TRIBE WARNS: 'SETTLE NOW -OR WAR'
    72 3 AFRICAN TRIBE WARNS: 'SETTLE NOW -OR WAR' I* 1 1 fnrone said BsrASf TBunyoro t" be bf Britain sel up its M* protectorate in i The Bunyoro tribe Smdrd that they be "K?brt»rfn the two -k,, broke down. A more spokesman 1 ,he Uanda loathe Council that jajthf quarrel was
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    OFF-COURSE EGYPTIAN PLANE HELD
    70 3 OFF-COURSE EGYPTIAN PLANE HELD TOSIA. Thurs.-A Viking t of Egypt's Misr Air- a scheduled flight CUtO ar.d Port Said 'o I waj detained at Nicoi.7ort ;or two hour^ yes- authorities said the dated Cyprus air rules is>:ng close to a military ar. off-course landing. dot agreed to a rei that
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    Lock icon Certified dead—she may sue hospital
    126 3 Certified dead she may sue hospital WXKM, Thurs— Miss Uh Baulch, who was !"~ed as dead on Sat- and nearly placed I freezing chamber city mortuary, said 5 she might sue the r damages "jfc. the Health' Mi- nister Mr. Ewen Cameron, has ordered all hospitals to take extra precautions
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    AMERICA TURNS A SUPER-CONSTELLATION INTO A FLYING RADAR WORKSHOP
    36 3 THIS UNITED STATES Navy Super-Constellation is tmder«f «<«»««« »t Edwards sir force base?Cmllfornl». J^L^?* cer l »P«!«ome. Stft. wide, contains radar antennae. The apparatus is experimental.— AS. picture.
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    Lock icon 200 TOURISTS MAROONED BY FLOODS
    126 3 200 TOURISTS MAROONED BY FLOODS INNSBRUCK, Thurs. Thousands of troops, police and voluntary rescuers yesterday rushed aid to flooded villages and farms in Austria's western provinces of Tyrol and Salzburg. About 200 foreign tourists, mostly from West Germany, are reported marroned at a large lodge in the Tyrol, some 6,000
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    'Tape' evidence in H.K. bribes case
    246 3 IT'S ADMISSIBLE, COURT RULES HONG KONG, Thursday. fOLIN BURNS, a chemist, told a court here today he thought there had been a "deliberate attempt at squeeze" in a case involving two senior Government officials and two company directors. He said he had strongly objected
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    'Sabotage'—he told on smugglers
    53 3 'Sabotage' he told on smugglers BASLE, Than. A Swiss was sentenced to 30 months' Jail here for betraying a group of Swiss watch smugglers to the Turkish authorities. He collected a reward of 15.000 francs (about MS10.500) when they were caught. The defendant. Theo Kuhn, 34. was found futttr of
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    Lock icon Died of shame
    35 3 LUEBECKE, Germany, Thurs. A 19-year-old apprentice butcher committed suicide here today by shooting himself with a cross bow when told he had failed to qualify as a professional butcher, police said.— UP.
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    Red demoted
    22 3 VIENNA, Thurs.v-The Rumanian Minister for Communications, Mr. Jonel Diaconescu, has been demoted for "lacking foresight". Radio Bucharest said yesterday.— AJ.
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    TIP-TOE KILLER
    96 3 Wife prayed for forgiveness then shot husband while he slept DETROIT, Thurs. A woman killed her sleeping husband with a rifle on Tuesday night after praying and reading the Bible for three hours, police said today. In a confession .Mrs. Doris Copeland, 33, said she and her husband,
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    LONDON STOCKS
    137 3 TIN LONDON, Thurs— Ca*h Buyers £770; sellers C 771; Forward Buy- j era £768; sellers £768; Settlement j £774; Turnover, ajn. 90 tons pjn. 20. RUBBER LONDON, Thurs. Spot 3M Sept. 29d., Oct.-Dec. 38% d. Jan-Mar. 27 \d., April- June 27' id.. Sept. c.i.f. 28>,d, Oct. c.l.f. 28d.
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    Lock icon US bases: 99-year treaty planned
    147 3 US bases: 99-year treaty planned M A NIL A, Thurs.— Representatives of the Philippines and the United States, meeting here to implement a military base agreement, yesterday discussed proposals that Philippine laws should operate within the American base areas here, it was offlcally announced. The agreement, which grants America use
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    Lock icon STALIN IS A PROBLEM, EVEN DEAD
    125 3 STALIN IS A PROBLEM, EVEN DEAD M «3COW. Thurs.-A nationwide competition for a panttoeon to hold the bodies of Lenin and Stalin "i 1 1 *p produce fitting 'ideological and artisticdesigns, it was announced today. rhe competition, begun two years ago, produced 875 designs, but the State Construction Committee and
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    1,000 fight fire
    27 3 CASTELGANDOLFO, Thurs. —Nearly 1,000 firemen last night were fighting a forest fire on the shores of the lake here, near the Pope's summer home.
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    20 rebels die
    23 3 ALGIERS, Thurs. More than 20 Algerian rebels were killed in military engagements in various parts of Algeria yesterday.— A. P.
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    STRIKE IS OVER BUT SHOW UP
    63 5 STRIKE IS OVER BUT SHOW UP v 152 of the Fred nfi&Swo* strikers %'ipore returned 15 S ':>; Vsterday. f*£ back 206 men *ni»- r w .m«l of 235. JgVof ft workers w<™ >* M y -Ail tin from a Po^co last e w dispute a new dispute over pfft
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    18 brothels raided
    26 5 r .»een Sinsaporc brothels aided i«t month by of the Social Welfare report of the ;re Department iris have been ad'ty eirl voluntarily
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    253 5 SKOAL BRANCH DISCOVERS MESBACES PBWTEP on paw. OVERSEAS REMITTANCES ARE SAFE WITH US PEKING PROMISES' than 100 deck paSSSjJSS^ on Au 12 more with a special PrtntSTSJESj'SS^i US A ng fans Chinese Services Bureau oTSeS Overseas Branch, read: "The countn £a«BK ass Chinese to invest the reSt\^tt S in^P^ucUon workoi
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    WOMAN ROBS CHILDREN OF JEWELLERY
    73 5 WOMAN ROBS CHILDREN OF JEWELLERY pOLICE are on the look-out for a middle-aged woman who has been gotne round Singapore Chinese wayangs robbing children^ their jewellery. On Wednesday night at Paya Lebar three girls, aged between eight and ten, each lost a gold chain The children told the police tnat
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    Loke continues as chairman
    52 5 Mr. Loke Wan Tho has been re-appointed chairman of the Singapore Telephone Board for a further period of three year s from Sept. 1. the Oovenment announced last night. Mr. M. J. Namazie has been appointed a member of the board for three years, also from
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    STRIKE THREAT BY WAYANG ACTORS
    161 5 Mr. Lim steps in now show may go on ABOUT 400 Chinese wayang actors and actresses IX from six Singapore theatrical troupes are threatening to go on strike. They are members of the Malayan Teochew Wayang Union. Negotiations with their employers for annual leave have
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    Legislators to meet
    60 5 The Governor, Sir Robert Black, will open the fourth regional conference of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, Malaya-Bor-neo group, at the Victoria Memorial Hall on Aug. 29 at 4.30 p.m. The Chief Minister, Mr. Lim Yew Hock, is expected to address the conference. Twenty-two delegates and two observers
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    Cable dinner
    40 5 Members of the Underground Cable department of the Singapore Telephone Board are to give a dinner in honour of their chief lines engineer, Mr. L. A. Maclachlan, who will be retiring at the end of this month. j
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    Heap big prize for little 'brave'
    126 5 «WUT so pint-sized cowboys and Indians "invad- R« Cinema, Singapore yesterday mornComplete with war-paint *nd six-sbooters, the children attended the 11 o clock performance of a V/ B**™8 film, "Comanche." Half-price tickets to the film and double free passes to another performance were riven
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    'Put all schools on equal footing'
    151 5 TEACHERS PETITION MINISTER SINGAPORE Chinese school teachers have urged Mr. Chew Swee Kee, the Minister for Education to lay down the principle of equal treatment for all schools in the new Education Bill. The Bill envisaged hi the White Paper on Education is now
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    LEGAL AID; LIM AND THE BAR SORT THINGS OUT
    115 5 LEGAL AID; LIM AND THE BAR SORT THINGS OUT rviFFERENCES between the *J Singapore Bar committee and the Government over the question of free legal aid were smoothed out yesterday A 30-mlnute meeting between representatives of the committee and the Chief Minister, Mr. Lim Yew Hock. made progress. "It was
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    A NEWSMAN AND BRIDE GIVE WEDDING SMILE
    41 5 MR. WILLIAM CAMPBELL and his bride. Miss Una Patricia da Silva, after their wedding at the Singapore Marriage Registry yesterday. Mr. Campbell is on the editorial staff of the Straits Times. Straits Times picture.
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    Four into one
    23 5 Four Singapore Harbour Board unions merged' last night to form a 7,000-strong union called the Singapore Harbour Board Workers' Union
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    DEATH
    77 5 MR. LIM TECK 800, aged 80, of 430 Lim Teck 800 Road, Singapore, beloved husband of Olam Cheng Klat. passed away on 23.8.56. also mourning the loss are (sons) slew Ouan, Hul. Ek Boon, Poh; (daughters) Soon Teck Blan, Suat, Oeok, Eng and five daugh-ters-in-law, three sons-in-law and 19
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      250 5 JOO CHIAT YOUTH CLUB: Y.W.C.A.: Square Dance Club Film show— Stage to Tuscon— Joo social, 5 Raffles Quay 8 p.m. Chlat community centre premises, CLOTHING SHOP: at St An--7 p.m. and 9.15 p.m. drew's Cathedral. c.W.A Room, SHELL THEATBETTE: Free South Side, 10 a.m to noon, film show— World in
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    WIFE: MOTHER-IN-LAW SLEPT UNDER BED
    267 6 Husband tells court: I cannot afford another room THAM KIM KOW, 20, told a Singapore court yesterday that she would go back to live with her husband on the condition that her mother-in-law slept in a different bedroom. Tham, who had issued a maintenance summons
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    The dole haunts students overseas
    170 6 iUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— Malayan students soon to return home from abroad with their new degrees and deplomas are worried whether there will be suitable Jobs for them. Many have written to the Federation Government asking about employment prospects from Australia and England, where they are
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    New Zealand's army chief pays a visit
    90 6 New Zealand's army chief pays a visit THE CHIEF of the New Zealand General StmfT. Major-General C. E. Weir (above), flew into Singapore by Qantas yesterday on his way back from the annual conference of the imperial chiefs of staff In London. Gen. Weir, who will be in Malaya for
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    CYCLE RACE ACROSS MERDEKA BRIDGE
    175 6 rE first race across Merdeka Bridge and Nlcoll Highway will take place next Sunday. Sept. 9. It is being organised by the Singapore Cycle Racing Association. The cyclists will start at Shenton Way at 6.30 a.m. and in two-and-half hours, are expected to wheel past
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    NEGRI RULER HONOURS A WOMAN SOCIAL WORKER
    128 6 BEREMBAN, Thurs— Mrs. R. Samuel, widow of the late State Councillor, is one of 13 people awarded the Negri Sembilan State Meritorious Medal in the 61st birthday honours list of the Yang dlPertuan Besar. Mrs. Samuel, a keen social worker, is the only
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    Call girl's slaying was 'no concern' of his
    333 6 MURDER SUSPECT SAYS HE KNOWS THE KILLER MAN WAS IN DEATH-ROOM PENANG, Thursday A SUB-CONTRACTOR, NG KAM YONG, told the Assize Court here today he did not try to help a call girl when she was murdered in a hotel room by
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    YMCA: Our hostel is being run at loss
    101 6 rE Singapore Chinese V.M.C.A. in Selegie Road has increased its room charges to $30 a month because its hostel has been running at a loss, the asso clation's president. Dr. Chen Su Lan, said yesterday. He was replying to recent criticisms of
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    SHE HAS BEAUTY AND BRAINS
    67 6 SHE HAS BEAUTY AND BRAINS PRETTY 24-year-old Miss Marie Therese Consigliere of Siglap. Singapore, has been awarded an InterUniversity Council Fellowship through the Carnegie Corporation of New York. She will be taking the English tripos, part two, at Xewnham College, Cambridge, England. On her return, Marie hopes to become an
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    COURT IMPOUNDS LATEX TANKER
    133 6 COURT IMPOUNDS LATEX TANKER motor tanks* l *U, SHSg £"£3l g$ Au K- 9 and decile I filing dutiable ***i 6 months' jaij But eutoQ, oiji c^ $341.96. y levia We sonite. said he L o that the court had native but to ,J£s* fiscauon of th^ 8 the court
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    Wallet found
    43 6 A wallet be!or.e;r.e :o UsS Olga Mareuerita de C:;:t^B handed to the Btnlti ~-fl office last nisht by Mohamed Batcha, of N*^H Bridee Road. Sineapore Mfl de Cruz can cia:.r. it at H Straits Time? off.cc after t^H o'clock this afternoon
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    Faith healer
    22 6 Rev. Alwin R. de Ata faith healer, wffl M special healing service i: St. Michael's Read to:r.r at 7 p.m.
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    They will visit training ship
    54 7 The first cer Singapore merchant navy training ship, the Straits Steamship-owned Kajang, will be inspected by Mr. J. M. Jumabhoy, Minister for Commerce and Industry and Mr. Francis Thomas Minister for Communications and Works tomorrow. Ten local boys, Singapore's future merchant navy officers, are being
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    Odd-job man of experience
    60 7 A young Federation stuC°ht. Mr. Woo Tek Chai, 24. of Birch Road. Kuala Lumpur, has worked in a meat cannery, a cement factory, a brewery, a vineyard and a hospital during vacations in Australia to broaden his experience. Mr. Woo is now In, the second year
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    Health awards
    31 7 The "Singapore Health Minister, Mr. A. J. Braga, will present Royal Society for the Promotion of Health certificates to successful candidates of the Health Department at the Ministry tomorrow.
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    SHE'LL TEACH AGAIN —by SULTAN'S COMMAND
    224 7 SHE'LL TEACH AGAIN —by SULTAN'S COMMAND «Hd not nw» nmrti. to go to China* THI SSULTAN of Per* S^kSSuS^^ wMSft.ir nwne WM Btrnck secretlr1 a r W t°^ recelved a letter from the state l am very happy that it is all over and that I can teach iSS. told
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    80 7 Queen's Scholar for Oxford MAH GUAN KONG, 18. son of Dr. and Mrs. Hah Kee Yon g of Chancery Lane, Singapore, has been •warded the Queen's Scholarship for 1956. An ©M boy of Pearl's Hill School, Ontram Road School and Raffles Institution, he lea-es for Britain in the Canton on
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    Record sum paid in hand-outs
    69 7 Record sum paid in hand-outs 'THE Singapore Social Welm«J?5 c .Department last 2i°s"i P? 1 1 a record gum of W47.421 in neuef benefl™ Under its public assistance scheme. 15,702 people got a total of $478,207. The other payments were allowances under the tuberculosis treatment scheme and Malaya war distress
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    Trapper is caught
    59 7 TEMERLOH, Thurs. A bbe tapper, Ng Chan Meng, 40, who set an Illegal wire snare and killed a bear without a licence was fined $300 or three months' jail here. The manager of Belengu Estate saw Ng carrying the carcase of the bear on June 6 and
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    Anniversary
    26 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— A cocktail party marking the anniversary of the Battle of Britain will be held at the RAT station here on Sept. 15*
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    Feast for the ghosts made him so happy
    71 7 AT a feast to celebrate the Festival of Hungry Ghosts on Wednesday night, a vegetable seller, Yeo Slew Choon, drank a great deal. The. police told a Singapore court yesterday that when they arrested him in Bochore Road, he was staggering and
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    Ex-bandit wounded
    55 7 I KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— Koh Soon, the terrorist who surrendered with his wife near Rawang o n Aug 14 is in hospital with a gunshot wound. While leading a Security Force patrol back into the jungle earlier this week, the soldier walking behind him accidentally discharged his gun
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    MAN STABBED IN FIGHT WITH ROBBERS
    117 7 A COFFEESHOP proprietor, Eng Ec Tee, 45, of Telok Ayer Street, Singapore, beat off three robbers armed with daggers early yesterday morning. The men fled without taking anything. Eng, who was stabbed in the chest, head and hand, was admitted to the General Hospital.
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    'TARZAN' AND THE POLICE
    183 7 'TARZAN AND THE POLICE He fought 3 constables and an officer IT ULIM, Thurs. T. 1V Velayathan nicknamed the "Kulim Tarzan" because of his physique was today Jailed for 26 months for assaulting four policemen. Velayathan led Kulim police on a wild chase on May 29, the Sessions Court was
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    Runaway girl found in home
    176 7 Runaway girl found in home TPOH, Thurs. The pretty schoolgirl Wong Yuet Meng, 15, missing from her home since last Saturday, has been found in the Salvation Army Girls' Home. "Bhe is staying with us for the time being," Major Catherine Smith, matron of the home, said today. "She is
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    34 7 PENANQ, Thurs The Penang Indian Association has set up a 12-man committee to organise a fund for a new building. The Association's women's section will hold its annual meeting tomorrow.
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    PWD man to retire
    33 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The Director of the Public Works Department. Mr. K. Nankivell, will retire at the end of this year. Mr. Nankivell, 53, Joined the Department in 1926.
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      320 7 C> m "m "T* I 37. Berengaria was his wife (7, Straits Times Crossword 88) Mm I 1} I II Hj I 4 I I |c I fr 1. Dick Turpln's opening speech? (5, 3, 7). 'l^u L^ ra| 2. TranagreßS, unpunctual in Hi l_^ 3. One of those things
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    DEATH
    24 8 20 Word, lit (minimum). S. MUTHUCUMARU. Treasury, Beremban. son-in-law of Mr. Tamby Rajah J P on 23rd August. Funeral 24th. August 4.00 p.m.
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    69 8 2* Words $1$ (minimum). MR. AND MRS. P. H. NESARATNAM Thank All Friends and Relatives for Their Valuable Gifts and Good Wishes on the Occasion of Their Marriage. CHOW WENG KEE, Weng Meng, weng Yw, Weng Kal, Ylck Keng and Pauline thank all I friends and relatives who sent
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Fri. Aug. 24, 1956. The Alliance Plan
    782 8 The Straits Times Singapore, Fri. Aug. 24, 1956. The Alliance Plan I The memorandum which the Alliance will submit to the Reid Commission is by far the most important and heartening document to have been published in Malaya since the London agreement on merdeka. Nearly five months' work has gone
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    Aid And No Questions
    393 8 If Singapore's Minister for Education has found it difficult to restrain his impatience with Chinese schools on the question of grants-in-aid, he has had sufficient provocation. Mr. Chew Swee Kee's ultimatum to Chinese schools to accept full grants-in-aid on Government terms or get none at all
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    AIDIT – INDONESIA'S CAUTIOUS COMMUNIST
    1092 8 AIDIT INDONESIA'S CAUTIOUS COMMUNIST Umdmr 4h* empmbt* hundm af Aidit* *o» of mm official icjbo ct>-op«rat«d •cith the Dutch, thm Mmdanmmian Comwnmnimt Party i* thritfimm mm it nmw has before. This is the first of two articles tracing the career of a ffmamm wmmm u?ho helped gather six miliion wftes
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    Lock icon The wealth of America endangers her friends
    587 8 THE United States Is rex celvlng a steady stream of warnings that she Is hurting her friends and embarrassing her allies because the government is pampering American producers. Australia. Mexico, Denmark, New Zealand, Canada and the Netherlands have all, in recent months, informed
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      144 8 EVER since the p launched '"Operatic! Dagger" there has been ar. astonishing decrease in secret society activity. I think many readers would like to join me in congratulating the police. Let v hope that these secret societies will be stamped ou for good. Just one more thing:
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      53 8 IAY the IMS* drawn to thepK f certain children. .vtween the affho shout and veJ w ■.ight between hal-pßi to eleven o'clock aloofO >wav Road fw non rj ill 'Those children be In bed at W Their shouts. matters worse, are*? rated by the alert the
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      84 8 The Grass Is Never Greener Where's the best place to live: Canada (and freeze in winter)? Florida (broil ln summer)? California? This question nagged Robert T. Allen like a toothache for years. His book Is a hilarious report of his "research" on the subject ln which he comes up with
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    They'll put Malaysia on the map
    161 9 I SAM IS COSW 0 A EW 00 rrriLA LI'MPUR, KVhur^ The 18 4? Kd of Hap. as a possible !lc for independent Swi They have *K on "Malaysia" instead. rtj| last -minute opposition from *ttCA the M.I.C. and [jMNO leaders. ;-ka w*i the
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    The weeping bus strikers
    49 9 THE WEEPING MEN are strikers at the Red Omnibus Company in Bagan Serai. They are appealing to new workers not to take their jobs. Walking from their midst is Deputy Police Superintendent W. Neill, O C. Riot Squad. The dispute is to go to arbitration.
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    Picnic ends in tragedy: Boy drowns
    68 9 Picnic ends in tragedy: Boy drowns A 10-year-old schoolboy, Mark Chla Yeck Khoon. was drowned in the sea off Ponggol Road, Singapore, yesterday afternoon. He was picnicking with his brother, sister and two cousins near the Catholic seminary when the tragedy occurred. Mark, who was a primary four pupil at
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    A BILL ON LAND FOR THE ARMY
    67 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— A Bill enabling the Public Trustee to hold land in the Federation on behalf of the British services, authorities will be considered by the Conference of Rulers here at the end of the month. The Bill Implements an agreement reached
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    School funds campaign
    36 9 KAJANG, Thurs.— A team will visit Kuala Lumpur and other Selangor towns to raise funds for the Yu Hwa Chinese S< About $70,000 is needed to build eight extra classrooms for 300 pupil*-
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    For evidence
    26 9 KUANTAN, Thurs. The Reid constitutional commission will be here from Sept. 4 to Sept. 6 to meet people or organisations wishing to give evidence.
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    He gets new job
    58 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The former Keeper of the Ruler's Seal and brother of the Federation Chief Minister, Tengku Ya'acob Ibni Sultan Abdul Hamid Halim Shah has been appointed acting chairman of the Rural and industrial Development Authority. He will act for Inche Zalnal Abidln bin Hajl
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    DEATH OF A WELL-KNOWN SPORTSMAN
    61 9 DEATH OF A WELL-KNOWN SPORTSMAN SEREMBAN. Thurs. Mr. S. Muthucumaru, secretary of the Negri Sembilan Football Association, died at his house here this morning. He was 45. Mr. Muthucumaru, a son-in-law of Mr. S. Thambyrajah, a Justice of the Peace of Negri Sembilan, leaves behind his wife and five children.
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    Tailor found hanging
    45 9 KUALA KANOSAR, Thurs. An unemployed tailor. Wong Meng, 70, was found hanging from the rafters of his room In a house in Jalan Kota Lama here yesterday. He was wearing three new pairs of trousers and shirts when he was found dead.
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    Resourceful postmaster beats the bus strike: Minister pleased
    179 9 OARIT BUNTAR. Thurs. I The postmaster here. Inche Mohameer Ariff bin Ngah Ahmad, has been personally delivering mail bags to Tanjong Piandang and Kuala Kurau since 110 workers of the Red Omnibus Company went on strike on Monday. This was told to
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    'COST of DYING' PLEA GOES TO MINISTER
    121 9 'Raise death duty minimum to $10,000* KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. HPHE Finance Minister, Col. H. S. Lee, was today L asked by the Associated Chinese Chambers of Commerce to exempt from death duty property less than $10,000 in value. i The present minimum value
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    ATHLETE WAS THE 'VICTIM OF A PLOT
    575 9 Appeal says gun was 'planted 9 A 23- YEAR-OLD athlete, R. Jayaram, who was jailed for five years for carrying a revolver, had been the innocent victim of a plot, his lawyer, Mr. M. Karthigesu, said in the Court of Criminal Appeal in
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    Sign language problem
    46 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Chinese merchants in the Federation today asked the Chief Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman to have all road and street signs, Government notice boards and signs for public lavatories made out in vernacular languages. At present they are in English only.
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    FATHER: I WAS DRIVEN TO CRIME
    122 9 FATHER: I WAS DRIVEN TO CRIME Aiaoourcr, iaoi An i 00, 36, who took to crime to clothe his children, was given another chance by a Singapore Court yesterday. Lim, of Changl Road, admitted a housebreaking charge. He said his wife died five years ago and he found it hard
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    SHERLOCK JOHNSON STALKS A LONDON KILLER
    278 10 The week's new films ...by CECILE PARRISH 20 th CenturyFox's "23 Steps to Baker Street" is a thriller of outstanding charm and brilliance. Set in London, it is a clever, superbly written whodunit with kidnapping and murder as its theme. The hero is Van
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    AN INVITATION TO THE DANCE: I GLADLY ACCEPT
    298 10 AN INVITATION TO THE DANCE: I GLADLY ACCEPT IN SPITE of obvious attempts to make it "popular." Gene Kelly's "Invitation to the Dance" is one of those semi-high-brow» experimental films that never quite make box-office success. Personally, I enjoyed it. But these three ballet stories are too dissimilar in mood,
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    Biggest film ever made?
    61 10 ITALIAN producer Dino de Laurentiis announced in New York yesterday his intention to film Dante's "The Divine Comedy." He said it may be the "most costly motion picture ever made." The film he had in mind would be so big that it would have at least
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    REPORTER ANDREWS CRACKS A CASE
    182 10 TfOLLYWOOD has come Xl out with another of those yarns about a reporter cracking wide open a baffling murder in RKO's "While the City Sleeps." A real life reporter might walk out of the theatre with a cynical smile after seeing this film, but the
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    CHANDLER THE CHARMER
    241 10 What a way he has with wealthy widows "17EMALE on the Beach" f is a fairly interesting passion-thriller, half corn and half good entertainment. The best thing about it is the crisp, wisecracking dialogue, in which all the characters are extraordinarily rude to one another with entertaining
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    Look out for this German Bergman
    215 10 WHEN Hollywood says a new star is the most exciting thing that ever hit the screen, one usually waits for the explosion and absolutely nothing happens. But Universal-Interna-tional are justified in calling Cornell Borchers "thrilling an exciting discovery" She is. Already well-known in Europe,
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    Pacific venture
    19 10 Actor-producer William Holden said yesterday that he may soon make a film "somewhere in the South Pacific."
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    Lock icon STRAITS TIMES SPECIAL FEATURE Red chaos in Kaiser's navy hastened end of first war
    1751 11 STRAITS TIMES SPECIAL FEATURE Red chaos in Kaiser's navy hastened end of first war First Communist Soviet fras formed in Germanym [)OWN into the steel bowels of the battleships Thuringen and Helgoland, thumping along corridors and clattering down ladders, stormed mobs of German sailors on the morning of October 30,
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      134 11 Hex 3€oryan 9 3M.MP. Wide awahe Dick Tracy A policewoman ■■■■■■■■II mdumchtsav i TNaoonaux that bepopter 1 r ves jimmy iVe Vbut lizz.^ Ib^^^^^^^^^"^ I rWArMNDOFPOUCE^^^ »*mmv, telephoned awhile ago TiSiSrrrTAU_ vdu'oe HAVING TV£ KIDsH SHO^UP CHEERED fma^\ t^lfS^^ SFvnii- U SS'- WaStT NOT TOE CPEET OUR FPfIEM» OVER I
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    STRIKES PUSH JULY TIN OUTPUT DOWN BY SIX PER CENT
    611 12 By Our Market Correspondent CTRIKES and Sunday go-slow stoppages on European mines caused a drop in the Fed eration's tin production last month of 6.8 n c r cent compared with June. July output of tin concentrates was 10Q7rq piculs
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    165 12 Singapore Chinese Produce Exch»nre: noon prices per picul yesterday were: Coprm: quiet; August $26 buyers, $36 12 sellers. Coconut oil: quiet; bulk $39 3|4 sellers, drum $42 3 4 sellers. Pepper; steady; Muntok white $126, Sarawak $125, special Sarawak black $86 (all up $2). Singapore Copra Association 4
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    Lock icon BORNEO COPRA SMUGGLING
    79 12 JAKARTA, Thurs. Nearly 40,000 tons of copra have been smuggled from Indonesian Borneo Into British Borneo and In recent months the amount has been Increasing, according to reports from Tarakan in East Indonesian Borneo Official sources here said they could not immediately confirm these figures. The Tarakan
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    GAZETTED PRICES
    44 12 rE Federation's Finance Minister has fixed the following prices for calculating customs duties Tor the week starting August 23:— RUBBER: $1 per lb COPRA: 5422 per ton COCONUT OIL: §700 per ton. PALM OIL: $794 per ton. PALM KERNELSI $402.50 per ton.
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    RUBBER PRICES
    152 12 September first grade rubber buyers f.O.b. closed in Singapore yesterday at 97 1 4 cenu per lb down one- cent on Wednesdays closing price. y The closing tone was quiet Closing prices in cents per lb yesterday were: No. 1 Rs s' Spot r.o.D. buyers 97, sellers 97'.
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    36 12 On the free exchange market In Hont Kong yesterday, the U.S. dollar was quoted at 6.05 for cash ana 6.07 >» for T.T. Sterling was quoted at 15.87 and one tarl of gold at 262
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    27 12 AUSTRALIAN STOCKS i]»v*nig!f but ».;■< variation t? mark her. *«b«N to.**; Oil Search i' J Bradford B- Hill Pr 0 courtauid MDunlop :j| Elec. Zinc Woolworth Swan Breweries'
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    121 12 Ships lyirif j| on Kaport Harbour 3^s*' expwtfd lodjv Adams i-2 > c f N| Amagisan Mam C p r lSsc EUabeth Bakke 8-9 Loiwang i 3. 14 "gJJ*, Adra^tus 18. cU N. Wall 8 G 10. PerlL, 2u% Brook. 25-26 8U Hal Lee 29-30 K lav Laut 36
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      585 12 ■I NOTICES ROYAL AUSTRALASIAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS PRIMARY EXAMINATION FOR FELLOWSHIP A Primary ffTßtnlnitlfitl In Anatomy (Including Normal Histology and Applied Physiology and the Principles of Pathology) will be conducted In Singapore In March, 1957. The written papers will be held on Thursday and Friday, 2«th and 39th March, 1957.
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      807 12 NOTICES TALAM MINES, LIMITED (Incorporated in the Federation of Malaya). NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an Extraordinary General Meeting of Talam Mines, Limited will be held at the Registered Office of the Company at Chartered Bank Chambers, Ipoh, on Friday, September 21st, 1956, at 10
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      639 12 NOTICES CHINESE SWIMMING CLUB SWEEP Members are hereby informed that the Closing Date of the Olympic Sweep has been extended to 7th October 1956 and the numbers will be drawn on a Race Meeting' to be held on 13th October 1956. Y.B. LBONO, Secretary. SINO-BRITISH FELLOWSHIP TRUST Two Fellowships Sat
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    Japan sells more and more to Malaya
    378 14 fHE rapid growth of Japanese industry during the past few years is now showing itself in the rise in the export trade to many countries, including Malaya, said the Japanese Vice-Consul in Singapore, Mr. Y. Nomura, yesterday. Mr. Nomura said that on the
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    Paint chief arrives
    203 14 Paint chief arrives A 49-year-old British businessman who has done much to develope the paint trade between Britain and the Far East Is now in Singapore. He Is Mr. Jack Rayner, chief overseas representative for Blundell, Spence and Co., Ltd., the paint manufacturers, now on a three-months tour to visit
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    GIN SURVEY TO AID SALES
    209 14 GIN SURVEY TO AID SALES AN assistant of the Borneo Co. Ltd., Mr. Jeremy Ramsey, has many pro. blems in trying to increase sales of gin in Malaya. Mr. Ramsey says that there are many peculiar misconceptions in this country about the effects of gin on the system. Some people
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    Austria makes bid for orders in Malayan market
    328 14 Austria makes bid for orders in Malayan market rrHE leading industrial concern in Austria, Steyr- Daimler-Puch A.G., which manufactures products ranging from motor scooters to tractors, is determined to get a footing in the Malayan market as soon as possible, a representative of the firm, Mr. A. Stein, disclosed yesterday.
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    China trade "difficult" say London merchants
    192 14 A BULLETIN issued by the China Association, in London, discusses the difficulties in the way of trade with China, of which so much has been heard in recent months and points out that in practice relatively few firm enquiries have been received from China
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    60 CAR MAKERS At U.K. DISPLAY
    128 14 rIE products of some 540 exhibitors will be on display at the Motor Show at Earls Court, London this year. Nearly 60 car manufacturers, including those from France, Germany, Sweden, Italy and Czechoslovakia, will be showing their models. The show will be held from
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    OPOSSUM CLOCKS 38 1/5 FOR DAY'S BEST
    409 15  - OPOSSUM CLOCKS 38 1/5 FOR DAY'S BEST I Fait gallops on wet track at KJL I By EPSOM JEEP (U-USSUM, with KitV *ro Leon* astride, did a smart gallop on a wet track at Kuala Lumpur this morning;. Breaking from the half mile, he steadily clapped on the pace to
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    42 15 LONDON. Thurs. Kesris of last night's rugby league matches were: Bradford 14 Leeds 40: Bramley 33 Swlnton 2 Castleford 12 Blackpool 30: Hull Kingston 19 Batley 12: Safrord 11 Warrtngton 12; Whltehaven 15 Worklngton 8; York 22 Huddersfleld 7.— Reuter.
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    113 15 YORK, Thurs. T ORD ROSEBERY'S three-year- old colt Donald won the £3.465 Ebor Handicap run over one mile, six furlongs here yesterday. He beat Mr. Jack S. Oerber's by Thunder by six lengths. Mr. Thomas West's Cash and Courage was Aye lengths further away
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    Merdeka, Head On in Class One
    222 15 rO newcomers Merdeka (late Far Vision) and Head On (late Sam Sam) have been registered in Class One according to the latest amendments to the Straits Racing Association's classification list. Merdeka (17.6.56) is a 3 b.e.g. by Fairey Fulmar-Sor-ceress, and Head On (30.7.56) is
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    ALL THE WEIGHTS FOR TOMORROW
    372 15 WEIGHTS for all raeea lamina eewehsttng day ef the Koala Lumpur ■iilHwt are: Ct. 4, Div. 1-6 r. Staff Officer OJO MoUon Picture n B.IJ Op mm 8.12 BpawslaUai S.ll Orlaaa 8.11 Xrinldad 8.10 8U Flaate 8.08 Admission 8 08 Melboarne Hope s!o« Maroelle S.OS
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    Bougoure can beat Tulloh's record 88
    273 15 Bougoure can beat Tulloh's record 88 ■|jwnm| EADING jockey Garu net"; Bougoure rode his 50th winner this season when he landed Pearly an easy twolength winner in the Class 5. Div. 1, 51-f. sprint at Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday. He quickly celebrated the occasion with a nice riding double. He
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    43 15 WELLINGTON, Thurs. Oomblned New Zealand Universities, playing a touring rugby team for the first time, today defeated the South Africans by 22 point* to 15 after leading 11-9 at half -time. This was the Springbok* fifth defeat of their present tour.—Reuter.
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    Lock icon Last 3 places to Compton, Parks, Taylor
    64 16 LONDON, Thurs. DENIS COMPTON, who is making his Test come-back for England against Australia at the Oval her e today, has gained one of th c remaining three places in the M.C.C. side to tour South Africa (1956-57). The others go to Jim
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    JUNIORS 2-1
    18 16 Junior A.A. beat Katong 2-1 in a S.A.F.A. Dlv. 3A league game at Geylang yesterday. lllllllllllllllllllllllllimimillllllllhll
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    KHONG EXTENDS SIAM'S CHAMPION TO 9-7, 6-4
    518 16 Only upset in women's doubles From LLOYD MORGAN PENANG, Thurs. 4 SPARKLING exhibit* tion of power tennis by Siam's S. Karalak and Singapore's K. S. Khong gave a splurge of colour to the opening day of the Malayan tennis championships here today. The
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    Rot after May-Compton Stand
    633 16 PROM 222 FOR FOUR ENGLAND CLOSE WITH M > ww BEVPw Prom JACK FINGLETON THE OVAL Thurs. A SENSATIONAL A change came over the England innings in the last 15 minutes of play on the opening day of the fifth and final Test match with Australia.
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    431 16 MEN'S SINGLES Kwok Yeke Yen beat Arshad Mn Abdul Harold «-4. f-4; Ung Lieng CbJng beat B.D.H. beat M. Yahaya ML 6-3. 6-3. Farthing 8-6, «-l; A.G.B. Pakir Ketje Sundarsono (Indonesia) tfeftt K.EJM. HnaMin 6-0. 6-2; S. Karalak (Siam) beat K.B. Kheag M, Ml B.L. Plate (Ceylon) beat Oh Leek
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    Bombay ask for four stars from Malaya
    202 16 Bombay ask for four stars from Malaya KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. TOUR of Malaya's x leading players have been invited to take part in the Cricket Club of India's badminton championships in Bombay starting on Sept. 12. The 'our players are Ong Poh Urn. 00l Telk Hock. Abdullah Piruz and Tan
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    FESTIVAL MEET
    26 16 Heats of the Onam Festival athletics meet will be held today at St. Joseph* ground. The finals will be on Sunday at Balestier Road.
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    Local boxers are all set for tonight's fights
    225 16 SINGAPORE'S best amateur boxers are all set for their encounter with the 30th Battalion. R.A.0.C.. In tonight's Olympic Fund match at the S.B.A. Hall. The local boys had their final workouts on Tuesday at the Police Training school and coach Noel Aerla
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    WELL SAVED, STANILAND
    30 16 nriny goalkeeper istamland dives to save a scorcher from Singapore centre-forward John Harvey. Looking on with much relief is Evans, the Army left half.— Straits Times picture.
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    Still no solution to forwards problem
    227 16 By Our Soccer Reporter WINE DAYS to the Makl laya Cup Final— and Singapore's forwards problem remains unsolved. Yesterday's "new look" attack against the Army was a flop and after their 2-2 draw at Jalan Besar Stadium, the Selectors promptly called for another game
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    Wolves fall to Luton
    181 16 LONDON. Thurs. RESULTS of the Football Association mid-week league matches played last night are: DIVISION ONE Cardiff S N'eastle 2 Everton 2 Blackpool 3 Luton 1 Wolves 0 Man. City 2 Tottenham 3 Sutherland 3 Bolton West Brom. 2 A. Villa Sheffield 4 Chelsea DIVISION TWO
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    S.B.A. Junior ties for tomorrow
    151 16 'TIES (or the Singapore Badminton Association's Junior championships, to be played at the S.B.A. Hall tomorrow night. are: Men's double* (Fourth round): Aziz Ahmad and Adnan Jeenan v Yusoff Daud and Hassan Buang: Llm Kirn Choon and Mm Kirn Wah v A. Kang and Yong
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    KENT LOSE TO WARWIC
    153 16 LONDON, Thurs. VENT collapsed a second time in their county cricket championship match against Warwickshire at Dover today and uere beaten by an innings and 13 runs. At Southend. rain shortly before lunch washed out the day's play between Essex and Yorkshire. Essex had progressed from
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