The Straits Times, 27 August 1956

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    MCA APPROVES DRAFT
    195 1 Minor changes' concern special position of Malays Citizen plan passed in full tIALA LUMPUR, Mill.— The fMH pl (nmniittoe of the tfejiß Chinese Asjdfjation tonight approved the Alliance's draft memorandum to tfce Reid (onstitiition- (ommi»ion with •minor" changes. ol the memoon nationality ..ccepted. of the Mr. T>
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    130? He wants to fight
    49 1 SIKROINDED by incredulous Egyptian soldiers in Cairo, is aged Gommii Gominan. who has volunteered for the National Army of Liberation. Comma the name means "Friday" gave his age 1.. a startled recruiting officer as 130 and said: "I helped to dig the canal." A.Ppicture.
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    Lock icon Marshall at Great Wall
    60 1 PEKING. Sun. The former Chief Minister of Singapore, Mr. David Marshall, today visited the Great Wall and the Ming tombs with officials of the China Institute for Foreign Affairs who are his hosts during his stay in China Mr. Marshall has accepted an invitation to be
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    Chin Peng: Leaflet blitz planned
    271 1 WATHERSTON: 'A VITAL BLOW* KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. T»HE Officer Administering the Government, Sir J David Watherston, said today that the killing of Malaya's Number Two terrorist, Yeung Kuo, 42, "is likely to have a very far reaching effect on the future of the Emergency." Sir
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    Lock icon £3,000 AUSSIE OFFER TO 'BIG' JIM LAKER
    65 1 £3,000 AUSSIE OFFER TO 'BIG' JIM LAKER LONDON, Sun. JIM LAKER, the England spin bowler, today confirmed that he had received an offer of a job from an Australian tobacco company. Earlier reports said that he had been offered £3,000 a year as a Public Relations OfficerLaker's wife said: "Naturally
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    Now she will not wed him
    360 1 Now she will not wed him DORIS WENT TO CHEER UP EDWARD From HALL ROMNE. LONDON, Sun.— The romance of a beautiful Singapore Eurasian girl who came to England to marry an injured British soldier is over. The soldier is now engaged to a gi-1 from his home townWhen the
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    5 hurt in crash
    58 1 Five people were Injured after a triple accident involving a van, a car and a bus at the 5J mile Bukit Timah Road, Singapore, last night. Three of the injured were travelling in the van. The other two were in the car. The van and the
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    Political noise: Be calm, Malays told
    110 1 TEMERI/OH, Sun. The Chief Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, today called on Malays to be calm in the face of strong demands from nonMalays for more political 600 Malays at a rally lere: "Have faith in the constitutional commission. The Tengku said the commission's report
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    WD WORKERS: SETTLE CLAIMS OR ELSE...
    128 1 THE War Department Civilian Staff Association has served an ultimatum on the Army authorities in the Federation to settle its wage claims by Aug. 31. The association has cabled the Army Civil Service Union in Singapore asking for full support in Its claims. A
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    Lock icon Lawford—a girl
    20 1 Lawford a girl HOLLYWOOD, Sun. The wife of film actor Peter Lawford gave birth to a daughter last night.— A.P.
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    Lock icon Soekarno off to Moscow
    36 1 JAKARTA. Sun. President Soekarno and a party of 40 left today in a specially chartered plane to visit Russia, Yugoslavia. Austria Czechosolovakia and China. He will arrive in Moscow on Tuesday Reuter.
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    Lock icon No Union Jack
    36 1 PORT ELIZABETH. Sun.— Mr F. C Erasmus, the South African Minister of Defence, said last night that the governing Nationalist Party wanted a republic without the Union Jack— and wanted it quickly.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon Menzies awaits Nasser reply
    192 1 Menzies awaits Nasser reply I T ONDON, Sun. The Australian Prime Minister, Mr. Robert Menzies, is standing by at his hotel here to receive any reply which may arrive from Cairo to the proposal for a meeting with the Egyptian President, Col. Nasser, on the Suez problem. It is expected
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    CHINESE TOLD: 'DON'T SLACK'
    221 1 'Second rate' people warning KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. ■FEDERATION Chinese were warned today that they r would become "second rate" people if they slacked in their efforts to maintain their culture. They were facing a histori- cai test but should also learn to absorb Malayan culture, said
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    Keep 'Malaya,' says MCA
    39 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun.— The general committee of the Malayan Chinese Association today decided that this country should retain the name of Malaya. The committee asked that the move to call it "Langkasuka" should be dropped.
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    Lock icon Going home
    28 1 PEKING. Sun. The Japanese repatriation ship Koan Maru arrived at Tangku yesterday to take home 354 Japanese freed from war crimes sentences by Red China.— A.P.
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    Lock icon 'HAPPY CHRISTMAS'—(I9O4)
    41 1 'HAPPY CHRISTMAS'— (I9O4) MARGATE, Sun.— A postca was delivered here yesterday to Mr. and Mrs- Alan Bettles 51 years after it had been posted in London 7S miles away. It was sent by a friend with greetings for Christmas 1904 Reuter.
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    STOP PRESS
    51 1 NASSER MAY SAY 'YES 1 CAIRO. Sun. KR.vpls reply to request of Menzit's that President Nasser should m**«-l the five-power committee set up by London Sue/ conference will be delivered ihrouKli the IlK.vptian Embassy in London toni«ht. Presidency spokesman said. Reply likely to he conditional 'yes. (See this
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    Lock icon 'Plain clothes' prowl cars
    41 2 PARIS, Sun. French police operating in saloon cars stripped of official markings trapped 300 traffic offenders last week. The majority of motorists caught were stopped exceeding speed limits, driving through traffic lights and using noisy horns. Reuter
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    Lock icon GUARDS SAY 'NO' TO RAILWAY HOSTESSES
    179 2 GUARDS SAY 'NO' TO RAILWAY HOSTESSES LONDON. Sun. pLAMOROUS blonde hosl* tesses on trains might suit men passengers but guards and train ticket collectors don't like the idea. An official of the National Union of Railwaymen said this yesterday of British Railways' plan to try the hostess system. First hostess
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    Lock icon MALTESE 'MERDEKA' THREAT
    303 2 20,000 crowd told: Integration with Britain on out terms or else. Premier's radio snub 'the last straw' VALETTA, Sunday, f HE Prime Minister of Malta, Mr. Dom Mintoff said at a mass meeting here last night: "If we do not succeed in getting integration (with Britain) as
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    Lock icon Peak beaten
    32 2 LIMA. (Peru> Sun. A British mountain expedition. Including two of the conquerors of Mt. Everest, has climbed the previously unsealed Mt. Huagaranchu. in the Andes, it was learned yesterday.— A.P.
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    Lock icon THE CHAMP (41) TAKES A BRIDE (24)
    61 2 World light-weight boxing champion, Archie Moors with his bride, the former Jean Hardy, 24, at his home in San Diego, California. They were married last week at Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico. Moore, who is 41, is a strong contender for the world heavy-weight
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      Lock icon HERO TO LAUNCH MAYFLOWER
      139 2 WASHINGTON. Sun.— Reis Leming, the American airman who won the George Medal in 1953 for helping to rescue flood victims at Hunstanton, Norfolk, has been invited back to Britain to christen the Mayflower replica next month. 'The British sure don't forget," he said at his home
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      Lock icon Case of the kind-hearted bandits
      37 2 PHILADELPHIA. Sun.— Private David Wasson 21. of Harpersville. New York, was robbed of USSM here last night but the bandits "kind heartedly" rave him back US$2O to go home on leave.— U.P.
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    Lock icon Architect plans giant skyscraper—it will be one mile high
    126 2 Architect plans giant skyscraper— it will be one mile high SPRING GREEN. (Wisconsin). Sun.— World f am architect Frank Lloyd Wright disclosed y™sterdav^ he i» working on plans for a 510-storey office builriin to stand a mile high on the lakefront in Chlcan Mr. Wright, 87. said h e had
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    Lock icon By gad, sir, women in the Lords?
    157 2 THAT'S WHAT DAME IRENE WANTS House of Lords, steped in QM^a^TmasA culine aristocratic tradition, will feel the fern inine touch if a woman Parliamentarian gets her way. i Dame Irene Ward, a Conservative MJ»., said yesterday she was urging the admission of women
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    Joe enters quiz to pay taxes
    129 2 Joe enters quiz to pay taxes NEW YORK, Sun JOE LOUIS, former world heavyweight champion went on a television quiz show last night to try to raise money to pay some of his back taxes. He and his wife the former Rosemary Morgan won $1 500 (M.54,500) for correctly answe
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    Lock icon Rebel cell smashed
    75 2 ALGIERS, Sun. French police yesterday claimed to have broken up a big terrorist cell with the arrest of 18 insurgents at Tablat, about 10 miles south of hereMeanwhile, near Constantine. troops were hunting for insurgents who killed six French soldiers in an am. bush near Aln Abld
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    Lock icon Shepilov home
    21 2 MOSCOW, Sun.—The Soviet Foreign Minister, Mr Dmitri Snepilov, returned to Moscow today from the Suez conference in London.— Reuter.
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    HER KIN HEART BROKE THE BAN
    117 2 HER KIN HEART BROKE THE BAN C H *AG 0 s i Vear-oi-'. employe": P°»ceofli c f n lady' c °nno c ti o n n f appearan", 000o^he e ba o^ the ba-k k period k Ver t^ Roth i«g loss beclui known cutw-'-M ,Postdat^ U 5 <J «st
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    Lock icon Even faster
    29 2 PARIS. Sun. -The fc state-owned railways «i increase the top their world speed holder the press, running between and Nice from 92 to miles an hour.— Reuter
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    Lock icon AIR SEARCH SUSPENDED
    61 2 WASHINGTON, Sun.- The VS. Navy has suspended an air search for more traces of a patrol plane shot down off the China coast last Wednesday, but surface ships have been ordered to remain In the I area, a navy yesterday. The operations so !ar I resulted in
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    Lock icon Nasser takes in runaway terror suspect
    381 3 C^IRO. Fri.-.avrar-old Greek i i?-> f t George ttfo *£g him back «cr fta :< at Cairo to SfSterday and iffiS p° iiticai !U .anted for co uor.i>- activities being ■V mm Rhodesia. \S transferred JSc airliner to a ff Egyptian bid I* lor
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    TAMARA THROWS HER WEIGHT AROUND
    30 3 TAMARA THROWS HER WEIGHT AROUND BUM IIM 111KIHH H b fly durinu the 'Np.irtaui Nubian ;;imf>i in losto* to become the new imrn's >h«t-pnt diampion of Ru>sia —A I\ picture.
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    Lock icon Pit operation
    26 3 I S Sun. Res- 1 ■kit the Bitter Heart coal p expect to br;r.2 up the I' the pits 263 fire r night.— AP.
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    Jilted Teddy boy struck P.C.
    54 3 LONDON. Sun.— Teddy boy Edward William Kent, 17, assaulted a policeman and then said he was "wild" because his girl had finished with him. The policeman told a court at Woking. Surrey, that Kent had the girls initials cut on the palm of his hand.
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    Lock icon 'Dead'—She gets bill for last ride
    119 3 'Dead'— She gets bill for last ride -ILBOURNE. Sur..— Mrs. -eh. very much 1 reeling fine, yesfcay received a bill for K ambulance trip she tace while officially -dead." wa« from the Hospital I to the city morgue. A doctor pronounced Mrs. Baulch dead last week after she had been
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    Lock icon 'Kidnapper' taken on mystery car ride
    191 3 NEW CLUE TO HONEYSUCKLE MURDER NEW YORK, Sunday. ANGELO LAMARCA, 31, a taxi driver accused of kidnapping baby Peter Weinberger, was taken on a mystery car ride early yesterday as police sought more details of the child's death. It was the second such trip
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    Lock icon Pastor's home blown up with dynamite
    59 3 Pastor's home blown up with dynamite NEW YORK, Sun. The home of a white minister of a Negro Church in Montgomery, Alabama, was blown up with dynamite yesterday. The Rev. Robert Graetz, 27, and his family were away at the 'time. Mr. Graetz had been active In the movement of
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    Lock icon Teenage mob in rescue bid
    51 3 MUNICH, Sun.— More than 100 organised teenagers tried to storm a police station here last night to rescue a youth who had been arrested. It was West Germany's third teenage riot in two nights. Hundreds battled police in Braunschweig last night and the night before.—
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    Lock icon Lost—under her bed
    83 3 Lost under her bed NEWCASTLE, Sun. Pat Bowes, 11, expecting a spanking for playing a joke on neighbours, slept the night under her bed so that her parents would not find her. The rest of her family, the police and neighbours searched for her all night, scouring parks and back
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    Lock icon Delhi bomb blast kills four
    75 3 NEW DELHI, Sun.— A bomb exploded near a cinema in a crowded quarter of the city last night killing four people and Injuring more than 30. Police cordoned off the area during the night. It was the fourth In a series of bomb Incidents since
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    Lock icon Police fire
    30 3 AHMEDABAO, Sun.— Police fired here tonight to disperse part of a violent crowd which attacked them after a public meeting addressed by Bombay's Chief Minister, Morarji Desai.— Reuter.
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    Fishermen freed
    24 3 TOKYO, Sun. Fifty-two Japanese fishermen whose boats were arrested by a Russian warship in International waters last month, were released today- UJP.
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    Lock icon Charlie Chaplin at his funniest
    100 3 Charlie Chaplin at his funniest PARIS, Sun. Charlie Chaplin said yesterday that he hoped his next film, "A King in New York," will be his funniest ever. Chaplin does not expect it will be ready for showing until next spring. "I wanted to make a comic film and I have
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    Lock icon Sicily police alert . for Mafia war
    155 3 Sicily police alert for Mafia war PALERMO, Sun.— All available police hero were placed on emergency call today after a new gangmurder last night In a war between two factions of the Mafia secret society for control of Palermo's rich fruit and vegetable market. Police said fruit merchant Nicolo D'Alessandro,
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    Lock icon How does giraffe eat enough?
    48 3 LONDON Sun.— A British electronics firm has sent a machine to Capetown, South Africa, to help find out how a ciraffe can take in enough food through such a small head and such a long neck to fill such a big body —UP.
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    Lock icon INDIA MAY TURNRED, WARNING TO WEST
    202 3 INDIA MAY TURNRED, WARNING TO WEST NEW DELHI, Sun.— Mr. John Strachey, a Labour M.P. has said there is a possibility that India may turn Communist if the second five year plan fails. v Mr. Strachey, who spent several months here as a guest of the Indian Government, discussed the
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    Lock icon Red mine fire
    34 3 BERLIN, Sun. Travellers from Poland reported today that an unknown number of miners were trapped and probably killed in a fire in the Chorzow coal mine in Upper Silesia yesterday.— AP.
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    31 3 VIENNA. Sun.— A landslide completely blocked the railway line and road through the Brenner Pass between Austria and Italy last night. It will take three days to clear. —Reuter.
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    29 3 TAIPEH, Sun.— Formosa will send two film stars, Miss Chang Chung Wen and Miss Mo Hung, to the first Manila International Film Festival on Sept. 15. Reuter.
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    Lock icon ADLAI: NIXON WAS 'BOSSES' CHOICE
    146 3 CHICAGO, Sunday. MR. ADLAI STEVENSON, Democratic candidate for the Presidency, yesterday called vice- president Richard Nixon the choice of the "Republican bosses." In welcoming Senator Estes Kefauver for a conference on I the Democratic election cam- I paign, he told reporters: "1 don't know whether
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    Churchill visit
    20 3 LONDON, Sun. The Japanese Foreign Minister, Mr. Mamoru Shigemitsu, this afternoon called on Sir Winston Churchill at Chartwell.
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    'HELP MALAYS' MOVE PRAISED
    277 4 Business leader* approve reservation of works contracts 'Now they can make big headway in industry 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. FEDERATION business leaders today voiced support for the Government's decision to reserve for Malays at least 30 per cent of all its public works contracts in Kelantan.
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    NAVAL BASE UNION TO BOYCOTT POPPY DAY
    112 4 NAVAL BASE UNION TO BOYCOTT POPPY DAY THE Naval Base Labour Union in Singapore has decidea to boycott three flag days inside the naval base area They are those for Earl Haig's Fund (Poppy Day), tht Red Cross and the St. John Ambulance Brigade. A union statement said its members
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    Triad society charge
    42 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Sun. Teo Boon Chin, 52. of Beach Road Singapore, was charged In the Magistrate's Court here today with being a member of a Triad society. He was allowed bail of $1 "MJO pending trail on Oct. 2.
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    Island trip
    29 4 BUKIT MERTAJAM. Sun.— The Bukit Mertajam Red Cross detachment orchestral party will travel to Pulau Jerejak on Friday to entertain lepers and TB patients en the island.
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    BACH, BEETHOVEN, BARTOK..
    51 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun —Works by Bach. Beethoven and Bartok will be heard at the British Council centre here on Tuesday when the council holds its next classical music night. SUrting at 8 p.m.. the programme will include 'Bach's "Brandenburg. Concerto." Beethoven's sonata "Apassionata" and a Bartok violin
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    Try detained man, TUC demands
    192 4 GROUNDS FOR ARREST SOUGHT T»HE council of the Sin- gapore Trades Union Congress, representing 60,000 workers, yesterday decided to ask the Government to try Tan Lay Boon, an afficial of the Army Civil Service Union, in open court. Tan. chairman of the union's 40 Base
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    WOMAN IS ONE OF THREE NEW MINISTERS
    219 4 TWO MEN AND A WOMAN were yesterday ordained as Methodist ministers by Bishop Hobart B. Amstutz, head of the Methodist Church in South- East Asia, at Geylang Methodist Church. Aljunied Road. Singapore. They were the Rev. Ting Ming Sing, the Rev. Chiu Wing
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    Youth course
    35 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Sun. Raja Suleiman bin Daud and Mr. Le e San Choon, of the Social Welfare Department left today on Malayan Youth Council scholarships for a two-month youth leadership course In Ceylon.
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    COLONY ON NEW AIR RUN
    39 4 Air India announced yesterday that lt will open a Super Constellation service between Bombay and Sydney on Oct. 5- Planes will stop at Madras. Singapore and Darwin. The 6.400-mile flight will take 23 hours-
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    Praise-for the men who kept trains running
    125 4 Praise -for the men who kept trains running KUALA LUMPUR, Sun The "ordinary railwayman get special praise in i&c Mala yan Railway s 1955 annual report for their work during tho Emergency. A special page at the end of the report, signed b> the general manager, Mr C. G. Harrison,
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    New clubhouse
    18 4 The Royu Si 1 Ing Club held II evening at Its new ciubhraj on Saturday Dlfbl
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    REBUKE-FOR THE MILITANT UNIONS
    161 4 REBUKE -FOR THE MILITANT UNIONS 'Gave impression of strife' I KUALA LUMPUR BlMfc I T»HE general manager of the Malayan I 1 C. G. Harrison, criticises StetataS "I Railway unions for their militant attiS?! l| B annual report for 1955 He charges them with using the Press as a medium,
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    More join brigade
    66 4 I A large crowd attended tt> second enrolmei the 14th. Singapore c 4! Boys Brigade and Life C Team at the Chrbt 52 Pasir Panjan; yesterday Sixty boys and three* cers Capt. Tran fo Senc Pens. Lt Md Kum Ho! and Officer o* tfa Life Boys' Tear
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    Holiday trip
    24 4 A group of officers-dp 1 Canadians ar who are with the Intemato al Commissio: flew into Singapore by BOJC yesterday for i
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    Five in crash
    22 4 Five R.A.P. men from Seletar were injured on Saturday night when their car overturned at Changi Road In Singapore.
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    Two die in mishaps
    64 5 Two people were killed in separate road accidents in Queen Street, Singapore yesterday. Crash No. 1: Lai Ah Chye, 82. died in hospital after being knotted down by a car off Rocnore Road at 5 a.m. Crash No. S: Khaw Chye Seng, 63. died in hospital
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    Teachers meet
    42 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Sun. The annual conference of the National Union of Teachers in the Federation will be held tomorrow at the English College Hall here at 2.30 p.m. Mr. Too Joon Hing, Assistant Minister of Education, will open the conference.
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    Fight dearer medicine
    274 5 WAR CRY GOES OUT FROM WHITLEY COUNCIL... GOVT. MEN THREATEN NEW WAGE DEMANDS K^ALA LUMPUR, Mm. A war cry 2* «°"J out from the stall side of the NaJ'onalWhitley Council to affiliated unions to prepare them for fighting the Government plan to boost hospital charges. The staff
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    NEWLYWEDS POSE FOR THE CAMERAMAN
    47 5 NEWLYWEDS POSE FOR THE CAMERAMAN MR. BRIAN EDDISON. of the Central Electricity Board in the Federation, and his bride. Miss Barbara Bernadine Browne, a staff nurse in the Singapore General Hospital, were married at the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd in Singapore on Saturday.— Straits Times picture.
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    Workers break with Middle Road bloc
    100 5 A GROUP of Singapore workers have broken A away from the domination of the left-wing Middle Road trade union bloc. They have formed their I I own union, the Cement Loading and Unloading Labourers' Union, which now has a membership of 300. Announcing the
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    Jurong Club to celebrate
    58 5 The Jurong Club 10 years old on Sept. 8 will celebrate the occasion with a dinner and Joget modern. Among those invited are Mr. Lim Ohm Siong, P.A.P. Assemblyman and secretary of the Singapore Factory and Shop Workers' Union, Mr. H. W. Jackson, Director of Broadcasting,
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    A new law, please
    69 5 Singapore Muslim leaders have decided to urge the Government to introduce legislation making it a punishable offence for Muslim women to live with nonMuslims. This decision was reached yesterday at a conference of the All-Malaya Muslim Missionary Society branches in the Colony. It was agreed that
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    YWCA appeal
    38 5 The wife of the Governor of Singapore, Lady Black, last night appealed to the public to support the Y.W.C.A. Flag Day on Sept. 1 as the association needed money to extend its services to the community.
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    'HOPELESS' CASES TOLD: PRAY TO THIS SAINT
    237 5 'HOPELESS' CASES TOLD: PRAY TO THIS SAINT IN unemployed Chinese, who eats one meal a day and sleeps on church benches, and a clerk who tries word puzzles in a desperate bid to settle his debts are two people who want St. Jude. one of the 12 Apostles, to help
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    IN MEMORIAM
    20 6 -h Word, $10 (minimum). IN EVERLOVING MEMORY of Gay Hock Seng- who passed away «n 27th August, 1953.
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    187 6 20 Wordt $10 (minimum). SONS AND DAUGHTERS Of the late Mrs. Clara Jacob thank ell Relatives. Friends who sent Wreaths, Condolences and Attended the Funeral at Batu Pahat on 21.8.56. THE FAMILY of the late Madame Amurthammal thank friends and relatives for their attendance, expressions of condolence, wreaths and
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Mon. Aug. 27, 1956. Costs And Charges
    553 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Mon. Aug. 27, 1956. Costs And Charges The Federation Government, which has announced its intention to put up hospital charges, quite obviously hopes to soften the blow for its employees. One of the terms of reference directs the investigating committee "to consider whether all Government patients
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    Anxious Students
    327 6 Malayan students abroad are reported to be worried over prospects on their return to Malaya. Would they be able to get jobs to match their qualifications? These fears would seem strange in view of the constant cry that shortage of academically qualified men is an obstacle to the
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    Young Offenders
    272 6 Mr. Justice Knight is not alone in his condemnation of the "scandalous" lack of Borstal institutions in Singapore to which young offenders could be sent Magistrates have been no less caustic. The danger of sending youths of between 16 to 20 to prison is that they may become
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    Attack an Stalin causes confusion among the Reds of Indonesia
    1160 6 Khrush<h9r's trm»hln§ aHa<k on Sfdtoi hod npvcussloni within tin Indonesian Comniunhf POr may well thHting of alligiam* from Moscow to Piking. On th* direction ot this $f,,7f Soyj Ms concluding article, might well depend tl* future of AUH, tin leader
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      431 6 I FULLY endorse what Mr. F. Baynes, of Johore, says, in a letter published in the Straits Budget of August 9, regarding the comparative cost of living in Britain and Malaya. He was replying to a mining engineer who cannot make ends meet on $700 a month.
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      Rhineland And The Caul
      199 6 THERE is some piquancy A in the appearance of Low's cartoons on your middle page. These make it clear that the "Left" have no illusions about Nasser or any dictators. Lord Attlee describes Nasser as a thoroughly objectionable specimen. The "Manchester Guardian" has been at pains
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      MARKET FOR KATONG
      116 6 'THE large residential area bounded by Mountbatten Rood and Tinjong Katong Road, including houses along these main roads, is still without a clean and modern market. The nearest market fe at Joo Chiat Road, close to the Oeylang side. This was built years ago, for the convenience
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      643 6 CLASSIFIED ADS. tO Word* tlO (minimum). WXLLCOCK: To Val and Brie at Batu Oajah Hospital on August 13th a son Simon Mark. JERMYN: On 24 August. 1956. at Kandang Kerbau, to Heather. wife of Ray Jermyn, a son. SHEPHERD: (nee Wearae) August 22nd at the Mercy, Melbourne, to Joan and
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      52 6 WALK UP! WALK UP! ALL THE FUN OP THE PAIR at the C.V.M.A. Ground Bras Bassh Read on Suidiy, 2id StptMbtr 11 I. a. -7p.«. FOOD FUNFAIR in aid of the SINGAPORE CHILDREN'S SOCIETY Pony rides Cinema and Conjuring shows Stalls and Sideshows galore WALK UP! Space donated by:— Qammeters
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    NEW MOVE IN THE 'PIRATE' TAXI WAR
    91 7 NEW MOVE IN THE 'PIRATE' TAXI WAR MC cl the Sin- j& Council A -o eye with p J -nirate taxi ft»2Jb?made by Kair at the 'a**** on that t take im:mberof 1.650) K*£. toV p axl t O'Jf^only liccnx d taxi 33 Thomas -.uncil's ice new W**Jij n s.
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    Transferred
    17 7 ETOSG Sun. Inspec- prosecuting L istrate'i be transferSembilan on IflO b" succeeded by Lee, of Serem-
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    Red killed in clash with patrol
    106 7 Red killed in clash with patrol KUALA LUMPUR, Sun.— ANOTHER terrorist was killed when a patrol of the Ist Bn., Malay Regiment clashed with three Reds in the Kulim district of Kedah yesterday. The other two escaped. A rifle and three packs were recovered. A terrorist, Kwok Yung, surrendered to
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    Bomford Fund meeting
    57 7 There will be a general meeting of the Bomf or d Memorial Scholarship Fund at Victoria School, Singapore, at 5.30 p.m. on Sept. 7. The fund is being set up to award scholarships in memory of the late Mr. R. F. Bomford, who was principal of Victoria
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    By express delivery
    94 7 KUCHING. Sun.— The Governor of Sarawak, Sir Anthony Abell, has returned with a brief case full of messages from Sarawak students in Britain to their relatives back home. He had given a party to the students just before he left Britain and they had given him the
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    Man on 'outrage' charge
    59 7 PENANG. Sun.— Ton Boon Hock, 35, yesterday claimed trial in the Second Magistrate's Court here to using criminal force on a woman, Seong Lean Soon, with Intent to outrage her modesty. Ton was alleged to have committed the offence at Dato Kramat Road yesterday afternoon. Bail
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    The Hampshires sail home
    55 7 A British regiment with one of the best records for the elimination of terrorists in the Federation left for Britain by the Empire Orwell yesterday. The Ist. Bn., Royal Hampshire Regiment played a big part in converting two "black areas" in Pahang and Selangor into "white
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    Didn't pay duty fined $3,600
    57 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Sun.— All Abubakar bin Abdul Rahman, of Singapore, who tried to evade Customs duty amounting to $546 on 20.400 cigarettes was today fined $3,600 or nine months* Jail by the President of the Sessions Court h Tne car in which the cigarettes were
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    Pilgrim ship due back
    51 7 PENANO, Sun.— The second pilgrim ship to return this year, the Anshun, Is due in Penang on Sept. 3— three days ahead of schedule. It will be in Singapore on Sept. 3 The Anshun, originally scheduled to arrive here on SpT^will bring back 1,176 pilgrims from
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    Talks continue
    40 7 Talks between the Minister for Labour and Welfare, Mr Lim Yew Hock, and representatives of the Singapore City Council Oas Department Workers' Union on Its claims for overtime pay and promotion will be resumed at 3 p.m. today.
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    Jus soli plea to world court
    294 7 LEADERS OF iaa „>«. wy UO TAMIL ORGANISATIONS MfiET IW ffPOIf ANA AAV <yfp*y v VAVK NEW APPEALS TO GOVT. ON LAND SETTLEMENT^ HINDU MARRIAGES T« E Pan-Malayan Tami. JESSES?,. This was indicated here today at the All-Malaya ■ganisations in Malaya. «J3*f Alliance Government
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    SGT'S SIGHT IS DIM, BUT HE SAYS: I'LL ALWAYS BOX ON'
    237 7 SGT'S SIGHT IS DIM, BUT HE SAYS: I'LL ALWAYS BOX ON' mHEY cali him 'Blind 1 Forty" in the Ist. Bn., Royal Hampshire mentSit. C. H- Smith is nearblind and 40 years old, bat he fought in the Malayan Jangle (with glasses) for two years and will not give up
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    Husbands: Don't blame us
    331 7 Husbands: Don' t blame us THE STAY-AT-HOME WIVES SINGAPORE husbands yesterday disagreed that they were often to blame for their wives' lack of civic consciousness. They were commenting on a report in the Sunday Times in which Mrs. Ba Maung Chain, vice-president of the world YWCA organisation, said that many
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    How bosses dodge those pay-ins
    167 7 TRICK OF USING SHALL GANGS KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. pONTRACTORS are now using new methods to evade paying provident fund for employees, says the monthly report of the Federation Labour department issued today. One of these methods Is the use of small "functional gangs" who do
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    Special aid for US too, says MCA
    98 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Sun. rE Johore State Branch of the Malayan Chinese Association wants non-Malays to be given "special consider, ation" to assist them politically. The general committee of the branch recommended this yesterday when it discussed the M.C-A. memorandum to be submitted to
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    Kiwis seek dancers
    69 7 The Kiwi Members' League, sponsors of a novices dance competition to be held in conjunction with their annual celebrations, are short at least five more amateur ballroom couplesThe competition will be held at Raffles Hotel ball, room on Friday at 9 p.m. Tickets at $3 a couple
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    A GIRL, A WOMAN, A FEW STRAY DUCKS
    96 7 BENTONG, Sun.— lt all began with a squabble over ducks, said a 13-year-old girl who was testifying against a housewife charged with assaulting her on May 1 at Chamang village near here. The girl. Chai Ah Chiew, told the Magistrate's court yesterday
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    MORE VARSITY SCHOLARSHIPS OFFERED
    248 7 rnHE Singapore Ministry of Education has announced that a number of higher studies awards, including 45 departmental scholarships, will be given next year. Of these, 28 are earmarked for Government English schools, 10 for aided English schools and seven for fully aided Chinese 1 Th« awards
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    American , consul — flies in
    23 7 American consul flies in MR. STERLING COTTRELL, the new deputy to the American Consul-Gene-ral, who flew Into Singapore on Saturday .—Straits Times picture.
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    Bail allowed in 'hurt' case
    58 7 PENANO. Sun.— Chbug Scow Phun, 21, pleaded not guilty yesterday to a charge of being a member of an assembly of more than five with the object of assaulting and causing r. irt to Ooi Ah Bah at Drury Lane on Aug. 15. He was
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    UNIONISM: MALAYA IS EXAMPLE
    190 7 UNIONISM: MALAYA IS EXAMPLE FOH, Sun.— The Federation's deputy Trade Union Adviser, Mr. O. L. Wilkinson, today said that international visitors have expressed the view that the trade union movement In Malaya is a "showpiece" in SouthEast Asia. Addressing the Inaugural meeting of the Perak branch of the Government Temporary
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    DEATH
    86 7 MRS. LIM MAH SEAMO (Nee Tan Keow Nee) age 60, passed away on Wednesday. 22nd August, 1956 at Penang, leaving one son, 5 daughters, 3 sons-in-law, 3 daughters-in-law, several grandchildren and great grand children to mourn their loss. Funeral will take place from her residence 52. Muntri Street, Penang,
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    34 7 MR. A MRS. LIM LOC CHEONO thank the doctors and stall of ward SI, General Hospital, and friends and relatives for kind help given to their late beloved son, BERNARD LIM CHENC ENO.
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    The egoism of Shaw
    809 8  -  BOOKS OF THE WEEK By RAYMOND MOHTMEH BERNARD SHAW. By St. John Ervine. (Constable. 505.) JESTING APOSTLE. By Stephen Winston. (Hurchinson. 215.) ACCORDING to Mr. A Colin Wilson Shaw's greatness was "the same" as that of Pascal and Jacob Boehme, an odd phrase which means apparently
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    UNHAPPY PASSION
    155 8 LETTERS FROM A PORTUGUESE NUN. By Mariana Alcoforado. (Hamish Hamilton. Bs. 6d.) DOW rare is the love- letter which can move more than the reader to whom It is addressed. These lettehs' now first translated into English by Miss Lucy Norton, have long been known In a French
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      ENGLAND IN 17TH CENTURY
      135 8 ENGLAND'S PRECEDENCE. By WiHiam McElwee. (Hodder ft Steughton. 215.) ALTHOUGH the significance of its title is not immediately apparent, Mr. McElwee has written an intelligent, moderate and eminently readable summary of English political history daring the seventeenth century. Although the theories he develops are not by
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      SPURNED ADVICE
      88 8 SPURNED ADVICE THE QUICK AND THE DEAD by Sq. Ldr. W. A. Waterton (Mullet .55.) This is a fine tale of flying; prototypes and making; sales tours with Meteor Jet aircraft, told with candour by a former test pilot who was one of the best in the pro fession. The
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      DEFECTS OF ROBOT AGE
      67 8 ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES OF AUTOMATION By Paul Einzig (Seeker ft Warburg 215.) The author has speedily produced a work in which he links up this development with the major issues of the times. The trouble is that this can be done with almost any topic; one becomes
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      171 8 pte made vWthSfOWCIIS'^J v^ What a treat when you bake with Sndt it sponges and cakes as light as a ur^am you' I fiT hard to stop the family eating tue ot aU at J. But it doesn't really matter. Stork is so c£2? thafs why ifs so popular spread
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      241 8 Straits Times Crossword ACROSS A knight of the Round Tabl# 1. Was beer so cheap when the lady wore this? (11). IS. Stain lightly round an article 9. His business is one of grave (6). concern (10). IS. "No chores" (Anagram) (8). 10. The fellow for cheek (4). 17. A
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    Lock icon Governor baited Negroes and backed Ku Klux Klanl
    1120 9 POET I 1 SOLVED M CRIME J Far funds* he emptied jails* robbed treasury I^i Governor 5? a lunatic Ti J a crook. d hmself r'uinol' dirt 1 and practised Kg Wtth a 0 J tobacco !Tto prove it- I: the varied
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      175 9 56-104-M By purchasing Castrol Motor Oil in the simple U.S. Quart 'food type* containers thrifty motorists can save up to thirty cents on every tin. Whenever c tin is opened in your presence you can feel confident that you are topping up your engine with the masterpiece in oils.' witf-
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      207 9 Box Morgan. M.D. Wants a chance ll STILL PEEL AND I NEED TO f RUT J CHfl HBP IT.' fM \TO DgVOTE tOUH ITO OO fOtt '■OU WWTANt IT, JUNE <^H UNEASY ABOUT \OUB 1 ©ET OUT OF THIS I A SELFISH PEKSON TO JIiFE'TOHER/A J 0000 WIFE WOULD WANT
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    MALAYAN SHARE MARKET REVIEW OVERSEAS STOCKS ARE IN DEMAND
    431 10 MALAYAN SHARE MARKET REVIEW OVERSEAS STOCKS ARE IN DEMAND By Our Market Correspondent rPHE Singapore Share 1 Market last week as for some time past was dominated by political uncertainty stemming from the Sues Canal crisis and conditions were quiet. Although at the beginning of the week there was a
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    Rubber marketsteadl Kubber market stea.
    369 10 Rubber marketsteadl Kubber market stea. TVE rubber price firmed A in Singapore on Saturday morning and rose by 1} cents to 99§ cents per lb. for September first grade, the highest price for the week. The market was very steady with a better sentiment, although trade demand was on the
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    BUSINESS DONE
    299 10 rpHE following business done L in the Singapore Share Market last week was reported by one firm of brokers for the period August 18 to August 24:— INDUSTRIALS: Fraser and Neave Ords. $1.97% and $1.95. Federal Dispensary $2 Gammon (Malaya) $1.92 4 to $1.95 Hammer A Co. $2.85,
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    MALAYAN SHARE LIST
    559 10 rE following fall revised list of share quotations vas issued by The Malayan Share Brokers' Association ifter their last meeting on Ale, Brick. o^ r v.v.v:;..... 1 l -7* BJi. TnutM, (ia Cos. Tin Smelt wi«. -a in omeit Pnr. it/. jo,. Ords. 27/- 26/--■utera United 31.00
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    DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCE
    40 10 Ed the following divi*» ends last week:— a final dividend of v'\ per cent less 30 per cent income tax for the year ended April 30 Books will be closed U a fin i I Books 5 .J^ept^'J
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      1024 10 NOTICES Nona A. Rahman bin Ahmad, Manager of Rawijah Transport Company of 23. Busaorah Street. Singapore, is no longer in the Service of this Firm from 25th August. 1956, and that he is not entitled to transact any business on our behalf or to n present us ln any capacity
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      848 10 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS applications are invited far appointments a* Student Lscturws in the Department of Education. Candidates mint be Federal Cltisens and have bad at least three years' experience of teaching primary cIHMi in the medium of Chinese. They mutt have completed Senior Middle Three or have had Senior Normal training.
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      719 10 NOTICES W. HAMMER COMPANY LIMITED (Incorporated In Singapore) IMTBUM DIVIDEND NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVE that the Directors have approved the payment of an Interim Divid end of 10 cents par Stock Unit o $1. Jen Singapore Income Tut, on lat October 1068 to Btock hoktai whoa* names appear on the
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      395 10 J4i|MML^^^^^^^!Mr*^!>' lt N. Y. K. lin j Announce the inauguration ot tneii EXPRESS Service from Singaport 25 DAYS to LIVERPOOL via GENOA, MARSEILLES, TANGIER also calling ANTWERP, ROTTERDAM BREMEN, HAMBURG. M/S"SAGAMI MARU" loading Singapore 10-12 Sept. M/S"SATSUMAMARU 10-12 C- "SANUKI MARU 10-1 2 Nov miS "SADO MARU 10-1 2 D«
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    Wanderers, Seletar draw in final
    240 12 Wanderers, Seletar draw in final n.A.F. Seletar "A" and Wanderers drew in the final of the S.C.A. Junior tournament at Balestier Road yesterday. Wanderers, batting first, scored 147 leaving Seletar 126 minutes to chase the runs. But at dose Seletar could only manage 104 for eight. Seletar were the Section
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    STU meet heats on Saturday
    42 12 The heats and Three Miles final of the Singapore Teachers Union athletics championships will be held an Saturday at Victoria School ground. The qualifying round of the field events will also be held on the same day.
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    629 12 ONLY LUTON KEEP TOUR 100 PBBCEMT RECORD Am THEY DRAW THE DAY'S BEST ATTENDANCE LONDON, Sun. QNADAY when attendances were down to about 800,--000, the biggest soccer crowd in the league yesterday saw Tottenham Hotspur show much of their old scoring glory as they riddled
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    Lock icon Four marks go in one swim by Lorraine
    167 12 Four marks go in one swim by Lorraine TOWNSVILLE, Sun. AUSTRALIA'S 17-year- old wonder girl swimmer, Lorraine Crapp, became the first woman to break the "five-minute barrier" for both the 400 metres and 440 yards at a swimming meet here yesterday. Was Crapp clocked 4 mln. 50.8 sec. for the
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    Lock icon Rosewall & Hoad enter the final
    151 12 Rosewall Hoad enter the final BRCOBXINK, Sun. II7TMBLEDON rttmmplm MISS Bhlrley Fry (U.S.) and Mrs. Betty Rocnquest Pratt (Jamaica) reached tne final of the United States women's doubles tennis championship here yesterday. They defeated Miss Darlene Hard and Mrs. Riehardbaek (U.S.) 4-6. 6-4. 8-3 in the semi-final. The top seeded
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    ROSIE TAKES THE PONY DERBY
    251 12 ROSIE, ridden by Mrs. SutcUffe, won the mam event the Pony Derby at yesterday's Singapore Polo Club Gymkhana meet at Thomson Road. Rosie beat Flame, ridden by Miss Price, by half a length, with Blue Boy. ridden by Peggy Rendle. third. The pair jumping event
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    Mansor wins Watts trophy
    62 12 International Cycling Club's Manser bin Sawi. 34, won the McGregor Watt trophy outright when he beat 15 others In the 100-mlles massed-start race at the Oap yesterday. Mansor bettered his last year's ISmln. when he completed the 14--lapa p course in lhr. 37mln. Second was O.
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    Scots in Cup Final again
    44 12 IPOH, Sun. The Ist Batta- lion Royal Scots FuaUUers, last year's winners of the Army Cup, yesterday qualified for the Final when they trounced Royal Army Service Corps (Central) 6—l on the p*<«yng. Scotg led 4—l at half time.
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    Police officers in 3-run win over Elbow Benders
    175 12 POLICE Peelers, a team of senior Police officers, beat ■bow Benders (Army officers) by three runs in their first annual cricket match at Friendly Hill yesterday. POLICE PEELERS Broadhurst c and b Turndrup 13; Hamls c Sexton b Tumdrup 9; Waters lbw
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    US WOMEN BEAT RECORDS
    69 12 WASHINGTON, Bun. •TWO American records were here yesterday during Wah for the United States women's Olympic athletic team. Mrs. Darlene Brown threw the discus 145 ft 4Kin., beating the record of 140 ft llln held bj Pamela Kurrell. Then 30-year-old Lois Testa shattered the existing shot
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    330 13 BROOKES (40) SCORES 203 v SOMERSET LONDON, Sunday. f\ENNIs BROOKES, 40-year-old former England Test batsman, gave a beautiful exhibition of stroke play when he thrashed the Somerset bowlers for 203 not out yesterday. The Northamptonshire captain collected 25 boundaries In his five hours at the wicket. On the good pitch
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    87 13 ISTANBUL. Sun. SVEN DAVIDSON (Sweden) entered the semi-finals of the Istanbul international tennis tournament yesterday by defeatIng Australia's Don Candy by 6-3, 8-6, 6-3. The other semi-final was won by Budge Patty (United States) who beat Jaroslav Drobny (Egypt) 8-2. 4-8, 6-2, 6-1. In the women's singles,
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    248 14 MEN'S SINCLES Quarter finals S. Karalak beat Ketje Sndarsono 6-4. 4-6, 6-3; Moses Tay wo B. L. Pinto. SEMI-FINALS: R. Ferdinands beat S. Karalak 9-7, 7-s,Tan Llep TJtauw beat Moses Tay 6-0, 6-2. MEN'S DOUBLES Quarter-finals: S. Karalak and Anek Duangudom beat Tan Llep Tjiauw and
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    150 14 rpHESE three men came all the 1 way from Penang to compete in the second annual Malayan waterskiinr championships held at Pmsir Ris, Singapore, yesterday. (Left to right are: Tom Collin. Brian Blakebrough and Dolf Mantel. They will not return empty handed, for Blakebrough
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    149 14 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. \f ALAYAN Hockey Federation's carnival which began today hit a snag when the two umpires for the opening game. Cyril Laßrooy and K. Sathlvelu, withdrew from the meet after the game. They protested against the "restriction" of umpires to be chosen
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    25 14 Mrs. J. Gander and Cpl. E. Stewart won the R.A.F. Seletar mixed greensome 18-hole stroke play after a countback on the first nine.
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    585 14 SINGAPORE Police re--0 tamed the Singapore Cricket Association senior tournament title yesterday when they won their padang match against Singapore Recreation Club by two wickets. But their rivals for the title, Indian Association, were humbled at Hong Lim Green with a 32-run
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    266 14 PENANG. Sun. STAGING a spirited rally in the second half Penang, the holders, beat Federation Combined Services 6-4 to qualify for the F.A.M. Cup final at the Municipal stadium here today. Penang kicked off and swarmed Into the Services area. In the tenth
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