Singapore Standard, 9 June 1955

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    19 1 Singapore TIGER Standard Jt <H s. \ol. V. No. 338 SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 1955 14 PAGES 15 CENTS
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    Lock icon FIVE KNIGHTHOODS FOR MALAYA
    635 1 HONOURS FOR 2,000 IN QUEEN'S AWARDS ...And A Wedding Present For Bannister LONDON, June 9 (Reuter) Queen Elizabeth gave decorations in her Birthday Honours List today to about 2,000 of her subjects, ranging from a famous athlete to a man who spends his life working in
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    Lock icon ...And The Men Who Earned Them
    26 1 Sir Robert Brown Block Vice-Admiral Sir Alan Scott-Moncrieff Air-Marshal Sir Francis Fressonges Sir Clough Thurgisinghom Doto Sir Mahmud bin Mot
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    Lock icon Eden Says 'Yes' To Wage Talks Now
    101 1 Eden Says 'Yes' To Wage Talks Now LONDON, June 8, (Reuter) The Government today told leaders of the Trades Union Congress that it would sanction preliminary wage talks before the end of the 11-day-old rail strike, according to well-informed circles. This significant relaxation of Prime Minister Sir Anthony Eden's previous
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    Lock icon More Rebels Rally To S. Vietnam
    109 1 More Rebels Rally To S. Vietnam SAIGON. June 8 (Reuter^ More large factions of the rebels sect armies in South Vietnam today rallied to the side of the national forces supporting the Americanbacked Government of Premier Ngo Dinh Diem. Mr Diem himself announced here today that the ninth battalion of
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    Lock icon LATEST
    36 1 LONDON, June. 8 (Reuter) The head of Britain's nationalised railways and the leader of 70,000 striking railwaymen began "goodwill talks" here late today which offered the first real hope of settling the 11 -day-old strike.
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    Lock icon MINE DISASTER
    25 1 TEN Saar coal miners died after a cave-in 210 feet below ground at the Heinitz colliery, Neunkirchen, Tuesday mining authorities announced yesterday. AP
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    Lock icon Police Absolved From All Blame
    244 1 SYMONDS VERDICT: MURDER SINGAPORE'S Coroner, Mr. K. T. Alexander yesterday absolved all members of the Singapore Police Force and the Volunteer Special Constabulary from blame in connection with the death of Gene Symonds, United Press Correspondent, who was beaten to death by a mob during
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    Lock icon Reds Fire On Manager
    76 1 JOHORE BAHRU, Wed. Mr. W.E. Toft, the European manager of Mawai Estate near Kota Tinggi, and his two Special Constable escorts were fired on by three terrorists when they were returning to the manager's bungalow about 6.20 p.m. yesterday. Mr. Toft and the Specials returned the
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    Lock icon Quemoy Isle Bombarded
    55 1 TAIPEI, June 8 (UP)— The Ministry of National Defence announced today that Communist Chinese artillery fired 16 rounds against Nationalist defenders of the Quemoy Island group. The Ministry claimed no casualties or damage was caused by the Red Chinese shelling. The artillery bombardment of Quemoy Island has
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    Lock icon Lady Churchill Breaks Wrist
    53 1 LONDON, June 8 (Reuter) —Lady Churchill, wife of the former British Prime Minister, broke her left wrist when she fell downstairs at her London home last night, it was revealed today. It is not expected that the accident will affect her future engagements, a member of
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    Lock icon TV Fans See A Breast Operation
    166 1 WASHINGTON June 8 (AP) In full view of television onlookers across the United States Army doctors on Tuesday night removed a growth from a woman s breast, analyzed it and pronounced it non-cancerous. The dramatic public demonstration of surgery in action took place in
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    Lock icon TEMPLER THE BANDIT FIGHTER, REMEMBERED AGAIN
    572 1 TEMPLER THE BANDIT FIGHTER, REMEMBERED AGAIN THE GOVERNOR-designate of Singapore, Naval and Air Force Chiefs in the Far East, the retiring Federal Legislative Speaker and the man who was the main architect of the National Schools Policy in Malaya receive knighthoods from the Queen in her birthday honours list released
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    Lock icon 'Gone Are Scarlet And Gold'
    117 1 'Gone Are Scarlet And Gold' KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Army Headquarters in Kuala Lumpur today apologized for the appearance in drab jungle green of the massed bands of the Combined Services in tomorrow's Queen's Birthday parade here. "In these severely practical days," it explained sadly, "the Services have lost much of
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    Lock icon SECRET TALKS ON FORMOSA
    51 1 LONDON, June 8 (Reuter) Sir Anthony Eden, British Prime Minister and Mr. V.K. Krishna Menon, leader of India's United Nations delegation, continued their secret talks on the Formosa problem here today. They have had two previous meetings since Mr. Menon flew here from New Delhi on
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    Lock icon A ROYAL LUNCHEON
    76 1 LONDON, June 8 (Reuter) Marshal Piteul Songgram, Thai Prime Minister, and his wife lunched with Queen Elizabeth at Buckingham Palace here today. The Marshal flew here yesterday from Copenhagen on a week's official visit at the invitation of the British Government. He was later today accompanying Queen
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    Lock icon REDS FAIL TO DERAIL TRAIN
    199 1 JOHORE BAHRU, Wed. Johore terrorists last night failed in their attempt to derail the SingaporeKuala Lumpur night mail. Mines were laid by the terrorists in a cutting about three miles north of Sedenak in the Kulai district of Johore. A Wickham trolley preceding the night
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    Lock icon Malaya Sends Greetings
    123 1 Malaya Sends Greetings THE Officer Administering the Government, Mr, W. A. C. Goode, yesterday dispatched a telegram to the Secretary of State for the Colonies conveying greetings from the people of Singapore to the Queen on her birthday. The telegram reads:"Grateful if on the occasion of the Queen's birthday being
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    Lock icon POLICE ERROR LOST VALUABLE TIME-MR. SETH
    1586 2 POLICE ERROR LOST VALUABLE TIME-MR. SETH THE Deputy Public Prosecutor, Mr. H. B. Livingstone, told the Singapore Coroner, Mr. K. T. Alexander, yesterday that the Police made no attempt to deny a mistake was made in the transmission of a message to Radio Control over the location of Gene Symonds,
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    Lock icon Braga Urges Public To Give SATA All It Can
    142 2 Braga Urges Public To Give SATA All It Can SINGAPORE'S Health Minister, Mr. A. J. Braga. yesterday urged the public to give ail its support to the Singapore Anti-Tuberculosis Association as Government was "not interested in taking it over." Mr. Braga said this on a visit to SATA, where he
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    Lock icon Who Is She?
    26 2 Why, Carol Andrews of course. Now turn to Page 12 ond read what Carol wore and did at the American Club fashion show.
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    Lock icon 'Indifference' To Unions Attacked
    183 2 IPOH, Wed.— Jhe acting general secretary of the National Union of Plantation Workers of Malaya, Mr. John Emmanuel, today referred to what he termed as the "indifferent attitude" of some estate managers towards the trade union movement. "Some managers and their advisers are trying to destroy
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    Lock icon COMMODITY PRICES
    155 2 CLOSING rubber prices (cents per Ib) in Singapore yesterday were: Buyers Sellers No. 1 R.S.S. Spot Loose 995 10U No. 1 R.S.S. f.o.b. June 99| 99 i No. 2 96} 97 No. 3 932 «34 Tone: Firm. TIN PRICE I The price ot tin yesterday was $359 g
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    Lock icon 'Lone Troop' Gets Shield
    86 2 IPOH. Wed.— Mrs. E. Atkinson, wife of the Area Information Officer, Nor*.h Perak. presented a silver mounted shield to the scouts First Kroh "Lone Troop" Klian Intan, today. Known as the Emma Atkinson Shield, uhe trophy will be competed for by the scouts of this troop.
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    Lock icon FOR HIGH COURT
    38 2 N. ALAGESU. a 30-year-old mandore, was today committed by the First Magistrate, Group Captain G. V. Howard, to stand trial in the High Court on a charge of voluntarily causing grievous hurt to a compatriot.
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    Lock icon TO HONOUR THE QUEEN
    70 2 BRITISH Overseas Airways Corporation flew into Singapore yesterday, three packages or English roses for presentation to Mrs. W. A. C. Goode, wife of the Officer Administering the Government, and to the Commissioner General, Mr. Malcolm MacDonald. vs he wcre Presented last night to mark the Queen's
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    37 2 HONGKONG, June 8 Special Standard Service: Closing prices of the Hongkong Exchange today were: $15.67 to £1 sterling: $5,805 to US$l; $1,837 to Malayan $1, $0,128 to one Indonesian Rupiah; Gold $250.75 to a tael.
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    Lock icon Corporal Heard His Sentence & Wept
    232 2 Corporal Heard His Sentence Wept KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Tears welled in the eyes of 22-year-old Corporal John Henry Bailey, of the 50 Field Engineering Regiment of the 17th Gurkha Division at Sungei Besi today, as he heard the President of a District Court Martial sentence him to be reduced to
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    Lock icon PWD Lorry Set On Fire
    54 2 MALACCA, Wed.— Abo Z> bandits stopped a Public W :K Department lorry carry ii road mending gang at the 25tn mile, Selandar-Nayalas i today, and set fire to it r ordering the occupants out. The lorry was later to«*« back to town. One tyre the
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    Lock icon EVICTED TENANT SUES CITY COUNCIL FOR DAMAGES
    552 2 EVICTED TENANT SUES CITY COUNCIL FOR DAMAGES A WIDOW, Madam Tay Choon Eng, brought an action for damages in the Singapore High Court yesterday, against the City Council for wrongfully evicting her and demolishing her house in Dunlop Street on Feb. 8. The suit was heard before the Chief Justice
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    Lock icon Councillor, Scout Leader Made JPs
    194 2 MALACCA, Wed. A Municipal Councillor, a Dimang, Girl Guide Commissioner and a Scout Leader, were nominated Justices of the Peace, in connection with the Queen's Birthday here today. They are: Mr. Goh Kay Seng. Municipal Councillor for Tranqerah Ward who is also a committee member
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      70 2 Weather Report MINIMUM Temperature From 7.30 p.m. June 7 to 7.30 a.m. June 8. Singapore (741 Penang (74F), Kota Bahru (75), Kuala Lumpur (7 IF), Ipoh (73F). Kuantan (73F). Maximum Temperature: From 7.30 a.m. June 7 to 7.P.0 p.m. June 8. Singapore <BSK Penang (92F), Kote Bahru (87F), Kuala Lumpur
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    Lock icon BIRTHDAY HONOURS LIST IN FULL
    1980 3 BIRTHDAY HONOURS LIST IN FULL The following is the full list c Queen's Birthday honours i r Singapore:K.C.B. (Military Division) -Admiral A. K. ScottMoncrieff. C.8.. C.8.E.. D.S.O. I -mander-in-Chief Far East Station. C B. (Military Division) r\ a Admiral E.H. Shattock, BE., Flag Officer Malayan Area. K.C.M.G. Mr. Robert Brown
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    Lock icon An Amateur 'Shoots' MacDonald
    71 4 An Amateur 'Shoots' MacDonald MISS Goon Swee Cheng, an amateur cinephotographer, made good use of her chance to film the Commissioner .General, Mr. Malcolm MacOonald, when he was in Penan? on June 6 to officially declare open the new two-storey of the Anglo-Chinese wing of 12 classrooms She followed Mr.
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    Lock icon SCHOOLBOY USED KNIFE IN SELF-DEFENCE
    503 4 SCHOOLBOY USED KNIFE IN SELF-DEFENCE MURDER TRIAL ASSESSORS FIND... C.J. Postpones Judgment KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— Khoo Teng Chwee, 18, a schoolboy, was justified in using a knife to repel his attackers at the Rex theatre on Jan. 9 this year, the two assessors found at the conclusion of his trial
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    Lock icon FED'S NEW FINANCE MAN
    64 4 MR. C. J, Thomas. the Federation's new Financial Secretary, wh> arrived in Singapore yesterday from Sarawak for a four-day stay in the Colony before taking up his new post on Monday. Mr. Thomas succeeds Mr. E. Himsworth. He has been Financial Secretary, Sarawak, for three years.
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    Lock icon MR. THOMAS VISITS THE WEATHERMEN
    104 4 MR. THOMAS VISITS THE WEATHERMEN SINGAPORE'S Minister for Communications and Works, Mr. Francis Thomas, accompanied by his Permanent Secretary, Mr. L. H N. Davis, yesterday morning visited the meteorological office at Kallang Airport and the Upper Air Observatory at Paya Lebar. Mr. Thomas was shown around the Kallang office by
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    Lock icon 18 Months' Jail For Triad Thug
    278 4 Demanded 'Protection Money' PEH SWEE TEE, a 26-year-old member of the Patt Leong Hor, a notorious secret society which preys on shopkeepers, hawkers and prostitutes in the Colony, was sent to jail in the Singapore First Criminal District Court yesterday for demanding protection money
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    Lock icon P.C.'s Appeal Dismissed
    74 4 THE Chief Justice. Sir Charles Murray-Aynsley. upheld in the Singapore High Court yesterday, the conviction and sentence imposed by a lower court on Ghaffar bin Mohamed. who had 15 years' service with the Police Force, for attempting to accept a bribe. Ghaffar was sentenced to three months*
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    Lock icon Brigade To Hold Dance
    41 4 SINGAPORE'S St. John Ambulance Brigade will hold a speciai dance tonight in its headquarters in Stamford Road to celebrate the Queen's Birthday. Members and their friends are welcomed to this dance which will start at 7.30 pm
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    Lock icon Teak Wood Factory Fire
    37 4 A PRE-DAWN fire yesterday destroyed about $5 000 worth of teak wood in a Lavender Street factory in Singapore. Prompt action by a policeman prevented the flames from assuming greater B£3?y«£k destroyu the
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    Lock icon STUDENTS PRAISE AUSSIE KINDNESS
    207 4 One of the nominees. Mr. Sng Ewe Koan of 1, Balmoral .Crescent, said in a recent inter. view: "I mus t say that all my friends who are studying in Australia have said that Australians extend to Asian students their warmest natality and are keen to
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    Lock icon SHIPPING TRADE IN DANGER OF PARALYSIS
    243 5 SHIPPING TRADE IN DANGER OF PARALYSIS Waterfront Strike Threat in thp S eSma ?i f a leading British shipping firm in the Colony told The Standard that the SHB 'detri m Wh t CI f n rl in US 40th da^ has already been detnmental to the {smooth operation of
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    Lock icon Convicted By Prints On A Basin
    111 5 Convicted By Prints On A Basin FINGERPRINTS found on a basin led to the arrest of a man who burgled a house when the tenants was not at home. This was stated in the Singapore Third Criminal District Court yesterday when Mahendin Da s s/o Suppiah pleaded guilty to breaking
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    Lock icon Police Ask For Pubtlic Assistance
    136 5 SINGAPORE Police, last night made two appeals to the public —to help identify a man found hanging and' ,to give information in connection with a fatal accident. The man was found fhanging in East Reclamation onl June 1 He was of medium built, had black
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    Lock icon Hut Collapses In Geylang Serai
    110 5 Hut Collapses In Geyl ang Serai THIS rambling mass of attap and wood was once a home to a family of nine in Geylang Serai, Singapore. Built 40 years ago. the hut suddenly collapsed at about 3.30 p.m. yesterday. Only casualty wias 72--year-old Nordin bin Ha.ji Yusoff. He received i
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    Lock icon FROM BENCH TO WELFARE
    58 5 rnoio. IPOH'S Magistrate. Captain Mohamed Salleh bin Haji Sulaiman, leaves for Kuala Lumpur at the end of this month to take up a new appointment as Deputy Chief Social Welfare Officer, Federation of Malaya. During his two and a half years' stay in Ipoh, he has
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    Lock icon SUNDAY BAND
    26 5 THE band of the 2nd Battalion, the Royal Welch Fusiliers, will play in the Botanic Gardens from 6 p.m. to 6.15 pm on Sunday.
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    Lock icon Empire Fleets In Mass Exercise
    150 5 A COMBINED fleet of the Royal Navy, the Royal Australian Navy and the Royal New Zealand Kavy, joined by the entire seagoing forces of the Royal Malayan Navy, will engage today in the largest exercises to be held in Malayan waters for many years. The
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    Lock icon TIGER
    233 5 The world famous family of medicinal products fed representative, or if [elected representatives fle overnight to change t allegiance, the governt falls." warned the audience while language and culshould be the forces that k about the people toge- there are people who aerately exploit language cultural pride to divide
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    Lock icon Used Knife As Opponent Was Bigger
    93 5 Used Knife As Opponent Was Bigger MATHEVAN Natesan. a labourer, told a Singapore Magistrate's Court yesterday, he had to use a knife in a fight with his strong opponent, whom he stabbed on the arm in a house at Kallang Road, on June 7. He pleaded guilty to causing hurt
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    Lock icon They Want Training Team To Be Part Of Service
    140 5 They Want Training Team To Be Part Of Service JOHORE BAKRU, Wed. ormal trained teachers in »hore want their three ;ars' normal training to be eluded in their service with overnment. A resolution will be tabled the annual meeting of the ahore Branch of the Natioal Union of Teachers. Fedration,
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      1010 5 \Standard cAlmanac INFORMATION AT A GLANCE In N GAP ORE B B c *adio f^m^ «g| 8.8.C.— General Overseas Service; g? lr m From The Editorials; 5.10 WF f M "^tA*Afj *«S Interlude; 5.15 Serious t\.r%u- 4 Jftfwmf^* rnent;s4s Spoils Round-Up J #C.^^»#TV -a p.m New Casino Orchestra: 6.3(i m
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    363 6 JTOUR hundred families living in the Rochore Canal area have protested against the one month's notice to quit their slum houses served on them by the Improvement Trust. The Trust intends to pull down 90 houses in the area and build modern flats in their place. The snag
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    Lock icon British Attitude On 4-Power Talks
    544 6  -  WILLIAM CLARK By LONDON, MR. Harold MacMillan, the British Foreign Secretary, has only one week more in which to recover from the rigours of electioneering and prepare for the ftrst round of the fourPower talks leading to a "meeting at the summit." These talks— informed
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      Lock icon 600 Houses? Why That's Wonderful
      212 6 Sir, As a resident of Serangoon Garden Estate I was naturally interested in the letter addressed to you in connection with "Where's That Market" and signed by "INCONVENIENCED." I am certainly not an inconvenienced resident and know nothing about the pros and cons of why
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      Lock icon Malays' Economic Problem
      225 6 Sir; Much correspondence has appeared in the Press regarding the economic problem of the Malays. It is a most regrettable fact that the numbers of Malays in almost all towns in the Federation are gradually dwindling due to the fact that Malay properties are being sold to
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      Lock icon IT IS NOT CONTEMPT OF COURT
      243 6 Sir; The recent observations of a Singapore Magis- trate, which appeared in your issue of June 2, castigating Counsel, who was unable to appear in Court but who, nevertheless, provided a substitute, may (despite his qualifying statement "it almost amounts to contempt of Court")
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      Lock icon No Vitamins—So He Ran away & Lived In A Cave
      677 6 No Vitamins— So He Ran away Lived In A Cave NEW YORK, THE arrival in the United States a few weeks ago of a man thought to be 168 years old has called dramatic attention, to the fact that the life of the human body need not always be limited
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      Lock icon School Uniforms
      249 6 Sir:— The Committee of the Bedok Girls' School Parent-Teacher Association was very concerned over the allegations made against the school, in the papers, regarding the new school uniform. Our association is in close contact with the affairs of the school, so during the committee meeting held on Saturday,
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    Lock icon Even Scientists Can Make Mistakes
    456 6 Even Scientists Can Make Mistakes EVEN scientists can make mistakes, Dr. Hans Selye reminded a gathering of his colleagues in New York yesterday. Speaking before a conference held at the New York Academy of Sciences, the eminent Canadian physiologist described seven different "common pitfalls in the interpretation of scientific data."
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    Lock icon Review of Views
    243 6 Review of Views The delegates from no less than 503 Chinese organizations and schools attended the meeting on Monday. It was the first one of its kind since the war. Campaign Against Writers A BIG campaign against writers is going on. on the Chinese mainland and the most notable objectives
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    Lock icon MARSHALL REPLIES TO WATERFRONT THREAT
    758 7 Proposed Strike Most Uncalled For, He Says SINGAPORE'S Chief Minister, Mr. David Marshall, said last night that the threatened waterfront strike to force a settlement of the Harbour Board dispute is an attempt to "paralyze the economic life of the country through its port." He
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    Lock icon She'll Be At The Ball
    52 7 LADY Precious Stream, one of the most colourful women characters in an old Chinese classic, will be at the Chinese Ladies Association Fancy Dress Ball at Victoria Memorial Hall, on June 11. Above Mrs. Rosalie Hernon poses as the Lady, as she will appear at
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    Lock icon 20 Nurses Coming To Malaya
    89 7 20 Nurses Coming To Malaya CANBERRA, June 7 (Reu t e r Twenty Australian nursing sisters will leave Sydney on June 15 to form the nucleus of the staff of the new Lady Templet Tuberculosis Hospital at Kuala Lumpur. Mr. R- G. Casey Minister of External Affairs, announced today. Mr.
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    Lock icon 3 Yrs. For Robbery
    79 7 THREE men Tay Hoo. lorry av.endant. Han Ah Hock, n^hmonger. and Tan Ah Kow, unemployed, were each sentenced to three years' imprisonment by Mr. Justice Knight in the Singapore A size Court yesterday for gans roooery. With three others, they robbed Sit Kwai Lai. wife oi
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    Lock icon All Deckhands Scattered As Ship Cargo Growled
    214 7 WORK on the Japanese freighter Meiko Maru loading rubber came to a sudden standstill yesterday when a lorry carrying two wooden crates drew up alongside the ship. j Whispered orders went round the ship and within moments wharf labourers kept well clear as
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    Lock icon Taken For A Ride And Assaulted
    127 7 Taken For A Ride And Assaulted A Singapore syce, Jaffar bin Puteh, was hustled into a taxi by three men when he got off a bus at Orchard Road last night and taken for a ride to Geylang. The taxi stopped at Lorong 23. where two other Malays joined the
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    Lock icon CHILDREN'S DAY
    36 7 THE Hu a Lian High School in Taiping will celebrate Children's Day on June "21. There will be a cinema show for all the children, who will be given a holiday on this day.
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    Lock icon JACKS' STAFF GIVE BLOOD
    74 7 This group of seven employees of William Jacks' Ltd., turned up at the Singapore Blood Transfusion Centre to donate their blood. They were the second batch of a group of 36 employees who have promised to give their blood to the Ball The group in the
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    32 7 'Queen Of Song Standard photo by MALAYA'S "Queen of Song", Lim Lee and her dressmaker friend Nellie Leung backstage at Wigmore Hall, London, during the intermission in Lim Lee's song recital.- Andrew
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    217 7 Judge Deters Sentence As... JOHORE BAHRU, Wed.— A man who was stated to have been sentenced to death in the Muar Assizes three years ago, was today found guilty of manslaughter in the Supreme Court here. 1 He was Mustapha bin Lasalt, 26. on whom sentence
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    60 7 A MIDDLE-AGED woman and a youth met tragic deaths within four hours in Singapore yesterday. The woman Lee Kwee Nam, 47. died from suspected poisoning in the Ama Keng area at 9 a.m. Wong Nim Kiong. 19, died in the General Hospital after being hauled
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    103 7 BICYCLE thefts in Singapore are on the increase and the Police once again warn cyclists in the Colony to take all necessary precautions to curb the activities of bicycle thieves. Since January, the number of bicycles stolen has been doubled. In January, 47
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    73 7 A ONE- YEAR sentence imposed by the lower court on a former Singapore Traction Company bus conductor, Teng Tah Joo, for criminal breach of trust in respect of 20 cents' bus fare, was reduced to seven months on appeal in the Singapore High Court yesterday. Asking for
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    358 7 THE transfer of power under the new Constitution, is not a transfer from one group of official persons to elected unofficial but rather to the people itself, said Singapore Public Relations Officer. Mi; George G. Thomson, at the Singapore Y.W.C.A. last night.
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    26 7 MR. ETTORE Delia Giovanni, of the daily newspaper "II Tempo," Rome, Italy, who has arrived in Singapore on a round-the-world tour for his paper.
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    93 7 Used Knife As Opponent Was Bigger MATHEVAN Natesan. a labourer, told a Singapore Magistrate's Court yesterday, he had to use a knife in a fight with his strong opponent, whom he stabbed on the arm in a house at Kallang Road on June 7. He pleaded guilty to causing hurt
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    141 7 They Want Training Team To Be Part Of Service JOHORE BAKRU, Wed. Normal trained teachers in Johore want their three years' normal training to be included in their service with Government. A resolution will be tabled at the annual meeting of the Johore Branch of the National Union of Teachers.
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    269 8 Cheers For A Back Bencher The Return Of Churchill j LONDON. June 8, (UP) I Sir Winston Churchill returned amid thunderous cheers today to the same back bench seat in the House of Commons from which 4ie scourged the weak and hesitant before World War 11. One of the loudest
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    68 8 NEW YORK. June 8 (UP) Newsweek magazine said yesterday it received reports from Jakarta indicating fears that "Indonesia will finally be taken over by the Communists- late thi year..." The magazine said these reports said the move might be accomplished either legally at the national elections or
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    77 8 BANDUNG. June 8 (AP) aru Islam terrorists on Monday night went on the rampage again in the Tasiiimalaja area 45 miles from here, burned down 125 houses in six villages, killed two villagers and wounded two others. *x, At J he same time rebels fn the
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    32 8 PETER Barnes and Miss Barbara Duthy whose companions died of thirst motoring across the Sahara have left Kano Nigeria, by air for Britain, according to a cable received today. Reuter
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    25 8 THE Indonesian air force has ordered a small number of De Havilland Vampire jet trainers from England, it was disclosed today. UP
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    194 8 LONDON, June 8, (Reuter) —The British in their attitude to Communism were guided by the fact that their Parliament does not bar Communists from becoming members, Sir lan Fraser, president of the British Legion, told Commonwealth exservicemen's leaders here today. Sir lan Fraser, war-blinded Conservative Member
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    86 8 xt TP^?' June 8 (UP)-The Nationalist Chinese government was seriously concerned today in reports that Red China was attempting to gather eight million overseas Chinese signatures on a liberate Formosa" declaration. Local press dispatches said Red Chinese missions throughout South-east Asia were gathering
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    41 8 LONDON, June 8 (AP) Queen Elizabeth II today honoured the Prime Minister of Iraq. General Nuri Es-Said Pasha, by conferring on him the insignia of the Grand Cross of St. Michael and St George at Buckingham Palace
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    101 8 ROME, June 8 (AP)— Actor Bruce Cabot yesterday denied testimony by his wife that he fathered an illegitimate child in Italy. The film veteran also denied he is the father of his wife's child. A California court has ordered him to support this child. Cabot said
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    148 8 The Butler Stole From His Dying Master NORWICH. East England. June 8 (Reuter) A butler who "grievously betrayed his trust" after 27 years' service wa s jailed for six years here for stealing from his dying master. The butler, Rodwell Clifford Patience. 46, was caught after a barman, who was
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    419 8 ADENAUER 'CONDITIONALLY' ACCEPTS A MOSCOW INVITATION —East Germany's Communist Party line Goes Awry As BONN, June 8 Dr. Konrad Adenauei the West German Chancellor, decided with his Cabinet today to "conditionally" accept the Soviet invitation to visit Moscow, an authoritative source said. Dr Adenauer was publishing an official government declaration
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    72 8 photo. 225, 11 bICW ln w i* h a roar «c e »«y at Huntington SSm' California, spouting mud. water and rock s over Kmi r area i- u Znger of fire forced the closin ff of the Pacific Coast Highway and the evacuation of 100
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    190 8 The Big-Four Talks WASHINGTON, June 8, (AP) President Eisenhower said today he will not insist on limiting the projected top-level Big Four conference to three or four days if there were prospects that more time could be well spent. But Mr. Eisenhower told a
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    311 8 Attlee Decides To Give Up Top Post In October o L0 Nl i? N Jui e 8 (^"te^-Mr. Clement Attlec Britain's 72-year-old former Labour Prime Minister has decided to relinquish the leadership of the Labour Party in October, it is learned authoritatively. When the Party meets for its annual delegate
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    116 8 Extra Troops To Guard Thai Border BANGKOK, June 8 (Reuter) five refugees have arrived' JfVf f m he Tha i autonomo," state in Yunnan, Communist China— considered by the Thai Government as jumping-of» ground for possible Chine P invasion of Thailand—?^ have given Thai police v a able information, police
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    83 8 TOKYO, June 8 (UP)— Tn? Japanese press reported today the arrest of a ring of American sailors. Koreans and Japanese on charges of stea ing highly-secret radio equipment in the U.S. naval base at Yokosuka. Because the radio eqi;:nment, valued at 14 million yen (M$ 117.000). would
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    30 8 AUSTRIA, today became the first country to complete ratification of the state treaty signed last month by the foreign ministers of the big four-power s and Austria. Reuter
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    171 8 MILAN, Italy, June 8 (UP) Eighteen-year-old Bruno Vecchio had troubles galore yesterday because she is "too beautiful." She was kicked out of school recently because her picture appeared on a weekly magazine cover in a skimpy Bikini bathing suit But the resultant uproar and public discussion
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    355 9 There, says the report, the wife and brother of a junior district officer named J. Ahmad killed a snake in their home. Immediately troubles began and since April neither Mr. Ahmad nor his familv rave had more than scattered winks of sleep, as a r- suit.
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    68 9  -  HAROLD MILKS The Ahmads are Moslems. But the same revenge for snakes extends to the vast majority of India's 370 million peoples, whatever their religion Many believe that snakes are the reincarnation of people now dead, and that harming them may bring visits from
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    439 9  - Refugee Experts SHUN Red Offers To Return DAVID J. ROADS HONG KONG. THE Chinese CommuA nists are still trying to locate trained scientific personnel in Hong Kong to get them to return to Red China and engage in various work projects. However. Indications are that despite attractive offers and guarantees
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    78 9 Why they don't kill SNAKES "No. you cant hare a vanilla flavoured milk-shake!' "Wouldn't It he better, dear, if you let go after you'd got it started?' Since Adam's days there seems to be a strange complicity between WOMEN and SNAKES, and this swimming suit, by Heard, leading Paris sports
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    1432 9 MADRAS. A LEFTIST Indian aglta- tor. son of Pandit Motilal Nehru, the late legal luminary of Uttar Pradesh, visited Moscow in 1927, when the Bolshevik regime was hardly a decade old. He had been an ardent reader of Marxist and Leninist literature and was marked out by the
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    35 9 Nehru's visit to Moscow /n<//a carried "soothing breeze" to U.S. from China Pearl-fishing in Indian Ocean to be developed Pickpockets are doing "roaring trade" in most Indian cities Vice-President Radhakrishnan speaks on spiritual coherence
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    432 9 JNDIAN Christians who were untouchables are for the most part an unhappy community. Most of them have not lost the stigma of untouchability—they are known as untouchable Christians in many areas and they cannot enjoy the special opportunities offered under the new legislation.
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      314 9 p| II E c Indies (7) u. l%j t a Y. Link up the carriages again D CC about sweethearts (8) < ♦u- «t th*. 9- Busier in the ring? (6) 1. Movement must be like this 14 Found on foot or tree (5) 7 v. i 15. One local
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    322 10 'HALT TRADE WITH REDS' Standard Shipping Reporter BRITISH shipping trade with Red China has been criticised by America, when Senator John McClellan urged the U.S. State Department to "take some forceful action with his country's allies to halt their trade with Red China." He referred to the merchandise that is
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    66 10 NEGOTIATIONS for the acquisition by Siamese Tin Syndicate Ltd. of the interests of Renong Consolidated Tin Dredging Co.. Ltd.. Katu Tin Dredging Ltd. and Burma Malay Tin Ltd. are taking place between the boards of the companies concerned. Siamese Tin are carrying out a survey of
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    204 10 MR. M. EZEKIEL, (right), a leading optometrist from Jakarta arrived in Singapore on Tuesday, on the first leg of a world tour to study latest developments in the optical industry. He will leave on Sunday for Bangkok, Hongkong. Japan, Australia. Honolulu, America, Canada, United Kingdom,
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    28 10 The Malayan Exchange Banks' Association made the following changes in its rates to merchants yesterday Selling. T.T. or O.D. ready: Deutsche Marks 1364; Swedish Kronor 168?.
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    53 10 WORLD cotton production in the 1954-1955 year is now estimated at 36,200,000 bales of 500 lbs. each, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The new figure is an increase of 1,500.000 bales over an earlier estimate, but Is 1.800.000 bales less than the 1953-54 production
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    358 10 Stable Tin Market For Another Year Is Forecast US. TO RUN SMELTER TILL '56 Standard Market Reporter THE decision of the United States Government to remain in the tin smelting businessfor at least another year will have a stabilizing effect on ttie tin mfrklt according to Malayan trade circles who
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      543 10 US. Industries Hail Women Stockholders FIFTY -TWO per cent of the stockholders of the 1.000 top corporations in the United States are women, results of a recent nation-wide survey disclose. The survey further shows that 40 per cent of the customers of investment bond houses are women. "Many women are
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      85 10 GOVERNOR GENERAL. Sir Oliver Goonetilleke in a speech at the opening session of the Ceylon Parliament on Tuesday, said the Government will consider a scheme to get stable prices for tea rubber and coconut. Prices of these have been shifting rapidly recently. Sir Oliver also told members
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      164 10 IRAN ha s told Japan and Italy she was not prepared to sell them oil on a barter basis unless their goods were as cheap or cheaper than those t»f other countries. She also denied reports here that the Western Consortium, which extracts and markets
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    139 10 RUBBER CLOSES FIRM THE rubber market in Singapore yesterday closed firm at 99| cents per lb. for first grade June shipment, a rise of cent on Tuesday. Short-covering purchases towards the close, firmed the market to the highest level for the day. Traders reported good acceptances from the Continent for
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    170 10 PEPPER was again steady at the Singapore Chinese I duce Exchange yesie; when 30 tons of both black i white varieties to the value o! $80,000 changed hands. Noon closing prices er picul) at the Exchange won Muntok white $183, Sarawak white $182 (both up $3).
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    132 10 SINGAPORE sharebrokers reported the following business done F and N ords $1.75; Henry Waugh $1.52J; Malayan Cement $1.50; Metal Box $1.40: O.T.E.C. 101/-; Robinson ords $2.30 overnight, today, $2.32i today; Spore Cold Storage $1.72£; Singapore Traction ords 23/4J; Straits Steamship $13.60: Wm Jacks $3.07J; Wearne Bros $2.70 lo
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    30 10 THIS year the Englis'rs Electric Canberra jet bombed goes into service with the Royal Air Force in Germar.y in yet another new role— as a night interdictor.
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    112 10 OUTER ROADS S.H.B. WHARVES Java. Hoi Houw. Van Riemsd- Malav fi Corfu R Qiinfla m jik. Aw a Maru, Cornelius Fnnhi lJ^Jn i* 'nJtX, i« Maersk. Velebit. Straat Malakka, |?l an dia 19 KaXnff 2? P B»r?tn Hein Hoyer. Bustler, Jansens. I? Fiv S» Arrn 3 g
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    122 10 CHOP FOOK ON, of South Bridge Road, Singapore, have been declared winners of the Kolynos toothpaste window display competition, organised by the local agents, Muller and Phipp s (Malaya) Ltd.. in which over 15 Singapore firms took part. The winners will receive $200. Standard picture shows
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    108 10 SIR Harry Railing, Chairman and Managing Director of the General Electric Company, announced in London at the weekend that the UK electrical industry hoped to be capable, very soon of generating from 8 per cent to 11 per cent of the present maximum output of
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    34 10 THREE Sunderland shipyards have received orders valued at £5 million to build a total of eight ore-carrying ships, bring the total tonnage of new orders this year at Sunderland to 220,000 tons.
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    39 10 MR. SAMUEL Waugh. the U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs, has left New York for London, on his way to Geneva where he will sign new trade agreements with Japan and Switzer. land.- Reuter
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    195 10 MALAYAN rubber shares were still firmer yesterday, with a little more business possible at the higher levels. Most industrials generally continued to ease slightly, while there was an improvement in tins in both the value and turnover. The share market will be closed today for
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    28 10 MAY rubber crops anno:- > ed are: Allenby 33.000 Benta 50,500 lb.; Jeram Kuantan 55.000 lb.; Kundong 36 sflO lb.; Mentakab 67.500 lb.; Sungei Bagan 125.000 lb.
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    8 12 LOVELY GOWNS Brought At The American Club I
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    632 12  -  Gerree Read Says IVINE of Singapore's top fashion houses displayed their models at a fashion show held at the American Club on Tuesday. This mast successful show was organized by three members of the American Woman's Auxiliary, and the venture was assured of success when tiny
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    340 12 pOR a gir,l of moods here r is a longer hair style that Is as versatile as her personality, writes HELEN I HUGH. Designed by Mayfair stylist Martin. Douglas, it should prove to any re- maining Doubting Dorothy just how prettily feminine a
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    49 12 Sleepytime Swimsuit pic. NEWEST version of summertime sleepwear is this "bathing suit" model created by Luxite Lingerie in Chicago. Designed to have the same lines as a dressmaker swim suit, the short— short night gown is made of black nylon over blue nylon, giving it an iridescent effect.- UP
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      429 12 TODAY'S QUOTATION: Wm* mWHWm lip Dp m illi mUp mil m them without help if nece.-- "\\> hardly find any hjm^Jtf^tf^^mJif^JtJSt^ Jl sarv Adjust readily to the persons of good sense gTHj v HE**! events of the day save those who agree with mJOSt fcl ttT^mtii ill ITfeßAe SCORPIO— Oct.
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    79 13 HOUSE B of De la Salle School in Kampong Bahru Road won the beautiful championship cup at the annual school sports held on the school grounds yesterday. Before the distribution of prizes by Mrs. Quah 800 Ghee, the Director of the School, the Rev. Brother William told the
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    92 13 oosened First Day Don't let coughing, sneezing. Choking attacks of Bronchitis or Asthma ■b your sleep and energy another day or night without trying MENDaCO. This great medicine Is not A amok*. Injection or spray, but works through the blood, tlraa reaching the if and bronchial tubes. The
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    244 13 LONDON, June 8 (Reuter)— Many important games had to be abandoned due to heavy rain which fell in London yesterday. The first Test between England and the South Africans may not take place tomorrow because of ground condition. Incessant rain from early yesterday morning has soaked
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    406 13 World's Best Clash At Wimbledon On June 20 LONDON, June 8 (Reuter)— The Wimbledon lawn tennis tournament, regarded as the world championships and, with its thronging, fashion consciouscrowds as the sports biggest social gathering, has attracted all the world's leading players according to the final list of acceptances. The only
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    132 13 Today's Sport SOCCER: Div. 1 Tiger S.A. vs. Star Soccerites at Jalan Besar at 5.15 p.m.; Div. 3B—Blue Rovers S.C. vs. Y.C.A.A. at C.U.: Darul Afiah S.C. vs. Social A.P. at C.Y.M.A. Government Services League Div. 2—Survey r*._JSXXC. ."3" -at. Farrer Park; Social Welfare vs. Prisons at Printing; Land Office
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    78 13 McNAIR Cricket Club beat Victoria School by 63 runs in a friendly cricket match played on the VS ground yesterday. McNair CC 108. H. Perera 27, N Perera 12, Thomas O. Raj 12, Mohd. Laily 10. Eric Retnam three for 15, Retnam three for 18, Fong
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    83 13 TAIPEI, Formosa, June 8 (Renter) Nationalist China will boycott the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne if Communist China is admitted, Dr. Gunson Hoh, Chairman of the Chinese Nationalist Olympic Committee said yesterday. Dr. Hoh told a Press conference that his com- mittee had asked for
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    110 13 Lomas Joins Elect Band Of TT Riders DOUGLAS, Isle of Man, June 8 (Reuter) Bill Lomas, British winner of Monday's junior event on a Guzzi, scored another' great triumph in the Tourist Trophy Motorcycling races here today when he won the lightweight 250 c.c. International on an Italian M.V. Augusta.
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    516 13 Persidja Edge Colony Without Dominating Persidja 1. Singapore 0. Thio Hok Pie. Mr. John Ferguson refereed. INDONESIA'S Persidja soccer team scored a brilliant 1-0 victory over Singapore in *ndly soccer match played at Jalan Besar Stadium night. The match, played before a paying crowd ol 6,105 people, was thrill-packed from
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    258 13 League And Cup Soccer Results Jacks Sports Club beat the Bata Sports Club by one goal to nil in the SBHFA League and Cup Group C match played at Farrer Park yesterday. Billy Teo scored for the winners. Mr. P w C. Hedger refereed S.C.S. beat Mansfield 3-0 in a
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    79 13 LONDON, June 8 (Reuter) Next week's Royal Ascot Race meeting, one of the social and sports highlights of the year, will be cancelled if the British National rail strike continues until next Saturday, the Jockey Club announced yesterday. They did so with the approval of
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    650 13 ZAINAB IS CHAMPION OF HAIC SCHOOL ZAINAB binte Jumari became the individual champion in the "A" division and was awarded the best perforformance cup at the third annual athfetic sports meet of the Haig Girls' School held on the school ground on Tuesday. Rosie Tan and Bedah binte Salleh were
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    171 14 One-time conqueror of Ong Poh Lim, Hoo Chye teas ousted irom the third singles berth for Malaya by the same player. He is supposed to be one of Malaya's top singles players but how good is Hoo Chye? A Selangor champion who > would have
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    1335 14  -  Peter Kum (ZetiieuA PrtepectA KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— The greatest of the great badminton aces of this nuclear age will start their fight tomorrow for the priceless honour of being 'the champ' in the so-called •fourteenth Malayan open badminton championships.' Calling it the 'Malayan championships' is a cross
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    314 14 Two Fight, A Team 'Walk Out SINGAPORE Business Houses footballers, playing in the opening fixtures of the association's league and cup competition, had a partilularly rough and unhappy day yesterday. Two players fought one team staged a walkout, and frayed tempers marred the matches. The Colony and Singapore Telephone Board
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    40 14 CUSTOMS Sports Club beat Kinta Rangers by two goals to pne in a Singapore Div. 2A league soccer match played at Jalan Besar Stadium last night. Talib scored both goals for Customs while Gurunathan scored for the losers.
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    40 14 WOODBRIDGE Hospital beat the Malayan Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve by an only goal scored by Mohamed Riffen in a Singapore Government Services Division 1 League played at the P. T ground yesterday. Mr. Greg de Silva refereed.
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    874 14 er could only finish eleventh to Arctic Wind over the mile. He was ridden by America's wellknown jockey Johnny Longden. It was in August that Sound Barrier came into his own— the August maiden plate £336 over the mile and 110 yards at Epsom
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    179 14 CLASSIFICATION of horses issued by the 'Straits Racing Association yesterday are as follows: TRANSFERS From Class 3 to Class 2: Pink Ticket. The Camel, Sooka, Irish Elegance. From Class 3 to Class 4: Cynosure. Sybil's Pride Velocity, Abington, Victorious. From Class 4 to Class 3: Pride of Phoenix,
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    263 14 Badminton 's Greatest Player? Its Still Sautter! In this letter to the Sports Editor, Sir George Thomas replies to a n^^tSFSLZ&Stf* better from "You s*d mouthful" in your issue of yesterday? It is nothing new for old-time and new-time critics to differ, and it is. in mv oninion a verv
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    379 14 Sonneville Scalps Natekar But Only In Exhibition KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— Nandu Natekar, India's badminton ace, was beaten 15-10, 15-9 by Ferry Sonneville of Indonesia at the Selangor Badminton Hall tonight but before we pass judgment let me emphasise that it was purely an exhibition. Nevertheless, it was an exhibition which
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    70 14 A BRIGHT knock of 60 runs not out by Yunus, scored in 75 minutes, saved Beatty Secondary School from certain defeat in their inter-school cricket match against Anglo-Chinese School played at Hong Lim Green yesterday. The match ended in a draw. ACS 128 for nine
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    73 14 NOTTINGHAM. June 8. (RtJ. ter) South Africa announced the following 13 nlayers. local from whom the ffal 11 for the first test against England will at chosen here tomorrow morning J. Chettham (Capt.\ D. J McGlew, T. Goddard. J Waite. R Endean, R McLean P Winslow. P. Mansell.
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