Singapore Standard, 17 June 1955

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    17 1 Singapore Standard vH 1 Vol. V. No. 346 SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, JUNE 17, 1955 14 PAGES 15 CENTS
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    Lock icon Robert Scoff Succeeds MacD
    223 1 Robert Scoff Succeeds MacD SIR Robert Heatlie Scott, i K.C.M.G., C.8.E.. who was a Japanese prisoner-of-war throughout the < occupation of Malaya, will succeed Mr. Mal- colm MacDonald as Commissioner General for the United Kingdom in South-east Asia, at the end of September this year, it was announced yesterday. Sir
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    Lock icon 13 MEN PERISH IN SUB DISASTER
    192 1 13 MEN PERISH IN SUB DISASTER PORTLAND, England, June 16 A torpedo explosion sank the British submarine Sidon today and killed 13 men including two heroic officers who dashed aboard and died trying to save the trapped men. Other members of the crew saved themselves jumping into the sea. Seven
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    Lock icon 250 Ships Held Up By Dock Strike
    90 1 LONDON, June 16 (UP) Wildcat strikes today forced the blue-ribbon liner Queen Mary to cancel its sailing for New York, stranding 1,750 passengers. Many passengers complained they are "nearly broke." The strikes, of dock workers, seamen and caterers have tied up 250 ships
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    Lock icon LEADERS PLANNED VIOLENCE Marshall Explains Arrests
    1150 1 LEADERS PLANNED VIOLENCE Marshall Explains Arrests SCHOOLGIRLS USE GOVT. FEKRY SERVICE Thr eat To Internal Security SINGAPORE's Chief Minister Mr. David Marshall revealed last night that the six trade union leaders, recently arrested under the Emergency Regulations, were held on information that they were planning violence under cover of the
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    Lock icon Labour Unrest Menaces Colony Entrepot Trade
    271 1 DECLINE WILL HIT STRIKERS THE EFFECTS of the recent labour unrest and this week's general strike will hit Singapore far more adversely than the loss of a few million dollars in trade registered to date. The strike has acted as a stimulus to other
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    Lock icon 'Big Lift' Moves Into Top Gear
    466 1 200 Lorries To Run Today MORE than 10,000 school children had free lifts to and from school as Singapore Government's free lorry transport service plan moved into top gear yesterday. And today there will be about 200 lorries to bring in not only school
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    Lock icon REVOLT AGAINST PERON
    102 1 REVOLT AGAINST PERON WASHINGTON, June 16 (AP) Diplomatic sources said yesterday that first reports of an attack on Government House in Buenos Aires indicate a military revolt has broken out there against the regime of President Juan D. Peron. How. serious is the revolt against Peron, now involved in a
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    Lock icon FOUR AT A TIME
    25 1 NEW HAVEN. June 16 (AP) —Quadruplets all boys were born on Wednesday to a New Haven couple in St Raphael's Hospital.
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    Lock icon 'Blunder To Send Aussies To Malaya'
    110 1 CANBERRA, June 16 (Reuter)— Leader of the opposition, Dr. Herbert Evatt, said today the decision of the Government to send Australian troops to Malaya to fight the terrorists was a "very grave blunder." Calling on the Government to review its decision he said it
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    Lock icon GIRL POISONED
    36 1 PRETTY Moh Ai Lee, a 22-year-old girl living in Bukit Ho Swee in Singapore, was admitted to the General Hospital last night after she was found suffering from corrosive acid poisoning in her home.
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    Lock icon BAO DAI DEPOSED
    34 1 PARIS, June 16 (Reuter)— The Council of the royal family of Vietnam today announced that Bao Dai. head of State, has been deposed, according to France Presse Agency reports from Saigon.
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    Lock icon POLICE WARN S'PORE MOTORISTS
    157 1 A Police spokesman said yesterday that the burning of cars may be in some way connected with the situation in the Singapore Harbour Board as most of these attacks have taken place in that area. The Police warned all motorists to park their cars whenever possible,
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    Lock icon 'Itch' Raises An Eyebrow
    206 1 NEW YORK. June 15 (Reuter > a Roman Catholic organisation has branded Marilyn Monroe's latest film "The Seven-Year Itch" as "morally objectionable." It claims the film treats marital fidelity "in a flippant and farcical manner" and that costumes, dialogue and situations are "suggestive." alone for the
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    Lock icon A Picture That Tells Its Own Story
    151 2 A Picture That Tells Its Own Story 2 IN their hour of adverj sity, the people of SingaW pore have sunk their dif- ferences to help one an--2 other. Harassed by the transport stoppage, the tuan besar does not hes- itate to give his lowly tamby a lift back home;
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    Lock icon COMMODITY PRICES
    162 2 COMMODITY PRICES CLOSING rubber prices (cents per lb.) in Singapore yesterday were: Buyers Sellers No. 1 R.S.S. Spot Loose 109* 109! No. 1 R.S.S. f.o.b. June 106 106 J No. 2 1031 103, No. 3 98 V 99 Tone Erratic. TIN PRICE The price of tin yesterday was 5364i per
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    Lock icon Five Years In Bed China Celt
    590 3  -  ANDREW FANG By Standard Staff Correspondent HE SAW THE COMMUNISTS ENGULF HELPLESS TIBET > BRAINWASHING? There is no such word. This is the authoritative opinion of an Englishman who was for five years the subject of the process of reeducation which some authors have
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    Lock icon Kerosene Explosion Set Him On Fire
    150 3 TAN Soo Choon, a bank bill collector, died two days after a pressure burner exploded and burnt hfs clothes, the Singapore Coroner's Court was told yesterday. A tinsmith, Chong Ah i .Fong. told the court that ''Tan came to his shop, in Joo Chiat
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    Lock icon TRANSFERRED
    31 3 f MR. S. AMBALAVANAR. hospital assistant in-charge of Jerantut Dispensary, has been transferred to the District Hospital Bentong. Mr. K. Haril:ngam from Fraser's Hill has taken his place at Jerantut.
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    Lock icon SALK VACCINE NOT YET FOR US SAYS DR. LEE
    269 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— Dr. Lee Tiang Keng, Federal Member for Health, today advised Malayans to await the results of current U.S. tests on the antipolio Salk vaccine before using it. "The risk of vaccination at present appears to me to outweigh
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    Lock icon Gangsters Beat Her
    56 3 A 35-YEAR-OLD Singapore woman. Hoh Ah Poh, was admitted to the General Hospital last evening in a critical condition after a gang assaulted and stabbed her on the head in Aljunied Road. It is believed that the woman, had frequent quarrels with the neighbours over the supply
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    Lock icon Dato Gets Ready
    50 3 DATO Onn bin Ja'afar. leader of the Party Negara, is contesting the Johore Bahru seat in the Federal elections next month. Picture shows Dato Onn leaving the District Officer's premises in Johore Bahru after submitting his nomination papers. With him is his election agent Inche Aii Hassan.
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    Lock icon Seamen Have A Plan To End Corruption'
    250 3 A delegation from the Malayasian seamen's union will see Singapore's Chief Minister, on a variety of subjects relating to Asian seamen's welfare in the Colony. trade limit that will enable local deck officers to get better jobs out from the Colony port. A
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    Lock icon 'Not Guilt' To Stabbing
    47 3 LEUNG Ah Chiu. alias Leong An Chew, claimed trial in a Singapore Court yesterday to a charge of voluntarily causing hurt to See Peng Wai with a dagger at Syed Alwi Road on Tuesday. He was remanded in the Central lock-up till Saturday.
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    Lock icon Thirsty Boy Ran Straight Into Bus
    163 3 Thirsty Boy Ran Straight Into Bus AN 11-year-old schoolboy, Low Kim Lee, was run over by a Singapore Traction Company trolley bus while crossing Kallang Road, to buy ice-water, the Coroner's Court was told yesterday. Low's elder brother, Kim Yam. told the court that they were on their way to
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    Lock icon RUBBER QUOTED AT $1.11
    76 3 RUBBER QUOTED AT $1.11 SPECULATION was rife once again in the Singapore rubber market yesterday on which spot rubber was traded at $I.IIJ at one stage of the business, the big premium over July shipment which closed at $1.06, cent above Wednesday) being due to a shortage of nearby rubber.
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    Lock icon Driving Case Transferred
    79 3 JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs. Cpl. Robert Moncrieff was charged in the Magistrate's Court today with driving a car on April 8 in a dangerous manner without a driving licence and without being covered by an insurance policy. The case was ordered to be sent to the Sessions Court
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    Lock icon Someone's Keepsake
    48 3 SINGAPORE Police have recovered a silver badge and chain, suspected to be stolen property. The silver badge has inscribed on it the following: "W.R.D. L. Spruce, 1934." Anyone with information regarding this ornament is asked to get in touch with Inspector Ratnasingham, Tel. 2400 ext. 377.
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    Lock icon Lecture On Islam Religion
    43 3 IPOH, Thurs.— The adviser to the Indonesian Ministry of Religion. Haji Abdul Malik Karim Amirullah, more widely known as Hamka, will give a talk on the Islam religion at the New Town Paloh Mosque on Friday at 5 p.m.
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    Lock icon OLD BOYS MEET
    25 3 St. Andrew's Old Boys' Association will hold their annual meeting at the Victoria Memorial Hall on Saturday June 25. at 4.30 p.m.
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    Lock icon Mr. Stripes Was Too Absorbed With Dinner To Worry About Noisy Man
    253 4 Mr. Stripes Was Too Absorbed With Dinner To Worry About Noisy Man RAUB, Thurs.—Banging empty tins and screaming in fear, a gratip of horrified Public Works Department labourers in Tranum, on Tuesday, watched a tiger, disregarding them completely, slowly approach a cowshed, kill two cows, maul another and just as
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    Lock icon 'ANZEX' SEA EXERCISE PHASE 111 ENDS
    332 4 'ANZEX' SEA EXERCISE PHASE 111 ENDS 'Enemy Raiders Attack' Convoy ONE enemy cruiser sunk and two enemy submarines destroyed." This terse communique issued at Naval Operations Headquarters, Singapore, yesterday signalled the successful conclusion of Phase 111 of one o_ the biggest post-war naval exercises that is -now going on in
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    Lock icon SIX TIMES AROUND
    76 4 A WOMAN who started flying in 1913 and has been round the world six times, flew into Singapore yesterday. She is Mrs Grace Hynes, (above) a New Zealander, who said the only country she has not visited so far is Alaska "I propose to go there next
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    Lock icon Row Over Ring Ends In Divorce
    295 4 Wife Deserts After 6 Mths. A SINGAPORE lawyer, Miss W. A.. Goh, asked a young husband in the Divorce Court yesterday: "Do you think a woman of 18 knows all about the facts of life?" The husband, Wong Pak Fal, unhesitatingly replied "Yes, she
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    Lock icon Two Youths Knifed In Gang Clash
    68 4 Two Youths Knifed In Gang Clash TWO Singapore youths, a fitter and a carpenter, were found stabbed 50 yards apart following a gang clash in Lorong 23, ofi Geylang Road, last night. Fitter Wong Fatt had stab wounds on the chest while carpenter Aw Ong Kok was wounded on the
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    Lock icon Driver Is Beaten Up By Thugs
    68 4 Driver Is Beaten Up By Thugs A SINGAPORE lorry driver who went to a "red light area in Pearl's Hill Road last night was beaten up following a squabble with a harlot. He sustained severe head injuries when the harlot's "strong arm" thugs threw a brick at* him. As the
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    Lock icon UNION TO MEET
    24 4 A GENERAL meeting of the Singapore Shop Employees' Union is scheduled for Sunday at 10.30 a.m., to discuss improvement of conditions.
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    Lock icon Taxi Owners And Drivers Don't Agree
    237 4 THE secretary of the Taxi Transport Association representing the drivers, Mr. Lee Sin Lai, told The Standard that the hire fees of a new taxi for a day was $15. His Association is trying to get this reduced to $12. The association will also
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    Lock icon RUBBERIZED LEVEL CROSSING KILLS ALL BUMPS
    218 4 RUBBERIZED LEVEL CROSSING KILLS ALL BUMPS KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— You may soon be riding not only with rubber on wheels of trains but also run across their tracks on the same soft foamy comfort. The world's first rubber level crossing has just been installed in America and has been found
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    Lock icon FISHERMAN FINED & PUT ON BOND
    216 4 FISHERMAN FINED PUT ON BOND PENANG, Thurs.— A car driver from Kedah, Kader bin Mohamed, alleged in the Magistrate's Court today that the "work" of a fisherman, Mat Isa bin Abdul Fatah of Tanjong Tokong Village, was to "keep" other people's wives. "His aim is to make my wife a
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    Lock icon Jailed For Negligence
    81 4 JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs.— In the Sessions Court, Kluang, Yee Hin Soon, was sentenced to five months' Imprisonment and a fine of $1,000, in default four months, for doing a negligent act not amounting to culpable homicide. On April 26 he drove a car along the Kluang-Ayer Hitam
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    Lock icon LAFAYETTE AT PENANG
    35 4 PENANG. Thurs. The French aircraft carrier. Lafayette, arrived .in Penang from Singapore today. The vessel, which is homeward bound, will remain here till June 18. Her next port of call is Colombo.
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    Lock icon PAVILION FOR JUBILEE
    63 5 um*l U s 4 *»P»?»o» ot the pavilion which is to be built at the Istana Besar, Johore Bahru for the celebration of the Sultan of Johores Diamond Jubilee v r< VP -JJL hlch w be orally celebrated on SeptemJ" T *»e Pavilion will be able to
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    Lock icon 2 Jailed For Robbing Taxi Drivers
    124 5 2 Jailed For Robbing Taxi Drivers TWO men who robbed three taxi drivers in 24 hours were sentenced to a total of 11 years' imprisonment in the Singapore Assize Court yesterday. The men, T_n Chuan and Peh Kiat Leng hired a taxi driven by Tan Tai Yin at 10 p.m.
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    Lock icon Brigade Plans New Division
    79 5 Brigade Plans New Division THE St. John Ambulance Brigade, Singapore, plans to establish a new ambulance division known as the "Paglar Ambulance Division." attached to Headquarters. Recruitment is open to all nationalities who are able to speak and understand English and possess the St. John Ambulance Association First Aid Certificate.
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    Lock icon DINNER OFF
    30 5 THE annual combined dinner of the Old Rafflesians* Association and the Raffles Old Girls' Association to be held tonight has been postponed indefinitely because of the present situation.
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    Lock icon 'Labour Position In Johore State Needs Watching' – Official
    246 5 'Labour Position In Johore State Needs Watching' Official No Unrest As Yet, But... JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs. The Deputy Commissioner for Labour, Mr. E. H. Walsworth Bell, told The Standard today that although labour strikes have not spread from Singapore to Johore, where there is a labour force of about 78,000,
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    Lock icon Unconditional Release Sought
    44 5 THE Colony Waterfront Workers' Unions, at a meetnig last night, decided "in the interests of the public" to ask Government to release the six detained trade union leaders unconditionally. This was revealed by Mr. Chan Kok Lin, spokesman of the Unions.
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    Lock icon Unfairness Made Him try Suicide
    135 5 A MAN who was not given a fair deal by his uncle, tried to end his life by drinking insecticide. This was told by the Police prosecutor. Inspector M. Majid. to the Singapore Fifth Police Court Magistrate. Mr. R. B. I. Pates, yesterday. when Lim
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    Lock icon Alliance Confident Of Big Victory In Perak
    274 5 Alliance Confident Of Big Victory In Perak IPOH, Thurs. Confidence in an Alliance cleansweep in the 10 Perak constituencies at the Federal election was expressed by Mr. Leong Yew Koh, honorary secretary-general of the M. C. A. and an Alliance candidate for the Ipoh and Menglembu constituency. When asked about
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    Lock icon TEA PARTY POSTPONED
    42 5 A TEA party to be given by the Singapore Animal Lovers League to all teachers in charge of member school groups at the Adelphi Hotel this afternoon, has been postponed to Friday, July 1. on acrount of transport difficulties.
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    Lock icon MILITARY BAND
    22 5 THE band of the Royal Welch Fusiliers will play at the Bontanic Gardens on Sunday from 5 to 6.15 p.m.
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    Lock icon NATIONAL COSTUMES
    76 5 THESE girls are wearing their national costumes in which they appeared in the pageant "The Triumph of Harmony" held by the Girls' Friendly Society, at the Albert Hall. London, on the occasion of the Society's 80th birthday, on June 11. The girls are from left. Lailton Albakri, 21.
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    Lock icon Aviation Head's New Designation
    115 5 SINGAPORE Government last night announced that the post of Director-General of Civil Aviation, Malaya/ Borneo Region, has been abolished and the head of the Department in Singapore has been re-gazetted as DirectorGeneral of Civil Aviation, Singapore. The Director-General will continue to act as Director of Civil
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      253 5 Standard dllmanac Information at a Glance ITINGAPORE CHINESE YMCA: Table tennis 2 p.m. Bodybuilding Spm. Commercial class 5 p.m. Wrestling practice 7 p.m. SPORE .11 DO (Lilt: Judo practice 6 pra. Demonstration 7 pm Randori Spm. L'SIS: Free film show— News Magazine No. 44. Village and the Road Our Times
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      280 5 a.m Housewives' Choice (S): 10 30 Friday Matinee (KL) 1 p.m. Music witli a Lilt (M); 1.30 News (S); 1.40 Dance Band (M): 6 p.m. Announcements and Programme Summary (Si; 602 Forces Favourites (S); 6 40 Shirley Abicair (S) 655 Regional Announcements (S); 6 56 Singapore Share Market Report (S);
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      350 5 While You Work (16 82. 19 59m): 1.30 8.8.C. News 1 16 82m); 1.40 Orchestra (16.82m); 145 Ballad Time (16 82m); 2 p.m. Australian Sport (16.82m); 2 15 News (19.59m); 2.25 Newsoaper Opinion (19.59m); 2 30 Dance Bands (19.59m); 245 Australian Composers (19.59m); 3 pm Quintet (19.59m); 330 Songs from
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      916 6 HPHE GOVERNMENTS first move to break the prevailing strike by organizing free transport for school children is most welcome. Coupled with the determination expressed by taxi drivers and trishaw riders to defy the threats and intimidation by subversive elements in their continued attempts to disrupt the industrial life
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    Lock icon VOTE PEP. OUCH!
    847 6 VOTE PEP. OUCH Sir;— Politics are in the air. I am not wholly satisfled wtth the programmes of any of our present parties. In any case I don't think we should take our politics too seriously. So I have decided to start a new party. Perhaps I may crave the
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      Lock icon LESSON
      82 6 Sir;— Mr. Quraishy, the Ahmadiyyah missionary in Singapore, seems to take pride that the Ahmadiyyah Movement in Islam is hostile to Bahai religion. I do not know much about Bahai religion, but I do know about the Ahmadiyyah sect and am not, therefore, surprised at Mr. Quraishy's confession of
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    Lock icon REVIEW OF VIEWS
    296 6 The Strike THE present labour crisis in Singapore must be settled immediately, Utusan Melayu says in an editorial. It is heartening to note that the strikes have been carried out caimly and that Government is handling the situation with tact but this does not mean that the
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    Lock icon MR. ERIC WEE REPLIES
    195 6 Sir: In reply to "A Member" 'requesting clarification of the position of the Young Progressives in relation to the Progressive Party, I would like to point out that the statement Mr. Ameer Jumabhoy made at the annual general meeting was later clarified by the Chairman. Unfortunately
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    Lock icon BUDDHIST THANKS
    123 6 Sir;— We, the Buddhists of Singapore fully appreciate the kind and generous gesture of the Local Government in declaring the birthdays of the Prophet Mohamed and Lord Buddha as public holidays in Singapore. We are sure that if the present Government takes such keen interest in all religions,
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    Lock icon SHB Strike
    90 6 Sir; The negotiations between the Harbour Board and its Staff Association has ended in a deadlock again. I was informed that negotiations first started in early 1952 and Mr. C. C. Tan was then the Association's Legal adviser who took an active part as a member of the
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    1249 6  - America Is The Place For You Alastair Buchan LIKE POLITICS THEN By WASHINGTON: IF you enjoy politics, the United States is the country to live in. Although elections for the Presidency take place only at four-year intervals and for Congress at two-year intervals, there is hard'y a month of the
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    Lock icon An Impertinent 'Demand'
    388 6 Sir; I feel that I must take you to task on the subject matter of the correspondence appearing in your newspaper signed "INCONVENIENCED." The latest letter published by you contains in Its last paragraph an impertinent "demand" that a market be erected immediately by this Company. It
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    429 7 To Make Contact Vienna Resumed '«e Think We Know The Coal'-Macmillan NEW YORK, June 16 (Reuter)— "Wh_f v- do is to deal with the l&rtto^aS 1^ progress we can," said British Foreign IS ff Harold MacmUlan to pressmen w°h^Va^e7^y the Big Fonr»
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    237 7 Cowdrey Quiz In Commons LONDON, June 16 (Reuter) A Conservative Member of Parliament today pressed the Government to say why the England Test cricketer. Colin Cowdrey, had been discharged from the Royal Air Force because of foot trouble when they had accepted two other men who "have no legs at
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    241 7 MANILA, June 16 (UP) Burmese actress Win Min Than said today she found kissing scenes with Gregory Peck "unnecessary" in a picture she made in Hollywood recently with the movie hero. The heavily publicised Burmese star arrived here this morning by Air France from Tokyo for
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    145 7 The judge called Tomosoa and confronted the two men with each other. Tomosoa angrily insisted Baden's earlier testimony to police was true. At one point in the argument between the two witnesses, the judge said to Tomosoa: "Baden has just said you are quick with a gun."
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    53 7 A SMILE of triumph from Inga-Britt Soderberg (Miss Finland) who surprised experts and audience when she was hailed "Miss Europe 1955." She is the central figure. Left is Monique Lambert (Miss France) who was placed third and on the right is Suna Soley (Miss Turkey) who took second
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    283 7 Jungschlaeger Trial JAKARTA, June 16 (UP)— A prosecution witness in the trial of a Dutchman today reluted testimony he made earlier to Indonesian police and said they forced him to lie by threatening to have him killed. The sensational development in the trial of
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    108 7 DARJEELING, June 16 (Reuter) A black puppy, between three and four months-old, followed French mountaineers to a height of nearly 20,000 feet during their recent successful assault on Mount Makalu, the fifth highest mountain in Nepal. M. Jean Franco, leader of the expedition,
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    61 7 LONDON, June 16 (Reuter) A former London bus driver yesterday took over the leadership of the non-Communist world's largest trade union. He was Mr. Arthur Ernest (Jock) Tiffin, 59. who was elected general secretary of Britain's Transport and General Workers' Union representing over 1.300.000 workers, lt
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    58 7 LAS VEGAS. Nevada. June 16 (Reuter) Noel Coward. British playwright and entertainer, was too ill last night to appear in either of his two scheduled performances at the Desert Inn here. Mr. Coward missed two shows the night before when he fell ill with influenza and
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    129 7 Diggers To Strengthen Security MELBOURNE, June 16 (Reuter) The decision that Australian troops would be available for action against terrorists in Malaya on the same basis as United Kingdom and New Zealand components of the South east Asia "strategic reserve should generally be welcomed, the Herald said editorially tonight. Any
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    296 7 12 Killed In Worst Clash In Years TWO BRITISH OFFICERS AMONG THE READ LONDON, June 16, (Reuter) Tribesman in revolt against the British Aden Protectorate Government yesterday ambushed and killed two British officers and ten Aden Protectorate subjects in the worst clash in the area to
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    369 7 Restrictions Of Membership LONDON, June 16 (Reuter)— Britain's Conservative Government will move next week towards reforming the 900-year-old House of Lords, the Upper House where the seats of 880 hereditary Peers go with their titles. J For years politicians have agreed that the House
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    80 7 NEW YORK, June 16 (UP) Negotiations between the CIO National Maritime Union and 62 tanker, dry cargo and passenger ship companies broke down early today, tying up more than 600 ships. A spokesman for 22 tanker companies reported talks were suspended when the union
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    85 7 Gun Molls Hold Up Drug Store CHICAGO, June 16 (AP)— Two pretty blonde women held up a North Side drug store last night and one told a clerk she needed the money to feed her baby son. Nate F. Kartman, the clerk. told police the young women pulled revolvers from
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    212 7 LONDON, June 16 (AP) The Royal Air Force has carried out a reprisal bombing on villages of rebel tribesmen in Southern Arabia, a government spokesman disclosed yesterday in the House of Lords. Rebels belonging to the Al Bakaazib tribe attacked a government convoy in Britain's Aden
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    105 7 MONSTER CAUGHT IN HIS SLEEP CATANZARO, Italy, June 16 (AP) Serafino Castagna, feared by peasants throughout the toe of Italy as "the Monster of Presivaci" and wanted for five slayings, was captured by police today. He had been hunted in the rugged mountains of Calabria since last April 18 and
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    32 7 FOUR Indian technicians will leave New Delhi for Japan in July for practical training in producing bamboo lacquerware and Japanese methods of packing the article and marketing It.— UP.
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    331 8 ...And Rulers Will Stay On IPOH, Thurs. The Notionol Association of Perak, which is contesting nine of the 51 seats in the Federal elections on July 27, today pledged that it will work for a government of the people and attain sett-government in
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    76 8 Outdoor Ban Hits Campaigns IPOH. Thurs.— Perak candidates in the Federal elections will be hampered in their campaigning as a result of a Police directive banning outdoor meetings after 7 p.m. ln the small towns. Indoor meetings will be permitted only up to 10 p.m. This order, according to one
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    107 8 IPOH. Thurs. A big and well-organized gang is behind the present wave of pickpocketing crimes court inspector B. Tahir told Magistrate Che Abdul Kadir bin Yusof today. Inspector Tahir was pressing for a deterrent sentence on Lim Ah Onn. who lifted a fountain pen valued
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    34 8 THE pilgrimage feast of St. Anne at Bukit Mertajam will be celebrated as usual at the Church of St. Anne here on the evening of July 30 and on Sunday. July 31.
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    109 8 13 Women On Gambling Charges KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.— -Twelve women, their ages ranging from 27 to 41 years. "filled" the dock at the First Magistrate's Court today to hear a charge of gambling at Sungei Besi Road yesterday. All claimed trial to the charge of playing "pak kow." The Magistrate.
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    205 8 After 44 Years 'Mr. Raffles' Retires MR. K. R. SAMY, better known to tourists as "Mr. Raffles Hotel," yesterday retired from his 44-year-old job of welcoming guests to Raffles HotelSingapore. A genial man, Samy, 65. plans to take a three-month holiday with his wife in Madras before returning to Singapore
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    49 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.— Ho Gunn Chong. a policeman, admitted in the Sessions Court today that he stole a bicycle seat from exhibits at the Traffic Police Headquarters at High Street here. Ho was put on a personal bond to be of good behaviour for six months.
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    31 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.— Kandasamy, 17. and Ramakrishnan, 29. both of Sentul, today claimed trial before the First Magistrate to a charge of theft of a bicycle.
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    203 8 MALACCA, Thurs.— Mr. G. R. T. Chelvam, President of the Sessions Court at Alor Gajah, today convicted Cecil d'Cruz, 26, on a charge of misappropriating a cheque for $468, entrusted to him as an employee of Tebolang Esta*-» D'Cruz. who was sentenced to six months'
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    52 8 THE Professor of Islamic Studies and Culture at the University of Madras, Mr. Syed Abdul Wahab Bukhari, will give a talk on "Mysticism in Islam" at the Victoria Memorial Hall today at 5 p.m. The talk is sponsored by the Singapore Muslim League and is open to
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    57 8 THREE finalists in the Golden Voice contest 1955 (Penang region) held at the Rediffusion Studios last Tuesday. They are from left:— Mrs. A. Nalliah, Miss S. Barbosa and Miss Irene Yan Buerle. They will be competing in the coming All-Malaya finals to be held in Ipoh in
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    144 8 —Say S'pore Students In K.L KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— Two hundred Singapore Chinese middle school students now touring the Federation were "on annual holiday and not interested in any political activity across the causeway," The Standard was told today, j A spokesman of one of the
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    42 8 JOHORE BAHRU, Thur<. Yap Kwan Chai, a fishcA man at Ayer Baloi. was fiflugj $1,000 in the Sessions Cour.7 Pontian, yesterday for permitting his premises to be u§ed for smoking chandu and being in possession of chandu smoking utensils.
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    52 8 MUAR, Thurs.— Rajagopal, 37, was sentenced to six months' imprisonment by the Muar Magistrate, Inche Pawan Ahmad, for cheating Mr. Wiseman, the manager of Nordanal Estate. The court was told on Feb. 28 Rajagopal dishonestly Induced the manager to deliver $300 to recruit labourers for
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    68 8 MR. Lim Swee Thong of Police Headquarters. Kulim and Miss Goh Guat Lan, third daughter of Mr. Goh Mah Ee of Taiping who were married at the Hokkien Hoay Kuan, Taiping, recently. The groom is the second son of Mr. and Mrs. Lim Sui Fong of Seremban. The
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    208 8 THE Singapore Fourth a party of detectives arrived Police Court Magistrate. Mr. on their rounds and caught J. M. Devereux Colebourn, the accused, yesterday told two boys that Looking at Koon Huat and the law of this country is very Koon Ong
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    74 8 MR. YEOH Teck Hin (right), Chief Salesman of Messrs. Nestle's Products (Malaya) Ltd., Kuala Lumpur and Mr. Mizan Khan, (left) watchman of the Nestle's Godown, each received a certificate and a wrist watch from Mr. S. Senn, (centre), manager of Kuala Lumpur branch after twenty-five years'
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    192 8 Fight Unto Death Peking Tells Jungle Bandits KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Communist China L now telling terrorists in Malayan jungles to "fight until they die," the Federation Governments Psychological Warfare Section disclosed today. "In their own documents, the terrorists have admitted they are not in actual contact with Conununist China. I
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    162 8 100-Year-Old Link Comes To An End MALACCA. Thurs. 1 e century old connection betwei n Church Street in the Fort area of Malacca Town with the Law Courts was brought to a close yesterday when Messrs. A ea and Gledhill. the only legal firm left in the street lefl it
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    830 9 CHINESE SCHOOLS LABOUR UNREST *THE EMERGENCY MINORITY PROBLEMS IN S.E. ASIA by Virginia Thompson and Richard Adloff (Stanford University Press, California, US $4.) 4 MONG the minority com*V rnunities in the countries of South-east Asia, the binese are being regarded 5 a potential danger
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    159 9 T'HE rebirth of a peo- pie thought nearly extinct as a race is this travel book's exciting theme. The harsh, glaring land of Mexico is the setting, and the 12 million Indios whose rightful home it is play the principals. According to author Chadourne. 500 years
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    133 9 Rebirth Of A People Evidence of this, he says, is a renewed interest in the culture, arts, traditions and beliefs of pre-Spanish eras. For the first time for many centuries the birthrate among pure-blooded Indios is rising. The present-day Mexican talks of Anahuac the Promised Land- L -as did his
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    637 9 STUDY OF A POLITICAL-HUMAN RELATIONSHIP jAWWWwwvwwwwv t\v\vvv\vvwwv\v\\\\\^ I MR. SECRETARY CECIL AND QUEEN ELIZABETH By Conyers Read s\\\\\\\\\\\\\\v\\\\w» (C(ipC 405.) avvvvwiwwvvxvwvwVJ T^ROM the frontispiece of this admirably produced book the calculating, rather austere face of Mr. Secretary Cecil looks out at the reader with eyes that miss nothing. Here was
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    387 9 Sitting Bull Draws His Own Exploits WASHINGTON. A LMOST every warrior, from Julius Caesar to Dwight D. Eisenhower, has felt it necessary to write the history of his exploits. And this, it turns out, was an old American Indian custom, too. The Smithsonian Institution has brought out the autobiography of
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    340 10 SPOT RUBBER DONE UP TO $1.11 1/2 A LB. THE subject, gentlemen, Is "Salesmanship." And the leader, Mr. P. Ellison, of Shells Sales Technical Advisory Department, is naturally preoccupied with putting across his techniques of salesmanship. The course, held in Shell's Head Oflice, lasted one week and was attended by
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    292 10 Industrials Are Still Improving THE improved sentiment in the industrial section of the Malayan share market continued yesterday and moderate business was written at slightly higher levels. Tin shares were dull and irregular, while rubber shares remained quietly steady. Price changes announced by the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association yesterday were: SINGAPORE
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    225 10 OCBC New Colony Branch Opening THE Oversea Chinese Banking Corporation will open its 28th branch office at No. 5 Malacca Street, Singapore, next Monday, with Mr. Tan Hong Ghim, who has been with the Bank for nearly 30 years, as the branch manager. Known as Raffles Place branch, this will
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    45 10 THE Malayan Exchange Banks Association made the following changes in its rates to merchants yesterday: Canada: buying, airmail, T.T. 32 5/16. O.D 32 7/16. 90 days j32 11/16 credit bills, 32 3/4 trade bills: selling. T.T. or O.D. 32 I ready. MR. ASSOMULL
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    237 10 JAPAN FOCUSSES ATTENTION ON MALAYAN MARTS JFinant*^ And 4 ontmvrvv JAPAN has focussed her attention on Malaya in an effort to expand her trade with the South-east Asian markets. Among the first big Japanese companies to make positive steps in this direction is the Mitsubishi Shoji Kaisha Ltd. which was
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    60 10 REGULARLY scheduled steamship lines operating cargo ships from New York to major ports of the world have stepped up their service 15 percent in the past three years. In 1954 these lines offered an average of 1,350 calls monthly at 130 key foreign ports, compared with
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    219 10 Study Trade Plans First— Assomull MR. D. T. ASSOMULL. the chairman of the Singapore Indian Chamber of Commerce, yesterday emphasize- the need for the local government to give top priority consideration into the problems connected with the Colony's entrepot trade with Indonesia. It was unfortunate that the labour situation here
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    64 10 LIGHTING in the block of four 8.0.A.C. hangars at the new London Airport is photoelectrical^ controlled. Day and night, in fair weather and foul, the lighting is maintained at a uniform level; and if the day is bright enough the photo-electric control will switch off the interior lighting
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    41 10 A CANADIAN-ETHIOPIAN trade agreement was concluded in Addis Ababa with the Canadian Government Trade Commissioner for the Middle East, Mr. M. R. MacGowan Dale, signing for Canada and Ethiopian Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, Blatta Dawid Ogbagzy, signing for Ethiopia.
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    124 10 THE exploitation of tin mines hi Southern Thailand has been started by a new mining company representing local concerns and two Japanese companies, the Mitsubishi Metal Mining Company and the Mitsubishi Trading Company, according to Tin Magazine. Mining rights and other local facilities will be
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    32 10 MAY rubber crops announced are: Amalgamated Malay 59,900 lb.; Borelli 62,--000 lb.; Connemara 49,300 lb.. New Serendah 60,000 lb., Bassett 28,000 lb., Kuala Sidim 85,859 lb.; Bukit Kepong 16,000 lb.
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    167 10 A SINGAPORE company, which turns out paper products by the millions, opened its $70,000 factory at the 4 1/2 m s.Klang Road, Kuala Lumpur, on Tuesday. Mr. Lee Tian Yew, managing director of the company, the Singapore Paper Products Ltd. told The Standard
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    186 10 Ford Settlement Firms U.S. Rubber Mart By Arnold C. Brackman, Standard Special Correspondent NEW YORK, June 16. A number of factors are contributing today towards a constantly strengthening rubber market here, according to wellinformed rubber quarters. These are some of the reasons: 1. Avoidance of an automobile strike in the
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    44 10 A NEW insecticide, called DDVP, deadly to insects resistant to DDT, but leaving no residues dangerous to man and animals, has been announced by U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare. The full name of the insecticide is dimethyl dichloro vinyl phosphate.
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    264 10 'Give Us More Time THE Singapore Overseas Importers and Exporters' Association held an emergency meeting yesterday to discuss new import restrictions recently announced by the Indonesian Government. Members of the Association voted unanimously n favour of the motion proposed by the President. Mr. Kwek
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    36 10 COMMERCIAL fishermen of the United States and the U.S. Territory of Alaska made a total catch of about 4,700,--000,000 lbs. of fish and shellfish during* 1954, the U.S. Department of the Interior has reported.
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    133 10 PEPPER was again quiet at the Singapore Chinese Produce Exchange yesterday. Noon closing prices (per picul) at the Exchange were Muntok white $176. Sarawak $175, (down $1), Special Sarawak black $139 (down S2). Coconut oil and copra continued to be steady, closing at prices ruling at
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    278 10 MUCH of the floor covering at the new London Airport Terminal will consist of rubber materials. Work has begun on the first section of a 3,000 sq. yd. contract for the installation of rubber flooring. The first section to be laid is in the Immigration Hall
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      341 10 NOTICES AUCTION SALE OF Valuable Singapore Properties To be held at our Saleroom No. 10 Chulia Street On Wednesday, 2.nd June 1955 at 2.30 p.m. Estate' of Millicent Wheeler McCully also known as Millicent Wheeler Clunies-Ross McCully, Deceased. Lot I— No. 58. SENNETT RD., area 384 sq.ft. Freehold. VACANT POSSESSION.
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    730 12 HOW DO YOU RATE? ASKS MARY it HOU X IWhen your husband fixes a tap washer or does some other domestic job, do you (a) Remark: "Well, thank goodness for that. I've been asking long enough?" (b) OfTer muttered thanks and mention the other jobs that have been
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    284 12 TTNLESS she really wants to, m no woman need have straight hair these days. All she has to do is call her favourite hair-dresser, arrange an appointment for a perm, and emerge as curled as fashion demands. But fifty years ago this was not possible, and the only
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    483 12  -  Rita Del Mar TODAY'S QUOTATION: "Music Is well said to be the speech of angels." Carlyle. FRIDAY' FOR EVERYONE: Proceed tactfully and on the basis of previous experience. Don't issue ultimatums; you are likely to be taken al your word and regret it later. Evening: see
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    242 12  -  Samuel G. Esther B. Kling By And 5. Finally, in the realization of love the instinct triumphs over repugnances of intellectual origin. These instinctual elements are of great importance, points out the biologist, because they carry the intellectual elements through difficulties that would otherwise prove insuperable. Getting
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    503 13 'HATTRICKS' WITH THE GREATEST OF EASE IN THE FEDERATION Linesman Reviews Malayan Cricket FEDERATION bowlers appear to be specialising in hattrrk s witb the greatest of rase. Already aboat half a dozen of them bare achieved the feat and to this number about as many were added la the past
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    594 13 Batting SINGAPORE 83. Kirkham, SCC v CSC; 79. R :ario. Police v CRC: 78* Kingdom, RAT (Changi) v Wanderers; 74. Cheong Thiam Siew. CRC v Police: 70, G.Woodford. SRC v RAF (Seletar): 68 retired. j i:r.es Quek. CRC v Woodbridge; 55. Cooke, Police v CRC; 54. Psramathevan.
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    1697 13 Fortunes Fluctuated Weekend To Weekend THE first half 6t the Singapore Cricket Association tournament hais ended, although there still remains the riot postponed match between the Police and the University of Malaya to be played. Nothing ha s happened during this period to raise it above
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    495 14 JUNE 16 (Renter)— Led by Richie Benaud, who scored a century in 108 minutes the Australian cricketers went on a batting spree today to gain a huge first innings lead of 401 over West Indies on the fourth day of the Fifth
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    332 14 At Taunton. Somerset.., JUNE 16 (Reuter)— Smarting under their heavy test defeat earlier this week. South Africa skittled out Somerset for 68 runs when their three-day cricket match opened here today. This was Somerset's lowest score even against a Springbok side, and was
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    167 14 U.S. LIFTER ASTOUNDS THE REDS At MOSCOW, mm June 15, (Reuter) A world weightlifting record of 123 kilogrammes (171 lb) for the two hands snatch (lightweight) was set here today by Nikolai Kostilev (Soviet Union) during a weightlifting contest between the United States and the Soviet Union. The previous record
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    86 14 At Los Angeles... June 16. (Reuter) Mexican Baton Macias. world bantamweight champion, according to the National Boxing Association, was beaten for the first time in his career when he was knocked out by Billy Peacock in the third of a ten rounds bout here last nightPeacock brought off
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    30 14 June 15 (Reuter) Sweden beat Rumania by four goals to one in an International soccer match here tonight after leading by two goals to nil at half time.
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    81 14 At London... JUNE 15 (Reuter)— Tony, Trabert and Vic Seix a s. who are top-seeded for the doubles at Wimbledon next week, received a severe jolt when beaten 6-4, 6-4. By Nictla Pietrangeli and Orlando Sirola of Italy in the third round of the men's doubles
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    43 14 THE Singapore Amateur Foot oal 1 Association announced yesterday that league soccer matches in the Colony are to be postponed to Tuesday. The Singapore Malay Schools final between Geylang School and T. Tinggi, however, will be played tomorrow.
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    61 14 SINGAPORE Improvement Trust Sports Club beat United Sports Club I—o1 0 in a friendly soccer match played on the Y.M.C.A. ground yesterday. A. J. Wallwork scored the only goal. 1 1 HOW they finished <\ i[ on Wednesday, second 1 1 day of the Singapore j June meeting
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    224 14 At Brussels... June 15. (Reuter) Gordon Pirie. British six miles champion, won the 2,0t J metres international race here tonight but failed to beat the world record. He won in five min. 12.6 sec.. which was 5.6 sec. outside the
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    98 14 At Paris... JUNE 16 (UP) The International Olympic Committee selected Rome today as the site of the 1960 Olympic Games. The Italian capital won out over six other cities of which Lausanne, Switzerland was the strongest contender. Detroit, Michigan, was a dark-horse contender but lost out
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    55 14 JUNE 16 (AP) The Detroit Tigers confined all their scoring and hitting in the first four innings and then had to quell a ninth-inning rally to down the New York Yankees B—68 6 on Wednesday. Home runs by Jimmy Delsing and Frank Housejin, a fourrun fourth, turned out
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    48 14 PARIS. June 16, (Reuter)— Dr. Roger Bannister, the first man to run the mile in under four minutes, was today awarded by the International Olympics Committee meeting here the Mohammed Taher Cup eiven each year to an athlete setting the best example to sportsmen.
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    278 14 SPORTSMEN PLAN A BIG SEND OFF FOR SPORTING CG COLONY sports associations, are planning a 'suitable send oflT for one of Malaya's most popular sports enthusiasts, Mr. Malcolm MacDonald, the Commis-sioner-General for South-east Asia, who is soon to leave this country on a new appointment in India. The Singapore Badminton
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    68 14 IN the qualifying rounds of the Ladies Colony Golf Championship played over 36 holes. Mrs. V. Needham led the field with a score of 171. Starting times for the Ist round to be played on Friday next are as follows 3.00 p.m. Mrs. Morrison Mrs Christensen:
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    376 14 Lillibullero Cargo Rice Best By WINDSOR LAD CARGO RICE and LILLIBULLERO were impressive workers when sent out separately at yesterday's winding up gallops. They broke 38 sec. on a hard track LillibuUero with Billy Bagby astride, could not be faulted when be easily disposed of his three in 37 4/5
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    38 14 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.— Results of the FAS Business Houses Football league matches played today were: Div. 2: Sentul Works Sports Club beat Kuala Lumpur Municipality Sports Club by three goals to two on the Coronation ground.
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      307 14 THIRD DAY WEIGHTS THE following are the weights for seven races on Saturday, concluding day of the Singapore Turf Club's June Meeting:— Horses Class 2 Nazakat 8.02 Siboney 7.07 m. IJT Furs. Fair Weather 8.00 Malekzadeh 7.04 Sudden Choice 9.00 Josker II 7.07 Grecian Knight 7.02 ?!fi^ t0 M,i ft^-
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