Singapore Standard, 23 June 1955

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  • 18 1 Singapore Standard m m s. Vol V. No. 352 SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 1955 14 PAGES 15 CENTS
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  • 169 1 Governor Expected Next Thursday INSTALLATION SET FOR JULY 2 S I R ROBERT BROWN BLACK, Governor-desig-nate of Singapore will be installed as the new Governor of Singapore on Saturday, July 2. at the Victoria Memorial Hall. Sir Robert is expected to arrive m Singapore by air next Thursday afternoon from
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  • 130 1 Arsonists Claim New Car ONE car, a new Rover 90. was completely burnt out m River Valley Road at 11.45 last night. The car belonged to Mr. Gan Chew Keng, a labour contractor to the Singapore Harbour Board. Mr. Gan was sending a girl friend home and had left the
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  • 41 1 photo. MR. NIKITA KHRUSHCHEV, First Secretary cf the Russian Communist Party, (left) and Marshal Nikolai Bulganin, the Soviet Prime Minister talk with Mr. Jawaharlal Nehru, the Indian Prime Minister, at a party m the Indian Embassyir^Moscow.B A. P.
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  • 65 1 SAIGON, June 22 (UP) The Communist underground yesterday warned Americans to get out of Free South Vietnam or face terrorist grenade attacks. The underground issued its warning m anti-American pamphlets headed "U.S. Go Home" which were found fn most mailboxes m the European quarters today. The Reds
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  • 33 1 EL PASO, Texas, June 22 (Reuter)— El Paso became the first major Texas city to end racial segregation m public schools last night m accordance with the Supreme Court decision.
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  • 183 1 BID TO HEAL SPLIT FAILS ROME, June 22, (Reuter)— The 16-month-oM coalition Cabinet led by Signor Scelba resigned today because of a split m its main party, the Christian Demo- crats. Signor Scelba, leader of the Christian Democrats, went to inform President Giovanni Gronchi of the
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  • 603 1 ROW OVER MALAYA IN COMMONS A 'Phony War'—Awbery THAT'S SLANDER^^^H LENNOX -BOYD^^^H LONDON, June 22— Prime Minister Eden's government yesterday furiously rejected opposition suggestions that the war m Malaya is being drawn out to provide battle training for British troops. Colonial Secretary Mr. Alan Lennox-Boyd called it "an unworthy suggestion
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  • 214 1 Soldiers Comb Cyprus Towns POLICE STATION RAIDED NICOSIA, June 22, (Reuter)— British troops armed with rifles and tommy guns searched until dawn today with police patrols m Cyprus main towns stopping cars on the roads, after a night of terror m which two people were killed and 16 injured. Bomb
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  • 28 1 SAN FRANCISCO. June 22 (Reuter) Mr. Vyacheslav Molotov, Soviet Foreign Minister, addressing the United Nations today, submitted a seven -point plan for ending the cold war.
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  • 120 1 Secretary Of U.S. Army Quits MR. ROBERT Stevens, secretary of the U.S. army, resigned yesterday, states a Washington report. The White House announced that a letter of resignation from Mr. Stevens, a central figure m last year's controversy between defence officials and Senator Joseph McCarthy, was forwarded by the Secretary
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  • 155 1 VANCOUVER, Canada, June 22 (AP)— Three "Geisha girls right out of Madame Butterfly" were exposed here on Tuesday as three Canadian teenagers. The girls, identified only as Akemi, 19, Sadzyo, 16. and Chiyoko, 15. are back home after entertaining m a Victoria cafe for one night
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  • 50 1 LONDON. June 22 (Reuter) A young Italian girl who married a.: 82-year-old British shipping magnate 24 days before his death, receives £54.--000 m a will which made newspaper headlines here today. The shipowner Mr Thomas Slingsbv Jenkins married 21--year-old Marghanita Vita at Imperia, Italy, last March
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  • 192 1 GLASGOW, Scotland, June 22, (UP)— A helicopter carrying the Duke of Edinburgh made a forced landing m a football field today. The Duke, husband of the Queen, was m The designed I helicopter, I by Lee, to the soc- cer Bathgate a I
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  • 59 1 Mrs. President Not Yet TOKYO, June 22 (AP)_ Mrs. Perle Mesta, former U.S. Minister to Luxembourg and noted Washington hostess, said today "the United States is not ready to have a female president." Mrs. Mesta. m a speech to the Foreign Correspondents' Club, reported on other womenRussian "Amazons, bigboned, doing
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  • 122 1 DOCKERS VOTE TO CONTINUE THE STRIKE LONDON, June 22 (Reuter) —Dockers at Hull. Manchester and Birkenhead today voted to continue a month-old strike holding up two-thirds of the shipping at Britain's; six major ports. London colleagues faced by northern determination to stay out until full recognition is given to their
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  • 78 1 'STRIKE' BY CHOCOLATE SELLERS LONDON. June 22 (Reuter)— Hundreds of small shopkeepers all over Britain go "on strike" today against the nations leading chocolate makers The "strike" will take the form of refusing to display prominently the products of the "big five" manufacturers—Cadbury. Fry. Nestles. Rowntree and Terrys. Their products
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  • 53 1 SINGAPORE'S Attor-ney-General. Mr. E. J. Davies. has been appointed Chief Justice of Tanganyika. An official statement issued yesterday said that Mr. Davies will leave Singapore some time towards the end of August for England where he will spend a few months on leave before taking over
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  • 49 1 GLASGOW. Scotland, June 22 (Reuter)— The Queen will launch the new 640-foot long Canadian Pacific liner Empress of Britain m the 540--foot wide River Clyde here this afternoon a few hours before leaving with the Duke of Edinburgh on a three-day State visit to Norway.
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  • 31 1 SAINT NAZIRE. June 22 (Reuter) About 35 people were injured when shipyard workers on strike for higher pay clashed with Police here today. Fifteen of the injured were policemen.
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  • 171 2 Mufti Ends Old Myth About Blood SEREMBAN, Wed. The belief among most Muslims that it was against their religion to donate their blood or have the blood of others transfused into their system was broken last night. The Mufti of Negri Sembilan told a largely attended meeting of all races
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  • 19 2 TWO mere Communist terrorists have surrendered m the Federation. No further details are available at present.
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  • Article, Illustration
    74 2 by MR. and Mrs. Hew Thian Choy cut their wedding: cake at a reception m the Lee Wong Kee Kuala Lumpur, following their marriage last Sunday. The groom is the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Hew Chin Fong and the bride, the former Miss Khon? Leong Oi
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  • 276 2 KLANG, Wed.— A Home Guard section commander and three others went to a lonely house at night stripped the occupants of their belongings and cash at gun point and left after firing a shot m the air, the Klang Magistrate Raja
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  • 153 2 CLOSING rubber prices (cents per lb.) m Singapore yesterday were: Buyers Sellers No. 1 R.S.S. Spot Loose 109J 109 i No 1 R.S.S. f.o.b June 107; 108 No. 2 103*. 104 No. 3 108* 109 Tone: Uncertain. TIN PRICE The price of tin yesterday was ***** per picul.
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  • 103 2 LONDON. June 22 (Reuter) Five newsmen from British Far East territories flew m to London last night to begin a month's visit to Britain. They are: Mr S. Liv of the New Life Evening Post, Hongkong; Mr. R. B. Ooi, Editor of The Singapore Tiger Standard: Mr.
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  • 57 2 BUTTERWORTH. Wed— A police corporal Chand Kaur, attached tc the Pulau Tikus Police Station m Penang was fined SI OO here yesterday on a charge <:f cheating Lim Kong Chan, a taxi owner m Taiping of 5.20. Chand Kaur, said he could not reme/nber what actually
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  • 82 2 SINGAPORE will have a "Health Week" from Sept. 5 to 10 during which baby shows and film shows on health will be held. The authorities will sponsor poster and essay competitions among school children. Representatives from 20 Government departments and voluntary agencies will meet on June
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  • 92 2 EXERCISE "Anzex." the big air-sea exercise, which for the last ten days has been fought out m Ihe South China Sea. opens now with the third and last pha.se. Maritime aircraft of the R.A.A.F.. the R.N.Z.A.F, and the R.A.F. set out on their operations
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  • 94 2 SINGAPORE art lovers will attend one of the most unusual exhibitions to be held here at the British Council Gallery, early next month. Two artists. Le Thy. 36, and Tran Tho, 34, from Vietnam will exhibit works of lacquer painting from July 2 to
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  • 48 2 PENANG, Wed. Tv. o youths. Loo Ah Ngee and Tan Yearn Kwong. were acquitted by the Sessions Court President. Mr. B. X Jennings today on three charges of dishonestly retaining stolen property, valued -it ST. OOO belonging to Chew and Loh Co.. on Mar 26.
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  • 32 2 KING EDWARD VII School m Taiping will hold its golden anniversary Speech Day and prize giving at the Lady Treacher Girls' School Hail on Friday, July 8 at 5.30 p.m.
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  • 184 2 'ALLIANCE IS NOT ANTI-LABOUR'- ONG KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— Alliance Candidate for Kuala Lumpur Barat Mr. Ong Yoke Lim, today denied at an election rally that his party of "big three" communal groups, was anti-labour. Replying to criticism from his Labour rival Mr. Tan Tuan Koon, over Alliance's opposition to the
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  • 521 2 GANGWAY FOR PM's PLANE SET DIPLOMATIC HEARTS AFLUTTER (A Wee Bit Short) KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. A gangway that was <r"wee bit short" to reach the cabin door of American Clipper "Fortuna" today caused almost a little diplomatic embarrassment at Kuala Lumpur's RAF airport, as the Thai Premier, Marshal Pibul Songgram,
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  • 69 2 Aquarium Will Soon Be Opened THE long-awaited openir? of Singapore's $500,000 V. Kleef Aquarium may be decided at a meeting of the Aquarium Advisory Co n mittee on Monday, June 27. said City Architect Mr. lining Watson yesterday. The Aquarium. aft i r some "teething" trouble is now ready but
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  • 135 2 And The C.O.L. Will Come Down KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— The merchants of Klang are anxious to get lower reaches of the Klang River reopened to the transportation of goods by boats and lighters. i The Klang Chinese Chamber of Commerce has drafted a resolution
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  • 78 2 Pigs Were Illegally Slaughtered TWO men pleaded guilt m the Singapore City Police Co yesterday to possession of car. casses of pigs which were i I slaughtered m the City A toir. Koh Tien San, with 27 of pork, was fined $35. Neo Eng Tuan, with 54 kati:>, v i
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  • 225 2 AT an executive council meeting o: the Singapore Harbour Board Staff Association last night it was decided to agree to a further negotiations meeting md if no agreement is arrived at to submit the unsettled remaining claims of their dispute with the
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  • 157 3 Progs' Executive Officers MR. THIO Chan Bee was elected chairman of the ExecuI c Committee of the Progres- c Party of Singapore. The following is a list of other committee members Executive Committee: Chair- Mr. Thio Chan Bee; Se retary General. Mr. Eric S B. Wee; Treasurer, Mr. A.B pinto.
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  • 81 3 WHILE on her way to tap rubber m a neighbouring estate yesterday morning, a ■j.:vl iiving m Lim Chu Kang Road. Singapore, came across tie contents of a cupboard urawer strewn m the bluker. She returned home and informed her father. A search of the
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  • 19 3 THE Thai Consulate-Gen-eral m Singapore will be dosed tomorrow being the occasion of Thailand's Nat nai Day.
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  • 24 3 CHUA GIM HUI. 22, was n ported missing from her home m Tembeling Road m Singapore since 7.30 a.m. on Tuesday.
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  • 293 3 Expert Awaited From England a i ND s recent ra »l r °ad strike has delayed the formation of a Singapore Commission to enquire into the public passenger transport system with a view to nationalization. Government promised to set up the Commission at the last session
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  • 147 3 One Month For Beating His Wife J TAN Choo Phuan, a 2 hawker, who punched 2 j and kicked his wife when 2 she prevented him from 2 beating their daughter, 2 was yesterday sentenced j to one month's imprison- 5 ment by the Singapore 2 Sixth Court magistrate, J
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  • 31 3 JOHORE BAHRU Wed. Low Kok, a barber, who allowed his premises to be used for chandu smoking was fined $700. m default, four months' imprisonment, m Kota Tinggi. today.
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  • 94 3 TEACHERS' NORMAL EXAM RESULTS KOTA BAHRU. Wed.—Results of the Normal Class Teachers' Examinations were released here today. The following have passed the Third Year Normal: Ahmad bin Abdul Rahman, Lim Kok Hoo, Kee Nai Chip. Joginder Singh, (Referred P.T.) and C. C. Balhetchet. Second Year Normal: V. G. Thomas Dorairaj.
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  • 302 3 Cockpit Owners Appeal Against Court Decision THE Singapore Court of Civil Appeal reserved judgment yesterday m the case of Hotel De L'Europe Ltd., appellants, and two cabaret artistes. William Dudley Currie-Fryer and Sylvia Mary Martin, respondents. The Hotel was appealing against the decision of the Chief Justice, Sir Charles Murray-Aynsley,
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  • 244 3 Punishment Was Too Severe SENTENCE of 17 months' imprisonment imposed by the lower court on a driver, Gitale Snigh, 21, for making a false declaration m connection with his marriage, was reduced to three months by the Chief Justice, Sir Charles Murray-Aynsley, on appeal
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  • 202 3 MINISTER ON TOUR A GIRLS' Town for Singapore? "I don't see why we should not have such an institution if there is a demand for it," the Minister of Education, Mr. Chew Swee Kee said yesterday.* aH tour Town i n H He wasH permanent™
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  • 104 3 Certificate Required For Course APPLICANTS for the youth leaders training course under the direction of Mr. T. G. Jeffreys Jones, a lecturer from the University of Swansea, will have to possess a Senior Cambridge certificate, and must also have three years' experience m youth work. The course will commence at
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  • 52 3 PENANG, Wed— The president of the Penang Pietorialists, Mr. Chan Eng Hock, has gained his Associateship of the Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain. Mr. Chan is a very keen amateur photographer and was mainly responsible for organising outdoor picnics at which models were invited to pose for
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  • 137 3 Nurses Hostel Will Be Extended SINGAPORE'S $2,500,000 student nurses hostel, Vickers House, which was opened last year i s to be extended, the Director of Medical Services. Dr. R.H. Bland, told The Standard yesterday. "Plans for the extension have been prepared and have been submitted to Government for consideration," Dr.
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  • 90 3 Falsified Accounts Charge MALACCA, Wed. An additional charge of falsifying accounts of the Malacca branch of the Singer Sewing Machine Company m respect of the sale of a sewing machine valued at $370 m July, last year was preferred against Horace de Witt m the Sessions Court today. De Witt
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  • 36 3 TAIPING, Wed.— For failing to report the arrival of a person m his house under the Tenants' Registration Regulations, chief tenant Ooi Phaik Kow. was fined $10 by the Taiping Magistrate today.
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  • 122 3 GURKHA KILLED IN CRASH THE Singapore Second Traific Court Magistrate, Mr. K. T. Karthigesu adjourned for a day. the case m which Bulat bin Tonka, an Army driver from Kota Tinggi. was charged .with dangerously driving a military truck which plunged into a drain at Bukit Timah on Dec. 18.
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  • Article, Illustration
    63 3 CHIA BEE HENG was fined $7 m the Singapore City Police Court yesterday when he pleaded guilty to a charge of using an unregistered bicycle on June 21. MR. TAN ENG LOK helps his bride cut their wedding cake after their marriage at the Singapore Registry yesterday. Mr.
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  • 46 4 RAO Sahib Arasu, As- sistant General Man- ager of the Indian Overseas Bank, addres- ses a gathering of Ma- lacca merchants who entertained him to din- ncr at the Capitol 2 Dance Hall recently, m S honour of his visit to Malacca.
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  • 617 4 COURT TOLD OF ARREST IN HOTEL A SINGAPORE detective, Joseph Chay Yuen Kaw, yesterday told the Fourth Police Court Magistrate how he introduced himself to two men as the proprietor of a shop m Kota Tinggi, when they allegedly came to sell him
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  • 283 4 Magistrate Blames Press gies to the court for his absent colleague," said Mr. Lee. Replying, Mr. DevereuxColebourn said the facts presented to him then were different from what Mr. Lee had said. "The learned counsel told me that you did not wish to go on
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  • 34 4 MISS Miriam Fredericks, only daughter of Mrs. T. Fredericks who celebrated her ninth birthday with friends at a party held at 54, Tong Shin Terrace, Kuala Lumpur. Eng Tong Studio photo
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  • 228 4 Across 3,400 Miles Of Desert— By Motor-Cycle PENANG, Wed.-A 26-year-old engineer, Mr. Raj Kumar, now on a world tour on his 350 c.c. motor-cycle, arrived here this morning claiming himself to be c cte man Cr SS Sahara desert— a distance of 3,400 miles— on a motorIFour years ago. Mr.
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  • 23 4 KOH ONN. 66. \va s treated at the Singapore General Hospital yesterday for a stab wound received m Bukit Timah Road
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  • 228 4 riiiMA.Mi, Wed.— The start of a motor cycle engine was the signal for detectives to ambush and arrest two alleged extortioners at the Botanical Gardens, Waterfall Road, the Sessions Court was told today. One of the two SiVvested^gmMmMMMMMMMMMMMMM] Kok Kwang. was sentenc-fl to imprison-H ment
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  • 43 4 MR. D. H. Chapman, the Singapore Second Criminal District Court judge, acquitted Tan Kay Juay charged with living on the earnings of a prostitute. Tan left the court a free man because the judge found the evidence of the complainant inconsistent
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  • 508 5 Given Choice Of Unions Affer A Week's Service on I i M «y»" Wire Mesh Company has offered to take back irs 90 daily-rated employees who joined the recent 'sympathy' strike if they give up their present trade union membership. The Company wants them
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  • 97 5 Back After Getting His Degrees MR. S P. Chow, elder son of Singapore merchant Mr. K. F. Chow, returned from England on board the "Willem Ruys" on Tuesday. Mr. Chow was elected an Associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects (A.RJ.B.A.) m December last year. He obtained his Bachelor
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  • 91 5 TUAN Syed Ali bin Abdul Rahman, the famous religious leader of Indonesia and well-known m Malaya arrived m Singapore yesterday for a weeks stay before proceedin? to Mecca. He was met at the V.I.P. room by prominent Muslim leaders of the Colony. During this week he will address
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  • 26 5 The next meeting of the Johore Council of SUte will be held at the Council Chamoer, Johore Bahru at 10 am. on Aug. 9.
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  • 85 5 THE Thai Prime Minister, Mr. Pibul Songgram and Mrs. Songgram left the Colony yesterday morning for Kuala Lumpur on their way back to Bangkok, 15 minutes behind schedule. The Commissioner General for South-east Asia, Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald, whose guests they were during their two-day stay,
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  • 149 5 3 Robbers Ransack His House AN elderly hawker, Tan Lin Koh, lost his 19 years' savings— s2,7oo cash and §1,300 worth of jewellery when he went to market, leaving his door open early yesterday morning. While he was away, three masked gangsters, armed with knives, raided
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  • 122 5 SINGAPORE Education Minister. Mr. ("hew Swee Kee. yesterday referred six student representatives of Chinese Middle Schools to the Registrar of Societies on the question of whether students could participate m trade disputes The students accompanied by their legal adviser. Mr. Tann Wee Tiong. spent 50
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  • 116 5 40 To Pick S'pore's Best Salesgirl A PANEL of 40 juiges wi'l tonight submit their votes for the best salesgirl at the Hongkong Trade Exhibition at the Happy World Stadium m Singapore. The result of the competition will b e announced at 9 p.m. tomorrow and the lucky girl wi]
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    • 956 5 Standard cMlmanac Information at a Glance TTi SPS 1 Dan H H H l SINGAPORE SS'SJiL/nV' B f| IJINGAPORE tides v times n lEf'JipVJ-L^ 1 EST MAT A>^. A* a>« Port Dickson 834am(9 ft 3 m) OO f *?adflJft 715 Hu Parade (25.51 m): 730 P- W AW A> AT*
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  • Singapore Standard
    • 467 6 proof that The Standard has been right all along m attributing the recent troubles m Singapore to Communist agents has been confirmed by the secret directive which came into the hands of the Government of the Federation. This document was accidentally found by a member of the
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    • 485 6 jyjUSICAL History was made m Malaya with the performances m Singapore and the Federation by the New York Symphony of the Air Orchestra during their all too brief tour of this country. The ovation which this company of 92 musicians received at every concert is a tribute to
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  • 707 6  -  RAWLE KNOX By Singapore, QN THE MAP, or indeed, from the air, there seems to be a lot of the South China Sea; to the combined British, Australian and New Zealand fleet which has been carrying out convoy exercises m it throughout the past week it
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  • 243 6  - PUNCHES in PRINT DENIS DUNN By AN American sued the promoters o? a concert because he was asked to leave the hall "for persistent nose blowing" during the performance. He took his catarrh to a party! [)RUNK at police court: "I wish to thank the officer for preserving me You
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  • We, the PEOPLE
    • 376 6 J bir;- -Recently I presented myself at the Traffic Office 2 for a motor cycle test. After the usual formalities I was 2 given a document officially known as a P.D.L (Provi--2 sional Driving Licence.) j which allows one to ride a 2 motor cycle. I was
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    • 204 6 2 Sir:— Many letters have already been written ap--2 predating the good work of j the Government of Singa--2 pore m declaring the birth--2 days of Lord Buddha I (Wesak) and the Holy Pro--1 phet Mohamed as public J holidays m Singapore. It is 2 indeed most gratifying
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    • 426 6 Sir; The aided English school teachers have been petitioning the government since 1924 to better their lot but with very poor results. These teachers are just as qualified as their counterparts m the government service and are paid from public funds, but by a peculiar
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    • 369 6 Sir:— After reading Mr. Chan Kum Chee's allegation that Mr. Marshall did nothing to end the strikes. I feel no one with any sense of fairness will agree with him. The Marshall Government has tac-kled the whole situation m a most commendable and patient manner. Rea'ising the
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    • 378 6 Sir, It is heartening to know that a trade union mediation team headed by the T.U.C. is sparing no pains and effort to arrange another meeting between the S.H.B. and its Staff Union m a bid to end the present deadlock. It is hoped that
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    • 124 6 Sir;— lt is gratifying to note that the Federation's "Integrity Commission" would urge Britain to seek United Nations accord for the temporary re-introduc-tion of the pre-war opium monopoly m Malaya as reported m your issue of June 18th. If and when the United Nations grant approval to the request,
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  • 156 6 REVIEW OF VIEWS Another regrettable thing is that the Security Council, due iq the inability of the five permanent members to join hands and co-operate, has been ;-n organ more or less m bum only although t was origins ly intended for th e Hftaintea. ance of world peace and
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  • 127 7 TOKYO. June 22 (Reuter) Secretary of the Japanese I I (Parliament) Lower B use confirmed today that c ..berations of cabinet D [listen were being freQtly interrupted by He was commenting on re- ports that ministers had complained that debates on important international
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  • 67 7 Photo. THESE three girls were voted by 500 members of BOAC to be tops m the corporation's "Miss Speedbird" competition. From left to right are: Miss Jean Forkin, of Chicago, who came second, Miss M. Anne Tignell, of London, the winner, and Miss Neroli Corrigan, who passed
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  • 274 7 NEW PAKISTAN ASSEMBLY KARACHI, June 22 (Reuter)— The Muslim League scored a sweeping victory yesterday m the West Pakistan elections for a new constituent Assembly which is to meet next month to frame the country's I first Constitution. Provincial assemblies form the electoral college for elections
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  • 113 7 LONDON, June 22 (Reuter) Mr. Aneurin Bevan. leftwing Labour leader, is expected to regain his place m Labour's parliamentary leadership the group he resigned from more than a year ago. Voting ended among the 287 Labour M.P.s for the 12 elected places on the "shadow cabinet"
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  • 33 7 HONGKONG. June 22 (.Reuter)— Ho Chi Minh. North Vietnam Head of State, left Hanoi today to visit the Soviet Union and Communist China. North Vietnam Radio reported.
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  • 106 7 Ex-Prisoner Models For Churchill )NDON, June 22 (Reuter) —A man imprisoned m both wars for pro-German syr pat hies, modelled for the ly of a new statue of Sir Winston Churchill, it was disi "od today The statue of the former "rime Minister by Yugoslav fugee sculptor. Oscar Nei ton.
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  • 247 7 Peron Releases Prisoners Held On Revolt Charges BUENOS AIRES, June 22, (AP)-Political prisoners grrested m connection with last week's revolt against Ihe Government of President Juan D. Peron are beinz released, the government announced today. The order frees political opponents of the governi nt such as Crisologo Larralde. leader of
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  • 186 7 Hearts Flowers Replace Marxism >KYO, June 22 (AP> As most to all humankind. ye has come to the youth Red China. And the Communists are pretty un.ppy about it. 1 heal "China Youth" tell the Marxist dialectics i argument is being exchanged for hearts and rarers. "China Youth" is one
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  • 80 7 Eden Mum On H-Bomb Test Blasts LONDON. June 22 (Reuter) —Sir Anthony Eden, the Prime Minister, today refused to give details of any projected British hydrogen bomb explosions when questioned m the House of Commons. Mrs. Barbara Castle, a Labour member. had asked "when and where the British hydrogen bomb
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  • 50 7 THE HAGUE, June 22 (Reuter) The 18.661-ton British tanker Velletia was m collision with the 12,488--ton Danish tanker Jakob Maersk. two miles south of the South Goodwin lightship early today, according to reports received here. The accident occurred m dense fog. Both ships were damaged.
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  • 91 7 'THE HAGUE. June 22 (AP> Raymond "Turco" Westerling, former army officer and adventurer, came out -of retirement yesterday to talk .about his plans for the Dutch East Indies. He met newsmen m a Hague cafe and announced he would form a new political party
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  • 142 7 A 'FIRST' FOR MR. NEHRU MOSCOW. June 22 (Reuter) —Mr. Jawaharlal Nehru, the Indian Prime Minister, today visited Russia's atomic power station the first non-Com-munist foreign visitor to do so. The industrial power station with a capacity of 5,000 kilowatts is claimed to be the first of its kind m
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  • 135 7 LONDON. June 22 (Reuter) —The Duchess of Kent, welcoming 1.500 delegates from the Commonwealth, told a tuberculosis conference her tour of the Far East three years ago had shown her "the magnitude of the problem with which the extremely active anti-tuberculosis associations of those countries have
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  • 31 7 LONDON, June 22 (Reuter) Britain's Labour Party leaders today appointed a fourmember committee to probe the Party's general organization following its defeat m the May 26 general election.
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  • 64 7 OLYMPIC. Washington, June 22 (Reuter) Democratic Senator Henry Jackson said here last night the United States would soon have guided missiles capable of destroying entire air armadas. He said a second weapon likely m the near future was a ballistic missile which was not guided but
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  • 190 7 A Glittering Reception For Molotov SAN FRANCISCO. June 22 (UP) Two thousand socialites dressed m evening clothes treated Russian Foreign Minister Vyacneslav M. Molotov like a movie star last night. The occasion was a glittering reception given by the United Nations at the palace of the Legion of Honour, a
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  • 40 7 MOSCOW. June 22 (Reuter) Prime Minister of India, Mr. Nehru, and Marshal Nikolai Bulganin, the Soviet Prime Minister, signed m the Kremlin today a joint declaration of principle agreed during Mr. Nehru's 15-day stay m Russia.
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  • 201 7 OKLAHOMA CITY. June 22, (UP)— A 28-year-old Oklahoma CKy woman celebrated the first day of summer yesterday by shedding all her clothes on a city bus. The bus driver stopped m the middle of a busy downtown street and yelled to a
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  • 156 7 UNO Highest Common Factor Of Agreement INFUSION OF HOPE IN THE AIR SAN FRANCISCO, June 22 (Reuter) -British Foreign Secretary, Mr. Harold MacMillan, declared yesterday that Britain would continue to strive "by all means m her power" to use and perfect the United Nations as an instrument
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  • 208 7 "Can we get back this Summer on to the road of co-operation between the Great Powers? Can we find again here m San Fran- l cisco the inspiration and the will to work together? No one yet knows the answer to these questions. "But if we can apply
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  • 154 7 ADEN, June 22, (Reuter) Rebellious Bedouin tribesmen m the eastern part of Aden protectorate have isolated a detachment of 90 troops by setting up road blockades of boulders, it was learned today. Officials said the troops, part of the forces of Aden's Qiaiti state
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  • 179 7 Student Elopes With His Teacher CHESTERFIELD. England, June 22. Norman Bircutnshaw. a 17-year-old high school student, has eloped with the prettiest teacher m his school. He disappeared a week ago with Celia Timmins. 23, a physical training instructress. They left letters saying they were heading for Scotland to marry. The
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  • 69 7 PASADENA. June 22 (AP»— U.S. Representative James Roosevelt was divorced yesterday by the wife who once accused him of misconduct with a dozen women. The former Romelle Schneider, 39, told Superior Judge Kurtz Kauffman m a surprise hearing that lasted only four or five minutes: "Over a
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 94 7 Color m the bedroom! Exit white enter color I kliflH^K f^ *< mMM jfcpMM^||^^M^MM^|^^M^ I Jfj "Old Bleach" Egyptian Cotton Se:s. J consisting of two sheets and two pillow cases (hems, two-row cord) fr Full double bed size, 90" x 103" $63/- per set, Colors: Pink, Green, Peach, Blue or
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    • 51 7 APPLIANCES .^CTRw FALKS CLEANLINE FEATHERLIGHT HEAT KETTLE CONTROLLED IRON 1500 W. A.C. only 6 PINTS 750 W. A.C. only $55/- H FALKS R W~fHfif MAKER AUIO-PERC wl/J $62/50 Prices are for Singapore. Duty extra m Malaya where applicable. I TTI EC HARDWARE DEPT Ll I I LE 4# (BEYOND IHE
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  • 134 8 College Seeks Govt. Aid KLANG, Wed.— The Muslim College of Malaya is to approach the Federation and Singapore governments for immediate financial aid for capital expenditure as well as for annual grants, The Standard learnt today. College authorities have called a meeting of all religious departmental heads and Muslim Advisory
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  • 71 8 THESE two charming sales girls at the Crocodile Shirts Stall m the Happy World have entered for the Miss Exhibition Contest organized by the Hongkong Trade delegation m Singapore. They are Miss Biby Tan (right) and Miss Linda Tan. Both girls have assisted m
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  • 136 8 PENANG, Wed.— After the Federal elections, the Alliance would be stepping into the shoes of Party Negara as "stooges of the Colonial administration," said Mr. Tan Phock Kin, General-Secretary of the Labour Party of Malaya, today. I Mr. Tan, speaking at the Labour
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  • 123 8 Big Drive To Teach Rural Voters PENANG. Wed.— As part of a big publicity campaign launched m the Settlement to publicise the forthcoming Federal elections, four mobile units are now touring villages and kampongs. These units will explain to the people the machinery <^i elections, the secrecy and importance of
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  • 104 8 New Adult Classes For Camb. Exam KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The Selangor Adult Education Association intends to start beginners' classes m book-keeping, shorthand, the English language and mathematics for School Certificate .students. The book-keeping and shorthand classes will begin at the Gomcak Lane Malay School, Kuala Lumpur, on July 4 and
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  • 71 8 PENANG. Wed. A five-year-old Chinese boy was rescued from drowning m a big drain which empties into the sea at Leith Street Ghaut this afternoon. The boy playing with some children tell into the drain. A passer-by Mr. Ong Ewe Aik. of the PWD. on
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  • 39 8 JOHORE BAHRU, Wed.— Customs found 15 cartons of cigarettes under an unoccupied seat m the buffet car attached to the night mail train yesterday. As no one claimed them the cartons were taken over by the Customs.
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  • 61 8 ONE WAY TO KEEP A CUSTOMER TIE your customer up to make sure he stays. This is what the "barber" has done before applying soap on his "victim," m a comedy sketch by Middle School students at an open-air rally of the Wah Khiu Middle and Primary School. Klang, to
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  • 184 8 Padi Planters Get Buffaloes IT'S TO HELP IN FARMING JOHORE BAHRU. Wed— Forty-five Malayan swamp buffalo cows and two bulls are to be given to padi punters at Kampong Ulu Benut, near Simpang Rengam, and Kampong Tengah, Rengam, m order to facilitate cultivation. They are a gift to the farmers
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  • 139 8 IPOH, Wed. A European woman. 57 Indians, 3 Eurasians. 2 Malays and one Siamese, were among the 2,500 patients who were admitted into the Perak Chinese Maternity Hospital m Kampar Read during the year 1954, according to the annual report of the association issued today.
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  • 658 8 Probe Into Camp Riot Deaths IPOH, Wed. A group of detainees m the Ipoh Detention Camp classfied a certain section of their fellow inmates as "traitors and running dogs of the Government/ an inquest was told here todoy. The by Magistrate Che is!
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  • 97 8 THIS is the "Black Widow," much maligned road safety poster which is on display outside the Traffic Police HQ m Kuala Lumpur. It was withdrawn m the UK where it caused considerable controversy. Some people m England described the poster as "too horrifying and awesome." The capital's
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  • 26 8 CHING BOON CHONG, 28. riding a bicycle was killed following a collision with a lorry m Keppel Road yesterday. Ching died m hospital.
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 302 8 I ST. JOH\ 9 S AMBULAXCE I I ASSOCMATMOX A BRMGADE I APPEAL WEEK j I SOCCER I MATCH SATURDAY, 25th JUNE 1955 8 p.m* x I AT I I JALAN BESAR STADIUM 1 I f I ADMISSION $2, $1, and 50 cts. Space kindly donated by Air India International
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    • 198 8 a,? SERRAVALLO'S (Bark and Iron Tonic Wine) Since 1848 NERVE STIMULANT AND NUTRIENT: At the time "Serravallo's Tonicwas sent to me I was commencing convalescence from an attack of influenza. I was very weak and exhausted and had great nervous prostration with the usual insomnia and loss of appetite. I
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  • From Our Correspondent
    • 1451 9 madras Letter HIGHLIGHTS: Bumper rice harvests made India net rice exporter Indo-Ceylonese relationship being cemented Indian Press on "Strife m Singapore" Malayan asks: "Indians m Malaya Quo Vadis?" MADRAS. ii z have so long been ac- >> customed to hear of food scarcity, of frequent deaths due to sheer starva-
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  • 271 9 THE craftsmen of Kashmir have been known for their artistic ability. Their eye for design, form and colour, has always invested their products with a certain individual appeal. Recently, however, they have been giving a new direction to their talents. Under the patronage of the
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  • 233 9 Nlghtingale Of The Indian Screen THE only two stars m Indian films who sing their own songs m the parts they play are Suraiya and Talaat Mahmood, famous playback singers or repute. Their voices are known throughout the length and breadth of the country and millions of their records are
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  • 644 9 Ex-Hongkong Newsman Sells Chinese Delicacies To U.S. Housewives hi HI YOU can buy anything hi A from Chinese lotus root to dried octopus m a unique •H modern "supermarket" that J opened recently m down--3} town New York. < The China Food Fair, de.g signed as the very latest -8
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    • 66 9 Xi Jf mt .w I mm k m^r^ 9 Brk^aab.taMr7 JSS^r I could have screamed...! There was the amah pounding away at my new linen sheets. And with ordinary soap, too! I'll take goodcare there's no more careless washing m ™v^*- 111^ 1 .w house. And 111 always insist on
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 25 9 I 1...1.8 1 1 i i _i__L_i mm i j J* I i j ■B HB^ii BSI I.H r^M HHH^ 1 i I 1^ B*!]
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    • 260 9 <%l h VC^W 6. Groom (6) CLUES 7. A mere trifle (4) 14. Old boys ;*ble to read and Across write? Erase <10> 8 A <l girl l eTs a l othing m a 16. Warehouse for temporary htlle while (4) deposits (8) 9. Supine sons (Anag) (10) lg An
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    • 37 9 i "No. I didn't put arsenic m i your TEA— it's COFFEE." "I got top marks m school today for dictation." "You get more like your mother every day!" "Don't go m for these set garden, myself."
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  • 155 10 Rubber Price Drops 2c. On N.Y. And U.K. Selling REPORTED indiscriminate selling of rubber m New York and later m London contributed to the lower prices of rubber prevailing m Singapore yesterday, first grade July shipment closing at $1.07| ($1,091 on Tuesday). The Singapore market was erratic throughout the day
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  • 166 10 SOME Rangoon and Continental inquiries steadied the coconut oil market at the Singapore Chinese Produce Exchange yesterday, with noon closing prices at $42 J per picul for bulk shipment (up 25 cents) and $451 for drums (up 50 cents). Pepper was still easier yesterday with a drop
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  • 223 10 AS part of their export drive, a well-known English company of jam and marmalade makers recently introduced their products into the Malayan market. The company. William Moorhouse and Sons Ltd. of Leeds, has extended its factory at Beeston to meet increasing demands. Mr. G. E.
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  • 106 10 SINGAPORE sharebroker s yesterday reported the following business done. Fed. Disp. $3.05; Fraser Neave Ords. 51.72. 1 Gammon $2.63. $2.57J (odd lot); M. Colls 76 cents: Metal Box $1.55 to SI. 52.'.: Robinson ords. $2,321: Singapore Cold Storage $1.70: Singapore Traction 27 to 26/71: Straits Steamship $14.50
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  • 122 10 GATE valves for use m water supply and irrigation projects made by Vereinigte Armaturen Gesellschaft of Mannheim, Germany, were among products exhibited at this year's German Technical Hanover Fair. Among interested visitors, was Mr. Sinclair Weeks, the U.S. Secretary of Commerce who was particularly attracted
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  • 352 10 Metal Box Reports Success Progress TIN PLATE STOCKS SOUND— YARROW Standard Market Reporter THE Metal Box Company of Malaya Ltd. reports a further year of successful operations and a continued expansion of the business, scys Mr. C. D. Yarrow, the chairman, m his annual review for presentation at the sixth
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  • 156 10 $1.16 Mil. Profit For Year 75p.c. Dividend THE Metal Box Company of Malaya Ltd. which reports a trading profit of $1,169,842 for the year ended March 31, 1955 ($704,842 profit after taxation), is paying shareholders a dividend of 15 per cent, less tax whicii will absorb $378,000. The accounts show
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  • Finance And Commerce
    • 151 10 THE Royal Interocean Line of Amsterdam has four new ships on order m Dutch shipyards. The 7,000--tonners, doing a cruising speed of 16 knots, may be seen m Malayan waters. This was announced yesterday by Mr. J. H. Warning, a top executive of R.1.L.. who
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    • 131 10 B.B. Petrol, Tractions Improve QUIET conditions continued on the Malayan share market yesterday with fluctuations m all sections narrow and irregular. Few changes m quotations were reported. B. B. Petrol and Traction Company shares showed slight improvement m the industrial section. Rubbers had only one change although fair business m
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    • 47 10 BEDFORD trucks by Vauxhall Motors Ltd.. to the value of nearly £500,000 are being supplied to the Burmese Government, as a result of contracts recently placed with a well-known motor manufacturing company. The contracts call for the supply of 350 4-wheel drive trucks.
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    • 540 10 Weekly Letter From U.S. WASHINGTON, June 22— Amid all the talk about the merits of the three-year extension of the United States reciprocal trade agreements programme, one important fact stands out: the Eisenhower administration has received from Congress virtually all the new tariff -cutting
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 611 10 NOTICES GOVERNMENT OF PAKISTAN MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS (RAILWAY DIVISION) TENDER NOTICE NO. 55/1720 3/S:— Tenders are invited for supply of 15.000 Nos B.G. (size 9* x 10" x s"> and 1.00.000 Nos M.G. (Size 6' x 8" x 4£"> hardwood sleepers required by the Eastern Bengal Railway during the year
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    • 504 10 SPECIAL NOTICE TO SINGAPORE AND JOHORE BAHRU TELEPHONE SUBSCRIBERS AS FROM 10.00 P.M. ON THURSDAY 23RD JUNE. 1955 (a) SINGAPORE SUBSCRIBERS WISHING TO CALL SUBSCRIBERS ON JOHORE BAHRU AND TAMPOI EXCHANGES SHOULD DIAL '92' AND WHEN THE OPERATOR ANSWERS. ASK FOR THE REQUIRED NUMBER. (b) Johore Bahru subscribers requiring calls
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    • 240 10 MORE COMMERCIA NEWS IN PACE 12 AMERICAN PRESIDENT LINES, LTD. Union Building. Tel: *****/4 TO NEW YORK AND BOSTON VIA CEYLON, INDIA, EGYPT AND MEDITERRANEAN PORTS. Spore P. S'hom Penong PRES. GARFIELD Gdns. 33/34 Soils 25 June 26/26 June 27/28 Jun* PRES. MADISON 6/10 July 11/11 July 12/13 July PRES.
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
    • 124 10 OUTER ROADS Hem Hoyer. Gujarat, Eastern Venture. Stanvae Selo, London Spirit, Hamburg, Prometheus, Batoela, Gujarat, Maetsuycker, Bustler. INNER ROADS Laksula. Brenda, Tong Sing. Tong Hong. Beetong. Nanyang. Sadao, Hock Ho. Sri Fatanah. Padjonge. Legundi, San Bias, June. Tong Nam, Sofia. Tg. Pinang, Aik Hir, Kimanis. Belaga. Caltex 93. Playaran. Sedenak.
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 786 11 ANGLO-FRENCH TRADING CO., LTD. UL: *****/6, *****/4 /S J THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE NORTH AMERICAN. SERVICE T o Halitam. Montreal, Boston. New Tool. Baltimore. Philadelphia. Cult Porta. P- S ham Penang tasF-^—'wjs stR »'€<& Carriers option to proceed elo ottso, ports to load end discharge cargo HAMBURG-AMERICAN LINE NORTH GERMAN
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    • 1043 11 Tel: £405 MANSFIELD 6c CO., LTD. Tel: 2412 (18 lines) tlncorporetea m Singapore) (12 lines) oVpt? THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE I™ 1 uepr. Carriers option to proceed via other ports to load and discharge cargo SAILINGS to LIVERPOOL, CLASCOW. LONDON CONTINENT Singapore STian. Penan* Laomedon for Marseilles. Swansea. Liverpool Avonmouth
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    • 721 11 MITSUI jg^\ LINE Spore P. Sham Penang FOR JAPAN from Indie Asumasan Maru from Bombay, tor Hongkong. Kobe, Moji Yokohama Nagoyo 30 June 28 June Woyo Maru fUbm Calcutta, Rangoon, for Kobe, Yokohama,, Osaka, Moji 15 July FOR JAPAN from Continent Kamogowo Maru for Yokohama, Kobe, Nogoya, vio Soigon, Bongkok,
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    • 785 11 EAST ASIATIC LINES SAILINGS 10 CONIINENT /SCANDINAVIA For Aden. Port Soid. Genoa, Antwerp. Rotterdom, Hamburg, Copenhagen, Gothenburg and Oslo. S'oore P. C*hoin Penong x) "MALACCA" 5/7 July 8/8 July 9/10 July "MEONIA" 20/24 July 25/26 July 27/28 July "FALSTRIA" 16/19 Aug. 20/20 Aug. 21/22 Aug. x) Calls London (passengers only),
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  • 1303 12 Development Work At Big Pace On Shell Plant £1,500,000 A Year For Expansion KLM Family Travel On Instalment System 'ROOM FOR EXTENSION' THE development of Shell's installation at Pulo Bukom, three miles off the south-west coast of Singapore, has always occupied the closest at- tention of the organization. The Standard
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  • 85 12 The Australian Government's aluminium plant at Bell Bay. Tasmania. recently reached the stage of aluminium processing, the first step m production of aluminium ingots Ingots are expected from the plant later this year. Now m operation after three years of planning, the aluminium factory is designed to produce
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  • 146 12  - DELAYS ARE FORESEEN IN THE PROPOSED TIN COUNCIL ARNOLD C. BRACKMAN By BRACKMAN, Standard Special Correspondent NEW YORK, June 22— American tin sources said today that it will probably take some time before the Tin Council, proposed under the International Tin Agreement, can take its seat and get down to
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  • 245 12 THE International Rubber Quality and Packing Conference m New York tackled and completed a 68--point agenda covering virtually every phase of rubber quality and packing m an atmosphere of comity and ■co-operation. Frank and open discussions underlined th c conference which provided an
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  • 139 12 THE battle between manmade fibres and cotton has taken a new turn, the Wall Street Journal reported. The business paper said new finishes for smooth cotton fabrics are now on the American market, and their makers claim they need no ironing. The "no
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  • 183 12 Work On Britain's A-Reactor WORK has started m Britain, on the construction of a new type of nuclear reactor, that will reduce from one year to ten days, the time needed to test fuels and materials for the UK's atomic power programme. This was revealed by Sir John Cockcroft, Director
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  • 45 12 BRITISH nationals who consider that they have grounds for making war damage claims under the Exchange of Notes between the U.K. and French Governments, dated October 4, 1954, can now make the necessary applications, direct to French authorities mi n the respective areas.
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  • 173 12 KLEAR GLASS, the American made liquid which cleans glass, plastic and tile surfaces and keeps them mist and fog resistant, j s proving popular m Malaya, since introduced here recently, say the local agents', Khim Lee Co., Singapore. The manufacturers, The Buckley Corporation of New York, claim that
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  • 215 12 A FULLER account than nitherto possible, for security reasons, of the research that enabled factories m the north of England to be built for the production of Plutonium, is «7? n m a re P° rt entitled Atomic Energy Research at Harwell." published m London recently.
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  • 56 12 UNITED STATES tourists spent US$972 million m foreign lands m 1954 m addition to US$lB3 million paid to foreign carriers. Mr Preston Hotchkis. U.S. representative to the UN's Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), says this foreign exchange provided foreign countries with enough dollars to pay for ten per
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  • 531 13  - FAS Will Meet Johore Malaya Cuppers In A Trial Of Strength ANDY ROZARIO By KUALA LUMPUR, Tucs.— Selangor, who hope to ou ,t Penang out of this year's Malaya Cup final, and thus shatter the settlement's hopes of becoming the firs, team to enter the final for the fourth year
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  • 41 13 Presbyterian Boys' Sc Singapore, will be hofd- ts tenth annual athletic on Saturday, July 2, at Scnool field m Lorong J. 1 Kurau. at 3 p.m. ere will be two events for C 3oys 100 yards and 440
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  • 123 13 LONDON: A general view of Wimbledon Lawn Tennis stadium on the opening day of the championships. In play on court number two, which can be seen, were G. Forbes of South Africa and L. Bergelin of Sweden. United Press photo by Mr. H. P.
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  • 201 13 THE British Borneo Amateur Athletic Board, which represents a co-ordinating committee of the territorial AAAs of the State of Brunei and the Colonies of North Borneo and Sarawak, plan to hold the first interterritorial athletic championship meeting at Seria m Brunei, on Saturday, July
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  • 24 13 ENTRIES for the M.C. MacGregor Watt throwing competition are now open. All entries must be handed m on or before July 8.
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  • 666 13  -  MAX ROBERTSON By LONDON, June 22— A centenarian watching lawn tennis for the first time from a centre court seat at Wimbledon might be astonished to learn that the game did not exist until he was nearly out of his teens. For it was m February
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  • 309 13 ENGLAND ARE FAVOURITES TO WIN AGAIN LONDON, June 22, (Reuter) England, having: soundly beaten South Africa by an innings m the first Test, start strong favourites to win the second beginill Lords tomorrow. I if fastest bowler since Harold Lr>rwood is fit. he should find the firm pitch more helpful
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  • 252 13 THE Chinese Swimming Club, strong contenders for the "A" Division honours m this year's Water Polo League and holders of the "B" and "C"' division championships of 1954. will meet RAF Singapore, at Seletar on Sunday. From the standard of play they have
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  • 52 13 THE 27th annual athletic Sports of the Holy Innocent." English School will be held tomorrow on St. Gabriel's School ground. Upper Serangoon Road, at 3 p.m. There will be two items for Old Boys 100 yards and 880 yards. Mr. Tay Ah Chool will give away
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  • 82 13 THE following have been selected to represent RAOC against the Royal Army Education Corps m a cricket match on Sunday, at the Friendly Hill ground from 1.30 p.m. Lt Col R.A.J. Wiggins. (Capt) Capt F. Harper <vice Captain*. Maj. G. J. Maguire. Capt J. G. Grirnble.
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 396 13 CLASSIFIED ADS ACKNOWLEDGMENT MR- MRS S NADARAJAH TivVffV' 1 anri Natives for their kind wishes, valuable presents and assistance on MaSsS* 00 their marria seon SITUATIONS VACANT EJRITISH MINING COMPANY I■» has a vacancy for a young Asian Assistant Engineer AddHcants must hold *anh£sK£ Hn*nT I? Clvll Engineerta* from Hong
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
    • 228 13 (JH flbner By A/ Copp i(%. 7mitsj7lemmea /1 V, r vou u'u yaps A/ s o I T&JTStoe^TMoa or ahgr* €_Ar "f l dome V our.T y wa»<ta ts gonna sue* lin that J mothers WXASE CO >*W!.' \V T S^-p^s^ >GO < RIGHT HERE, A CASE. rfSCftj „_f f.
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    • 177 13 SOCCER Division 2 A: Y.M.M.A. vs. F. Karib at Clerical Union, Div. 3A: Kerala vs. Cosmos at Geylang; Katong S.C. vs. Springdales at Farrer Park. GSFA League Div. 2: Radio Malaya vs. Income Tax at Farrer Park; P. T. vs. Land Office at P. T.; Survey vs. Domain at Farrer
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  • 456 14 YESTERDAY'S school champions were: Douglas Nonis— St. Joseph's Institution; F<ee Kong Joo— Telok Kurau English School; Yusoff bin Haniff, Radin Mas I, and G. Naganathan, Radin Mas II; and Yeo Peng Hoe— Geylang English School I. Naturally, the afternoon's top performances were recorded
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  • 752 14 All the School Sports ST. JOSEPH'S INSTITUTION DIVISION I 100 yards: 1. D Nonis 2. William Eu 3 Thong How Soon 10.9 sec. 220 yards: 1. Douglas Nonis 2. Anthony Lim 3. Royston Lazaroo— 16.2 sec. 440 yards: 1. Anthony Lam 2. William Ng 3 W. Kishin— 55.9 sec. 880
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  • 533 14 Something new: Referee m sandals SINGAPORE Telephone Board beat the Chartered Bank by three goals to one m the first round of the SBHFA League and Cup Group A match played at the Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. This is the Telephone Board's second successive
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  • 817 14 PRIMARY 1 50 yards: Mohamed bin Osman: 2. Anwar bin Salleh; 3. Ahmad bin Jantan. Dressing race: 1. Soh Fook Wan: 2. Hiap Boon Tien; 3 Abdullah bin Yusoff. Hoop relay: 1. Blue; 2. Green. 3 Red. PRIMARY 2 50 yards: 1. Salleh bin Tamby: 2. Abdullah
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  • 196 14 HONGKONG BANK, this season's unbeaten league champions, opened their S.B.H.F.A. League and Cup season with an impressive 4-0 victory over a strong Singapore Traction Company combination m a Group "A" match played at Farrer Park yesterday. The Bankers a sur- when the first I the score.
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  • 84 14 > LONDON, June 22, (Reuter)— The South African team to play England m the second Test starting at Lords here tomorrow will be selected from the following 13 players: J. Cheetham (Captain"), J. McGlew, R. Endean, J. White. R. McLean, K. Keith,
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  • 140 14 SUPERIOR m all departments Sime Darby beat Breweries Sports Club by four goals to two m a group B match at Farrer Park yesterday. This was Sime Darby's first league and cup victory their opener against Malayan Airways having been abandoned. They opened the score m the
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  • 624 14 SHOCK 1: Shea Ousts Champion Seixas SHOCK 2: Hungarian Kills British Hope WIMBLEDON, June 22 (Reuter) Gilbert Shea, 23-year-old crewcropped American, and Mrs. Zusie Kormoczy, Hungary's 30 years old former champion, provided the first major shocks m the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships today* Shea playing great tennis m a tense
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    359 14 WOMEN'S SINGLES Miss J. Knight (Britain! beat Mrs. B. DrUlbrandssou (Sweden) 3-6, 12-10. 6--.. Men's Doubles: R. wig and L. Hoad (Au tralia) beat J. Grinda and j v nari (France) 6-2. 3-6, 9-7 8-6. N. Fraser and K. Boaeval (Australia) beat A. Clayton and P. Moys (Britain
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