Singapore Standard, 28 June 1955
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Title Section19 1955-06-28 1 Singapore Standard 3& 1%, vH i. Vol. V. No. 357 SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, JUNE 28, 1955 14 PACES 15 CENTS19 words
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Article275 1955-06-28 1 'Your Bosses Have Deserted To Siam While You Fight On* -Reds Told 15 Mil. Leaflets Tell Story GOVT. STEPS UP WAR OF NERVES KUALA LUMPUR, Mon.— Federation Government today officially informed the Communist terrorists in the jungle about the flight of their once-formidable chieftains, including Chin Peng,275 words
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272 1955-06-28 1 Father Approaches Police For Help THE first English school student to leove Singoport for Red Ihino "to further his studies" will be stopped ot Hongkong today when the Tjiwangi arrives there. Till late last night, the father had not made up his mind272 words
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Article94 1955-06-28 1 FACTORY HAS NOT CLOSED THE Ho Ho Biscuit Factory, Limited, has nctt closed down as repc rted in yesterday's Standard, said Mr. Koh Soon Huat, the managing) director. "We are temporarily sus pending operations because of the large stocks of biscuits now beinfc held," he explained. Inj Mondays story. Th94 words
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120 1955-06-28 1 Diggers Wil! Leave For Mclaya In September BRISBANE, June 27 (Reuter) Chitef of the Australian General Staff. Lieutenant General! Henry Wells said today about 1 1.400 men of the Second Bfattalion, Royal Australian Begiment would b-ave for Malaya "probably [.bout the emkl of September. en the liner iNew Australia. The120 words
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Article30 1955-06-28 1 A THREE-yeat-old girl. Leow Siew Eng, was found dead in a well by her grandmother at her home in Woodlands. Singapore, at about 4 P m. yesterday.30 words
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Article46 1955-06-28 1 HONGKONG. June 27 (UP) Lt-Gen. C. S. Sugden. Commander of British forces in Hongkong, left by plane yesterday for Kuala Lumpur on an official visit to the Federation of Malaya. Gen. Sugden is expected to stay in Malay for two weeks.46 words
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Article, Illustration34 1955-06-28 1 photo. THE Burmese Prime Minister U Nu, bonds Earl Mountbatten o cheque for £1,500 for the amenities fund of the Burma Star Association, in London. Lady Mountbatten and Mrs. Nu watch. APAP - 34 words
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181 1955-06-28 1 It's Strike To The Bitter End' Dockers LONDON, June 27 (AP)— Waterfront strikers voted today 'to continue their six-week docks walkout "to the bitter end." The action was taken at a mass meeting after strikers from northern ports put picket lines at the major piers here. The dockers' strike of181 words
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Article27 1955-06-28 1 JOACHIM WIEBACH, 27. was sentenced to death by the East German Supreme Court yesterday for alleged spying on behalf of the United States. Reuter.27 words
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301 1955-06-28 1 Scramble Makes Market Nervous RUBBER PRICE HITS $1.18 NERVOUS conditions continued in the Singapore rubber market yesterday as the scramble for immediate shipment switched from June to July. Much activity was reported throughout the day with speculative buying, causing prices to soar at one stage of the trading to $1.18301 words
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Article113 1955-06-28 1 Malayan Insects In Museum LONDON, June 28: (Reuter) The British Natural History Museum's department of entomology has received the collection of Malayan insects formerly preserved in the Selangor Museum, Kuala Lumpur, which was destroyed during the war. This gift of the Government of the Federation of Malaya consists of about113 words
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Article51 1955-06-28 1 NAVAL- AIR CONFERENCE A COMBINED Naval-Air conference will be held today under the auspices of the Royal Air Force at Seletar. The conference will be attended by all the visiting Commonwealth service chiefs in Singapore when, it is understood, appreciations of the recent joint naval- air exercise "Anzex" will be51 words
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Article52 1955-06-28 1 ANTWERP, June 2 (Reuter) Seventeen thousand dockers came out on strike here today for a wage increase of 40 francs (about five shillings) a day. The dockers who are tying up about 100 ships in the port paraded through the-town and sent a delegation to the52 words
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Article243 1955-06-28 1 U.S. DOCTOR WOUNDED TAIPEI, Formosa, June 27 (UP)— Chinese Communist MIG jet fighters, reportedly piloted by Russians, today shot down a Nationalist jet patrol plane and riddled a commercial airliner carrying an American doctor on a mercy flight to Matsu Island. A Nationalist Chinese air243 words
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Article145 1955-06-28 1 Boys Become Dandys Now -Doctor LONDON, June 27 (Renter) Britain's young men are adorning themselves in the dandy "Teddy Boy" style of clothes because the ratio of males to females is increasing, a woman doctor declared today. For the same reason Dr. J. MacAHster Brew asserts British girls are becoming145 words
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Article32 1955-06-28 1 HONGKONG. June 27 (Reuter) Chinese Communist anti-aircraft guns hit two Nationalist jet planes which "intruded" over Foochow on June 23 and 24, the new China news agency said today.32 words
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167 1955-06-28 1 CANTERBURY, England, June 27 (Renter)— American tourists and servicemen walked out on a sermon praising 1 Communism given in Canterbury Cathedral last night by the 81-year-old "Red Dean" of Canterbury, Dr. Hewlett Johnson. The Dean declared: "Communism has come to stay" in the first167 words
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Article143 1955-06-28 1 JAKARTA, June 27 (UP)— The Indonesian Army today defied President Soekarno and the Cabinet and refused to accept the new army commander appointed by the Government. j In a spectacular demonstration of protest all top army officers boycotted the installation ceremony of Maj. Gen. Bambang Utoyo143 words
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Article83 1955-06-28 1 TRIER, Germany, June 27 (AP) A four-engined British Lincoln bomber and an American Sabre jet crashed near here early yesterday after colliding in flight. At least five of the bomber's crew were killed. A Royal Air Force spokesman at Moenchen-Gladbach, headquarters of the 2nd Allied83 words
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Article, Illustration29 1955-06-28 2 A POLICE Corporal keeps watch on the dump while be awaits the arrival of the Army Bomb Disposal Unit which blew up the shells.29 words
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Article194 1955-06-28 2 A DEAFENING explosion rocked Changi area, yesterday evening, when the Army Bomb Disposal Unit, blew up an ammunition dump— a relic of the last war— in Wing Loong Estate off 11£ mile Changi Road, Singapore. About 30 rust-encrusted Japanese medium shells, a dozen British mortar194 words
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Article42 1955-06-28 2 HONGKONG. June 27. Special Standard Service: Closing prices of the Hongkong Exchange today were: $15.63 to £1 sterling; $5,795 to US$l: $1,839 to Malayan $1; $0,120 to one Indonesian Rupiah; Gold $250,875 to a Rupiah: Gold $251 to a tael.42 words
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Article94 1955-06-28 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. Representatives of 26 squatter areas in Kuala Lumpur met here today to consider representations against the new Municipal ordinance provisions about slum clearance. Their main objection is against the $250-per-squatter house compensation envisaged by the ordinance, which they contend is "ridiculously low94 words
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Article107 1955-06-28 2 Constable Hid Ammo. In Suit Case TEMERLOH. Mon— Jaafar bin Yaacob 23, an ex-special constable of Kampong Bharu Sanggang Sebrang, Temerloh today pleaded guilty to a charge of possession of 10 rounds of .303 ammunition and one round of 9 m.m. without a permit on May 26 this year. In107 words
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97 1955-06-28 2 PENANG. Mon— The School for the Deaf in Northam Road here will soon send two local teachers for a year's training in Martchester University, the school's manager and hon. treasurer, Mr Soon Cheng Sun. told The Standard todav. Mr scon said that with additional97 words
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Article84 1955-06-28 2 Crowd Waits In Vain For Mr. Tan MALACCA, Mon. Many people this afternoon who turned up at the clocktower tree to hear Alliance candidate, Mr. Tan Siew Sin. talk about his party were disappointed, Mr. Tan did not turn up. They had not heard the noonday announcement that the meeting84 words
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Article66 1955-06-28 2 PENANG, Mon, The Indian Association's Literary and Debating Society will hold a debate on "Higher Education for Women is a Mere Waste," at the association's premises in Bagan Jermal Road at 7 p.m. tomorrow. Mr. K. R. Ramanath will move the motion and he will be supported by66 words
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298 1955-06-28 2 ALLIANCE WILL GIVE WAY TO NATIONAL PARTY Now It's Out, And Rahman Says It KLANG, Mon: Units of the UMNO-MCA-MIC Alliance ore now striving to form a single national organization/ ending their individual existence as communal bodies, UMNO President, Tungku Abdul Rahman, told a heckler at an election rally today.298 words
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Article259 1955-06-28 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon.— The Pan-Malayan Islamic Association today joined the other non-Alliance political groups in protesting against the alleged discrimination of Radio Malaya regarding the allotment of air time for election broadcasts. The Persatuan Islam SaMalaya committee met here last Saturday to voice dissatisfaction259 words
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Article155 1955-06-28 2 COMMODITY PRICES CLOSING robber prices (cents per lb.) in Singapore yesterday were: Buyers Sellers No*l R.S.S. Spot Loose 1181 1182 No. 1 R.S.S. f.o.b. June 1152 116 No. 2 108* 109} No. 3 102} 103} Tone: Uncertain and slightly easier. TIN PRICE The price of tin yesterday was $3631 per155 words
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Article136 1955-06-28 2 MTUC Backs Bank Employees PENANG. Mon. The chairman of the Malayan Trade Union Council, Penang division, Mr. Law Mook Weng, told a meeting held by bank employees at the Khek Association yesterday that the MTUC was prepared to take up the cause of bank employees In the Federation to the136 words
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Article81 1955-06-28 2 Celebration For Sultans Jubilee PONTIAN, Mon. Benut Town will be elaborately decorated for the first time to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of the Sultan of Johore on Sept. 17. Highlights of the celebrations will be a fun fair at the Padang where a ronggeng, Chinese wayang and sandiwara will be81 words
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Article, Illustration152 1955-06-28 2 THIRTY-EIGHT New Zealanders who will be guests of the British Motor Corporation for three weeks in England, and participate in the Austin Jubilee during July 9-15, flew into Singapore in a chartered BOAC plane yesterday. The B.M.C. is sponsoring "Operation Autocharter" to foster152 words
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403 1955-06-28 2 EX-PIG REARER GETS 5 YEARS' FOR RED PAPERS A FORMER pig rearer, 22-year-old Lee Lian Siew, was given the maximum sentence of five years bv the Singapore First Criminal District Court judge yesterday when he was convicted on a charge of possessing Communist terrorist documents. According to the charge Lee,403 words
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183 1955-06-28 2 Playground Called A Tribute To Sir Gurney TELUK ANSON, Mon The Sir Henry Gurn yj children's playground J the heart of this town was described as a fitting tribute to the man whos name it bears, by Inc. n Othman bin Talib. Deputiy Mentri Besar, Perak, wheja he formally opened183 words
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Article109 1955-06-28 2 KLANG, Mon.— Police here today appealed to rubber planters in the j Selangrr coastal area to lielp trarp the ownership off 5i plculs of rubber sheets, 1 alleged to have been 'nshe<tl' out from the high seas off Port 1 Swettenham. i They are pack ted109 words
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Article84 1955-06-28 2 THREE representative? of the Brahma ifKumaris Institution of Mount Abu in India, arrived in Singapore last week from Japan after attending the World Religion Congres* in Shimizu. I The delegates. Brahma Kumar Anand i Kishore. Brah:r,a Kumari R ttan Mohini snd Brahma Kumari Praksha Mani,84 words
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Article86 1955-06-28 2 KLANCC-. Mon The magistrate helre today commi" i S. Arumiigam. a rubber tar: to standi trial in the Court fori intentionally cau >8 the deat'fi of a factory worker S. Palayhh. with a knife It wast alleged at the preliminary! inquiry that trouble parted with a q86 words
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Article316 1955-06-28 3 TUC Asked To Submit Views SINGAPORE'S new Workmen's Charter— the amended Labour Code which gives a 44--hour week for "certain" categories of workers, will not come into force until September, this year. Reason: The Colony Government has decided to hold it over until the Trades Union316 words
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Article, Illustration63 1955-06-28 3 (AMD THE) 1 BOYS TOO' photo.) bUME of the troupers of the Holiday on Ice show arrived in Singapore yesterday on the liner "Ruys." The show is scheduled to open in July. Picture shows nine of the principal members of the troupe. Their names were given asStandard - 63 words
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233 1955-06-28 3 A charge that the two undergraduates of the Malayan University who leave this morning for the annual conference of the National Unions of Students at Birmingham are "no longer representatives of responsible student opinion in this country" was made last night by the233 words
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Article104 1955-06-28 3 DISTRICT COURT POWERS THE powers of the District Courts in Singapore are now being reviewed by a three-man committee appointed by the Chief Justice, Sir Charles Murray-Ansley. The committee members are Mr. Lee Kuan Yew and Mr. A. Muthuswamy while Civil District Court Judge. Mr. E.H. De Netto is the104 words
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Article24 1955-06-28 3 MR. Justice Spenser Wilkinson. Judge of the Penang Supreme Court, arrived in Singapore yesterday from the United Kingdom after home leave.24 words
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Article133 1955-06-28 3 Hawkers Allowed To Trade Freely HAWKERS plying along certain Colony roads will soon be free to carry on their trade without a license and with a minimum of restrictions. A Progressive Party motion at the next City Council meet ing on Thursday will seek the necessary amendment? to the Hawkers'133 words
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Article56 1955-06-28 3 THE Hoa Lam Dramatic Society will present a classical Chinese play todav in aid of the Katong Boys' Building Fund. The play, which begins at 8 p.m.. will be acted on Stage 3 at the Happy World Amusement Park. The programme is amply descriptive of the56 words
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Article58 1955-06-28 3 tan unin soon, oi uopeng Street, was fined $70 for failing to display "L" plates on a motor cycle, for carrying a pillion rider, driving the vehicle with an expired provisional driving licence and for not having a third party insurance. Tan. was also disqualified from58 words
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Article52 1955-06-28 3 NOBODY has as yet claimed the seven-day-old baby girl, who is in the Singapore General Hospital She was found by a bu s ticket inspector's wife lying in a crate off a kampong in Aljunied Road on Sunday. Last night her condition was reported to52 words
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Article72 1955-06-28 3 SINGAPORE Police yesterday offered a reward of $2,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the murderer of driving instructor Pek Boon Yam, 25, who was attacked and stabbed by six men in Cross Street on June 15 Information may be given to the72 words
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Article137 1955-06-28 3 Clerk Fined $100 On Hurt Charge A CLERK. Sunkaran, of Lorong Limau. was fined $100 by the Singapore Sixth Court Magistrate, Mr. J. P.-Trainor, yesterday, when he was found guilty of voluntarily causing hurt to Wee Peng Giap, at Lorong Limau on March 23. Wee told the court he was137 words
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Article84 1955-06-28 3 He Took Vehicle 'On Loan' MALACCA, Mon.— A man with eight previous convictions, Ah Chai 25, was sentenced to a year's imprisonment in the Sessions Court today for misappropriating a motorcycle, valued at $600. The owner of the machine. Ng Thian Poh said Ah Chai borrowed the motor cycle on84 words
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Article49 1955-06-28 3 ARSONISTS again set fire to a car belonging to a driving instructor in Upper Serangoon early yesterday morning. The instructor Koh Thian Siong, had parked his car opposite his house. He later saw the two rear tyres ablaze and put out the fire.49 words
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Article63 1955-06-28 3 THE following are the new officials of the Singapore Havelock Estate Community Centre. President Mr. Tang Seng Huat; vice-presidents Messrs R. S. Pillai and V. Ganesan; secretary Mr. A. Rajah; assl secretary Mr. Osman bin Bindin; treasurer Mr. Lee Kiat Hock. Committee members Messrs. Charlie Perera. Patrir Almonte,63 words
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Article, Illustration89 1955-06-28 3 THIS picture entitled "Meditation" is the work of 23-year-old Mr. Chu? Soobin. a commercial artist in Singapore and a keen amateur photographer. He is a member of the Singapore Camera Club and enjoys the honour of being the youngest in the Colony to be admitted as89 words
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136 1955-06-28 3 DO YOUR DUTY SAYS INDIAN CHAMBER BOSS JOHORE BAHRU. Mon. At the annual meeting of the Johore Indian Chamber of Commerce on Saturday, the president, Mr. V. Sinniah Pillai, appealed to all eligible voters to take part in the coming Federal elections. He urged them not to treat the occasion136 words
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Article160 1955-06-28 3 Glass Firm Reaches Agreement THE Singapore Glass Manufacturing Company, yesterday withdrew dismissal notices served on 44 employees. This decision •of the firm follows an agreement reached with the Factory and Shop Workers' Union. The workers who were scheduled to end their services today, have160 words
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Article, Illustration173 1955-06-28 3 A YOUNG adventurer, Manic Rajakumar, who says he has rejected 38 marriage proposals from girls in practically every country in Europe, arrived in Singapore yesterday in the course of a round-the world tour on a motor cycle. Rajakumar's biggest romantic tangle, he said,173 words
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Article51 1955-06-28 3 PANG Cheung, a crew member of the ship "Loksang." pleaded guilty in the Singapore Third Criminal District Court yesterday to possessing $2,000 worth of raw opium at Gate No. 1 of the Singapore Harbour Board on June 14. He was fined $6,000, In default 12 months'51 words
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Article1507 1955-06-28 4 ALL AGREE ITS IN LINE WITH NEEDS WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT THE CHICK REPORT j But Many Are Divided On Tax Increase Proposals THE long-awaited report of the World Bank Mission recommending the preservation of Malaya's present wealth, replanting and new planting of rubber and tin prospecting, is generally in1,507 words
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Article, Illustration106 1955-06-28 4 KPP e very model modern Major-General," sings Major-General Stanley (Vincent Daniel), in a scene from the Ipoh Choral Society's production of "The Pirates of Penzance," which is to be staged at the Anglo Chinese School Hall, Ipoh. on Thursday, Friday and Saturday this week at 9 p.m. ThereStandard; Lee Thong Choon - 106 words
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Article58 1955-06-28 4 MUAR, Mon. Subramaniam 25, son of Letchumanan was yesterday sentenced to death by Mr. Justice Paul Storr in the Muar Assize for possession of firearms and several rounds of ammunition on May 4 this year. Subramanian who pleaded guilty was arrested bv an ambush party at58 words
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211 1955-06-28 4 Adult Edn. Assn. Seeks U.K. Grant TO BUILD CENTRE IN KL PENANG, Mon.— Malayan Adnlt Education Association has applied to the Legislative Council for help to build a centre in Kuala Lumpur, the President Mr. Heah Joo Seang, said here today. Mr. Heah said that the application has been sponsored211 words
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Article364 1955-06-28 5 Plan To Recruit Dutch Planters Causes A Stir IPOH, Mon. The Recruitment- of Dutch planters for the rubber industry in Malaya was criticised by the president of the Central and North Perak Estate Staffs Union, Mr. K. R, R. Choudhary yesterday. Speaking at the general364 words
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Article994 1955-06-28 5 TRINITY TERM B.A. DEGREE RESULTS Lee Ah Kan, C The following candidates have passed the intermediate examination for the Bachelor of Arts degree Trinity term 1955: Abdul Aziz bin Ismail. Credits in Eng. Language, Geography and History. Advani, Nindi G.. Credits in Eng. Literature and Geography. Agoes, Salim, Credits in994 words
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Article, Illustration62 1955-06-28 5 photo. THE celebrated American Negro soprano, Mattiwilda Dobbs above, who arriv- ed in Singapore during the week-end for a recital at the Victoria Memorial Hall tomorrow, rehearsed for li hours with her accompanist, Noreen Stokes, vesterday. Sponsored by the Singapore Musical Society, the recital starts at 8.45 n.m.Standard - 62 words
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261 1955-06-28 5 A CLERK, Yeo Bah Chee, was congratulated by Mr. Justice Knight in the Singapore Assize Court yesterday, for showing considerable courage in tackling armed robbers. As a result of his evidence, one of the robbers, Ong Chiew Long was sentenced to six years'261 words
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Article89 1955-06-28 5 TAN Ah Bak and Tsai Hei Tang appeared in the Singapore Seventh Magistrate's Court yesterday, on a charge of being members of an unlawful assembly, during the May 12 riots at Alexandra Road. The prosecution alleged that they threw stones at a Police Reserve Unit89 words
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Article21 1955-06-28 5 FOR selling of obscene photographs. Yeo Peng Nam was fined $100 or 20 days' imprisonment by the Muar Magistrate.21 words
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Miscellaneous285 1955-06-28 5 Standard cAlmanac INFORMATION AT A GLANCE {SINCAPORE \&*£sy± ST JOHN'S COUNCIL: Charity performance The Man Who Loved Readheads' at Pavilion Theatre. 9.30 p.m. DALE CARNEGIE CLUB: Executive committee meeting at Youth Council Hall Orchard Road. 730 p.m. SMELL CO: Free film show-De-sign for Growing at Coliyer Quay. 1.15 p.m. TOC285 words
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Miscellaneous293 1955-06-28 5 pore Share Market Report (Si; 7 p.m News <S); 7.10 News Talk (S or KLi; 7.15 Call To Order (S); 730 Make Mine Melody (S): 8 p.m Bea' the Brains (KL); 8.30 Music from the Shows (S); 9 n.m Radio Gazette (S); 9.30 News (S); 9.45 Guest Artiste (S>; 10293 words
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Article924 1955-06-28 6 (CONFESSION they say is good for the soul. And this morning the members of the People's Action Party must be feeling better than they have for sometime. At the second annual conference on Sunday, a member stated that "subversive elements" had crept into the organization. This public confession924 words
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Article565 1955-06-28 6 VIEW REVIEW OF Extravagant Pledges rjTUSAN MELAYU says V candidates contesting the federal elections are thumping their chests promising all sorts of things to the voters forgetting that they would be helpless to do many of the things they have promised their voters. This is because the forthcoming elections fall565 words
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1014 1955-06-28 6 NORA BELOFF - Murders Increase Every Day In Algeria NORA BELOFF By Paris, ALTHOUGH every dry lengthens the list of murders and sabotage in Algeria, the French authorities there, despite formidable military rei n f o rcements, have failed either to catch, or even to identify, the rebel leaders. The only identification of1,014 words
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Article, Illustration701 1955-06-28 6 PARIS. ]\J. Gilbert Grandval, the newly appointed French Resident-General for Morocco, ha.s been selected, after laborious discussions by the French Government, not for his knowledge of North African affairs, nor for his political connections in Paris, but for his renowned toughness in tight places. At a701 words
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Article258 1955-06-28 6 SHORTS FROM THE TALKS Used Briton, talking in a BBC programme about the British dislike of professionals. o "There's always time for anything one really wants to do."— James Kirkup. the well-known poet, talking in the BBC's Midland Home Service. o •TT was the ancient Greeks in the second century258 words
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Article214 1955-06-28 6 Sir; A lot of nonsense has been talked about against the reintroduction of a pre-war supply of opium recommenced by the Taylor Public Services Commission, not infrequently by persons who know as much about the drugs and its effects as they do about what is on the side214 words
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Article87 1955-06-28 6 Sir; It grieves me to see that so many opium addicts have been convicted in court. Government has set up an opium curative centre in St. John's Island. but it takes about a year for one to be cured of the smoking habit. We know there is ar.87 words
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Article145 1955-06-28 6 S.H.B. Reply Sir, I am directed to refer to two letters which appeared in your columns on 23 June and 27 June. 1955 respectively concerning a Board Service Memorandum dated 6 May. 1954 which refers, inter alia, to the reservation by Board's Officers of private bathrooms and or showers when145 words
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197 1955-06-28 7 Says The Times LONDON, June 11. (Reuter)— The Times today maintained that the problem of Malaya's further economic development is not easy Malaya is inherently one of the richer and* more a ivanced of the countries on which World Bank miss rts have197 words
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Article133 1955-06-28 7 CALCUTTA. June 27 (Pouter) Indian authorities yesterday declared the mountain holiday resort of Darjeeling a prohibited city following police action the day before in opening fire on strikers at Sonada Valley Tea Gardens, it was reporteo last night. They forbade the entry Into Darjeeling of133 words
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131 1955-06-28 7 15 Battalions To Fight Hoa Hao Warriors SAIGON. June 27 (UP) Free Vietnams Premier Ngo Dinh Diem today ordered 15 crack battalions into the uncharted region of the Seven Mountains to blast out his last potential rival, longhaired Gen. Ba Cut, and his fiery Hoa Hao sect warriors. The diminutive131 words
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Article41 1955-06-28 7 PARIS. June 27: (Reuter) NATO announced here today the North Atlantic Council would meet in Paris c:\ July 16 for an exchange r: views of the Big Three I r^ign Ministers before the Geneva Big Four meeting.41 words
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Article40 1955-06-28 7 HONGKONG. June 27 (UP> The long overdue arrival from Red China of three former American and two Belgian soldiers who have deeided to give up life under c mmunism was still shrouded in mystery yesterday.40 words
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Article164 1955-06-28 7 TWENTY-NINE PALMS. California, June 27 (AP)— The grim story of a searing two-da? ordeal on the Mohave Desert that cost th t > lives of two men was t»!d yesterday by one of the two survivors. Keal estate developer, Chester Bunker, 67. from his hospital bed, recounted how164 words
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158 1955-06-28 7 VIENNA, Austria. June 27 (AP) Indian Prime Minis* ter Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru today denied the existence of an Iron Curtain separating East and West. Asked at a news conference to comment on his trip to Moscow, Nehru said: "I did not notice any Iron158 words
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Article60 1955-06-28 7 NAGPUR, June 27: (Reuter) The Indian Prime Minister Mr. Nehru, will be examined as a prosecution witness in the case of a 32 year old ricksha puller charged with having tried to kill him last March. A judge here today granted a prosecution request to60 words
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Article43 1955-06-28 7 GELSENKIRCHEN, Ger-, many. June 27 (AP)—Eighteen coal miners were killed yesterday by air pressure from an explosion 2,400 feet below the surface. A blast, from dynamiting operations, caused the collapse of the gallery in which the victims were working.43 words
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Article305 1955-06-28 7 claimed their two companions. Calvert Wilson, 49. prominent Southern California Democratic politician, and James R. Thompson. 75, retired businessman. Bunker told a newsman that Thompson died on Thursday after "going berserk." The body of Wilson, who had struck out alone. was found by searchers near Cadiz Dry305 words
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Article, Illustration36 1955-06-28 7 photo. ITALIAN ACTRESS Gina Lollobrigida with the award she received on June 21 at the French Ministry of Commerce in Paris, for her role in the film "Bread, Love and Jealousy."— APAP - 36 words
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209 1955-06-28 7 BLACKPOOL, June 27, (Reuter)— The rearmament of Germany is opposed in 32 resolutions to be presented at the biennial conference of the 1,300,000 strong Transport and General Workers' Union starting here on July 1. Five other resolutions call tor the admission of China to the209 words
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Article196 1955-06-28 7 Mother And Son United By Murder AUCKLAND, June 27 (Reuter) Mrs. Alice Foster of Birkenhead, England, who arrived here by air yesterday in a last bid to save her son from the gallows, had an emotional meeting with him yesterday. She saw her 26-year-old. son, Frederick, in the visitors' room196 words
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Article68 1955-06-28 7 ROME, June 27 (AP) Antonio Segni, 64-year-old farmer, scholar and left-of-centre Christian Democrat, was given until Thursday to accept or reject an invitation to try to become Italy's seventh postwar premier. He was asked last night by President Giovanni Gronchi to see if he could68 words
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Article53 1955-06-28 7 LONDON, June 27 (Reuter) Britain today protested to Greece against an Athens Radio broadcast on June 21, which is alleged to have incited revolt in Cyprus, the Foreign Office announced. The protest was delivered by the British Charge D'Affaires in Athens to the Greek Foreign Minister,53 words
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Article50 1955-06-28 7 BANGKOK, June 27 (Reuter) Three Neptune aircraft of the Royal Australian Airforce arrived here today on a two-day goodwill visit. The visit is designed to show solidarity of the members of the South-east Asian Collective Defence Treaty Organization (SEATO) and the mobility of their forces. t50 words
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Article68 1955-06-28 7 TOKYO, June 27 (UP) Twenty-year-old Keiko Takahashi of Tokyo, whose favourite movie star is Robert Taylor, was chosen yesterday to reoresent Japan at the 1956 Miss Universe contest in Long Beach next month. The Tokyo lass, who stands five feet six inches and weighs68 words
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Article23 1955-06-28 7 TOKYO. June 27 (UP) Radio Peking yesterday claimed 22 Nationalist Chinese airmen defected to Red China during the past six years.23 words
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Article, Illustration507 1955-06-28 7 UN MEMBERS PLEDGE TO PREVENT WAR Aim Is Peace Based On Text Of Charter SAN FRANCISCO, June 27, (Reuter)— A declaration reaffirming the member nations' "common determination" to avoid war was read by Mr. Eelct Van Kleffens, the President at the concluding session of the United Nations 10th anniversary in507 words
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Article22 1955-06-28 7 BORAH Minevitch, America's "King of the Harmonica," died in Paris on Sunday of a cerebral haemorrhage. He was 52. AP.22 words
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Article96 1955-06-28 7 Sergeants Murder Trial Opens DUESSELDORF, Germany. June 27, (AP) A British Sergeant went on trial here today charged with murdering a fellow Sergeant after a "clandestine love affair" with the dead man's pretty Ger-man-born wife. Seven months later the alleged murderer married the slain man's widow, the prosecution told a96 words
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135 1955-06-28 7 FREETOWN, Sierra Leone, June 27 (Reuter)— A captain and two police officers were killed and several others injured in a bid to arrest two people suspected of being concerned in last week's attempted assassination of President Tubman, the Liberian Consul here said today.135 words
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Article541 1955-06-28 7 LONDON, June 27, (Reuter)— Four international public figures declared in a recorded broadcast to the world from London last night that the United Nations could not be described as a failure. The four were Mrs. Pandit, Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, Sir Charles Webster and Sir Zafrullah541 words
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Advertisement54 1955-06-28 7 CHRISTENING ■ag B mgm m WRm m ll KfvJT^Sfl II from $30.00 HAIR BRUSH and COMB from $35.00 EGG CUP, NAPKIN RING Iff and SPOON from $35.00 J > ffi '.''lysay SPOON from $12.00 HHBfIHPBI FORK and SPOON from $23.50 I^^^^^hH RATTLE from $8.00 Usl^^^^^H ROBINSONS HB RAFFLES PLACE SINGAPORE54 words
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Article, Illustration30 1955-06-28 8 THIS new 50-ft. wheeled escape engine has been ordered for the Kluang Fire Station. It was seen in London by the Sultan of Johore and approved by him.30 words
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Article169 1955-06-28 8 'Calling Cuba' Costs The Most KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. —Cuba, the land of the rumba, is indeed the most expensive for Malayans to say 'hello' to by telephone, according to a 'rates poster' published by the Telecommunications Department today. Listing the charges for calls to over 20 countries which are now169 words
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Article41 1955-06-28 8 THE Commissioner General, Mr. Malcolm MacDonald. will give a talk from Radio Sarawak tonight at 8 45 p.m. His speech will be broadcast on 353 metres in the medium waveband and on 5.05 megacycles in the 60 metre band.41 words
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Article131 1955-06-28 8 Another 4 Terrorists Eliminated KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. Four Communist terrorists have been killed and three others wounded by Security Forces in the Federation. Three Communist terrorists were killed by a patrol of the Ist Battalion. Somerset Light Infantry, when they attacked a camp occupied by 5 or 6 terrorists in131 words
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357 1955-06-28 8 JOHORE BAHRU, Mon.— Complete co-ordination of fire-fighting services in Johore is to he recommended to Government by the Special Committee which has been studying the problem in the State. By this system any fire station in any district may be called upon to357 words
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Article60 1955-06-28 8 He Didn't Pass The Customs JOHORE BAHRU. Mon. Kuttam Pillay who arrived in Johore Bahru in a Straits Times delivery van, on May 24, was caught attempting to smuggle a few clothes and a bottle of brandy. In the Magistrate's Court today he was fined $350 for evasion of duty.60 words
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Article395 1955-06-28 8 R Coroner Flays Public pafhy In Brutal Murder THE Singapore Coroner, K. t. Alexander, yesterday warned about public apathy, at the conclusion of an inquiry into the brutal murder of a five-year-old girl, in a new block of flats facing the Hock Lee Bus depot395 words
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74 1955-06-28 8 Labourites Seek Help From Other Parties THE Singapore Labour Party plans to join with other political parties to oppose the scrapping by the Singapore Government of the City and Island Council Bill based on the Rendell recommendations. Its 2.000 members and officials will meet at Empress Place early this week74 words
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Article100 1955-06-28 8 He said any changes in the present constitution of the City and Island Council is impracticable. The Municipal Commission as a body has been running our City serTices for the last eighty years and no one 1» unhappy about it. In the present set-up, the City Council has 27100 words
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Article66 1955-06-28 8 LIM Ah Puoy. a business man, was jailed for six months by the Singapore Third District judge. Mr. H.A. Forrer, yesterday for making a false declaration on Jan. 3. Lim was found guilty of falsely declaring he was worth $12,000 in property in connection with the66 words
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Article, Illustration161 1955-06-28 8 LARRY Adler, the world's greatest harmonica player, appealed to audiences at the Odeon and Cathay theatres last night to make the best use of the "Larry Adler X-ray token" cards. In conjunction with this appeal three girls, Misses Lau Soo Hoon, Lau SooStandard - 161 words
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188 1955-06-28 8 AARS.LLOYD WILLIAMS GRANTED DIVORCE Petition Was Uncontested A DECREE nisi was granted by the Chief Justice, Sir Charles Mur-ray-Aynsley, in the Singapore High Court yesterday, to Mrs. W. H. Lloyd Williams, petitioner in a divorce suit against her husband, Mr. F. N. Lloyd Williams. Deputy Director of Broadcasting. The decree,188 words
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Article63 1955-06-28 8 JOHORE BAHRU, Mon. Mohd Ali bin Kana, 15, was sentenced to two months' imprisonment with effect from May 3 and a fine of $300 in default two months' imprisonment by Mr. N. L. Cohen in the Sessions Court today, for the theft of rubber. He was found63 words
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Article, Illustration60 1955-06-28 8 THE first German four- man orchestra to visit the east since the war arrived in Singapore yesterday. They are going on a two-month tour of Indonesia, Australia and New Zealand. Members of the quartette are famous musicians well-known since 1939 in Prague. In picture from left, Messrs. RudolkStandard - 60 words
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Article47 1955-06-28 8 Mr. Syed Ahmad bin Omar Alsagoff, younger brother of the Iraqi Consul., Dato S. I. O. Alsagoff. died yesterday afternoon at his home in Race Course Road. The' funeral service will be held at the Java Road Mosque at 9 a.m. today.47 words
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Article75 1955-06-28 8 'No Such Plan/ Says Engineer PENANG, Mon —The Settlement Engineer. Mr. R. H. A. Johnson, today denied the existence of a $60 million plan to check flooding in the Settlement as reported in a Singapore newspaper (not the The Standard). Mr. Johnson, who is also chairman of the select committee75 words
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Article, Illustration196 1955-06-28 8 CINEMA BREAKS PICKET LINE THE Diamond Theatre n North Bridge Road s gapore, which had pended its normal s because its employees went on strike, for the last two days last night began screening fil s again. While a dozen uniformed policemen and detectives guarded the main gate 0 fStandard - 196 words
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Article356 1955-06-28 8 ...And Grants An Order Nisi AN order nisi was granted bv Jhe Chief Justice, Sir Charles Murray-Aynsley, in ft nabeas corpus application made in the Singapore High Court yesterday, concerning a detainee, Sim Chwee Guan, 36. The order which is returnable on July 4. was directed356 words
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Article37 1955-06-28 8 ALOR STAR, Mon. Miss Fatimah binte Abdul Ghani was last night elected "Miss Golden Voice" of Alor Star for 1955, from among 14 girl telephone operators. Runner-up was Miss Hajjah binte* Ismail.37 words
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Article45 1955-06-28 8 KOTA BAHRU. Mon. Dr. Abdul Aziz bin Omar, who has been serving as district and area surgeon of the St. John Ambulance Brigade, has been made a serving brother to the Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem.45 words
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Article71 1955-06-28 8 JOHORE BAHRU, Mon The brave people of Kamp< «j Ulu Benut, three miles nortn of Simpang Rengam in Johore, were today presented with 30 cow buffaloes ana a bull by the Mentri Besar. Johore, Dato Wan Idris. The kampong last montn beat off a gang of71 words
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Advertisement120 1955-06-28 8 I I* **14-«§ mac» c PRESS THE KEY THE MARGIN STOP FLIES INTO PLACE ROYAL PORTABLES oj\ ALSO FEATURE *S5 OUIET OPERATION B NEW SPEED SPACER j I AtaS PUS H BUTTON TOP 1 fA\ Ar^AS NEW SPEED SELECTOR B /A/ n GREATER PAPER //A CAPACITY l^Jf^? LINE METER i^y^^120 words
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Advertisement25 1955-06-28 8 IN CIRCULATION ON June 1. $81,264,256.61 was in circulation in Singapore, Malaya and Borneo. This figure is $55,910,302 higher than on June 1. last year.25 words
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Article, Illustration370 1955-06-28 9 Yes with IH [O N O U R S Cute Sally Elgar-Lee, 16, of Ilford, Essex sat for a special examination to graduate and for that she chose this outfit— sweater, short shorts and Bshnet stockings. For the pretty student was attending a370 words
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Article283 1955-06-28 9 RONALD BEDFORD - She knows all the A-ANSWERS RONALD BEDFORD by LONDON. A^ WINSOME blonde— vital statistics: bust 36in., waist 26. hips 38 is Britain's first atom hostess. But she got the job because, apart from being pretty, she is intelligent, pleasant and tactful. She is blue-eyed Maureen Bullard, 24, from Barnet in283 words
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Article, Illustration37 1955-06-28 9 VV HER SPORT: a rnoto. She likes watching BULLFIGHTING—and COOKING, but right now, 22-year-old actress from Buenos Aires. Yvonne Savage, is busy on the stage, appearing in "The Lost Generation" at London's Garrick Theatre A.P.A.P. - 37 words
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Article, Illustration408 1955-06-28 9 Denzil Peiris - Elephants WILL BE SOON Prehistoric Denzil Peiris In Ceylon by COLOMBO. C^EYLONESE elephants, once as plentiful as steers in a stockyard, seem to be on the way t 0 joining the dinosaur and other animals of the past. This island's elephant population has dwindled to about 900 and faces possible408 words
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Article, Illustration149 1955-06-28 9 ATOMIC ITEMS: The exhibition includes a "Whot-the-butler-satc" machine with a kiddies-eye-lerel peephole showing uranium samples. And the United States taxpayer is providing £35,000 towards the cost of the tour. Her uniform two twopiece suits (one oatmeal, the other clerical grey) "and as many dresses as I can pack."149 words
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778 1955-06-28 9 Uncle had Revenge 5 years after his Death J^N his fine house in Nimes, Louis Armande sat brooding- with a broken heart. His beautiful young wife Elaine had run away from him with another man. He had married her in his fifties and offered her not only his love but778 words
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Advertisement99 1955-06-28 9 Buy a better caT-j I Buy a I STUDEBAKER 1 oAam^mi regal j 3 Regol in looks and regal in comfort is this Studeboker. S 5 Here, in a far advanced 1955 car of unmistokablo X distinction, Studeboker engineers and stylists have superbly X 5 combined sensational performance with outstanding99 words
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Miscellaneous64 1955-06-28 9 Hi BB BB -BB BB_- \W\\ j y. bianaara s mm mM N^ Crossword Wi!^K"ff|Ss^W d 1 1 7 7 Ic* fo*i' 3 y 9*B^ffffß^ rUZZie /M>B|lpß|Bfß^B^ *l M KK* W* W n YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION L I I I j I U»^ BB hH BB^Tl HI H L I j64 words
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Miscellaneous103 1955-06-28 9 CLUES ACROSS 1. Diana"s strings are out of tune (8) 5. This clue is good enough (6) 9 Believer in ethics (8) 10. Italian river back to position to contrast (6) 11 Mid-day (.8) 12 Some people do this along in its first part. (6) 14. Essentials should get these103 words
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Miscellaneous120 1955-06-28 9 DOWN 1. Dotty cloak (6) 2. --s in stones and good in i ry thing (As you like it) (6) 3. for birds to be used for making towels (6) 4. Feel' the loss of a sedate ride (10) 6. In forceful terms (8) 7 This is meant for ordinary120 words
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247 1955-06-28 10 Burma Hopes For Steady Trade With S'pore, H.K. BURMA is looking just about everywhere in the world to sell her surplus rice. She hopes to have a "continuing and steady trade in the future" with the "most hopeful markets" of the British colonies of Singapore and Hongkong. But that isn't247 words
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219 1955-06-28 10 Price Goes Up And UP Standard Market Reporter NERVOUS conditions continued in the Singapore rubber market yesterday as the scramble for nearby rubber went on, first grade July shipment closing at $1.15! per lb. on an uncertain and slightly easier market, a rise of219 words
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Article140 1955-06-28 10 Record Banking Assets MALAYAN banking statistics showed the volume of operations. assets and liabilities in the first five months of this year at roughly uniform levels. For the month of May, assets showed an improvement from April ($787,589,000) to $805,839,000, the highest this year. Liabilities at the end of May.140 words
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Article39 1955-06-28 10 CATERPILLA Tractor Co. of the United States has formed an Australian subsidiary. Caterpilla of Australia Pty. Ltd.. with a nominal capital of £A3.000.000. Production of tractor parts jyill start in Australia in about 18 months.39 words
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Article27 1955-06-28 10 SAUSAGES cased in a seaweed derivative will soon be appearing in the United States, as they have in Great Britain and some other European countries.27 words
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Article121 1955-06-28 10 QUIET conditions prevailed at the Singapore Chinese Produce Exchange yesterday with no overseas inquiries for I business. Noon prices at the Exchange closed at quotations similar to those which were ruling on Saturday. HOLIDAY, CUTLER BATH and CO. LTD. PRICES Copra JULY 11 a.m. $272 $27} Noon121 words
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Article287 1955-06-28 10 HIRE PURCHASE DEALS HELP FIRMS HIRE purchase deals are helping many Singapore firms in their sales drives. A leading motor trader gave the following hire purchase statistics: sales of new cars on instalment basis 65 r 'o of total; second-hand cars 85 r r. A total of 50 hire purchase287 words
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46 1955-06-28 10 GENERAL MOTORS Corporation announced in Detroit that Dr. Lawrence R. Hafstad. 51. one of the world's leading atomic scientists, will join General Motors later this vear as director of its research staff. General Motors is the world's largest automobile maker. A.P46 words
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Article26 1955-06-28 10 A TRADE agreement between the Netherlands and Finland has been concluded at The Hague for the period April 1, 1955 to March 31, 1956.26 words
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192 1955-06-28 10 New Garden Sprinklers In Local Mart A SINGAPORE company of importers has recently introduced into the Malayan market American made laboursaving garden sprinklers. This sprinkling system also saves water and time. Mr. Philip Lee. manager of Cycle and Carriage Co. Ltd.. the importers, said: "With the increasing number of housing192 words
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51 1955-06-28 10 Moderate Business In Tins And Industrials MODERATE business was written in both industrials and tins in the Malayan share market at the opening yesterday. Fluctuations continued narrow and irregular, while rubber shares were slightly firmer in sympathy with the rubber commodity price. Malayan Sharebrokers* Association yesterday reported the following price51 words
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Article164 1955-06-28 10 Business In Shares SINGAPORE sharebrokers reported the following business done yesterdav:: Con. Tin Smelt 34/- and 35/: Gammon $2.60 and $2.50 (odd 100 overnight: Malavan Cement $1.49: Metal Box $1.50 cd- Sime Darby $1.92i: Singapore Cold Storage $1.71 overnight: Singapore Traction Ord. 27/6 overnight and 26/6 todav: Straits Traders $22.90164 words
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Article84 1955-06-28 10 JAPANESE technicians and financiers have joined a group of Ceylon businessmen to produce men's shirts in Ceylon, a Ceylon Commerce Ministry source said in Colombo. The group will benefit from an import ban imposed by the Government to protect local shirt manufacturers. Ceylonese businessmen are puttingAP - 84 words
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Article, Illustration93 1955-06-28 10 Air India May Extend Network Ing and operation techniques of airlines comparable to the Air India. Mr. Gadgil told The Standard that Air India is likely to extend its network to Australia via Indonesia. "The immediate programme will be to increase the frequency of flights between Malaya and India/' he93 words
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Article145 1955-06-28 10 New orders for Vickers Viscount airliners bring the total sales of these propel-ler-turbine aircraft to 226. Of these, 58 have already been delivered. British Overseas Airways Corporation have just ordered 12 Viscount 70OD aircraft for delivery in mid-1957. Some of them will be used in the Middle145 words
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Article87 1955-06-28 10 New Chief Executive For Qantas MR. CEDRIU Turner has been appointed Chief Executive of Qantas Empire Airways from July 1. He succeeds Sir Hudson Fysh who has relinquished his position as Chairman and Managing Director. Sir Hudson will continue as Chairman of the Board. Mr. Turner. 48, has been a87 words
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Article478 1955-06-28 10 WORLD trade last year reached a record level, surpassing the previous peak set in 1953 by seven per cent, a United Nations world economic report said in New York. The report, which will be discussed in the U.N. Economic and Social Council next month,Reuter - 478 words
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296 1955-06-28 10 MINOR BOOAA REPORTED IN IRON, STEEL SCRAP TRADE sdfsdfsdf THE Malayan iron and steel scrap business is v periencing a minor "boom" as a result of greater Jaj >*. nese, British and Hongkong demand. The price of this important Malayan export co modity since April has been $180 per ton,296 words
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Article112 1955-06-28 10 USING Yorkshire worst rd spun yarn of hair and rayon mixture, a Wiltshire firm, The Oriental Matting Co. Ltd.. has entered the export market with a new-type cord carpeting which, it is claimed, is extremely hard wearing, and costs only aboutt half as much as tradition112 words
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Article111 1955-06-28 10 THE Malayan Bxchl EC Banks Association made following changes in its rata to merchants yesterday: New York: buvir.g, airnu T.T. 32 11/16. O.D 32 13 L6 W days 32 15/16 credit bills, 33 trade bills. Canada: buving. airm; T.T. 32 1/4. O.D.' 32 3/8. 90 days 32 5.8111 words
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Advertisement665 1955-06-28 10 NOTICES TENDER NOTICE THE following items of equipment have become surplus to requirements and are available for sale. All are in good working order and have been regularly inspected and maintained. (a) Two pumping units each comprising: (1) Pump of output 940 g.p.m. against total head of 175 feet. j(Hj665 words
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Advertisement315 1955-06-28 10 NOTICES KUCHAI TIN. LIMITED. (Incorporated in the Colony of Singapore) DIVIDEND No. 45. jVOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a 2nd Interim Dividend of 15 f 'r less 30 r c Singapore Income Tax for the year ending 30th September, 1955, on the Shares of the Company has been declared and315 words
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Advertisement194 1955-06-28 10 NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA Ehiko Maru for Kobe Osak. Yoko- hama Yawata 3/4 lulv am Aki Maru for Alexandria. Cenoa. Marseilles. Tangier, London, Antwerp, Rotterdam. Hamburg (Passengers Acceptedl 10/12 lulv Mantetsu Maru tor Rangoon. Chittagong Calcutta 11/12 lulv New York Maru for Hong Kong, Manila Maru for Aden. Dlibouti, Massowah. P194 words
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Miscellaneous118 1955-06-28 10 OUTER ROADS Hein Hoyer. Memnon. Batavia Eastern Venture. Enggano Caltex 93. Caltex Wellington. San Ernesto, Hocgh Silvcrcrcst. Sloterd.iik. Balanipa. Bustler. Devonshire. Dardanus. Inchkilda. INNER ROADS Sinar Simudia Senang. Larat. Hin Cheong, Lam Ann. Tai Tiong, Sumpitan, Meiiimau. Pailowa, Yong Ann. Nangkachindr. Laponda, Thepamat. Selangor. Sg. Bila. Laksula. Hin Chuan, Darvel.118 words
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Advertisement747 1955-06-28 11 ANGLO-FRENCH TRADING CO M LTD. TEL: *****/d, *****/4 Uly* Robinson Road THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE NORTH AMERICAN SERVICE To Halitaa. Montreal, Boston, New Torn. Baltimore. Philadelphia. Cult Ports S'pore P. S'ham Penang MEN 19/26 lory 27 |uly 28/29 Jul, POLYDORUS */16Sept 17 Sept 1g Sepl Carriers option to proceed via747 words
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Advertisement1027 1955-06-28 11 Tel: 2405 MANSFIELD 6c CO., LTD. Tel: 2412 'ttfstta* (Incorporated in Singapore) (12 lines) oepr.* THE BLUE FUNNEL UNE J uepr. tamer* option to proceed via other ports to lead and discharge carto SAILINGS to LIVERPOOL. CLASCOW, LONDON ft cVtININT Singapore Sails P. S'ham Penang Anehises for Liverpool 6 uSSSSr1,027 words
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Advertisement760 1955-06-28 11 MITSUI |jp LINE S'poro P. S'hom Penong FOR JAPAN trom Indio Asumoson Maru from Bomboy, for Hongkong. Kobe, Moji Yokohama. Nogovo 30 June 28 June Wayo Maru from Calcutta, Rangoon, for Kobe, Yoko- > hama, Osaka Moji 15 July FOR JAPAN from Continent Kamogowo Maru tor Yokohomo. Kobe Nagoya, vio760 words
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Advertisement722 1955-06-28 11 EAST ASIATIC LINES SAILINGS TO CONI I NINI /SCANDINAVIA Fot Aden. Port Said. Genoa. Antwerp. Rotterdom, Hamburg, Copenhagen, Gothenburg and Oslo S'pore P. S'ham Penang x) "MALACCA" 6/8 July 9/9 July 10/11 July "MEONIA" 20/24 July 25/26 July 27/28 July "FALSTRIA" 16/19 Aug. 20/20 Aug. 21/22 Aug. x) Calls London722 words
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Article391 1955-06-28 12 Norah Littlejohn - Norah Littlejohn NEWS FROM IRELAND By A DIET designed by a dress designer the first or its kind. That's what Tm giving yon this week. It's a diet carefully planned to whittle away inches —so that instead of letting oat your clothes you'll be taking them in.391 words
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421 1955-06-28 12 THE STARS AND YOU By Rita Del Mar I>mOD A Y S QUOTATION J i> ••Tlu water ran tin with- 5 out the flsh. the (Mi 2 S cannot do without the 2 >| water."— Chinese Proverb. < TUESDAY FOR EVERY- 2 'J ONE: Devote this day to J l§421 words
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Article301 1955-06-28 12 Ist Day BREAKFAST: Half a grapefruit; one cup of coffee (or tea) one slice of wholemeal bread and butter (thinly spread); one codliver oil tablet, one tablet containing iron and three yeast tablets. MID-MORNING: One dish of yoghourt (made on skimmed milk). LUNCH: Hard-boiled egg. one tomato,301 words
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Article211 1955-06-28 12 A SPECIAL commemorative post-mark will be used during the 16th General Assembly of the International Pharmaceutical Federation in London next September. Stamp collectors can get a specimen of the postmark by sending the secretary of the Federation's organising committee at 17 Bloomsburysquare, London. W.C.I now a stamped envelope211 words
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Article, Illustration550 1955-06-28 12 GERREE READ - GERREE READ By THE eyes, we are told, are the mirrors of the soul. There is a lot of truth in this, for whatever our emotions may be, unless we are superb actors, our feelings show in our eyes. Anger and happiness can both give sparkling550 words
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Article, Illustration293 1955-06-28 12 Have Youl A Beauty Spot? J COME women consider 5 > moles to be beauty f spots and others think of them as blemishes A lot of people believe that the position of a mole on a j person's body has defi* nite indications > A mole on your brow.293 words
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Article, Illustration253 1955-06-28 12 Tuesday Hair Tonic JJERE'S a high-brow hair-do designed to make your forehead look high, wide and handsome. It's a middle-parting style. The front hair is brushed upwards and backwards, and the side hair is set off-the-face in two fly-away wings. This hair style, designed by Max Factor of253 words
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Article, Illustration55 1955-06-28 12 AN ULTRAfeminine summer cooler of imported tucked cotton in pale blue. Insets of white eyelet, beaded with blue velvet ribbon, run the length of the dress, with interruption at the tucked midriff, waist hugging for flattery. The scooped neck is edged with tiny velvet bows. The dress has its own55 words
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Article, Illustration578 1955-06-28 12 If I Hear This Again I'll GO Mad— Says GERREE READ TF I see another film where the heroine receives a present from the hero and says "It's Bee-ude-if-ull," I think I shall go mad. There are hundreds of alternatives for this word beautiful is one but Hollywood scripi writers578 words
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Advertisement112 1955-06-28 12 Whether he writes /jjHjJ^ll He will be thrilled with this Personal Typewriter This All New Remington Personal Typewriter is popular with everyone everywhere. Superb styling rugged construction matchless performance a perfect gift for anyone. Your nearest Remington Rand dealer will give y° u demonstration KXgyfSi WJ\ re pu,cn c ,e,r112 words
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Article, Illustration144 1955-06-28 13 End Of The Road For Bo bo Olson V o k HK D ic nr es bo l* show the dramatic moments in the 3rd Round of the World light-heavyweight fight between Bobo Olson and Archie Moore. From top left to right: From his sitting position. Olson turns to the144 words
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447 1955-06-28 13 STATHAM KILLS S.A. BID FOR VICTORY England Win 2nd Test LONDON, June 27 (Renter)— Engla nd beat South Africa by 71 runs in a dramatic second cricket test at Lords today to become two-up in the five match series. Brian Statham, Lancashire's fast bowler, achieved the best performance of his447 words
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225 1955-06-28 13 Kailasapathy Hits 124 In Malacca Trial MALACCA, Mon.— Caldwell and Cyril de Witt, two of Malacca's batsmen, will not make the trip to Singapore this weekend for the Settlement's cricket match against Singapore. Caldwell is on a Police course, and de Witt is studying for his forthcoming examina- tions. M.225 words
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Article98 1955-06-28 13 England 1.".:: and 353. South Africa Ist Innings 304. South Africa 2nd Innings. McGlew lbw Statham 0 Goddard c Evans b Statham Id Cheetham retired hurt 3 Tayfield c Evans b Statham .'i Endcan c Evans b Statham 28 McLean b Statham 8 Keith c Graveney b Statham 598 words
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Article783 1955-06-28 13 ST. THOMAS School held their first annual athletic meet in fine weather, preceded by a colourful march past by the althletes on the P. &T. ground in Serangoon Road on Saturday. Cheong Yok Hong, who won' the 440 yards, and was second in the 100783 words
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Article63 1955-06-28 13 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon 55 Coy RASC edged Military Corrective Establishment 3—2 in the quarter-final of the Army Soccer KO. match played on the BMH ground today. On the Batu Cantonment ground, the 16th Field Ambulance beat RAOC 6 3 in another quarter final match At half time the63 words
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Article25 1955-06-28 13 ALOR STAR. Mon. Federal Police Depot Kuala Lumpur yesterday defeated Kedah Perlis Police 5-3 in an intercontingent Police competition for the Hannigan Shield.25 words
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297 1955-06-28 13 DUKE SCORES 3rd WIN WITH RECORD TIME NUERBURGRING, June 27 (Reuter)— Geoff Duke, Britain's 500 cc. world motorcycling: champion, today strengthened his chances of winning the title for the fourth time, when he gained his third victory in this year's championship meetings. "»HI iUUA. \JI. LUC llilll championship meetings completed.297 words
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Advertisement249 1955-06-28 13 SITUATIONS VACANT PPLICATIONS are invited for appointment of Assistant Town Planner on the permanent establishment of the Federal Tcwn Planning Department. Federation of Malaya. Kuala Lumpur. The appointment will be in the timescale $628x34-934/982x34--1254 -with C.O.L.A. at current rates. Applicants should be Federal Citizens, under 35 years of age. must249 words
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Advertisement834 1955-06-28 13 CLASSIFIED ADS SITU Al lONS VACANT MUNICIPALITY OF GEORGE TOWN, FENANG. Appointment of Ingineenng Assistant (Mechanical) A PPLICATIONS are invited for the post of Engineering Assistant (Mechanical' on the permanent establishment of the Municipal Engineei s Department. 2. Applicants mus'. be British subjects or Federal citizens 3. Qualifications: The minimum834 words
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Miscellaneous265 1955-06-28 13 Li'l Abner By Al Copp fJK^^^^^^^ !^^"\3yTHAR'S^R>. v^|^Bp^HEßEß7jll THAT 4V NO '<( DATE TONIGHT. inS.^O o DESTROYED MY&/XOE& <onls one A V>mL /s rX\ l;K unveil J living), all the << -AND THE UNVEILING IS TODAV.'/- Wf* L '->\S "INTELLIGENCE \IS A A DOLU OTHER G/RLS fi ALL THE GIRLS265 words
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Article384 1955-06-28 14 WINDSOR LAD - WINDSOR LAD By IPOH, Mon.— Siam Rice, with Tom Mortimer astride, was the best worker at the training track this morning when he easily ran his three in 38 sec dead. Siam Rice, who has never looked fitter, should run prominently on Wednesday. Also384 words
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349 1955-06-28 14 Good Dividends Despite Small Fields At Ipoh Windsor Lad reviews Saturday's Races. IPOH, Mon.— Despite the 46 non-acceptors, ten being course scratchings, racing at Ipoh on Saturday was very keen. Only two favourites obliged— Native Ruler and Stealth— and, apart from Conventional's thumping $83, the dividends were good, considering the349 words
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349 1955-06-28 14 Dockyard Rally Too Late To Stop Soccerites Star Soccerites 5 H.M. Dockyard 2 Charlie Chan 3. Razali Tahir 2, Chuan Mun Jacobs. Referee: Cpl. McCulloch. STAR Soccerites, last year's league champions, subdued HM Dockyard for a 5-2 victory in yesterday's Singapore division I league soccer match at Jalan Besar Stadium.349 words
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Article114 1955-06-28 14 Botha Wins RIC Golf For Gaw Cup G BOTHA with a score of 139. won the Royal Island Club golf competition for the Gaw Khek Khiam Cup. held at the RIC course on Saturday and Sunday. Runner-up was Sq.-Ldr. A.F. Clegg. who scored 144. Results were: C. S Lim 75114 words
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Article29 1955-06-28 14 IPOH, Mon.— For the third successive time, Detention Camp failed to turn for their senior division soccer league encounter today when 15/19 Hussars were awarded two points.29 words
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Article75 1955-06-28 14 Today's Sport SOCCEfI: SAFA League—Div. 1. Tigers v PBU at Jalan Besar stadium 5.15 p.m.; Div. 2A Kinta Rangers v Tempenis Rovers at Geylang; BODCA v TBA at Clerical Union; Div. 2B Star Soccerites v Balestier U at Farrer Park. United Services League Div. 1 RASC v RAF Seletar; Royal75 words
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404 1955-06-28 14 Bakar Leads The Rout Of The Europeans Malays 9 Europeans 2 Awang Bakar 3, Rahim Omar 3, Van Der Meij and Ahmad Yusof 2 and Ismail Yusof Bonniface. Mr. Lee Pak Tong refereed. Malays, who fielded a star studded team, trounced the Europeans by nine goals to two in the404 words
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Article, Illustration87 1955-06-28 14 TIGER BALM CUP GOES £\VWW Z MAJOR General D.D.C. Tulloch, GOC Singapore Base Di*f- j ricf, presents the handsome Tiger Balm 2 Cup «o skipper of the victorious Chinese team, Aw Boon Seong £on Saturday night after the floodlight Z soccer against the J* 2 Army. Chinese icon j £by87 words
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359 1955-06-28 14 S'goonGarden Estate To Have 5 -acre Playground ABOUT 20,000 people, who are now residing in the Serangoon Garden Estate, will have a first class playing field ready for their use at the end of next month, said Mr. S. C. Macey, the Managing Director of the Serangoon Garden Estate Development359 words
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Article59 1955-06-28 14 ALOR STAR, Mon. The following players has been selected to represent Kedah against Penang in* Foong Seong Cup badminton tournament to be played at Alor Star on July 2 and 3. Singles: Abdul Rats, Choy Pak Wah, Zabldi bin Ismail. Doubles: Khoo Eng Aun and Chee Weng59 words
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Article133 1955-06-28 14 St. LONDON, June 27 (Reuter) U.K. cricket close of play scores were: At Bristol, Cambridge University 289 for nine declared, and secondly 7 for three. Gloucestershire 259 Mortimer 50. Smith seven for 55. At Gillingham, Essex 286, Kent 321 for six, Wilson 52. Cowdrey not out 115. At133 words
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Article, Illustration955 1955-06-28 14 DROBNY HOAD OUT Trabert Dethrones Holder: Patty Upsets WIMBLEDON, June 27 (AP-Reuter)— While Tony Trabert of America ousted the defending champion, Jaroslav Drobny (Egypt), Budge Patty of Los Angeles upset Australia's Lewis Hoad in the quarter-finals of the All England tennis tournament. Trabert beat Drobny 8-6, 6-1, 6-4 and Patty955 words
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Article43 1955-06-28 14 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The First Battalion, Royal Hampshire Regiment, entered the semi-final of the Army Garrison soccer knock out competition today when they swamped Royal Air Force 8-1 on the RAF ground. In the first half Hampshires led 4—o.43 words
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Article291 1955-06-28 14 MEN'S SINGLES QUARTERFINALS: T. Tra-, bert (USA) beat J. Drobnv, (Egypt) holder. 8-6. 6-1, 6-4 B Fatty (USA) beat L. Hoad (Aust) 6-4. 6-4. 6-4. K Nielsen (Denmark) brat N. Pietrangeli (Italy) 1-6. 6-3, 5-7. 6-2 Ken Rosewall (Aust.) beat Sven Davidson (Sweden) 6-1, 6-1, 6-4. BOXED DOUBLES291 words
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Article58 1955-06-28 14 Krian Recs Go Down Out TAIPING, Mon. PCRC. Ipoh qualified for the final of the annual KO soccer tourney for the Chine Sem Lin Shield here yesterdav, beating the Krian CRC 2-0. The game was played at the Regimental Padang and was in aid of the District Welfare Fund. How58 words
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173 1955-06-28 14 EIGHTEEN players and five officials of the Hongkong Chinese Football Association will make the trip to Singapore for the ninth annual Ho Ho Cup match against Singapore Chinese on July 9. Hongkong Chinese, who are the holders of the Cup, will arrive173 words
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Article39 1955-06-28 14 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon.— PWD Sports Club beat YMCA s—l in a FAS division three soccer league match on the padang today. Scorers for PWD: Stevenson 3, Mohd. Noor Yunos, Gopan. Y's only goal came from Muniandy.39 words
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Advertisement12 1955-06-28 14 H IMBLE w The £ihfleA £etttt-tfiHafo Trabert Vs Patty Rosewall Vs Nielsen12 words
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