Singapore Standard, 1 August 1956

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    Lock icon Britain Readies Carrier For Mid-East Duty; Dulles Ordered To London
    438 1 Britain Readies Carrier For Mid-East Duty; Dulles Ordered To London LONDON, July 31 (UP) Britain ordered "certain iu\al moves" on both sides im the Suez Canal and readied a home fleet aircraft carrier for emergence duty m the MediterraI today. And m Washington, the its House announced President Eisenhower has
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    Lock icon Malaya-Egypt Trade Almost At A Standstill
    343 1 Malaya-Egypt Trade Almost At A Standstill MALAIAS trade with Egypt has almost been at a standstill m the past few days following the tension arising from the Suez Canal situation, merchants told The Standard yesterday. Shippers of rubber, tin and general produce were reported to have stopped sending their cargoes
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    85 1 CAIRO. Aug. 1 (AP) President Gamal Abdel Nasser declared today that freedom of navigation m the Suez Canal will be guaranteed and "both the convention of 1888 and assurances concerning it m the Anglo-Ecyptian agreement of 1954 are and will be fully maintained." Nasser's statement, released to the press
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    Lock icon His Tummy Was 'Rummy'
    46 1 TOKYO. July 31 (Reuter) A doctor m Tobata City, Southern Japan, operated on a middle-aged man suffering from "convulsions of the stomach," and found 56 toothbrushes, 21 nails, 13 razors with handles, 20 chopsticks, fountain-pens. pencils and a miscellaneous assortment of hardware.
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    Lock icon England Keep The Ashes
    372 1 Laker The Hero With New World Record ENGLAND yesterday retained the Ashes when with exactly an hour to spare they dismissed Australia m their second innings for 205 runs to win the Fourth Test at Manchester by an innings and 170 runs. Although it was a
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    Lock icon She Fought And Won Against
    201 1 She Fought And Won Against MRS. Jennie Speyer, Singapore beauty specialist, who groped her way into a KLM plane to Amsterdam last May m a desperate effort to prevent total blindness, flew back into Singapore yesterday, her sight completely recovered. At the airport. Mrs. Speycr was able to spot, 50
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    Lock icon 'Weeping Premier' To Be Released
    208 1 TEHERAN. July 31 (Reuter) Dr. Mohammed Mossadeq, former Persian Premier who nationalized the Abadan Oil Refinery and was sentenced to three years' solitary confinement for plotting to overthrow the Monarchy, is expected to be released from prison on Sunday. Mossadeq, who during his trial m
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    Lock icon $51M. POWER STATION PLAN GETS GREEN LIGHT
    294 1 $51 M. POWER STATION PLAN GETS GREEN LIGHT SINGAPORE'S City Coun- 1 cil yesterday gave its approval to the building of a new power station at an Snated cost of $51,000,000. The location of the new station-originally suggested as Pasir Panjang-will. ho*: ever, be left to Government to decide. A
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    Lock icon CHINESE REDS PUSH INTO BURMA
    359 1 CHINESE REDS PUSH INTO BURMA Troops Stab Sixty Miles Past Border RANGOON, July 31 (UP) Several hundred Chinese Communist troops were reported today to have invaded and occupied Burmese territory along 500 miles of the north-eastern frontier. The mountainous frontier has been only vaguely mapped for many years and has
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    Lock icon Warning Of Potential Aggression
    164 1 Warning Of Potential Aggression BRITISH Military Adviser to SEATO and C-in-C Far East Land Forces, General Sir Charles Loewen, warned yesterday that there Is potential danger m this area of external aggression and that it will be idle to deny it. Sir Charles sounded the warning on his departure for
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    Lock icon Didn't Send Tax Returns
    55 2 A BUSINESSMAN. Kum Siew Seng, was fined $20 In the Singapore City Court yesterday, when he pleaded guilty to failing to submit his income tax returns for 1954 and 1955. Kum. m mitigation, told the Court that he failed to send them because he was away
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    Lock icon Penang Seeks A $1.5 Million Building Loan
    199 2 Penang Seeks A $1.5 Million Building Loan PENANG, Tues.— Municipality has approached the Federal Government for a $1,500,000 loan to construct more labourers' quarters over the years 1957 to i960, but the loan has not yet been sanctioned. This was disclosed m a written answer, tabled at today's Municipal Council
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    Lock icon City Move To Stamp Out Pirate Taxis
    258 2 City Move To Stamp Out Pirate Taxis THE Singapore City Council yesterday decided to amend a Municipal ordinance m an attempt to stamp out pirate taxis m the Colony. The Council's decison will be placed before Government for approval. Under the amendment a pirate taxi driver will be liable to
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    Lock icon Doctor' Had No Licence: Fined $550
    83 2 "DOCTOR" Edward Percival McCarthy Heyzer, was fined 5000 m the Singapore Fourth Magistrate's Court yesterday on three charges. "Dr." Heyzer,' who pleaded guilty tp the charges, was nneri SoO for practising medicine without a licence and $500 on two counts of selling poison. Heyzer,
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    Lock icon He's Looked After VIPs For 3O Years
    217 2 He s Looked After VIPs For 3O Years KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Sub-Inspector Gurbachan Singh (right) who has been m charge of more ceremonial YIP escorts than anyone else m the country, retired today after serving the Malayan Police Force for 30 years. The tall, wiry Sikh, now 51, will, however,
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    Lock icon A Cabinet Before Merdeka
    191 2 A Cabinet Before Merdeka SEREMBAN, Tues.— At the meeting of the Negri Sembilan State Council today, Da to Mohamed Hanifa, Alliance whip m the State Council, successfully moved a motion to appoint a committee to review and redraft the State's constitution. In moving the motion, Dato Hanifa said the new
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    288 2 'judgment was complete conjecture; says lawyer PENANG, Tucs. The judgment against the client I had been 4 a complete conjecture and wholly unsatisfactory," said Mr. P. Ramani m an appeal before Mr. Justice Rigby at the High Court today. The appellant, Ooi Phee Keat. had
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    64 2 S MR. AND MRS. Rajam > j Venkataraman of Malacca 2 seen after their wedding *m Vellore, South India j recently. 2. Mr. Venkataraman is with the Federal Audit 2 j* Department and his bride (Sakunthala) is the sister I of Mr. K. C. Arun, Stan-
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    Lock icon SHOPKEEPER FREED ON RAPE CHARGE
    236 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues.— The Acting Chief Justice. Mr. Justice E. C. Pretheroe, today freed an aged shopkeeper on a rape charge, holding that it was unsafe to convict him on the unconfirmed testimony of the 8-year-old girl he is alleged to have raped. The shopkeeper,
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    Lock icon Everest Man Dies In Fall
    58 2 AUSSERBERG, Switzerland, July 31, (UP) Tom Bourdillon, a member of the British team that successfully climbed Mt. Everest, died m a fall on an 11,175-foot "wiss mountain last Sunday, it was learned today. Bourdillon, 31, who paved the way for the conquest of Everest, was
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    Lock icon TWO BABIES FOUND DEAD
    55 2 BODIE& of two babies were recovered \in Singapore last night. One was ta three-da v baby boy found labandoned on the roadside alofcg Jalan Ampas. the body was wrapped up m a piece of clbth. The second! Er Kwee Heng 3. was found drowned m a
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    Lock icon RUSH FOR RICH TIN LAND IN PAHANG
    276 2  - RUSH FOR RICH TIN LAND IN PAHANG DAVID TAMBYAH BentongMayBeA New Kinta Valley By KUANTAN, Tues. Bentong District may soon become a second Kinta Volley, famous for its tin. Revealing this to The Standard, the District Officer of Bentong, Inche Abdul Aziz bin Mahmud, said today that scores of applications
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    Lock icon 4 S.I.T. Men Pass Exam
    52 2 FOUR Singapore Improvement Trust employees passed the intermediate examination m Housing and Estate Management held m the Colony m May this year. They are Choo Kia Peng, Phang Wong Yew, A D. Ponnambalam and Stephen Yeo Choo Teck. Only seven candidates from Singapore sat for
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    Lock icon A Malay Dictionary In 3 Tears
    112 2 AN up-to-date Malay dictionary, which will contain about 27,000 words when completed, is being compiled br Malay language board m Singapore. Secretary of the board, Inche Ramli Abdul Hadi, told The Standard yesterday that the new dictionary would contain technical, political, economic, and social
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    Lock icon The MTUC's Charge Is 'Inaccurate'
    188 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. The Federation's Labour Minister. Mr. V. T. Sambanthan, today described as -inaccurate" the Mateyan Trade Union Council's charges that industrial unrest m the country wag growing— due to the "glorioui inaction" of his Ministry and the Labour Department. He a^o -ritirised as
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    Lock icon National Library For S'pore
    107 2 National Library For S'pore SINGAPORE'S Ministry of Education yesterday announced that Government has decided that the new library to be built during 1957 should be called the Raffles National Library. The new library will not only house national archives, but also co-ordinate various local library services. Government has approved m
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    108 2 He Calls For Malay Interpreter PENANG. Tues. Speaking m Malay at today's Municipal Council meeting. Inche Nyak Hashim bin Nyak Puteh suggested that a Malay interpreter should be engaged until the non-Malay members of the Council have mastered the Malay language. He said that for the last two meetings, he
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    28 2 THE American radio station m iFormosa broadcast emergency typhoon warnings yesterday as Wanda, the toughest storm m three years, bore down on Northern Formosa. U.P.
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    24 2 EGYPTIAN anti aircraft guns opened fire on two Israeli fighters which flew over Egypt-ian-held Gaza yesterday morning, a military spokesman said U.P.
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    53 2 SINGAPORE Boys' Town, at Bukit Timah, will hold a fun fair on Aug. 4 and 5. Eight Hawaiian bands will participate at the fair, when some of the latest Hawaiian tunes will be Introduced to the public. All proceeds from the Fair will be donated to
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    Lock icon TRADE FAIR QUEEN CHOSEN
    56 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. Miss Lily Wong, 19-year-old omnibus company typist, w?i tonight crowned "Miss Tradt Fair Exhibition sponsored by Messrs. Shaw Brothers. She won a golc tiara and pendant worth $1,000. Shapely Miss Wong was selected for the title from among 55 competitors. Sh» entered the
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    Lock icon 'My Speech Was Censored/ Says Whip
    206 2 PENANG. Tues— The Alliance Whip m the Municipal Council, Mr. A. M. Abu Bakar, today criticized the minutes of the previous meeting regarding a speech by him and alleged that his speech had been "intentionally vetted or censored by someone interested m the subject."
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    273 3 Man To Face Trial On Robbery Charge SLAP IN THE FACE FOR TONY- CURTIS f BOY, COURT TOLD GRABBING the shirt of a man alleged to belong to the "Tony Curtis" gang, an angry woman slapped him across the face after she had
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    Lock icon DISPUTES ON THE INDUSTRIAL FRONT
    256 3 DISPUTES ON THE INDUSTRIAL FRONT Two-Week Strike Is Ended THE two-week-old strike by about HO workers of the Bukit Sembawang Rubber Estate, g:r.gapore, ended yesterday. A settlement of the dispute was reached and the men will jeturn to worlutoday Mr. J. D. H. Ncill. Principal Assistant Labour Commissioner, who assisted
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    Lock icon Theft Count: $1,000 Bail
    53 3 I HASSAN bin Arshad was charged m a Singapore Court yesterday with housebreakIng and theft of jewellery, worth $311. and $10 cash Jbpm Mariam binte Samsudin, lampong Darat Nanas, off .*tigi Road, on July 29. Mi No plea was recorded and Snail of $1,000 was allowed
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    Lock icon UNLAWFUL RICE
    29 3 TALIB bin Deron was yesterday fined $60. m default, three weeks* jail for having half a katty of rice m Ulu S :ngei. Muar. on July 14.
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    Lock icon 'Hi-Fi Concert For Public At YMCA
    144 3 A "HI-FI" concert will be held at the Orchard Road V.M.C.A. tonight. This will be the first public demonstration of the Y.M.C.A.'s newly-installed high fidelity equipment. It is the first of a fortnightly series planned by the programme secretary, Mr. Andrew Lee. using New
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    100 3 Hungarian Tenor Due In Colony THE Singapore Musical Society will present at its next concert the celebrated tenor Miklos Gafni, who is due to arrive m the Colony from Australia tomorrow. The Hungarian-born singer, now an American citizen, will give a concert on Aug. 4, at 8 p.m., at Victoria
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    71 3 A STAFF assistant of the Singapore Base District, C. F. Andrews, was tentatively charged m the Fifth Magistrate's Court with accepting $2,469 from crown contractors, Lee Saw Mills Limited, for revealing the affairs of his employers. Andrews is alleged to have committed the offence on May
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    Lock icon BABY JUMBO WILL SOON BE A FAMOUS T.V. STAR
    114 3 PAN American World Airways yes- W terday flew out of Singapore one of the biggest collections of animals and fish to America. Aboard a PAA Strato Clipper were a 500-pound baby elephant, 200 red-faced monkeys, and 2,000 tropical fish m plastic
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    Lock icon Teachers Union Alleges Expats Were Favoured
    325 3 FOR nearly nine months, seven top roosts m the Singapore Education Ministry have been held by officers m acting capacities. Only recently, three officers have been confirmed and they are all expatriates. The other four, all Asians, have received no indication whatsoever from the
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    50 3  -  Mr. Kum Heng. TANJONG MALIM, Tues. Mr. Alexander M. M. ChandaPillay was elected chairman of the Selangor Student Teachers' Union at their annual general meeting at the Victoria Institution on Saturday. Other office-bearers elected were: Vice-chairman Mr. S. Sundramoorthy. Hon. sec. Mr. Leslie Abraham and hon. treasurer-
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    Lock icon Book-Keepers Exam Passes
    46 3 FOUR passed the intermediate stage for the Institute of Bock-keepers .Examination held m the V.M.C.A., Singapore, m June. They were Leong Wan San, Lim Siew Kee, C. G. Pappy and Tan Thye Wah. P. K. Koys Kutty passed the fellow stage m book-keeping.
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    Lock icon Stimulating Interest In Economics
    105 3 Stimulating Interest In Economics AN interim committee, to investigate and stimulate interest m economics, has been appointed by the newly-formed Malayan Economic Society. Mr. Lee Hoo Leng. secretary of the Society, told The Standard yesterday that membership was open to all economists and students of economics. "Anyone who has an
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    Lock icon FIRST TASTE OF JUNGLE WAR FOR 500 CALL-UPS
    196 3 FIRST TASTE OF JUNGLE WAR FOR 500 CALL-UPS THE majority of 500 men of the Singapore Military Forces will have their first taste of jungle training m a Johore ''black area" when they attend their annual camp m September. Their comrades have had previous jungle training. The opening date of
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    Lock icon S'pore Will Be Centre For Exams
    86 3 SINGAPORE has been included as an overseas centre for the Indian Union Public Service Commission's Administrative examination for the first time. A spokesman of the Indian Commission told The Standard yesterday that the examination will be held at No. 31 Grange Road on a
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    Lock icon Strike Enters Fifth Day
    90 3 SUNGEI PATANI, Tues. The strike m protest against the dismissal of more than 60 labourers m the United Patani Estate entered its fifth day today. Over 1,350 workers out of a total of about 1,500 m the second largest rubber estate company m Central Kedah are
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    Lock icon Rotary To 'Adopt' A Village
    186 3 'IT'S PART OF COMMUNITY SERVICE' TWO Singapore villages one at Yio Chu Kans and the other at Padang Terbakar (Changi) are being closely scrutinized by Colony Rotarians for "adoption." Mt. K. M. Medora, newly-in-stalled president of the Rotary Club of Singapore, said yesterday: "One of
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    Lock icon Two Thugs Jailed For Seven Years
    150 3 Two Thugs Jailed For Seven Years TWO men. Lim Hock Chye and Sim Kah Chow., were sentenced to seven years m iail each by Mr. Justice knight at the Singapore Assizes yesterday for armed robbery. The prosecution said both men, one of whom was armed with a dagger, held up
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    32 3 A BOAC plane on flight 8A786 scheduled to arrive m Singapore from London at 5.10 p.m. yesterday has been delayed by 20 hours. It is expected to arrive this afternoon.
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    Lock icon GIRL, 16, CAPTURED HIS FANCY'
    381 4 GIRL, 16, CAPTURED HIS FANCY' Teacher Sued By Former Pupil A 16-YEAR-OLD school girl "captured the imagination" of her geography teacher after weekly swimming lessons, regular joy rides m his car, nightly dinners and friendly chats. The teacher, Tay Chong Lye, 26, faced a maintenance claim from his wife and
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    225 4 SLVGAPOKE Fo/ice Lieutenant Frederick Arthur Wilson was yesterday awarded the Colonial Police Medal for Gallantry the day he left the police force. News of the award reached him after he had listened to a farewell talk given to police lieutenants by the Police
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    Lock icon 150 Lose Homes As Houses Are Pulled Down
    258 4 150 Lose Homes As Houses Are Pulled Down ROWS of motor workshops and a few shacks m Peck Seah Street, Singapore, were demolished yesterday to make way for a new building to house the Preventive Staff of the Customs and Excise Department. As a result. 150 people who have lived
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    Lock icon 'Spare Innocent Citizens In The War Of Tattoos
    180 4 'Spare Innocent Citizens In The War Of Tattoos LIBERAL Socialist Assemblyman, Mr. William Tan, yesterday tailed on the Singapore Police to devise a system whereby law-abiding citizens would be saved hours of detention and questioning at Police stations because of their tattoos. He said that "Operation Dagger" against Colony thugs
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    151 4 COMMODITY PRICES CLOSING rubber prices (rants per lb.) m Singapore yesterday) were: liuyers Sellers No 1 RSS Spot (nom.) 97} 981 A uc list No. 1 RSS 98 98V No. 2 RSS 934 933 No. 3 RSS 921 922 Tone: Barely steady. STORE TIN The price of tin on the
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    73 4 MR. CHONG Hock Hai. viee -principal of Singapore's St. Andrew's School and Madam Tsan? Pins. of the Teachers' Training College, (above) left for Manila yesterday to attend an international conference of editors of educational publications. They are travelling under a grant by the Asia Foundation. The two-week
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    Lock icon Thugs Stab Bus Driver
    45 4 BUS driver Goh Eng Watt was last night attacked and stabbed by four secret society thugs outside a bar m Victoria Street, Singapore. Goh was admitted' to the General Hospital with seven stab wounds. His condition was said to be serious.
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    204 4 JAPANESE STUDENTS SEE Ist MALAY FILM SEVEN Japanese students, now visiting Singapore, yesterday saw their first Malay film. Every member of the delegation, whose study tour is sponsored by the Osaka Youth Association, sat entranced throughout the 101- minute running time of the movie, "Se Merah Padi," shown recently m
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    87 5 FOUR hundred guests including Singapore's Governor Sir Robert Black. Lady Black, and the Federation High Commissioner, Sir Donald MacGillivray. attended a (<H-ktail party given by the Indian Commissioner m Malaya. Mr. R. K. Tandon. m honour of officers of the visiting Indian
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    84 5 I KUALA LUMPUR, Tr.es. 22nd Special Air Service nent, which killed four uinist terrorists over the weekend, was commended by Federation High Commisjoncr. Sir Donald MacGillivrav, today for 'skilful patrolpatience and determination." Sir Donald, on the eve of leaving on an African holiday.
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    62 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues.— 1 Custodian of Enemy Property is offering for sale by public auction, 11 properties here. These include two brickwalled shophouses and dwelland nine shop lots of 1740 sq. ft. each m Jalan Raja Bot off Batu Road. The sale will be held at I
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    177 5 Gurkha Officer Fined $160 On Three Charges KUALA LUMPUR, Tues.— Lieut. Bernard Stanley Williams, 34, of the 17th Gurkha Division, Seremban, was convicted today for negligent driving, failing to stop after an accident, and failing to render assistance to a man he knocked down on the night of Jan. 28.
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    38 5 KOTA BAHRU. Tues.— The Tengku Mahkota of Kelantan, Tengku Yahaya Putra, opened an extension to the Malay School at Rantau Panjang this morning. The extension, costing $7,000 will provide four additional classrooms for 150 pupils.
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    39 5 HONGKONG, July 31 Special Standard Service: Closing prices of the Hongkong Exchange were: SI 6. 10 to Gl Sterling; $6.***** to USSI: 51.835 to Malayan $1 SO. 187 to one Indonesian Rupiah; Gold $263,875 to a taei.
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    Lock icon GOVT's NEW POLICY ON EDUCATION
    155 5 Conference Of Chinese Groups KUALA LUMPUR, Tues.— A Pan-Malayan conference of all Chinese educational, political and social organisations is to be held m the near future to decide the "final attitude" of Malayan Chinese towards the Alliance Government's new education policy. The conference was proposed
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    77 5 KUAXTAN. Tues.— The Recent of Pahang. Tunku Ahmad Shah, yesterday completed a four-cay tour of islands otl Pulau tioman and the coastal villages between Endau and Rompin on board: the destroyer. HMAS ANZAC. The ANZAC fired a 15-gun salute m honour of the Regent when
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    107 5 $6,000 Robbers Still At Large IPOII. Tues. Police are (till hunting for two armed tiiu; s who. yesterday, overP>wered 55-year-old cashier Mr Yau Kay Bens, •nil looted a safe of Sfc.OOO. The victim has de«f«"-b- the assailants as a Chinam! a .Mai.iy. Ihe laUer Iniwever could possibly >c »n Indian
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    218 5 Former OCPD To Stand Trial For Fraud FORGED RECEIPT ISSUED FOR WELFARE PAYMENT, COURT TOLD SUNGEI PATANI, Tues. Inspector Jabar bin Mohomcd Johar, 41, former OCPD Baling was committed to stand trial m the High Court here today on two counts of criminal breach of trust of $100 and for
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    111 5 Tin Miners To Train Their Sons IPOH, Tues.— Perak Chinese Mining Association has formed a Junior Section to interest youth m tin mining. Mr. Woo Kai Im. Federal Councillor and top official of the P.C.M.A.. told The Standard the idea behind this move was to acquaint youth with mining matters.
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    125 5 Women Make History IPOH, Tues.— For the first time m local legal history two women conducted cases for the prosecution m magistracies here today. Two women Police Inspectors, Misses Ng Leng Sim and Kairunisa Karim, who have been busy "learning the trade" since their arrival here two months ago, prosecuted
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    53 5 IPOH. Tues.— A total of 663 new villagers m the Batu Gajah area have been granted 30-year leases on their land. Of this number, 179 titles were granted to residents of Chendrong Village, Kampong Timah had* 224 and Nallah. 260. Applications from Bemban New Village are
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    84 5 MacG Off To London For Talks KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. The Federation High Commissioner, Sir Donald MacGillivray. flew to London this morning from Singapore for "informal discussions" with the Colonial Office on Malayan independence. Sir Donald will later go to East Africa on two months' holiday with Lady MacGillivray and their
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    67 5 PENANG, Tues.— Six major English schools here will b« taking part m a debate at the Anglo-Chinese School hall at 3.30 p.m. tomorrow. The motion is "Western influence has a demoralising effect m the East." Schools participating m the debate are the Penang Free School, St.
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    35 5 TEMERLOH. Tues. Ten kampong Malays from here and Bentong completed a course m tractor driving and' maintenance, sponsored by RIDA at Jerantut. They received detailed instructions on tractor driving and maintenance.
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    44 5 A FOOD and fun fair to boost the building fund of the Kinta Indian Association will he staged at the Association's premises m Gurudwara Road, ipoh on Sunday, Aug. 5. The fair will be declared open by the Raja Muda of Perak.
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    48 5 KUALA KANGSAR. Tues.— Tuan Haji Mahmood bin Hussein, from the Perak Secretariat will take over duties as District Officer tomorrow, m place of Inche Mohamed Shamsuddin bin Mohamed Yaacob who will gr on transfer and promotion to the Perak Secretariat at the ends of August.
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    36 5 TAN PENG BOON. 38, proprietor of Chop Lam Jalan \bdullah, Muar, was yesterday fined $30 or 4 weeks' imprisonment by Magistrate Inche Pawan Ahmad for having his shop open on June 13. a holiday.
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    108 5 First Car Park Plan Hits Snag SINGAPORE'S first multistorey car park plan has hit a snag. The million-dollar park scheduled to be built on Crown land bordered by Cross Street. Cecil Street and Telok Ayer Street is now considered too small for the purpose. Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of
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    51 5 MALACCA. Tues.— Tan Ah Chian, 40. today claimed trial m the Sessions Court to voluntarily causing hurt to Mr. J. David, a hospital dispenser, and his wife. Annie David, outside the Capitol Theatre here on July 5. Tan was allowed 'tail of $50. till Aug.
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    681 6 rPHOUSANDS of Singaporeans are living m misery because a large portion of their earnings goes into the capacious pockets of illegal moneylenders. These lenders operate without any licences. A man who borrows $100 without any surety has to sign a promissory note for at least three
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    235 6 gUYERS of the Federation Social and Welfare Lotteries tickets are beginning to doubt if all the tickets sold are included m the draw. These tickets are sold everywhere by all sorts of people, and the doubt arises when the buyers consider that not all the sold tickets' stubs
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    566 6  -  Aster Gunasekera By SUDDENLY a lot of people m Malaya have found themselves consciencestricken over the fondness of their fellow* for what they describe as "sexy culture." This means such popular (and none can gainsay this) entertainment as strip-tease and printed matters specializing m pinup
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    299 6 Freedom Of The Press Sir; The banning of journalists by the Government from accompanying the trade delegation from Malaya to Red China is extremely difficult to understand, unless, indeed, it is to be taken as part and parcel of a mean policy which specially creates disquiet. Government has apparently forgotten
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    130 6 Sir; High praise should be given to the Singapore Police for stepping up war against gangsterism. The citizens of the Federation would be grateful if the Federation Police could do something about it here too. It is sad to see thugs, hooligans and secret society members
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    864 6  - NASSER'S SUEZ COUP Russell Thomas By CAIRO EGYPT'S seizure of the Suez Canal is a coup far wider m its implications than anything else the Nasser regime has done. The Suez Canal Convention was due to run for another 12 years. Egyptian spokesmen have always insisted that it would be
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    627 6  -  J. F. STIRLING WVWWVMttttW I By JAKARTA TVTR. SUKARNO, President of Indonesia, has returned to Jakarta after a tour of the United States and Western Europe. Later thus year he will be visiting China and the Siviet Union. His travels on both sides of the Iron Curtain
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    526 6  - BURMESE CATCH CHINESE ARMY SPIES RAWLE KNOX RANGOON rp\VO members of the political branch of Communist China's Army have been arrested on Burmese soil by Burma police according to authoritative reports reaching here today from Myitkyina, north-east Burma. One of the men, who were found on July 19, subsequently escaped.
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    134 7 Ginger, The Cat Will Share $900,000 ATLANTIC CITY, New Jersey, July 31 (AP)— Ginger the cat was well taken care of m his owner's will but he'll have to share approximately US$3OO.OOOO I M$900.000) th some needy humans. In her will, admitted to probstt yesterday. Mrs. Laura W Tyler left
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    88 7 Ike Gives OK To Atom Ship GETTYSBURG. July 31 (UP) President Eisenhower yesterriav signed a law authorizing the construction of an rowered merchant ship a> approved by Congress m the iays of the session just ended. The measure responded to E:^enhower's request for an a*om powered "peace ship" to tO':r
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    70 7 Japan Turns Out First Jet Fighter TOKYO. July 31 (Reuter)— A spokesman for the Shin Mitsubishi, heavy industries. said today the company had completed the first F-86-F Jet fighter to be juioembled m Japan. He said the jet fighter would be delivered to the Japanese Air Self-Defence Force early m
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    66 7 JAKARTA. July 31 <UP>— A Dutchman was found murdered m his East Sumatra home on Sunday, delayed reports reaching here said today. Police said G. T. Bouman of a boarding house at Bra Magi was shot to death by four unidentified men. Members of the victim's family and
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    24 7 MAMORU Shigemitsu. JapaForeign Minister, and i ShepKov. Soviet Foreign Minister, began talks yesterday on "normalization" on re'ations between the two countries. Reuter
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    48 7 MARINA Orschel, Miss Germany (left); Ins rid Goude. Miss Sweden and Carol Morris, Miss Universe (seated) are the first three Miss Universe contest winners to sign movie contracts. Here the three pose with Robert Palmer immediately after inking the valued documents at Universal International Studios. UP.
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    242 7 LACOSTE TO WARN HIS GOVT. ALGIERS, July 31 (AP)— Resident Minister Robert Lacoste flew to Paris yesterday to warn the French Government that an Egyptian victory m the Suez Canal dispute will be a grave psychological blow to France m North Africa.
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      49 7 NICOSIA. July 31, (Reuter) British authorities here have started jamming Cairo Radio's Greek language broadcasts, usually well-informed sources reported today. The sources said Cairo Radio m recent weeks has beamed a number of antiBritish commentaries on the Cyprus situation m Greek language programmes to the island.
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      24 7 GETTYSBURG, Pennsylvania, July 31 (UP) President Eisenhower yesterday signed legislation to establish "m God we trust' 1 as the U.S. national motto.
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      38 7 COATESVILLE. PENNSYLVANIA, July SI, (AP) —Steelworkers went back to work last night at the Luens Steel Corporation mill here, the first of 650.000 strikers reported returning to their jobs after settlement of the 30-day walkout.
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      39 7 NEW YORK. July 31 (AP> Cardinal Spellman will officiate at a pontifical Mass of requiem for the dead m the Andrea Doria disaster at noon on Thursday m St. Patrick's Cathedral, the Italian Line announced yesterday.
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      32 7 DAMASCUS, Syria, July 31 (UP) Syria has proposed an emergency session of the Arab League Political Committee to back Egypt's seizure of the Suez Canal, official sources said yesterday.- UP
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      22 7 PNOM PENH. Cambodia. July 31 (UP) King Norodom Suramarit has refused to accept the resignation of Premier Khim Tit.
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      28 7 TEHERAN, July 31 (UP) Mohammed Mossadegh, who nationalized the Anglo-Iranian Oil Co., m 1951, will be released from prison on Sunday, a security official said yesterday.
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      34 7 LONDON. July 31 (Reuter) Mr. Nikita Khrushchev. Soviet Communist Party chief who has been touring the virgin lands m Kazakhstan, returned to Moscow yesterday, the Soviet news agency Tass reported today.
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      39 7 LAHORE. Pakistan, July 31 (UP) An agreement to foster closer relations between Afghanistan and Turkey was reached by Turkish Premier Adnan Menderes and Afghan Premier Sardar Aud Khan during five days of talks. Kabul Radio reported today.
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    14 7 TYPHOON winds lashin? Okinawa yesterday cut communication? between that island and Tokyo.- AP
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    132 7 JERUSALEM. July 31 (UP) A clandestine radio broadcasting m Arabic from an unknown location called last night for the assassination of Egyptian Premier Gamal Abdef Nasser. "Abdel Nasser, the Egyptian dictator, is mad... he is leading the Egyptian people into the greatest catastrophe,"
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    48 7 NAPLES, July 31 (AP) The British 36.000-ton aircraft carrier Eagle one of the two largest m the British Navy sailed yesterday after a fiveday visit to this Mediterranean port. British officials said the ship was bound for Malta. The Eagle left without an escort.
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    17 7 A OXE-YEAR trade agreement between Pakistan and Hungary was signed on Monday m Karachi.- AP
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    249 7 BEAUTIES DRUGGED AND THEN FILMED MEXICO CITY, July 31. (AP) Five beautiful girls testified m Federal court yesterday that they had been drufged and used m the filming of pornographio pictures. Two men a so-called television producer and a fake beaoity clinic doctorhave been arrested. Following Sunday's testimony,
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    182 7 National Guard Now Controls Suez Zone PORT SAID, July 31 (AP)— Twenty thousand Egyptian National Guardsmen who once fought to oust the British from the Suex Canal zone are now occupying camps m the zone built by the British Army. They are believed to represent
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    224 7 WASHINGTON, July 31 (AP) Admiral Arleigh Burke says the free world would have to write off the entire Mediterranean area unless the U.S. 6th Fleet could stay and fight there m event of war. The Chief of Naval Operations also
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    149 7 4 Die In African Rioting JOHANNESBURG. July 31 (AP) A horde of yelling blanket-clad Africans firing revolvers descended on Evaton near Vereeniging on Sunday night, leaving a trail of four dead, six injured and seven houses burnt down. Yesterday two rival gangs armed with sticks faced each other across a
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    62 7 The Million Earners In US WASHINGTON, July 31 (AP) There were 145 persons with incomes of a million dollars a year or more among the 58 million income tax returns, the Internal Revenue Service reported yesterday. In 1952, there were 148 m the "million or more" adjusted gross income class.
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    65 7 NEW YORK. July 31 (UP)— The list of passengers unaccounted for as a result of the sinking of the Italian liner Andrea Doria was reduced to 29 yesterday when eight mere persons believed missing informed the Italian line that they were alive. The known dead and
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    106 7 British Cruiser On The Ready? NICOSIA, July 31. (UP)— A British cruiser which weighed anchor and left Egypt on Sunday following the nationalization of the Suez Canal arrived off Cyprus yesterday. But British sources refused to comment on whether the cruiser, the 8,000-ton HMS Jamaica, was being held m readiness
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    187 7 LONDON, July 31 (UP)— Moscow Radio, m an English language commentary on the Suez Canal nationalization, last night explained why "the Soviet public at once sided with Egypt m the dispute, and quite emphatically. "This was," said the radio, "because we believe that Egypt
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    17 7 DYNAMITE intended for killing fish exploded and killed four young men m Bluff. Utah. AP
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    107 7 NEW YORK. July 31. (AP) —The first of an expected avalanche of damage suits In connection with the collision of the liners Andrea Doria and the Stockholm was filed yesterday m the Federal Court. Miss Nancy Leo. 33 years old. of Miami. Florida, sought US$2OO,OOO m
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    53 7 ATHENS, July 31. (UP)— Six earth tremors shook the island of Crete yesterday and sent its population fleeing into the fields. There was no damage and no casualties reported, but after consultations with the Observatory. authorities warned residences to stand ready to evacuate buildings m case
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    143 8 BID TO END U.K. MOTOR STRIKE LONDON, July 31 (Reuter) Government and Trade Union leaders met privately m London today m a bid to end a strike over redundancy at the factories of the British Motor Corporation, biggest car-producing combine m the country. Government peacemakers led by Sir Wildred Neden,
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    43 8 THE French expedition which scaled the 23,800-foot Muztagh Tower, one of the steepest peaks m the Karakorum Range, on July 12 has returned to Skardu m Baltistan, and is awaiting air transport to Rawalpindi, a message from Rawalpindi said yesterday.- Reuter
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    184 8 They Do Not Like Working Conditions BUFORD, Georgia, July 31 (AP) Thirtysix prisoners broke their own legs with 10-pound sledge hammers yesterday m protest against working conditions at Rock Quarry State Prison. Jack Forrester, State Director of Corrections, said a prison doctor told him
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    30 8 THE British submarine Telemachus returned to Sydney yesterday after a two-month cruise carrying Australian and American scientists who were studying the ocean bed of the South Pacific- Reuter
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    31 8 THE All-Indian Expedition has abandoned its attempt to scale the unconquered Saser Kangeri, 25,170 feet, m the Karakorum Range of the Himalayas, after making two differen t approaches.- AP
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    132 8 $90,000 Offer For Film Rights MANILA, July 31. (AP) Florentino Das. the Filipino fisherman who crossed the Pacific from Hawaii m a small sailboat, said yesterday he had received an offer of US$3O,OOO (M$90,000) for the film rights of his voyage. Das, the Philippine News Service reported, said the Royal
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    38 8 NICOSIA, July 31 (AP) The body of a 16-year-old Greek Cypriot youth was found last night near Larnaca. The youth had been missing since Sunday. His body was found near a Greek Orthodox Church.
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    155 8 JERUSALEM, July 31 (AP).— Jordan started a K yesterday to oust Canadian Maj. Gen. Edson L. II from leadership of the U.N.s Palestine Truce Observers. A Defence Ministry spokesman m Amman said Jordan would ask the U.N. to replact him m the job
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    70 8 PARIS. July 31 (Reutcr) Three hundred Paris restaurants, including the "Big 15" luxury restaurants, threatened today to close for three days from tomorrow m protest over increased national insurance rates. Officials of the National Hotel Federation were meeting officials of the Labour Ministry and the
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    25 8 COMMUNIST China will send its first trade mission to Ceylon m September to discuss next year's prices under the rubberrice trade agreement.- U.P.
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    124 8 US Learns More About The Atom WASHINGTON, July 31 (Reuter) The United States has made progress m solving a number of mysteries m both the peaceful and military use of the atom over the last six months, the Atomic Energy Commission disclosed today. The Commission also said m its semi-annual
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    196 8 Scratched By Wildcat? No, It's Just A Woman MORRILTON, Arkansas. July 31 (AP)— An Arkansas sheriff raid he arrested Mrs. Barbara (Bobo) Rockefeller, her attorney and two friends for disturbing the peace m a fight at Winthrope Rockefeller's palatial mountaintop home late yesterday. Sheriff Marlin Hawkins said of Bobo and
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    75 8 DENVER. July 31 (AP) —I President Robert F. Six said^ Continental Air Lines' option to buy five more Vickers Viscount 840 transport planes has been extended until late September. He said the line already ha* purchased 15 of the Britishmade turbo-prop transport planes for U5522,714,800 (M
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    586 9 Three men want to visit Cambodia Prince Norodom of Cambodia has invited Soviet leaders Bulganin and Khrushchev as well as Red China's Chou En-lai to visit his country. All have accepted but no fixed dates for their tours have been announced. Associated Press Correspondent
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    880 9 ladies and gentlemen Can you deliver that speech— asks C. Lyle Jackson TTOW often do we listen m embarrassment to an address given to an assembly by one who is not used to public speaking, and what a sigh of relief is felt, if not heard, when the
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    390 9  -  M. A. Glasgow LONDON SINCE the earliest times, the oceans have made a most important contribution towards the world's food supplies. As we all realize, vast quantities of fish and seaweed are eaten every year; but scientists believe that the seas, which cover such immense
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    46 10 FIFTEEN more Vickers Viscount propeller-turbine airliners, worth more than £5£ million have been ordered by Capital Airlines or Washington. D.C. The purchase will bring Capital's future fleet of Viscounts to 75 and the total number of Viscounts now sold to 342.
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    210 10 INT'L AIRPORT OPENS IN K. LUMPUR Shell Instcds Latest Refuelling Facilities KUALA LUMPUR, Tues.— The opening of flu International Airport m Kuala Lumpur tomorrow will also mark the advent of the "most modern ever" aircraft refuelling facilities m the Federation, The Standard was told today. Costing $170,000, these facilities are
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    146 10 FINANCE COMMERCE Rubber Drops 2c. On ProfitTaking SINGAPORE rubber prices slipped below the $1 per Ib. level yesterday on upcountry selling and profit-taking which brought prices down to 98 cents per lb., a drop of two cents on Monday, on a barely steady market. The rubber market opened slightly lower
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    95 10 CHARMING Miss Wong Sell Chin, 20, is one of 70 girls who have entered lor the "Miss Singapore Industries Trade Fair" contest now being held m connection with the trade fair at the Great World Park. Miss Wong is a salesgirl with the Dragon Shirt Co.. Ltd.
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    107 10 THE Malayan share market generally was quietly hqahj with few price changes a > cording to the Malayan Shar«. brokers' Association. A few counters m tins mv proved slightly m sympathy with the rise m the metal price. Price changes announced b? the Association yestercaj
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    214 10 MORE than 70 tons of pepper have been transacted m the Singapore pepper market m the past few days, following the Suez Canal crisis, according to traders. White pepper has risen by $12, black by $6 since the beginning of last week, before
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    101 10 THE B.F. Goodrich Company has raised its prices for tyres by two to three and a half per cent, the firm announced m Akron. Ohio, on Monday. In its announcement. Goodrich attributed the price rise to higher labour costs and increased costs of tyre components. A
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    145 10 Eastern United Assurance: $178,964 Profit THE Eastern United Assurance Corporation Ltd.. made a profit of $178,964 out of which devidends totalling 12 per cent, and absorbing $63,000 will be paid for the year ended March 31. In addition, bonus of six per cent, less tax, will be paid. After paying
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    38 10 THE Council of Industrial Design m U.K. plans an International Design Congress, as a sequel to the successful congress on "Design Policy m Industry as the Responsibility of High Level Management," which was held m 1951.
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    162 10 THE Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce will give every support to the Colony's plan to set up an industrial promotion board to assist small industry, Mr. Tan Siak Kew. the chairman said yesterday. Mr. Tan said that the Chamber supported the idea m principle. He pointed
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    144 10 MALAYAN sharebrokers voter day reported the follow, j business done: a INDUSTRIALS: F N nfl $1.99. 51.97J odd lot; Gamm«iH SI. 1)8; M. Colls $1.02* to $1.04" Sime Darby $1.92 i: B*pof« Cold Storage $1.50: U Engiv.rr*, $8.75. $8*0: Wearne Bros $2 '<, $2 90 odd lot.
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      890 10 TE.VDER NOTICE (Sale of 107 Caterpillar D-7 Tractors, Spare Parts for Caterpillar Make Tractors Equipment other machinery) npHE CHAIRMAN. Central Tractor Organisation. (Ministry J. of Food Agriculture, G overnment of India), New Delhi, invites tenders m the p rescribed form, for the purchase and removal of the following machinery and
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      722 10 NOTICES NATURALISATION TVOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN 11 that the following persons whose names and addresses are given below are applying to. the Governor for naturalisation and that any person who knows any reason why naturalisation should not be granted should send a written and signed sta|ement o the facts to
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      455 10 MALAYAN PRODUCERS, LIMITED (Incorporated m the Federation of Malaya) TVTOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN 11 THAT A FIRST INTERIM DIVIDEND of 10% less 30% Malayan Tax m respect of the year ending 31st December, 1956 will be paid to Shareholders on 15th August, 1956. NOTICE IS ALSO HEREBY GIVE?: that the
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      107 10 NOTICES TITESSRS. C. K. Joshi, 39 iTJ Green Hall, Penang, have ceased to be the sub-agents of the Eastern Shipping Corporation Limited as from 28th July. 1956. The business of the said Shipping Company will be carried on by R. Jumabhoy and Sons (M) Ltd. at No. 103 Hoe Peng
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      158 10 EXPECTED TODAY KLM KLB3O JAK 8 55 a m. Malayan Airways MLI2I K.L./MAIJ 9.55 a.m. Malayan Airways MLIOI PG./K.L. 12 45 pm. BOAC BA7BO LON./RAN 12 50 pm Thai Airways TH3O3 BKOK/SAI 1.30 p.m. KLM KLB2I AMS./BKOJC 1.35 p.m. BOAC 8A706 LON./CAL 2 20 p.m. Malayan Airways ML2I6 PAL. 3.40
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    210 12 I BET few of you have thought of lining your cellars with blotting paper! Salt cellars, that is. If you do that, dampness will not affect the salt, as the blotting paper absorbs moisture, and leaves the salt fresh even m humid weather. OVER the weekend I
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    134 12 TERRY PiLLAY'S ]\ON-slip floor polish for linoleum. Mix equal parts of kerosene and vinegar and wipe lino over with cloth dipped into this solution. No rubbing is necessary and it is equally good as a furniture polish and as a deterrent to flies. I HAVE heard
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    72 12 gINGAPORE'S well-known fashion model, Mrs. Joan Booty, plans to open a "Charm School" m the colony, similar to the one she used to run some years ago m Kuala Lumpur. The school is to include courses m deportment. < make-up, beauty care and general appearance, and will be
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    451 12 The Belt and your waistline Certain rules to follow m Fit and Material, advises JOSEPHINE LOWMAN HP HE fit of your clothes can give you a fit if it is all wrong! Poorly-fitted garments make you look out of shape when you are actually m shape while beautifully-fitted ones enhance
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    120 12 Fashion For The Beach npERRY towelling is fashionX able for beach wear this year. This new effect is made by using either a four or six gored skirt pattern and leaving the seams unstitched from 8 ins. down. Narrow roll hems are needed down each loose section. Make
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    530 12 Information Counter of Pat Drake J\D. writes "Do please tell me what to do with a heavy aluminium frying-pan 2 which causes food to stick." This, too, is a question we have had before, but I repeat 5 the answer for the benefit jof other readers who are troubled by
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    56 12 Lovely Star Shines SEVERAL Hollywood crea- tions are featured m Para- 2 mount's latest comedy, "The Birds and The Bees" and < here is film star Mitzi Gaynor m a slim, draped J pink red chiffon evening gown with multiple flaring j panels m back. Crushed folds at the neckline
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      204 12 V ere(Ik jt 1 In A\\w IjX'ER F U M E Also Cologne, Rouge, Lipstick, Talc, Soap, Brilliantine, Hair Cream. DISTRIBUTORS GRAFTON LABORATORIES LIMITED, SINGAPORE \^ii9ir 23 3 wL^*^F "ZIG-ZAG" EASY MANIPULATION PRECISE EXECUIION Pi^J^^lT^^^^H^^^^ DEAIFRS please write to ZLIN CO., LTD. T738 CECIL STREET, SINGAPORE, TEL: 3.(242 Sr^^YOW. SMUT
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      293 12 fTAKEM&Ji Getting that isa w<2//.t bronzed look j** wL °f xt 0 on holiday u .^♦mffiS a S>Ul<^ t TANitING TTERE are two bright beauties ttho knoic a tip north learning that ~MmVIVMt iiiiSJtl it takes shade as well as sun to make a perfect Most creams and holiday tan.
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    960 13 England Hail Man Who Shattered Aussie Defiance MANCHESTER, July 31 (Reuter)— Jim Laker, Surjjvs off-spin bowler, set up a world record by taking 19 wickets m the fourth Test m which England today beat Australia t,v ax\ innings and 170 runs. England's win gave them a
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    112 13 ENGLAND— Ist INNINGS 459 AUSTRALIA— Ist. INNS.— B4 AUSTRALIA— 2nd Inns. C. McDonald c Oakman b Laker 89 J. Burke c Lock b Laker N. Harvey c Cowdrey b Laker 0 I. Craig: Ibw b Laker 38 X Mackay c Oakman b Laker 0 K. Miller b Laker 0
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    48 13 MARINES scored a,n easy four goals to two victory over Rovers Sports Club m their S.A.F.A. Div. 1 league soccer match played at Jalan Besar stadium yesterday. RADIN Mas beat Cosmos Sports Club 4-0 m a SAFA Division 3 A league soccer match at Geylang yesterday.
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    123 13 NEW YORK. July 31, (AP) Milwaukee's National League leading Braves retained their 2 games edge as Hank Aaron drove m four runs to make an 8-6 victory over Brooklyn with a seventh-inning home run Monday night. Second place Cincinnati swept a five-game series from Pittsburgh 4-2.
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    44 13 NEW YORK. July 31: Monday's baseball results by the Associated Press:National Milwaukee 8. Brooklyn 6. Cincinnati 4, Pittsburgh 2. Philadelphia 5-4. Chicago 4-2. American New York 13. Cleveland 6. Baltimore 4. Kansas City 3 (10 innings). Detroit 4. Boston 1. (only games scheduled).
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    1016 13 PENANG. Tucs. —For the first time m the history of Malayan athletics, foreign entries have been accepted by the Malayan Amateur Athletic Association and it is now confirmed that Ceylon and Australia will be competing m the M A. A. A. championships meet to be held for the
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    32 13 IX>O— TAX on 28-7-56 between ■T Eng Lan youngest 6on of the late Ifr. Mrs. Foo Wha Cheng anc Mary 2nd daughter of Mr! Mrs. Tan Boon Kwee both of lp">h
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    47 13 LYE BOON HONG aged 66 pasr-cri away peacefully at the General Hospital on 31st July. 1956 leaving behind hit beloved «rift Md: Tan Bee Neo, 3 daughters Annie. Gloria. L:!v, 2 sonsSn-law George Wee. Henry Lee and 11 grandchildren to mourn his loss. Funeral on Thursday.
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    36 13 MESSRS. LAI NEO SWEE and LAI CHIN SIN and their families thank all relatives and friends for their wreaths, scrolls, visits, expressions of condolences, assistance. etc. and attendance at th« funeral of their late Father.
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    24 13 AMOY CANNING SOY Sauce is known for its high quality and nutniious value. Obtainable It 118 Cross Street. Tel: ***** or other Groceries.
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      56 13 USf DAY/ ROXY 3-6.15-9.13 I ni venial Pictures Present In Cinemascope Technicolor -CHIEF CRAZY HORSE starring Victor Matnre Suzan Ball John Lund Tomorrow: "TO CATCH A THIEF" SfiKgS™ EASTERN HOTEL Ampang Road Kuala Lumpur Phone 6168-9 Spacious rooms with bathrooms attached. Modern sanitation. Long baths. Hot and Cold running water.
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      520 13 CLASSIFIED ADS VEHICLES FOR SALE QUALITY Tested Cars to suit all requirements always available at Borneo Motors Limited Used Car Department call— Phone *****. FOR SALE MATERNITY WEAR always m stock, smocks skirts, dresses m fully guaranteed fabrics, no two alike. Newselections m smart smocks tor evening wear Duncans 11
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      612 13 SITUATIONS VACANT STUDENT NUESES A PPLICATIONS are invited for appointment as female Student Nurses at General Hospital. Singapore. Successful candidates will be required to undergo a training course for a period of 3 years and 4 months. Salary scale $152.50 x 7.50A -167.50/B/220 x 15A-325/B/340 X 15A-385. Total emoluments at
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      269 13 Li 1 Abner 0/ Al Capp I THATD SPARE HER THE V £MCri y )I I r. SHH.'. r f^^ f N \SHATTERJfJG SHOCK or > I lL^ V-m f«P YOU DISAPPEARED- jC I UNDER-} -z^a r/A/DMG OUT ST^STf^L /^o«'rW r^s )> IF SHE NEVER S (S-STANP.) f?x? /'^-q u
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    160 14 Windsor Lad The Spectre Trundle Hill Scrutinm HOLLYWOOD STAB HAPPY GANG SAY TRY FLYING CLOSE I>ay Try Hying Close Hollywood Star lipp > c an F. Happy Gang Glencoe II Happy Gang Bk-e King II \\FIH)I\U WALTZ WrDDING WALTZ WEDDING WALTZ WEDDING WALTZ oil Wueen sentimental Archslde Oil Queen
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    1067 14 RACE l: 2.45 p.m.- Horses Class 5, Div. 3—5% Furs. 1 906 Bed Runner 5y 9.W Mr. Walter J Wearne Bagby AH t 537 Say Try 4y 8.13 Estate of the late Lim Choig Pan? Mr. LimEngKwan Bagby Ismail S. 786 Meteorite 8y 8.1*! Mr. Teuw Leng
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    95 14 SOCCER S.B.H.F.A. LEAGUE: Mercantile Bank vs. Chartered Bank at Jalan Besar Stadium; Hongkong Bank vs. Ford at F. N.; Sime Darby vs. S.T.C. at Farrer Park; Shell vs. F. N. at Shell; P. Bukom vs. S.C.S. at Farrer Park; Breweries vs. M. Airways at M.F.A.; Jacks vs. C.
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    50 14 THE visiting Indian Navy humbled Singapore's Olympic hopes, by three goals to one m a friendly hockey match at the Girls Sports Club ground yesterday. Scorers for Indian Navy m the second half were Anthony. Arklie and K. Lall. Rozario sfwed th e only goal for the Colony.
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    220 14 FOR the first time m the ■nnals of post-war boxing m St. Andrew's School Venn House with 53 points-won the 'Yap Kan? Hoe' shield. Loyfat House with 45 points were the runncrs-up. In the programme of 20 action-packed bouts. threebouts failed to last the full
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    61 14 A COMPLETE lighting system for the basketball court m Boys' Town has been donated by Mr. Aw Cheng Chy e and the court will be declared open officially at 7.30 p.m today by Mr. W. T. McDermott. AUec the court has been declared open there will be
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    989 14 Magic Eye May Prove Too Speedy THIS FAST MOVER IS IN TIP-TOP FORM THREAT IS GRAZIE Says Windsor Lad MAGIC EYE, a Grandmaster five-year-old, should make a sound bet m the main sprint (Race Four) over 5\ furlongs at Penang today, second day of the Penang Turf Club's August Bank
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    58 14 THE weather at Penang has been gloomy for the past week and there was again, a heavy downpour yesterday. The going for today's races will probably be soft. BROADCAST Rediffusion will broadcast commentaries on all races. BIG SWEEP Treble Tote will be held or. Races 3. 5 and
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    29 14 RACE ONE APPRENTICES will have a race for themselves m the opening race of the afternoon, the Class Five, Division Three over five
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    326 14 RACE TWO WITH jockey Geyer astride WEDDING WALTZ should have no trouble m taking the 5} furlongs sprint for Class Three, Division Two performers. This four-year-old Agincourt mare put m a splendid effort at Kuala Lumpur m June when she finished third to Senang Hati
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    229 14 RACE THREE On his third to Pearl Snap over the seven at Kuala Lumpur m April Actor II may find his winning turn here. He ran prominently throughout his race and did well to finish on c and a half lengths behind the winner m a'
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    520 14 US Hoop Coach Sums Up Tour WHILE Malayan schoolboys need lots of competitions, a greater need today is properly organized basketball among the schools both m the Colony and m the Federation of Malaya. This is how Thomas B. Bell.r first American basketball coach to
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    253 14 RACE SEVEN Recent form points to Baby Chris winning the last race. Baby Chris scored a splendid win at Kuala Lumpur when with 9 00. he trounced a Division Three field to finish a length clear of Ukelele. He then finished fourth to Pearl Snap
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