Singapore Standard, 25 August 1956

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  • 30 1 Singapore Standard STANDARD ***** (5 lines? POLICE 2400 n it m FIRE BRIGADE 2811 GENERAL HOSPITAL 2414 \ol. VII. No. M SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, AUGUST 25, 1956 14 PAGES 15 CENTS
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  • 254 1 NEW DELHI Aug. 24 (Reuter).-Indian officials here expressed relief today that a compromise solution had been found on submitting the results of the London Suez Conference to President Nasser. They ruled out the possibility that Egypt would accept the majority decision
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  • 101 1 'Trappist Monk' Menzies LONDON. Aug. 24 (Reuter) Five-nation representatives held their first talks here today to plan an approach to President Nasser of Egypt seeking negotiations on international management of the Suez Canal. Mr. Robert Menzies. Prime Minister of Australia, who leads the group, told reporters after the 80-minute meeting
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  • 34 1 Reuter THE Chinese Nationalists claimed m Taipeh yesterday to have sunk a Chinese Communist naval craft and damaged two others m w sea clash northwest of the Na-tionalist-held Matsu islands. coast.-
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  • 113 1 U'STRALIA made a dramatic comeback on the second day of the final Test at the Oval here toci\v and at close of play were 49 runs behind England's lst innings score of 247. with 2 wickets m hand. \t close of play Australia were 198 for 8.
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  • 61 1 NICOSIA. Aug. 24 (Reuter) The Governor of Cyprus. Sir Jchn Harding, today ordered the British Army and Air Force m Cyprus on active service for three more months because he said, the necessity for it continued. The order, making the Army and KAF acts applicable to Cyprus,
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  • 20 1 MARSHAL Tito may pay a winter m the course of his Asian tour, lt was learned Reuter
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  • 39 1 CO-EDS TAKE UP ARMS... CO-EDS of the Cairo University advance tvith automatic weapons during training at the Teachers Club m Cairo. They are among many who are undergoing military training after volunteering for the neuiy-organised Rational Liberation Army. U.P.
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  • 236 1 ...AND A RUSH TO JOIN IN DEFENCE OF THE CANAL CAIRO, Aug. 24, (Reuter).— Egyptian newspapers reported today that a military training programme was m full swing throughout the country and the number of recruits for the National Liberation Army was swelling. The newspapers said the Command of the Liberation
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  • 123 1 JAKARTA. Aug. 24 (AP)— Relations between President Soekarno and Hartini. the beautiful 32-year-old divorcee and mother of five he made his second wife, have been strained since Soekarno's visit to the United States and Europe, according to reliable sources. The sources said
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  • 82 1 ADELAIDE. Aug. 24 (Reuter) A conference of scientists and other officials was held today at the Salisbury long-range weapons research establishment, near Adelaide, to complete details for the coming nuclear weapons tests at Maralinga. m the far north-west of South Australia. Sir William Penney. who ls
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  • 56 1 PENANG. Fri. Nineteen-year-cld Miss Theresa Veronica Pereira of Singapore won the finals of the PanMalayan Telecoms "Golden Voice" competition held m the Rediflusion studios tonight. Miss Sylvia de Silva cf Muar. Johore. was placed second, while last year's winner. Miss Cynthia Pereira of Singapore obtained third
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  • 229 1 Singapore Government officials are already busy mapping out elaborate plans and several voluntary organizations are proposing a gigantic r eception on the Padang m which people of all walks of life can express their welcome to the Duke. Mr. E. K. Tan, Secretary of
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  • 145 1 FREEDOM OF THE CITY FOR THE DUKE? SINGAPORE may accord its highest honour on the Duke of Edinburgh, when he v isits Malaya on Oct. 31. A proposal is now being rushed through to make the Duke a Freeman of the City, Jf he accepts, he wiJJ become the second
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  • 87 1 Reds Accuse U.S. Over Plane Search TOKYO. Au?. 24 (AP) Communist China tonight accused the U.S. Seventh Fleet of violating its territory m the Navy's search for 16 men missing aboard a plane which disappeared after it was attacked off the coast of China. "This is an act of grave
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  • 26 1 TEL AVIV, Aug. 24. (Reuter). A flare-up of righting on the Egyptian held Gaza Strip border \va. reported today by an Israel Army spokesman
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  • 364 1 JOHANNESBURG, Aug. 24 (AP) Whole communities including Indians, Malays, Chinese and other coloured people now residing m Johannesburg's western suburbs will be uprooted eventually under a Government master plan for apartheid. It is estimated that 10.000 to 22.000 Indians must leave the suburbs m which
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  • 278 1 RIOT SQUAD ON PATROL Violence Flares In Hock Lee Dispute RIOT squads were patrolling the Alexandra area of Singapore late last night after 50 bus passengers fled for their lives when they were attacked with broken bottles and stones. The bus, belonging to the Hock Lee Bus Company, was suddenly
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  • 350 2 Device To Save Time Labour THE Singapore Government will introduce a new experiment m census-taking next year. The full enumeration will be combined with a sample census representative of the whole population. The census schedule to be used for the full enumeration covering all persons
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  • 54 2 THIS pretty 22-year-old Hongkong girl left Singapore on board the Tjiwangi yesterday after spending a two-week holiday m the Colony. She is Lana Lav. a teacher at the Ellis Kadoorie School, Hongkong. She was seen off by Mr. S. S. Phoen. Chinese Manager of the Insurance Company
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  • 120 2 SINGAPORE'S Minister for Commerce and Industry, Mr. J. M. Jumabhoy, yesterday said that the response to the Government-sponsored agricultural show was "greater than expected." He said 50 exhibits from cattle owners and 120 from pig Eers have been entered for ;ho\v, which will be
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  • 149 2 No Witness, So Driver Is Acquitted SAHUDIN bin Abdullah, a driver employed by the president of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce, Mr. Tan Siak Kew, was yesterday acquitted m the Singapore Second Traffic Court, of a charge of dangerous driving, at the junction of Orchard and Scotts Roads, at 10.30
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  • CITY DAY CELEBRATIONS
    • 251 2 TWO international concerts on the City Hall steps will mark the Singapore City Day celebrations this year on September 22 and 23. Ten organizations are taking part m the celebrations. The performances on the City Hall steps will include a Chinese opera, a Malay tableau, Indian
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    • 105 2 TAIPING, Fri. The General Officer Commanding the Federation Armed Forces, Major Gen. F.H. Brook today paid his first visit to the Federation Volunteer Forces at their annual camp here. Speaking to the men, who today completed their twoweek annual camp, the General said they had done a
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  • 208 2 MARINE Police were rushed to the steamship Hua Li, which was m trouble m the Outer Roads while on a test run, a Singapore Court was told yesterday. The skipper of the vessel, i Inche Hassan, told the Court that he
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  • 150 2 CLOSING rnbber prices (cents per lb.) m Singapore yesterday were: Buyers Sellers Spot (nom.) 98| 98| Sept. No. 1 R.S.S. 98. 98_ No. 2 R.S.S. 96 9<U No. 3 R.S.S. 95i 93. Tone: Slightly easier. SPORE TIN Tbe price of tin on the local market yesterday was S3Bsi
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  • 170 2 A MALAY, Ibrahim bin Yahya, 26. was yesterday sentenced to eight years' jail for armed robbery, by Mr. Justice Knight at the Singapore Assizes. A young housewife, Juriah binte Laeman, said she was about to go to sleep, when a man called her outside
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  • 42 2 THE Havelock Division of the Labour Front last night entertained Singapore Chief Minister, Mr Lim Yew Hock, to an open air dinner. Others present were M;r.;--ter for Communications sH Works. Mr. Francis Thomas. Minister for Health. Mr. A J. Braga.
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  • 37 2 HONGKONG, Aug 24 Special Standard Service: Closing prices of the Hongkong Exchange were: $15.83 to tX Sterling, $6.0675 to U.S. 51; $1,837 to Malayan $1; $0195 to one Indonesian Rupiah; Gold $263.5 to a tae!
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  • 261 2 AN expectant mother. Tan Lye Huay. told a Singapore Court yesterday that she would not return to her husband because his first wife chased her out of the house. Tan, who issued a maintenance summons against her husband. Lim Guan Yong, a former
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  • 27 3 Bus Company Diredors (They're Women Off On Holiday To China From left. Mesdame s G uok Choo Choo, Wong Sie w Chin and Tan Hock Moi.- Standardpic
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  • 209 3 A MAN who has made an important contribution to the health of children m Singapore died yesterday m the Singapore General Hospital after a short illness. He is Dr. Christopher Joseph Olivero, 51-year-old senior lecturer m Biochemistry at the University
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  • 59 3 PENANG, Fri. An objec tion against the move by th< Education Department to re cord thumb prints of childrer applying for school places wa: raised at the monthly commit tee meeting of the Penan? Chinese. Chamber of Com merce, on Wednesday. The chamber decided to m
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  • 83 3 Wives Help Striker Hubbies To Cook PENANG. Fri— Wives came >ut to help their husbands to rook meals at the Prangm load Bus Station as the Hin Company bus strike enters its lourth day today. This morning, Police were rushed to the bus station tvhen it was reported that ome
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  • 227 3 BOOM IN NIGHT LIFE DRAWS CALL GIRLS TO MALACCA TOWN MALACCA, Fri. This Settlement has become a transit tamp for prostitutes m the Federation as a result of a boom m "night life," said the Settlement Social Welfare Officer, Mrs. K. M. Cansdel today. j She revealed that m the
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  • 99 3 Student Exodus Slows Down ONLY a mere handful of Chinese students from Singapore and the Federation left the Colony yesterday by the Duth liner. Tjiwangi bound for China ports. Students from Singapore numbered less than six. The Standard understands the drop is due to reports of unsatisfactory conditions m China
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  • 182 3 Bitterness Not Part Of Trade Disputes PENANG. Fri.— The Federation Deputy Trade Union Adviser, Mr. G. L. Wilkinson, today pointed out that many of the strikers m the Federtion could easily have been settled if there was readiness on the part oi both sides to go to arbitration. In some
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  • 25 3 THE All Malaya Muslim Missionary Society will hold a lecture meeting at the old airport quarters. Kallang, at 8 00 p.m. this evening.
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  • 123 3 Schoolboy Gets A Lawyer For A Godfather KUALA LUMPUR, Fri.— At a judge's request, lawyer Mr. Robert Chelliah a bachelor today became "godfather" to a 13-year-old school boy and opened a $2,000 savings bank account on his behalf. The $2,000 came to K. Indran by way of damages for an
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  • 80 3 THE Master of the m. v. "Thong Thay", G. Claughton. was yesterday acquitted m the Sixth Magistrate's Court, on a charge of sailing away from the Colony on Aug. 15. without a certificated chief officer on board. He pleaded guilty. Claughton. m mitigation, told the court
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  • 61 3 IPOH. Fri. A motor cyclist. Chow Yee Cheong, 21, was yesterday fined $(500 by President of the Sessions Court. Mr. E. V. A. Peers, m default, eight months' imprisonment, for riding a motor cycle without a licence and for not being covered by insurance. Chow wa.s
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  • 129 3 TAIPING. Fri.— A Canadian. Jack Le Came (46), a former member of Force 136 operating In Johore, is making Taiping judo-conscious. The proud possessor of the brown belt, Mr. Le Came studied m the Tokyo Judo Academy m the thirties under Professor Koizuimi. Since
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  • 150 3 MALAY TEACHERS TO SEND CHEW A MEMO Simplify System, They Say THE Singapore Malay Teachers' Union will send a memoranda to the Ministry of Education on school administration, the status of headmasters, and fees 1 payable by students. 1 A member of the Union committee told The Standard yesterday that
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  • 78 3 Merchants See Reid Probe Team KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. A three-man deputation from the Associated Chinese Chambers of Commerce this morning called on the Reid Constitutional Commission. The deputation was made up of Mr. Chong Khoon Lin, Mr. Leung Cheung Ling and Mr. Tang Sze Wing. It is understood the merchants
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  • 92 3 Scholarships For Poor Students THE Malayan Public Library Association m Kuala Lumpur will offer a number of scholarships to poor Chinese pupils now m the Junior Middle Classes for studies m the Senior Middle Classes. This was announced by Mr. Chew Swee Kee, Singapore's Education Minister who is a I
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  • 196 4 250 POUNDS OF DESTRUCTOIN EXPLODES TODAY A 250-POUND bomb, one of the hundreds rained by the Japanese when they blasted the Naval Air Station, Sembawang, Singapore, fifteen years ago. was found yesterday still m a highly dangerous condition. A slight bend m the tail fin had prevented the bomb from
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  • 74 4 THE 12.800-ton President Adams, newest ship m the American President Line's U*****,000,000 replacement programme, yesterday arrived m Singapore on its round the world maiden vcyage. Carrying 11 passengers, the cargo-lirer is under the command of Captain R. W. Sweetser. The ship Is named after the late President
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  • 31 4 THE Onam celebrations, Harvest Festival of Kerala, of Singapore Malayalees will be heid tomorrow under the auspices of the Singapore Kerala Samajam at 69 Balestier Road at 2.30 p.m.
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  • 37 4 THE Federation Registrar of Companies yesterday began a 'spring cleaning' of his register, asking 17 firms purported to have been incorporated during the Japanese occupation to show cause why they should not be struck off.
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  • 142 4 Local Masters Can Now Be Trained As Pilots JUMABHOY OUTLINES SERVICE SCHEME LOCAL officers holding certificates of competency os masters of trade ships, can, for the first time m Singapore, be trained as pilots. To start with, two officers will be recruited ana trained at the Singapore Pilot Board, the
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  • 141 4 ASSEMBLYMAN and City Councillor. Mr. A.F. Lazarous. was yesterday awarded judgment m a civil suit against a taxi-driver for the return of $500. which he loaned to him three years ago. 8. Thangasamy. th? taxidriver, was also ordered to pay costs. Lazarous told the Court that he
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  • 176 4 WHILE negotiations to end the dispute between the Singapore City Council and its gas department employees were m progress yesterday, workers m the nightsoil department submitted a series of demands to the Council, including a general wage increase. The workmen, numbering more than 500. are
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  • 94 4 THE Singapore Government Gazette yesterday announced the following appointments to the Singapore Harbour Board. Mr. R. I. Bartonwright fend Mr. D. G. Shah to be members of the Board for the oeriod of absence on leave of Mr. F. T. Haddock and A. G. Hobson. respectively. Mr.
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 537 4 cAimanac INFORMATION AT A GLANCE Singapore Diary JUS BBj '.ST j&£s Ueylang straits Chinese MYF: Islands (XL); 4p m. The Goon •Gift Party" at Geylang MGS. Show (Si: 6J32 p.m. Stardust 630 p m (XL); boo Programme Preview Chinese VMCA: Art club a.m < S) J P. 1 1 I-
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  • 332 5 Govt. Will Retain Expats Holding Key Positions SINGAPORE Government will not Malayan. ze all revenue-yielding departments for a tew years. The reason is that there are no local officers suitably qualified to fill top administrative posts m these departments, The Standard was told. While the
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  • 156 5 30 Aircraft In 'Battle Of Britain' Fly-Past THIRTY aircraft from three Royal Air Force bases m Singapore will commemorate "Battle of Britain Day" on Sept. 15 with a fly-past over the island. At break of dawn, the 30 aircraft under the command of the Air Officer Commanding, Singapore, Air Commodore
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  • 193 5 $30,000 Bail For Former Storekeeper POH Whatt Chye. ex-chief storekeeper of the East Asiatic Company, was committed to stand trial at the next Assizes on a criminal breach of trust charge involving beer worth $278,096. The committal was ordered yesterday by the Singapore Seventh Magistrate. Mr. Choor Singh, at the
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  • 27 5 FIVE masked men. armed with knives, held up a sundry eoods shopkeeper m Ayer Kajah Road. Singapore, on Thursday night and robbed h:m of $110.
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  • 29 5 TERRORIST. Ong Chm Koi surrendered to the Police at Kuala Lumpur on July 23. News of this surrender has been withheld until now for security reasons.
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  • 90 5 POPULAR SURGEON TO COME BACK MALACCA, Thurs.— Mr. C J. Hasset. the surgeon for whcse return 455 residents, headed by Dato Sir Cheng-lock Tan recently petitioned Government, will definitely get back to this "Sleepy Hollow" on his return from home leave. The Standard learnt tonight. The Health Minister. Mr. Leong
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  • 71 5 THE following office-bearers were elected at a meeting cf the Singapore Government Clerical Superscale Officers' Union held recently. President. Mr. H. M. Danker; Vice-President. Mr. Lee Jouy Seah: Hon. Sec, Mr. S. Sinnathamby: Hon. Treas. Mr. R. A. Mitchell: Committee Members, Messrs. E. J. Vass, Chee Kong Tet,
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  • 183 5 Council Asked To Stop Retiring Men At Age Of 55 SINGAPORE City Councillor, Mr. A. R. Lazarous, will ask the Council, at its monthly meeting next week to stop retiring subordinate employees at the age of 55. till a clear cut retiring age policy is laid. Mr. Lazarous, supported by
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  • 75 5 Corrupted Detective Sacked A DETECTIVE staff sergeant, who was attached to the Anti-Vice Section of the C 1.D., Singapore Police, has been sacked for corruption. Police Secretary, Mr. Peter Claque, said that the sergeant was sacked two days ago on departmental charges arising from general inefficiency. The Standard understands the
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  • 170 5 ABBAS bin HASSAN, a turner employed m the R.A.F. Singapore, was yesterday ordered by Magistrate. Mr. XT Alexander, to pay his former wife. Fatimah binte Chiku. $45 a month for the "iintenance of her three ren. from Feb. 1 this year. Fatimah told the court
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  • 193 5 A COLOMBO Plan student from Singarx pore has won academic distinction at Sydney University, Australia for his study of hormones and their effects on muscular activity and blood pressure. He is Mr. Wong Choon Scow, who recently gained his Bachelor of Science
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  • 216 5 THE staff side of the Singapore Civil Service Whitley Council has decided to press for the introduction of bi-monthly pay for the 12,000 monthly paid employees m Government service. I Vice-Chairman of the Staff Side, Mr. R. Ramalingam, told "he Standard yesterday that he
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  • Article, Illustration
    63 5 THE Penang Squadron of the Malayan Auxiliary Air Force this year won the "Shell" trophy which is awarded annually to the best of the three M.A.A.F. Squadrons. Picture shows the Air Officer Commanding, Malaya, Air Vice-Marshal W. H. Kyle, presenting the trophy a silver Malayan sea eagle to
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  • 36 5 The Singapore Geylang Straits Chinese Methodist Youth Fellowship will hold a fun and food fair m aid of its institute, welfare home and general funds, at the Sims Avenue Community Centre on Sept. 1.
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  • 282 5 THERE was a touch of eeriness at the Odeon Theatre, Singapore, on Thursday night when a murder quiz session was m progress. The quiz master, Mr. Garry Stewart, greeted the packed audience with: "It is a cold and rainy night tonight, just the time for a perfect
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  • Singapore Standard
    • 532 6 ALL working people will support the Associated Chinese Chambers of Commerce m its request to the Federation Minister for Finance that the minimum value of a dutiable estate should be $10,000 and not $1 000, because of the depreciated value of the Malayan dollar. When a man dies
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    • 395 6 'J'HE lack of civic pride m Singapore is. indeed, appalling. Just a week has elapsed since the beautiful bridge along Nicoll Highway was opened by Singapore's Chief Minister and already vandals have been at work m their attempts to disfigure the* decorative features of this great constructive effort.
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  • 939 6 We the PEOPLE READER REPLIES TO CRITICISM OF DRAMA Sir; Mr. Aster Gunasekera m his criticism of the staging of the Malayalam Drama "Vazi Thurannu" by the Singapore Kerala Samajam, has made it clear that he knows very little of that drama, not even the theme of it, not to
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  • Article, Illustration
    110 6 "In England, a King John Charter is the thing to have: all our best towns have charters granted by King John, just as all our best country houses have beds which the great Queen Elizabeth slept m way back at the time of the Spanish Armada. Indeed, it has
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  • 228 6 ber of the Alliance and to break it as a leader of the MCA who is spokesman or just one of the delegates of say. the Chinese Chamber of Commerce. ONE of the submissions the Alliance expect to make to the Constitutional Commission is
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  • 1223 6  - AMERICA 'S 9-MONTH ITCH PATRICK O'DONOVAN By CHICAGO "PVERY four years, American loses nine months. These are devoted tc domestic politics, Primaries, conventions, campaigns and the election and then back to leading the world. At this closed season foreign policy grows slack and uncertain. Things are done which fill foreigners
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  • 327 6 What Does This Naive Statement Mean? Sir: Dr. Ismail bin Dato Abdul Rahman has recently expressed his views on how to avoid "the likelihood of a war between the different races m the country." Recently at Petaling Jaya he said the Malays must adopt a "give and take policy;" he
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  • 322 6 Sir; With reference to your editorial "Urge To Travel" of August 22. I agree with you that "it is the duty of every government to encourage tourism from its own shores and to make visits to their own cities and lands more attractive." Tourism was not a very
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  • 395 7 FRANCE IS READY TO GET TOUGH Su os Talks Fail PARIS, Aug. 24, (AP) France went ahead with military preparations today as the Cabinet prepared to decide its action m the event of Egypt saying "No" to the London conference proposal for international control of the Suez Canal. Several air
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  • 210 7 MINEOLA, New York, Aug. 24 Police searchers today found the body of baby Peter Weinberger, who wa_ kidnapped from his pram near here last month. A doctor was called to examine the body. Fifty police and agents of the Federal Bureau
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  • 214 7 Premier Urges Naval Base For W. Australia 'VITAL AFTER CEYLON, SPORE PERTH, Western Australia, Aug. 24 (Reuter)— Mr. Albert Hawfe, Premier of Western Australia, today released to the press a letter to the Australian Prime Minister, Mr. Robert Menzies, on the desirability of establishing a naval base m Western Australia.
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  • 125 7 Four Get Life For Rape WUERZBURG, Aug. 24 (Reuter) A United States court martial here today sentenced fcur soldiers to hard labour for life and three others to 40 years' hard labour each for the rape of a 15-year-old German girl. The seven Negro soldiers seemed completely unmoved when they
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  • 106 7 THE HAGUE. Aug. 24, (AP) Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard reported to the Dutch People today that they've patched up their "difficulties and "now look forward to the future with confidence." The brief, joint statement was m effect the royal couple's denial of rumours
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  • 139 7 GOING Tumbling into the swimming pool during the party at Diana's new £53,0C0 Hollywood home are (from left) Diana's husband, Dennis Hamilton, dress designer Howard Shoup (glass m right hand), Diana and (hidden on Diana's right, hand outstretched) Louis Shurr, her agent. It happens at
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  • 176 7 U.S. $6,000 SAYINGS AND ALL ON A SHOESTRING NEW YORK. Aug. 24, (AP) Mrs. Rose Goldstein finally put her savings m the bank but with great reluctance and only after US$l,OOO had been stolen from her apart- ment. The 70-year-old Russian immigrant kept all her money m paper bags scattered
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  • 76 7 LONDON. Aug. 24 (AP).— A hint that Egypt may be m a mood to negotiate the Suez Canal dispute came today from Indonesian Foreign Minister Ruslan Abdulgani. Just before boarding a plane for Cairo where he has an appointment with President Nasser tonight, Abdulgani told newsmen:
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  • 70 7 KARLSRUHE, Aug. 24 (Reuter). The Federal Court announced here today that Dr. Otto John, former West German security chief who fled to East Germany and later returned to the West, ha s been charged with high treason. No date for the trial has been
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  • 435 8 Eisenhower Calls Republicans Pledge To Work For Prosperity World Peace KSAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 24, (AP)—Presint Eisenhower, accepting nomination for a :ond term, yesterday called the Republican Party "the party of the future" and pledged to go on working to insure prosperity at home and peace
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  • 61 8 BERLIN, Aug. 24 (AP) Walter Funk, one of the five top Nazi War Criminals m Spandau prison underwent an operation yesterday at a British Military hospital for the removal of gallstones. It was officially announced the operation was successful. Funk, 65, was Economics Minister m the
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  • 221 8 EASTBOURNE, Southern England, Aug. 24 (Reuter) Detective Superintendent Herbert Hannam, of Scotland Yard, last night planned a full-scale probe into the mysterious deaths of several wealthy women m this South Coast resort. "But I do not know where this enquiry is going to lead or
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  • 198 8 Mostly Egyptian Officers CAIRO, Aug. 24 (AP) The newly-nationalized Suez Canal Company was reported yesterday to have appointed 31 recruits to its fast-dwindling force of experienced pilots. The Middle East News, Egypt's national agency, said 27 of the new pilcts, mostly Egyptian naval officers, were already
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    • 41 8 NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Aug. 24, (AP)— A loaded bus rammed into a trailer truck during a car pile-up on the foggy New Jersey turnpike yesterday and one person was killed. Twenty- seven others were injured, none critically.
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    • 27 8 MONTEVIDEO. Aug. 24. (AP)— All railway service m Uruguay stopped at noon on Wednesday as 11.000 workers of the state-owned system struck demanding higher pay.
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    • 29 8 COLOMBO. Aug. 24, (AP)— Prime Minister Bandaranaike said yesterday that a delegation from Communist China was due here shortly to renew the China-Ceylon rubber and rice pact.
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    • 44 8 DUBLIN, Aug. 24. (AP)— Miss Mary Morris, believed to have been Ireland's oldest woman, died yesterday. Documents relating to her are confusing, but she was at least 110. There was some indication, her real age was 117. She preferred the lower figure.
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  • 29 8 NEW YORK. Aug. 24 (AP) —Mrs. Ralph Willson. 46, who made headlines years ago as Peaches Browning, the teenage bride of millionaire Edward (Daddy) Browning, died yesterday.
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  • 126 8 LONDON. Aug. 24 (AP)— Christian Paulson, who has a choice, i s not sure but that his name is worth more than US$2BO,OOO. Under the terms of a bachelor uncle's will, Paulson must change his surname to Ellis m order to inherit the uncle's estate.
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  • 39 8 photo. UNITED STATES Vice-President Mr. Richard Nixon and his wife look happy as they arrive at San Francisco on Aug. 18. for thc Republican Party Convention. Nixon fans carrying banners shower the couole with confetti.- AP
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  • 235 8 Nixon Accepts G.O.P's Ticket SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 24 (AP) Vice President Richard Nixon accepted the Republicans' nomination for a second term last night, declaring he was "honoured and privileged" to share with the delegates "one of the great moments m history." Nixon said the actions of this Convention "will leave
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    • 352 8 II f 4 ALL THE FUN OF THE Uy IC FAIR on the C.V.M.A. W W fci I m ground, Bros Basah Road, U^^ on Sunday, 2nd Sept. |J I from 1 1 a.m. to 7 p.m. I SEPTEMBER 2ND is the day. \kl All/ C.V.M.A. Ground the WALK U
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    • 195 8 BY THE THOUSANv! T] _r **v/ housands of delighted women all over Malaya have nTv/ _> Teceived their valuable Mikimoto pearls m return for jfl J^^b^^^vlW^. RINSO pack fronts-and they are still applying for them. I J^rTiUY^if^^ Pearls that are so simple to obtain-and so beautiful to ||i k wear.
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    • 90 8 REX'S 10- Star XtK t Midnite Tonite! I^L *^l ______S ____k mmmSm^mt v i^H _HS_ f*^___i ____L__k_ Ji I while the I City Sleeps DANA ANDREWS 1 RHONDA FLEMING GEORGE SANDERS HOWARD DOFF THOMAS MITCHELL VINCENT PRICE JOHN BARRYMORE, Jr, SALLY FORREST i JAMES CRAIG IDA LUPINO LJ ii__i_Kf^*(*WWf*W*^^-». i
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  • 539 9  -  Christine Diemer By TN RKO's WHILE THE CITY SLEEPS, which will come to rhe Rex Cinema, j you are taken into the big-time newspaper world of a complex and cutthroat syndicate that encompasses newspapers, television news and photo service. Naturally, since it is such a giant
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  • 206 9 ONE of the most entertaining films for both East and West to come to Singapore (Capitol) is a Chinese ariety show called THE \RTS OF CHINESE FOLKS. made m Marao by The Great Wall Movie Enterprises, of Hongkong. While most Europeans 9 At\d a great many Chinese
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  • 339 9 Invitation to a Dance WHAT might have been a wonderfully unique idea m the conference rooms of Metro Goldwyn Mayer turns sour when transferred to the Technicolor screen as INVITATIO N TO THE DANCE, starring dancer and choreographer Gene Kelly. With ballerina Tamara Toumanova and the Parisian ballet star Claire
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  • 129 9 ANEW Malay comedy, KELUARGA TOLOL (Foolish Families), produced by the Malay Film Productions Ltd., is a hilarious and entertaining film. All the hilarity and the entertainment are provided by two henpecked and not very bright husbands of very excitable and rather domineering women. To this coinbination ts added
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  • 196 9  -  STEVE NEOH Century--1 Fox PROUD ONES are just playing cowboys —m some Hollywood backyard and never have there been such a pack of greasepaint dudes. NOT EVEN AN INJUN IS THERE TO SCARE THEM! Hero of this new Western is rugged, manly Robert Rva n who has
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  • 123 9 A Mixed Up Female on the Beach w*- i"^ m ___L I I (Charles Drake) soft footing it across the sands begins to take an interest m her affairs. The best actor and actress m the film are undoubtedly Cecil Kellaway and Natalie Schafer portraying the characters of Osbert and
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  • 171 9 J\fEVER SAY GOODBYE, released by., United International and produced by Albert J. Cohen, introduces the new Continental star, Cornell Borchers, m her first American picture. The picture is frankly acknowledged to be a "Weepie." It is a story of misunderstanding, separation and a child. Father and husband
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    • 112 9 Terry Pillay WOMEN ONLY Shaw Bros, are arranging a special show of ISEVER SAY GOODBYE, starring Rock Hudson and Cornell Borchers, for Singapore women at Capitol on August 28. at 9 a.m. Tickets will be at half-price. Handkerchiefs and refreshments will be given free. Choose a A\m\m?mMMyiowi- ntuuL PORTARLE TYPEWRITER
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    • 226 9 w Standard's CROSSWORD PUZZLE) ■•*^M-M--------------------MM»^«^^ 1^ 1^ l_______^ 1 H^ ""~"__________M_^M I^l "~~^_____^T_______!~Bl I ___l___m_l ___fl_________l i W*] —^l **~"^j MB**""!^ —^1 .-B 7^"^^^^^^ pi lice 2 Trial run on the underl_.LUt3 ground*.' (4.4) ACROSS 3. Silicate organ article <6) Descriptive of that book 4 Will he make the grade?
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  • 104 10 RED CHINA REPORTS BOOST RUBBER Up IVs cents HIGHER overnight New York prices and reports of China wanting to buy 10.000 tons of rubber steadied the Singapore rubber market which closed at li cents above Thursday, first grade September shipment being quoted 98j] per lb. The market opened slightly higher
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  • 185 10 Bank Of Bangkok To Open Branch To cope with the expanding volume of trade between Thailand and Malaya, a branch of the Bank of Bangkok is to be established m Singapore, the Thai Trade Commissioner, Mr. Winai Pachimsawat, told The Standard yesterday. Preliminary spade work for the establishment of the
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  • 280 10 THE Suez Canal situation continues to dominate the rubber market generally but the local feature of the week has been the excellent demand for lower grades, mainly for the U.S.A., and that the discounts on these have again narrowed appreciably, says the report of
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  • 81 10 Mr. Patton. came to Singapore m 1927. In 1935 he was made representative of the firm's Kuala Lumpur branch. He was interned during the Japanese occupation. After the war he was appointed senior representative. Standardpic shows Mr. and Mrs. Patton aboard the Selandia. MR. G. W. Patton, Senior
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  • 45 10 Buyers Sellers Spot (nom.) 99 994 Sept. R.S.S. No. 1 99_ 99| Oct. R.S.S. No. 1 99 99| Sept. R.S.S. No. 2 96| 97* Sept. RSS. No. 3 95J 961 R.M.A. on Reg. tender: September 98J 99J October 98f 99 Tcne:— Steady, quiet.
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  • 37 10 THE Malayan Exchange Banks Association made the following changes m its rates to merchants yesterday:Sellihg. T-T. or OD. ready: French Francs *****: Deutsche Marks 135 3. 8; Italian Lire ***** Other exchange rates remain unaltered.
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  • 170 10 WITH the exception of one or two counters, the Malayan share market generally was slightly easier, according to the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association. Moderate turnover was reported. Price changes announced by the Association were: Business Done MALAYAN sharebrokers yesterday reported the following business doneF N ords $1.95. $1.97.: Gammon
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  • 62 10 A "WINDFALL" has come m handy for Singapore Harbour Board clerk, Miss Grace Sinnapillai, who has planned a holiday at the Federal Capital. She won 8500 In the Omo Birthday Crossword Competition sponsored by Lever Brothers (Malaya) Ltd., Kuala Lumpur. Picture shows Miss Sinnapillai receiving a $500
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    37 10 PRICE reductions are being made available at the Peiping Store m Raffles Place, where an annual sale, is going on. a spokesman of the firm said yesterday. Standardpic shows a general view of the sale m progress.
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  • 53 10 THREE diesel electric locomotives of 1.310 h.p. are to be made m Australia by the Clyde Engineering Co. Pty. Ltd. of Granville, New South Wales, for the British-owned KowloonCanton Railway. Hongkong, at a cost of £240.000. This follows an order for locomotives of a similar type shipped
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  • 243 10 HEALTHY YEAR FOR COTTON TRADING WASHINGTON, Aug. 24.— The International Cotton Advisory Committee's current appraisal of the world cotton situation is much more optimistic than some observers anticipated a few months ago, when the U.S. announced Its programme of selling its reserve stocks at competitive world prices. The inter-governmental organization
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  • 138 10 OUTER ROADS Panama, Alice Brown. Kostroma, Golden Gamma. St. Mere Eglise, Labuan Hadji. Indus Maru, Caltex Leige. Otori Maur. Metal Trader Tadjouri, North Star, Hupeh. Kaloekoo. Houtman. INNER ROADS Hua Li. Chiat Soon. P. Kidjang, Tg. Pinang, Selangor. Han Thale, Kajang. Banei Maru. Calt. 93. Naga Mas.
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  • 170 10 Rubber Pads For Railway Track Mountings KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. —The British Rubber Producers' Research Association today announced yet another "news of significance" to Malaya the use of rubber pads for railway track mountings continues on an increasing scale. Tens of thousands of these pads designed by the asso- ciation are
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  • 244 10 Record Entries Reported RECORD entries, particularly m the lifestock section, for Singapore's first agricultural show, to be held next month at the old Kallang: airport, has been reported by the managrement committee. The committee has been l forced to extend the ground by another 1/4 mile
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  • 147 10 PRODUCE markets we*-* steady m Singapore day as a result of good over. seas inquiries. Small price gains were noticeable m most sections. A total of 20 tons -white pepper and 60 tons of the black variety were transacted locally. SINGAPORE Chinese Produce Exchange noon dosing price yesterday
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  • 641 10 Industrial Output Up As Steel Mills Roll WASHINGTON, Ang. 24 —The statistical impact of last month's steel strike on national production has now been ascertained. The U.S. Federal Reserve Board reports that the month-long: shutdown m the steel industry knocked five percentage points off the index of industrial production, pulling
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  • 39 10 NEW YORK Aug 23 <l*P-Dow-Jones closing averages: STOCKS 30 Industrials s°'^ 20 Rails tea 15 Utilities 65 Stocks VMM BONDS 40 Bonds The Dow-Jones cor futures index (1924-2* l :e equals 100) closed at 19A.U i
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    • 531 10 NOTICES NATURALISATION TVOTICE is hereby given 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 statement of the facts to the
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    • 307 10 NOTICES TENDER NOTICE. TENDERS from Contractors of Class *D' and above will be received at the cffice of the Senior Executive Engineer. Special Services, Public Works Department. Singapore up to noon of the llth September, 1956 for the Proposed Construction cf Nine Division IV Single Storey Quarters for Police Rank
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    • 145 10 YUGOSLAV LINE From Adriatic. Near East India ond Colombo to Djakarta oni Hongkong. "__.i_h._a" Pewmp P. S'hom Malacca S po" m.r. "DINARA" 6/7 Sept 8/9 Srp* From Hongkong to Bombay, Aden, P. Sudan, Poet Said, Beyrouth Venice. Trieste ond Rijeka. S'wo Molocco P. S'hom Peno*. m.v. "LOVCEN" 24 25 Aug
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    • 103 10 EXPECTED TODAY ai tas EMSI3 SYD/DARWIN 8.05 m\ Malayan Airways MLI2I KL/MAL |_55 a A Garuda GA372 JAK HJS a.m. Malayan Airways MLIOI PG/KL 1245 p.m. KLM K 1_825 AMS/BKOK 11 Qantas EM534 LON/BKOK 1.50 pm. g an A tas EMS9I SYD/JAK 2.30 p.m. BOAC BA9fi3 HONGKONG 3.35 om. %?}?>?*
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    • 1069 11 Tel: 2405 MANSFIELD 6c CO., LTD. Tel: 2412 mIS llneetpereteO In StnMpett) (12 Until s tT THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE Cerrtort option to P <><••<. «v other ports to load and dtschan* carte SAILINGS te LIVERPOOL. CLASCOW, LONOON. CONTINENT Singaporo. US*. for Liverpool and K9mm Ulv«»_' o _X_. Aug 25/27
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    • 876 11 MITSUI pQ LINE Spore P. Sham Penang FOR JAPAN from India Fujikowo Moru for Moji, Kobe, Yokohama 26 Aug In Port Azumasan Maru for Yokohama, Kobe, Moji 29 Auo FOR JAPAN from Continent Hakonesan Maru for Yokohama, Nagoya, Kobe via Hongkong 27 Aug Hodakasan Maru for Yokohama. Nagoya, Kobe via
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    • 725 11 EAST ASIATIC LINES OUTWARDS Soilings for Bongkok and /or For toot. Peneng P. S'hom S'poro "JUTLANDIA" 3/5 Sept 6/8 Sept 9 1 1 Sept "SONGKHLA" 9/13 Sept 14/14Scpt 15 1 6 Sept "FALSTRIA" 16/17 Sept 18/18 Sept 19/20 Sen* HOMEWARDS Sailings for Genoa, Anto-em, Rotterdom. Hamburg. Copenhagen. S'poro P. S'hom
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  • 805 12  -  Veteran Holloway From PENANG, Fri.— G. T. Holloway gave one of the most amazing performances of his long tennis career m his singles match against top-seeded Rupert Ferdinands of Ceylron, before bowing out of the Malayan Tennis championships at the Penang Sports Club courts today. The
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  • 491 12 Kesavan Beats Up Billy Calvert Again: Dunsford Fails Against O 'Callahan V KESAVAN, Colony's flyweight champion, pounded his way to a points decision over Billy Calvert, the pride of the 30 Battalion, RAOC m the main event of the charity boxing tournament last nignt. B y outpointing Calvert. South-east Asia,
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  • 144 12 NEW YORK. Aug 23 (AP'-' Thursday's baseball result! follows: NATIONAL Brooklyn 6 Cincinnati 5. Milwaukee 11, Philadelphia 5. St. Louis 3-0 Pittsburgh 2-3. New York 2-1 Chicago 5-8. Chicago 8-3 New York 4-6. AMERICAN Boston 2 Cleveland 1, Washington 5 Kansas City 3. Baltimore 3 Detroit 0 American
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  • 182 12 Argonauts Survive Cup Opener ARGONAUTS Football Club can count themselves lucky to clear their first hurdle m the SAFA Senior Cup competition. They just managed to edge Dockyard Sports Club at Jalan Besar stadium last night. Keeping up a pressure from the start, the Dockyard opened the score m the
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  • 103 12 INDONESIANS had their first taste of victory this season when they beat the Royal Navy by six goals to three m a S.A.F.A. Community league match at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. Indonesians opened the accounts m the 15th minute through Daim. They made it 2-0 at
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  • 41 12 200 Provost Company trounced GHQ Signals 7-2 at Slim Barracks yesterday to enter the final of the Army's Senior Cup competition. 200 Provost are due to meet the winners of Tuesday's semifinal between REME and R.P.O.
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  • 32 12 SAN FRANCISCO. Au a 24 (Reuter) Flash Elorde (Philippines), ranked fourth contender for the world featherweight boxing title, was outpointed by Miguel Berrios (Puerto Rico) over ten rounds here last night.
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  • 17 12 SOSC Game. Fund at th. .Badminton Stadium. b. Mr. Urn. declared the boxing open.
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  • 129 12 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri.— T :.r Swimming Club from Singar were much the superior bination when they beat C r>woo 9-4, at water polo a: UN Chinwoo Pool here last n._ The Tigers, who are to the Federation. excellchandling and shooting 1 best player was Singap s Olympic
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  • 91 12 LONDON. Aug. 24. (Reuter)Keith Miller, vice-captam c* Australian cricket team, denied that he said on tele** last night that he would It after the present tour. Referring to reports pub; ed today, he said, "I have peatedly said I will not any announcement 6n retire until
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    • 438 12 YOU NEED A MEAL BEFORE YOU WORK! J'^^*, mJ*S* HaVe bread aflCl l^ M BLUE BAND I WKS^P^\ MARGARINE m m the morning |g "V- m You can't expect to be really efficient at DI lIC DAUn MADPADIUC '«i before >' ou leave home and that d 0 X BLUE
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  • 627 13 Aussies Recover For Fighting Chance LONDON, Fri.— A fighting Keith Miller led Australia from out of the graveyard of possible defeat to give the Aussies new hope for tomorrow, third day of the fifth and final Test against England on the Oval. At close of play
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  • 238 13 ENGLAND lst inninrs P. Richardson c Langley b Miller 37 C. Cowdrey c Langlev b Lindwall 0 D. Sheppard c Archer b Miller 24 P. May not on. 83 D. Compton c Davidson b Archer 94 T. Lock c 1 antler b Archer 0 C. Wa«hbrnok lbw b Archer
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  • 38 13 LONDON. Aug. 24 (Reuter)— The Nationa] soccer team of Indonesia, now touring the Soviet Union wa.s beaten today 5-2 against the local side according to Moscow radio reports received here. They lost their match last week.
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  • 367 13  - Malayans Will Decide Through The Doubles BILL FUNK By WITHOUT underestimating Hongkong, Malaya will win the first Über Cup tie m the Asian Zone to be played m Hongkong on Thursday, August 30. This is the candid opinion of Cecilia Samuel, captain of the Malayan five-women badminton team which takes
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  • 94 13 LONDON. Aug. 24. (Reuter)— County cricket results At Leicester. Gloucestershire beat Leicestershire by six wickets Leicestershire 219 and secondly 130. Hallam 50. Wells seven for 33. Gloucester 244 and secondly 103 for four. Milton 59. At Eastbourne, Hampshire beat Sussex by 48 runs. Hampshire 293 and secondly 102
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  • 71 13 PENANG. Fri.— The Thailand Rugby Union will make a tour of Malaya this season. They will meet All-Malaya at Singapore on Nov. 27. This was revealed at the annual general meeting of the Penang Rugby Union here today. Other matches which are scheduled for the Thais
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  • 32 13 PENANG Fri— The band of the 2nd Royal Australian Regiment will play at the Malayan Lawn Tennis Championship*. Penang Sports Club, on Sunday from 6.30 p.m. to 9 p.m.
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    • 47 13 U.K. Soccer LONDON, Aug. 24 (Reuter) Results of tonight's Association Football matches were: League 1 Charlton Athletic 1, Leeds United 2. League 2 Leyton Orient 1, Bristol Rovers 1. Notts County 1 Liverpool 1. League 3 (Southern) Northampton Town 3. Reading 0. Walsall 0, Torquay United 1.
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    • 395 13 CLASSIFI SITUATIONS WANTED "T EST WE FORGET": EmploJ-' yers wishing to fill vacancies on their staffs are invited to get m touch with the Assistant Secretary. The Ex-Services Association of Singapore c/o S.M.F. Headquarters. Beach Road. Singapore, Tele. *****. TUITION NEW SESSIONS STARTING: Typing. Shorthand. B. Keep, ing. Rapid course,
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    • 508 13 ED ADS DEATH MR. LIM TECK 800. aged 80, of 430 Lim Teck 800 Road. Singapore, beloved husband of Giam Cheng Kiat. passesd away on 23.8.56, also mourning the In^s are (sons) Siew Guan, Hui. Ek. Boon. Poh (daughters) Soon Teck. Bian. Suat. Geok. Eng and five daughters-in-law. three sons-in-law
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    • 247 13 Lil Abner By Al Capp ifr^*****^*'**^ WHYDOXXJGO *< DONTT I LET'S J W&T-WM 'TtRRIFIED mm I^'mmmm f^ K 'tGCCD V"^**J i/ CAROUSIKG AFOUKJD A PRESS i GET *4 OF 7J4AT ArONSTEf*, CpOOTPkINT^ "#_E_5 r MONSTER < THE ROCHIES. WHEN 1 ME < P^AKi BUZ^ MORA. V JS^,JT!J*S L" -T-c t^.
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  • 1731 14 Windsor Lad The Spectre lrundle Hill Scrutineei mmm UEREMAI FLYING CLOSE HI KLM AI UEREMAI Ihe Whistler ilereinai Glencoe II Barracuda cyrene lyreiie Red Kunner Flying Close COUNSEL IV COUNSEL IV MICKEY MOLSE COUNSEL IV Mhcrlort Lord I redr.ck II Lingtiehl Entertainer lolj.tr li incut aur Counsel IV Lord Fredrick
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  • 1607 14  -  WINDSOR LAD May Be Too Good For Present Class THERE is no need to look beyond improving Opossum for the winner m the main six-furlong sprint (Race Seven) for Class Four horses at Kuala Lumpur today, final day of the Selangor Turf Clubs August
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  • 245 14 Singapore Polo Club Gymkhana AN excellent programme has been arranged for the Annual Gymkhana of the Singapore Polo Club at the club's ground m Thomson Road tomorrow. This year's event will be the best ever, and a bumper crowd is expected. All lovers
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  • 79 14 FOLLOWING are th e August men's monthly medal (Stableford) result of the Royal Singapore Golf Club:— Winner: W. van Pallandt 17^194=361. Other Cards: A. J. Masterton 19^-16.5 35.8; G. R. Lovell 14 21=35: R. C. Wurtzbure 17 17. =34J: G. R. Main 10+21=31; N Wood 10+21=31; D. W.
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  • 205 14 RACE NINE On his third to Lord Fredrick and Buitenzorg on Wednesday Baby Chris stands out as an extra good thing m the nine furlongs for Class Five, Division Two performers. Baby Chris made up tremendous ground at the finish, suggesting that he will
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