The Straits Times, 25 June 1955

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  • 13 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845 SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, JUNE 25, 1955 15 CENTS JlM***
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  • 493 1 Review of evidence *does not indicate a continuing threat to internal security' i;oVERNMENT ACTS ON ADVICE OF CHIEF SECRETARY 2 £e# figures will still be detained SINGAPORE GOVERNMENT yesterday eased four of the seven trade unionists prested under the Emergency Regulations on night of June 11
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  • 56 1 We will meet again— in the motherland I ON A BANNER— A JOINT FAREWELL MESSAGE TO PARENTS A BANNKR tied on the rails of the ship says goodbye to the parents and relatives of these -tudents who left Singapore yesterday for China. The banner says: "Fathers and mothers and relati""s
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  • 203 1 'Nerve war launched against Red lairs PEACE BID TRIGGERS NEW OFFENSIVE KUALA LUMPUR? Fri. THE Governments biggest nerve campaign against the remaining terrorists in the Malayan jungle began today within a few hours of the disclosure to the public of the "peace" letter from the Malayan Communist Party. In the
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  • 300 1 They want us to relax while they resort to subversion Watherston K. LUMPUR. Fri. THE Officer Administering the Government, Mr. D. C Watherston, j lold the people of Malaya tonight that the Reds' offer to negotiate was an attempt to lure them to relax their resistance
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  • 42 1 THIS ONE DIDN'T I GET AWAY HIS CURIOSITY made him miss the trip. Kor Kee Kuang, the boy who was dragged away from the ship through a port hole. He wanted a iast look at Singapore and was spotted by his relatives.
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  • 417 1 Then gives him a good old hiding THE pleading of a millionaire father yesterday failed to prevent a 20-year-old girl from leaving Singapore on her second bid to reach Red China. But runaway attempts by two youths, aged 19 and 21, were foiled when angry
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  • 23 1 KUALA T ,UMPUR. Fri.- The World Bank mission's recommendations for the economic development of the Federation will be known next week.
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  • 32 1 FLASHBACK TO 1951: Fong Ling when she was 16. Picture was taken at the docks after her first attempt to sail for China failed.
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  • 34 1 SALISBURY. Southern Rhodesia, Fri.— An African mother has been taken to a Salisbury maternity home with quintuplets, to whom she gave birth on Wednesday. Mother, and children are we:i.— Reuter.
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  • 33 1 Mr. Allan T. Lennox-Boyd, Secretary of state for the Colonies, will visit Singapore and the Federation when he tours the Far East next month, it was officially announced last night.
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  • 20 1 HONG KONG. Fr) Fire destroyed thr homes of 300 Chinese .squatters today and injured five.— U.P.
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  • 126 1 Man v. tigress bulls-eye with a spear TANJONG MALIM. Fri. A man speared a full grown tigress to death on Kerllng Estate, North Selangor, while other members of his hunting party watched from nearby trees. Balakrishnan, 22, and eight I other tappers were hunting wild boar when they found the
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  • 84 1 By bread alone REAL RED WAGES HONG KONG, Fri. fHINA'S State Council has decreed that from July 1, civil servants throughout the nation will be paid salaries in food, clothing, housing and other daily necessities instead of money, Peking Radio reported today. The Council announced that the step had been
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  • 187 1 Bandits kill miner Wife sees him shot down KAMPAR, Fri. ]ytR. CHAN SENG, 53, the managing partner of the Luen Weng vlining Kongsi. about six niles from Malim Na/ar, was shot dead by hree armed and uniormed terrorists last ue;ht. Mr. Chan, who lived in Malim Nawar new village. near
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  • 33 1 FRENCH 'YES' TO TIN PACT PARIS. Fri.— French National Assembly today approved Bill authorising President to ratify international tin agreement. Bill must go to Senate before actual ratification takes place. Reuter.
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  • 56 1 Some of the 300 shells, fired at six-mile range from the broadsides of H.M.S. Newcastle, fell right in the centre of a target when the cruiser bombarded terrorist positions [in east Johore during the weekend. This was reported by a spotting aircraft over the target, which
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  • 70 2 BANGKOK HAS TV NOW and forces own it i BANGKOK. Fri. THE Siamese Chief of! Police, General Phao j Siriyanondh. today' opened Bangkok's first j television station. Screening starts from the mil-lion-dollar American-built station this evening. The Governments public relattom department is chief shareholder in company. Which will draw fr
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  • 26 2 JOHORE BAHRU, Fri.— New offices for the Road Transport Department. Johore. are to be built at Jalan Larkin at a cost of $93,930.
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  • 410 2 TOMORROW'S MEETING WILL SEE BATTLE FOR POWER By a Political Correspondent TOMORROW'S annual conference of the People's Action Party may well be the turning point in the history of the party which was formed seven months ago. The conference will begin at the
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  • 45 2 BRUSSELS. Fri —A Brussels bank has opened Belgium's first "drive in" branch where '•crists can cash cheques without leaving their cars. The new branch in the centre of Brussels uses television to speed up checking operations on customers' cheques.— Reuter.
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  • 87 2 SAN FRANCISCO, Frl.— The Netherlands Foreign Minister, Mr J. M. A. H. Luns, said yesterday his government hopes world opinion will come to the aid of Dutch nationals held in Indonesian prisons. He indicated that Holland does not now intend to bring the issue to
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  • 497 2 But Queen's milliner plans new show LONDON, Fri. fTKE Queen's milliner, 49 year old Aage Thaarup, last night said that he was "stony broke." Earlier, the London Gaette had announced that a receiving order in bankruptcy had been issued against him on his
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  • 219 2 THUG SHOOTS AT SPEADING CAR 4 SINGAPORE fishmonger. Tan Hock Kee, 31, outA witted two armed robbers, and escaped an attempted hold-up early yesterday. Tan saw two masked men walking towards the gate, which hLs wife had swung open, as he was about to drive
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  • 53 2 THE ECLIPSE SEEN IN PHILIPPINES THIS is the way the sun looked over Manila on Monday during the total solar eclipse. The Philippines had a dear view of the eclipse but in Ceylon, where scientists had set up special apparatus to study it. the eclipse was marred by rain and
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  • 59 2 LONDON, Fri— Senior Un-der-Ofncer Ewen Fergusson, 22-year-old son of Sir Ewen Fergusson, Chairman of Straits Trading Co.. Singapore, received an Award of Merit at a passing out parade at Eaton Hall Officer Cadet School, Chester, for being the best cadet of his intake group. He has
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  • 33 2 BONN. Fri.— The West German cabinet today sent parliament a* bill forming the legal basis for the establishment of a West German army, navy and air force of 500.000 men.— Reuter.
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  • 199 2 LONDON. Frl. A person who dies may save the life of another after death If present research Into the grafting of skin from dead bodies is substantiated, the British Medical Journal declares today. The Journal says research affirms that skin if taken with
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  • 28 2 Between 5,000 -md 6,000 people, mostly children, have visited the Singapore Safety First Exhibition at the Victoria Memorial Hall since it was opened on Wednesday.
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  • 244 2 Larry finds the perfect audience in S'pore WORLD FAMED harmonicist Larry Adler yesteraay played to an audience that literally could not talk or titter durinc the performance. He was playing for about 30 masked patients at the Singapore S.A.T.A. clinic. Mr. Adler had gone to the clinic for an X-ray
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  • 50 2 HONG KONG, Fri.— Revenue officers today seized about 6.666 ounces of gold worth about £84.375 from the British 9.685-ton liner Nellore. The Nellore arrived on June 16 from Australia via Manila. The gold was chopped into pieces and mixed with raw sugar in 100 bags. Reuter.
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  • 30 2 JOHORE BAHRU. Fri.— lnche Daud bin Haji Abdul Hamid. secretary. Medical Department. Johore, has been given six months' leave to go on the piled mage to Mecca.
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  • 62 2 $40,0 00 ransom demanded ties arp a dJ tt>Gr 140I 40 000 relea2 and!^ A cable receivcH fantastic story nas a coast when they WPr Chlr^ to go into Cholon r «*< had been contlsca^ moi *> lease of the fish Pr n the renext few days a/" 1 in
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  • 71 2 THE MAN WHO KEPT EVERYTHING NEW YORK. Fri.-Weal'v, Clifton Rose, of West Po[f> Mississippi, could not" bear to throw anything away He simply built extra storage rooms on to his house. When he died, four mtrs ago, he left U551,500,000 IK. 500,000' r.o will, and a momtain of goods, ranging
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  • 32 2 PORTLAND. Fri.— The British .submarine Sidon iMtt sank in the harbour here nae days ago alter an explores was beached today flit D bodies still ontombed :n ar hull— Reuter.
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  • 26 2 LONDON, ri. S.r vender Fleming, discoverer o! penicillin who died :a»: last March. Left £***** about $246.000 >. according his will published here tc4aj. —Reuter.
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  • 152 2 PENANG. Fri. Bank employees will meet in Penang on Sunday to consider a proposal to "eradicate the pri-vileged-class group which has monopolised higher positions, especially in banks." This group invariably claimed all the top posts and prevented the Dromotion of other employees. Mr.
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  • 291 3 POLICE FIRE GAS BOMBS ON CROWD Specjal_se C urity plan in C. vv a < Week of Violence reaches cllmax )fob tears down barricade to free terrorists NICOSIA, Friday. pOI.K K fired gas bombs into an angry crowd 1 demonstrannf for rclca.se of nationalists vesin the climax of a "week
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  • 59 3 ANTI-RED PLOTTERS TO DIE HO KONG. Fri. I CHI N A antoday that six < n "anti-rcvolu- i have hern sen- 1 and 24 others i] for life. said the ring i .secret Kuominadquartera" m included the .10 Shanghai ingle. said the ring vage guerilla war- j the Communist 18.
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  • 32 3 AIRES. Fri.—Presis entire cabinet of hi s re-signed to full re-organisa-administration. government ofli-, the cabinet also] resignations. time, the War Franklin Lucero. the "absolute entire Argent.v to President Peron.
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  • 33 3 WASHINGTON, Fri— A panel of U.S. polio experts decided yesterday to recommend continuing the Salk vaccination programme despite criticism by some scientists that the vaccine Is not safe enough.— AP.
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  • 120 3 50,000 cheer the Queen NORWAY VISIT OSLO. Fri T^HE Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh stepped ashore from the Norwegian royal barge to the cheers of 50,000 people today at the start of a three-day state visit to Norway. Crown Prince Olav had gone out to the royal yacht Britannia,
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  • 22 3 LONDON, Fri. Japanese and Soviet negotiators began the fourth secret session of their three-week-old peace treaty talks here today. Reuter.
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  • 12 3 V Fri. Mr. Nehru. irsaw called on emier yesterday.
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  • 127 3 U',l \V. Fri— Ten hood- ini-.il. six of them U'liwii. were taken be- •> .in investigating magis- M-tftdav and police p 'i ltd <vie of the ar-"-t'(l men had confessed to ol terrorist attacks. d the other members ioup refused to ansI < turves they
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  • 63 3 LEW HOAD, '^0-year-old Australian tennis ace, married his childhood sweetheart, Jennifer Staley, 21. also a tennis .star, m a special I licence ceremony on June 18. The Australian team manager. Harry Hopman, and Rex IlartwiK signed the resister as witnesses. Ilnad is seen with
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  • 90 3 HOLLYWOOD, Fri. Red- haired film star Maureen O'Hara answered the claims of her ex-husband that she was an unfit mother for their child i by accusing him yesterday of endangering their 11-year-old daughter's safety by visiting her while he was drunk. The actress filed her own
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  • 54 3 KARACHI, Fri— Pakistan and India have reached a limited and provisional agreement on distribution of canal water in the Indus basin, it was learned here today. The two countries have been in dispute over allocation of I water from the six rivers conI cerned for the
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  • 284 3 LONDON, Friday. THE Air Ministry announced yesterday that British explorers in the Himalayas have found tracks of a two-legged, five-toed creature with foot-long feet and so heavy that the footprints sank 11 inches in snow where a man's foot compressed only one inch. Discovery of the
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  • 37 3 SAN FRANCISCO, Fri.— The Soviet Foreign Minister, Mr. Molotov, last night gave Mr. John Foster Dulles, U.S. Secrotary of State, his final acceptance of the Western procedural proposals for the summit conference at Geneva.— Reuter.
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  • 32 3 LONDON. Fri. Six people have been held following an unsuccessful attempt to assassinate President William Tubman of Liberia, the London Embassy of the West African Republic reported today. Reuter.
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  • 152 3 MELBOURNE, Fri. A FULL bench of seven High Court judges today rejected an application for the release of two men jailed for three months by the Australian Federal Parliament on June 10 for breach of Parliaj mentary privilege. The men. Raymond Fitzpatrick. controller of
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  • 41 3 Atoms for peace U.S. way NEW YORK. Fri. Mr. Lewis Strauss, chairman of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, announced today that President Eisenhower had doubled the amount of enriched uranium to be made available to friendly countries for nuclear research.— Reuter.
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  • 32 3 SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA, Spaia, Fri. Ten people were killed and 40 injured when a bus overturned near the village of Lalin, 25 miles south of here.— A. P.
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  • 21 3 NEW YORK, Prl The Burmese Premier, U Nu, arrived here today for a three-week visit.— A. P.
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  • 157 3 SALISBURY, Fri.— A tiny tousle-haired Scottish boy, Johnny Johnson, aged three, missing from home for three days was found alive on barren Salisbury Plain today, his clothes torn and his body scratched He was found by a passerby. His recovery ended the big-gest-ever
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  • 327 3 LONDON, Fri. THE stock markets were quiet and irregular here before the weekend. The pace of the advance in industrials appears to have been too fast during the early part of the week and investors are now pausing while markets settle down. The was a certain amount of
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  • 31 3 LONDON, June. 24— Spot 35' id.. Aug. 33 ad.. Sept. 32d.. Oct.-Dec. 30\d., Jan.-Mar. 29 d., Apr.-June 28>»d.. July c.l.f. 32d.. Aug. c.i.f. 31d.. Sept. c.i.f. unquoted. Tone: Firm.
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  • 24 3 LONDON. June 24.— Cash Buyers £726-: Sellers £727: Forward Buyers £726' 2 Sellers £727: Settlement £724. Turnover a.m. 15 tons, p.m. 65.
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  • 268 4 MARKETING RING GETS FOUR PER CENT RAKE-OFF ON APPLES IT'S JUST A RACKET TO FORCE UP PRICES— SAY IRATE IMPORTERS lIJATK importers in Singapore and Penang have < omplaincd about a marketing committee which (hey say is monopolising fruit shipments from Australia. rused the committee
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  • 25 4 Jumarah binte Farouk. aged r -overolv burned in b In Minto Road. Sin- re, yesterday when her ciotr. fire. She is in hospr
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  • 136 4 '■RAIL TRIPS AT ST. JOHN FETiJ THIS IS THE "Mighty Atom." an electric train built by the Royal Army Ordinance Corps. Singapore, which will run it the St. John Ambulance Association's fun fair and fete today. It will run on a track in the erounds of
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  • 158 4 Mine's a beer no harm if baby says it BEER is good for babies and young children, Mr. Johann de Rijke. Malayan Breweries chief brewer, said yesterday. Mr. de Rijke. who leaves next week for Holland via NewZealand and New Guinea, said: "An age limit on beer drinkers? No, 1
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  • 75 4 RECRUITING TEAM HEADS NORTH KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. A I combined British Army and Malay Regiment recruiting team will visit Ipoh, Bukit Mertaiam and Alor Star next month to interview recruits. The team will be in Ipoh on July 11 and 12. Bukit Mertaiam on July 14 and 15 and Alor
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  • 118 4 HEFAILED EXAMS CHOSE DEATH 4 SCHOOLBOY com- mitted suicide because he failed repeatedly in his examinations, a Singapore inquest was told yesterday. Thillarkkamu Thiruganam, 18, of the Serangoon English School, was found hanging from a mango tree on April 25, the morning Singapore .schools reopened after the Easter holidays, the
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  • 39 4 Malayan Breweries will hold a two-day picnic today and tomorrow at the Teo Guan Choon swimming pool. Pasir Ris, to say farewell to their manager. Mr. J. E. de Rijke. who is going on long leave shortly.
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  • 208 4 Secret ballot decides to press $40,000 wage claim MALACCA. Fri. MALACCA firemen today decided by secret ballot to go on strike. This may De followed by a Malaya-wide sympathy strike of firemen led by the Federation Union of Fire Fighting Services. The 32 Malacca firemen who
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  • 54 4 TAIPING. Fri. Taiping's beauty queen will be elected at the annual gala dance of the British Red Cross Society, Taiping District, to be held at the Town Hall on July 2 from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. The band of the 15/19 King's Royal Hussars
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  • 45 4 The Festival of Fashions and Masked Dance held at West Point Garden last month in aid of the Singapore AntiTuberculosis Association realised 54.301.22 SATA has received a cheque for $4,500. The proprietor of the restaurant Mr. Tan Chwee Boon, donated the difference.
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  • 357 4 SOLDIER WITH GRUDGE SHOT AT SERGEANT BECAUSE he had a grudge against the Army, a British soldier went absent without leave and threatened to shoot two superior officers who asked him to surrender, a Singapore court-martial was told yesterday Private Gordon Wood, 22, of the Ist Btn., East Yorkshire Regiment,
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  • 93 4 An angsana tree is condemned to death BUKIT MBRTAJA.M. Friday. AN angsanatree blamrd for many fatal accidents at Bukit Tengah was condemned to death by the Bukit Mertajam Rural District Council yesterday. The council voted S3OO to carry out the "execution." The seasonal yellow flowers from the trer the council
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  • 47 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Terrorists burned two lorries in the Kluang district of Johore yesterday. One lorry belonged to the Niyor Kluan? Estate. In the Rengam area two terrorists fired at a patrol of the Ist Queen's Regiment and fled. There were no casualties
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  • 47 4 The Sultan of pe-ak mi Sultan of Johore a'7^J* v^l.-jayanextm.. Dato Panama Bufct Q* tang of Perak. sa.d arnval by air < r0 T r yesterday. Dato Panslima went 'o Bta;n for a three-week oV mentary course sponsored "a the Commonwealth Par aae-. tarv Association.
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  • 88 4 'Curf ew' rebels w alk out <Lißhts <""■ (lrd angers 5-tud C •Tumor Teeh n f dyi «S I School h eK 1 <Tr^' r m order i« ft 10 host el and i tft ln t their JfCtS. C m Us ed candles Later when Rim wre found usina
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  • 116 4 ■CH)RTY employees of the Taj Cinema and the Diamon:! Theatre, which belong to the same proprietor, went on strike at 6 p.m. yesterday. The secretary of the Singapore Cinema and Entertainment Workers' Union, Mr. Lee Yong Mm. told the Straits Times that
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  • 501 5 'ALLIANCE IS HIDING THINGS FROM YOU' tirtmii ii 'ml i— ■■^■^^■■^■—■MMi^AAMiiiiiiiii^— lhii^M— l JiL^aan^iJ j VI A LUMPUR, Fri. n\TO Sir Onn bin i';i far. sec rotarytl1 ,ii! <>» I'arty pri, warned an (t i,)M rally of more i 2,50(1 people here r t nisrht that the nee was "hid-
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  • 36 5 CAR HITS TREE Ilr Malay soldiers were injured when ihed into a tree asant Road. Sin- Thursday night died ral Hospital yesJon&d bin Husn bin Senawi r two injured are tical condition
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  • 19 5 Ans Kwang an overdose of Mistake and was ■'i the General Hosapore, in a critical asl night.
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  • 250 5 Government to hear proposal for night greuhound racing in Singapore SINGAPORE will have nisht greyhound racing by next April, if the Government agrees. Mr. Jack Rooklyn. of Rooklyn Amusements. Sydney, has sent details of the proposal to all members of the Council of Ministers. He said yesterday
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  • 51 5 Miss Lam Yin Hah, 18. was chosen "Miss Exhibition" from 22 sales-girls at the Hong Kong Trade Exhibition at the Happy World Stadium, Singapore, last night. She wins a week's trip to Hong Kong as guest of the Yi-Lit ComDany, a gourmet powder manufacturing
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  • 425 5 Two to me, 3 to you starts war on the air KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. A ROW over Radio Malaya's allocation of election broadcasts flared up today when Party Negara and the Labour Party of Malaya announced a ioint boycott. Radio Malaya has given three periods on the air to the
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  • 102 5 LONDON. Fri. Miss Liau Nvuk Oi. research librarian at the Singapore office of Radio Malaya, was married at the Paddington Registry Office today to Mr. Ronald Wild, radio producer and playwright, also of Singapore. Miss Liau wore a golden silk cheongsam sent specially from Singapore.
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  • 55 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri An Assistant Resettlement Officer. Lim Koon Seng, 35, of Ampang New Village, today claimed trial in the Sessions Court here to misappropriating $369 entrusted to him betwen Oct. 2, 1952, and Feb. 23. 1953. The case was postponed to Monday for mention. Lim
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  • 28 5 Thirty-nine people have passed the examination for entry into the Singapore Government Higher Services, Part 1. and Qualify for interview by I the Public Services Commisgton
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  • 59 5 nl a secret society sentenced to corrective training I 3ii „ipore court for stabb- in the back twice' 'ii'^d being a mem- ber of any gang. Chua Ah Kah was found puiltv of causing hurt to Goh Kirn Scong with a knife at Beo Lane
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  • 41 5 IPOH. Fri. A Federal advisory committee on Chinese customs is to be established by the Government, the Perak Chinese Advisory Board was told today. The Board was asked to submit names to represent Perak on the committee.
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  • 39 5 Ibrahim bin Mahbob. was charged in Singapore yesterday with armed robbery. He was alleged to have robbed Nora Simon of $10 while armed with a dagger in Dunearn Road on Thursday. Ibrahim was remanded until Monday.
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  • 26 5 A total of 106 Asians and 59 Europeans gave their blood at the Singapore Blood Transfusion Centre during the week ending on Tuesday.
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  • 236 5 Pursuit ended in crash IN CAR: 83,400 CIGARETTES A FLEEING smuggler crashed his car against a wall as be tried to escape a pursuing police patrol car, the Singapore Seventh Magistrate's Court was told yesterday. A senior Customs officer, Mr. C S. Lim. said that Chia I Soon Sen, 21,
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  • 83 5 A COLOUR film of the presentation of the Freedom of the City to the Governor, Sir John Nicoll. last month, was shown to Singapore city Councillors yesterday The film was taken by Mr. A. W. Perera, who has specialised in filming historic functions in the
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  • 91 6 -rf« fin (minimum). ■B On June 10th. 1955. at Shiplake-on-Thames. William, late of Malaya and, ;.>ved husband of Funeral private. MRS SAMINAIHAN at Point Ceylon on 24 6.55 beloved than, Engineering P.W.D K.L. BtM leaves a nd and six children. MR 8. APPUCUTTY. Pensioner. •:nnn. Tcluk Anson employed in
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  • 637 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Sat. June 25, 1955. A Blunted Wedge More dismaying to the j Malayan Communist Party than the Government's rejection of its spurious peace offer is the fact that the decision was taken with the support of the major political parties. The terrorists could never have imagined
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  • 643 6 A building overseer in the Naval Base, Mr. J. M. Mani, has been expelled from the Naval Base Labour Union. And the reason? Because he talked back to the boss the union boss Mr. S. Woodhull, the secretary of the Naval Base Labour Union. It is not
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  • 1114 6  - As I was saying. WHEN the letter of the law is so obviously wrong that an innocent citizen suffers hardship through its application, the hardly-hit citizen has one remedy. He can present a petition of right— and if the Queen or her representative (in Singapore the Governor) decides that wrong
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    9 6 SiyGAPORE RIVER Photo by Kok Ah Chong
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  • 620 6 The Reds MUST end the fighting in Malaya Till! problem arising A from the Communist offer of negotiations is not whether to accept it or not. On that, all parties in the Federation are agreed as they might not have been if their representatives had not been kept informed, through
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  • 108 6 From the Straits Times of June 22, 1905: IN addition to the electric tramways we are in a fair way to having an automobile omnibus service in Singapore at an early date. The routes to be covered are not definitely determined but they will probably cover lines
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    • 657 6 i CLASSIFIED ADS. I \\\oi NCEMENTS it %H •minimum). Sale Starts .V QOWBS, PEDANT Even- Day in vi :ii want to win ■a rd pu77ie. Piphne Barker. ;.ntion entertainers. Ing at the Cockpit Mondays TO SMITH'S Party" :ies-peg or better V.r-utk. It kills l >KE ARTS THEATRE St. Joan". July
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    • 33 6 CERMAN PEN iiuite incomparable for visible ink filling capacity, reliability b price- worthiness. Agents <fc Service Stations: EVERBRICHT OPTICAL CO., 19, C'hulia St.. S'pore-1. ENC SENC MEDICAL CO.. 8. Ah Quee St., Prnang.
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    • 207 6 fp^\ we've got 'cm fA ON '1 w; HIS MASTERS VC f\ COLUMBIA \4jff HIGH FIDELITY TAPE RECORDS HIS MASTERS VOICE' SYMPHONY IX C MA.IOR ■'The Great" (Bdm THE HALLE ORCHESTRA conducted by Sir John Barbirolli SYMPHONY NO. 38 IN I> MAJOR. K 304 Pr SYMPHONY NO. 60 IN MA.IOR
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    793 7 v LUMPUR, Fri. \VA'S reaction "peace" In the -Malayan „n ln iiini^t Tarty is stalks** Labour Party :ial Associaak circles was d that the Govern-i-tion of the call for newith political end the war :;iture." Why talk? They j c running nary man anc 1 Malaya conletter
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  • 109 7 SIR CHENG-LOCK LOOKS BOTH WAYS— IT'S HARD TO SAY' MALACCA, Fri. 111! (.eneral Hosli.ito Sir Cheng~l. president of i. nan Chinese AsNaid he found i ult to say whether i .1 with the (invri'ply to the mi p offer. If thr (lovernment aci. offer. then it re to recognise the
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  • 560 7 THE National Association of Peiak today describ- ed the Government's re- jection of the Communist "peace talks" offer as "based on stubbornness and the question of possible loss of I face." j MR. I. OH AH KKh. puh- licity chaiiman .if the MM- ii.it ion. s.iid: "We are in
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  • 238 7 ABOri' li« 0 picket* outside the Hume Industries factory in Bukit Timah Road went on a hunger strike from ii a.m. to 10 p.m. yesterdiy. They were protesting against "police strike-breakinu activities." The hunfjpr strike followed a statement by Mr. Lim Chin Siong. secretary of the
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  • 152 7 A clerk gets rotan STABBED FRIEND —SIX STROKES I KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. ABDUL Ghani bin Haji Ck Rahmat, aged 24, a clerk in the Central Electricity Board, was today ordered by a Kuala Lumpur magistrate to be given six strokes of the rotan for stabbing his friend. Mr. G.V. Howard,
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  • 290 7 STRIKE CHIEF'S LETTER STARTS A NEW RUMPUS LIOPES for a speedy settlement of the dispute between the Singaport Harbour Board and the S.H.B. Staff Association faded yesterday. The Association is willing to go to arbitration on the three outstanding issues only if the principle is accepted
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  • 140 7 I want a harem —says man accused of beating wife KIALA LUMPUR, Fri. A former Government clerk told a magistrate here today that according to Chinese custom he could have any number of wives if he could support them. "If I strike a lottery. I propose to keep as many
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  • 41 7 Strict security precautions were enforced at Kallang airport, Singapore. yesterday when Gen A. Guillaume. Chief of the French Armed Forces, flew in from Saigon The general who will visit the Federation today flies to Australia on Monday.
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  • 47 7 Dallp Singh pleaded guilty and was fined $30 or 10 days' jail in Singapore yesterday for. not paying his taxi fare of $14.60 earlier In the day. The court ordered that $20 of the fine was to go to the taxi driver.
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  • 182 7 Red letters same but in different writing Xl ALA LIMPUR. Fri. TCOUR identicaliy-word-■T ed "peace offering" letters were received in the Federation from the mysterious Ng Heng, writing from Communist "supreme command headquarters" somewhere in Malaya. But the handwriting in the letters differed. The recipients were: The United Planting Association
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 103 7 9 **<£ V- j^.y- '<■ jk $flir Tender, plump and fuIJ of flavour— htyVa Batchelors Peas all right I |W he minute you laste them you'll *£M^d no.v they're the best peas you've Bl^filHP^^^PVn e <ten, could ever eat 1 \*JO *k/ /tl'\ >■/ are so nourishing, 100, J**^tA^MAM>Sf^J because
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    • 62 7 'Over 300 latest f most fashionable styles to choose from.. Hong Kong Shoe Company The most competitive shoe store in SmgHftn 67, North Bridge Rood, Singapore. The suit of the year Spotless Miracle Fabric SUIT 4*»w TROUSERS j MADE W MADE MEASURE tffS p MEASURE .SH9-OO Cp^Jj S2U-.W Cool Lightweight
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
    • 148 7 The weather MINIMUM TEMPERATURE: (7.30 p.m. on June 23 to 7.30 a.m on June 24 1 Singapore 81 degrees Pciiitng 74, Kota Bharu 74. Kuala Lumpur 73, Ipoh 74. Kuantan 73. MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE: (7.30 a.m. to 7.30 p.m. on June 24 Stimapore 89 degrees. Penang 90 Kota Bharu 88. Kuala
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  • 609 8 COUNCIL TO GOVT: STEP IN, PLEASE Only one of unions 9 12 demands granted eight rejected THE Singapore City Council yesterday invited the Labour Ministry to intervene in the threatened strike by 10,000 members of the City Council Labour Unions Federation. The federation will today serve 14 days' strike notice
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  • 117 8 Monica had enough punishment MONICA LIM, aged 21, left the dock of the Singapore Seventh Magistrate s Court with ft smile yesterday when she was acquitted of voluntari:ly hurting pen Kui. aged 46. with a pair of scissors at Tiong Poh Road on May 9 Mr. Choor Singh, the magistrate
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  • 30 8 The Chief Justice, Sir Charles Murray-Aynsley. in the Singapore High Court yesterday issued warrants for the arrest of two missing debtors P. S Mohamed Kassim and Tan Poh.
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  • 27 8 PENANG, Fri. Registration lof children born in 1948 for admission to Penanc Govern- ir.ent and aided English schools 1 will start on July 1.
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  • 81 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. Ng Poh Chong. 38. claimed trial in the Sessions Court here today to cheating Low Nam of $150 on Dec. 28. 1953. by pre- tending to be a tester of the Registrar and Inspector of Motor Vehicles Office. Kuala Lumpur, and telling Low that
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  • 28 8 The Singapore Film Society will screen "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari" at the British Council Hall at nine tonight, and at 6.30 and nine tomorrow night.
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  • 158 8 SPORE CITY COUNCIL HASN'T DECIDED YET THE Singapore City Council has taken no decision on abolishing the metal badges now being iused b> the Colony s 5.000 taxi dmMr t9 R r J Buckeridee the "of USSST' sliS yesterday that he had invited representatives
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  • 135 8 police have decided to withdraw licences for revolcers and pistols unless licence holders can give "very good reasons" for keeping their guns This is to prevent weapons from falling into the hands of Communists. Last year. 185 people were given licences to carry
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  • 63 8 YMCA FAIR TO MARK CENTENARY The Singapore Young Men's Christian Association will hold a "centenary fair" at its Bras Basah Road tennis pavilion on July 2 to commemorate the 100 years' founding of the World Alliance of Y.M.C.A.s. Proceeds will be in aid of its general and development funds. Money
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  • 44 8 Tan Joo Song, trading as Seng Chiang Hang, was adjudicated a bankrupt in the Singapore High Court yesterday on a petition filed by Khoo Sno Chay. trading as Sun Trading Company, to whom he owed $4,071 on a judgment debt.
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  • 62 8 BUTTERWORTH, Fri.— Bail of $25,000 was granted to Lim Khoon San, 49, when he pleaded not guilty to a charge of possessing 25 slabs of raw opium. Lim was alleged to have been found with the opium, weighing 45 katis, in a house in Telegar
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  • 28 8 TAIPING. Fri.— The installation of new officials of the Taping Rotary Club will take place at a dinner at the Hokkien Hoay Kuan on June 30
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  • 32 8 MALACCA. Fri. Malacca Catholics will hold a variety entertainment at the High School Hall here on July 10 to raise funds to buy a new orpan for St. Peter's Church.
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  • 152 8 rIE City President, Mr. T.P.F. McNeice. said yesterday a S3O million Singapore City Council loan would enable people who talked about a glorious future for Singapore to turn their words into dreds and contribute some- thing positive to that future. None
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 297 8 PALC CREAM I DULUX PENTALITE EMULSION FINISH You took a long view when you decided to buy your house over 20 years. Take a long view when you go in foe repainting. Long-life paints are no more trouble to put on, and it will be much longer before you have
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    • 189 8 WORLD FAMOUS SW.SSw!fc N INCABLOC WATERPROOF k ANTI-MACNETIC jR 17 AND 21 |EWELS ~^W 14 AND 18 XT S^ ractorys guarantee valid fh: SffTl^f^^g ll> AVAILABLE AT A. LEADINC WATCH End the forment cf PRICKLY HEAT today! /^^S^*^^ -F\\ Why endure the my ot rnck 1 Ml> |e^ *s0 easy
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 429 8 27. Indian washer of dirty linen Straits Times Crossword 28 Sb;;\ 7) the fundamental 29. That's a biessing! (7>. I 2 3 5 6 7 8 DOWN I §ps: mmm 1 The cause of your present feS^ f§§§ fcss^l >"v^J SsS§ cerebrations (9. 6). HI iH HI iH HI v
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  • 1407 9 Munshi Abdullah paved way for modern Malay writers THE unkindest fate which can befall an author is that his masterpiece should become compulsory reading for students. His readers meet him for the first and last time in the forbidding covers of a school textbook. They labour through select passages for
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  • 316 9 more nervous lest his throat be cut. Eventually, near the modern junction of Chatsworth and Tanglin Roads, after passing the snapping doss at the outposts they came to the place of meeting. To avoid being drawn into conversation Abdullah pretended to be a stranger and an idiot.
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 149 9 r Df IN ENCLAND tfER YOU THE WORLD'S VALUE JUNTAIN If] PENS I 111 PENS A B SUNDRY 1 lARKERS I JELLING I PENCILS W juREMINDER WALLETS «>•■••• full range Dealer tn- any diffidirect to: i-Malayan Trading Co. Ltd 5 7 4 Pcn.ms. B .i\v;ik. Borneo. i!l Ml Its BORNKOi
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    • 218 9 Surgeons, doctors and nurses leave nothing to chance. In hospitals, surgeries and clinics throughout the British Empire and in many other parts of the world, 'Dettol' is the antiseptic largely preferred in the fight against infection. For Dettol is both powerful and safe. Let the wisdom of the specialists be
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 157 9 Sherlock Holmes The robber IPick Tracy P**io off for fill HHHH^^^HHHI H HERE. I I'M GCXNG OVER ANO SEE 1 fMAvBEA LITTLE TmAVBE." V_ LJI Lit tuct tw ifj we DerAr^\/ I r^ikikicD o^ryy^sj vi ilj K,r-t~ t i ikir^cocrTWiLio nt tr'iUTAt m I I I riina. ihc laa/jho KCMuTi
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 1290 10 T«i: X405 MANSFIELD 6c CO., LTD. T«i; i4i» (Incorporatcc in Singapore) (12 Knee) THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE T Carrier* option »o rroccrd via other ports' to load ond discharge corgo SAILINGS to LIVERPOOL, GLASGOW, LONDON CONTINENTAL PORTS Singapore Duo Sails P. Sham Penang Anchhes for Liverpool Glosgow G 33/34 June
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    • 1177 10 EAST ASIATIC UNE SAILINGS TO CONTINENT/SCANWNAVIA For Aden. Port Soid, Genoo, Antwerp, Rotterdam, Hamburg, Copenhagen Gothenburg ft Oslo Spore P. S'r>om .^T? 0 x) "MALACCA" 4/ 8 Ely 9/ 9 J-* "MEONIA" 20/24 July 25/24 Jaty 27/28 Jaty "FALSTRIA- 14/19 Aug 20/20 Aag 21/22 Aag x) Colls London (possenaers only),
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    • 1013 10 SgJS&N THE BEN LINE STEAMjERS jLTD.^t? SINGAPORE (Incorporated in the United Kingdom) "HIS SAILINGS TO U.K. AND CONTINENTAL PORTS Spore P. S'hom Penong Benvormocn for London, Hull In Port 29/30 June B m ßoser£m < Kt n CIS/I* Mb JMI Wr*t ortlrw UfXt* 2S Jury Benattow for Liverpool, Glasgow, Dublin,
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    • 699 10 MeAUSTER c Bocwl^r ITD "H fc C| TY OF BROOKLYN """I I,J BOOSTEAD A-cr-r l^" (Incorporated in r>« F TT nr W V LTl)**^> GLEN line J OUTWARD FROM U.K., CONTINENT 7 0R HOns GLENEARN HON6 0^ I RADNORSHIRE o PEMBROKESHIREf 28/ Ju 'v M/ 7 h rWft GLENGYLE ,77,,
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  • 27 11 |M ,\PORE. JUNE 24. ,UI!K 51.09J per '„p f.ve-piuhths of a N BJfl per picul ■Jj 75 «mts). |)|M mm per ,1 .down 25 cents).
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  • 75 11 MELBOURNE, Frl. :ely spread with In selected Issues rr.er on the Stock Uraniums were at higher prices :cr Silver-lend" were were firmer at rising ItM-M £96^ ■R £96 9 16 63 3 buyer unquoted I 25 7> 2 98/6 n/i% 26 9 vm 12 6 n 22 icfi
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  • 82 11 Ie rubber buyers In siDßapore yesterday five-eighths of Thursdays dosing me wa s quiet after ber prices yesterday In uere No. 1 R.S.S. 111. sellers lll'i; July buyers 109' i. No 1 R.S.S. August -filers 106 1 No. 2 sellers 104\; sellers 99\ ■:;ber of Commerce tlon noon
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  • 300 11 The Malayan share Brokers' Ass(2l'on. Singapore section rented iS n uslI1 «ls and tins continued duil and irregular with nar row fluctuation, on the tocal »SS« market and there was a funher shrinkage O f turnover. Rubbers showed little activity." UDDers fnUnuMn P r K brokers reported the
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  • 29 11 offer of $400,000 eccived for Hidden r. Syndicate's estate In Perak, and is being the boarr 1 has a planted area .u-res. The issued capigpanjP is £29,040.
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  • 38 11 On I c free exchange market in Hong Kong yesterday, the U.S. dollar was quoted at 5.79*8 for cash and 5.80 1 for T.T. Sterling was quoted at 15.63 and one tael of gold at 250T4.
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  • 102 11 Ships lying alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves or expected today are: Chakrata 12, Caltex 93 3. Benlomond 4,5, Darvei C.P., Burnside 67, Kyoan Maru 89, Somali 11. President Garfleld 13 14, Benreoch 15 16. City of Brooklyn 18, Malay 19.20. Perli s 21 22. Tamara 23 24. Hanyang
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  • 345 11 By Our Market Correspondent FE^ A 7 ION of u Ma »*ya foreign trade for the million m °nths of this year totalled $1,500 1 11 $1 1471 mi ion f »r per cent Pen d laSt year a rise of
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  • 170 11 Singapore Chinese Produce Exchange: noon prices per picul yesterday were:Copra: dull; June (nominal $27H buyers, $27 sellers; July $27*4 buyers, $27 7 B seUers; August $28 buyers. $28 t sellers. Coconut oilquietly steady: bulk $42 i sellers, drum $45 sellers. Pepper: quiet with lack of overseas inquiries; Muntok
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  • 494 11 Good trade support on rubber mart ALTHOUGH the week A started with a noticeable easing of the labour situation in Singapore, its after effects were somewhat unexpectedly an increase in demand from overseas with good trade support and speculative interest, report Holiday, Cutler and Bath Co. Ltd. in their weekly
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  • 45 11 Three Chinese banks In Hong Kong have been deprived of the authority to operate Hong Kong No 1 accounts, an official circular states. The banks are the Bank of Kwangsi, the Central Trust of China and the Chinese Postal Remittances and Savings Bank.
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 406 11 KNUTSEN LINE Fast and Regular Service fROM CANADA/U.S. PACIFIC PORTS 30 DAYS Sailing Arriving San Francisco Singapore P.Swcr Pcnang Frctnantle k C 25 |un c 2|u:y utethßakkc 11 |unc 11 July 13 July 14 July 21 July .--ud Bakkc 9 July 8 Aug 10 Aug 1 1 Aug 1 8
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    • 228 11 TENDERS P.W.D. TENDER NOTICE TENDERS will be received by the Senior Executive Engineer, Johore Bahru. up to 12 noon of the 16th. July. 1955 for:— PURCHASE REMOVAL OF POLICE BUILDINGS AT KEMPAS. J. BAHRU Full particulars may be obtained from the Senior Executive Engineer, Johore Bahru. P.W.D. TENDER NOTICE TENDERS
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    • 259 11 NOTICES CENTRAL ELECTRICITY BOARD OF THE FEDERATION OF MALAYA Interruption Of Electricity Supply Electricity Consumers in the following areas are requested to note that their electricity supply will be interrupted between 9.00 a.m. to 3.00 p.m. on Sunday the 26th June 1955. 1. Klang Road, from Slputeh Lane up to
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    • 837 11 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS APPLICATIONS are invited for appointment as Veterinary Assistant In the Veterinary Department. Federation of Malaya. Salary Scale: $137.50 x 7.50 152 50/ Exam/209 X 14 307 Exam/324 x 14 450. Special Grade »488 x 20 688 plus COLA and Housing Allowance at current rates. Age 17 to 22
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    • 853 11 NOTICES ULU KLANG TIN LIMITED (Incorporated in the Federation of Malaya). NOTICE Is hereby given that tbe< Transfer Books of the Company will I be closed from 4th July, 1955 to the 18th July. 1955 to enable the Reduction of Capital to be effected In accordance with the Special Resolution
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    • 359 11 NOTICES KLANG RIVER TIN DREDGING COMPANY LIMITED (Incorporated in the F. of M.) NOTICE is hereby given that at the forthcoming Annual Oeneral Meeting to be held In Penang on Saturday 9th July, 1955. the Directors will recommend payment of a final dividend for the year ended Slat March, 1960
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    • 161 11 ~i( ~~yl&^ si jv/ls 17 JWLS oENTs' and LADIES. FULL STEEL. ROLLED OOLO.^ AHO COLO TOP. if T Obtainable from All Watch Dealers. 4C/MHAI ACINTs:- 6teetGmcGi.fyl.+ W 386,m>»r/tB»ID6£ML.S'I>O»e. Whenever you get HEARTBURN KENNIES J^EKj immediate LgflflßSj Just suck one or two \pgiG Bonnie tablets like sweeta. \<i?lk They rapidly neutralise
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  • The STRAITS TIMES Saturday forum
    • 324 12 SQUARE PEGS, ROUND HOLES SCHOOL Quiz to Parents." On reading this headline in your paper, I hazard a guess that the Minister for Education will endeavour again to play wise and safe by testing the feeling of the public as to what they want. An invitation for suggestions lor school
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    • 179 12 rrHE P.A.P. have em- erged with an unsatisfactory answer to the brick-bats hurled against them by the public in connection with the recent riots and strikes. Lim Chin Siong and Deyan Nair. who played major roles in the recent trouble, stood for the Legislative Assembly election
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    • 152 12 \IR. Simon, while proffering iri thanks to "Mtigalnn," clai7ns that the building at Out ram Road is association property. I refer Mr. Simon to a news item in the Straits Times of June 5. 1939, which says a large gathering saic the opening of the Buddhist Temple by
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  • 133 12 I THINK it was a wonderful idea for the Government to organise transport for the school children of Singapore, and I take my hat off to them. But to the teachers who accompanied some lorries on Thursday the 16th and ordered private school children off the
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  • IN BRIEF
    • 97 12 4 S a student, I am very A thankful to all the men of the Singapore Police Force, Education Department. Mr. Buckeridge, and the other services for the loan of their trucks, and also all the others who helped the school children to their respective schools. For without
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    • 45 12 MAY I express my gratitude to a certain European lady, with her daughter, who so kindly gave me a lift from Bukit Timalh Road, near University of Malaya, to the junction of whitley Road, on Thursday, June 16, at 12.40 p.m.? THOMAS QUEK Singapore.
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    • 22 12 REMOVE the comma from machines used to type Radio Malaya news bulletins and spare us the unnecessary pauses. HESITANT. Singapore.
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    • 34 12 UNNECESSARY noise i s caused by juke-boxes operating at night. Children at the Tras Street-Maxwell Road junction are being deprived of sleep. I appeal to the Police to do something. SLEEPLESS Singapore
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    • 38 12 AS the Kampar-Ipoh bus station has now been removed to the market area, a "bus stop" sign board should be erected near the New Majestic Theatre for the convenience of the public. K. W. GOH. Kampar.
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    • 14 12 DUST-BINS are not emptied daily here. This has caused us much inconvenience.
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    • 63 12 HPHERE seems to be much A controversy over the spending of public money on adult education, lately. Surely half a million dollars a year spent on a public body like the Council for Adult Education is a lot of money. It is time the Education Department run the
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    • 62 12 IAM in full agreement with what "Not Amused" had to say about Muttu's abominable intonation of English. It is in bad taste. It is also very irritating in the extreme to have tc stand the gibberish of Ah Foo. If he has to speak what is supposed to
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    • 50 12 NOW that the Colony Government has graciously done so. we the Buddhists shall be extremely pleased if the Government of the Federation will see that the various other states have Wesak Day. Lord Buddha's Day, declared a public holiday as well. KHOO SOO JIN KHOO SOO GHEE Singapore.
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    • 22 12 HTHE photographs of the X sun taken during the eclipse published in the Straits Times are inverted. N. RAMASWAMI. Singapore. Tl
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 255 12 PRESSURE, VACUUM/ COMPOUND HYDRAULIC GAUGES AND IN II /?:ow j^^VwKh mfwMrwS It iX sroc \J^fft^ MfiNJrACTURERS- REPRESENTATIVES: KWDTID UI7L ENGINEERING HARDWARE SUPPLIERS £< VICTORIA ST.. SPORE.7 CABU ADD: "KHINCO" DINE /iiP^k MONA WIWF H^^l SINGS NIGHTLY every Monday night JK^W C"PA Vf d rvcrv Sundo> I|S| ■tk'tL^^r jIAT Too Dance.
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    • 59 12 TEMPORARY CLERKS rpiIERE is a strong rumour that the Government has X changed its decision to absorb the temporary clerks in the General Clerical Service. Instead, these temporary clerks will be absorbed into departmental services. If this is true, 1 am afraid many will object. As agreed, the Government should
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    • 107 12 "Aboioihe uvathvr" BCf Singapore Jl 3To IllM.hOh THURSDAYS, SUNDAYS 223 MsBI SAtGOK dpparturpj Banr TUESDAYS IRQ I Aimo connect ing w «fcjam|,|. •#m |>M jo Ji^Acoo.v c.i#.c i rr.i »i AXILx Con Milt: Malayan Airwj>« Ocfin Building. Ninc-ir^ I**.1 Irl i'htk* Th« Borneo Co Ltd.. BN. Borneo Sauna ft iWrTy^g^mifl
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  • 552 13 Pink Ticket best in field of new horses piNK TICKET (Race I Three) has the makings of a useful sprinter. This striking Vilmorin chestnut gelding was not ready when he made his debut in a Cl. 3, SJ-f. race at Kuala Lumpur in April, but showed promise when he chased
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  • 280 13 XX. FIRST AND SECOND TO DOMINATE 9-F. RACE. By EPSOM JEEP THE renewed rivalry between Sooka and Irish Elegance in the Class 2, Div. 2, 9f. handicap (Race Seven) will highlight the first day of the Perak Turf Club June-July Meeting at Ipoh
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  • 111 13 EPSOM JEEP CALL BOY OINTEK Race 1. 2.30. NATIVE RULER Don Wayna NATIVE RULER Don Wayne NATIVE RULER Distributor Race 2. 3.05. ARCH SIDE Greet BRIGHT EYES II Greet BRIGHT EYES II Toly's Delifht Race 3. 3.40. PINK TICKET Khenc Hua PINK TICKET Good Forage GOOD FORAGE
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  • 831 13 Race 1—2.30: Class 2, Div. 1—6 Furs. 1 -81 Native Rnler 3y Bougoure 8.09 S. W Leong -t Breukelen 2 217 Distributor 4y Bell 8.06 Shaw Stable Martin 3 177 Rose-Marie 4y West 8.04 Mms. R. Yeap J. Manning Manning 4 831 Don Wayne 3y Donnelly 8.02
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  • 141 13 HEAVY scratchings have chopped the field down to four and it looks a pushover for Native Ruler. This three-year-old made the grade on his second appearance on a Malayan racecourse, at Bukit Timah ten days ago. when he streaked away from Greet and Don Wayne to
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  • 69 13 i.i vt.Kruui. mi. idrusa Dlone. Frencih former welterweight rhampton. won the European title when he beat Wally Thorn the British holder, on points over 15 rounds here last night. Thorn fought with a badly damaged left hand from the ninth round after catching Dione on the
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  • 450 13 LINDOS has never been out of the first four ln his last six outings. In his first attempt beyond a sprint distance, at Bukit Timah earlier this month. Lindos ran well to finish second to The Bosun over 7f. Lindos will have
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 528 13 aiP fODATIOM VACANT j Box it ct,. extra. ;i ESI RES To Let! Bungalow from l pean Company or j \4-lti7 ST. \i HED New 2 s Alda Street.] d Rent $350 per I j \M July. Sinsa- Estate Agency. Ayer Street. FURNISHED Holland Road, ea. Lounge, Bedrooms Bath lUoned)
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    • 686 13 TUITION 20 Word, $s (Mln.)- B ,x M elf. .xtra. for A I7S UR H HOME: Prtv »te Tuition A 4094 S T Par »culars to Box i BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES 20 Word. SS (Min.)-Box SO et,. extra. WANTED Active Aeent required ln Kuantan, Pahang h- i O n» l Gene
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    • 1001 13 HOUSES Hi LAND FOR SALE 20 Word, $i (Min.)-Bax St eU. txtrm 6 ATTRACTIVE Freehold 2 Storey rlaUs: Basement Flat with 3 Bed- rooms. Kitchen and large Hall Ist Floor Flat with 2 Bedrooms! i Kitchen and large Hall. Situated at 4' a M.S. Main Road, Upper Serangoon Road, Price
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    • 305 13 CLASSIFIED ADS. FOR SALE 20 Wotda $5 (Min.)— Box St ct,. extra. MODERN BRICK FACTORY Bulidinn. 2.400 sq.ft.. indirect Ceilinp Lighting. Modern Sanitation. Watchman's Qrs., on Approx. 1 A<*re. Freehold Land surrounded by Wire Fencing in Light Industrial area in Johore Bahru. Apply P.O. Box 658. Singapore. MISCELLANEOUS 20 Word,
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    • 406 13 I SATURDAY j Straits Times I i WORD PUZZLE "H" j Cut out and pin with other coupon*. Posting instructions appear below Name I Addreis 6 2, i |M[ DDL EB fill in I 2^ R j^Jitßj MISSING j y*" Ml vjv« CLUES FOR WORD PUZZLE H6 1. It's an
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    • 44 13 THE GOING, BROADCAST rpilE Koine at Ipoh up to X last evening was very good. THE Treble Tote will be held on Races Four. Six and Seven. The Big Sweep will be drawn on Race Seven. RADIO Malaya will broadcast commentaries on all races.
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  • 823 14 BAIT PAHAT, Fri. JOE LEVULA, younger of the "Lightning Lcvulas," became the first man in Malaya to crack the 10-second barrier for the 100 yards twice when he returned 9.Bsec, beating his brother, Emosi, in the final of the First
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  • 403 14 TWO UNKNOWN BRITISH GIRLS SHOCK TOP PAIR WIMBLEDON. Friday. MISS DORIS HART and Mrs. Barbara Scofleld Davidson (United States), the top seeded pair in the] women's doubles, fell at the first hurdle when the i Wimbledon lawn tennis championships were continued today. This shock result was a triumph for two
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  • 196 14 >U ss SINGLES THIRD ROl NO: G. Merlo luly) fteat M. navies 8-6. 1-6. 6-4. 3-6. 8-6. KOtRTH BOUND: S. DAVIDSON iS»f.i beat L. Ayala (Chilel 4-6. i 1. 6-4: B. PATTY HJBJ beat H. Ham (OS) 61. 6-3. 4-6. 1-6. 6-4. WOMKVS SIMiI.FS THIRD ROI*ND: Mrs. H. Bre«cr
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  • 58 14 S.A.F.A. Div. 3B matches yesterday resulted: Kebenaran Club beat Windsor Rovers 3-1 at Balestier Road. Scorers: Abu Bakar (2i and Ali Ahmat for the winners; Salleh Taib for Rovers. Chua Ban Hock refereed. Blue Rovers beat S.C.S.A. 3-2 at C.V.M.A. Jumaat. Zaini and Sainay scored for
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  • 37 14 R A.F Seletar outclassed 80.D.C.A in a SAFA Div. 2A league match at Farrer Park yesterday, the airmen winning fi-0. Goals came from Pratt <3>. Murray i penalty i, Coburn and an own goal.
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  • 310 14 MEN'S SINGLES Third Round: T. TRABERT (U.S.i bt. H. Stewart (U.S.> 6-4, 6-3. 6-1; S. DAVIDSON (Sweden) j bt. W. Knight ißr.) 6-3. 6-3. 2-6,1 4-t5. 6-3; A. Laisen (U.S.) bt. O. Williams (S.A.) 6-2. 10-8. 6-2; A. Segal (S.A.) bt. R. HARTWIG (Aust.) 8-6, 6-4,
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  • 39 14 Entries for the Singapore Badminton Association's 1955 junior championships close on July 7. The events are: Men's junior singles and doubles. Women's junior .-ingles and doubles. Junior mixed doubles. Schoolboys' singles and doubles. Schoolgirls' singles and doubles.
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  • 383 14 CINGAPORE Harbour Board Boys' Club scored another 17 points when they won five of the 12-semi-finals in the Federation of Boys' Clubs boxing championships for the Davies Challenge trophy at the Singapore Badminton stadium last night. Harbour Board had won 23 points
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  • 479 14 (GLORIA BECK won the individual championship trophy for the second consecutive year when the Convent of the Holy infant Jesus held their fourth annual sports on St. Joseph's Institution field yesterday. Oloria won three of the four championship events and was second in the fourth to
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  • 262 14 THREAT NOW TO LEADERS AFTER holding their opponents to 1-1 at half time, Chinese Athletics were outplayed by Singapore Corinthians who won their S.A.F.A. first division league game 6-1 at Jalan Besar stadium yesterday: This was Corinthians' sixth win in seven games and
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  • 226 14 THE draw and starting tin.es for the Royal Island Club's O.i* Khek Khlani Cup competition today are: 2.15 p.m.: M. C Compton 14> A. F. Clegg illi D. C. Wright U0): 2.20: G. Botha ill) J. E Polllngton (7> G. M. Balrd tB>: 2.25: D.
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  • 36 14 JACKS Sports Club beat Argonauts PC. 4-3 in a friendly soccer match at Farrer Park yesterday. Cheow Teik (3> and George Teo scored for Jacks; Dexter Boyd. Salim and Eddie Teng for Argonauts.
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  • 178 14 JOHORE BAHARU, Frl. The Johore Bahru District Lawn Tennis Association championships started on the Johore Civil Service Club court* today. Results: Men's singles: Wong Thiam TecK bt Hashim bin Ismail 6-2. 6-1; Mohamed bin Kassim bt Lai Sow Chek 6-1. 6-2; I. A. Alsagoff bt Bakar bin
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  • 50 14 Beatty Secondary School beat St. Andrew's School by three wickets at Victoria School yesterday. St. Andrew's 87 (J. L'Est range 43 n.0., Sundaraj 11: Thlru 4-29, Muthu 4-21). Beatty 101 for 7 (Ramaknshnan 57. Mohd Yunus 24, A Manap 12; Sundaraj 3-32. Ong Keet 2-1).
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  • 350 14 ENGLAND 108 AFTER S. AFRICA TAKE 171 LEAD COUTH AFRICA, who were 142 for r N F^ayesterday in reply to EnVland 9 Vc at C C* consolidated their good position 1 rst was cdntinued at Lord's today d n th( Bm3 40 minutes before tea took -i i«. h' Wlth
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  • 92 14 Hutton 62 as Yorks win b y 6 wickets YORKSHIRE^'" ue ao« level mL' 12 Poi.-.^ holders, at th 8 count, o™^^ JJ Yorkshires vi c or marker, by J,,.P Korea ns su tc lff Northanu who i«i Ncrthamp-V Northampton 231 and «rorth 4-48, f« "4 .Button ftj At WfstrlifT;
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  • 108 14 SOUTH AFRICA Ist Inns McGlew c Evans b Statham 0 Goddard c Evans b Trueman v hee t ham Ibw Bailey 13 F.ndean Ibw Wardle 48 McLean b Statham 142 Waite c Evans b Trueman 8 Keith c Tiimus b Wardle 57 Mansell c Graveney b Wardle 2
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    • 222 14 TODAY SOCCER TIC.ER BALM C IP: Army v S.C.F.A.. Jalan Besar. 7.30 p.m. LEAUI'E. DIV. I: Tampenis Rovrrs v Customs. Geylang. DIV. 3B: Police v Sukaramai. P.T.S. FRIENDLY: Boys' Town v Perhimponan Setia dub. Bukit Timah; Dynamos v G.H.Q., Tanclin. CRICKET FRIENDLY: S.C.C. v R.N.A.S. SembawanK. padanr: Straits Times v
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