The Straits Times, 30 June 1955

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    13 1 The Straits Times ft/at*** Estd. 1845. SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, JUNE 30, 1955 15 CENTS
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    MARSHALL FLAYS PAP
    1836 1 A clique of fake trade unionists who used workers as pawns I SUMMATION CHARGE We shall be strong' pledge We knew the lieutenants of the PAP clique. ...we knew the sparking points of violence we knew the fomentors of illegal strikes his most bitterly .•iKljressive speech ince
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    Boestaman freed
    263 1 detained since July 1. 1948. API Angkatan Pemuda Insaf was the youth section of the Malay Nationalist Party. Its members paraded in kampongs in white uniforms. It is unlikely that Boestamam will enter the political world yet. He told the Straits Times tonight: "I am not thinking of
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    Govt. resigns
    22 1 JERUSALEM. Wed.— lsrael's four-party coalition Government, led by Mr. Moshe Snarett. resigned today after a .split between its main parties.
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    NOW A GIRL TURNS HER BACK ON MAO
    361 1 A SINGAPORE mother who began a fast to death last Saturday when she learned that her only daughter had run away to China, wept for joy last night and took her first meal in four days when told that her daughter was
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    Thief takes $1,000
    48 1 leaves $7,000 A thief got hold of a brief case containing $8,000 in a house in Patterson Road. Singapore, but stole only $1,000. The owner, a European, said he left the brief case in the house on June 26. The loss was discovered on Tuesday.
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    The Masons sue
    35 1 SANTA MONICA. California, Wed. British-born actor James Mason and his wife, Pamela. yesterday filed a U551,199,000 libel suit against the New York magazine, "Rave." -which accused them of immoral conduct.— A. P.
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    £16 mil. gift
    22 1 LONDON. Wed.— Britain last year contributed a record £15.936.820 towards the development and welfare of 48 scattered colonial territories.
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    39 years wed
    17 1 WASHINGTON, Wed.— President and Mrs. Eisenhower will celebrate their 39th wedding anniversary on Friday
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    Lock icon A woman's ordeal in the sands of Sahara
    300 1 •AKOTHER MY AND WE WOULD NAVE DIED' PARIS, Wed. A FRENCH business woman, Madame Mauricette Davoust, is recovering in Casablanca after an 18-day ordeal in the same area of the Sahara Desert where two Britons died of thirst last month, the newspaper
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    PHANTOM VOICE SAID: DEATH TO YOU
    106 1 (X)L. CHUANG HUI-TSUAN, a member of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce, said yesterday he received a phone call from a man who threatened to kill him. I The call, he said, was made on June 7 one day after the big meeting on
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    Lock icon Plane hunt for dope smugglers
    33 1 CAIRO, Wed. A Coast Guard spokesman said yesterday that planes and 500 troops have been launched against hashish smugglers hiding out in the mountains south of Suez. A.P.
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    Lock icon PRICE FIXING TACTICS ATTACKED
    83 1 PRICE FIXING TACTICS ATTACKED LONDON, Wed. Seven men of a 10-man committee chosen by the Government to probe the methods of big business today denounced price fixing tactics and called for new laws to protect public. The other three members added a minority report urging a total ban would be
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    Lock icon A king breaks a thigh
    51 1 OSLO. Wed Eighty-two-year-old King Haakon of Norway, who entertained the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh during their State visit last week-end, broke a thigh when he fell at his country house today. His condition was reported to be satisfactory by his doctor this morning.
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    Lock icon IN, OUT—RUSSIANS ARE IN
    74 1 IN, OUT— RUSSIANS ARE IN LONDON, Wed. Crack Russian oarsmen who earlier today withdrew from the Henley .Regatta because a strike was holding up their racing shells were tonight readmitted. Their racing craft arrived at Henley after a change of heart by dock strikers who had at first refused to
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    OFFICER ON LEAVE IS ACCUSED
    358 1 'Killed wife by using instrument' remanded for a week From HALL ROMNEY LONDON. Wednesday. A MALAYAN police officer, Gerald Hugh Allan A Murphy, was yesterday accused in a magistrate's court of killing his wife, Patricia Joan; "by using an instrument." A beauty culturist, Eileen Frances
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    Lock icon Woolton quits
    23 1 LONDON. Wed —Lord Woolton, 71, chairman of the Conservative Party, resigned his post today in favour of a "younger man."— U.P.
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    Lock icon M.P. EASES 'BIG TOE' HOLD ON THE ARMY
    234 1 Soldier is happy in Malaya 50... LONDON, Wed. AMR. NORMAN DODDS, a iTI Labour Member of Parliament, who last week gave notice that he would urge the War Office to discharge Private Michael Frank Gazzard, a National Serviceman in Malaya, because he
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    Lock icon Arrow men to U.S. Get out
    141 1 Arrow men to U.S. Get out SAIGON, Wed. A NTI- AMERICAN pamA phlets today threatened a reign of terror against United States citizens here if they did not leave Vietnam. Pamphlets scattered in the streets said in English that an "action committee of the gold and blood arrow" had started
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    Lock icon STOP PRESS
    47 1 Kll.i; BRITANNIA LONDON. Wed. —Britain served notice today she will ii m' warships if necessary to keep sea lanes open lor lici HWlflnill ships to Irudr with Communist China. "Her .Majesty's ships in Far Bast have instruction^ lo all oi (I protection. 'Commons told. U.P.
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    Lock icon Four to quit
    30 1 BUENOS AIRES. Wed.— The resignation of four Argentine Cabinet Ministers Interior. Education, Agriculture and Trans-port is expected to be announced today according to reliable sources here. Reuter
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    Lock icon Royal visits
    22 1 LONDON. Wed. Princess Margaret and the Queen Mother went to the same theatre here tonight but in separate parties..— Reuter.
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    NOW THEY GET FULL MARKS
    40 1 Eight Kuala Lumpur teachers, told last week that they had failed their third year normal examinations, were happy yesterday. The Education Department told them thar, an error had been made and that they had passed.
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    KEN NO LONGER AT 'COVENTRY*
    197 2 He had gone to work during a strike LONDON, Wed. THEY have talked at last to 16 year old Kenneth Howarth. the railway boy "sent to Coventry for life" foe working during the strike. 'As 1 checked in for duty at Barnsley depot, an 18-year-bld
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    The clique replies: We are amazed
    194 2 The clique replies: We are amazed MR. LIM CHIN SIONG, Mr. C. V. Devan Nair and Mr. S. Woodhull— the "P.A.P. clique" to which the Chief Minister referred expressed amazement at Mr. Marshall's "misleading account of the events that led to the sympathy strike." They said Mr. Marshall had "flossed
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    STATE AIRWAYS: FEDERATION TO BE CONSULTED
    209 2 THE Singapore Government will not take any decision on the nationalisation of internal airways without consulting the Federation Government, Mr Francis Thomas, Minister for Transport and Communications said in the Legislative Assembly yesterday He was replying to Mr. M. P. i D. Nair (Ind.
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    The troops are needed —Marshall
    94 2 T»HE Singapore Government favours keeping British troops in the Colony until it can defend itself, the Chief Minister Mr. David Marshall, said in the Legislative Assembly yesterday. In reply to a question by Mr. M.P.D. Nair (Ind. Seletar). Mr. Marshall said there had been no
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    Lock icon Peace bid fails
    32 2 KARACHI. Wed.— The Saudi Arabian mediator last night said that he had failed to settle the dispute between Pakistan and Afghanistan over Afghan raids on Pakistan diplomatic missions.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon 40,000 study
    16 2 NEW YORK. Wed. Almost 40,000 people from abroad studied in America last year.— Reuter.
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    HE RELIES ON HIS VOICE
    64 2 KLANG. Wed.— A mine engineer, A. D. Harris, asked in the* Magistrate's Court here today why he shouted at a cyclist Instead of using his car horn, replied: "I rely more on my voice." Harris was acquitted of negligent driving at the eighth mile. Sungei
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    Lock icon FIREMEN GET HOT OVER GIRL IN LOVE
    145 2 FIREMEN GET HOT OVER GIRL IN LOVE LONDON, Wed. A YOUNG nurse at Linton hospital in Kent last night decided to date a handsome fireman She met at a dance and brought the Fire Brigade tearing down on her instead. She got through to the Fire Brigade instead of the
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    A club bars virgins
    35 2 A club bars virgins SS I'ARTIES' NEW YORK b> formed inol^^and dau^hte^ofr^ si™ was ■faSSa the supervision *< Unde f officers of Probation The iudse Mr t«l Weeks. Uid 'iho V-is?" We investigate Se Was kin*
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    Honeymoon trip
    36 2 ROME. Wed. Kine h,, and Queen Dma of JoSjf ved here yesterday on a hoS' moon trip which alreariv taken thorn to Br Un Spain. They plan To remainf Rome several days _ap n
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    MINISTER OF LAUGHTER
    70 2 The Singapore Legislative Assembly yesterday roared with laughter wh?n the Chief Minister, Mr. David Marshall. made a witty reply to a question. While the Assembly was going through the Central Provident Fund Bill. Mr. John Ede •Prog.. Tanglin) sain n. worker was* r^V* ne. it appears 'female
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    TUC says expel 10,000
    155 3 AND END THE DOCK STRIKE LONDON. Wed. rrHE RULING body of Britain's trade unions^ mid the Steve- i Union to expel its 1 North England; then and end the! 1 dock strike it; more than five ago. ral council of the Union Congress, reeight million wortound
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    Lock icon Tight-lipped Templer
    43 3 •If, Wed. General .<; Templcr, former mtiHrtonrr in Malaya -appointed Chief of Lai General StatT to London today i 10-day visit to Canada United States. refused to make any I on his trip. He takes his new duties in the in Reuter.
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    Sidon: 13 buried
    20 3 SET. Wed— The 13 men! when the submarine I sank after an explosion! urled here yesterday. ter.
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    Customers die in store
    51 3 NEW YORK. Wed. Flames from a firework explosion engulfed a retail store yesterday and burnt three customers to death. The bodies of a woman and two young girls were found in the ruins of a rest room in the one-storey concrete block and brick building. -A.
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    Lock icon ARMY VERSUS GOVT. CRISIS GROWS IN INDONESIA
    413 3 Move against Moscow-trained Defence Minister JAKARTA, Wed. JUK Army versus government crisis worsened today with the tabling in Parliament of a non-confi-dence motion against the Defence Minister, Mr. Iwa Kusumasumantri. The motion referred to the "serious situation endangering the country and the nation."
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    Lock icon SERGEANT KEPT ME FROM DEATH ROOM-WITNESS
    475 3 Bodyof N.C.O. lay covered with gas cape, court told DUSSELDORF, Wed. 4 PROSECUTION witiA ness at the court martial of Sergeant Frederick EmmettDunne said today that the accused kept him away from the entrance of a barrack block where the body of Sergeant Reginald
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    Lock icon Arms flown to Cyprus as bomb gangs cut telephone lines
    172 3 Arms flown to Cyprus as bomb gangs cut telephone lines NICOSIA, Cyprus, Wednesday. DRITAIN flew extra arms to this strifetorn colony to--13 day to combat a new outbreak of terrorism after two days of calm. Terrorists cut telephone lines 1 between Lapithos and Kyrenia last night In several places. It
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    Lock icon American visas for Reds
    32 3 WASHINGTON. Wed. The State Department said visas had been issued to permit a 13 -man Soviet delegation of farmers, including high officials, to visit the United States. Reuter
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    Lock icon BRIGHT AND BRIGHTER, SMILES IKE
    87 3 BRIGHT AND BRIGHTER, SMILES IKE WASHINGTON. Wed. PESIDENT Eisenhower told the Press today that the chances of easing world tension through next month's big four meeting were better today than he thought they were two months ago. He added that the recent attack on a United States plane by Red
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    Lock icon Eight held
    19 3 HAVANA, Wed.— Four civilians and four soldiers have been arrested here on charges of subversive activities. Reuter.
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    Lock icon OFF THE MENU
    145 3 Elsie (the waitress) in a stew LONDON, Wed. A pert blonde who climbed on to a third -storey window ledge sent central London into a spin last night. Three flre engines, an ambulance and police cars gathered at a block of flats as crowds watched 24-year-old ELsie
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    Lock icon Millionaire starred in blue films with girls
    322 3 NEW YORK, Wed. A MULTI-MILLIONAIRE inventor and camera manufacturer was arrested and held on $150,000 bail yesterday on morals charges. The charges involved several girlsagedllto 18 whom he allegedly photographed in immoral acts with hidden cameras in his top-floor flat, which was destroyed
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    Lock icon 540,000 donors
    20 3 LONDON, Wed. A total of 540,400 Britons gave blood last year, compared with 515,400 the year before.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon Religious fervour sweeps Argentina
    152 3 BUENOS AIRES. Wed. An unprecedented wave of religious forvour swept Ardgentlna yesterday after the abortive June 16 revolt against the Pcron government. Roman Catholics made a continuous pilgrimage to churches burned by mobs soon after loyal forces put down the navy -led revolt. The San Francisco
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    LONDON STOCKS
    417 3 LONDON. Wed. OUSINESS tv dull in stock mar- kets here today and price* in moat sections drifted lower in the absence of interest. Glltedged stocks recorded losses of minor fractions. Small buying of German. Japanese and Peruvian issues gave the foreign bond market a quietly firm appearance. Industrials
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    30 3 NEW DELHI, Wed. Air Marshal S. Mukerjee, Indian Chief of Air Staff, has left here to watch the Soviet air display in Moscow on July 3 Reuter.
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    GHOST ENTERS POLL LISTS
    437 4 Chain letter says he champions Malays: Alliance on guard KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. r f!IK Alliance has crossed swords with a jjhost who is calling on Malays to \ote for Malay candidates only in the Federal elections next month. The ghost's message is contained in a chain
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    Envoy to China stops over
    110 4 Envoy to China stops over ENGLAND'S new Charge d' Affaires in Peking, Mr. Con O'Neill (above), arrived with his wife from London yesterday on his way to take up his new post. The couple will stay here three days and spend another three in Hong Kong before going to China.
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    BANDIT SHOT
    64 4 —in jungle trap KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. A lone terrorist was ambushed and killed yesterday by a patrol of the Royal Hampshire Regiment on Waterfall Estate in ths Rawang District of North Selangor. He has not yet been identified. The terrorist was ambushed on the jungle fringe of the
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    Man for trial on morals charge
    50 4 Ng Kirn Mun pleaded not guilty in Singapore yesterday to a charge of living in part on the immoral earnings of a woman from April to June 22 this year. Bail of $2,000 was allowed and the case postponed for hearing on Sept. 16.
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    Transferred
    31 4 PdRT SWETTENHAM. Wed. —Mr. N. E. Reutens. Inspector of Immigration. Port Swettenham is being transferred to Penang. Mr. P. K. Suppiah is coming from Penang to take over from hjlm.
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    FAREWELL TO THE LAND BELOW THE WIND
    247 4 Mac Donald says: War could not harm the staunchness of these people JESSELTON. Wed. The Com- j missioner- General, Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald, tonight said farewell to "this beautiful Land Below the WindNorth Borneo. Speaking over Radio Sabah, .Mr. Mac Donald said: "I
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    TEN BEST REASONS
    134 4 The prize: A trip round icorld A FLYING TRIP round the world was the prize won by Mrs. Gladys Jones, of Wrexham, North Wales, for giving ten reasons for present world unrest. The London News Chronicle offered C 2,500 ($21,000) in a competition last March. Mrs. Jones
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    Mr. Sunderajus plan—you get wages when you don't work
    197 4 Mr. Sunderajus plan— you get wages when you don't work |i|R. G. SUNDERAJU iTI unemployed champion of Singapore's jobless, has a plan to make Unemployment more popular than a lowly-paid job. He and his "Committee of Unemployed Persons" have submitted a memorandum tc the Singapore Government seeking allowance? of $60
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    LEE MENG
    223 4 The girl terrorist's defence becomes political ammunition in war of words IPOH, Wednesday T*HE defence of Lee Meng, the Malayan eirl terrorist x who was sentenced to death about three years m but reprieved by the Sultan of Perak. has become'a talking point in the Federal elections camnai°n
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    UMNO will present a songkok to MCA man
    138 4 iPOH. W>d Tt.NGKL \bdul Rahnun. president of IMXO is to present a songknk the secretary -sennal ol the Malayan CUbcm bsociaiion. Mr Leong Vf« Koli. 'luring a tnur th> week to boost Malay support for the AlliamA non- Malay Fedci.il flection candidates
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    JOHNNY AND AMY MARRY ON JULY 17
    41 4 PENANC .Wed.- 1™ luu badminton gSh Hock Ajjn oi BAM P"J"» S !j,i «J Road Widen" *j Registrar of C-u- W i!l officiate. Invitation }a*e „w J by Mr. ;i::d M y. 1 evening.
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    Assemblymen want the whole House
    113 4 rpHE whole of the Assembly House will soon be used for Assembly purposes except from a part for the Chief Minister's office. The House Committee of the Assembly reported yesterday that active steps are being taken to acquire control of the whole House. The Public
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    Traffic note on Saturday
    11 4 .a-.-., in E B Sv cars *gfi
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    SEARCH FOR ECONOMIC EXPERT
    322 5 Professor Lewis changes his mind and turns down Mr. Marshall's offer Planning commission and a corporation for development will be named T HE BRILLIANT NEGRO economist Professor Arthur Lewis has turned down an offer by the Mii^apore Government to be made it« economic adviser. This was
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    REWARDS FOR TIPS DEFENDED
    152 5 REWARDS FOR TIPS DEFENDED 'Some people risk lives to tell f SINGAPORE'S Financial Secretary, Mr. T. M. Hart yesterday defended the practice of giving cash rewards in return for iniormation supplied to the Customs Department's secret service In some cases the people rewarded had been prepared to risk their lives
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    SECRETARIES CAN NOW SIGN FOR MINISTERS
    77 5 A Bill, giving Ministers power to delegate authority to their Permanent Secretaries, was passed through all stages, without debate, in the Singapore Legislative Assembly yesterday. The Attorney General. Mr. E. J. Davies. QC, introduced the measure, an amendment to the Interpretation and General Clauses
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    A GIFT FOR DAW WONG
    100 5 A man who helped to guide t :t!Tairs of an insurance company in Singapore for more dan half its lifetime was yesi :(iay honoured by the comi board of directors. Dato S. Q. Wong has been a Ctor of the Great Eastern Life Assurance Company
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    Marshall quizzed on money for staff
    339 5 Marshall quizzed on money for staff Assembly votes $17 million more ITEMS of Government 1 expenditure including the cost of Ministers' offices and alterations to Government House, were questioned by Opposition members in the Singapore Legislative Assembly yesterday. Questions were also asked about a vote of $78,405 for the .staff
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    Rotary dinner
    26 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed. The installation dinner of the Johore Bahru Rotary Club will be held tomorrow at the International Club here at 8.15 p.m.
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    Chwee Cheng signs on and gets a tip from an old hand
    164 5 It AOI N SEAMAN ar j Chwee Cheng, aged 16, of the Singapore Sea Cadet Corps, yesterday learned to splice a wire rope in the Ben Line steamer Benattow. It was his first lesson as a junior member
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    NIGHT SESSION
    120 5 Marshall wants Assembly to meet after office hours THE Chief Minister, Mr. David Marshall, wants to have night sittings of the Singapore Legislative Assembly. He told the Assembly yesterday that such a change would enable more members of the public to attend the sessions. rhis opportunity was nov
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    THE SPEAKER PRAISES MR. DAVIES
    73 5 THE SPEAKER PRAISES MR. DAVIES The Attorney-General, Mr. E J Davies, was congratulated by the Speaker, Mr. G. E. N. Oehlers, in the Singapore Legislative Assembly yesterday, on his appointment as Chief Justice of Tanganyika. He said Singapore would be losing an officer who had contributed a great deal to
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    Judge returns
    22 5 PENANG, Wed. The Penang Puisne judge, Mr. Justice Spenser-Wilkinson, and Mrs. Spenser-Wilkinson, have returned to penang from leave in Britain.
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    Girl to be heard ANt) seen
    354 5 Girl to be heard ANt) seen MATTI HAD THEM ON THEIR FEET lif ATTIWILDA DOBBS, iTI the young American soprano, gave a most satisfying recital at the Victoria Memorial Hall last night. tastefully chosen programme, a glorious voice, a beautiful woman it is seldom all these qualities are found together.
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    Teacher retires
    24 5 SITIAWAN. Wed. Mr. Victor Jesudason. senior teacher of the Anglo-Chinese School here has retired after 36 years service in the Medthodist Mission.
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    BELOW $200 MONTH MEN NEEDN'T PAY
    342 5 TTCE Singapore Legis- j lative Assembly yesterday passed the new Central Provident* Fund Bill which exempts those earning up to $200 a month from contributing to the fund while requiring their employers to do so. The Bill comes into force on July Where did
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    Big blaze destroys $300,000 rubber
    131 5 2 A.M. FIRE IN COLONY GODOWN A FIRE which raged for 30 minutes early yesterday destroy $300,000 worth of rubber stored in a godown at Martin Road, off Robertson Quay Singapore. I The rubber was kept in a block of reinforced concrete buildings belonging to
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    Telegrams by phone
    44 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. From Monday, telegrams can be dictated from public telephones any time of the day or night in the Federation. Persons dictating telegrams have only to contact the "phonograms" section. The fee can be inserted in the coin box.
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    Burhanuddin to talk in Penang
    41 5 PENANG. Wed. Dr. Burhanuddin Al-Helmy. chairman of the Malay National Front, will visit Penang on Sunday. He will address meetings at Tanjong Tokong. Jeluton;;. Balik Pulau and Bayan Lepa.s on the recent Afro-Asian conference at Bandoeng.
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    62 6 ;n Hnriti fin (minimum). MM, ROSK LAZAROO and Fami.- express their nlu to Rnv. Fathers M. X C. Colaco. the Rexiempithers, I>r. P. K. de Souza and Friends who ■d their Services, loaned Cars. .m* and attended the Funeral Utr Mr. Henry Montgomery O, and also to those who
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS
    118 6 I ../<) (minimum;. SALE at Mulclvinds. 82-1. Bras «fc GownsI -lied. U \v PEDANT Every D:»s in M.vi' i( you want to win >!ri puzzle. -ociation BM K. Officers MM, :u 8. Members and i ,orr.e. WHAT'S COOKING' In many M than one it spells U .;i<n. Banish bottle
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    The Straits Times S'pore, Thursday, June 30, 1955 The $200 Spell
    950 6 The Straits Times S'pore, Thursday, June 30, 1955 The $200 Spell Tomorrow the Singapore Central Provident Fund will at last come into foree for the second time. The former Government, to which the credit for this measure of social insurance properly belongs, originally set the date at May 1. But
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    The Arid Path
    387 6 In Ipoh. a candidate for the forthcoming Federal elections warned that exploitation of ccm- munal prejudices in order to i win a seat in the Council could lead to bloodshed among the communities. This warning has been uttered so often that it has lost the power of
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    Federation does not expect Colony's troubles
    698 6 Federation does not expect Colony's troubles THERE is now in the Federation some of the same awed curiosity about Singapore as people in Singapore felt about the Federation when the terrorists were at their most active. After all. Singapore has been through its general elections, and the aftermath of the
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      Back in the dark ages
      169 6 IAM astonished by the retrotrograde step of the Telecommunications Dept. in bringing the Johore subscribers back into the Dark Ages with manual operation for calls to Singapore, But. that there is more in this tian meets the eye. becomes evident when one examines the list
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      'Even worse now'
      156 6 pONGRATULATIONS to the Telecoms Department at Jdhore Bahru for the terrible mess it has caused in the telephone service since the change-over. The telephone service at Johore Bahru before the change-over was bad enough, but it is even worse now. I tried to call some one who
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      Hard on passengers
      135 6 IITHY has the S.T.C. ter- minus near the Upper Serangoon market been shifted to opposite Lowland Road? This change is causing inconvenience to people who used to board buses at the former end. Ninety-five per cent of them live beyond the market and it is inconsiderate to
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      WHY CONSULT PARENTS?
      90 6 IF the schools in Singapore must become bi-llngual or multi-lingual, why consult the parents as to which language the children should use to start or end with? Which language does the Government Intend to use in the Colony as the official language? Which language will earn the
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    Britain's atom strength will be behind Eden
    1140 6 Britain's atom strength will be behind Eden Britain is a frontline atomic power in her own right, says CHAPMAN PINCHER, in this discussion of the talking points which Sir Anthony Eden, the Foreign Secretary, will take to Cen c v a for the "Big Three" talks on July 17. rpHE
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    THE ASSEMBLY PICKETS
    224 7 rIRTY workers from the Singapore Harbour Board who have been on strike for the past two months yesterday picketed for seven hours outside Assembly House in High Street while the Legislative Assembly was in session. There was no demonstration of any kind and the men picketed in
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    The May 12 parade of death
    1225 7 WOUNDED STUDENT COULD HAVE BEEN SAVED -DOCTOR SHOT-THEN 3 HOURS TO HOSPITAL During the Singapore riots on May 12, a schoolboy was shot. This is the story of what happened in the three hours from the time he was found till the time he
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    HUME MONTHLY PAID MEN JOIN 1,250 STRIKERS
    387 7 We won't do work outside our usual duties FIFTY-SIX MONTHLY-rated employees of Hume Industries in Singapore joined the 1,250 daily-rated workers on strike yesterday. They claim the management had asked them to choose between joining the strikers and agreeing to do work other
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    AFTER UNION DEMANDS, A CONTRACTOR SAYS: I CLOSE DOWN
    209 7 AFTER UNION DEMANDS, A CONTRACTOR SAYS: I CLOSE DOWN OTHER developments in labour disputes in Singapore yesterday: CITY COUNCIL: Exploratory talks on 12 claims submitted by the City Council Labour Unions Federation will be held at the Labour Ministry today between Federation representatives and the Acting City President, Mr. J.
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    TWO DAYS A CAPTIVE OF GANGSTERS
    109 7 AN ODD-JOB labourer reported to the police yesterday that he was kept a prisoner by members of a secret society for two days. The man, whose name was not disclosed, said he was abducted by four men at the junction of Outram Road and
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    Mouth organ virtuoso off on tour
    76 7 Mouth organ virtuoso off on tour HARMONICA virtuoso Larry Adler left Singapore yesterday after a fortnight's stay giving concerts and theatre performances but he will return for one day on Aug. 9. Mr. Adler will give his first concert in Jakarta tonight. He will tour New Zealand from July 17
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    Book of voters
    32 7 PENANG. Wed. Revised electoral registers for the George Town Municipal Council, the Butterworth and Buklt Mertajam Town Councils, will be available for public Inspection for two weeks from today.
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    Ban on teachers
    33 7 Government teachers will not be allowed to offer themselves for election to the Singapore City Council, the acting Chief Secretary. Mr. A. A. Williams, said in the Legislative Assembly yesterday.
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    Board may soon be a council
    39 7 KAJANO, Wed.— The Town Board may soon become a town council if the Selangor State Government approves. The State Government, however, must first review revised estimates of revenue and expenditure now being prepared.
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    Malaya may make anti-polio serum
    134 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. The Federation's Institute for Medical Research is to examine the possibility of making Salk vaccine in Malaya. The director of the United Spates information Service in Malaya. Mr. Walter K. Schwinn today presented the formula to the Federation Government on behalf of
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    Consulate hours
    31 7 The Philippines Consulate In Singapore will be open only from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. from July 1 to 15. After that it will revert to regular office hours.
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    Cameraman faces 3 charges
    116 7 Cameraman faces 3 charges TAI YEOW KHOON, a press photographer of the Nanyang Slang Pau, yesterday appeared before a Singapore court on three charges connected with the riots in the Alexandra area on May 12. Tai. who claimed trial, was charged with: (1) Making statements with the intention of inciting
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    Murder bid alleged
    61 7 Robert Kum Koon Hoe. an ex-detective, was committed for trial In the next Assizes by the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday for the alleged attempted murder of a coffee i shop proprietor, last year. Kum. with three others, was alleged to have stabbed Tung Chung Kwang. In
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    Reds?' Take a cue from India'
    163 7 Reds? Take a cue from India' DETENTION ACT-THAT j j FOILED COMMUNISTS, j SAYS BOMBAY EXPERT j MR. KANJI DWARKADAS, Industrial Relations Adviser from Bombay, yesterday said India could teach Singapore how to deal with Communist agitators who try to upset industry. He said the Indian Government used the Detention
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      159 7 How clean is a whistle Let small boys whistle for the answer to that but for the perfect answer to the question of dairy dusting, cleaning and polishing, count on O-Cedar Polish. Furniture, paint and enamel work, porcelain and glazed tiles respond brilliantly to O-Cedar. You need only a few
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      62 7 High tides TODAY: Singapore 7.21 a.m. (7ft. lln.> 7 p.m. (Bft. 31n.); Port Dirkson 2.15 a.m. (6ft.) 3. 1S p.m. (7ft. lin.); Penang 9.47 a.m. (6ft. 51n.) 10.10 p.m. (sft. 2in i TOMORROW: Singapore 8.42 a.m. (7ft. 21n.) 7.55 p.m. (Bft. sin.i; Port Dlckaon 3.26 a.m. (6ft. 2in i 4.19
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    'OLD VIC' FACE-LIFT FOR THE NATIONS
    185 8 ABOUT $300,000 will be spont "sprucing up" tho Victoria Memorial Hall. Singapore, for the Colombo Plan consulta- 1 tivc committee confer-, ence opening; on Oct. 17. Tho upper hall, where tho main meetings will be held. will be "re-decorated from tou to bottom." the
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    Council loan approved
    56 8 The Legislative Assembly i ▼e.sterday .sanctioned the rais- I $30 million loan by City Council I the Financial" Secretary. r M. Hart, had explained ..n necessary to 'replenish the councils coffers as soon as :->le." Mi Ha- said the loan money i bf used mainly for cxi
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    'GIVE BACK OUR HOLIDAYS'
    74 8 PENANG. Wed. Indians ire preparing a petition Settlement asking for Thalptuam and Hindu New to be gazetted anew as pi.blic holidays. We arc most disappointed to loam that Thaipusam and oi.r New Year next year have nc been included among the list of public holidays." Mr.
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    THE 'PEACE'
    123 8 Red letter went to England, too addressed to Dr. Purcell F|R. VICTOR PURCELL, honorary adviser to the Ma*J layan Chinese Association, received one of the Communist Party's "peace" letters in England. The letter to Dr. Purcell bore I a Siamese stamp and, like those received in Malaya, was
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    Belgian tribute\u000d\u000ato our heroes
    53 8 Belgian tributeto our heroes The last contingent of Belgian troops to go home after imir and a half years in Korea arrived in Singapore yesterday in the liner Laos. Col. Raymond Pierlot. commanding officer of the contingent, and eleven officers went to the Cenotaph to place wreath in memory of
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    Stabbing charge
    44 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. H. M. Sultan. 28. today claimed trial here to a charge of stabbing Ng Mm Sen and attempting to stab See Toon Sing at Batu Road yesterday. Bail of $300 was allowed. The case was postponed to Bept 21.
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    Murder charge dropped
    36 8 BENTONG. Wed. Sentol bin YusofT. 20. a former special constable, was acquitted and discharged here today on a charge of murdering a 13--year-old girl. Lee Yok Mool. on Jan. 18. The prosecution withdrew
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    New air service
    20 8 MALACCA. Wed. Malacca is to have an afternoon air service from Singapore every Thursday beginning next week.
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    Now actors 'fight' the bandits
    89 8 Now actors 'fight' the bandits MALACCA. Wed lITHILE Security Forces were fighting Communist terrorists with guns in a nearby jungle, an Information Services drama group "fought" the enemy with entertainment and a message of goodwill at Asahan Estate last night. Rubber tappers and their families turned up to see a
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    Temple service
    32 8 A dedication ceremony for the Indian deity "Maha Kumbabishegam" will take place between 10.18 a.m. and 11.24 am. on July 7 at the Sri Thendayuthapaiii Temple in Tank Road. Singapore.
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    Water supply cut
    32 8 SITIAWAN. Wed. Until further notice, the water supply in Lumut district will be cut off daily from 9.30 a.m. to 4 30 p.m. and 7.30 p.m. to 6.30 a.m
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    Timber caravan at causeway —all over a $5 tax
    198 8 Timber caravan at causeway all over a $5 tax JOHORE MERCHANTS THREATEN 14-DAY DOWN TOOLS PROTEST UI'NDREDS of lorries 11 from Johore crossed the causeway yesterday, bringing timber to Singapore's threatened sawmills. Johore timber merchants have threatened to stop work from tomorrow until July 14 in protest against the Johore
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    MRS. CHUA CAN KEEP BABY SHE FOUND
    89 8 MRS. CHUA TENG YONG. who found a seven-day-old baby girl abandoned in Aljunied Road on Sunday, was given custody of the child yesterday. The Social Welfare Department allowed her to take the child home for a trial period. Mrs. Chua has applied to
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    Officer accused of co-op fraud
    229 8 HE WAS RECALLED FROM BRITAIN A GOVERNMENT OFFICER, on a training course in England, was recalled when it was found that accounts books under his charge, while he was secretary of a co-operative society, were not in order, it was stated in the Singapore Second
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    STRIKER CHARGED
    81 8 Arrested at cinema A STRIKER. U. Nagaretnam. 32. who was arrested at the Diamond Theatre on Monday tor alleged criminal intimidation, was yesterday charged in Ihe Singapore Eighth Magistrate's Court. Nagar?tmm was staled to have threatened Rangasamy. a worker of the theatre with inJury in an effort to
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    Screwdriver stabbing
    43 8 A shop owner Koh Seah Kee. aged. 32, was found with stab wounds in the chest in his shop in Tanglin Road. Singapore, yesterday. He was stabbed with a screw-driver during a quarrel. Koh is in hospital in a critical condition.
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    Eight pass Bar examination
    66 8 The following candidates were successful in the recent Trinity Bar Examination: J. T. Hudson fend G. Murngaiyan (Constitutional Law and Legal History (third class): Mrs. B. M. H. Beattie, J. O. Kiddle, and A. L. Pearson (Contract and Tort third class): S. K. Nair (Real property
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    Pahang's P-Day
    25 8 KUALA LIPIS. Wed. Polling day for the Pahartß state elections is Sept. 24. it was announced today. Nomination day will be Aug. 25.
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    FAMILY PLANNING
    114 8 Assembly debate then free vote TWE Singapore Legislative -L Assembly will soon debate family planning, and members on both sides of the House will be free to vote as they like. Mr. A. J. Braga, Minister for Health, said this in the Assembly yesterday in reply to a
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    Schoolgirls to get certificates
    54 8 KAJANG. Wed. Twentytwo schoolgirls will receive certificates in home nursing from the St. John Ambulance Association on Saturday. The presentation will be made by the District Officer. Mr. J. L. M. Gorrie. These girls have been receiving first aid instruction from the Kajang Medical Of- i
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    Flood funds
    42 8 The Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce still has a balanc? of $2 490 >f its Floxl Relief Fund. At the chamber's monthly meeting yesterdny. members decided that fie money be handed over to the Social Welfare Department for relief work.
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    LABOUR CODE FOR STUDY
    226 8 Select committee will r back before AuguJ^ rTHE new Bill to bring labour fakfe*, 1 up to date was referred by the S2S" B **z^ yesterday to a select committee f, r l:itiv The Minister for Labo v a f rth <'r s > Yew Hock,
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    Thugs stab man who wouldn't pay
    41 8 Thu gs stab man who wouldn't pay g. KARUPPIAH. 37 Pay protection o broken bottle by tl lth wclety members O f 0,2"" in his .shop in j IGa n Singapore, last ni»fi nml^S iU^'neGe. la serioua co "<litios have detained*
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    Wasn't on duty
    42 8 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed. Mo- I hamed Dom bin Arshad. a constable who absented himsef from his duty at the Marine Police hut at Tan.iong Petrie on May 20, was sentenced in the Magistrate's Court here to 15 days' lail.
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    Councillors tab $17m. decision
    33 8 KUALA I.UMPU3 M* The Municipal Council ha will be asked tt tti tomorrow to appn million fivp-ytar de»el dbh plan for the town The councillors will de* loan should
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    Lock icon STRAITS TIMES SPECIAL FEATURE Children blown through roof as gas blast killed 455
    1547 9 STRAITS TIMES SPECIAL FEATURE Children blown through roof as gas blast killed 455 SCHOOL WAS A 'LIVE BOMB' ONE afternoon in March, 1937, 700 children waited impatiently in New London school on the thriving Texas oilfields for the bell that would release them into the tempting sunlight of the fine,
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      122 9 FOUNTAIN PEN a lt\\ point for £J c way you J/7 [Ml 'O»«TJ SHOWN I Kirn I SHCIAtir Jill I "COMMINOIO I iU/ >■ Singapore, Malaya: liNALD MOORE LTD. HuiiM S'porc 9. Iff/A***!' ,fl volder* SHIRTS *!TH THE FAMOUS Tauluess EDEN Collar ami other styles WHITE COLOURED fine Broadcloth Perfectly
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      7 9 TO3IOKROU 1% IWii llussians Ruled In I'alifornia
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      268 9 J ■CROWN -UPS §CQj* ma/cc sure it>s D B CAMPBELL'S m For coughs, colds, J*J\6fStm I congestion of the MjVWMmMMmA I cnest and hoarsi m if I Powerful yet palat--4^ WM able. There is no W^^m bcttur remedy. From all H for irM^^L/r2y CHILDREN make sure it's GOULDINGS Relieves children's
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      98 9 Sherlock Holmes Don m t shooi MHcU Tracy To the lab ""^PHl^^f^^^flHiß r ITS A TUNNEL. ABOUT "1 feO. r WWEJ3E V STPAICWT Tol i MEANWM;_f: PuSmV UO/'rai P^UfV-1 2O PEET LONCi- GOMES UP OO WE CO I TWE LAB VUTTM gfTu^rfc UADP^r-,^ 4jc" H-«JMV HW BALCS f Htv I
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      1340 10 Tal: 1405 MANSFIELD dc CO., LTD. Talt 2,41 a (14 lines) (Incorporated in Singapore) 12 lines) THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE Corrier» option to prnce+ti vie other ports» to load ond discharge cargo SAILINGS to LIVtRPOOL, GLASGOW, LONDON ft CONTINENTAL PORTS Singopore Due Soils P. Sham Penong Anrhlses for Liverpool June
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      1061 10 IJ IJ Mk^KP^^^^grB B MrJPU EAST ASIATIC LINE SAILINGS TO CONTINENT/SCANDINAVIA For Aden, Port Said, Genoa, Antwerp, Rotterdam. Ham»ui«v Capon haaan CottlWlbMlf m OtiO n Spore P. Sham P# T?^ v. Spore P. S ham penang "MEONIA" for Bangkok Cans. 33/34 "IRRIA" for Bangkok, Saigon, o H n°d n0 Y
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      1002 10 SESKmg THE BEN LINE STEAMERS LTD. Tt 2 L 3 37 H i° SINGAPORE (Incorporated in the United Kingdom) I LINES SAILINGS TO U.K. AND CONTINENTAL PORTS S'pora P. Sham Penang Denvonnoeh for London, Hull In Part iWl ßo^e?Sam° nd T!'.... O.!S/14Srt- 3 Jut, Dh»ct arrive, London Aft Oenettow for
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      766 10 MeAUSXER Co —^"i saa~- L^E CITY OF BROOKLYN **.-i<r"'" I7J Spore P. S'hom Pcna ypor, C *»Tit V U| Call. Hull. II Ah 9 «/30 j u)y 'ft*, r. S AUO J A "1 P. Sham: Harrison ft Craifidrt -mi iv P««o-: M«Al^.r ft CBS lM> Ud I te^ t
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    OFFICIAL PRICES
    28 11 SINGAPORE, JI'NE 29 111 HBKK: $1.14* pi r lb (down 11 cents). 1 1 v 5362 per picul up cemts). COPRA: $27.75 per pit ill (unchanged).
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    75 11 MELBOURNE. Wed ■ere moderately u!i prices firm on the Stock today. Minings turnover a with prices variable, tended to ease slightly t M tive and higher i 1956-59 £95 5/8 1955-58 £96 7/16 M/10H MAW. unquoted I 25/6 buyer Hill 97/3 55/9 •i, 27/9 buyer 7/2 Mining 12/7
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    SHIPPING
    71 11 lag ilnn'sidc the Singa- i I'nlMiur Board wharves or! linl.iv .ire: >\s,a J C.iltex t romlni c.P.. state re Cochin T BreconBenattow 11, Tnmerlan Henreoch 15 16. I.arrtes 18. nut N Wall 4, V Wall 6, Sumpitan n! MST Lichter L 8 N Wall Brooke 21 22. Kamuninn n
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    32 11 Ire* exchange market in i B Kong yesterday, the U.S. i quoted at 5.79 for ca.sh i for T.T. I quoted at 15.62 and j lei of gold al 251.
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    RUBBER PRICES
    92 11 July first grade buyers f.o.b. closed in Singapore yesterday at 51.14\ per lb.. l'.s cents below Tuesday's closing price. The closing tone was easier. j Closing prices in cents per lb., No. 1 R.S.S. spot loose buyers 117"g. sellers 117% J No. 1 R.S.S. July buyers 114%, sellers
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    160 11 Singapore Chinese Produce Exchange: noon prices per picul yesterday were: Copra: quiet; July $27 buyers, $27 7 sellers; August $28 buyers. $28 "'s sellers. Coconut oil: quiet; bulk $41 sellers, drum $44 sellers. Pepper: quiet with no business reported; Muntok white $176. Sarawak $175 (both unchanged). Special Sarawak
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    FOR FIRST TIME IN A WEEK RUBBER PRICE IS LOWER
    326 11 By Our Market Correspondent fOR the first time for a week the price of rubber closed easier in Singapore yesterday, July first grade buyers f.o.b. closing at $1.14 f, one and oneeighth cents below Tuesday's price bust's iSFSS VSi ov'ef
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    BROKERS' REPORT
    132 11 The Malayan Share Brokers' Association, Singapore section, reported: "Quiet conditions prevailed throughout, all sections of the local share market with a number of small fluctuations In price due to the half yearly closing of the banks." Singapore brokers reported the followiriK business done yesterday: Gammon $2.57-,; Malayan Cement
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      98 11 LAST DAY: 3.15. 6.30 9 15 p.m. South -East Asia Film Co.'t "ADAM KHOR" Hindustani Jungle Thriller) Tomorrow: V. ShanUram's SI RAH KA TARA" Hindi w EnglUh Subtitles CHEAP SALE 78 r.p.m. Gramophone RECORDS from jII cts: New lots added in daily m if «-NI.WIMMH).MWNK. Slim Fat Away If fat
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      916 11 PUBLIC APPOINTMENT UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA Applicants are invited for a Lectureship In Biochemistry. Candidates should have a good Honours degree In Biochemistry or Its equivalent with suitable teaching and research experience. Further particulars may be obtained from the Registrar. University of Malaya. 81ngapore»10, with whom applications (nine copies) must be
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      922 11 NOTICES RUBBER ESTATES FOR SALE Two European owned properties:— (1) 6060 acres (about 4750 acres planted)! now| manufacturing solecrepe, Kota Tinggl. (2) 977 acres (501 acres planted) also Kota Tinggl. Enquiries for either or both to Box A 4546, S.X AUCTION SALF OF 649 pieces tanned sheep skins, flasks, grinding
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      158 11 NOTICES AUCTION SALE OF FREEHOLD PROPERTIES To Be Held At Our Sale-Room, No. S-C, D'Almeida Street, On MONDAY. 4TH JULY. 1955, AT 2.30 P.M Estate of LOW WOH deceased. VACANT POSSESSION. SEA-SIDE BUNGALOW TOGETHER WITH a SEA PAVILION KNOWN AS No. 188 WEST COAST ROAD off Paslr Panjang Road. Area
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      351 11 NOTICES j I Rr CHANAN SINGH to NARAIN SINGH Deceased ALL PERSONS having any claims against the estate of the abovenamed deceased, late of No 31. Amber Road. Singapore, who dlrd on the 6th day of August. 1953. are required to send particulars of their claims In writing to THE
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      160 11 NOTICES LOCAL AUTHORITIES ELECTIONS ORDINANCE, (1950) THE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS (MALACCA) KK.II.VTIONs 1951 NotiHratlon Under Regulation 11(1) Notice is hereby given that Lists "V and "B" for the Electoral V/ards of Tranquerah, Fort and Bukit China prepared In accordance with Regulation inn of the Municipal Elections (Malacca) Regulations 1951 are completed
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    74 12 FRANCE lias produced a fabric Persian lamb for women's coats, and boasts that 'only a moth can tell the difference." The fabric, made by .secret process from artificial silk, is beins displayed In coat form at the Canadian international trade fair in Toronto. It is
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    500 12 Make up for hair colour Fyou are being tempted to change your hair colouring with one of the many new hair dyes which are flooding the market, you are probably asking the big question: "What shall I do about my make-up when my hair becomes a different snade?" This question
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    RESULTS AT A GLANCE
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    276 13 fIUTHRIE B.C. had no difficulty in beating Mansfield 4-0 in their Group C League and Cup match on the padang yesterday. Mansfield played with ten men for the first fifteen minutes and were completely outplayed. Arthur Lim (2). Kok Peow (penalty) and Robert Wong
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    STB take seven off Busmen
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    412 13 TWO records were set up and one was equalled at the Raffles Girls' School's seventh annual sports held on Raffles Institution ground yesterday. Raffles Girls 'anchor' in the school's relay victories, Joyce Sim of Tarbet House, ran the 100 yards in 12.4secs., the seconU
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    MARINES HELD IN LEAGUE
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    85 14 Former Singapore and Sou'h cricketer. Carl Schubert, returned to the Colony after six years in j England .studying law. Schubert got his "Blue" at Nottingham University and was their outstanding all-rounder for the past three .seasons. He also played for several Eng- I J li.-h
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