The Straits Times, 3 August 1955

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  • 13 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845. SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3, 1955 15 CENTS r
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  • 360 1 Assembly drops all buiinegs to await Black's full reply on 'colonialism' OjSE'S SO TO MARSHALL fle loses 'let's work' appeal Till. Singapore LegisVssembly adjourned unexpectedly rda) to await a derisive reply to it> call mmediate self rnment. Minbly li w to I Minister, M rshall, who should
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  • 138 1 in the new Federation Government, is to be known as "Chief Minister." This was decided yesterday in talks between him and the High Commissioner, Sir Donald Macl»iluvray. Another point discussed was the order of precedence of Tenffku Abdul Rahman and other top Government officers. This order
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  • 156 1 It will attack air record 4 RECORD MAKING Royal Air Force Vickers Valiant bomber was due at Changi airfield rarly this morning on its way for secret trials at Woomera, Australia. The four-engined swept wing jet will be making its' lirst v- it to Singapore The
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  • 50 1 ROME. Tues.— Archaeologists have discovered the ancient Greek theatre of Heracle Minoa, Sicilian city reportedly founded by Minos. King of Crete, who became the Judge of Hades. The city had been lost for 2.000 years. First traces of its walls and towers were found in 1907.— A.P.
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  • 37 1 MOSCOW, Tues.—Mrs. Lottie Ilanney, 70-year-old Britishborn woman who has waited since the war for Soviet permission to return to Britain, will leave Leningrad by sea for London tonight the British Embassy stated today. Reuter.
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  • 158 1 HE LEFT LEADER OFF COUNCIL KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. THE Selangor UMNO women's section today threatened to boycott the Alliance in the State elections next month because Trngku Abdul Rahman, the Chief Minister designate, did not nominate their leader to one of the five reserve seats
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  • 232 1 MALACCA. Tuesday. •TENGKU ABDUL RAHMAN, Chief Minister-designate, 1 met Dato Sir Cheng-lock Tan, today for the second time this week. They had a 90-minute discussion on the appointment of representatives of the Chinese community in the new Federal Legislative Council. After the meeting Sir
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  • 104 1 COPENHAGEN. Tues. ATOP Soviet scientist said today that Russia will create an artificial earth satellite within two years may launch it in 1957. Prof. Leonid I Sedov thus implied the U.S.S.S.R. might get the jump on the* United States in this branch of
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  • 33 1 TANGIER. Tues.— A dopecrazed Moroccan ran amok in Tangier's tortuous alleys today, stabbing io death four people, including an American tourist, and wounding five others before he was captured.— A.P.
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  • 109 1 For union chief NEW YORK. Tues. DAVE BECK, 61-year-old president of the International Brotherhood of Toumsters. the giant union of transport and general workers, announced today the union has bought his U.S. $160,000 $500,000) house in Seattle. Washington, so he can live there rent free. Until five
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  • 17 1 MOSCOW, Tues. A Yugoslav parliamentary delegation arrived in Moscow today, Tass news agency said.— Reuter.
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  • 171 1 Unions give Council 'a last chance* THE strike called by the 10,000-strong Singapore City Council Labour Unions' Federation for today was last night deferred a fortnight to give the Council "a last chance" to settle the federation's claims. This decision was taken after
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  • 58 1 OXNARD. California, Tues Lpretta Young, the film star. i was discharged from St. John's Hospital yesterday after a three-and-a-half-month stay during which she was treated for peritonitis and abdominal adhesions. She will take a long rest in Honolulu when she is able to travel and
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  • 127 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Part of the main trunk road two miles south of Kuala Kubu in North Selangor suddenly collapsed this afternoon The road at this point, 38 miles north of Kuala Lumpur, runs on an embankment The road sank for 200 feet,
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  • 252 1 PRINCESS AND THE HANDSOME EARL 'OUR STEPS MATCH VERY WELL' LONDON, Tues. DRINCESS MAR--1 GAR^T'S busy round of dates with the wealthy, handsome Earl of Wilton, 34. drove Group Capt. Peter Townsend out of the Royal romance gossip today. He has been seeing a lot of Princess Margaret during the
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  • 51 1 Two injured SAIGON, Tues. Terrorists tonight exploded a large time bomb in a letter box in the main hall of Saigon's central post office. The plastic bomb went off ten minutes before closing time when only a few people were in the hall. Two were injured.
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  • 20 1 LONDON, Tues —Steady rain fell in Northern England today fo r the first time for 30 days.
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  • 296 1 TWO KILLED, FOUR HURT IN CRASH Tragedy after visit to friends SEREMBAN, Tuesday. TWO people were killed and four injured when their car overturned at the 5 j milestone Port Dickson Road early this morning. The dead were Mr. Chin Yew Choy, a tea planter, and Mr. Tan Swee Hock,
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  • 69 1 A Vampire lands in the padi BU TTKK WORTH Tues. A VAMPIRE jet plane overshot the runway on the RAF airfield in Butterworth this morning and ianded in a padi field. The pilot was not injured. RAF officials would not give details of the mishap. Damage to the plane is
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  • 60 1 U.S. MAKERS PUT UP TYRE PRICES NEW YORK. Tues.— The B.F. Goodrich Co. yesterday announced an increase in the price of motor car tyres. Other manufacturers are expected to follow this lead. Prices will rise by pearly U.S. 70 cents (about $2) retail. Reasons given for the inincrease included the
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  • 34 1 BAGOTVILLE, Quebec, Tues —Robert Cossette, 28. a polio victim with only one good leg. was given a hero's welcome yesterday when he completed a 28-mile swim down the Sagucnay River.— Reuter
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  • 59 1 crjICHESTER, Sussex, Tues. —Col. Alistair Gibb, 54, was killed by misadventure during a polo game at Midhurst near here last Friday, a coroner's court decided today. The colonel broke his neck when he was thrown from his horse in a collison with another member of
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  • 36 1 'Teahouse' on film NEW YORK. Tues.- The successful play "The Teahouse of the August Moon" will be filmed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The company is now looking for an actress to play the geisha girl. Lotus Blossom. -A.P.
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  • 20 1 MUNICH. Tues. Crown Prince Rupprecht. 86-year-old son of Bavaria's last king. Ludwig the Third, died today. -Reuter.
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  • 410 1 rjURKHA troops carried in ships of the Royal Malayan Navy landed yesterday in south-east Johore in a new bid to smash the 9th Independent Communist platoon which they have been harassing since April. Companies of the 2/10 Gurkhas were put ashore at three points along an
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  • 47 1 STATE OF EMERGENCY IN CALCUTTA r.A'.rrTTA. T-irs Thrre-mo-.l!i rmi I ,-t nrv i hf-rn il '!.urd in port nf C ilrntt.l tfl mrt srnnus M<;Mtinn created hv jjo riow lactles •I '.ono of poi: in noo -.(prrrtors and labowen, it i ofnciaiiT taaoaaced '•> today.— Renter
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  • 39 1 ISLE OF CAPRI, Tues. A helicopter fell into the sea off Capri's siren rocks today while its two Italian occupants were takinp photographs of sunbathers. The helicopter sank. A motorboat rescued the peeping (urns. A.P.
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  • 128 2 His aim to treat all children he can find LONDON, Tues.— A f.O-yoar-old ships quartermaster, who mm (Mil in lotteries in Bong Kong and Malaya, arrived here yesterday planning to spend a large part of his winnings on entertaining at many children as he can find
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  • 72 2 250 LIGHTNING FLASHES IN 45 MINUTES COLOGNE. Tues.— A spectar thunderstorm over Cologni last night produced, b period of almost continual j Ming. ther experts said that it j wsu rauM'd by four thunder- 1 storms meeting over the city. It produced 250 lightnBasbea In 45 minutes. 1 men and
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  • 129 2 London to Singapore and back LONDON, Tues. Seven-teen-year-old Malcolm Bennett of Dartford, England, is flying to Singapore and back for 30s instead of the €300 or so it ould cost by the ordinary air service. This is possible because Malcolm is a sergeant in Dartford Grammar School
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  • 28 2 The United Chinese Library of Singapore will hold a cocktail party at its premises in Armenian Street next Monday on the occasion of its 45t.h anniversary.
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  • 78 2 Bulldozer uncovers her body IPOH, Tues. HTHE body of a widow, Choo Heong, 28, who was buried alive yesterday afternoon while working in the Nam Tet No. 2 tin mine, seven miles from Ipoh. has been recovered. A bulldozer had to be used to clear away the earth before her
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  • 36 2 'Unite for peace' Soekarno MECCA, Tues. President Soekarno of Indonesia, yesterday called for Muslims everywhere to unite for peace. He spoke at a reception m the Indonesian legation here at the end of his pilgrimage.— U.P.
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  • 752 2 The Free Press and Marshall: 'Words were put in his mouth,' says the Speaker A REPORT of a speech A by the Chief Minister, Mr. David Marshall, in the Singapore Legislative Assembly on July 25 "put words in his mouth" which cannot be found in the official record of his
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  • 123 2 COPENHAGEN, Tues. MOON SHIPS, sustained by space stations 1,000 miles above the earth, could well be in operation during the life time of many people now living, an American aeronautical expert has predicted here. Mr. Norman Petersen, an American guided missiles
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  • 251 2 Y-LINE ISN'T FOR BIG WOMEN but it suits Chinese waintr ln GIX WOMEN and a representatives top fashion-houses in Singapore agreed that Christian Dior's latest fashion f i V (for youth) line will prove more becomi younger women with trim waists and hi lines than to older women with their
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  • 46 2 BOMBAY. TIM A by dockworkei> I ships bound lor I colony of Goa besin on Thursd sport anci Dork \V spokesman said here I A mass rally of decided on the boycott port of the Ooan for a merger with India ter.
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  • 27 2 LYMINGTON. T year-old Paul Vii: day here from Singapore his parents, entered a aOswimminp race I 14, and although he ci last he finished
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  • 256 3 further proof of Darul Islam fanatics' powerful country-wide organisation Captured document gives shadow cabinet names JAKARTA, Tuesday. I'MENT captured by the Indonesian Army ,ils of I shadow cabinet composed of rebel leaders who are waging guerrilla throughout the islands. regarded by Army men as
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    56 3 Trumpet blast marks hour of passing A crowd outside the headquarters of the General Labour Confederation in Buenos Aires pays homage under a giant portrait of Eva Peron, on the third anniversary of her death, July 26. The ceremonies began with a trumpet blast at 3.25 p.m., the
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  • 86 3 Highway robbers AUSTRALIA WORRIED Miir.oi RNE. ii"v H |(i ,l M bandits arc on intrrI crime h ,s marring i i i ii port idits Imp f rom Mvrrful cars on to the v|<>« -moving nding up long mi lonely itretehea x dash the row "IT M»mc <>f then drop
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  • 21 3 I! rues.— Waves have swept In cities of July 14 have 259 wounded. the French Resi- aid yester-
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  • 94 3 HI Ml HI Tucv A stray fi .in a Nepalese fills qualified for the 111 t| the uorld's "top dog" minus: to 21.000 feet «nh ihi French expedition Mik.ilu (his year. uas closely followed her village mongrel 'h;ih later accompanied an expedition
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  • 85 3 HONG KONG, Tues. DEPOSITS of beryl, worth more than HKSIO million '$5 million) have been discovered here oy a British soldier who turns amateur prospector at weekends. Announcing this today, Professor B. P Bumton. lecturer in geology at Hong Kong University, said discoveries by
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  • 27 3 BONN, Tues.— »An association of former war prisoners called or the government today to revive the name Wehrmacht for West Germany's new arnica forces. A.P.
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  • 196 3 It looks like peace at last Dulles PEKING URGED: RENOUNCE FORCE WASHINGTON, Tues. MR. JOHN FOSTER DULLES. U.S. Secretary of State, said today that Communist China's release of American airmen and other developments might mark the beginning of a new phase in Peking's relations with the rest of the world.
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  • 153 3 GENEVA, Tufes. UNITED STATES and Chinese Communist negotiators today discussed repatriation of civilians to their respective countries at a meetins held in the wake of yesterday's announcement that China was releasing 11 American prisoners. The officials. Mr. Johnson, the American Ambassador to Czechoslovakia, and
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  • 117 3 NEW YORK, Tuesday. A BRITISH biologist, Professor Julian Huxley, said yesterday the world "must have birth control" to solve the "very serious problem" of over-population professor Huxley arrived here from London and talked to reporters at Idlewild airport. Dr Huxley said the worlds population
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  • 43 3 WASHINGTON, Tues. Mr. Harold Talbott resigned yesterday as Secretary of the Air Force. President Eisenhower, in accepting the resignation of Mr. Talbott. whose business interests had been investigated by the Senate, said: "Your decision is the right one."— Reuter.
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  • 27 3 TAIPEH, Tues. Two CommunLst Chinese gunboats were heavily damaged yesterday in a 30-minute battle with Nationalist Chinese naval units near the island of Matsu.— U.P
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  • 46 3 TOKYO. Tues.— Police reported a fire fanned by strong winds today destroyed more than 70 houses Including a hospital in Ryozu City on Sado island in the Japan Sea, 35 miles north-west of Niigata City. Northern Japan. No casualties were reported. —Reuter.
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  • 51 3 SLOUGH (England), Tues.— A couple who said they had nover once quarolled during 34 years of married life were last night declared the hap- plest married couple in England. They are Mr. and Mrs. Henry Thurgood. They won the title in a competition at a fair here.—
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  • 346 3 LONDON. Tuee. OTOCK MARlOrrs were generally k hesitant here today with operators proceeding cautiously and tending to give more consideration to the Chancellor of the Exchequer's remarks on the economic situation. It Is also thought in some quarters that the credit squeeze will cause forced selling of shares
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  • 35 3 LONDON. Aug. 2.— Spot 40 7 id. Sept. 41 s d.. Oct.-Dec. 40 7 id., Jan.Mar. 39', d., Apr-June 37? id., Aug. c.i.f. 403^d.. Sept. C.i f 40-s. Oct c.i.f. 40 Tone Steady.
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  • 23 3 LONDON. Aug. 2— Cash Buyers £761: Sellers £762; Forward Buyers £755; Sellers £756; Settlement £761. Turnover a.m. 15 tons. pm. 85
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  • 46 3 LONDON, Tues. The Duke of Northumberland yesterday received a prize red rose as annual rent for land he allows the Newburn Council to use as a park. The Duke said he prefers the rose to money "because he wants to revive old customs."—Reuter.
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  • 192 4 TRAFFIC CHIEF TAKES DIM VIEW OF TWO-YEAR TRIALS WITH SIDELIGHTS MOTORISTS DIDN'T KNOW DARK FROM BRIGHT SINGAPORE Traffic Police have decided after two years of careful study that cars should use their headlights on all roada whether they are well-lit or not. The Traffic Chief,
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  • 215 4 Once sentenced to die, he leaves court a free man TAPPER STABBED A WOMAN MALACCA, Tuesday. A TAPPER, once sentenced to death for killing a woman in a struggle, left the High Court a free man today. He was sentenced to five months' jail on an amended charge of causing
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  • 66 4 Comfortable night IPOH, Tues.— The Raja Bendahara of Perak, second in succession to the throne, underwent an emergency operation last night at the Batu Gajah Hospital for kidney trouble. A Medical fieoartment spokesman told the Straits Times today that the Raja spent a fairly comfortable night The
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  • 40 4 PENANO. Tues Che Kamsaini popular local Indonesian singer won the Harl Raya singing contest at the Odeon Theatre last night. Out of 51 entrants, nine finalists— six men and three women— took the stage last night.
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  • 33 4 Guns at the ready in south Johore landing GUNS at the ready, Gurkhas are ferried from ship to shore in their "invasion" of southeast Johore yesterday. Straits Times picture.
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  • 32 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues.— The Federal capital is to put tcotne" signs at the north and south approaches. Designs arc now being planned, the Municipal Council told Uust night.
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  • 33 4 PENANG. Tues.— Malay settlers in Bagan Dalam. Butterworth, last night elected Inche Dahaman oin Tahir their new Ketua Kampong. He succeeds Capt. Mohamed Saac who died two years ago.
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  • 49 4 Hang Kee Pong was charged in Singapore yesterday with attempted extortion m Purvis Street on July 26. Hang, who pleaded not guilty, was alleged to have threatened Yeo Ah Koh in order to get $3.60 from him. He was allowed bail until Aug. 9.
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  • 28 4 PENANG, Tuea. The Penang Muslim Advisory Board has decided to ban political talks in mosques, but it will allow such talks in the mosque compounds.
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  • 168 4 BIG DRIVE TO FIGHT VICE IPOH, Tues. rpHE RED light district Aof Teluk Anson, where 250 Malay prostitutes operate, will be the first target of Muslim missionaries in their state wide anti-vice drive. Mr M. V Hussein, secretary of the Perak. Branch of the All-Malaya Muslim Missionary Society, told the
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  • 35 4 PENANO, Tues. Three Penang hotels two in Penang Road and one in Leith Street were burgled during the holidays. A pair of binoculars and cash to the total value of $1,268 were stolen.
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  • 77 4 President quits a union 'I'M SICK F THE STIUFi; IPOH THE PRESIDENT 1 Federation yan Estates Unions. Mi. k p' Choudhary, owine; to dill. some afflliati "I am fed up ternal strife,' Straits Times today There had „n jockeying for power and some unions blocking eflorN at forminn national union.
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  • 38 4 SITIAWAN, Tues. -Mr d I Payne, of the Fcdera blishment Office. Kuala La pur. has taken over dufe District Officer, Dindings. place of Lt. Col. R t who soes on long Thursday with h children.
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  • 141 4 rpAN AH LAY got drunk. 1 stretched himself on a road and four policemen had to leave their normal duties to look after him Yesterday. Mr. J. M. DevereuxColebourn, the Singapore Fourth Magistrate, told Tan"This court will show sympathy for anyone who gets
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  • 22 4 The Singapore Tamil B chers' Union wi'l ho!d fifth annual mertinz a 1 I Adelph: Hotel on Sunday 5 p.m.
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  • 113 5 PILOT OF BRANDED S HIP WINS APPEAL I so. Tues. II mmissioncr I has allowI of Captain I tie a former I penan K ltarI gainst tho I his pilot I the Penang I r ho resigned I en told I ansport a t haa been I v piloting the
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  • 19 5 Kampong immunity CenM c Low; Mr 8. H. Lee chink Shien; Urn Tang i i.'cr, Mr.
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  • 17 5 Ilnche s. M. ful AlIn Ponanp :ht toured rural ank his constli theii support.
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  • 79 5 Mice offer in bid to find slayers of Spore estate manager RD of $10,000 has been offered by the Singalice for information leading to the arrest responsible for the murder of Chua Chuan a rubber estate manager, on July 13. killed while visit oil the 9i niile- rampines
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  • 31 5 There will be a public disrussion on "Malayanisation" at the weekly meeting of the EHst-We.st Society, Singapore. ai tho British Council Hall. Stamford Road at 8. 30 p.m. tomorrow.
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  • 143 5 WIFE of 17 (She wed at 15) TO FIGHT DIVORCE A PETITION for divorce by Charles Hendricks, alias Charles Robert Van der Beck, a tally clerk, against his 17-year wife, Rosaline Hendricks, on the ground of cruelty, was adjourned in the Singapore High Court yesterday as the- respondent wanted to
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  • 77 5 Mr. C. H. Koh took over as defence counsel for Yong Koh Kirn. president of the Singapore Factory and Shop-Wor-ker.s' Union, when his case alleging possession and abetting possession of terrorist documents came up for mention in the First Criminal District Court yesterday. The case was
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  • 82 5 Beauty is this girl's business Miss NANCY mix. of Kuala l.iimpur. who returned yesterday from a year's course in beauty culture and hairdressinK in two London m hools and six months' practice in a Ma.vfair beauty salon. Miss Chin plans to set up a salon in Kuala I.umpur with latest
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  • 392 5 INDIAN AS LABOUR MINISTER IS SPECIALLY WELCOMED MR. OPPOSITION SAYS: 7 AM QUITE SATISFIED WITH IT' KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. fllE public today commented favourably on the Alliance "cabinet" which Tengku Abdul Rahman has submitted to the High Commissioner, Sir Donald MacCJillivray. The
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  • 152 5 The boy who pines for father goes to court SIX-YEAR-OLD On g Teck is looking forward to Aug. 25 when he will see his father, Wong Ah Leong, 65, who was sent to the Opium Treatment Centre two weeks ago. Ong Teck, who wa» parted from his father by the
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  • 196 5 Vacation work on Primary I.Q. test T<HE Penang Education Department has asked 1 English school teachers to be on stand-by duty this week to test the intelligence of children seeking admission to Primary classes next year. The teachers I are now on vacation. This entrance
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  • 61 5 Sen Su. vicethe Singapore nary School Teaunion, yesterday supn fcher kheng. mblyman, in his critliers' "fondnea. for agreed that -too much mahjong" could be bad for teachers. He asked the Singapore Chinese Teachers' Union, which has objected to Mr. Lim's criticism, to take his remarks in good
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  • 33 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Tues. Tan Buan Hock, a clerk, was fined S5OO, or four months' iail. today for having 13 packets and 27 pilLs of opium when police raided his room.
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  • 22 5 Singapore Gun Club will hold its annual shooting competition at the Club Range. Rifle Range Road. Bukit Timah. on Sunday.
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  • 70 5 3 MEN HELD PENANG, Tues. PENANG police raided different parts of George Town at the same time last night and held three secret society members for questioning. They are to be questioned about the murder of an 18-year-old blacksmith, Onp Ah Thiam, outside a coffee shop on
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  • 75 5 A wartime Royal Navy submarine flotilla captain mow a Rear Admiral i who was responsible for the secret landing of U.S. General Mark Clark in North Africa and the evacuation of the French General Giraud from the Sooth of France, will be visiting Singapore between Aug
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  • 47 5 F. J. Mackie was charged in a Singapore court yesterday with cheating S.S.W. Hendry. by giving him a worthless $7,000 cheque for a diamond ring at Sena Ltd.. in His-h Street on Oct. 18. 1954. The case will be mentioned again today.
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  • 33 6 N W tirii* $ltl i minimum j I PfOCK ISABEL, widow of the I Harry Elphirk nnd \e-y dearly P suddenly and France, on d Maliya and I friends ."-lie leaves there.
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  • 22 6 N Wurrf, $10 (minimum) \ms. W. A. Mitchell 'ei.ii'd on the Lhelr Marriage on 30th ..o ali who j-ent lie presents.
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  • 39 6 20 Hord, $lt (minimum). ICHIRO EDWIN p.i.sMrt •ii the 3rd of Ausrust. 1951. er loving memory." Nettie. ROE In ever affectionate remembrance of our darling Mothi v m i lied to Rpm da] 1951. "Always in our
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  • 795 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Wed. Aug. 3, 1955. A Sound Cabinet There is a great deal to j commend in the list of Minisl ters that Tengku Abdul Rahi man submitted to the High Commissioner. An immediate cause for satisfaction is that cabinet-making has proceeded smoothly and expeditiously. There was
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  • 489 6 Singapore's constitutional crisis, born some three weeks ago, seems to have mellowed with middle-age. At yesterday's meeting of the Legislative Assembly there was none of the impatience and excitement that marked the crisis debate of July 25 which ended in the four-point resolution asking, among other
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    • 254 6 QNE noteworthy feav ture of the Federal election was the enthusiasm of the women voters arid the intelligence with which they exercised their vote. Several old women and some with various other disabilities were helped in by their relatives, to cast the vote
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    • 51 6 WHY is the bus fare from the Methodist Girls' School, Malacca, to the bus stop at the Pay Fong Chinese School, Kubu Road, a distance of less than a mile, ten cents, when the fare for a vehicle mile is only four or five cents? TANG CHEI LAH.
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    • 159 6 1 THINK that with Mr. Lennox-Boyd in the Federation in a few days' time, the position of both the territories Penan* and Malacca, as well as all those born in those territories, and who are British subjects; should be clarified. In the nine states forming the
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    • 88 6 IN THIS small town or Pontian a political group has chosen a spot right inside a residential area for a huge fun fair. This has been going on over many nights The residents find it hard to rest and the light roads are
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    • 234 6 TRAINING TEACHERS IN PAHANG THE Pahang Education Department opposes the corres pondence course for trainee teachers and starting a "live" course is not easy. It is very difficult for trainee teachers to get together for week-end lectures, since the schools are so far apart from one another, and travelling in
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    • 55 6 YOU reported that the first thing Tengku Abdul Rahman did after being in- formed of the Alliance vie- tory was to offer a prayer of 5 thanksgiving to Almighty S God. Blessed Is the country whose leader acknowledges E the sovereignty of God and 5 his
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    • 88 6 I COULDN'T Help smiling at what Mr. David Mar- E shall had to say in con- demnation of Mr. Suther- land's letter about Dr. E Soerkarno. However, in spite of Mr. E Marshall's defence of the latter, I think that Dr. Soer- karno showed ill-manners, r to
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    • 54 6 PUTERA Indonesia says, "To us Indonesians, all critics are blessings and one 5 citizen or alien who s frankly criticises our gov- eminent and people, is well E regarded." This being so the discus- s sions and arguments over Mr. G.A.P. Sutherland's com- ments as an insult are s
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  • 911 6 i By AN INDUSTRIAL CORRESPONDENT AUTOMATION has been hailed as the second industrial revolution but there are many who would challenge this. The industrial wheel has made many revolutions such as the adoption of the individual electric motor for each machine and the introduction of the
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  • 556 6  - Persia won't give opium addicts passports to Mecco VINCENT BUST By TWENTY-FIVE health centres, equipped to handle 6,000 cases of opium addiction each month, are to be opened in Teheran as part of a new drive against opium-smoking. In support of the drive, the authorities are considering measures to abolish
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    • 702 6 CLASSIFIED ADS. 2* Word, no (minimum). TO lime and Taffy Thomas a Mym Elizabeth on the 2nd ;u K K. Singapore. Both well. To Sue and BUI. on 2nd Aura* at Buncsar Hospital. I umpur, a daughter. Both veil. CHAWFORD: To Anne and Hunter, at Prnang Maternity Hos»n 30th July,
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    • 19 6 MALAYAN RAILWAY TRAVEL IN COMFORT ALL FIRST AND SECOND CLASS BEDS ARE NOW FITTED WITH FOAM LATEX MATTRESSES m
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  • 1012 7 WITNESS IDENTIFIES BLOOD-STAINED BAG AND SAYS: I LKMT II TO THE ACCUSED MAN Pl-TKCTIVE 01+ OF /v.i W PROSECUTION 1 witness told the rf lure today with tho two to hire a car fterthemurj Wearne Bro- cashier. found un ted to m I
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  • 133 7 A witness told the court that he went with the two i. (used men to hire a car 'but when I found it was u anted to carry a corpse 1 became frightened and left them. j The younger brother of Chen Chun* Ling identi-
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  • 82 7 lI .NIIAM. Tims.— ngines stood by hornets' next u.i^ ls( lURht. I) workers started Ihej informed the it Klang. An Miit to onsiirc did not spread. living near the scene saw the bushes in tlami-s and promptly telephoned the fire
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  • 204 7 CULTURE FROM CHINA-BY THE TON AN Indian expert on international culture arrived in Singapore yesterday with some of China's oldest secrets. Professor Raghu Vira, 53, and hi.s 19-year-old daughter. Miss Sudarashana Dcvi, were on their way back to India after a three-month tour of China. They had been invited by
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  • 52 7 Fifteen members and officials of the Malayan Christian Council yesterday attended a farewell party in honour of the Rev. John Fleming in Singapore "ast night Mr. Fleming. General Secretary of the Council, and his wife and daughter Jennifer will leave Singapore for Scotland on Saturday on
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  • 24 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Tv.es.— An American social service expert. Miss Leta Galpin, arrives in the Federation this month to give youth leadership courses.
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  • 54 7 A servant, Lim Ngang Chua. pleaded guilty in Singapore yesterday to stealing $103 from his employer. Tan Teck Thian. in Queen Street between 7.30 p.m. and 11.30 p.m. on July 29. Lim admitted that he stole the money from a drawer in Tan's absence. Sentence was
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  • 90 7 A GANG of 12 secret society I of the gang came to the stall men wrecked a food stall just before it closed and at People's Park. South i opened a refrigerator. Bridge Road, Singapore, His staff chased them away about 3.30 a.m. yesterday.
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  • 225 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Tiles. -Two J fire victims, a Chinese i mother and her child, were found lying dead in i gutted tiou.se in Jalan Ah Fook on Feb. 4. a Johore Inquest was told today. Mr V G Donough. State Fire Officer, said
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  • 303 7 Now the new ministers go house -hunting PEXALING JAYA MAY BE 'CABINET TOWN' KUALA IUMPUR, Tues. T<IIE FEDERATION Gov- eminent is facing a new housing problem homes for Us Alliance ministers. Some may have to stay in hotels for a brief period until homes are found. An official spokesman admitted
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  • 198 7 Now he'll appeal against $25 fine KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. MOHAMED JEE, 50, a Justice of the Peace and former president of the Central Pakistani Association of Selangor, was today fined $25 in the Second Magistrate's Court here for using abusive language to
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  • 79 7 TEMERLOH. Tues.— Pan Islamic Party candidate Inche Mohamed Yassin felt there was something familiar about the j figure of 1.999 votes which were j cast for jhlm in Semantan. Pahang. But in the excitement as the results were being announced, he could not recall
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  • 51 7 The Singapore Musical Society yesterday sent out hundreds of pamphlets advertising the recital to be given by American pianist Julius Katchen next Monday. A few hours later came a telegram from Australia saying that Mr. Katchen was ill and would not be able to give the
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  • 131 7 Mr. Marshall tells 7 anxious union leaders SEVEN trade union leaders who were to have called on the Chief Minister yesterday to ask him not to resign, did not do so at the request of Mr. David MarThey took this decision on Monday night after an earlier
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  • 47 7 Many wrestlers were among the mourners at the funeral in Singapore yesterday of Mr. Dominic Carmichael. retired planter and the "wrestters' friend" who died on Sunday. Mr. Carmichael collapsed at the ringside while watching a wrestling match at the Happy World stadium on Saturday.
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  • 171 7 Blinkers, bandits, morons 'THE PLANTER' ON AMNESTY PLAN KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. THE Planter, journal of the Incorporated Society of Planters, today said it hoped to "remove the blinkers from those who would offer amnesty to, or otherwise dicker with, the Communist terrorists." These people, the Journals editorial sairt. held the
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  • 33 7 Paramu Thevar. of Jalan Kayu, Singapore, was attacked by a man with a parang whiln .sitting outside his house on Sunday night. He was injured in the leg
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  • 54 7 Kadaval Jodhi. a holy man. will observe 21 days' silence from today at the temple at 14»/ 2 milestone, Woodlands Road. Singapore. He will stop talking at 9 a.m. today and will speak only after 21 days. During his silence, sick people who go to him will
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
    • 167 7 The weather MIMMIM TEMPERATURE: (7.30 p.m. on Aug. 1 to 7.30 a.m. on Auk. 2) Singapore 72, Penanß 71. Kola Bahru 74, Kuala Lumpur 73, Ipoh 68, Kuantan 71. MAXIM I M TEMPERATURE: (7.30 a.m. to 7.30 p.m. on Aug. 2> Singapore 83. Penanß 87. Kota Bahru 88, Kuala Lumpur
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  • 201 8 J^ FIRM build in- a gas turbine at Singapore's Pasir PanJMf power station yesterday announced it had become associated with a group of companies in Britain which will concentrate on research to design and construct nuclear power stations. But atomic power for
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  • 72 8 34 bandits killed last month KUALA LUMPUR Fri. rpiIIRTY-FOUR terrorists were 1 killed in the Federation last month according to provisional figures six more than were killed in June. Nineteen terrorists surrendered last month three were captured and 1.3 wounded. Fight members of the security forces were killed, six were
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  • 50 8 Sir Kenneth Grubb, president ot thr Church Missionary Society and chairman of the Commission of the Churches f*n International Affairs, will visit Malaya during a three-month overseas tour. He is expected to arrive in Singapore on Oct. 17 and to leave Malaya on Oct. 28.
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  • 40 8 JOHORE BAHRU, Tues. Sixteen Indian \\omen in Johore have completed a. special three-day health development course, including lectures and tours. This was organised by the Social Welfare Department and supervised by Mrs. M. V. P Nathan.
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  • 36 8 About $3,845 worth of jewellery was stolen from a house in Amber Road. Singapore, over the week-end. The thief got into the house while the householder, Mr. J. H. Oslan. was away.
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  • 28 8 SITIWVAN. Tues.— A concort in aid of the Anglo-Chinese School building and rr.jipment fund will be held in ihe school hall on Thursday at 7.30 p.m.
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  • 270 8 Musical art at its best ROSTAL PROFOUND YET ELEGANT IyHEN Austrian born violinist Max Rostal gave a concert at the Victoria Memorial Hall 1 on Monday night, it was the 80th. recital he had given since his previous visit to Singapore last February. In the meantime he has been touring
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  • 158 8 £ANON R.K.S. ADAMS yesterday presented the colours of the Colony of Singapore and that of the Singapore Boy Scouts Movement to 14 boy scouts who last night left for Indonesia to take part in the All-Indonesia Boy Scout Jam- boree. Canon Adams, who is
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  • 233 8 ONE THOUSAND MEN NOW INVOL VED IN 'WILDCA T STRIKE A T SA WMli ABOI'T 1.000 sawyers and log-haulers employed in 17 Singapore sawmills are now affected by the "wildcat" strike of 500 timber carriers j which began last Friday. All of them have
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  • 32 8 CLERK FACE HOUSEBREAR RAPE coint KLAI.AI Maya in. 24 was tentati of tousebre Mayam, o cations qu Road. broken Info bouse on 13 and raprci hr Bail was allow* was postponed I
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  • 19 8 A thief brok of a watchman Road on Sundai and valuables wi The watchmai thr time.
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 258 8 Straits Times Crossword ss£^ PTT IF" 7 5 IIF" 1 < Tmr^J 31 Patten H 9^ H Hi 10 H 32Test a line ,4,. "77" wu Lady with thi 2 Mpnetar; Si^i nmm source '.i' S\^ 4 M;r ufl M M 1| II II M I S Shy crab i
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  • STRAITS TIMES SPECIAL FEATURE
    • 1276 9 Her stormy stage life was good copy for gossip writers BAWLING link boys, rumbling carriages, dandies and ragged gamins wedged .able confusion in the narrow little ydi Street, off London's Strand, Jit in 1831. the tumult rose a thunderous roar as is, her ostrich-plumed headdress (he torchlight, stepped from her
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    • 9 9 TOMORROW .S,i-a-nerlt boy I lefl millions j for charity
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    • 39 9 Sherlock Holmes Melas meets Holmes IHck Trav U Happy is wanted ■■■■■■T^^SVI f W-E—2-6-4-1-Z M I YEAH.^^iiisTwFlßß M WAPPV, \OUt2E WANTED ONI Jet Seoit N aXVO n jet scon I I [aßi^^gSßgSJ Ijfjfeg^ IJJfMSII?) ■^Quy-pg^^y^pg^y^a IBC^__3iBI —^BWJLJ IT ■TV
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    • 1442 10 I.i: 1405 MANSFIELD «c CO., LTD. T«i: 1412, (IS lines) (Incorporated In Smgopore) (12 lines THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE Co'rirr^ opifton to proceed via other ports to lood on<l rtisehorge corgo SAILINGS to LIVERPOOL, GLASGOW, LONDON, f. CONTINENTAL PORTS Singapore Due Sail* P. Shorn Penang la.rtes for Liverpool G. 11
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    • 1195 10 EAST ASIATIC UHE SAILINGS TO CONTINENT/SCANDINAVIA For Aden, Port Soid, Genoa, Antwerp, Rotterdam, Hamburg,, Co>inua|»si Gothenburg ft Oslo Spore P. S'hom Penong x) "FALSTRIA" 11/13 Aug 14/14 Aug 15/14 Aug "INDIA" 14/14 Aug 1 x) Calls London (Passengers only). 1 xx) Call* Beyrouth, Kartshamn. SAILINGS FROM SCAND4NAVIA/U.K./CONTINENT S'pora P. S'hom
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    • 968 10 IXl&m THE BIN LINE STEAMERS LTD. %rT SINGAPORE (Incorporated in the United Kingdom) S LINES SAILINGS TO U.K. AND CONTINENTAL PORTS S'pora P. S'hom Penang i V Rattirdom L °?f??'. CIJ/14 San. 4 Au« Dirert arrlres London 28 Aug ■'■ToMortonT Ar^'rp L 14/18 Aua 18/ IS AHj 1»/ai A-g "''""Rotterdam
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    • 1015 10 McALISTER tic CO., Lin <J TEL: No: 1361 "D. ■LLSKMAM «k BUCKMALL KLAVE LONDON, HAVRE, ROTTERDAM, tos ANr lt ESS lt|r» I HAMBURG *&XS!^&&& and for U.S.A., North Atlantic Ports Accepting car,, f V *^a] and Canada and via Colombo i CITY Of OTTAWA Spore BO r UGA '^<lll. Spore
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  • 35 11 AUSTRALIAN STOCKS KNE. Tues. moderately aclirm on Minings es tended £96 15 32 31 32 69 buyei 27-10^ 11 84 seller seller 42 IT If)'.. 36 6 seller I •■i 9 I 9 8 1
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  • 56 11 buyers t vr.sterday lliV. I .I;'- l*>r lb. No cvs 141 7 4, c c August >: no. l 1 4 1 list buyers 3 buyers 128. j < Commerce -on price 2) In rents Hu>ers Seller* ***** 141 V 14m 1413 4 140H 141 1334 134 127.
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  • 29 11 I in. —The Govern.c tea export UUU ;in OB the duty force since tennming the I upees, nine annas ;he two rupees blca was in Router.
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  • 148 11 lnr Malayan Exchange Banks Association ma.ie the following changes in its rates to merchants yesterday: Pakistan: selling T.T. or OD 155 -v. buying. T.T. 156 a 4, O.D. 157. New York: buying T.T. 32\. O.D 32 7 90 days 33 credit bills 33 1 16 trade bills. Canada:
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  • 392 11 RUBBER DEALS DON] AT $1.43 ON OVERSEAS DEMAND By Our Market Correspondent BUSINESS in rubber was done up to new high levels in Singapore yesterday, transactions for August first grade reaching $1.43 per pound, the highest price since December 1951. The continued spurt in price was due to better overseas
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  • 164 11 Singapore Chinese Produce Exchange: noon prices per picul yesterday were; Copra; quiet; August $26 4 buyers $27 sellers; September $27 buyers. $27 v sellers. Coconut oil: quiet; buik $40.. sellers, drum $43 sellers. Pepper: steady for white pepper but quiet for the black \ariety with no business reportedMuntok
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  • 278 11 The Malayan Share Brokers' Association, Singapore section, reported: "Following the rise in the commodity pric rubbers continued to be on demand on the local share market. Tins were quiet while there was some supp-rt for industrials at the lower levels Singapore brokers reported the following business yesterday: B.M.
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  • 126 11 Ships lying alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves or expected today are: Hannover 12, Glengyle 4/5, Wayo Maru CP., Suez Maru 6/7, Laura Maersk 8/9, Laertes 11. Eumaeus 13/14, Glenearn 15/16, Nantes 18, Bronxville 19/20, Auby N. Wall 3 to 5, Selangor N Wall 9, Charles McLeod 21/22. Tweedbank
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  • 81 11 KARACHI. Tues.— The Pakistan Government is now reviewing the import-export duties as a result of weekend devaluation of the rupee, the Finance Minister told a press conference. He hoped any change would be made soon. He did not expect any Increase on the cost of Pakistan made goods
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  • 62 11 Extraordinary general meetings of Junun and Bukit Tupah rubber companies in London have approved resolutions for the amalgamation of the two companies. Mr E. B. Skinner, who Is chairman of the two companies, said amalgamation should lead to a trudual reduction In working coits and should create a
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 389 11 KNUTSEN LINE Fast and Regular Service MM CANADA/U.S. PACIFIC PORTS 30 DAYS Sailing Arriving Fr.incis.-o Singapore P.Swet Penang FremantU 8 Aii? 10 Aug 11 Aug 18 Aug "lEskk 13 Au« 12 Sept 14 Sept 15 Sept 22 Sept I i BjUc i Sept 3 Oct 5 Oct 6 Oct 13
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    • 620 11 TENDERS P.W.D. PERLIS TENDER NOTICE TENDERS from Claw "E" Registered P.W.D. Contractors and above will be received at the Office of the Executive Engineer, P.W.D. Perils, at Kangar up to 12 noon on Bth August, 1955, for the construction of a "District Survey Office at Kangar". Full details may be
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    • 557 11 NOTICES THE BUKIT KATIL RUBBER ESTATES LIMITED (Incorporated in the Federation of Malaym). NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that at the forthtcomlng Ordinary GENERAL MEETING to be held at the Registered Offl:e, No. 18, Jonker Street, Malacca, on Saturday the 20th day of August 1955 at 12 o'clock noon, the Directors
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    • 642 11 NOTICES NOTICE NOTICE Is hereby given that Mr. NICHOLAS TAY is no longer In our employ as a salesman as from Ist Inst. and he has no authority to transact any business on our behalf. BORNEO SUMATRA TRADING CO. (If) LTD. Singapore Office. NOTICE TO ROAD USERS Level rroadm between
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    • 65 11 0 KIWI POLISHES PROTECTS PRESERVES KP.7 PARIS 1 MgMM in Comfort I t jm Leave Singapore 0630 Sunday Arrive Paris 0920 Monday j Wk ADILPHI HOTEL BIOC SINCAPORE. TEL ;776 jH I I fSJ jd iOOKL AVAILABLE T I Tj /fLr 0N EASY TERMC f CYCLE& CARRIAGE CO., (1926) LTD
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  • 959 12 GOLLY'S JOKE MISFIRES BADLY AND TEDDY HAS THE LAST LAUGH rZTlrc S£%s& b f !?a ZTLVZ lv a £1 and begins to sink. Rosemary asks a Malay boatman to go to the rescue, who tells them to jump, but Teddy can't swim. At last he plucks
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  • 265 12 Dear Boys and Girls, Here are the six winners ot our crossword contest. Wong Nyip Toong, aged 12, 124-B Dorset Road, Singapore 8, < Cena Sung, aged 13. S Siak Kaw Avenue, Singapore 13, Choo Kok Nguang, Aged 10, 36 Boat Quay, Singapore 1, Chang
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  • 270 12 CORNER FOR LAUGHS Q. WHICH travels faster, heat or cold? A. Heat, because you can catch cold. Q. What house is never built in a town? A. A lighthouse. Mother. "Why are you making faces at that bulldog Boey? Don't you know it's rude?" Boey. "Well mum. he began it."
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 186 12 DO YOU KNOW? if ERE is another quiz for you to answer. 1. Which of the following names is out of place? Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok, London, New York, Paris. 2. Where did the Pied Piper come from? 3. In which famous children's book does the poem: "You Are Old Father
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  • 82 13 KALAMAZOO Michigan, Tues Estaban Reyes Mexico City) won the 40th United State junior tennir championship yesterday when he beat Art Andrews of lowa City, Iwoa. Reyes, the first foreign player to win the title, was in complete command a s he moved down the smooth-stroking
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  • 27 13 DURBAN. Tues.— Mrs. D. R. Bayf's Sky Finch, 25-1 outsider, won the £8.000 sterling Durban Gold Cup over two miles here on Saturday. Router.
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  • 374 13 BRITISH ATHLETES SCORE DUAL SUCCESS OVER GERMANY LONDON, Tues. ])EREK Johnson, one of Britain's main hopes for the Olympic Games in Melbourne next year, set a new British allcomers record in running the half mile in lmin. 48.7 sec. during the Great
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  • 63 13 CHRIS CHATAWAY (in front), Britai/n's star distance runner, starts the second lap during his record-breaking threemile race at White City during the England-Germany contest. Chataway clocked 13 mi'n. 23.2 sec. beating the old mark by 3.2 sec. Behind Chataway are C. D. Ibbotson and Germany's
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  • 635 13 SINGAPORE JUNIOR BADMINTON TIES FOR THE WEEK-END SINGAPORE Badminton Association tournament ties for this week-end are:— SATIKD.W Men's Junior Singles (third round). Court No. 1. 6.45 p.m.: Leong Yun Chan (Marigold i v A. Manap Rahman i Bushey Park i Robert Soh (Junior) v Cheong Hock Lock (Eclipse*: Lim Kirn
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  • 56 13 The Royal Island Club July medal played over 18-holes, was won by Mrs. A. Tamworth with a score o. 97-36- 61. The women's course record was beaten the same afternoon by Mrs W. MacMullan who achieved a gross score of 79. Playing off 13 handicap. Mrs. MacMullan thus
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  • 81 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues.— The Selangor Gun Club will take part in their first outstation competition when they participate in the interclub challenge match .sponsored by the Singapore Gun Club on Aug. 7 in Singapore. The Clangor team will include three club champions, S. M. Yong
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  • 48 13 JOHORE BAHRU, Tues— Johore Ceylonese beat Kluang by 77 runs In their cricket match played at Kluang yesterday. Ceylonese scored 141 (Sinthamamoncy 37, Durai 27, Wilson 22) and dismissed Kluang for 64 (Ismail Ariffln 28 not out, Woodhull 5-12 Rajasooria 2-6 Durai 2-20 1
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  • 519 13 RUTH Perreira won four events at the Eurasian Youth Movement's sixth annual athletic sports held at Raffles Institution ground on Monday. She was first in 100 and 220 yards, 80 metres hurdles and the long jump, winning the girls Individual championship. Seven records
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  • 19 13 Entries are Invited for the Singapore Badminton Association's men's junior inter-party tournament. Entries close on August 8.
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    • 573 13 WANTED TO PURCHASE 2f) Word* $5 (Min.)— Box 50 eta. txtra. BOAT FOR 25 H.P. Outboard Motor. Condition must be good with Ml*. State lowest price and place to view. Box A5llB S.T. VEHICLES IV ANTED 20 Words $s (Min.)— Box 50 eta. extra. WANTED PLYMOUTH 1953 or 1952. Apply
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    • 575 13 CLASSIFIED ADS. FOR SALE 20 Words H (Min.)— Box 50 cla. extra. A NEW LOOK for your Home with Darkaline Floor Stain or Liquid Lino Floor Paint from Dealers or Kyle, Palmer Co., Ltd. LATEST IN TTE-WEAR Dorstel Hookon Tie. Just Hook It On. Available at all Stores. Convenient, Smart.
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  • 381 14 YORKSHIRE FOILED BY WASHBROOK -AND RAIN LONDON, Tues. mJRREY, the county cricket champions, joined Yorkshire at the head of the championship table by beating Nottinghamshire by an innings and three runs at The Oval today. Both Surrey and Yorkshire now have 196 points, but Surrey have two matches in hand.
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  • 53 14 MEI BOURNE. Tues. The Austrian Rapid Club of Vienna and the South China team, both of whom are touring Australia, will meet Ijere on Auj: 15 and in Sydney on Aur 20. Thr Austrians won all four games against. Australia. South China have done well
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  • 429 14 WEIGHTS for the third day of Penanc Turf Club August Bank Holiday Meeting on Thursday THE DRB Cl'P CL. 2— B'i FURS. Olympic 9.00 Sooka 8.08 C'anrhew 8.117 Star Sapphire 8.07 Malm Ranre 8.06 Greet 8.05 Conventional 7.13 Individuality 7.11 Sound Wave 7.09 CL. 2
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  • 346 14 By EPSOM JEEP PENANG, Tuesday. gOUTH PACIFIC (Billy Bell), Saturday's Gold Cup favourite, was given a good working gallop over a mile on the training track at Penang this morning. He went fautllessly alt the way, covering the last half mile in
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  • 176 14 Giant boxer to fight in London LONDON, Tues. PWAKT Potgeiter, 7 ft. 2 in., 308 lb South African heavyweight boxer, arrived here today and was taken by bus to the offices of promoter Jack Solomons. "Three car hire firms I contacted would not take the job," said Solomons. who was
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  • 372 14 MRU XV TO PLA Y IN BANGKOK Malayan rugger players will be watched by 25,000 spectators Beadles, back from visit, says: 'Tremendous support for in schools varsities' JJIGH SPOT of this year's Malayan Rugby season, which start* on Sept. 1, will be the first tour by a Malayan Rugby Union
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  • 53 14 Royal Air Force Seletar beat R.E.M.E. 5-1 yesterday in a Sinßapore United Services Div. 1 League tie at Seletar. Half-time score was 2-1. R.E.M.E. scored first, and would have gained further goals but for missed chancer, Seletar scorers were Weedon (2), Pratt, Coburn and Clark. Koh
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  • 111 14 The Combined Staffs and Schools cricket match will be played on the Victoria School ground today starting at 1 p.m. Teams will be seleited from: Staff: T.E.K Retnam icapt), Wong Fong Weng. E. Doraisamy, R.G. Barker Gan Kee Kian. R. Jansen. V. Navaratnam. Yap Boon Chuan
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  • 51 14 Balestier United beat Seletar P.C. 3-2 in a SAFA Div. 2B fixture at CYMA ground yesterday. George Chua. Kam San, and Willie Chong scored for Balestier. and Yusof Hussein and Hussein for Seletar Farrer Juniors and YMSA drew 1-1 in another Div 2B at Farrer
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  • 285 14 Three Rings may miss chance for Cup double JOTTINGS By EPSOM JEEP LAST YEAR'S winner of the Penang Gold Cup, Three Rings, may miss his chance for a double. I hear he is a doubtful starter in Saturday's big race. Padi Store did not make the trip up from Bukit
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  • 74 14 The Royal Singapore Golf Clubs mixed foursomes competition (nine holes) resulted in a victory for Mr an« Mrs. W. R. Williams (46-11-35). Other cards. R. Craik and Mrs. Cruickshank 43-7'/s=-35',i; R. D. I. Scott and Mrs. Weeks 41-s'« -^35 S G. O. Cruickshank and Mrs. Craik 41-4%=36',
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  • 32 14 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues.—Singapore Chinese Sports Association's table tennis team, now on a Federation tour, handed a s—o5 0 trouncing to a strong Selangor Combined side at the Ful Chew Hall.
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  • 153 14 MELBOURNE. Tues. TEWIS Hoad's erratic form is going to make Australia's task of regaining the Davis Cup very difficult. Frank Sedgman said today. He was commenting in the Melbourne Argus on Hoad's shaky performances in the preliminary rounds. He said Hoad's
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  • 156 14 Chwee Kok 2 sec outside 400 m record T^EO CHWEE KOK, Singapore's Olympic swimmer, was two seconds short of his 400 metres record when he competed in the heats of the Chinese Swimming Club championships yesterday. Chwee Kok was a comfortable winner in the second heat and finished nearly 40
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  • 559 14 EUROPEANS MADE CHINESE FIGHT FOR 40 MINUTES Chinese 5; Europeans 0. TTOE Chinese were fortune's favourites in their S.A.FA. Community League match against Europeans at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. Chinese won 5-0 but behind i that big score, paradoxically was the narrowest of squeaks for them in this league this
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  • 221 14 Gates to open at 2.30 for Cup Final SINGAPORE Amateur Foe ball Association has completed its arrangements for Saturdays Malaya Cup final between Singapore and Kelantan at Jalan Besar Stadium, kick-off at 5.15 p.m. Accommodation will be provided for more than 20.000 and, in ordei to avoid long aueues and
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  • 282 14 TOURIST IN EASY 226-RUN VICTORY swaxsfa THE South 1 Olamorg rana her e torj 383 in 3 last day, oiai all out r< Yerterda dismissed the firs; enforcft t; were t nine fc, Glamor-:. today. In Hi only four rui r.lght scpre p I ipfcadeaglecl livel y pace Plato, i
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