The Straits Times, 9 August 1955

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    13 1 ill*** >: The Straits Times Estri. 1845. SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, AUGUST 9, 1955 <* 15 CENTS
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    Lock icon UNIONS TEST STRENGTH
    213 1 T.U.C. v. Shop and Factory Workers: iiivair meetings will clash next Sunda KARACHI CRISIS: PREMIER QUITS AFTER MUSLIM LEAGUE TURNS HIM DOWN KARACHI, Mon. \IK. HUSSAIN SHAiTI HEED SUHRAWADDY, 64 year old leader of the Awami League, was today invited to form a government to succeed that
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    PAP-led men happy about it!
    152 1 PAP -led men happy about it! 01 GETS THE si ?PORT? <r\\\.\{\ viii be a major test of trade union jrenffth nid loyalties it Singapore «>n Sun0 when two rival sanitations repreKitins more than Xhiiii workers hold meetings. announce a the Trade 1 to which' ■;n unions with hip of
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    VALIANT CLAIMS A RECORD
    150 1 VALIANT CLAIMS A RECORD 2,080 miles in four hours LONDON. MON. ORITAIN'S Vickers Va- liant secret atom bomhe,, on its way to Australia, covered the 2,080.6 miles from Singapore to Darwin in four hours and 50.1 seconds, the Royal Aero Club announced here today. It made the flight at an
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    Lock icon SACCER ATTACK-BY A WIFE
    36 1 Mon. Giovanni H his arms and told hospital 'iTo that he had been struck by flying saucers. Police established eventually that he was literally injured by flying saucersthrown by his wife. A.P.
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    Bandits kill 2 in ambush
    37 1 KLUANG. Mon. Terrorists hidden in blukar in Yap Tau Sail new village in Kluang district killed two special constables and wounded two more today. About 20 bandits took part in the ambush.
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    'Your fears are exaggerated' C-G tells traders
    269 1 'Your fears are exaggerated' C-G tells traders T*HE Commissioner-General, Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald, 1 said in Singapore last night that feajs expressed in business quarters about the future prospects of Singapore were '•unnecessarily exaggerated." Speaking at a farewell cock- tail party given to him by the Singapore Chinese and In-.
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    Lock icon Final Test XI shocks: Bailey out
    78 1 LONDON. Mon. THE England selectors today made drastic changes in the side to play South Africa in the fifth and deciding Test starting at the Oval on Saturday. Seven of the men who played in the fourth Test are dropped. Only May. Compton. Lock
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    VILLAGERS RESCUE CRYING GIRL
    90 1 CRIES from an eight-year-old girl while a man was carrying her towards a bush off Jurong Road, Singapore yesterday afternoon, sent 10 villagers rushing to her rescue. The girl was found sobbing under the bush. The man had thrown her there to escape the searchers. The
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    Lock icon A near miss
    31 1 SAIGON, Mon. Unidentified terrorists tonight bombed South Vietnam's Palace of Justice while Premier Ngo Dinh Diem and high officials rode through a street a few yards away. U.P.
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    girl is HOME AGAIN
    123 1 girl is HOME AGAIN She wasn't fleeing to Red China fTHE VIGIL at the whar- yes and the search in Singapore for 16-year-old Teng Vat Kiaw has ended she has returned home to Batu Pahat. Her father, Lian Fong, a labourer, returned to Batu Pahat yesterday morning. Lian Fong watched
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    $1,660 stolen
    23 1 Thieves bagged a total of $1,660 in cash and valuables in five thefts reported to the Singapore police over the weekend.
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    Lock icon Atoms for peace conference
    46 1 GENEVA, Mon.— The world's first conference on the peaceful uses of atomic energy opened here today In the Palace of Nations. The galleries and benches were packed with scientists, observers, cameramen, television crews and correspondents from all parts of the world. Reuter.
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    HE FIRED HIS ANSWER
    50 1 NEW YORK Mon.— Told he must pay his wife US$5O maintenance a month, 60-year-old Percy Haines drew a pistol and opened fire in court at Carlisle. Pennsylvania. He wounded his wife, the judge, and a lawyer, and killed another lawyer, before he was grabbed and jailed.
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    IT'S OVER TO THE ALLIANCE TODAY
    272 1 Ministers take oath— then 'Cabinet' will meet KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. THE first meeting of the new Federal Executive Committee will be held at the Federal Legislative Council Chamber here tomorrow after the ten Ministers have been sworn in. Tonight the Ministers and two Assistant
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    MUTINY ON THE MENU
    300 1 MUTINY ON THE MENU Airmen boycotted fish lunch KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. TK)O much boiled fish on the menu touched off a food mutiny by more than 500 airmen at the Royal Air Force station here. The airmen boycotted the mess at lunch-time last Tuesday when it was heard that fish
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    Armed robbery
    32 1 Three Chinese armed with knives broke into a house in Kowloon Road near the Naval Base, Singapore, on Sunday night, and robbed a labour supervisor of $1,400 and two wristwatches.
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    Lock icon Door is closed
    15 1 NEW DELHI, Mon. Portugal today closed her legation in New Delhi.— Reuter.
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    $2,000 must be won
    46 1 $2,000 must be won SEND in your entry for The MM $20,000 Must-Be-Won Contest 'M' now. The competition closes on Saturday, Aug. 13, at 5 p.m. Entries from outside Singapore and postmarked Aug. 12 will be accepted if received by 10 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 15.
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    Services 'vice ring' probe
    125 1 Services 'vice ring' probe STORY OF 'ORGIES' IN CAMPS From HALL ROMNEY LONDON, Mon. THE Daily Sketch 1 states, that Major Richard Sexton, of the Army's Special Investigation Branch, has flown from Singapore with a dossier on a world-wide Services vice ring. The Sketch sayo that a senior British officer,
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    Lock icon 25 die in Soviet plane
    184 1 10 women among crash victims OSLO, Mon. A RUSSIAN passenger plane crashed on its way from Stalingrad to Moscow yesterday, killing all 25 people aboard including a delegation of 10 Norwegian women, the Norwegian Foreign Ministry said today. The Norwegians were touring the Soviet Union.
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    STOP PRESS
    32 1 AMERICANS TO TRAIN FOR JUNGLE WAR SYDNKY. Mon.— Chief of Australian Gcaeral Staff, 1.t.-U«ii. Welis. said today .American servicemen would he welcome to undergo jungle warfare training in Queensland. Beater.
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    Lock icon THE PUNTER'S DREAM HORSE
    72 1 SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, Mon. Camarero, small as race horses go, may never break any speed record, but he went down In turf record books today as the world's most successful thoroughbred. Weighing 750 lb. fhe four-year-old bay colt yesterday won nis 55th straight race he's
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    Football fix rocks Italy
    228 2 PLAYERS WERE BRIBED BY OPPOSITION TO LOSE CAME POOL LOSERS WILL SUE FOR WINS THEY MISSED ROME, Mon. JTALY is buzzing with its biggest ever football scandal. The National Football League says that the Udinese club bribed the Pro Patrla team to lose a match and
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    At Paya Lebar Church
    52 2 The marriage of Mr. Chew C\ n Jin. younger son of the Rev. and Mrs. Chew Hock Hin. and Miss Lim Swee Kiok took place on Saturday at the Paya Lebar Methodist Church, Singapore, and not at St. Andrew's Cathedral as reported yesterday. Bishop R. L.
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    Lock icon FIRE SENT ITS OWN ALARM
    69 2 NEW YORK. Mon— Fire broke out in a fire alarm box and the box promptly sent in a call for help. Two trucks, four engines, a rescue company and three police cars responded. The fire was found to be from a gas leak at the
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    Lock icon HE TOLD BRITAIN OF KING'S SECRET
    157 2 Now Bishop of Bradford is retiring YORK, Monday. THE Anglican Bishop who told the British people about the Duke of Windsor's secret love affair with Mrs. Wallace Simpson in 1936 is retiring. Dr. A.W.F. Blunt yesterday submitted his resignation as Bishop of Bradford, effective
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    Lock icon She killed husband— gets $36,000
    113 2 She killed husband gets $36,000 SENDAI. Japan, Mon. A YOUNG American mother who shot her husband to death but was cleared of a murder charge will probably collect his insurance today. Mrs. Romola Viviano Abidln, 26, was told she is eligible for the US$lO,OOO ($30,000 Malayan) insurance and an additional
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    Lock icon ? -And she greets the crowds from Clarence House '
    50 2 -And she greets the crowds from Clarence House THE QUEEN MOTHER waves to crowds from a window of Clarence House, her London residence, on her 55th birthday last Thursday. With her are her grandchildren, Prince Charles and Princess Anne, who had gone to visit her on her birthday. A.P. picture
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    Now tin is used in making toothpaste
    153 2 Now tin is used in making toothpaste IPOH, Mon. ANEW toothpaste containing tin fluoride is shortly to be marketed by a firm in the United States says the latest issue of "Tin", a publication of the Tin Producers' Association in England. The firm claims that the new dentifrice will prove
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    Lock icon U.N. peace men get quit order
    72 2 U.N. peace men get quit order SEOUL, Mon. riTOE SWISS and Swedish X members of the Neutral nations supervisory commission will meet on Wednesday their Polish and Czech colleagues, to discuss an ultimatum given by the South Korean Government. The ultimatum was delivered yesterday. The Note ordered the commission to
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    Lock icon Nehru sees the floods
    56 2 NEW DELHI, Mon. The Indian Premier, Mr. Nehru, yesterday flew over floodstricken areas of central India where at least 40 persons have been killed, some 500,000 homes destroyed and thousands of acres of crops ruined. Many deaths were due to bites from poisonous snakes forced from
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    Lock icon Troops fly in
    32 2 NICOSIA, Mon. An advance party of the Ist. Bn., South Staffordshire Regiment, which will form part of the Cyprus garrison, flew in from the Suez Canal Zone yesterday.— Reuter.
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    But I like MY mother-in-law
    322 2 P"* fedk« te'lteMHtor Jm*«i>tom« t Wf* fetter MARRIAGE WRE(^m-ihM From Saturday's Straits Times SHE'S SWEET, EXPLAINS DOCTOR LONDON, Monday. THE man who made so many mothers-in-law angry A last week by saying they wrecked marriages was a little worried last night about what his own
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    No strike, say Melbourne students
    93 2 No strike, say Melbourne students MELBOURNE, Mon. A GENERAL meeting of Melbourne University students has rejected moves to boycott lectures because of a threatened increase in fees. They turned down motions for a one day strike, processions and demonstrations. Instead, they agreed to take steps to publicise the University's financial
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    Lock icon World fund
    28 2 WASHINGTON. Mon. The World Bank yesterday reported a nett income of U5524,700,000 for the year ended June 30. The earnings Increased the bank's reserves to US$lB3,BOO--000.—A.P.
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    Queen keeps 1405 date with a chair
    111 2 Queen keeps 1405 date with a chair ST. DAVID. Wales, Mon. rE Queen sat yesterday in a chair which had been waiting for her and her ancestors for about 550 years. It is a seat in the royal pew of St. David's Anglican Cathedral, which was installed in the reign
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    Welfare centre
    29 2 The Governor of Singapore Sir Robert Black, will lay the foundation stone of the new welfare centre of the Royal Singapore Tuberculosis Clinic at 5 p.m. today.
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    Lock icon Princess Alexandra and the Marquess
    223 2 LONDON, Mon. Royal romance rumours are in the air again not about Princess Margaret this time but her glamorous cousin, Princess Alexandra. The lovely 18-year-old Princess Alex to her friends— is paying her fourth visit in a year to Barons Court, the Northern Ireland home
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    CASEY v. THE EAGLE,
    323 2 Minister's aerial pastime touches off Australia's biggest controversy MELBOURNE, Mon. fFHE External Affairs Minister, Mr. Robert Casey, has founded a new sp o r t chasing eagles in an aeroplane and touched off one of the biggest controversies of his career. Mr. Casey chases wedge-tall eagles
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    Robber gets six year?
    58 2 Salim bin Mohamed. zemployed, who robbed a a driver. Tan Ens Chrne. ix assaulting him in a la Geylang Road on i nir.: I April last, was jailed for a years by Mr Justice Tan A: Tah in the Singapore Asia yesterday. Salim admitted prev.ca conviction.s
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    Lock icon Marilyn's dream comes true
    172 2 Marilyn 's dream comes true SHE'S OFFERED DRAMATIC ROLE HOLLYWOOD. Mon. IifARILYN MONROE, iTI who aspires, she says, to more serious drama, yesterday was offered a role in a television production of "The Brothers Karamazov." Albert McCleery, producer of a projected series of dramas, said he has asked the blonde
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    FISHERY RESEARCH YACHT IS DUE
    71 2 THE 213-ton yacht Manihine, converted pleasure craft into a floating laboratory. B Singapore tomorrow or Thursday after a voyas: Fife in S the I ndian Oce2n South China Sea. The scientists' cover new Ashinc so help fishermen I their catch. Dr. F. D. Ommai'.ne^ Fisheries
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    Lock icon Briton leads Amazon quest
    55 2 BUENOS AIRES, Mon. A party af explorers, led by Britain's Sir Christopher Gibson, Ls planning to make a new effort to find the true source of the Amazon River. Helicopters, seaplanes and small boats will be used in the adventure toward the fountainhead in the high
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    Sir Charles for London
    35 2 Lt.-Gen. Sir Ch:W C-ln-C Far EaM I will fly to London attend the annwl of the Chief of v Oeneral Staff. turn 9 He expects to fMf i short holiday in <
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    Lock icon Wed-again Una dials D for Daniel
    78 3 Wed-again Una dials D for Daniel FREE 0 AIRMAN: I PLAN T0 WOO HER BACK Hon. SCHMIDT, S hmidt ning from nson, today husband i r the ii phone. married" unhand I n dur- r was Mr Fine— •rarlly"— nvcr-a-He also spoke to mother Ice to Wi icyo where. I
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    Lock icon Mice guard rail link
    32 3 Police and guarded key Saigon after ter- urth time to I rail link conntral station night blasted of track. slight and noirth terrorist 1 railway line week— UP
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    Coal ship ablaze
    22 3 v Uoj ported here ia Kj.iy that the Topa was (in tire oil m Mobile, was Korea with a
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    Lock icon Debts cat up back pay
    55 3 NEW DELHI. Mon.— A new labour law has brought Bombay dock workers a windfar, o! back pay for two years of overtime work— but their loy was short -livtd. A government survey showed each docker had to use ?.bout 4H per cent of the money
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    Lock icon GIRL WHO JOINED NAVY IS ARRESTED IN U.S.
    117 3 BEACH. California), Mon. j H U TIFI I 10-year-old •.'.icucsf cirl. Filipin* resterday waved to 240 "shipmates" >^ard ih f (a-.iadian destro- tiavUan as two de- look her ashore to "f stowing ,ih;i\ if in Hawaii. l;i ui.nderful trip." she I untjiv.
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    ACROSS BORDER to FREEDOM
    126 3 I bbjb v^^^^v^^^v Y"*V*mWH BB^r^BWJ bYATT^bYJ bb^P*A^bp'*A^b^V^b^b^P"JV^bWAV IJVJEVEN American airmc-'. freed last Thursday In mnmunist China, cross the China— lions Kon K border bride**. The man on crutches b Major William 11. Raumcr ol Leu lshurg. Pennsylvania. In the r:em foreground ta < i.l. Simpson. I
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    Wipe out these men —I believe in Hitler method
    364 3 Wipe out these men I believe in Hitler method ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY? NO, SAYS DOCTOR LONDON, Monday. 4 DOCTOR J.P.. who believes a bit in the Hitler method set rid of serious eases quietly— opposed the abolition of the death penalty today. Dr. Alexander Watt, of Dairy] Ayrshire, told fellow
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    Lock icon NO GODIVA—THIS CHARGE OF THE LOLLOBRIGADE WAS SUCH A FLOP
    135 3 NO GODIVA— THIS CHARGE OF THE LOLLOBRIGADE WAS SUCH A FLOP PARIS. Mon GINA LOLLOBRIGIDA. the Italian film star, paraded through the streets of Paris yest«rday behind six dappled circus horses But she wasn't wearing the promised pink lights. Instead she had on a pink full-skirted dress with liny white
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    Lock icon Polio outbreak
    24 3 BOSTON. Mon. Twelve new polio cases were reported by the Boston Health Department yesterday, bringing the city's 1955 total to 324. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Pope's sister
    32 3 VATICAN CITY. Mon. Josephine Pacclli. 84-year-old 1 sister of Pope Pius XII. d:ed last night after a long illness. Miss Paeelli had been paralysed for more thin ?o years.— A.P
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    Lock icon Chataway for TV
    37 3 LONDON, Mon. Chris Chataway, the British international runner and holder of the world three-mile record, is goin.£ into commercial television, due to start here next month. He will prepare and 'read news bulletins.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon Middle East tour
    27 3 NICOSIA. Mon. Members of the Imperial Defence College now touring Middle Eastern countries arrived here yesterday from Fayid 'Egypt) for a three-day visit. Reuter.
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    PETROV PRICE: £25 M. TRADE LOSS
    244 3 MELBOURNE, Mon. c A USTRALIA'S loss of more 3 than A £2s million trade With Russia since the Petrov affair has led to demands for resumption of trade and diplomatic relations with Moscow, i Australia is increasingly pre- occupied with the problems of I
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    Lock icon THE GAY MARSHAL BULGANIN
    136 3 Party in park for foreign envoys MOSCOW, Mon. MARSHAL BULGANIN yesterday played host to all Foreign Ambassadors at a garden party that brokp all Soviet precedents by its nonviviality and friendliness. The Soviet Prime Minister Invited heads of foreign missions in Moscow to a park which
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    Lock icon Reds kill 18 rebels
    45 3 HONG KONG, Mon.—Eighteen people were executed, 211 jailed for life and 54 others sentenced to various prison terms for "endangering the state and people in an attempt to overthrow the People's Govment." in Kwangsi and Anhwei provinces three months ago. A.P.
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    Lock icon Demonstrations in South Korea
    56 3 SEOUL, Mon. South Korea's nation-wide demon strations against the presence of neutral truce observers entered their second day today. A government spokesman confirmed that "some Korean civilians" were injured yesterday at Pusan when a mob attempted to crash down a barbed wire fence guarding the neutral
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    Lock icon 'Flung cap at Commodore' charge
    87 3 PORTSMOUTH, Mon.— An 18-year-old sailor. Engineer Mechanic John Stevens, will Ibe court-martialled here on j Wednesday for allegedly I throwing his cap at his Com- modore. it was announced today. He will be charged with using violence against Commodore c. L. O. Evans at the
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    LONDON STOCKS
    447 3 LONDON, Mon. I AFTER a cautious opening a disj tlnctly better trend developed in the stock markets and although there was no great desire to open up fresh commitments a sizeable list of gains had been established at i.lhe close. Industrials had a well spread advance, a feature
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    LONDON TIN
    24 3 LONDON. Aug. 8 Cash Buyers £752; Sellers £753: Forward Bu'vers £746...: Sellers £747: Settlement £750. Turnover a.m. 75 tons pm 55 tons.
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    LONDON RUBBER
    34 3 LONDON. Aue 8 Spot 41a Sept. 41d.0ct.-Dec 41d. Jan -Mar 39 ,d., Apr .-June 37' k d.. Aug cif 40 ,d.. Sept. c.i.f. 40- k d.. Oct. c.i.f. 40 .d. Tone: Steady.
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    Search for ea
    32 4 ALOR STAR, Mon. Kedah police are looking for a green Chevrole* saloon reported missing luring the weekend. The car ;s owned by a penghulu, Mohamed Hashim bin Haji Saad.
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    Dagger man
    27 4 Ng Ah Tee was Jailed for six months In Singapore yesterday for having a dagger in Bukit Timah Road on the night of May I.
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    Fund committee
    33 4 Officials of the Muslimin Trust Fund Association, Singapore for this year are: President, Mr. M. J. Namazie; secretary, Tuan Syed Hamed bin Ahmad Alsagoff; auditor, Tuan Syed Hussein bin All AlsagofT.
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    MYSTERY OF THE MISSING GIRL
    243 4 MYSTERY OF THE MISSING GIRL Phone call promise was false IPOH, Mon. A MYSTERY telephone call from Penang told a worried mother last Wednesday that her missing daughter would be back during the week-end, but there is still no news of the girl today. Attractive, 20-year-old Chan Sow Har, the
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    Poppy appeal
    35 4 PENANG, Mon. The Resident Commissioner. Mr. R.P. 3ingham will preside at the naugural meeting of the 1955 Poppy Day appeal at the Penans Turf Club. Chartered Bank Chambers, at 5 15 p.m. tomorrow.
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    One man-one council plan by Alliance TOR EFFICIENT GOVERNMENT
    168 4 One man-one council plan by Alliance TOR EFFICIENT GOVERNMENT KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. THE Alliance will not nominate Fe der a 1 Legislative Councillors as candidates in future State, Settlement and Local Council elections. At present about 15 per cent of the Alliance Federal Councillors hold seats in State and Settlement
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    MAN WITH $130 JOB TOOK RELIEF
    130 4 A MAN continued to take relief from the Social Welfare Department after he got a job, a Singapore court was told yesterday. Turin bin Marito pleaded guilty to cheating and was remanded until next Monday for a probation report. Turin applied for relief aid
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    Warrant for witness
    59 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Mon. When the case of Lam Seng, charged with having scrap rubber came up in the Sessions I Court today, the court was told that a detective, one of the principal prosecution witj nesses was absent. Mr. N. L. Cohen, president ]of the court, directed
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    They can't afford these $13 gifts
    220 4 SONGGRAM GAVE SILVER KNIVES TO POLICE BUT- KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. TRAFFIC police who es--1 corted the visiting Siamese Prime Minister have refused to accept the return of silver paper knife gifts that Marshal Songgram gave them. To do so, they would have had to
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    EURASIANS TOLD: HOLD YOUR VERDICT
    218 4 ON THE NEW GOVERNMENT PENANG, Monday. T<HE PRESIDENT of the Eurasian Union of Malaya, A Mr. G. Shelley, yesterday urged all Eurasians to "hold your judgment" on the new political changes in the Federation. "We are assured the rights of minorities will be safeguarded," he
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    He's off to Sydney T.B. meeting
    105 4 SINGAPORE'S problems in dealing with tuberculosis are different from those in other countries, according to Dr. N. C. Sen-Gupta, who leaves today to attend an Asian Pacific Tuberculosis Conference, in Sydney, which begins on Aug. 15. There is a high incidence of the disease
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    WORLD JOINS PENANG PHOTO SHOW
    79 4 WORLD JOINS PENANG PHOTO SHOW PENANG. Mon.— More than 1.000 entries from all over the world have been received for the first Penang International Exhibition of Photography sponsored by the Penang Pictorialists. The exhibition will be held in the showrooms of Hln Company, Brick Kiln Road, from Sept. 11 to
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    Woman killed by train
    65 4 ALOR STAR. Mon. A 21--year-old woman. Hoe 800 Heok, was killed by a goods train on the railway line at Sungei Korok, one mile from Alor Star, yesterday near the spot where another woman had been run over two months ago. Hoe was seen crossing the
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    UMNO hall for Malacca
    43 4 MALACCA, Mon. The Malacca branch of the United Malay National Organisation is planning to build a $100,000 headquarters next year. At a meeting here yesterday. It was decided to raise a building fund. More than $4,600 was collected immediately.
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    A surprise for Mr. Leong
    193 4 A surprise for Mr. Leong AFTER 15 YEARS HE MEETS 'LOST NIECE IPOH, Mon. rpHE Federation's new Minister for Health and Social Welfare, Mr. Leong Yew Koh, had a surprise meeting with a nun. during one of his trips between Ipoh and Kuala Lumpur last week. The nun was his
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    Their first trade fair
    56 4 KOTA BHARU, Mon.—Kelantan's first trade fair has attracted nearly 550 exhibitors of local products and imported goods. An Indian hand 'com exhibition sent by the Indian Trade Commission's office in Singapore Is displaying hand woven sarees. The fair was opened by the Sultan of Kelantan this
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    New holders of purse string
    54 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. The Selangor State Council today appointed Mr, Leung Cheung Ling and Mr. T. Rajendra as members of a "caretaker" finance committee. The committee will dissolve when the partly elected council takes office. They replace Mr. Yong Shook Lin and Mr. M. N.
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    Rhythm dance for teachers
    49 4 I- PENANG, Mon.— Fifty woi men teachers from all over i the Federation will attend a physical education course at the Penang St. George's Girls School this month. Emphasis will be on rhythimlc and folk dancing. The course will be from Aug. 22 to 27.
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    Police officer promoted
    34 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Mon. Inche Hisham bin Hall Nawi. A.S.P.. commanding Police Field Force No. 4, has been promoted Deputy Superintendent of Police. Inche Hisham holds the Johore Iron Cross for Bravery.
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    Trainees will go for real bandits
    115 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. Competitions involving jungle contacts and terrorist attacks will be part of the three-day annual weapon training meeting of Federation Home Guards in Port Dickson beginning on Aug. 24. An "alarm" race and revolver competition are new features this year. Chinese Home
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    False alarm brings out police
    81 4 False alarm brings out police ALOR STAR, Mon.— The business centre of Jalan Raja was thrown into confusion yesterday afternoon when about 40 constables led by several inspectors rushed to the Oversea Chinese Bank and surrounded the building:. Police had been summoned there by an electricallyworked alarm connected to police
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    SELANGOj RINGS Oh THE OLD ORDER
    149 4 SELANGOj RINGS Oh THE OLD ORDER KUALA LUMPUR m THE sultan 1 today flu seven and year-old nominate H Council to makf, a /*> partly elected r Election day Is S r-v He told the la,t the Council hen State Govern:; a fully elected be fulfilled in due ti The
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    Killed by rock
    26 4 IPOH, Mon. A 40-year-tin mine labourf-r, Liew who was seriously Injured bri falling rock, died a after admission into the Y Hospital yesterday.
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    WOMEN DISTRACTED HIM. COURT TOLD
    173 4 So motorist hit cyclist— witness A MOTORIST ran down a cyclist while his att< was distracted by three young women in the c; an eye-witness told the Singapore Coroner's C S I yesterday. Rattan Sint,'h. a p< attendant, was giving I at the inquiry Into
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    Triplets get more money
    71 4 Triplets get more money Donations for the family of Hassan bin Mat Kaji, Selansor tin mine labourer, whose wife recently gave birth to triplets. have now reached $1,957. Latest contributions are: Mohamed Tenang. Ipoh Hospital, $5. members of the Federation Military College, Port Dickson (Waterloo Coy.. Blenheim Coy.. Inkerman Coy
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    New lawyer
    21 4 Mr G. Tara Singh Sidhu. was admitted to the Singapore Bar yesterday to practise as an advocate and solicitor.
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    Minister says 'No' to schools
    75 5 Minister says 'No' to schools h i nese Minis- Mr. give for a hich for $M) a i M-hooi anted the entf they Centra] im the for an id to raise th the The im they .-chool Anxious to help* subprove Press, :hines< matter and I ■r.crete y re- Oovern•iroblem
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    Alii (ALL BY PERAK TEACHERS
    33 5 Alii (ALL BY PERAK TEACHERS The Perak Teachers' Assored a nineim for subration Govm demands grant-in aid li be doubled or. a monthly ,»t EngChinese schools ;he same salary i I ngllsh schools.
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    'YOU WON'T BE LIVING TOMORROW THREAT
    94 5 1 M\\ vho knocked at the n tlx house of a for- Police lnspec- it Road last night ie demanded to see his i hased away. Inspector's father. Mr. E. f W«n retired (Jovern■l wrvant answered the told the man that his daughter was
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    TEMPERS FLARE AT MEETINi
    346 5 Disputes grow in timber and tin can industries as owners stick fast 7 ANGRY MEN STALK OUT AS TALKS DEADLOCK 'Our claim must come first 9 carriers E V\M re^ r entativcs of the sin eapore Sawmill in 2, l T" yesterda y talked out ansrilv
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    MINISTER'S SON OFF TO BRITAIN
    41 5 MINISTER'S SON OFF TO BRITAIN j RONNIE LIM. only son of i Singapore s Minister for La- j hour and Welfare. Mr. I.im i Yew Hock, who has left for I Britain to study civil engineering at the Brighton Technical College.
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    PEON WAS A FIREBUG —CHARGE
    68 5 PEON WAS A FIREBUG —CHARGE JOHORE BAHRU Mon A pron la aliened to have tried to set the office of the Agricultural Department here on fire on Friday. Yahaya bin Rahman. wa-s charged in the Sessions Court i today with committing misI chief by fire witn intent to destroy' the
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    Burnt in fire, youth dies
    55 5 Lum Meng Tuck, a 17-year-old assistant in a furniture shop, who was burnt last Saturday when the -^hop in Joo Chiat Road. Singapore, caught J fire, has died in hospital The fire started when seme spirit polish was spilled while Lum was at work. Thp
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    Man is stabbed
    33 5 A new.svendor. V. Senai. was attacked by three men and stabbed in the arm and face in Veerasamy Road. Singapore, yesterday evening. A man ha.s been detained by the police.
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    Found hanging
    23 5 KLUANG, Mon.— Foo Sin. 55. who was found hanging in new village of Layang Lavanc is believed to have committed suicide
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    FATHER WAS TAKEN FOR A $40 BUS RIDE
    249 5 FATHER WAS TAKEN FOR A $40 BUS RIDE Fake detective tricked him RAWANG, Mon. DOLICE in Rawan? and 1 Kuala Lumpur are looking for a Chinese youth who swindled a carpenter here of $40 by posing as a detective and threatening to arrest his son for allegedly helping the terrorists.
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    More power for Lumut
    57 5 SITIAWaN. Mon.— Work has begun on the laying of an underground cable from the Central Electricity Board's Sitiawan station to Lumut. This cable will improve the electricity supply in Lumut which is now limited from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. The town now cet s its
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    Murder case appeal
    69 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon.— The Federation Court of Appeal today reserved judgment in the appeal of a coffee shop owner and a padi planter against the death sentence imposed on them for murder. Tengku Seman bin Tengku Lsmail and Engku Chik bin Engku Bu.su were alleged to have
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    Drivers' union officials
    34 5 PENANG, Mon. Mr. M. Ramasamy has been elected president of the Penang and Province Wellesley Indian Drivers' Union. Mr. R. Kalimuthu is the new secretary and Mr. T. Rani aiyah treasurer.
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    GENERAL OUTWITTED NAZIS SET UP 30 SECRET AIR TRAINING SCHOOLS
    152 5 GENERAL OUTWITTED NAZIS SET UP 30 SECRET AIR TRAINING SCHOOLS A FRENCHMAN who orcii. ised more than .30 underground air training schools in occupied France during the war arrived in Singapore yesterday from Saigon. He is General Henri Archaimbault. Commander-in-chief. French Air Force. Far East (above). The genera] Is paying
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    THE 'VERY BLIND' POSTMASTER
    148 5 He went by the figures on forged draft JOHORE BAHRU. Mon A POSTMASTER paid out a sum guided by the figures alone on a postal draft when the words snowed a smaller amount, the Mersing Sessions Court was told yesterday. The President of me Court. Mr.
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    Kuantan plane day of pomp and fun to mark 'capital day'
    167 5 KUANTAN, Mon. This, growing seaside town will celebrate its official recognition as capital of Pa hang with a day of pomp, pageantry and merriment on Aug. 27. The day will open with a massed ceremonial parade of Navy. Army
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    No Malay manager? This is why...
    165 5 TANJONG KARANG RICE MILL KUALA LUMPUR. Monday. TTHE Selangor Government could not get a Malay with suitable education to be manager of Tanjon? Karang Rice Mill. Mr. P. A. Gething. Selangor State Agricultural Officer, said today. He was replying to Inche Yahya bin Sheikh
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    Did you see this crash?
    71 5 Singapore Traffic Police want to contact people who saw an accident yesterday, in which a Chinese cyclist, Yee Sek Hong, a 45-year old carpenter, was killed in a collision with a Chinese-driven motor car The accident took place in Clemenceau Avenue. near Cavenagh Road at
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    DEATH
    20 6 20 HordM U* (minimum). ril-LAI: Mr. K. J. Piilai of Supi*l*iitmenl Johore Bahru 1 ..way peacefully on Sunday mining
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    62 6 :</ Wm4t Sl* (minimum). Wflir K J P11.1.A1 ntid Children thank all Friends and Kt-latlves for dad attendance assistance :.ce on the occasion of M K J Pillnl's funeral. MM CREW CHIN JIN ail relatives and friends for Ihi kind attendance at Church and v.- Reception, and for their
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    79 6 .a H „,</< {minimum j. KOLI.ow I'fcJJANT Every Day in Mall' if you want, to win BM word puaJe. JUSI REMEMBER cooking time j r..\ Air-wick time. It ellmlnatea all odours in your kitchen j i the home. iAKK IHE CUT out of Cuticle with Cutipen." It gives trim
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  • The Straits Times Singapore, Tues. Aug. 9, 1955
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      Boom And Budget
      607 6 The drop of 13 cents in the rubber price since Friday has given a nasty jolt to those who have allowed their fancies to soar to $2 heights. Whether the break will continue and if so to what extent is unpredictable. Whilst this may become a matter
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      Dream Of The Red Star Chamber
      480 6 There is no telling where even a purely literary discussion on the significance of a novel like "The Dream of the Red Chamber" could land an intellectual in the New China. In the case of Comrade Hu Feng, described as one of the shining
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      Booze Menaced
      195 6 The tenacity with which th« Malayan Trade Union Council and the Malayan Indian Congross have maintained their assault against what is known as the "toddy evil" is "admirable. Worthy of note too is the wayward connoisseur of toddy who reroses to be abolished despite stern resolu- tions every
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    Peking worried aver increase in\ juvenile crime
    904 6  - Peking worried aver increase in\ juvenile crime WALTER IRIGGS youths t o the age of 25. have been ordered to stiffen the diaci- HONO KONG. T<HE Chinese Communists, worried by moral degeneration among its youth, are in the midst of a nationwide campaign for rededication to the ideals of the
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    Lock icon GAY SAIGON IS NOW A CITY OF FEAR
    402 6 GAY SAIGON IS NOW A CITY OF FEAR has turn--1 ed Saigon from one of the gayest cities of the Far East into a mournful and silent capital, deserted by night. No-one even knows for sure who the terrorists are. In the last month, 35 bombing attacks against mdiv duals,
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    THE DECIDING FACTOR
    228 6 TN our enthusiasm and imI patience for independence, we seem to have stopped giving much thought to the emergency which, in fact, should be the determining factor of the time for independence. There seems to exist a belief that the emergency can be ended by the mobilisation
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      Nurses recognise need to discuss nursing topics
      347 6 Nurses recognise need to discuss nursing topics rpHE members of the Malayan Trained Nurses Association would like to congratulate the Malayan Nurses Union on having been elected to the Whitley Council (Staff Side) and to say that its members are confident that the M.N.U. will carry out its obligations to
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      COUNCIL SEAT WANTED
      91 6 COUNCIL SEAT WANTED I T Ka^ r B? the Feae-n-u, important pan eral Elections. Why have the- h«« gotten? We apDe.i en r«ku Abdul R a fe' Pertua, for a nominal? in the Federal Conn*-** our chairman I do not blame the it or the omission ly have ■omethtatt?* against
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      Promotion on the railway
      63 6 Promotion on the railway I AGREE it is really high time the Malayan Railway give their employees a chance for higher appointments. The Railway Is slow in promoting their men to higher grades compared with other Government departments. The lower subordinates, especially checkers, and van men, have many of them
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      The world was surprised
      98 6 fkATO Sir Onn, defea- V the election is not or.'vi shock but also a greatm prise to the outside worli He taught polities U) M, lays and non-Maiav\ Z awakened them. i n PUe his defeat, he look* cheerand courageous and he '-'a not been discouraged
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      Language credits
      191 6 ON Mar. 1, 1953, I entered the teaching profession as a teacher of English in vernacular schools. In December, 1954, I sat for my Cambridge School Certificate examination as a private candidate and obtained a certificate, unfortunately with only a "pass" in English language. I have also completed
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      14 6 There's Tradition and Quality ■^-^.-\ar .7 jS US TIIK (.KMItAI. EUKIWC CO. O'^Y, 1
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    A union threatens the army
    110 7 WILDCAT STRIKES IN FEDERATION CAMPS D 7 50 MEM ARE SACKED WILL GO p WAR OICE IF 0D BE' i MIM K. Mon. LMc'AT strikes In in employe* mp> all r th( Federation planned if U.i. hrparlment M.ff Asso- life to pre,i of ita memB
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    Father pays $200 for boy
    22 7 Mon— A 1 b< iy who Juvenile cay with boiled ci area, i are of nned S2OO
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    PRIXTERS TOLD: 'BACK GOVT. 100 PER CENT
    100 7 i IP| R Mon. The '•"vernment li A. Smith <-k>d printing workers P'-r cent" supnrw Iy -formed mment. tt thr annual the (Invernment Department KmI Union here said the "so slow" l>nicku Abdul Rah- man would pave the way for a stahlp government
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    It's August in the sun for 3 brides I
    205 7 IMIRKE happy couples were 1 married yrstrrday in Singapore. In the picture above Mr. D. Kdinund Weerasekara and .Miss V. Helen de Silva. cut their cake at a reception in the G. H. Cafe. The bridegroom is attached to the Federation
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    A MILLION MORE
    82 7 from petrol sales Petroleum brought the Singapore Government $1,103,000 .nore in taxes during the first seven months of this year as compared ■"ith the same period last year. This item mainly accounts for an increase of i 1.359.000. 359.000 in the Colony's gross revenue, which is $46,493,000
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    Keep off our affairs, says union
    169 7 Keep off our affairs, says union 'THE Singapore Traction x Company Employees union yesterday warned the company general manager. Mr. E. A. Evring. not to meddle in union affairs. In a statement last night, the union general secretary. Inche Hashim bin Idris, said: "We do not interfere with the company's
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    CALLING ALL ACTORS!
    107 7 CALLING ALL ACTORS! rFHE Singapore Chinese High A Schools Graduates Art? Association yesterday called on all theatrical organisations to support its appeal against the police ban on seven items scheduled for its charity concerts. Fifty thousand tickets, priced between $1 and $5. have been printed for the concert and will
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    Fined $520
    26 7 Tan Ko Piang was fined $520 yesterday in Singapore for having, at the immigration wharf 15.000 dutiable cigarette s and one quart of brandy.
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    Lady Black is president
    40 7 Lady Black, wife of the Governor, Sin Robert Black, has agreed to become president of the Divisional Therapy unit at Tan Tock Seng Hospital. Singapore. She will visit the unit on an inspection tour on Thursday.
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    Their first meeting
    45 7 A 10-men committee which is to work out a blueprint for future local government in Singapore will hold its first meeting today. The committee was appointed after the Legislative Assembly scrapped the Rendel Commissions recommendations for a new City and Island Council.
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    Piano recital
    38 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Mr. Michael Head, now visiting the Federation as examiner for the Associated Boards of the Royal Schools of Music gave a piano and song recital at the High Street School here last night.
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    GARDENS MONKEYS STEAL HIS CINECAMERA
    68 7 NEXT TIME you visit the Botanic Gardens, Singapore, look out for the monkeys. There is just this possibility that one of them will be taking snapshots of you, from up the trees. An American visitor lost a cinecamera at the gardens, at the week-end. He
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    Overseas work party for youth camp
    193 7 DELEGATES from Siam. Hong Kong and the Federation are among a work party of 40 preparing a site for a holiday youth camp at Lim Chu Kang Road, Singapore. The project, which started yesterday, will last 19 days. It is the second work camp
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    Mandarin guide to a wooing world
    260 7 Mandarin guide to a wooing world THE OLD. OLD LAWS ARE CHANGING IN STORE TRADITIONAL Chinese marriage customs in Singapore are becoming increasingly affected by the modern thinking of young Chinese couples. Along with modern thinking have come modern problems including mother-in-law troubles. This is pointed out •in the latest
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    Youth denies knife attack
    47 7 Tan Eng Bok. 21. claimed trial in Singapore yesterday, to a charge of causing hurt to Soh Kirn Chuan on Saturday morning in Havelock Road with a knife. Tan was allowed bail and his case will come up for mention on Aug. 15.
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    THEY'LL SEE MARSHALL for CIVICS SAKE
    78 7 THEY'LL SEE MARSHALL for CIVICS SAKE A PARTY of 40 Malays from Kuala Langat in the Federation will begin a civics course by meeting the Chief Minister of Singapore, Mr. David Marshall, at Assembly House this morning. I The Malays will then tour Singapore in ti bus. Later they will
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    Two men deny extortion
    53 7 Two men claimed trial in the Singapore Fifth Magistrate's Court yesterday tn a rharge of extorting $5 from Chua Teck at Soutn Canal Road on Saturday afternoon. Tan Hai Lcng and Khno i Pee Tow were allowed bail and their case will be nr nUloned again
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    COURT OFFICIAL ON FRAUD CHARGE
    142 7 Three doctors complained KUALA LUMPUR. Monday. A SIKH INTERPRETER. Magbool Singh Dillon, 40. was charged in the Sessions Court here today on three counts of cheating. Magbool Singh, who is attached to the Second Magistrate's Court here, is alleged to have cheated three doctors by
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    Cremated
    30 7 T OHORE BAHRU Mon. The cremation took place here yesterday of the late Mr. K. J. Pillay. chief clerk of the Supplies Department, Johore, who died on Sunday. TIRE
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    STUDENTS AGREE TO STAY OUT OF POLITICS
    199 7 STUDENTS AGREE TO STAY OUT OF POLITICS Govt. concedes a point, too T*HE proposed Singapore 1 Chinese Middle Schools Students' Union has agreed to a Government stipulation against political activities. The acting Registrar of Societies. Mr. J. D. Haskins. Insisted that the students include in the union's constitution a clause
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    Students 'console' jailed teacher
    170 7 Studen ts 'console jailed teacher CHANGES HIS MIND NOW ABOf/T TRIP A DELEGATION of students from the Singapore Chinese High School and the Nanyang Girls' Hi^h School yesterday visited a detained teacher, Chen Yang Cheng, in prison to "console" him. Later at a press conference the students said Chen had
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      38 7 The bar- man says "Those with taste choose the best" in the ELIZABETHAN GRILL Raffle^ Hotel Tan Kwang Tcnq; is an authority on good taste CorlsbCTftl o£ course Delicious >C^«S^r Trade Enqukies to HENRY WAUCH Or CO. LTD.
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      152 7 The weather MINIMUM TEMPER ATI'RE 1 7. 30 p.m. on Aug. 7 to 7.30 a.m. on Aug. 8) Singapore 76 degrees, Penang 75, Kola Bharu 71. Kuala Lumpur 71. Ipoh 71, Kuantan 69. MAXI M V M TEMPER ATI RF: i7.30a.m. tn 7 3d p m on Auk 8) Singapore
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    Here's the fashion discovery of Ihe age
    491 8 Here's the fashion discovery of Ihe age Monday a PIECE of startling news x comes from Paris. It seems that one of our high fashion experts has renounced the H-line, the A-line, the misshaped waists, the flattened bosoms, and has discovered with great surprise that the natural lines, with unhidden
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    The gay 'twenties are back in the serious 'fifties
    500 8 says PEARL HARFORD CLOWLY. but. very insidiously, there is creeping hack into our ■a ppearance s tho fashion shape of the Gay Twenties, and the snapshots of our mothers and elder sisters that only a yeav utio we hooted at .so
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    Seat and practical
    56 8 This model wears one of the new head-scarves. It is pale green poplin, lined in white, with gold hoops sewn at ear level for added fun. The "Alice Band" grips the top of the head and she has chosen to tie it under her long hair. The
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    A NEW IDEA IN HEAD-SCARVES
    359 8 MAXINE RAKICH tells you about ALL THE clever milliners are very much against the use of head scarves they have been trying for years to educate women away from those squares and triangles of silk, cotton or what-have-you for keeping the hair in place during
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    Holiday boredom
    207 8 SCHOOL holidays are upon us again, and I've never yet met a parent who didn't consider them far too long. It's easy of course when ths weather is fine for the children will stay out all day, but when the rain pours down there's no doubt that they
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    Making milk appeal
    496 8 Making milk appeal MOTHERCMFT IN MAUYA-ly NURSE BRIDGET MILK is considered such an important item in a child's diet that many parents become worried when their child suddenly refuses to drink his milk, with the result that much energy on tjhe part of the mother and many tears on the
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    COLOURS AFFECT VIGOUR
    112 8 THE next time your wife decides to have you rearrange the living room deror, paint the grand piano a smart na.stel shade before you grapple with it. That's called "colour psychology." It all has to do with weight, speed, the dis- position of colours and their psychological
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      311 8 27. Sin of a tree dweller (5). Straits Times Crossword RgSr^rtJ^m. 33. The end of Stepheiwon's line *sSss 12 3 4 SSS§ b 6 7 8 I 1 6 > H |H 34. Graduate Joint for engine (7). <- yyN 111 l _j£^ S|^ 2. Fortificatior. suspect to sappers Ull
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      Lock icon 201 died when express ploughed into Christmas special
      1197 9 201 died when express ploughed into Christmas special F^IBHIR9RBB^9S9Ri^^^HMp^pHHBHH^HHHIH|^HiH^HHHpp^B3 on 8 p.m. on December 23, 1933, a train groped its way slowly through Lagny, 15 miles from Paris. frost-coated carriage windows >t and freezing cold, but the passengers n clutching Christmas presents, sailors -aye, Parisians visiting country i happy holiday
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      10 9 TOMORROW The 'Divine j Ha.l.M. > Died j j In Poverty
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      159 9 The Charity Film Shaw that is NOT a Painful Duty! by kind permission of GENERAL AMUSEMENTS LTD. and UNITED ARTISTS CORPORATION LITTLE FUGITIVE Which has been called the American Bicycle Thieves and toon the International Film Festival Award at Venice in 1953 for the Best American Film of that year
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    OFFICIAL PRICES
    9 11 .1 432 P-r nts). „,r P«-uI per
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    19 11 t ..>ier or Thf <• movlnc Loa: M 11 32 unquoted I 1 seller buyer buyer seller I
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    18 11 I'rodury F.\- buy- 30 ions' Sar.iisMM i.itlull 4 126 sellers; -r'.lers: Mini oil rlosinj :rr> 542
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    RUBBER MART IS NERVOUS, BUT PRICE RECOVERS LATER
    620 11 RUBBER MART IS NERVOUS, BUT PRICE RECOVERS LATER By Our Market Correspondent ALTHOUGH profit-taking and liquidation from upcountry centres continued on the Singapore rubber market yesterday, the price steadied a little as UJL and Continental acceptances were forthcoming during the afternoon. The price fell away by over six cents in
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    SINGAPORE SHARE LIST
    730 11 THE Malayan Share Brokers' Association, Singapore section, issued the following full list of revised quotations yesterday: IMIIMHI.^O Bayers Stllrr. Alex Brick* JreX 1.86 1.96 om» 2.10 2.36 *U»« Ic« MOO 'buyers, B.B. Petrol 46/- 48/B M Trustrm 4.60 7 oo Con Tin Smelt *Ttt. 30/- 2r ds
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    BROKERS' REPORT
    167 11 The Malayan Share Brokers' Association. Singapore section reported: "Due to the fall :n the commodity price, rubber share s on i he local share market eased owing ••(•dominance of sellers. Indu>uere .slightly easier while tins were neglected." Singapore broker s reported the followlnc business done yesterday Praser and
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    TIN OUTPUTS
    16 11 Talam Mines July tin ore output v 4fiB 62 pieuls; Hltam produced 21 pirul?.
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    RUBBER PRICES
    142 11 August first grade rubber buyers f.o.b. closed in Singapore yesterday at »1.43\ per lb., 4>.i cents below Saturday's closing price. The closing tone was uncertain. Closing prices in cents per lb were No 1 R.S.S. Spot f.o.b. buyers 143 V sellers 144 4 No. 1 R.S.S. August buyers
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    Replanting will bring about slump
    177 11 AN eventual slump in the rubber industry as a result of the Federation Government's replanting policy is forecast by Mr. J. K. Swaine. chairman of Buklt Sembawang Rubber Co. Mr Swaine blames the Government for the shortage of natural rubber responsible for the present high
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    131 11 The Malayan Exchange Banks Association made the following changes in its rates to merchants yesterday: New York: buying airmail T.T. 32 -U O.D. days 32 credit bills. 33 116 trade bills. Canada: buying airmail, T.T. 32 5 16. O.D. 32 7/16, 90 days 32--11/16 credit bills. 32 trade
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    SHIPPING
    76 11 Ships lying alongside the Singapore Harbour wharves or expected today are: Tataujara 12, Sheaf Holme. Sagatni Maru 4 5. Indrapoera 6 7, Laura Maersk 8/9. Flying Trader 10, Straat Banka 13/14. State of Madras 18, Bronxville 19 20. Lipls 21/22. Tweedbank 23 '24. Van Waerwyck 25/26, Peterswel 29 30.
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      707 11 TENDERS POLICE TENDER NOTICE Tenders, which will close at 12 noon on Wednesday, 24th August I 1955, are Invited by tte Commissioner of Police, Federation of Malaya, for the purchase of unserviceable M.T. Tyres. Full particulars are obtainable at the office of the Force Quartermaster. Police Headquarters, Bluff I Road,
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    Rising rubber price is now a world topic
    717 12 Rising rubber price is now a world topic THE rising price of natural rubber has been a topic of discussion throughout the business world in many countries in the past few weeks and various views about it have been expressed by the experts. The Washington Correspondent of the London Financial
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    BUSINESS IS BOOMING SAYS THIS DIRECTOR
    191 12 BUSINESS IS BOOMING SAYS THIS DIRECTOR ANEW competitor in the Singapore market for air conditioning and refrigeration equipment is finding business good. Cond a i r Engineering Ltd., which claims to be the fourth engineering firm engaged in major air conditioning in Malaya, only opened in April. Mr. Chan U
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    HIS REWARD IS TRIP TO EUROPE
    386 12 Pushed sales to the top a FIVE-MONTH visit to Europe has been awarded by the East Asiatic Co. Ltd. to a local employee, who by his efforts has increased the sales of Danish imported beer to the top of the list in Malaya. The
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    World is buying more U.K. cycles
    64 12 BRITAIN'S exports of bicycles, motor cycle engines, electrical equipment and tyres were substantially greater in the first six months of this year than in the corresponding period of 1954. Bicycle exports increased from 997,431, worth £13.6 million, to 1,096,926, worth £14.4 million. Exports of
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    SUMATRAN RUBBER EXPORTS SLUMP
    193 12 SOUTH SUMATRA'S exports of smallholders' rubber has slumped by about 27 per cent, cables the Straits Times Jakarta correspondent. Losses of an estimated eleven million rupiahs per month have been suffered t owing to speculative moves of I local rubber traders and the buying policy of
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    LOCAL SPRINGS MADE FOR INDUSTRY
    295 12 LOCAL SPRINGS MADE FOR INDUSTRY rnHE increase in the number of industrial workshops, vehicles, and sea and air transport facilities has resulted in a steadily rising demand for steel springs manufactured by a factory in Singapore. The springs are mechanically produced in a factory owned by a Chinese who was
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    COLOMBO PLAN DELEGATES Will SEE TRADE FAIR
    250 12 COLOMBO PLAN DELEGATES Will SEE TRADE FAIR A WIDE range of goods will be put up for display and sale at the Singapore Trade and Industries Exhibition to be organised by the management of the Great World amusement park in Kirn Seng Road. The fair will have a total of
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    Malayan exports to H.K. down $9.5 mil
    410 12 TMPORTS into Hong Kong from Malaya dronpec 1 H.K.59.5 million almost entirely cine to re I purchases of textile yarns and piece goods. I OS months of this year. Exports from Hong Kong to Malaya showed an increase of $11.4 million due principally
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    Lock icon Another win for Ford in U.S. golf
    96 13 Another win for Ford in U.S. golf CHICAGO. Mon. DOUG FORD won the Tarn OShanter 'All-American eolf championship here yesterday with a 72-hole aggregate of 277. Less than a fortnight ago he took the United States' Professional Golfers' Association championship. Peter Thomson (Australia*, the British Open champion, who led after
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    Czech takes table tennis
    383 13 WARSAW, Mon. L. Stipek Czechoslovakia beat Chan Jun Nin "Chinai 21-14.21-18, 21-17 for the men's singles table tennis title at the International Youth Games. Mrs. Angelica Rozeanu (Rumania), world champion, heat Miss Helen Elliott (Scotlandi 21-14, 21-13, 21-14, in the women's singles final. In the doubles
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    Lock icon GERMAN GOLF TO BOUSFIELD
    67 13 HAMBURG. Mon. Ken Bousfield tCoombehill). recent i winner of the newly insistuted British Close Professional Championship, yesterday won j the German Open title with a 72 holes aggregate of 279 on the Falkenstein course here. He finished two strokes ahead of Syd Scott (Carlisle), leader at
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    NZ CRICKET TOURISTS
    80 13 WELLINGTON, Sun. TTHE New Zealand cricket team to x tour India and Pakistan this year incites Bert Sutcliffe and John Reid who will ue vice-captain to H. B Cave. The Team: H. B. Cave. J. W. Guy. N. S Harford P. Q. Z. Harris. J. A. Hayes.
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    Lock icon MOSCOW RADIO PRAISE FOR WOLVES PLAYERS
    485 13 Spartak deserved their 3-0 winning margin but... Billy Wright impressed them most LONDON, Mon. Moscow Radio's soprts commemator said yester-* day's match between Spartak and Wolverhamp t o n Wanderers, which Spartak won 3-0. was "high sport." Summing up the game, he said: "Our
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    Lock icon SCOTS LEAGUE CUP FIXTURES
    83 13 LONDON, Mon. U. K. football fixtures for next Saturday are: Scottish League Cud: Airdrle v Dundee. Celtic v Queen of the South. Dunfermline v Clyde, Falkirk v Rangers, Hibernian v Aberdeen, Kilmarnock v St. Mirren, Partick v Hearts, Raith v East Fife, Alloa v Arbroath, Brechin
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    CUSTOMS SPORTS
    23 13 PENANG Mon Penang Customs Athletic Club •will hold their annual sfiorts on West lands School ground at 2.30 p.m. this Saturday.
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    NO SPLIT BETWEEN SCA AND MALAYA
    47 13 By Our Cricket Reporter FEARS that there might be a split between the Singapore Cricket Association and the Malayan Cricket Association have been dispelled by the MCA president, Mr. Lim Khye Seng. During the North-South match at Kuala Lumpur during I
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    COUNTY POSITIONS AND AVERAGES
    341 13 LONDON. Mon. POSITIONS In the English County cricket championship up to and Including matches which ended on Aug. 5 are ai> follows: 1ST INNS. P W L D T L D Pte. Surrey: 20 17 3 0 0 1 0 208 Yorkshire: 22 16 4 2
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    Lock icon Cut gates are a result of foodlighting
    134 13 BARNSLEY, Mon. A warning about the effect of floodlit matches on attendances was given here by the president of the English Football League. Mr. A. H Oakley. He said a great factor in the reduction of attendances was "The prostitution of the floodlit
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    Aussies beat Japan 4-0
    125 13 NEW YORK. Mon.— The inter-zone semi-final of the Davis Cup tennis tournament between Australia and Japan ended here with Australia winnine: all four of the matches i completed. In the first singles match yesterday Rex Hartwig defeat- ed AtsuKhi Miyagi, 3-6. 6-0. 6-3. 9-7. Ken Rosewall
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    SCHOOL TOUR
    42 13 KUALA LUMPUR Mon— Vic- toria Institution cricket team to tour Seremban and Malacca thi.^ week Is: M. Miln. A. Thavarajah. Manjit Singh. C. Victor. K. Slvanesan. Ranjit Singh. T. Ramalinftam. j Earlgow. P. Sundramoothy. Marbachan Sinch. A. Jeedava and Intharaju.
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    Lock icon 2 TITLES TO AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S CHAMP
    186 13 HAMBURG. Mon— Miss Beryl Penrose. Australian champion, yesterday won the German women's singles lawn tennU title when she beat Mrs. Erika Vollmer, Germany's number one player. 6-4. 6-4. Mrs. Joy Mottram < Britain > won last year but was not defending her title. Art
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    880 YARDS RECORD
    65 13 Derek Johnson (Woodford Green A.C.) winning the 880 yards in Imin. 48.7 sec. for Great Britain during the recent international atn/etic match against Germany at ihe White City Stadium. Ltndon. He broke the British All-comers and National record of Imin. 49.25ec. set by Sydney Wooderson in 1938.
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    1,500M WIN
    35 13 1,500 M WIN FRANKFURT. Mon.— Werner Leug of Germany. Olympic 1.500 metres bronze medallist in 1952 and former joint world record holder, yesterday won the West German 1.500 metres championship in 3min 44.45 ec R*<iter
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    Lock icon Triumphant British XV leave a man behind
    269 13 Triumphant British XV leave a man behind JOHANNESBURG, Mon. OEG HIGGINS, British A% Isles forward who was injured during the first rugby union international between the Lions and South Africa at Ellis Park, which the British won 23-22. was left behind in a Johannesburg nursing home yesterday when the rest
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      552 13 SOUTH CHINA'S Ist DEFEAT BRISBANE. Men.— South China Two R oals in the first six minutes •ootball Club suffered their first de- by Queensland, who gave the finest eat in 12 matches on their Austra- display by a n Australian side in reian soccer tour when they were cent years,
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    KELANTAN EQUALISE IN LAST MINUTE
    571 14 KELANTAN EQUALISE IN LAST MINUTE SINGAPORE "A" lived up to their reputation this season of playing smart, lively soccer when they met Kelantan, with four reserves, in a floodlit soccer game at Jalan Besar Stadium. The Colony team led 3-1 after 50 minutes and were so much in command that
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    SIGNALS CLEAR FIRST HURDLE
    48 14 Royal Sicnals made a promising start in the S.A.P.A. junior Cupj competition when they eliminated: Bukit Timah 3 1 at Jalan Besar in the 7 p.m. game yesterday. Norns <2) and Betterdege scored j for Sißnals and Mahesa for Bukii I I "im all.
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    Lock icon Yorkshire beat Derby by innings and 94 runs
    241 14 LONDON Mon. Y ORKSHIRE beat Derbyshire by an innings and 94 runs today to take the lead in the county cricket championship table with 220 ix>lnt,s from 23 games. Surrey, the leader s last week with 208 points from 20 games, ltjst
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    FAM should rotate matches between 3 centres
    699 14 FAM should rotate matches between 3 centres JALAN BESAR GAVE MALAYA GUP FINAL RIGHT ATMOSPHERE By The Sports Editor SATURDAY'S Malaya Cup final was not a financial success. The gross collection was a little more than $20,000 which was much less than the "gates" *at Ipoh ($45,000 and $36,000) and
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    RAF S'PORE ENTER SOCCER FINAL ON PENALTY GOAL
    268 14 RAF S'PORE ENTER SOCCER FINAL ON PENALTY GOAL OAF SINGAPORE entered the final of the Far East Air Force inter-group soccer competition by beatin? RAF Malaya by a solitary penalty goal at Seletar yesterday. RAF Hong Kong and RAF Ceylon will meet at Seletar today and the winner goes into
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    Senior clubs to get big games in '56
    177 14 Senior clubs to get big games in '56 AT the Singapore Amateur Football Association's monthly council meeting yesterday the senior clubs again lost a bid to get matches against touring teams. But they won an assurance that their case would receive equal consideration with other affiliated associations when fixtures are
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    Lock icon GOONESENA FIRST TO GET DOUBLE
    92 14 GOONESENA FIRST TO GET DOUBLE NOTTINGHAM. Mon. GAMINI GOONESENA. Nottinghamshire and Cambridge University all-rounder from Colombo. Ceylon, today became the first player this season in English first-class cricket to complete the "double" of 1,000 runs and 100 wickets. Playing in the current match here between Nottingham and Kent. Goonesena scored
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    Lock icon TOURISTS LOSE 7 FOR 21
    276 14 CHELTENHAM. Mon. TVIE South Africans collapsed ■i. against Gloucestershire on the second day of their threeday cricket match here today, losing five wickets without addition at one stase. Their last seven wickets fell while only 21 runs were beins added. The South Africans. 52 for
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    CUP SOCCER STARTS WITH AN UPSET
    272 14 T<HE Singapore Amateur Foot- ball Association Junior Cup competition opened with an upset yesterday -when below-strength Jollilads A. U eliminated Aston A .C. 2-0 at Geylang Stadium. Aston displayed much better teamwork, but the man who cost them the game was Jollilads' goalkeeper Charlie
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    Asian Games finalist in Hong Kong boxing team
    152 14 Asian Games finalist in Hong Kong boxing team HONG KONG have named three of the ten amateur boxers they will be sending lor the South East Asia tournament in Singapore from Aug. 29 to Sept. 3. One of them Is Henry Wong, who reached the lightweight I final at the
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    PENNEFATHER TAKES 9-32
    73 14 Police beat Wanderers by six wickets ln a n S.C A. junior tournament fixture at Thomson Road on Sunday. Feature of the match was the fine bowling of Percy Pennefather who took nine wickets for 32 runs for Police. "Wanderers 76 <D. Miller 25 H* Rodrigue s
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    ANOTHER SWEEP BY ALL STARS
    35 14 IPOH. Monday.— The touring Singapore All Stars table tennis team trounced Yoke Hong, the Perak Champions, 5-0 ln the Perak Badminton Association hall in their final match here last night.
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    Indonesia may send water-polo team
    224 14 The Singapore water-polo team which won the Asian Games championship in May last year may play a series of International matches against the Indonesian team in No- vember. Negotiations have begun to brii.R a Jeam of Indonesian I water-polo players and swimmen to the Colony
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    YOUR FINAL WAS SO CLEAN, SAYS AUSTRIAN
    190 14 YOUR FINAL WAS SO CLEAN, SAYS AUSTRIAN rpHE Austrian Salz- burg F.T. became the only foreign touring team to be at a Malaya Cup final since the series started in 1921 when they saw Saturday's game between Singapore and Kelantan at Jalan Besar. The Austrian manager. Dr. Langer, described thr
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    17 teams for cup soccer
    137 14 THE SINGAPORE Government Services Football Association's knockout tournament has attracted nine first division and eight second division teams. The teams are: Div. I: M.R.N.V.R.. Woodbridse Hospital, Teachers' Traininc College. Public Works Department. M.A.A.F.. Medical and Health S.C.. Marines 'A', Customs and Police Div. 2: Marine
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    Seven Test men lOse places-Baiiey, too
    198 14 Seven Test men l Ose placesBai iey, too loxdqv drastic r their team tor Africa in fifth and Test beg Oval, Lon With tlirnatchos all dropped sevi ten in the the captain Compton. Ton! Brian Statham a Tom Q] Bailey. Johnny w Mclntyrc Peter Loader, Don- r Frank Lowj Colin
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    PENG HAN OFF ON SATURDAI
    62 14 PENG HAN OFF ON SATURDAI onroAPcmrs motorist i Im leave Singapo Saturda v to Caa for tiic tntemation il m* Pi on Mood iv Hr will top motorists trcn I nee clrcull Pent H.'.n Is takn No. 9 M.G. with him. The other << n pore la motoi who will
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    DRAW FOR SCHOOLS MEET
    52 14 The draw for ihe first round of the Singapore Badminton Association's inter-school championship is: Friday 9 a.m.: St. Andrew's v St. Thomas; Young Inst. v AngloChinese; Serangoon v Victoria (Yellow i. Sunduv J 1 ."> |> m. ■A" v Holy Innocenl •B' 1 v Bart!' Joseph'i
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      35 14 I SOCCER S.A.F.A. League, Div. 1: Corinthians v Police, Jalan Besar; Junior I (up: Chinese Athletic v Kinla Kangrrs. MIA ground; Springdale v Darul A!iah. CYMA ground; Western: S.C. v SeleUr F.C.. Farrer Park. I
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