The Straits Times, 16 August 1955

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    15 1 The Straits Times f J f Kstd. 1845. SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, AUGUST 16, 1955 15 CENTS
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    Lock icon 16 KILLED in GOA MARCH
    331 1 Bloodshed as Independence Day demontfatori ente r Portuga— e settlements MOVEMENT FOR MERGER 'BUILDS UP STEAM* police open fire along borders BOMBAY, Monday. > Indians wore killed and more than 10 (d tod*} when Portuguese police and red or demonstrators entering the Portugese settlement! tf
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    A deadly display vanishes
    68 1 A deadly display vanishes GENEVA, Mon. t SPF4 IMEM of radinartiv. H luu disappeared itoms for peace 1 .hiliitini hprp. c bxuN .t u.irninu to an>- in m lit he in pWMS* "n oi the tohalt. which was rtispla> with other niin.r.ils. ""usn cobalt is not daimcr-"«-l> r.irlioactivr. it could
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    MULTI-LINGUAL POSTERS GREET Mr. BOYD
    85 1 mm They say: Let us have multi-tongue Assembly m NO SHOIT.s, no movement, just stares, when the Colonial Secretary, .Mr. Alan Lennox Bovd and the (■over nor. Sir Robert Black drove nast 2 pickets demonstrating for multi Hngualism and Singapore citizenship for aliens at K.illanc
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    4,000 turn up—but there's no rally
    211 1 4,000 turn up— but there's no rally ARRANGEMENTS to hold yesterdays mass Peoples Action Party rally misfired, and 4.000 people who went to Farrer Park to demonstrate for immediate self government were turned away The police, they were told, had iMWi a permit for the rally, but the City Council,
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    Lock icon Bomb scare in Parliament
    36 1 LONDON. Mon Police nade ;i security check at the Houses of Parliament last nlßht following an anonymous teleihone call that a bomb had been planted there Nothing suspicious wa .s lound. Reuter.
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    Lock icon SELF-RULE? NO, NO, NO says EXPRESS
    92 1 SELF-RULE? NO, NO, NO says EXPRESS LONDON. Mon. The Daily Expres., today called on the Colonial Secretary. Mr. Alan Lennox-Boyd. to reject the arrogant" demand of Singapore s Chief Minister, Mr. Marshall, for immediate self -government •'Singapore Is Britain* by right. the Express argued It was an all-but-deserted .swamp when
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    Lock icon Channel winner
    28 1 DOVER. Mon. Abd< 1 Latlf Abu Hclf of Egypt today won the international cross Channel swimming race from France to England, defratim: 15 other swimmers Renter
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    MURDER WITNESS IS DEAF AND DUMB
    1148 1 Two accused of killing newsman in May riots TilK .MAN who saw how Mr. Gene Svmonds, the I nited Press manager for South -East Asia, was beaten to death during the May U riots in Singapore is deaf m»l dumb. He will be a
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    Reds told: Use ballots, not bullets
    157 1 FICHT IN A POLITICAL WAY-MINISTER iron >|on. rE Minister for Health and Social Welfare. Mr Leorig Yew Koh, last night appealed to Communist terrorists to come out and fight for independence in a constitutional way. Mr. Leong. Secretary General of the Malayan Chinese Association,
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    GRAFT DRIVE
    101 1 Troops raid Govt. offices and question officials JAKARTA, Mon INDONESIA'S army, moving 1 swiftly to sma-sh widespread corruption In Oovernment departments and apen- < le.s swept Into export and Import on* lce* over the weekend, searching flies ana questioning officials. No arrests were Immediately announced. The office* frequently
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    Lock icon Death plunge
    22 1 ROURO ST PIFRPE Switzerland. Mon Twenty-five French .slßhtxeers Acre killed ys'erday when thrir but. p'unßed over a preclpk-> i UP.
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    Bid to avert city strike
    80 1 Last-minute talks THE Sinßapore Labour Ministry ha.s arranger) for a meeting at 9a m today between the City Council Finance and General Pur|>o.sos Committee and thr City Council Labour Unions Federation In a la-4- minute bid to avert strike by thr union's 10 (XX) members
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    Village nabs hold-up raider
    180 1 Village nabs hold-up raider ANGRY villagers last niKht chased and caught a man who tried to extort $10,000 from a provision shop owner to Lorons Tai Seng, Sin^apore. The alarm wa.s raised by the proprietor's son. Mr. Nam Tonf Seng. 29 The villagers handed the "man to a rarii- patr
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    STOP PRESS
    33 1 <.o\ pi MOMSTI I.H> OI I ■OMBAY. Mi I 1 1.." IIIOM fcM Ki.Jit I tile suspension of monstration i n^t i'l.i luu.i <■•., |1 PlMi |i (Hit led. (Sec t'"s i
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    Killed by fridge
    26 1 A 17-V' :ir dirt amah H mplnyi'd :n an umi home in Lock R' :iri. > rr VLs clcctrorutf d lining the d< rday
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    Good old summertime
    103 2 and the frost goes out of a goodwill party as Mr. B. strikes a Santa. Claus note THE SOVIET Prime Minister, Mr. Bulganm, shakes hands with the British Charge d'Affaires. Mr. Parrott, at the big garden party he recently gave for foreign diplomats at his country home
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    Lock icon Witch-hunt in U.S. show business
    176 2 NEW SCREENING FOR T.V. MEN NEW YORK, Monday. ACTORS, writers and others connected with the theatre, television and films have been ordered to appear before the Un-American Activities Committee. which today began a new inquiry into alleged Communism In the entertainment world. It has subpoenaed
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    Lock icon Freighter sinks off Bermuda
    61 2 HAMILTON, Mon. —The 2.506-ton British freighter Wychwood sank in shallow water off Bermuda on Saturday night after being abandoned by her crew when the salvage pumps failed to keep up with the water flowing in She foundered and sank in the middle of the night, leaving
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    CAR TO BE BURIED WITH BOY
    74 2 KEY WEST. Florida. Mon. A father who lost hu only son a year ago In a traffic accident plans to bury the boys car beside him In the cemetery here. Raynardo Garcia. 50. said he could no longer bear the memories connected with the
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    PRINCESS ANNE IS FIVE
    45 2 PRINCESS ANNE IS FIVE PRI.M KSS \.\Ni: I. l.t.it.d her fifth birthday yesterday by picnicking on the moors around Balmoral Castle in Scotland. After the picnic there was a family tea party at the castle with a birthday cake specially baked by the Queen's chef.
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    THANK NEHRU for the BLUE SKIES —MacDONALD
    253 2 THANK NEHRU for the BLUE SKIES —MacDONALD Undla'i goto in ntw wm will be stupendous' PENANG. Monday. I rpHE Commissioner-General, Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald, 1 said today that the world was entering upon a new phase when India's part was going to be of stupendous importance. Mr. Mac Donald praised
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    Lock icon No phones in Fleet Street
    34 2 LONDON. Mon. Heavy rain caused a cable fault which put about 750 telephone lines In the Fleet Btreet newspaper centre out of action for almost 15 hours yesterday. Reuter.
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    Defence stores for India
    42 2 NEW DELHI. Mon The Indian Defence Ministry Secretary. Mr. M. K. Vellodl. will visit Britain and France to buy stores and equipment. Reliable sources say India is debating whether to buy French or British Jet fighters. —A. P.
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    Lock icon 70 men from U.S. fail in mission against Reds
    209 2 70 men from U.S. fail in mission against Reds E SAN MARINO Mon. SEVENTY emigrants who O flew home to the S worlds oldest and small- E e*t republic, San Marino. s U» vote against the lorn- muniots failed in their E mission The 70 emigrants wo E E America,
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    Lock icon 13 YEARS AGO
    72 2 Dieppe raid men remembered HASTINGS. Mon -Canadian ex-soldiers from all over Britain took part in a parade and service here yesterday to commemorate the raid on Dieppe on August 9. 1942. In that raid, which was in preparation for the invasion of Europe, more than 6.000 nv*n,
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    Lock icon DALAI LAMA'S ELDER BROTHER FLEES
    179 2 DALAI LAMA 'S ELDER BROTHER FLEES TOKYO. Mon. TTHE elder brother of the L Dalai Lama has fled from Tibet and has been granted asylum by the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo. It was learned today. A n American spokesman said: "He has been In Tokyo tor about 30 days and
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    Lock icon P.C. AS WISE AS SOLOMON
    100 2 BRADENTON. Florid*. Mor. pour em an Harry WllklnI son, taking a lesson from King Solomon, divided a radio Into parts to settle a dispute over Its ownership. Wilkinson found two girls arguing over the radio. "I decided to take matter* In my own hands." said
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    THOSE SMILES
    97 2 Mao's teacher says: Beware of those 'new look* faces l YEW YORK. Mon— A former Chinese Nationalist Foreign Minister warned the West lasf nißht to beware of the "new look" worn by his clever old pupil. Chin»M Communist leader Mao Tse-tung. Dr. Hu Shlh said Peking has been
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    PEACEFUL' ATOMS ARE STILL DANGEROUS
    113 3 PEACEFUL' ATOMS ARE STILL DANGEROUS Scientist warns of peril to human race GENEVA, Monday. DENTISTS warned here today that the human 1( s t;,nds in danger from the effects of radiajn h future as atomic energy plants develop d increase in power and numbers throughout II ll "'p" 501 I
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    Lock icon Quake hits West Java
    42 3 296 homes down ■'Hi HAGUE. Mnn. E.irthquakos toda, destroyed about buildings m Sumtdang wesi Java, according indoMewi Agency reporu d hen. Sumedani is town of 33.400 people, 20 mile.s east of Banrepori said Hicrr wen no casualties. Reuter.
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    Woman killed in lovers' lane
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    Lock icon Flag row
    69 3 Burlington. Kentucky Mon. Tlic nude oody n: ;t woman, cohered by hunt ■ardboard box. was found near tin- Ohio River in a knren' lane Kentucky police xiid that bnth of her hands had been 'T. A. P. PARIS. Mon Thr Bag vl China, flying v cr meetlngi oi
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    INSTEAD OF HUMANS -MONKEYS?
    148 3 INSTEAD OF HUMANS -MONKEYS? Malayan planter gave the idea GENEVA Mon ONE ol the worlds most distinguished scientists belßvcs the time has come tor humanity to seriously consider breedin? a strain of monkeys trained to do work too dull for humans and too tricky for machines. Docs he mean it?
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    Lock icon Trained to run up jungle trees
    140 3 '"This man trained a species of monkeys: I think they ap called piR-faced monkeys, to run up and bring down what he wanted |M it worked very well. He probably used a lead to direct them here or there. I suppose." Sir George, who
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    THE FREE CHINA REACHES U.S.
    91 3 flimiim Across the Pacific by junk I II I JINK Free China arrives at San Franciiro to end a trans-Pacific voyage which took 53 day*. Sails werr lowered and thr junk was taken in tow as it entered San t-'ranrioco Bay. Aboard wrrr Mr. Calvin
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    Bevan: I am not anti-American
    177 3 Bevan: I am not anti- American A\D HE EVEN SAYS SOMETHING NICE NEW YORK. Monday. MR. ANEURIN BEVAN. leader of the left-wine of the British Labour movement, said yesterday he was not anti-American. He said: "I am not anti any nation but if I don't like something about a country
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    The atomic cocktail
    84 3 GENEVA. Mon. Bartender George Monti concocted a .special atoms- for-peace cocktail yesterday as a tribute to tlie current international conference here on peaceful uses of atomic energy. 1 Two or three of these." said Georue. who presides at the Casanova Bar. and you r.u a| peace with
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    £ rumours are denied
    53 3 rumours are denied Strait* Time (onvspond'-nt LONDON. Mon. Re.yon.Mb!. I circles here today discount Singapore rumours that iter ling is to be devalued. OiTlcials never formally deny Mich rumours on principle, but Mr. R A. Butler, the Cnancellur of the Exchequer, denied them only last month and devaluation at present
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    Demand to Japan
    29 3 MANILA Mon. The Philippines today formally notified the Japanese Prime Minister. Mr. Ichiro Hatoyama. tha' it wants $2,400 million as World War II reparations. A. P.
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    Lock icon Whistle foils 5 camp raiders
    69 3 RHYL. North Wales. Mon Five men attacked guards at Kinmel Park Garrison near hiri today 48 hours after a l..rge quantity of arms was seized in a raid on an armoury in Berkshire. one ol the guards was tied up but managed to Tree himself
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    JAPS SHRINK A FOOT WHEN BONE DISEASE STRIKES
    101 3 TOKYO* Mon. A mysterious withering bone disease has broken out in the town of Fin hu. About 100 of its !.o»o population have been stricken, health authorities said today. Dr. Noboru Ogino of Fuehu appealed to Tokyo for help. He said the
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    Boyd tells Sarawak: Be pals with China
    145 3 I|R Alan Lennox Boyd. Be cretarv of State for the Colonies, la-st night said the British Government wa"nted Sarawak to maintain friendly relation* with China. He also mentioned Brunei. North Borneo. Singapore, tin Federation and Indonesia whose help and co-operation i.s very much
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    LONDON STOCKS
    466 3 LONDON. Mon f ONDON ntock markFtn have been i.ither unsettled today with nobody willing to take si line on the outcome of thU afternoon's Cabinet j meeting. Vague talk of a ponxlble autumn budget arid in< re.isrd bank t.i'e nan kept buyer* away and orlces drifted lower through
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    LONDON TIN
    27 3 LONDON Aug 15 CH.-h Buvcts f.SCi' Sellers 1752 Forward Bmm I t"4fi; Selton £741. Selllemrn' £7 SI Tunvncr a.m. 10 toii> p m M MM
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    LONDON RUBBER
    32 3 LONDON. Auk II Spr M< 4 ■■pi 40..d. O< 1 -!)«■< 40d Jan Mai 37 .d Apr June 35 \d.. Sept. r If. 40 ',d. Ori cI t. 3t\d Tonr Weak.
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    ATTACK ON NEW PLAN TO MAKE CITIZENS
    135 4 ATTACK ON NEW PLAN TO MAKE CITIZENS rTHE UMNO Youth League of Singapore has attacked the Government plan to grant citizenship to aliens in the Colony. Uhlp, as suggested by thi Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and supported by the Marshall Ministry confers certain rights without the responsibility attached to
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    Dagger man is fined $600
    53 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Mon Tan Ah Khoon. who was found with two daggers which had been stolen from the !iomc of H. C. Lesser, a naval officer I was fined $600 here today. The daggers were found beneath the floor boards of a car in which
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    Cheaper oil
    31 4 Shell dlesoline, Sh.'li dteael fuels. Mobildiesel and Stanvac diesol will be cheaper by three cents a uullon in Singapore and the Federation from today. It mi announced last night.
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    Young wife made bed on rail line — after row
    106 4 Young wife made bed on rail line after row IPOH. Mon. The young wife of railway worker rushed out of the home after a quarrel with her husband and lav on the railway track as trolley was approaching. The trolley failed to stop in time and the woman was injured.
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    Party to Rulers: Bar babel in Federal Council
    309 4 WE WILL OPPOSE THIS CHINESE DEMAND WITH ALL POSSIBLE MEAMB' ...AND MARSHALL IS TOLD: MANDARIN WILL BE ENOUGH, THANK YOU KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. JHE PAN-MALAYAN Islamic Party will petition the Malay Rulers against any attempt to make the new Federal Legislative Council
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    Stole loaves for his wife —cook jailed
    94 4 Stole loaves for his wife cook jailed AN army cook who stole three loaves of bread and sent them to hLs wife was yesterday jailed for a month by a Singapore magistrate. Ong Teck Hai. of the Selarang Garrison, agreed that the bread should have been given to the garbaee
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    Hand grenade allegation
    35 4 ALOR STAR, Mon. Abdul Rahman bin Abdul Rashid. 32. was charged here yesterday with possession of six hand grenades at the 5,2 m.s., Lang gar. on Saturday. He was remanded in custody
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    Major lost $130
    30 4 A thief stole $130 from the room of an army major at the I Nee Soon Officers' mess on I Saturday night, while the major was asleep.
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    JUMAT TOURS JURONG VILLAGES
    110 4 SING APORES Minuter tor 1 Local Government i Lands and Housing. Inche i Abdul Jumat. yesterday visited villages off Buklt Tlmah Road and Jurong Road and said: "The rural areas have been neglected tor a long time." Inche Jumat. who was accompanied by Mr. Llm Chin
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    Bank section
    20 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Thr banking section of the Selangor Clerical and administrative Staff-, Union will be Inaugurated tomorrow
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    PRISONERS BUILT AND MADE FURNITURE FOR THIS PRE-FAB HOME
    83 4 PRISONERS BUILT AND MADE FURNITURE FOR THIS PRE-FAB HOME THE PICTURE above shows the entrance to the pre-fab home which Is one of the main exhibits in the Prison Industries and Handicrafts display to be held In tbe Victoria Institution. Kuala Lumpur from Aug. 17 to 20. The pre-fab home
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    UMNO YOUTH LEADER IS EXPELLED
    92 4 Hi;KIT MERTAJAM. Mon Inche Abdul Razak bin Ahmad, ceneral secretary of Province Weileslev UMNO Youth and president of the Buklt Mertatarn UMNO Youth, was expolled from UMNO lut night. The decision to expel him tor conduct detrimental to the Interests of UMNO was made at
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    Johore troops will line Causeway to welcome the Sultan
    139 4 Johore troops will line Causeway to welcome the Sultan rE Sultan of Johore will he niveti a gala welcome when he returns to Singapore today with the Sultanah and Princess Miriam after more than a year in England An official party, including the Johore Mentri Besar. Dato Wan Idris bin
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    'LEGAL SNAGS'SO MAN IS FREE
    210 4 'LEGAL SNAGS' SO MAN IS FREE Colony-Federation court tangk rHE Singapore Fourth Police Magistrate, I Devereux Colebourn. yesterday or I release of a Federation business man held I lony on a warrant of arrest issued by the I I I Court in Ipoh. The warrant w i I the result
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    200 troops arrive
    41 4 The 18,000-ton troopship Empire Orwell arrived v Singapore from Britain yester day with 200 troop.* for tlv Colony. The ship also Drought service families for Malaya In transit for Hong Kokand Japan were 1.000 soldiers and 133 families.
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    $2,066 for the triplets
    44 4 Total donations tor the family of Selangor tin mint labourer. Hassin bin Mat Kaji whose wife had triplets last month, have now reach-d $2.066 04 Latest gift is $3150 from Saudara Seperjuangan. RAI--(M» 92 Squadron, and Roya. Signals Seletar. S'ngapore.
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    Cycle stolen
    16 4 A motorcycle was stolen from outside a house in Kovan Road. Singapore, on Saturday.
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    CALL-UP SERVICEMEN TRAIN AT SECRET CAMP IN 'BLACK'AREA
    201 5 CALL-UP SERVICEMEN TRAIN AT SECRET CAMP IN 'BLACK' AREA They know how to defend themselves 4 BOUT 500 Singapore National Servicemen and volunteers are attending a training camp m one of the worst oandit areas in Johore. The actual location of thr camp and when it Will break up are
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    'For troops only'
    125 5 AMOK ATTACK RAISES A CALL —LET ARMED SOLDIERS TRAVEL IN SEPARATE COACHES IPOH. Mon. pERAK Alliance State Committee want I Malayan Railway to have separate carriages for soldiers to keep them away from civilians. It decided thLs because of the massacre last week in the Kuala Lumpur-Sinpa-pore
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    THE WANDERING BOY TURNS UP
    159 5 VARAYANASaMY. the 14-year-old Indian orphan who disappeared after asking Singapore's Social Welfare Department for help, has been found in Jonore The boy went to see the jv^tant secretary in charee of Children and Young Persons, Mrs Kismet Wong and said: J And my wandering life
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    260 STRIKERS RETURN TO WORK
    58 5 260 STRIKERS RETURN TO WORK KLANG. Mon. All 260 strikers at Seaport Estate, 12 miles from here, returned to work yesterday The workers and the mana-* pemtnt have apreed to let the Labour Department investigate and make recommendations on the dispute. The workers struck on Thursday after the manai:crefuaed their
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    Shoe workers' pay rise
    54 5 JOHORE BAHRU Mon. The 250 workers of the Sinwa Shoe Factory here will gi i wane increases under an Nt rt ached with the management. The wortters, who went on strike on July 18. returned work on Ju^y 26 after an assurance that there would be
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    Band concert
    24 5 The Band of the Ist Battalion the East Yorkshire Regiment will play at the Singapore Botanic Gardens at 5 pm on Sunday
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    SAWMILL TALKS ON AGAIN
    63 5 The Trade Union Congn vs :day broke the two-week j deadlock in the Singapore sawmill strike negotiations by l nrranginc a meeting at the s Labour Ministry between the parties in dispute. 1 Settlement was reached en a major issue concerning the ptrcentage of increment to
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    $32,000 OPIUM SEIZED
    62 5 SINGAPORE I ustoms officer* have vi/i-d opium and Indian hemp from two vessels. Officers found >.» Ih of opium worth 532.000 in a water tank in the roaster Dukat. which arrived in Singapore from Bangkok on Saturday. Later they found 4fllb. of Indian hemp worth $I.?M in
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    Thieves at Turf Club
    54 5 A thief broke into the jockeys' room at the Singapore Turf Club during Saturdays racing and stole a wallet containing $130 belonging to rider Kit so n Leong. Another, turf thief picked a purse containing $51 and 15 -wi p tickets from the pocket of a
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    Join-the-army team's drive
    63 5 A Bnti>h Army and Malay Regiment recruiting team will viMt Seremban. Kuala Lipi? and Kota Bharu next month The team will be at the Seremban Police Volunteer Reserves headquarterv on Sept 5 and 6. Kuala Lapis Police Station on Sept 8 and 9 and Kota Bharu Police
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    Farewell from the Bar
    234 5 Farewell from the Bar TRIBUTES TO SIR CHi\RLES SINGAPORES retiring Chief Justice. Sir Charles Murray Aynsley, who has delivered Judgments in the Colony since 1946, was yesterday lost for words. He admitted thLs when reC lying to tributes paid to him y members of she Colony Bar. who had gathered
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    Good neighbours were thieves
    63 5 On the pretext of helping to put out a fire which broke out in a provision shop in Chin Swee Road. Singapore, on Sunday night a ganu >f thieve* got into the »hop before the brigade arrived and stole $1 538 worth of goods and 5680
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    On their way to Indonesia
    45 5 The Deputy Prime Minister of Egypt. Wing Commander Ua.Ti.il Salem, and the Rector of the Al-Azhar University Cairo. Sheik Al Islam Abdul Rahman Tag passed through Singa- I pore yesterday by Garuda In- ,donesian Airways on their way 'to Indonesia.
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    CLAIM FROM JAPAN—NOT BRITAIN, SAYS Q.C.
    121 5 CLAIM FROM JAPAN— NOT BRITAIN, SAYS Q.C. Mr Xt nneth Diplock Q.C 'old the War Damage Compensation Board yesterday that the remedy for the three Dutch oil companies who had suffered losses during the war was by claiming against the Japanese Government. Mr Diplock said that the claimants' case *hould
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    66 6 -ii r,r<» fro i minimum). LAZAROO: Johanna Lazarno, of the late R M. B I*iaroo, on 11.8.55 ai Kuala Lumpur C'IHNVV I,eonnrd Geoi'e Cori c !ui marly Auditor Oeneral S.S and F.M.S. on 13th August at Budleigh Raltirton. De\on k cukl.'.iah. Pnutonor Rallwaj passed away at General Hospital Xl,
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    112 6 20 Word* >!0 (minimum). THI FAMILY' of the late Mi. P I thank all relatives frtanda tot their kind aoriotenco, condolences and floral tributes in their recent bereavement MADAM QUEK BEE NEO wishes to thank the Commandant Hanks of the Slnc.i]>"-c CM the, Buddhist Union tYiends and Relatival for
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Tues. Aug. 16, 1955. Put The Right Question
    689 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Tues. Aug. 16, 1955. Put The Right Question Has Communism passed its peak in Asia or is it as strong as over? Last week experts disfiissed this question at a South-East Asian conference sponsored by John Hopkins University in America. As in any gathering of experts
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    Moderation— In Words
    549 6 Moderation In Words At the first anniversary celebrations of the Singapore Factory and Shopworkers Union, Mr. Lim Chin Siong accused the English language press of trying to create disunity in the trade union movement. Presumably he was referring to the publication of reports that the T.U.C. and the P.A.P. unions
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    Reversal of 20-year-old Soviet policy is great step to peace
    692 6 pO-EXISTENCE" is so much more attractive than the catastrophe of another war that the top-level talks in Geneva have started of! an optimistic chain reaction, or whatever the proper phrase Is in this atomic age, which no political leader could
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    Some problems of forwardl buying for the B.O.A.C.
    1515 6  - Some problems of forwardl buying for the B.O.A.C. MILES THOMAS By SIR WHEN it is realised that modern international airliners cost over £lm. each— nearer £ljm. with associated spares and that a minimum fleet of ten is needed for competitive economy of operation, it will be seen that forward buying
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    BHOODAN SURE TO SPREAD'
    120 6 MAX m THE STREET I VINOBA BHAVE'S Bhoodan movement Is not entirely unknown outside India. 14 has even captured the imagination of the famous Italian producer, Robert* Rrwselllnl. who proposes tn 1 make a film based on the teachings of Bruvc. Hi- had talks in this
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    BOYD TO BE THE FIRST TO LAND
    86 7 BOYD TO BE THE FIRST TO LAND Secretary, I Lennox l Governor, will be passen- Singapore opened at n Satui 4.15 pm. 1 1 bar 15 rill Inspect nounted by Air .r- the loyal Air Force Auxiliary Air Boyd will airport. tor thousands the public i holdd people, king space
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    26 7 D nald, the n r.il. v ptlon sidi nee of itlve toad. .ivinc i th to tak< the Briti>h ncr In Innia.
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    TESGKU SENDS HIS WISHES
    43 7 IPUR Mon. tioolglrl Road i mail packet rraph album I signature of the Federations Chief Minister. Tengku Abdul Rahman and hiy message "to Karoariah R.ikn with b<-st wishes." Kamariah had written to the Tengku asking him tor his autograph.
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    Marshall, Govt. House, 10 a.m.
    363 7 2,000 OH-SO-SILENT PLACARD MEW MARKED THE RETURN OP MR. BOYD Will you, won't you, will you take my j hand a president to a picket j VISIT TO THE POLICE SCHOOL— THEN THE WHO'S-TO-RULE CRISIS TALKS BEGIN pHK Colonial Secretary, Mr. Alan Lennox Boyd, will
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    FAREWELL SNUB: Mr. M. to RESCUE
    92 7 A FAREWELL party at the Adelphi Hotel last night for the City President. Mr. T. P. F. McNeice. who is retirir\u to take up a new appointment M chairman of the Commission on Local Government, ended with a snub for Mr. McNeice by a
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    158 7 Mr. McNelce. who had earlier referred to the "reception committee" who were waiting for him outside smiled broadly and put out his hand to the first picket. The picket shouted "Mrrdeka" In reply but refused to shake Mr. McNeice's hand. His placard read: "Stop drinking and
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    Women told: Raise
    224 7 happy family YOUR MAIN TASK— DATO TAN MALACCA. Mon. THE 72-year-old president of the Malayan Chinese Association. Dato Sir Cheng lock Tan, last night said that the chief function of women in civilised life was "to create a family and fill it with love and children and
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    POLICE FOUND GIRL'S BODY UNDER BED
    352 7 POLICE FOUND GIRL'S BODY UNDER BED Cord round neck, court told IPOH. Monday. 'PHF Ipoh Magistrate's Court was told today of a young firl whose body was found wrapped in blankets and funny sacks under a bed in a hut in lalim Village. A thick co:J was tightly knotted round
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    Alliance gets a fight
    56 7 KOTA BAHRU. Mon The Alliance will not have a walkover in the elections for 18 .t.s in the Kelantan State rouncll. When nominations closed today, only eight Alliance candidates were returned unopposed The other eight wll. be opposed by six Independents, three Pan -Malayan Islamic Party
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    Agent must go to jail
    58 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Mon -Yee Hin Soon, a sewing machine agent. sentenced to five months' Jail and fined $1,000 for causing the death of a firl cyclist by a rash act. lost his appeal in the High Court today. The girl was one of two cyclists
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    Hotel theft
    25 7 A Qantas employee has reported the locs of 62 Australian El notes from his room in the Embassy hotel at the weekend i
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    Indians told —Shun today glass
    88 7 Indians told Shun today glass KIM Lt'MPl'R. Mon. INDIANS in Malaya could rind a rightful place in society only if they gave up their drinking habits, the Minister for Labour. Mr. V T. Sambanthan, said here today II was Mirakine at Indian In dependence Day celebrations held it VYardieburn Eatatr.
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    CONSTABLE TOOK 5 MONTHS OFF—NOT A DESERTER
    117 7 CONSTABLE TOOK 5 MONTHS OFF— NOT A DESERTER KUALA LUMPUR, Mon —A police constable left his field force headquarters at Setapak In November iast year and did not come back again until April, the SexsToni Court here was told today But the court president. Mr I.C.C Rigby ruled that the
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    A respite for the 7 dances
    187 7 A respite for the 7 dances 'ALTER THEM AND BAN IS OFF' THE Singapore Chinese 1 Hieh Schools Graduates of 1953 Arts Association wii: bo allowed to include seven previously banned dances in its concert on Saturday if certain alterations are I made IfeU MftMi police drrlslon announced yesterday. EaiHer
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    The elephant was angry, so we ran for shelter to the lion's den What A Life
    643 8  - The elephant was angry, so we ran for shelter to the lion's den What A Life &hu&Hjk^ J3L MONDAY I GO to see Myra this afternoon, whose young son is home from boarding school. He is the same age as Mark and they were great friends, so naturally I am
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    Styled for summer
    56 8 Natasha Parry, veil known staye actress and daughter of Mr. R. A. C. Wills of Singapore, models a simple white polka dot dress. Natasha returned to London after a short holiday m Capri and stars in the TV production of ■The Apollo of Bellac" With her simple
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    The tempestuous toddler
    700 8 MOST children someA where between thr a^es of one and two years feel the need to assert their authority. This phase, though trying for their parents, should be welcome, for it is an outward sign of a dawning sense of independence and of a baby's growing realisation
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    ACCENT ON THE EMPIRE STYLE
    298 8 ACCENT ON THE EMPIRE STYLE Theatrical', says CELE WO, of the latttt Italian fashions YAPOLEONIC ladies A^ and Indian prices inspire Roman drossmakers in their autumn and winter collection;this year. Empire pushed-up bosorrus unmarked waistlines and ,!im skirts shared the spotlight with equally romantic Oriental tunics in the recent Italian
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    Gift of dolls from Japan
    44 8 JAPANESE children have presented 8.000 Japanese dolh to the children of the Philippines, the Social Welfare administration annoumed fa Manila. The administration is negotiating trtth steamship lme\ to hare the toys transported to Manila from Tokyo free of charge.
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      285 8 Straits Times Crossword 'I' I J 3 l J* IP U* PP'IF Mli_s_*_llE* 1 .1 "i_ in ~kh a "1 mi fa~p l"i __mn m nfe i£ 19 ii I M KOSS < Worthies*, bul wllh copper bot--1 Rqulp the old lelloM (or buttlr turn llo>. (10 1. MA colour-full
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    Lock icon Balaclava hero's widow bared secrets in scandal book
    908 9 Balaclava hero's widow bared secrets in scandal book had the high society of Britain V such a shattering shock as from that burst among their aristocrae autumn of !<>o9. the drawing rooms of M;i\T;ur, stately homes of the countrywide somnolcnl gentlemen's clubs of SI shudder of honor and dismay. munotion
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    MIGHT HAVE BEEN A QUEEN
    336 9 Adeline remained single until after her 30th birthday Then, in January, 1857, she ua.v a guest at a hoiuse party at Derne Park, the seat of r.ns hero, the Earl of Cardigan. Cardigan, head of the ancient Brudenell family, was then In his 60th year.
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      116 9 Shvrhwk Ihtlnu*, Stand asidv EBtvli Trait, Surprise ■■■""nHLflLaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! rCX>i"T TELL COONV WVJAT M I MF ANWUILE- IN THE CW;EFS I W IT LL BE A TDeMENCXXJS, «q^a^^.«^»^^^»^^ WE YE OSCCVEPED TILL I OPFICE AN ENTIOELV W 6UOPPISE. JUNIOR 6O DDNT 1 TUE PAWN SMOP-STOLEN WE'VE QUESTIONED ME(? M DIFFERENT EVENT
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      817 10 McALISTER 6c CO., LTi. TIL No 2<lJ»| BLLBBMAN BUCKNALL KLAV ENeBB LONDON, HAVRE. ROTTERDAM, los Tlr, I HAMBURG PORT IAND I ond for USA, North Atlont.r Ports Aceeptir, ond Conodo ond via Colombo CITY OF OTTAWA 5.1T1.14/21 Au, 22/24 Au, 2S/27 Au, **t CITY OF POOSA rtUuicflViU, 'I S'porr f
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    45 11 AUSTRALIAN STOCKS IUBNE. Mon. ,j tucks re- and prices! I on th« Stcx-k Ex 1 were inactive. V 15 13,16 I unquoted 111 I "/«4 H is io%» I 22. 5 a 3 7 buyer S 46. 6 buyer 1 29 11 I 44 7
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    76 11 I Jn made the following S' merchants '.*M l irmail T.T V 78. 90 days 33 I trada bill*. ..irmail T.T. 19. tt nays I g*V TT or on. rradv: New I mad» 3! 15 16; Swi«» I I rrnch Francs UM oipan F--»nrs 1621 14: I ■iGaUder'
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    RUBBER MARKET IS SUBJECTED TO SEVERAL RUMOURS
    630 11 RUBBER MARKET IS SUBJECTED TO SEVERAL RUMOURS By Our Market Correspondent RUBBER was a somewhat nervous market in Singapore yesterday and the price was held up on the strength of several speculative reports One report spoke of unconfirmed further Russian Yet a third report concerned possible devaluation of and this
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    BROKERS' REPORT
    250 11 The Malayan Share Brokers 1 Association. Singapore section reported: Quiet conditions prevailed throughout, all cectlons of the local share market." Singapore brokers reported the following business yesterday:— Fraser and Neave ards. $1 69 $1.70; Gammon J2.72V, (overnight)' $2.71 >„. $2.70. Jackaon and Co! $1 40. Malayan Cement $1
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    RUBBER PRICES
    150 11 September first grade buvera f.o.b. closed in Singapore yesterday at Si 44 cent* a up sewn-elghths of a cent on the Saturday closing price for the September position. The closing tone was quiet. Closing prices In cents per lb were No. 1 R 8.8 Spot fob. buyers 143".
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    102 11 Singapore Chinee* Produce ExI change: neon prices per picul yesterday were: Copra: .steady quiet; August 126 buyers. $26S sellers; September $27* buyer*. $27 S ellers. Ceconut oil: quietly steady; bulk $40 i sellers, drum $43 tellers. Pepper quiet with no business reported; Muntok white $170, Sarawak $168 i
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    SHIPPING
    96 11 Ship, lying aloogaide the Slngaporr Harbour Board wharve* er exI £cU4 today are: WlUem Buys 1 2. Ceylon 4 5. Hal Heng OP. Phemlus 6 7 Stxaat Mosambique 89, Chungkins '1, City of Ottawa 13 14. Braeside IS 16. Poelau Laut li Oarbeta 19 20. Slnisa N. Wall 3
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      2250 11 COMPANY MEETINGS KUALA KAMPAR TIN FIELDS LIMITED (Incorporated in the Federation of Malaya) output* and the tin price, this ratio has been remarkably consistent In each of the financial years covered by the period quoted. It ha* always been the policy of this Oroup to inform shareholders of any major
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      658 11 NOTICES I SENG AN SHIPPING COMPANY LIMP FJ) (Creditors' Voluntary Windlng-upi. the companies ordinance ■Ml NOTICE U hereby given that the Creditor* of the abovenuned Company, which Li being voluntarily wound up, are required on or I I before the 15th September 1955 to: I send their names and addresses
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      573 11 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS APPLICATIONS are invited from Federal Citizens for the temporary DORt of Computer at the Institute for Medical Reiearrh, Kuala Lumpur Applicant* should pen—* a Bchool Ortuicate with credit* in RriglUh and Mathematics. Distinction In Mathematics and experience in methods of statistical analysis *ith some knowledge of typewriting will
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      491 11 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS VACANCIES exltf in the Department of Broadcast ing r> hniclans to be employed, in the first ln>u ihn Kuala Lumpur Bt..'iMi The Og salary (lnclushiiviriK allowance; in $1:8.75 per month for a Std. VIII ent. ant. Hnd 11 57 25 per month for a 1 Certificate entrant, rising
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    9 12 WHAT ONE STRIKE COSTS COLONY
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    Singapore timber industry loss of world market
    695 12 Singapore timber industry loss of world market fFGAPORE'S sawn timber industry, which was yorth $9,204,268 to the Colony in export* last is facing disaster ;is a result of the industrial ible which has broken out in twenty-one of the nty-six local sawmills. If the dispute is not settled in the
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    COCONUT MEET
    33 12 It is announced In Colombo that Ceylon ha s been invited to attend the first international coconut congress to be he'd I in Manila from August 26 to 31 thii year.
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    SAS MEETING WILL DISCUSS FUTURE PROGRAMME
    109 12 SAS MEETING WILL DISCUSS FUTURE PROGRAMME who will be among the fifteen members of the staff of s,\s who will meet for a three-day conference in Tokyo beginning on September t. The conference will disriiM the sale* planning programme for B AS over the next few month* and representative* from
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    H.K. bank now opens in U.S.
    66 12 The Hong Kong and Shaneh.n Banking Corporation of California, a .subsidiary of the Hong Kong bank, has commenced operation at its office in Sansome Street. California. U.S.A. The new subsidiary, which was incorporated under the laws of the State of California, provides all banking
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    TRADE WITH WEST GERMANY JUMPS
    303 12 I SINGAPORE'S share of Pan-Malayan trade with West 1^ Germany durinp the first nve months of this year amounted to 48 per cent of the total value, accordinc to statistics compiled by the German Commercial Vice-Consul in Sinßapore. Dr. H. Scholten. However, 41 per cent
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    197 12 Swedish ship is due here soon on maiden voyage THE first of three new ships for the Swedish East Asia Line, the 5.300 ton Mlnikoi, built for their Far East service, U expected to arrive in Singapore on her maiden voyage on August 22, writes Straits Time* Shipping Ke porter
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    BETTER TIMES IN R.I. HOPE
    349 12 BETTER TIMES IN R.I. HOPE COMMERCIAL circles in Indonesia are hopeful that the change of government will bring an improvement of trade conditions, cabins the Straits Times Jarkata Corespondent. Although they admit that it will take some time before some of the detrimental effects of the outgoing government's economic pol^y
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    Ip clear favourite to win top honours
    1043 13 LTAM MEET MORE ATTRACTIVE NOW By Our Tennis Reporter j THE twenty fourth 1 annual champion- i ship meeting of the Lawn Tennis Association of Malaya begins on the excellent courts of Ipoh next Thursday and once again the com- j mittee of
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    DEW OR CHUA FOR WOMEN'S TITLE
    366 13 MISS FONSEKA. Ceylon s women's champion, who got the first seeding in the Women's Singles, is not coming after all and the re-draw that was made to nt in her late entry will have to be scrapped in favour of the first draw. This
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    170 13 NII.EU. Illtnoli" M 'ti JULIUS BOROb of North Carolina won the world rlclit tournament at the lam O'Shaiiler course here yesterday the Anna-caji-i>t>led world rh.«mpiun».hlp wlth a 714-hole score of 281 Pretidie H.m of California, a member >f the United Slates 1953 Ryder Cup team. «v
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    Lock icon ENGLAND 151, THEN ROUT S. AFRICA FOR 112
    907 14 17 wickets fall (or 193 on second day ot Test LONDON. >I(>ii. OBVBNTHN wickets fell f<»r 193 runs in I sensational day's play in the fifth and final Test between Knghmd anrl South Africa at The Oval today. With only two Of
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    Spore squad cut to 18: Team will be named on Thursday
    318 14 Spore squad cut to 18: Team will be named on Thursday SOUTH-EAST ASIA BOXING ROUND-UP A SPATE oi injuries BUtftWd VfStcrday"> lIMUrrlDg ■cttloin ;it the Police Training School where Singapore boxen arc preparing for the nrst south East Asia championships, to ht> held in Singapore from Aim Jit to Bept
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    Three British champions in HK team
    195 14 Three British champions in HK team h, Wmf :»•>'" lvi nu 1 t w, b, xl,._ o w ,v. m Se, ui-en.en ;«a' Si'HJ-'lX'"l ;t "-mplon-snip. »M* Lion wa» announct nin un lunes an Enulioii xlioolb>>> gnamplon. ■> BcoHlah 1 Welan ABA ili.nnpioi. be I „ire in 111 in narrowly
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    TEN-MAN SRC TEAM HELD
    151 14 A LAST minute ami by niMde If 11 Kirn Swea rn.iblid Star BoeearltM A in hold ten-mm Singapore Hecrtntlon Club l<'.nn to a 1-1 drm« in BA.FA. Juimr Cup competition on iln- p*dMk] ymtm in •occerltea, ho*ever. «ne unlucky not to li'\i- won v tOM were
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    45 14 SOONEST AS No. 1 v V.\ i\».r > lilt-, ihr li.miii. mii iluniji him. 1 j i...i--hand rrlurn in his -mi;lrs maUh ai;ain»t One the* l.< thr Sinieaporr and Malayan champion, at the S C 1' ye%tctl.ix he« Boe won by 6-2. «-2 Strait* Time* pirturr
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    CHEW BEE, HEE CHIN BEAT INDONESIANS
    438 14 \IALAVA took a wmnum lead in their friendly lnter*Tl national tennis match against Indonesia whin Uu > won both Btagltt at the S.C.C. courts yesterday Th. two Indonesian players, i 100 thru way t<> Ipoti l<«r th>-| in cruunplotuhlpg wii; now meet On« Chew
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    Tennis stars play today
    119 14 I^IVK foreign tenni part In thl.s \<ai > h.<mpion*hlp* will play .;i < matches on the S( C courts this evening. The first match. Martins at 4 15 pm will be a doubles 10 compleie the friendly lnternation.il hxtuie Dei ween Sinpapore and I I •lien
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    Lime Dust looks set for maiden win
    357 14 K> I IMIM II I I' I IME DUST, a hand.some St., id it A three-year-old looks. .«et tor his maiden win. He ha» made .splendid proKreiw since his promLsmi to Trya* over the Penann fit a fortnight ago With Jackie Talt ...stride
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    ATHLETICS MAAA may decide on standards for Games
    261 14 ATHLETICS MAAA may decide on standards for Games KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. THE QUESTION of setting standards for track and field events and awardinj? special certificates to athletes who attain these standards is to be discussed at the council meeting of the Malayan Amateur Athletic Association to br held in Ipoh
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    Harith opens scoring
    112 14 mNOAPORE Corinthian*, one «l I k 'he top tenmi In th» BAFA j !e..fuc »hl» aea*on «ere made to j hard for Uietr 4-n virtorv by lowly IndUn Recreation C'l'ib at Jalan Beiar stadium ye»«erda\ Cnrtnthlana played «tth 10 -n*n for alnwM 27 tnlnuteo. I C«rlnthtan» had
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    KATOSG ESTER THIRD ROUND
    50 14 Katoag Sport* Club cleared thrlr awoad nurdle in the S A A. Junior L'up compeitlon wi'h a 1-0 w. to:y ncr Spriniidale at Oeylai>g Stadium ■esterday Omar scored the winn'.ng SHB Police defeated Uurkha Rifle* 4-2 In another SAFA Junior Cup fixture .it Rner VaDey Road.
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    QUEEN'S BEAT RAF CHANGI
    52 14 Queen* Royal Reglmeir beat Rival Air Force Chang! by t.'e wickets In a cricket friendly at Changl I HANOI: 7« .Stepney 25. Armitage 4 for 31. Stanton 2 for 4 Davidson two for 10 1 qrECX'K: «5 for five iDaMdson 32 Stanton no 21. Turner 4
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    ANGELA MORTIMER BEATS DORIS HART
    192 14 NKW YORK Moil THU I'nitPd Stutcv Uv-k I 2-1 lead 1 o\f < ire v Hr'i.il u In the Wi :htman < i lennfa seiifs but Britain n..] triumph lln ii An ■•< 'a Mort.mrf beat frrmer Wlnibledcm and CVTMM US rhiunplan Dorli Haa 6-4
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    KOH SCORES 3 IN INDONESIANS' 6-2 TROUNCING
    388 14 ALL SINGAPORE, playing with wrrr mi., h too good foi tl Indonrsia BOCCtI tram whom th( match at Jalan Bosar stadium The Indonesians kicked oil and immediately gav< inscttH'd Singapore di I lan anxious morn* nt they broke throuuh in I first raid,
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    82 14 PHILAPEUHIA AUBTRALJA took a comm.ind.t^ 2-0 lead over It.Uv when P'av in the D»\is Cjd inter-zone nn.il started at the O«-rman Town C: .1 ket C;ud .<tadium here yesterday. Lewi- Hoid beat Faust. «-3. o-J hit and Km Rosewal] beat Nicola Pietrangeli 8-6 3-« «l. 6-*
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    Surrey make it a two-day affair again
    28 14 Surrey make it a two-day affair again \t lartan M Leei \t 1, \t l,.if \t lei.rsl,, «nd 122 f< \l Bust. 111 M 1t..;. V \t N..11M1.
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