The Straits Times, 27 August 1955

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    12 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845 SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, At'GIST 27, 1955 13 CENTS
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    Hello, YOU STILL THERE?
    336 1 Wave of fear sweeps Jakarta as Army intensifies anti-corruption drive NERVOUS OFFICIALS RING lACH OTHER HOURLY Businessman arrested at airfield From A Special Correspondent JAKARTA, Friday. YE of fear is sweeping business circle* I government offices in Jakarta. And the inti-corrnptiOH drive initiated by the army
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    Camera wants someone to punch
    347 1 Camera wants someone to punch BUT EVEN KONG ISN'T HAPPY ABOUT IT pRIMO CARNERA. for- mer world heavyweight boxing champion turned wrestler, arrived in Singapore yesterday prepared for a fighting four weeks but he may find himself without opponents The no opponents threat mtom when Urn 2801 b.. 6 ft.
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    Lock icon FOR AFRICAN PINES READ PINK GLOVES
    79 1 FOR AFRICAN PINES READ PINK GLOVES ABERGAVENNY (Walen, Frl.- Peggy Jones opened a tin of South African pineapple for her children's tea —and screamed for her husband "There's a human hand in it," she said. Investigation disclosed that a pair of pink rubber gloves had been filled with pinapple Juice
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    Lock icon Search for arms
    29 1 NICOSIA. Trl. Brltlßh truop.s stopped hl| vehicles on rnadfi Into major towns and villiißi-K in Cyprus during the night and searched for arms and explosives Reuter.
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    THE BIG ONE IS PRIMO
    49 1 •AS IK. II I An H.Y." !>a>» wrrsUer frmio I arnera he lifts his Singapore fUht promoter. Abdul Kasak. Mr. K.w.ik weighs 150 Ib. Such a Hftinc feat is child's play to the .'mi -Hi Camera, i former heavyweight boxing champion of the world.
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    JUNGLE GIRL
    155 1 The Che Wongs' saviour makes headlines in London LONDON. Fri Not a jflamour frirl. not a model, but front pago woman," Ls a newspaper caption to a Junßle photograph of Miss Morfydd Young, v Scottish Red Cross nurse newly arrived from Malaya, a story of whose work among
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    A chinless idiot? Not Sir Alex
    238 1 LONDON. Fri. rpHE publication here of Mr. Malcolm MacDonald's statement to *the Overseas League that Britain's colonial record is not a thing for which anyone need apologise comes aptly when British newspaper editors and letter writers are reacting indignantly to anti-Empire comments by the
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    Lock icon 93rd TIME LUCKY
    89 1 DETROIT. Frl.— A 76-year-old woman, making her 93rd appearance In a TratTic Court here, was acquitted of reckiess driving charges, yesterday after a complaining witness failed to appear. Mr.*> Loucll Pruett had her driver's licence suspended (or two years last February Police alleged that she had tried
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    450 ON STRIKE AT FOUR HOTELS
    495 1 450 ON STRIKE AT FOUR HOTELS Guests move out without lunch YIORK THAN 450 Singapore hotrl workers went on iTI stnkr yesterday— hours before they were scheduled to walk out. The hotels affected were the Adelphi Hotel In Coleman Street. Gloneaßles in Napier Road, the s< ;i View Hotel in
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    Book your next MM now
    105 1 Book your next MM now yHERE has beer a tremendous public demand for the =5 Malayan Monthly for August Few copies are left on Malaya's E5 bookstalls If you're lucky, you may be able to obtain a copy S Tr>'* issue contains a full report on the Federal Elections and
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    A rest for Ben
    39 1 LONDON. Frl -Big Ben the clock that Hitler's bnuAcouidn t stop, will be Mienccd lor two months next yi'ar WM.ie engineers and st< i sons finish giving it a c^ocoi fac-iiii and ovcrtual J r
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    'Home leave' for prisoners plan
    73 1 'Home leave' for prisoners plan O F.NEVA Fri A panel of eight internationally reeofnUed crime experts. including several from the United Btatf*. today recommended regular "home leave'" fur selected prisoners tn all jails. They said that such a >v>tcm would "relieve frustrations and tensions and create a more normal life
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    Lock icon Plane crashes: 5 killed
    37 1 LISBON. Fri An American twin-engined amphibious plane crashed on Azinhai> peak in the Azores last night All five crew were killed. The plane was on a flight from Argentina to North Africa.- Reuter
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    Money lender beaten to death
    103 1 Money lender beaten to death FAREETH, 67- watchman and money lenier who wa.s found battered on thr head beside his guard shed at Colombo Camp off dementi Road. Singapore at midnight i a Wednesday, died in the hospital yesterday. He died without regaining con.scuiusii' The police are also trying to
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    STOP PRESS
    49 1 nmi m: I'I.WK FOX KOYI> HiM)()\. Kri— Pair of l<-.ithrr slmcs Hih i-nt by lotiuht tn M i: \<l l>\ 1 .r.i11.«T In After hi.iiiiij; he u.l-. uliK'd to floor .n lion:; Imi'u llir> iratt'J his riMMHkn and i i.uunl in ti.il pair 1 .ii his dilemma."
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    Lock icon Water rationing in Britain
    41 1 LONDON Fri Water rationing began operating in parts of parched Britain toriay Lorries are delivering water to isolated villages and as the hot summer weather continues, the Thames and other rivers are shrlnkin« well below normal Reuter
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    Lock icon ALL'S WELL SAYS BUTLER
    47 1 LONDON. Fri. Mr R A Butlrr. the Chancellor oi th. Exchequer, today report i rl tn the British Cabinet <m lavourable turn> In th.' na- linn'.s economic position. H<- put before Ministers the latest r<pnrt^ <>n the effecfof his 'Ttfilt squi<-7< pn'irv Renter.
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    No polities please, say the Govt. men
    1141 2 dii.iiiiiM.il THEY WANT A NAME-THE-DAY PLAN FOR MALAYANISATipN "Chaase local men first 9 FIFTEEN THOUSAND local Singapore Government em plovers are to ask that the Civil Service be placed completely beyond the arena of local politics. In a memorandum they arc to submit
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    SOCCER ROW over a
    325 2 SOCCER ROW over a -CHAPTER 9—% I The average director's knowledge of football i BUNK PAGE LONDON. Fri. I EN SHACKLETON, star Sunderland and England inside forward, may never play again In soccer controlled by the Football Association. Club directors are pressing the F.A. to ban 33-year-old Bhackleton because of
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    Lock icon POISONED MILK: 22 BABIES KILLED
    133 2 National alarm goes up in Japan TOKYO. Friday. OEALTH authorities said yesterday 22 babies have 11 died from poisoned powdered milk and another 1.790 made ill throughout Japan. They feared the number of victims would increase before the product Is completely. withdrawn from shop counters
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    Boy, 15, killed girl—then went to film
    72 2 Boy, 15, killed girl then went to film SAOO. Maine. Fri. A 15- year-old boy was held today on a charai> of murdering an 11 -year-old girl in an argument over toy balloons. Police said Fortunat Michaud admitted beating pretty Doris Trudeau on the head with a stick of wood.
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    Lock icon FROM IRELAND TO MALAYA
    59 2 BELFAST, Fri —The Ist Bn King's Own Scottish Borderers, who have been in Northern Ireland since their return from Korea in 1953. l^ft Belfast today In the troopship Devonshire for Singapore. In Malaya they will ro into action against Communist terrorists. On board with the SOU
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    Lock icon INDIA'S ROBIN HOOD BANDIT DIES
    214 2 Man Singh was blamed for 403 murders In a mt NEW DELHI. Fri. INDIA'S fierce and fabulous ''Robin Hood" bandit Man Singh has been killed, it was learned today. The cultured 61-year-old desperado who turned murderer under the blessing of a vengeful mother died in
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    Boy nothing can hurt misses holiday by sea
    269 2 Boy nothing can hurt misses holiday by sea HE MUST BE \VA TCHED EVER V MINUTE LONDON. Friday. EIGHT-YEAR-OLD Richard Russell Mains, the laughing boy who feels no pain, never gets hungry. j and has no fears, has almost given up hope of a seaI side holiday. For nobody can
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    SEARCH IN EUROPE
    47 2 Fan of car ace ranislus gCOTLAN: French to try to tract Tollitt. 22 friend of S\ i motor radn I appeared Europe Ml-.- Sally V. In Sussex or with an am Two day.I visit friends in I family hav< n I her since R
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    Lock icon The super T.V.
    43 2 DUSSELDORF. Fri —A 'super TV which houses a television screen, radio, record player, tape recorder and refrigerated bar. is one of the eyecatchers at West Germany's radio show opening here today. The set sells for about 7,500 marks (s4.soo).— Reuter.
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    Lock icon Chou for Cairo
    25 2 CAIRO. Fri. The Chinese Premier. Mr. Chou Kn In is expected to visit Egypt tin* year, a government spokesman said today.— AP.
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    Magnate dies
    26 2 BERLIN, Fri Dr. Hermann Roechllng. 83. greatest steel magnate in the Saar. has died at a Heidelberg hospital after a long illness.— A. P
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    THE KISS AND IKE—BY MARY
    44 2 THE KISS AND IKE— BY MARY PHILADELPHIA. Fri Mr. Mary Cope'in. wife of a lawyer, disclosed today that she was the "mystery woman" who startled President Eisenhower with a kiss at I **> "It wa.s" an Impul "I just had th< I the President wondorM;
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    Kebels lay down their arms
    137 3 AS FAURE NEARS AGREEMRMT WITH MOROCCO LEADERS- p\RDON US, THEY TELL m FRENCH rtfABLANCA, Fri •EBEaiOUS Berber tr ibe8men came Hounlromtheirmoun- in hideouts in prownumber* today to down arms after nc ol the »»rstuprisrulein North Africa. French and n nationalist Ux-les-Baina virtual on the future
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    Sack for striking
    34 3 Fri Two of biggest shrp- rnm< nl <>wn«'d privatcly>rri.s. closed dismissed all .'.i of a led strike, which M r.riay. I dismissed its 8.300 Stuelcken lta 3,300 only their clerical -ut€r.
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    SERGEANT-MAJOR GIVES ORDERS TO BIGWIGS
    126 3 piFLO MARSHAL Sir John Harding. Chief of the Imperial General SUIT, held his annual conference recently at the Staff College. I amberley. The conference. called "Exercise Onward lasted three days and was attended by leading Army representatives from the Commonwealth and representatives j from the
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    Lock icon 'Death for you if patients die'
    250 3 CHILE WARNS ITS STRIKERS— AND CHINA AND AUSTRIA HAVE HOSPITAL TROUBLE, TOO SANTIAGO. Fn. yHE Chilean Govern--1 ment threatened last msht to invoke the death penalty against hospital attendants whose patients die for j lack of care durinc the strike in public health services.
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    Lock icon FOR THE FUTURE—A PUSHBUTTON HOME
    168 3 FOR THE FUTURE— A PUSHBUTTON HOME LONDON. Fri —An electron;call> -controlled push-button home of the future." where even a hahj v movements can be plotted b> remote control, hiehlishts Britain"* national radio show which opened here today. The push-button home, only a HcttM of which is on display at the
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    Lock icon GHOST AHOY!
    173 3 Sailor on leave to lay a spook goes back a beaten man PLYMOUTH. Friday. I EADING SEAMAN William Hampson. probably the first sailor ever to pet leave to jjo home and lay a uhost. confessed today he had failed. "I've been home on leave two weeks and the
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    Lock icon Gold strike is off
    40 3 BOMBAY. Fri. A week-old strike of 20,000 workers at the Kolar poldficlds in Mysore has ended. The management agreed to pay a bonus of 33 days' wages and promised an increase of threepence a dav— Reuter.
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    Lock icon 21 hurt in clash
    28 3 CALCUTTA. Fn. TwenU one Mnkinu tea plantation workers were injured in a clMtto with police yesterday in West Bengal, a union statement said— Reuter.
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    Lock icon ATOMIC 'BOMB' IS STOLEN
    99 3 PARIS. Frl. Police armed w;th Oelger counters today scoured the premises ol scrap metal dealers herv ln search of a stolen radioactive "bomb" which can kill anyone who tampers with It. Tin 1 "bomb" is a small lead cylinder containing a tiny raidlum capsule which disappear-
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    Lock icon DRUG PLOT MANIA LEADS TO DEATH
    191 3 DRUG PLOT MANIA LEADS TO DEATH LONDON. Fri 4 HEART specialist. Dr. Cl l o t Mackworth. stabbed himself to death with a knife because he was suffering from persecution mania, a London inquest was told yesterday Dr. Mackworth. found dead in his bathroom on Tuesday with a large knife
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    LONDON STOCKS
    432 3 LONDON. IT. ALTHOUGH thf undertone wm not unsatisfactory there iv a endency to proceed cautiously in the »tock market-, here today, ttenti- j ment wa* not helped by the Uganda Loan result and gllteoged* loai ground. Foreigners were idle and lacked decided trend. Business was small ;n industrial*
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    Lock icon 18 new citizens
    44 3 SEOUL. Fm The Ministry of National Defence today said that 17 North Korean soldiers and a civilian who had escaped to South Korea since the armis- tice was signed two yean ago, would be given South Korean citizenship next month. Reuter.
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    They all agree on an amnesty
    311 4 BOYD TELLS OF TALKS WITH ABDUL RAHMAN, MaoCDLLIVBAY AMD BOURNE BUT RECOGNITION OF COMMUNIST PARTY IS OUT OF QUESTION PENANG, Friday. THK Colonial Secretary, Mr. Alan Lennox Boyd, said here today that there could be no question of either recognising the Malayan Communist Tarty
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    Band concert
    23 4 The Johore Hokkien Association's brass band will give an hours concert at the Istana garden, Johore Bahru, from 5 pjn. tomorrow.
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    Condemned men to appeal
    92 4 Condemned men to appeal hHI\ MJMPI'R. Fri. MOTOR <.v salesman Chen Chung I uig. 22, and an ■i m mpliiMd youth. Kwnng Kirn Onn, 18, who were s. nttrucd to death rarlirr this month for thr murder of Yap Kon Shin. 58. former chief cashier of Wearnc Brothers here, have
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    New officer at India House
    39 4 Mr. Bikram Shah has arrived from India to take up the post of First Secretary at the Office of the Indian Commissioner. Mr. Shah succeeds Mr. M. M Khurana who left four months ago.
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    Hawkers fined
    18 4 Thirty roadside hawker* wer* yesterday fined $3 each in Singapore for causing obstruction on Thursday morning.
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    Band recital
    24 4 The band of the Ist Bn The East Yorkshire Regiment, will play at the Singapore Botanic Gardens at 5 p m. tomorrow.
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    THREE BOYS ROB A PRIEST
    75 4 JOHORE BAHRU, Fri. Three boys, aged 11, !2 and 13, broke into the house of a Catholic priest in Kluang on two successive days and stole an alarm clock, a pair of binoculars and $91. Yesterday, in the Kluanß juvenile court, their parents were fined
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    Wife robbed
    36 4 A Singapore housewife. Llm Ah Chew, 26, was robbed of a gold necklace and locket worth $410 by a snatch thief while watching a Chinese wayang at the 7'i milestone, Jurong Road, last night.
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    Strikes? Don't take them so seriously, he says
    135 4 PEOPLE In Singapore take strike* too seriously, according to a visiting Amerrican missionary. Dr. Albert Ktssling (above) "A strike b not an evil thing," he mid yesterday. "On the con t ran'. It Is a sign of life. It is tbe natural
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    'NOTHING TO DECLARE'—BOYD
    224 4 'NOTHING TO DECLARE'— BOYD Two inspections and a ferry crossing PENANO. Fri. THE FIRST words the Colonial Secretary. Mr. Alan Lennox Boyd. said when he landed on Penanß Island today was that he had no dutiable goods to declare. He was addressing two Customs officers on duty at Victoria Pier,
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    $100,000 STAMPS ON SHOW
    123 4 $100,000 STAMPS ON SHOW 2-day exhibition in capital KUALA LUMPUK, Fri QTAMP3 worth more than $100,000 will be on view at the Selangor Stamp Club's exhibition which is to be opened by the Sultan of Selangor at the Chinese Assembly Hall at 2.30 p.m. tomorrow. Among the exhibits will be
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    Health centre
    33 4 The Minister for Health. Mr A. J. Braga. will open the new maternity and child welfare centre at 9k milestone. Yio Chu Kang Road. Singapore, at 530 pm or. Bept 2
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    Found dead
    20 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Fri— Abdul Rahim, aged 20, was found dead yesterday at a stone ouarry near Bakar Batu.
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    MALAYAN TAKES DOCTORATE
    63 4 PENANO, Frl. Penangs 1952 Queen's Scholar, Dr. Francis Morsingh. has obtained his doctorate In philosophy at Oxford University. Dr. Morsingh, eldest aon of Mr. P. J. Morsingh. a retired' teacher. Is leaving Southampton tomorrow for Canada tc jarry out research work in Ottawa at the invitation of
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    MISSION To BUILD BIG HOSPITAL
    161 4 The Franciscans will run WORK on a new 51.700.000 general r hospital for Singapore vill begin neitv, be run by the Franciscan .Mission, ir.. Motherhood. The hospital will bo situated ai tl Braddell Road and Thomson Road Mcßithchie Reservoir. It Is expected to be completed
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    Teachers try again
    78 4 Representative* of Singapore's Chinese schooi teacht r. have again petitionea tin Chief Minister tc release Chen Yang Cheng, a teacher detained under tne Emergency Regulations. The memorandum say.- the arrest of Chen has antagonized Chinese in the Colony, ana Mki: "How will the Oovernment be able to
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    High tides
    60 4 TODAY: Singapore 544 I (6(t. 6iiu> > 4.56 pjn. .8!; DTJtson 104 p.m < 51* Bir^ Penaßs 5.44 am. (Ml, 51ns. 9.2S ;■> n\. i4fl Sins i TOMORROW Singapore 7 42 a.m. 6f fliw.t «.17 pjn. <7ft <■ Port Dlckson 114 a.m. (sir 7:nv I 3.15 p.m. 1
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    MacD's gift gets impetus
    74 4 MacD's gift gets impetus APPEAL FU^ JHREK er-Ut Mac Donald, for a sp the CO,;; lund for been opt i Ami):, Clt •ii the pro N. Oehler*. A t Chye j; Pheng Deck v. R^yner. A Clemenu I Aik ban, T. p < Georue E U G. G Tbon junied
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    Victory lunch by UMNO
    25 4 johore bah: gate? fro;: ches in Johore }>. met here to U the victor-. the Itions with a In Syed Nx-ir sided
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    Killed in mishap
    11 4 Sioh T k I yard.- ft at Mnulrr..
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    Mother told me to go and die'
    143 5 Mother told me to go and die' H E THREW HIMSELF UNDER LORRY i .K OLD man ilcide be- his mother told do so, a Sincaiest was told Kia fluns himself a lorry in Joo i on July 4 He n the General I Lone said that rimitted In itil]
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    $9,830 VANISHED IN SEVEN HOURS
    123 5 Bank receiving cashier accused DHPUB, Fri. ILE Bans receiv- Foone Cheong .-'jfd here the pn.sicient of Court, Mr. I C. h minimal breach 830. illeged to have misthe money bern and 3 p.m. on 1 Lstant chief Yak Long 1 a June 10 he reh
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    AXE FALLS ON RADIO EXPATS
    299 5 Up goes barrier: No more broadcasting men from abroad Search is on for more local talent RADIO MALAYA would not recruit any more permanent staff from overseas, the acting Director of Broadcasting Mr. F. N. Lloyd Williams, said yesterday. RoH Th »7 c Were Only
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    ARMY WIFE LOSES JEWELLERY
    75 5 ARMY WIFE LOSES JEWELLERY SINGAPORE police are investiuatuiß the loss of a jewel box containing 13 ornaments belonging to the wife of (of. Birrs of G.11.Q. FARF.LF Col. Biscs and Mrs. Bites loft by plane for Australia on Aug. 13. Thrv found the jewellery to he missing on their arrival
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    Provision shop burgled
    49 5 A shopkeeper. Nr Hock Huat. yesterday told the Singapore Police that thieves broke into his shop in Coronation Road and got away with about $150 worth of provisions Two wrist watches and $55 cash were missinc fiom the counter Wooden planks were removed from the door.
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    Patron Black
    19 5 The Governor. Sir Robert Black, has agreed to become patron of the St. John Ambulance Brigade. Singapore.
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    Layman will help at service
    64 5 A layman will join 3 bishop and two ministers in conducting the re-dedicat:on and thanksgivine service at the Wetter Methodist Church. Fort Canning Road. Singapore 1 at 10 15 am. tomorrow to commemorate the completion of a SB.OOO church renovation proiect. The layman is Mr
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    THE THINGS THEY TOOK TO A WEDDING-A SPEAR, A PARANG, AXES AND BOTTLES
    115 5 THE THINGS THEY TOOK TO A WEDDING-A SPEAR, A PARANG, AXES AND BOTTLES KUALA I.IMPIR. Fri. DOLICE arrived jut in time to stop ran* flrfat after a wedding reception, the Second Magistrate's Court here wax told today. When he Marched a car with a spear, scythe a parang and axes.
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    Squatters unite to defy Govt.
    181 5 AS- ORDERS ARE OUT TO 100 FAMILIES TO QUIT KUALA LUMPUR. Friday. THE capital's 120,000 squatters are forming an asso--1 ciation to resist eviction a-s orders have gone out to 100 families to vacate to make way for road extensions and other municipal works. The
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    THE C-G
    78 5 Mr. Singapore says goodbye Singapore's man-in-the-street will today pay tribute to the retiring CommissionerGeneral. Mr Malcolm MacDonald, at a mammoth Government tea party on the padang. Two thousand people havr been invited They should be lat iheir seats at 5 p.m. Music will be provided by the Police
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    CEB dispute —talks
    61 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. The executive committee of the Central Electricity Board Employees' Union had a twohour dlscuuion today with the Federations Commlsiloner for Labour. Mr, R H. Oakeley. The talk was on the dispute between the union and the C.E.B. on the union'i demands, including a rise
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    AWARD FOR CRICKETER
    87 5 SEREMBAN. Fri A Negrl Sembilan State cricketer, Wong Yong Lin. «v this morning awarded $10 by Mr M A Blacker, the acting British AdTlser. for arresting a man who had 4 lb of opium in his car. The presentation was made to Wong, a sergeant In the
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    Two get $613,000 for land BUT CLAIM WAS $3 MILLION
    201 5 Two get $613,000 for land BUT CLAIM WAS $3 MILLION j IN the Singapore High Court yesterday Mr. Justice Whitton awarded j 5613.591 to two owners of a 78-acre piece of land in Toa Payoh, which the Government acquired for housing development in 1 1952 The ovnera. Tan Eng Heng
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    143 respond to blood appeal
    43 5 A total of 143 people responded to the appeal for blood during the week ending Wrd nesday. says a Singapore ***** Transfusion Service report. Transfusions totalled 132 and the present stock in the blood bank is 146 flasks.
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      593 5 RADIO MALAYA •Programme* thu« marked ran be I received by listeners in Malacca II •TiJ M^^^^ I Short »a\e 49 and 62m Mediutr I wave 476 m 3«: v 366 m and 297 m i PM *100 Procramme Sumnun IBfWfiADADff •1 30 mm-. "1 4. D)WIi Market Re WArVHCi port;
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    35 6 2,, H..rrf« tin (minimum). MX .V lIMB, S. T. RA.JU. (>: Kola TlnßKl. thank Relatives. Kriends ana the AdmlntatraUve Officer ol KoU Tlncrf lor their Attendance and P the Occasion of their W'-ddintr on 21.8.55.
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    IN MEMORIAM
    41 6 ;o Hnrdu J/« I minimum). IN KVKHIOVING MEMORY of Gay Hex ie Bans >y <>n 27th August, 1953. WINTKHS Haael:— The blow was •o severe Parting with you Hazel dear. But Uod knew ix-.st. Whon He Called i 8
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS
    255 6 FOLLOW PEDANT Every Day In the M to »ln ord puzzle. ASK FOR SK o everyone MJFS. B ■■■<"■ Hi. Him Illtl and b pays! A GOOD COMPANION will be found when you buy a pan ol I From Robi:. I -i.tir. WHO'S BEEN AT my Romary s Ginger
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    RELIGIOUS ANNOUNCEMENT
    39 6 20 Wordt WM (minimum). CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIF. I V Singapore, 8, Orange Grove Road, < Singapore-10 (on* Orcliard Road). Sunday Service 10.30 a.ni. and 7 p.m. Sunday School 10.30 a.m. Testimony Meetings Ist and 3rd Wednesdays 1 p.m.
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Sat. Aug.27, 1955. University Finance
    671 6 The Straits Times Singapore Sat Au g.2 7, 1955. University Finance It would iccm that the Uni- t vrrsitv of Malaya authorities themselves have lost interest in the University Endowment Fund. That wa s the charge made against them recently by Dato Panglima Bukit Gantang, chairman of the Fund's Perak
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    Surplus In Penang
    381 6 Pcnang Settlement Council is hudgctting for a surplus of. $209,000 next year. The draft estimates introduced at the Council meeting put revenue a! $24,557,000, made up of $6,009.--000 from Settlement sources and $18,548,000 from Federal alloca- tions. Expenditure is estimated at $24,347,000 including nearly $3J million /or
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    Enlightenment
    182 6 Among the refinements of civilization which this country can do without are the pintablcs and gambling machines which are mushrooming in the city and which are now threatening to bring enlightenment to the less sophisticated rural areas. Some members of the Singapore Rural Board have, quite rightly, expressed alarm
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    Lock icon As I was saying...
    992 6  -  CYNICUS by SOMETHING for nothing never fails to appeal. From the days of Lloyd George's famous ninepence for fourpence, when his government introduced Great Britain's national health insurance scheme, advocates of the welfare state have stressed the big returns for little outlay. Outlay, though, is the
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    Noon over Malaya
    882 6 MLAVSi.IX nwtfhtxfk TWERE is a popular American song, one of those things they croon and the name of it is Moon over Malaya. Now I am not insensible to the magic of our Malayan moon glowing behind the dark lines of the slender palms, but there Is
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    FIFTY YEARS AGO
    142 6 From the Straits Times of Aug. 21. 1905: rE Municipality owns a triangular frog pond at the Junction of Brass Bassa and Selegie Roads and Dhoby Ghaut, which has long needed a couple of feet of earth over its surface in order to remove Its musical inhabitants,
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    Did padre tell court the truth?
    645 7 MAGISTRATE HEARS OF CINEMA SCUFFLE AMD SAYS HE IS SET THIS POSER: EVIDENCE ON OATH Clergyman: P.C. swore at me and hit Mend IPOH, Friday. §HOULD a clergy man's evidence given on oath in a court, be believed? This problem confronted the Ipoh Magistrate,
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    NEW BID TO END STRIKE
    92 7 I\IKS AT LABOUR MIMSTRY be resumed 1 I morning between Council Finance :al Purposes :ind represen- ?.f>00 workers. to end their 11trlke. Council Labour ration's 13 delemeet the committee Ministrv at ten be thr first talks worken went on wrdnesday. representatives 1 mpanied bv the
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    Airport model
    20 7 I the terminal the now $37,000,000 V TKWt will be on at the pround sombly House m today.
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    BANDITS RAID VILLAGE
    74 7 BANDITS RAID VILLAGE KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. SIX OR SEVEN armed uniformed terrorists last night sneaked Into Kundang Ulu village in the Pagoh area of Johore. They took away 12 katis of rice and three katis of sugar. Security forces are searching the area. A police and area security unit patrol
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    MORE CARGO FLIGHTS
    70 7 Err.p:re Airways n:\ie the air car- k at Singapore ekheed Super Con•IH aircraft by next year, said Birch. Qanta* \-;a manager, in rday. t r\ each cap- able of carrying 16 tons or eight tons air cargo and 50 tourist class passengers, will be introduced on its
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    Colony's turn to consecrate a bishop
    149 7 Colony's turn to consecrate a bishop MORF. than a thousand people. Including six bishops, will witness the consecration of Malaya's second Asian bishop at the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd. Singapore, tomorrow. The first is the Bishop of Kuala l.umpur. Rt. Rev.' Dominic Vendargon. who was consecrated at Kuala l.umpur
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    Lasses with glasses not for this job
    116 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Frt. rE Federation Police Force has started recruiting {or womt n inspectors. But girls, who wear glasses. will not be eligible, according to n Government Gazette notice published today. Applicants must be at least 4ft. lOin. and be between 18 and
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    Vacation course for teachers
    41 7 Fifty teachers from the Federation and Singapore have completed a summer vacation course on "The People of God" at Trinity College In the Colony. The course was organised by the education commission of the Malayan Christian Council.
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    Workers put out lorry blaze
    25 7 A lorry parked In Cheong Hong Llm Street. Singapore, caught fire yesterday. Llabourer.s unloading goods nearby put the Ore out.
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    UNCIVIL WAR IN KELLOCK ROAD
    223 7 Their days began with quarrels—court told. TWO neighbouring families quarrelled so often that a Singapore magistrate. Mr. Choor Singh, had to ask Vrstcrflay "Which quarrel are you referring to the refrS*erator quarrel 1 or the 'soap *ryl water quarrel"? j D Fox and his wife
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    Now they can't agree to disagree
    270 7 Now they can't agree to disagree I TALKS TO UNITE THE OPPOSITION FAIL 4 TTEMPTS to establish I co-ordination between j members of the three opposition parties in the Singapore Legislative Assembly have failed. Yesterday, party leaders admitted there was no "solid" opposition againsi the Oovernment They told the Strait.-
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    Mr. Sambanthan in Singapore
    38 7 Mr. V. T. Sambanthan. the Federation's Minister for Labour and president of the Malayan Indian Congress, will meet Singapore branch committee members of the Congress at 6. Race Course Lane, at 3 p.m. today
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    KILL THIS MAN, SAID REDS
    185 7 KILL THIS MAN, SAID REDS AN EDUCATION officer who was on the death" list of the Communists in Malaya died in London on Tuesday. He was Lt-Col. R- W Wat-son-Hyatt. 0.8. E. above i. 50 Chief Inspector of Chinese Bchools in Singapore from 1946 to 1952 and po>ti war commandant
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    Fireman injured in ladder fall
    44 7 A fireman. Tallb bin Rashld. fell about 20 fe« t off a ladder while whitewashing the Central Fire Btatlon bui'ding In Hill Street. Singapore, yesterday. He was admitted to hnsplta? with severe Injuries to an arm and a leg.
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    Festival day
    23 7 The office of the Commissioner for the Government of India In Singapore will be closed on Monday on account of Muharrum
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    OPERATION KEY OPENS THE FOOD DOOR
    178 7 Control measures to be eased SEREMBAN. Friday. OPERATION KEY. the food denial movement mounted round, Seremban town nine months am>, was today ended by Inche Shamsuddin bin Nain. chairman of the Negri Sembilan State War Executive Committee. lin hi- Shamsuddin. who Is •lso the
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    Tax makes him a bankrupt
    30 7 Tan Ah Pen|. of Verdun Road. Singapore. who i.owing the Comptroller of In- come Tax $545. was made a bankrupt In the High Court yesterday.
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    Camera stolen
    17 7 A camera worth $153 wa* stolen from an army quarter In Alexandra Road. Singapore yesterday.
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    DEATH
    61 7 MRS SIM CHIAP CHUAN nee ElUribrih Song Joon Smw. aged 73. beloved mother of Mr Btm Ym» K»e* and mother -In -law of Mount Ong We* Kiont and Chun Teck Om p«<**d away peacefully on MISV Cnrtcct leaving 3 Elliot F.0..<1 8l«lap. for Our lady gurrn Peace Church. Tsnjong
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    HE FINALLY GETS HIS FLOGGING
    154 7 Failed to keep date at jail KIALA Lt MPIR, Friday A MAN was ordered to be taken directly to Pudu Jail to receive three strokes of the rotan after he wai produced in the First Magistrates Court here today on a warrant of arrest. Funß
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    Crash claims 3rd victim
    52 7 Another of the fj people who were injured in the lorry j crash in Jurong Road. Singapore, on Wednesday night died in the hospital yesterday after i noon The death toll in this crash Is now three. The third victim was a 21--year-old farmer. Koh Wee
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    Bones in the lallang
    44 7 A grass cutter found a few pieces of human bones scattered in a patch of lallanc off Kheam Hock Road. Sineapon vc-<tf rday morning. The bones are believed to be the remains of someone killed in the battle of Singapore
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    Sleeper robbed
    30 7 A Singapore motorist, who slept a night in his car at the Clifford Pier car park, woke up yesterday morning to find $9« stolen from his trouser! pocket
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    Woman held on May riots charge
    81 7 Woman held on May riots charge KUALA LUMPUR. Fr; A WOMAN. Guan Prck Choo, 30. wanted by the Singapore police in connection with the May rints. was arrested :n the Lucky World amusement park here last night She was arrested on a Colony warrant. Guan was today produced before the
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    Jakarta trip
    28 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri Capt. ■Ned Ali bin Mohamed. Assistant Inspector of Id Schools. Selangor, leaves for Jakarta tomorrow with nine Malay teachers to study Indooducation system.
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    Franciscan
    25 7 Mbji Matilda Lcong. second daughter "f the Federation's Minister Mr Health. Mr. Leoog Yew Kuh. yesterday Joined thf Franciscan Order of the Divine Motherhood.
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    Watch is stolen
    24 7 A thief broke into a hou>f in CairnhlU Road. Singapore, on Thursday night and .stole a $250 pocket watch and $30
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    $117,000 UNCLAIMED PRIZES
    66 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri— The Lotteries Board has given $100,000 to the Outward Bound Trust for its leadership courses for youths. The Board made a profit of $1.9 million out of three recent lotteries— 26th, 27th and 28th according to the accounts published in the Government Gazette today.
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    The $9 million they can't explain away
    322 8 The $9 million they can't explain away WAS RUBBER SMUGGLED HERE IN JULY? KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. STATISTICS OFFICIALS and traders today tried to figure out the "mystery" of 3,249 tons of rubber, worth more than $9,000,000, which could not be accounted for last month. The amount appears in the latest
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    More wives from Red China
    46 8 Another 600 wives arrived in Singapore yesterday in the 3.400-ton Hoi Houw from the Communist China port of Swatow yesterday. One hundred and twenty s ix of the new arrivals are in transit to Penane. and will leave the Colony today.
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    Troopship in port
    43 8 The 30.337-ton troopship Pasteur arrived in Singapore yesterday from Cape St. Jacques with 3.210 French troops on board bound for France. The troops were allowed a fpw hours of shore leave, while the Pasteur took on bunkers, > water and provision*.
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    A WOMAN RED DIES IN CLASH
    186 8 She held high rank in the jungle KUALA LUMPUR.- Fri. A PLATOON of the Ist. Bn.. Somerset Light Infantry, killed a 28--year-old woman terrorist boss on an estate in the Raub district of Pahang yesterday. She was Chong Sin Moy. a branch committee member
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    Bankrupt has $3,302 debt
    42 8 C. O Jaasz. of St. Gregory Place. Sinßaporr was adjudged a bankrupt in thr Singapore Hiuh Court yesterday. The petitioning creditor was P. H. Rooyen. of Kuala Lumpur to whom the debtor owes $3,302 on a judgment debt
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    Flag day raised $7,762
    37 8 The Royal Society for Prevention of Cruelty to AnimaLs collected $7,762 from its Sincapore flac day held on July 18. A further $970 has been realised so far from the Society's annual appeal.
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    PERIMETER FENCES IRK THEM
    244 8 Town Council feeln villages are safe now IPOH, Fri XHE Pcrak State War 1 Executive Committee is to consider suggestions for pulling down the perimeter fencing in the Menglembu regrouped area and the new villages of Guntong and Pasir Pinji. A unanimous demand for the removal
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    Red flees minus panties
    83 8 Red flees minus panties KUALA Ll'MPl'U, Fri. A WOMAN terrorist left her panties behind when a patrol of the 2nd Royal V.elrh Fusili.iN charged a Jungle camp in the Bahau district of Nc'Kri Sembllan yesterday. There were four terrorists in the ramp. There wa.s a brief exchance of fire, but
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    TRAP LAID FOR RUBBER THIEVES
    189 8 TRAP LAID FOR RUBBER THIEVES KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. A MASTER plan is now being drawn up to combat the wave of rubber thefts sweeping estates all over the Federation. Representatives of the Government's Economic Division, the police and the rubber industry have held meetings here to try and find a
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    Card offence
    30 8 E. P Williams was yesterday fined $15 in Singapore for failing to get an Identity card for his son. Ernest Walter. 15. on May 24 He pleaded guilty.
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    COURT TOLD OF BULLETS 'BAIT'
    235 8 COURT TOLD OF BULLETS 'BAIT' TAPAH, Fri. POLICE gave 30 bullets to a rubber tapper through an informer i and then when they raided his house, they found 155 more, the Sessions Court was told to"Maruor Din Nali, 45. was tentatively charged with unlawfully having 57 rounds of 303 and
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    TB expert here
    33 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri —Dr P. V Benjamin, an authority on tuberculosis, will visit Kuala Lumpur on Sept. 13 to discuss Malayan participation in a South-East Asian c inference on TB.
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    Row over inspectors is settled
    164 8 COUNCIL BOWS TO UNION DEMAND T«HE row between the Singapore City Council and its 1 1.500-strong City Council Services Union over some union members being compelled to do the work of the council's 8.000 striking labourers is over. Sanitary inspectors and inspectors from the City
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    $5,000 PLAN TO SAVE GARDEN LAKE
    63 8 $5,000 PLAN TO SAVE GARDEN LAKE KUALA LUMPUR. Frt Sydney lake in the Lake Oardens here Is in danger of I silting up. Clearing of forest and blukar at nearby housing sites has hastened erosion The Municipal Estates and Property Committee has aug- > Rested that $5,000 be spent on
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    He denies car theft
    45 8 Moharom bin Mohammed Noor pleaded not Ruilty in a Singapore court yesterday to a charge o( stealing a car* from the Universal Cars Limited in Orchard Road on Aus 25. Bail was allowed and the ca.se postponed for hearing to Beot.
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    Seremban has supplanted Rasah— town of the Lone Wolf
    1460 9 Seremban has supplanted Rasah town of the Lone Wolf NO one knows how Seremban got its name nor indeed when the town first began. It comes into history in 1874 when a detachment of British troops halted for a short time at "the Chinese village of Seremban". There are several
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    14 11 V ifOtf, AIG. 26. vP h *l;-r::- p" P' cul 526.371 prr
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    53 11 Mr.BOVRNE. Fri. sjaj although normal on the; lr. minings i and others re- c steady. i &9 195-29/32 .58 £97- 7/32 4 1 £37 seller 28 52 3 j 11 7', 3 ."-el ler I 10 4R buyer 40 3 4 1!R 2 II 104 H 9 4
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    RUBBER PRICES
    51 11 < r ibber 6uy-:-;:.sapore yes- r*r lb up half a •'■jdy. lb. fob buyers R.s.s. 141 sellers S October buyerj E eptem--140; No. 3 1 filer.. 137. r Ol Commerce prices Buyers Sellers ;38> 3 130 1394 139\ ler :39> 4 130% 136> 137 'i 133 1 v
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    ROBINSONS ARE PAYING SPECIAL TEN PER CENT BONUS
    520 11 ROBINSONS ARE PAYING SPECIAL TEN PER CENT BONUS AVP *fy Our Market Correspondent U\, °f ne maln Matures of the Singapore Share Knhin fflWft Wa the announcement In XSIhS! an l^°' Ud that besid <* th eir ordinan SS?ftgg they are paying a specia has been received. This hag contributed
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    GAZETTED PRICES
    54 11 THE 1-i (l.rjtions Financial Secretary has fixrd the following prices for calrulatiiig customs duties for the wrrk starting August 25. RI'RBER: $1,411 a lb. Fixed Export Duty ID; cents. Anti-Inflationary Cess lOj <<nts. TOPRA: S4l« a ton. COOONCT OIL: $«81 a ton. PALM OIL: $654.25 per ton. PM.M
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    SHIPPING
    86 11 Ships lying alongside the Slngawre Harbour Board wharvr* or ex>ectrd today are: Burybntes 12.' Benalder 4.5. Lucas Trader CJ* :donieneus 8 7 Chybess« 8.9. Beninlor 11, Singapore 13 14 S:?te ol rravancore Oochln 15 16 Modiocerto 18, St. Mer e Egli.se 19 20 Sedili N. Wall 8 Reginald Kerr
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    37 11 On the free exchange m.irgei In X■■ yesterday, the VS. lollar was quoted at 5.81 for cash md 584 fa- T.T. Sterling was quoted at 15.55 and I ■M tae] o! cold at 252 U
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    BROKERS' REPORT
    297 11 The Malayan Share Brokers' Association Singapore section reported On the locsl share market. there was improved activity in Industrials with some useful price rises while rubbers were quiet and tins Irregular Singapore brokers reported the following business: Alex. Brick- 1 works $1.85. B B. Petrol 44.-.. Con Tin
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    176 11 Singapore Chinese Produce Exchange: noen prices per plcul yesterday were*— Copra: quiet: August 820 buyers, 826' 4 sellers; September 826\ buyers 827 sellers: October 827 buye-* 827 sellers. Coconut oil: .steady bulk 840 sellers, drum 842% sellers Pepper: steady with a total 1 of about 40 ton* business
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    Uncertainty keynote of rubber mart
    404 11 UNCERTAINTY ha.s been the keynote of this week* trading in rubber with most operators keeping their posttlons fluid, report Holiday. Cutier Bath Co Ltd. While the market seems to be consolidating around the 140 cent* mark no definite trend has become discernible. The demand for
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    Lock icon RESERVES RISE
    52 11 JAKARTA. Frt— The latest financial report of the Bank of Indonesia said Its gold and foreign exchange reserves now account for 23 per cent of liabilities Including the 8 000 000 000 rupiahs. now in ctreu- I lation. A previous report listed the reserve, at 23 J per
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    ORIENTAL GOVERNMENT SECURITY LIFE ASSURANCE CO., LTD.
    2060 11 COMPANY MEETINGS EIGHTIETH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING. SPEECH BY SIR COWASJEE PIHftTTBM. BART PRESIDING ever the Eightieth Annual Central Meeting of the Oriental Government Security Life Assurance Co.. Ltd.. held at the Head Office. Oriental Building*. Bombay, at 4 p.m on Wednesday. Itth August
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    The STRAITS TIMES Saturday forum
    258 12 The ST RAI TS TIMES Sa turday forum CHURCH PROTEST REVOLTS HIM THE Malayan Christian Council opposes "any suggestion that Singapore and Federation Governments should raise revenue by legalising gambling. reports the Straits Times. At least one church has gold lottery tickets regularly and given prizes In the form motor-cars,
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    Idea to beat strikes
    274 12 Idea to beat strikes I AM expressing the feellnga of a large section of the public when I say we are gettine tired of beine inconvenieRced by labourera. i--.tn somponu not organise a voluntary workers union to clean the street.-, and drive bii.M.s when strikes arc on? I am certain
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    No sanitary inspector is forced to work
    119 12 No sanitary inspector is forced to wo rk SINCE uhen were 27 Council sanitary inspectors FORCED to do uork outside their normal routine? This is a (iross misstatcment and most irresponsible. A few sanitary inspectors xcerc detailed for special work with the Cleansing Department The rest arc carrpinq on with
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    The lesson of the impatient farmer
    270 12 MR. Marshall is truly a good politician. Like all good politicians, his latest diatribe against the .>ncalled "bis; business people Is conspicuous by its empty words and lack of substance. What would be remarkable of a new airport, if planes arrived without passenger, or
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    KIRKBY TEACHERS' PARENTS WRONG TO OBJECT
    283 12 |>ARENTS of Kirby teachers are to protest to the Education Department about the postinc of their children. I am suro that they arc not ignorant of the fact that before they signed for the Kirkby course they were told they might be posted anywhere
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    NO CHANCE FOR YOUTH
    768 12 IX HHIII IN almost every government department we find rein-.-•.itori pensioners doing most of the clerical Jobs These people were asked to retire because they had reached the age limit for retirement. Why should they be reinstated? They arc robbing the chances of the youngsters. I
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    CONSOLE MORE PEOPLE
    56 12 CONSOL E MOR E PE OPLE AM wondertnf If anybody h s* ever oh. ••rv«d thr number of unsold consolation ticket* in every s»« ill WrlUrr imim draw In the 30th draw there were at Iraat IS and in th. 3 1st thrre were srven. Isn't thrrr a possibility of
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    Surrey beat Sussex to retain championship
    503 13 YORKS SCORE NINE-WICKET VICTORY OVER ESSEX BUT... LONDON, Frl. CURREY swept to their fourth successive English county cricket championship by defeating Sussex by an innings and eight runs at their Oval headquarters here today. With two matches still to play, they have a record
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    FILIPINOS AND TWO CEYLONESE ARRIVE
    281 13 f PHE four-man Philippines boxing team, one of the most formidable entries in next week's South-East Asia championships, arrived by air in Singapore yesterday evening. Three officials accompanied them Included In the Filipino contingent are two Asian Games champions and one runner-up The champions are
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    HK Bank win final match
    169 13 OONOKONO Bank completed I their Biulnean Hou»ea League and Cup Oroup A programme with a 3 o victory o*er Chartered Bar.k at Parrer Park yerterdav Hongkong Bank thus reversed their earlier I—o1 0 defeat. Hongkong Bank got :heir flrM goal In the 21st minute through
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    JOLLILADS OUT
    39 13 RE Slgnab had to fight hard for a 2-1 Victory over JoUilaa* In > I 8A PA Junior Cup tame at Fairer 1 Park reatercUy. I Ttiorapcon and Reid scored for i Signals chile Ramakrushna repll'-d It JoUllada.
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    REME hold Rovers to 2-2
    146 13 A OOAL scored seven minutes from time by Inside right Zacharla enabled Royal Electrical ai.d Mech.imcal Engineer^ to ho.<! Rovers S.C. to a 2-2 draw In their i SAPA niv On<» match at Jalan' Besar stadium yesterday Rovers toox the lead in the 22nd minute
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    SPORTS DIARY
    67 13 10DA1 (MXCr.K Htngaaare Chinese South < hina r T.. Jalan Brnr 5.15 p.m S.A.F.A. Junior Cap: Falhul Karib V.M.M.A.. Jalan rVvar. 4 pm rrtnt*Ur%: Alexandra F.T. I v R.A.F. ReleUr. Farrer *****; I \rr Soon B.C \r»enal S C t'arrer Park. CRICKET rrterdUe*: Wood bridge Hmp. I Hit
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    Beamish keeps FEAF title
    70 13 Wing Commander Cecil BetunLsh j retained his Par Ea»t Air Force golf title irhen he beat LAC Wood by a and 3 in the final yesterday. I The nine-hole four-ball (best ball) medal event went to K I Forrest and F O Smith with a net
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    TRACTION HELD BY LATE GOALS
    62 13 Singapore Traction Co. and Frarer 4c Neave drew 3-3 in a Business Houses F A League ft Cup Group "A" fixture at River Valley Rood yesterday. B.T.C. led 3-0 at half-time through a hat-trtck by All Btntang. But they went to piece* In the second
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    Wei Lon gets hard fight in opening tie
    312 13 Wei Lon gets hard fight in opening tie KUALA LUMPUR p ri LIM WEI LON. pore, defending his Malayan schc yg championship, v > lis opening tie gainst Peraks Francis Tan i n straight sets, bi Perak boy gave Lim j, hard flght. It was Llm'a accuracy and stt.ir play
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    74 13 i CANTERBURY Frt.— The tourIng South African cricketer* beat Kent by eight wicket* In thflr matih which ended today Kent set to make J93 to ay Id an lnninirs defeat .-howed improved batting and forred the .Sprint boles to bit iißain for 23 runs South
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    Levulas beat Cullen's sprint marks
    981 14 MALAYAN AAA CHAMPIONSHIPS OPEN WITH SIX RECORDS AND ONE EQUALLED JOHORE BEAT SINGAPORE IN RELAY, DISQUALIFIED From The Sports Editor IPOH. Fri. MALAYAN athletics had its greatest day today when the first day's events in the 34th annual Malayan championships were held on the Ipoh
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    ALL THE NEW AAA RECORDS AT IPOH
    142 14 ALL THE NEW AAA RECORDS AT IPOH IPOH. Fri. DETAILS of all the new record!) set on the first day of the Malayan AAA.. championship* today are: MEN IM YARDS: Pte J- Levula (Johore) i n Heat No. 2 and seml-flnals and Lt. E. D. Levula (Johore) in M-mi -finals
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    HOW THEY FINISHED ON THE FIRST DAY
    1032 14 FINALS Hop. sir P a nd jump: 1 Pl< T. N.iidole i Joh.) 2. Tan Eng Yoon '^i 3 PC Oabuh IBor). 48lt Bin. (record i. Pnlr vaalt: 1 Cyril Perelra (Joh< 2 Kernal Singh S.'. 3.' Pal 611*11 iStl 1. lift. 6in
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    32 14 LONDON Frl. Result* of matches in the Enallsh soccar league ye*ter<l»v wertr DIVISION TWO NotU C narnslrjr I Swans** I M.drtl- I. THIRD DIVIBION (H.I narrow X «r»rt(u.«l I Renter
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    CARTER HATTRICK BEATS AAA IN SENIOR CUP TIE
    161 14 A hattrick by Inside right Carter enabled Royal Air Force < Changi > to eliminate Amicable Athletic Association from the BAFA Brnlor Cud competition by 4-0 at Jalan Besar stadium last night. It was a first-round tie. The. airmen, the fitter and
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    PERFECT START FOR RECORD RUN
    44 14 TIIK runner* in the second hrat of the yard-, rvrnt at the Haksjra pion.thipK get off to a perfect with J'* Levula MMMrtaf Bfer tli shorU. Joe went on to a rrcnrd run in 9.* sec. Straits i i
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    SINGAPORE —JOHORE RIVALRY GROWS
    485 14 Then came the girl sprinters and a fine run by Slncaporc'R Mary Klass. who bo..t her teammates Oloria Beck and Joyce Sim in 11 8 sec., only a tenth of a second off the record. But a finer performance was to follow In the next minute
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    SPORE LEAD
    229 14 Singapore were leading at enu of the first day with 15 points. Next came Johore and Perak with nine points rach. followed b> Srlangor with eight and British Borneo with one. Then Emosl Levula. Joe elder brother, fo- good measure won tne aciond in 9 4ser He »aa
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