The Straits Times, 17 May 1956

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    15 1 The Straits Times Mat*?* fie** o**0 Estd .845. SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, MAY 17, 1956 15 CENTS
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    A secre ballot: Would it have done the trick?
    331 1  -  HARRY MILLER From i O'^DON. Wednesday. Would a seer oallot rinc the dramatic 1 5 -minute adj< nment y csfcrd.iy jHernoon have produced a different result ng.ipore signing in agreement? J v mI members of the Singapore delegation > cr th.it
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    3 a.m. SURPRISE: NEW TALKS
    2777 1 labour steps in to open the door LONDON, Wednesday. MR. MARSHALL announced tonighi he would stay on in Britain for further negotiations on hV future of Singapore. Marshall cancelled plans lo leave following the breakdown of talks, ting with leaders of the Opposition Party ;il
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    Lock icon 20 nuns killed by blazing jet
    245 1 Tto rest of the warM^ OTTAWA, Wed. A blazing Canadian jet fighter crashed into a convent near here late last night, killing about 20 nuns and at least one priest. The exact death toll has not yet been determined but about 35 people were
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    Laker bags all 10 Aussies
    59 1 LONDON, Wed.— Jim Laker, Surrey off-spinner, took s all ten Australian first innings wickets at the Oval here E today.— Reuter. (See Page 16). E Eden to visit Australia CANBERRA. Wed.- -Mr. R. G. Menzies. the Australian Prime Minister, tonight said that Sir Anthony Eden,
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    let's continue fight by peaceful means'
    151 1 Mr. Marshall last night gave this message to the people of Singapore through Harry Miller, Straits Times correspondent E I who covered the London talks: T ASK you to believe that though there is a section of people in England who believe Singapore should
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    MARSHALL'S LAST DITCH OFFER
    1461 1 MARSHALL'S LAST DITCH OFFER LONDON, Wednesday. JjR. DAVID MARSHALL, Singapore's Chief Minister, told a press conference here today that in a last effort to save the talks on independence for the Colony, he had offeree Britain, until April, 1959, all the safeguards for law and order she wanted. But this
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    STOP PRESS
    34 1 THE NEW PLAN HARRY MILLER rabies: I brlirvr Marshall's m« plan is rimnrrteri with vesting of certain authority in the British Parliament. Marshall said idea was his own and not Labour Party's.
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    Lock icon WHO WAS RIGHT? Opinion is, divided
    929 2 -WORLD REACTION TO BREAKDOWN i \|R. V. K. KRISHNA ifl MENON, India's Minister without PortE folio, said in New Delhi yesterday that he hoped steps would E be taken to achieve Singapore's indepen- dence despite the breakdown of the E London talks. E As
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    WHY THE TALKS FAILED: 'Immediate leap dangerous'
    841 3 WHY THE TALKS FAILED: 'Immediate leap dangerous' LONDON, luos wing is Hie the ColI oflia- statement 'Hk Singapore Ijoiuil con- which ended re constltuonded ment. red by nment the Singaalthough it the people full internal cltlsenthe Comivalent to fully ers of Ith :uid aa In the con:.flairs, a limited i
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    Lock icon SUMMARY of THE PROCEEDINGS
    721 3 lr i proposals ire dtlega- overelfn A.ih tho by April I that in Vet coniipon them be provision Maji ty's Govlintaln bases md to have a nst In exthough the >\ i.sions they thai the Sinnent would ivi a veto on rangements. -y oi State in
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    Lock icon READ SOFTLY, LEADERS ARE TOLD
    449 3 BRITISH PRESS ASKS: WHERE DOES SINGAPORE CO NOW! LONDON, Wed. .<; B r i t ish 1 papers today the possibilipore falling .mumst hands resentment at ire of the merIks. T 'll MAM HESTER Indian s aid: "Mr. j*i right in saying that Asian opinion
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    Colony workers give pledge: We will keep the peace in face of merdeka flop
    208 3 Colony workers give pledge: We will keep the peace in face of merdeka flop T EADERS of more than 150--*J 000 Singapore workers yesterday pledged to "keep the peace." The president of the Singapore Trades Union Congress, Mr. S. Jaganathan. said: "I am disappointed at the failure of the talks.
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    $2mil. for railway
    52 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed.— The Federal Legislative Council today approved a $2,020,000 advance to the Malayan Railway for carrying out projects pending the raisir of loan funds. The Minister of Finance, Col. H.S. Lee, said that the money was required by the Malayan Railway urgently and could not
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    BRUTAL DOUBLE SLAYING ON ESTATE
    224 4 Volunteer, searchers find bullet-ridden bodies In kneeling position Reds shoot popular Chinese planter and his kepala KUALA KANGSAR, Wednesday. £OMMUNIST terrorists yesterday murdered a Chinese planter on his estate two miles from here. They waylaid him when he went to look for his kepala, whom
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    Six sacked 150 out on strike
    82 4 Six sacked 150 out on strike 'rpELUK ANSON, Wed. X About 150 labourers on Sungei Nlbong Estate went on strike today after six were given a month's notice because of redundancy. The management is switching from ladder to base tapping at the end of the month. Fewer men will be
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    The Tengku accepts...
    70 4 Malaya's Chief Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, has accepted an invitation to visit the Philippines, it was announced in Manila yester*day. The Tengku said in a letter however that he was unable to come at present due to pressure of work in connection with the grant of independence
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    SINGER FROM 'DOWN UNDER
    29 4 SINGER FROM 'DOWN UNDER AUSTRALIAN SINGER, Gill Daniels, 21, who arrived in Singapore by air yesterday. She has been engaged to sine at a Colony hotel. Straits Times picture.
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    Gift hampers
    37 4 KAJANO. Wed. The U. patients of the Kajang district hospital were not forgotten during Hari Raya. The Ulu Langat branch of the Malayan Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis distributed food hampers to 28 patients.
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    $3,430 A YEAR 'THANK YOU'
    41 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. The Federation Government is to grant a scholarship to the only daughter of the late Sir Malcolm Watson, conqueror of malaria in Malaya. The scholarship, worth $3,430 a year, is for four years.
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    Another Red gives up
    54 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed.— A Malay terrorist, Daud bin Satin, surrendered to a Chinese rubber tapper in the iTemerloh district of Pahang yesterday. He entered the iungle hi 1949. Two armed terrorists on Monday robbed a Javanese of his Identity card at Kampong Jawa Bikam, in the
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    GULLIBLE CHUA FINDS A FRIEND AT LAST
    141 4 No jobs in 1p0h but no sharks either CHUA Ah Honr, 22, was finding: life in Ipoh miserable without a job when he received a letter from a friend in Singapore saying: "Come here. I have a job for you." Chua was happy.
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    Court hands back the trousseau cloth
    276 4 AND LEE LAN IS SO VERY HAPPY IPOH, Wednesday. A HAPPY girl left the court here today with a sparkle in her eyes and 18 yards of "sentimentally valuable" cloth for her trousseau. Eighteen-year-old Lee Lans smile was caused by the magistrate. Inche Abdul
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    Celebration
    21 4 St. Thiruvalluvar's Day will be celebrated at the Ramakrishna Mission temple in 179 Bartley Road, Singapore, tomorrow at 5.30 p.m.
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    Recruitment
    25 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— Recruiting for the Royal Air Force (Malaya) will take place in the Kuala Lumpur town hall on May 22 and 23.
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    The mixture as before— warning to terrorists
    157 4 The mixture as before— warning to terrorists KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Malaya's 2300 terrorists today got warning: that life in the jungle was not going to be any easier after the departure of the G.O.C Malaya and Director of Operation, Lieut-Gen. Sir Geoffrey Bourne. The warning came from the new holder
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    Accused of rape
    45 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed-— A 51-year-old rubber tapper, Ah Theng, was today charged here with raping a seven-year-old girl. Ah Theng, was> alleged to have committed the offence at Efflngham Estate, Damjnsara, on May 9. No plea was recorded. Ah Theng was remanded.
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    Gains diploma
    40 4 Sister Dorothy Tan of the General Hospital, Kuala Lumpur, who is In Australia under the A.I.F. Malayan Scholarship Scheme, has gained a special diploma in operating theatre technique and management from the New South Wales College of Nursing.
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    'WILDCAT' STRIKERS TRICKLING BACK
    134 4 Workers ignore arbitration TFOH, Wed. About 40 In- djan tea pickers and weeders on the Sungei Palas Estate in the Cameron Highlands, who have been on a "wildcat" strike since April 26, have trickled back to work. But the 110 who are still on strike are
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    A plane load of music
    74 4 EMBERS of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra leave Singapore by air this morning on a oneday visit to Kuala Lumpur, pour aircraft have been specially chartered— three to transport the musicians and one to carry the instruments. In Kuala Lumpur this afternoon, the orchestra will
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    Money—not politics is worrying students
    138 4 Money not politics is worrying students "MALAYA'S delegation ITI to the Afro-Asian students' conference at Bandoeng is worried. Not about reports that the conference will be Com-munist-dominated or even postponed but over money. Mr. Merican said the adverse publicity about the conference had affected the campaign to raise funds for
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    Teacher weds teacher
    48 4 RAWANO. Wed. Two teachers were married at Sungel Choh Simpang. near here, yesterday. The couple are Inche Mahfudz bin Sham, a teacher at the Malay School, Sabak Bernam. and Che Siti Zahara binte Abu Bakar, who teaches at the Malay School. Datok Manan. Kuala Selangor.
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    Python shot
    22 4 TANJONO MALIM. Wed.— A 81im River Home Guard shot a 15-foot python on Monday after it had swallowed a goat.
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    PERAK MALAYS TO MEET
    72 4 IPOH, Wed. Pour Malay political organisations in Perak will hold a round table conference in Kuala Kangsar on Sunday to discuss the demands j> non-Malays in the Federation. The Purtobohan Bum! Putera, sponsors of the meeting, have sent invitations to the Peninsular Malay Union, the Pan-Malayan
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    BREAD BY THE BASKET? YES LOAVES? NO
    286 4 BREAD BY THE BASKET? YES LOAVES? NO Magistrate criticises food m IPOH, V. rpHE IPOH MAGISTRATE, Inche Abrlul I Yusof, today criticised the regul;^ I ing the Emergency food denial opemt cautioned and discharged two village I restricted food charges, i I Lee Slew Ngoh and Lan Kam Kiew, both
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    $20,000 BAIL FOR CASHIER
    69 4 $20,000 BAIL FOR CASHIER A T the dos< i\ seven-day inquiry, s committed f or tria Singapore ol misapi>r from the South Oversea Chim-s. Soon vat committed the tween 9 a.i: on Feb. 6 v. a receiving bank. Ninety eight 85 of whom of the bank i n F evidence
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    Collapse of bridge
    30 4 KLANG. Wed. porting strut In of the Sydnry bridge, spanni. River here, gavi afternoon. The bridpf ately closed fo r rep are due to be coo night.
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    Lecture on Buddhism
    27 4 The Ver.. Bumanga bert Clifton i, now the Far East, wil] talk on Buddhl Buddhist Unmn Jalan Senyum. ofl Road, Singapore, at 8 p.m.
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    Ten-year school blueprint is approved
    2365 5 11 FEDERAL COUNCHi m»c ftK Of DEBATE AMD ONLY SIX ATTACK EDUCATION SCHEME yiSISTER: REPORT PAVES THE WAY FOR A UNITED MALAYAN NATION Local authorities: They would give the local people a chance to have a say FOOTING THE BILL: 'IT IS BEST TO SPREAD
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    Row over homework—husband died
    331 6 Row over homework husband died DOCTOR TELLS CORONER: WIFE SAID HE HIT HER SO SHE THREW SCISSORS AT HIM DAUGHTER WOULD NOT SPEAK AT INQUEST: CASE ADJOURNED PENANG, Wednesday. A GOLDSMITH and his wife were a happy couple until they quarrelled over their seven-year-old daughter* homework one night two months
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    More aid plea
    36 6 The Singapore Chinese Middle Schools Teachers' Association has written to the Minister for Education. Mr. Chew Swee Kee. requesting the Government to increase the present grants-in-aids to Chinese schools by 100 per cent.
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    New sports centre may be run as corporation
    105 6 New sports centre may be run as corporation T»HE Singapore Youth 1 Sports Centre Appeal Committee will soon submit its draft constitution to the Government. The chairman of the committee, Mr. Loke Wan Tho, said last night that it was hoped to run the centre as a corporation under its
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    Police ban Rose show
    52 6 Singapore police yesterday refused stripper Rose Chan a permit to perform at the New World amusement park last night. A police spokesman said: "In view of the improper nature of the performance, the licensing officer, the Deputy Commissioner of Police. is no longer prepared to issue
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    Tax-men's blood
    21 6 ALOR STAR, Wed.— The entire nine-man staff of the Alor Star Income Tax Department today registered as blood donors.
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    $50,000 gift by Malaya
    57 6 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The Federation finance committee has approved a Government gift of $50,000 towards the cost of an "International House" at Melbourne University. This hostel, costing £A300.--j 000, is to house 126 students, ■of whom 50 will be from overseas. Out of 946 Federation stu-
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    Council gets new wing
    48 6 KUALLA LUMPUR, Wed.— A n«.w wing is to be added to the Federal Council building here. It will cost $85,000. The vote has been passed by the Federation Finance Committee. The new wing will comprise committee rooms, lobbies, members' common room, bar and kitchen.
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    MARTINE-GIRL WHO MUST BE IN THE PICTURE
    105 6 THE CATHAY ORGANISATION has announced a change in plans for the French film "Nana". starring Martiiie Carol and Charles Boyer. which was due to open at the Odeon today. As "Nana." directed by her husband. Christian Jaque, is Miss Carol's favourite film, she
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    A COUNCILLOR PLEADS FOR MUM AND DAD
    164 6 KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. THE FEDERAL Legislative Council was today re- minded that looking after one's parents is considered the first duty ot man. Mr. Goh Chee Van <No-minated-Malaccai said that the idea of supporting one's parents might be foreign to Westerners, but to
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    Journalist cleared
    62 6 V. J. Staines, a journalist, was acquitted in a Singapore traffic court yesterday of driving a car while under the influence of liquor at Kalians. Road on Oct. 31 last year. Mr. D. C. D'Cotta, the magistrate, said that the prosecution had not shown that Staines was incapable
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    Youth social
    29 6 The Oeylang Straits Chinese Methodist Youth Fellowship, Singapore, will hold an anniversary social at the Oeylang Methodist Girls' School hall, Aljunied Road, at 6.30 p.m. on Saturday.
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    Big opium seizure
    42 6 About $11,000 worth of opium was found by the Singapore Customs in a house in New Bridge Road, yesterday morning. The opium, In slabs and believed to have come from Bangkok, weighed about 27 pounds. No arrest was made.
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    Big Home Guard boost to hit Reds
    206 6 Big Home Guard boost to hit Reds KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— The 400 Home Guard operational sections in the Federation are being more than doubled under the new all-out "people's war" plan. Their duty periods are also being doubled. The Federal Legislative Council will be asked tomorrow to approve a supplementary
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    Singapore to exhibit?
    64 6 The Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce have received 10 invitation cards from the Bangkok Chamber of Commerce to attend the International Trade Fair which will be held in Bangkok from June 1 to June 7. In a letter to the Chamber, they said that they would welcome
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    MISTAKEN IDENTITY MAN ACQUITTED
    142 6 DW. Mac Donald, a former Police Lieutenant, was acquitted in the Sessions Court today of cheating the Johore Sports Store of a camera. His defence was not called. I Lee Tai Tong told the court that on Aug. 16 he received a cheque from Mac Donald
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    A DOLLAR RAISE
    62 6 For house doctors and surgeons KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. The Federation Finance Committee has approved a $1 increase for House Doctors and House Surgeons in the Government Health and Medical Services. The increase is backdated to Jan. 1, 1955, and means that they will now get $401 a
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    SURPRISE WAS GIFT PARCEL FOR CHILDREN
    104 6 SURPRISE WAS GIFT PARCEL FOR CHILDREN KUALA LUMPUR Wed. Rotarians here were surprised today by the arrival of a parcel just, as they were finishing their weekly lunch. The parcel, containing scrap books, was sent by a waitress, Mrs. Irene Berry, of Falmouth, U.S.A., for the children in the Sungei
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    Bank probe costs $14,000
    80 6 Bank probe costs $14,000 KUALA LUMPUR. WedThe inquiry into the proposed Central Banking system for Malaya cost the Malayan Governments nearly $14,000 The expenses will be shared equally. The Federal Finance Committee has voted $6,880. as the Federal Government's share. The Federal Legislative Council will formally approve this tomorrow. The
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    $76,000 culture
    37 6 KUALA LUMPUR, V.'cd.— The Festival of Culture to be held at the Lake Gardens here from July 13 to 15 will cost the Federation Government $76,000. The finance committee has voted this sum as expenses.
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    The road ahead: 'Anarchy or progress'
    193 6 The road ahead: 'Anarchy or progress g I R EWEN FERGUSSON warned yesterday that the presence of "disruptive elements" in Malaya might Impose anarchy on the country and interrupt its orderly progress. Sir Ewen, Chairman of the Straits Trading Co. Ltd.. sounded the warning at the annual meeting of the
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    REID TEAM WILL COST $355,000
    219 6 REID TEAM WILL COST $355,000 'Just payment for quality' KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. rpHE Reid Constitutional Commission will cost the Federation Government $355,000 during its six months' stay in this country. A finance committee report tabled at today's Federal Council says that in view of the importance of its task and
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    CUSTOMS MEN: NEW STRIKE THREAT
    162 6 CUSTOMS MEN: NEW STRIKE THREAT ABOUT 100 Sir A customs a n^ officers at Clifford p are threaten i: again if U claims are noi The men. the Customs b Singapore Cmker.s' Union, hour .strike on V an Asian ofllc< alleged, was rud J to a junior off] transferred at
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    New school for all races
    41 6 ft.uAi.iA ljUiwruK, wed. A secondary Malay residential school, costing $2,650,000, will be built in Ipoh and will take in 520 pupils of all races. The Federation Financt Committee has voted the money to build the school.
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    3 acquitted of murder
    75 6 WITHOUT their defences bein? called, three of four men on trial for the murder of 22-year-old Yauyah binte Salleh, at Upper Aljunied Road in January, were acquitted and discharged in Singapore Assize Court yesterday. They were Phillip Foo alia; Yacob. Ignatius Thomas ar.i Ali bin Haji
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    Tin mine clash: Inquiry judge blames strike boss, vindicates police
    609 7 - f0 ORT EVIDENCE 'UNRELIABLE' -i| 1 Government 1 „,11,,,1-ilii's have c exonerated Mm all blame in Snnection with the T |nl ioh Mmes strike V|)1 .j| last year in ghich Ix'lli I )()l cc ,d strikers were IBclash. )lame lies
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    Smuggling Md: $3,000
    44 7 J °HORE BAHRU, Wed. Dm Rejah who on May 5 •nto Johoie Bahru and denied "ad dutiable goods 'd with 57 cartons of 16 packets of Sessions Court today a $3,000 in default x Whs 1 jail. The goods e confiscated
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    Liaison talks in Federation
    16 7 I-UMPUR. Wed.--"l Stall of the a a a Uon W Jaison talks
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    'White' does not mean 'all clear'
    114 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— To return displaced people to their homes in areas declared "white" would be risky, the Federal Legislative Council was told today. Replying to Mr. Lee Eng Teh (Alliance Selangor Tengah), the Chief Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, said that when an area
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    Gift to the university
    44 7 The Straits Trading Company Ltd. is to make a further gift to the University of Malaya, it was announced at the annual meeting of the company in Singapore yesterday. The company gave $50,--000 to Raffles College, when it was founded.
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    Priest accused of road offence
    45 7 Father Guraud Edouard, parish priest of the Holy Rosary Church, Brickfields Road, today pleaded not guilty here to driving a motor car negligently at 9V2 mile, Klang Road on March 23. The case was postponed to July 4 for hearing.
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    USSOCIATIONFOR EUROPEANS IS PLANNED
    158 7 pLANS are being made in Singapore to form an astion to represent the "public interests" of it European community. tony businessman. Mr. >rnp, said yesterday mv hoped to form iation to represent s of Europeans. home, one of the j, said: "We haven't i r yet
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    Jobs for girls who care to search
    71 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. The Federation Government is to engage up to 1.000 temporary women searchers to be used during food denial operations. They are in addition to women special constables now employed as searchers throughout the country. The Federation Finance Committee has voted
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    LATEST ON EXPORT LIST: ATTAP HUT
    155 7 It will raise funds for ex-P.O. W.s AN unusual item of cargo in a ship now bound for Britain from Singapore is new attap hut. Parked neatly into a I Packed neatly Into a huge crate and loaded aboard the Perseus before it sailed
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    A doctor to 52
    39 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The Health Minister, Mr. Leong Yew Koh, told Dr. Cheah Khay Chuan (Al-llance-Larut and Matang) that the ratio of doctors to in-patients in Federation hospitals on Jan. 1 was one to 52.
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    Malay Chamber meets
    43 7 BATU GAJAH, Wed.— The Malay Chamber of Commerce, Perak, will hold its first general meeting at the perak library, Ipoh, at 7.30 a.m. on Saturday. Dr Ismail, bin Dato Abdul Rahman, Minister for Industry and Commerce, will address the meeting.
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    125 7 Th e 'Don 't shoot 'man wins his appeal J2f« ol the Privy 'Malayan sen- under the i "«"fctlon.s for rounds of V r a s "hramaniam tallw ny)> was s a»d out to a Bri- tlsh army patrol which found him wounded in the Malayan jungle: "Don't shoot, don't
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    Soldiers? -I'll take the Fijians
    289 7 Soldiers? -I'll take the Fijians GENERAL SUMS THEM UP 3ATU PAHAT, Wed. The "Fighting" Fijians of Johore are going home and at a farewell parade here today they were told they possess all the qualities that make first-class soldiers. The compliment came from the Commander-in-Chief, Far East Land Forces. General
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    Judgment is reserved
    65 7 The Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Whyatt. in the High Court yesterday reserved judgment on the case in which Mr. Loke Wan Tho, Director of the Cathay Organisation, is seeking an order of certiorari to quash decisions by the Singapore City Council which reversed approval given earlier to
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    Photo studios celebrate
    41 7 IPOH, Wed. Photographic studios in Perak observed a holiday yesterday to celebrate the eighth anniversary of their society. More than 150 representatives from societies in Penang and Selangor Joined Perak members in festivities which ended with a dinner.
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    No secret to thieves
    89 7 THIEVES who broke Into a house in Wan Tho Avenue, in Sennett Estate, Singapore, on Tuesday got away with $2,400 in cash and Jewellery worth $3,500. The money was sewn up in two pillows. The jewellery was hidden in a secret comp- artment of an almeirah.
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    TO AN EFFORT TO SAVE A LIFE: $5,000
    143 7 Human item on Council agenda KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. HTHE Federal Legislative Council will be asked tox morrow to approve a sum of $5,000 spent by the Government in the hope of saving the life of a faithful employee. The employee was Mr.
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    Malayan judge made Chief Justice
    53 7 Malayan judge made Chief Justice MR. JUSTICE SPENSER WILKINSON has been appointed Chief Justice of Nyasaland. Mr. Justice Spenser Wilkinson, aged 57, was first appointed to Cyprus. He was chief legal adviser with the British Military Administration in Malaya in 1945. He was appointed a puisne judge in the Federation
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    Election results
    66 7 PENANO, Wed. Three candidates were returned 1 unopposed in the first local council election at Sungei Kechil Ilir in the Banda Bahru District, on Monday. They were Mr. Marimuthu, inche Abdul Rahman and Inche Abdullah bin Eshman. Other councillors elected were Messrs. Teap Thiam Sui, Teoh Scan Chiok,
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    Smuggler was too nervous
    60 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Wed. Her nervousness when she arrived in Johore Bahru on March 27 from Singapore by bus led to Ng Chang Sung being searched by Customs officers who found four slabs of opium, weighing one pound tied round her waist. Today in the Sessions Court
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    Talks are on
    34 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The Chief Secretary, Sir David Watherston, told Hajl Mior Ariff (Alliance-Dindings) that negotiations for wage increases to office boys and messengers were going on in the Whitley Council.
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    No fares cut
    36 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The Minister for Transport, Mr. Ong Yoke Lin, told Mr. K. L. Devaser it was not at present economically possible to reduce third class passenger fares on the Malayan railway.
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    119 8 Hi Wordt till (Minimum) MR. AND MRS. M. L. MARCUS Thank all Friends and relatives for their Gifts and attendance on the occasion of their Golden Wedding Anniversary THE FAMILY of the late Mr. Yeo Swan Kee thanks Friends and Relatives for their Wreaths, Messages of Condolence, Gifts, night
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    DEATHS
    81 8 20 Word, tls (Minimum) RASH On May 15th. 1956, suddenly at Sherlngham, Norfolk, John Cecil Rash, formerly of Singar we. KHOO: Khoo Peclc Cheng, aged 69, passed away peacefully at 160 C'.upmaei Road on 15.5.56 leaving behind his beloved wife, his only eon. 800 Tee and his adopted son,
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    SHir ©mrs Singapore, Thurs. May 17,1956 It Need Not Be Crisis
    1198 8 SHir ©mrs Singapore, Thurs. May 17, 1956 It Need Not Be Crisis Singapore needs to know still more about the London negotiations, and the circumstances in which breakdown became inevitable, before calm judgment can be passed. And then, if Mr. Marshall and Mr. Lee appear to be right, and no
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    THE BALING TALKS through the keyhole
    1206 8 THE BALING TALKS through the keyhole WHY did the Baling talks last December fail? What was the full story behind the now famous "green i n k" communique? What exactly was said behind the closed doors of the conference room in which Malaya's two Chief Ministers faced Chin Peng and
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    Let's not play with the fire of emotionalism
    1010 8 Where da we go frown here? where do we go E from here? To- wards bitterness, the E destruction of the good racial relations that are a feature of Singapore and the shelving of all the E welfare plans for the E
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    DRAMA of the LAST HOURS
    1738 9 HARRY MILLER CABLES FROM LONDON: A NIGHT OF HIGH HOPE AND THEN CAME THE CHILL DAWN IMPLACABLE MARSHALL— THE INSIDE STORY OF HOW THE TALKS FELL THROUGH Who's to blame? Mr. M refuses to answer ()N I)()\. W*&.— I Here N the drama -f the
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    'BE ON GUARD AGAINST CHAOS'
    197 9 SINGAPORE'S political problems can be solved In the meantime they must not be allowed to disrupt the overall welfare of the Colony." This was the theme of warnings Issued last night by leaders of the three chambers of commerce in Singapore after the breakdown of
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    Lock icon The fight goes on says P.A.P. boss
    344 9 The fight goes on says P. A.P. boss Following is the text of a Press statement issued by the leader of the Singapore People's Action Party, Mr Lee Kuan Yew. following the breakdown of the talks:rE TALKS have broken down because the British Government wanted the last word In the
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    Marshall takes Boyd and Black to the opera
    73 9 LONDON. Wed.— Mr. Marshall tonight took Mr. and Mrs. Lennox Boyd and also Sir Robert and I<ady Black to the opera "Madam Butterfly". They had supper later at the plush Spanish restaurant off Piccadilly. Originally he had planned to take them to
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    Lock icon The pub artist dies, aged 60
    54 10 LONDON, Wed. Austin Osman Spare, eccentric painter who preferred exhibiting his pictures in public houses rather than in the Royal Academy, died yesterday. He was 60. Spare was hailed as a eenius at the age of 17 when the Royal Academy accepted his first
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    Lock icon They want to be at exhibition
    33 10 COLOMBO, Wed.— Six Communist countries have applied to participate in the Colombo Plan exhibition in 1958. They are Russia, China, Rumania, Poland, East Germany and Czechoslovakia. U.P.
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    Lock icon Envoy loses job
    27 10 LONDON, Wed.— The Soviet Ambassador to Luxembourg, Mr. Ivanovich Avilov, has been relieved of his post, Moscow Radio said. No reason was given. A.P.
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    Lock icon Shipping pact
    26 10 NEW DELHI, Wed. India and Poland signed a shipping agreement here today for a new service to carry trade between the two countries. Router.
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    21 10 SAN FRANCISCO, Wed.— The Indonesian President, Dr. Soekarno, arrived in the United States today on his state visit.— U.P.
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    15 10 WASHINGTON, Wed. President Soekarno of Indonesia arrived today for a state visit.— A.P.
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    249 10 TREMOR ON AUSTRALIAN COAST- 100 MILES AWAY British A-bomb exploded on South Pacific isle QARWIN, Wed. Britain's new atomic weapons was exploded on the barren Monte Bello Islands off Australia's north coast this morning. It sent up a mushroomshaped cloud which could be seen for more
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    Lock icon BEAUTY QUEEN WANTS TO MARRY MAHARAJAH
    76 10 BEAUTY QUEEN WANTS TO MARRY MAHARAJAH JANET HICKS, 19-year-old beauty queen from Essex, England, with her fiance, the Maharajah of Mymensingh, at his 20-room home in Calcutta. Janet was previously engaged to Neil Larkman. 21. of Essex. Neil, now in- Nairobi, Kenya, where he had planned to wed Janet next
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    Lock icon Tjiluwah held up by hunt for bombs
    185 10 SEARCH HAY GO ON 'FOR DAYS' HONG KONG, Wednesday. pOLICE today are still searching the Dutch liner 1 TJiluwah for any sign of sabotage after a tip-off by the Chinese Communists yesterday that there was a plot to harm 25 Chinese students travelling
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    Lock icon It will be Ceylonese first
    100 10 It will be Ceylonese first COLOMBO, Wed. fJEYLONESE labourers will be recruited in preference to Indians in all government departments in Ceylon. This ruling, submitted by the Minister of Industries, -Mr. B. H. William De Silva, was approved by the Prime Minister, Mr. S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike. Mr De Silva said that
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    Lock icon TIME OFF FOR BIG BEN
    56 10 LONDON, Wed. Big Ben will take some time off. The big clock over the House of Parliament will be stopped in July for tuning. The hammers that strike the 13V2-ton bell every quarter of an hoar will be overhauled and the four faces reglazed. The
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      251 10 SILVANA SUED FOR $150,000 OOME, Wed. A Greek film producer called jewellers, furriers and dressmakers into court yesterday to testify in his suit for U5549,000 ($150,000) from film star Silvana Pampanini. The producer, Ergas Morris, says that is what he paid out on Miss Pampanlni's behalf during 1953 and 1954
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    Lock icon Margaret to marry a prince? 'That's a lie'
    120 10 Margaret to marry a prince? 'That's a lie' LONDON, Wed. A RUMOUR that Princess Margaret plans to marry German-born Prince Christian of Hanover was today described as "an absolute lie" by an informant in touch with the Royal family. The source said: "They hardly know each other." The Daily Express
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    LONDON STOCKS, RUBBER and TIN
    282 10 LONDON, Wed. Closing middle prices of selected stocks not including stamp duty were: LOANS Consols £53 9/16 +3/16 Funding 4% £90 U War 3%% £71% +Y* BANKS MercantUe (£12%) M Eastern (£5) £7% Chartered (£5) 34/3 /6 Hongkong ($128) £94% INSURANCE Com. Un. (uts.) 87/6
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    STRAITS TIMES SPECIAL FEATURE Mafeking gave Britain! her self-confidence I
    1387 11 STRAITS TIMES SPECIAL FEATURE Mafeking gave Britain! her self-confidence I The defenders played cricket an Sundays THE time is October 1899. The scene is in what is now the Union of South Africa, but what was then a mixture of states and colonies. Cape Colony and Natal were British Colonies.
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      169 11 SiOANS MUSCULAR PAIN prney..rl*re c» M.ilini. X Wood XJ Sloan'* >S :,'Uirl- X #ff »rh«.. and O ,Mlsrlr». NJ „,i.i.in« 1.1 SLOANS HANDY) S -i L. \\\\w\\\^ OWIX j Q 2IJWt s 17 JWLS Q* CjENTS and LADIES. IUULL. ROILED fiOlftg Ah^ dOLD TOP. Q» Okiainab/e from AH 3* totcf,
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    SLIGHT REACTION IN SHARES ON MERDEKA DEADLOCK
    374 12 SLIGHT REACTION IN SHARES ON MERDEKA DEADLOCK By Our Market Correspondent QN the Singapore Share Market yesterday there was no eagerness to buy or sell following the breakdown of the three- weeks old Singapore Merdeka talks in London. There was hardly sufficient business to test prices which might, however, be
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    RUBBER PRICES
    141 12 June first grade rubber buyers f.o.b. closed in Singapore yesterday, at 84 cents per id., up oneeighth of a rent. The closing tone was steady quiet. Closing prices In cent.s per lb.. were: No. 1 R.S.S. Spot fob. buyers M%, sellers 85 No. 1 R.S.S. June buyers 84
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    BROKERS' REPORT
    328 12 The Malayan Share Brokers Associatior reported: "Industrials and tin* -iKrally were quiet, though a few counters were slightly lower, itubbers were a disinterested market." Singapore and Federation Brokers reported the following business done yesterday:- Fraser and Neave ords $1.66; Gammon $1.90 cd, $1.87 W. Hammer $2.47> 2 Henry
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    168 12 Singapore CbJneae Produce Exchanje: noon prices per picul yesterday were: Copra: quiet; June $29 buyers, $30 sellers. Coconut oil: quietly steady; bulk $45% sellers, drum $49 severs. Pepper: quiet, with no business reported done; there is plenty of stock arrival; Muni ok white $93: Sarawak $92, special Sarawak
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    SHIPPING
    82 12 Ship, lying alongside the Singapore H»rbour Beard wharves or expected today are: Meonla 111. Hat Hlng 3 4, North Star 4 5. Nlas OJ». Wesersteln 6|7. TJlpanas 8;9. Drent* 11 Manoeran 13; 14 Somali ***** Grelorsa 18, Chuoh Maru *****, Resang N. Wall 6. Olang Ben* N. Wall 8.
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    38 12 AKRON, Wed. Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company reports record sales for the first quarter of this year. Consolidated net sales rose to U.S. $335,270,436. compared with U.S. $33,286,839 in the first quarter of last year Reuter.
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    27 12 On thp frrp <■ I Hon e Kong yesterday a dollar was quote<: cash and 5 87' I st<Tiin E m I one tael of gold
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    22 12 SINGAPORE t. r lh '-'o ,1 °f a cent) TIN: $37., r (up $1) COPRA xm n D'cul (down ii
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    77 12 jnvestmkn" with prlca among leader change here to j slightly tulcr was small bin or Oils tended were steady. Loans 1%% Loans 3'," Con. Zinc I Bank of N.s.W Mount Lyell N. Broken Hill IHlll 50 Mount Morgan 'Peko Western Mining Ampol Ex Oil Search Aust. Consol. md
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      530 12 NOTICE^ TAN HONG ENG also known Re: TAN AH CHIK Deceased ALL PERSONS having any claims against the estate of the abovennmed deceased, late of No. 172-B. Charlton Road, off Upper Serangoon Road, Singapore, who died on the Bth day of January., 1956. are required to send particulars of their
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      281 12 I NOTICES i FRASER k NEAVE LTD. (Incorporated in Singapore) NOTICE IS HEREBY OIVEN that a Final Dividend o£ 3\% less 30 <", income tax on the 7V»% Cumulative Preference Shares nas been declared by the Directors on account of the financial year ending 30th June 1956, payable on 16th
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      470 12 NOTICES Re: SINNASAMY MARIMUTHU Deceased AU persons having any claims against the estate of the above- named deceased, late of No. 8, I Lorong 27A, Oeylang, Singapore, who died on the 17th day of May 1952 are required to send particulars of their claims in writing to The Public Trustee,
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      366 12 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS applications are Invited from Federal Citizens are 17-23 for the post of Official Translator (Malay Writer/Translator) Department of Agriculture. Kuala Lumpur. Salary scale: $(162.50). (160) 167.50 $224x14— 336/366X 14—422/448x14—504. Applicant* must have passed the School Certificate Examination with a credit in English and have a knowledge of Malay,
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      917 12 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS VACANCIES IN GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS (1) Department of Ciril A vUUon, Singapore:— Probationer Air Traffic Control Assistants. Salary Scale Probationer: $152.50-7.50--167.50 pjn. Tlmescale: ■$220-15A--325/340-15A-475 p.m. plus variable allowance. Total emoluments range from $190.63 p.m. with annual Increments to $209.38 pjn. for Probationers and from $286 p.m. to $617.50 pjn.
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      952 13 EAST ASIATIC LINES UTWA W «-i«-t- Bangkok ~4 F« E«t MEONIA 9m y r -_f" M *Z\ n '-»Z'»"'.'*Z* W/»o*Ut- M^ 1 VlMmm 8/9J.n. 10/13 Jan. AIA 8/fJmia 10/11 June 12/11 Jun. HOMEWARDS Selling, far Genoa, Afrtwat., RMterdam, H.mbarg, C S'pora P. Sham Penang MEOHIA tilii ,\;Z" ty* M»»*P»*n»S«rai*V). Gayrta)
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      982 13 •Kw THE BEN UNE STEAMERS LTD "h 1 0 SINGAPORE (tneorporoted i n the United Kingdom) LINES SAILINGS TO U.K. AND CONTINENT PORTS S'pora P. S'hom Panong BINCRUACHAN for Avonmouth, London, Newcostle 27/30 May 31 May/ 2 Jam 3/ 4 Jun. •BINMHOR for London, Rottardam 30 May/ SJasW Direct orttroo
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    Clothes for fun and sun
    133 14 HOLIDAY IK PEXAXG 1. A halter necked sundress in blue-and-white cotton print. The back is elasticised, a matching bolero ties at the waist. French plastice sandals. At Little's, the dress $46.50; the sandals $19.50. 2. American swimsuit in black lastex with frilling in white pleated
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    Vacation dressing has cataur and casual charm
    129 14 Vacation dressing has cataur and casual charm White beaches, a pearly blue sea, tall, shady coconut palms and broad, tree-lined streets. This is Penang, Malaya's tropical paradise for holiday makers. In Penang you may take your choice of holiday pleasures. Swim in the cool, inviting water, bask on the sand
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    505 14 T SOMETIMES wonder what the manufacturers would think if they saw the use to which their goods were put. Now, if someone asked me why plastic table-cloths were so much in demand on estates I would have said the obvious thing to put on tables of
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      189 14 X I W "An Antiseptic? I say 'DETTOL' every tine" In all matters important to your health, let your experience and judgment be your guide. If, when is risk of infection, you use the antiseptic your doc uses and recommends, then you cannot go far DETTOL Retd. THE ANTISEPTIC DOCTORS
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      321 14 trade (10). 19. Hospitable, this house (4). Straits Times Crossword zgZJ'ZZT. I.i ikkUkl I^M> lattP reason (6). !^1 L^ 4 5 i§|| Rest but not tor the model T~ 34. It's wormwood for Anton. B S§SB <llscovered In sin! (8). Tjm tsw: TWS DOWN i 5S§ $Hs j^ SSS Fearsome
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    418 15 BATTLE OF LEADING BANKS WAS BEST MATCH ITNBEATEN Mercantile Bank moved up to top position In the Singapore Business Houses F.A. League first division by scoring their third win when they met Chartered Bank at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. Mercantile won 3-1 with a
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    TWO RECORD STANDS IN SINGAPORE CRICKET
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    36 16 BELGRADE Wed. Britain yesterday made It 5-0 in their Davis Cup match against Yugoslavia by winning the remaining singles. Roger Becker took less than an hour to beat Panajotorie 6-1 6-3, 6-O— A.P.
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    107 16 LONDON, Wed. County cricket tea scores today were: At Bristol. Gloucester 157 foi four (Crapp 64 no.. Enunett SO n.o) v Warwickshire. At Lord's, Derbyshire 218 for four (Kelly 101 n.0.) v Middlesex At Keve, Sussex 271 for one (Smith 142, Oakman 125 n.0.) v Glamorgan.
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