The Straits Times, 27 June 1956

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    12 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845. SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27, 1956. 15 CENTS
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    $4 MIL. TREASURE HUNT
    179 1 I know where loot was buried, «ay« woman: She want* agreement on reward terms Govt. joins in search HE Singapore Government has decided to negotiate with a hincM woman who claims she nowi where a $4,000,000 treasure ove is buried. Uut she must first agree to
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    Planters and workers unite in the waronl synthetic '
    252 1 Planters and workers unite in the waronl synthetic OUT OF WAGE STRUGGLE COMES BIG NEW JOINT DRIVE KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. MALAYA'S 320,Mf plantation workers will soon be told by their union to join fortes with the employers in the fight against the synthetic rubber threat. This call for united effort
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    BIG BILL' TURNED UP BUT HIS V.C. MISSED THE POST
    147 1 BIG BILL' TURNED UP BUT HIS V.C. MISSED THE POST LONDON, Tues— "Big Bill" Spcakman, home from Malaya for the Victoria Cross centenary celebrations, here was conspicuous at the heroes' reception at Westminster Hall yesterday. But not because of his size He was the only man among the 300 "on
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    AUSSIES WIN BY 185 RUNS
    117 1 AUSSIES WIN BY 185 RUNS A I STRA L I A won the >econd Test match by 185 runs at Lords yesterday, dismissing England for 186 in their second innings. The match ended 45 minutes after lunch. England losing their last five wckets (four of them to lilleri for 33
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    Their first ever snow
    40 1 Their first ever snow PERTH. Tues. Wester: A has had the most i n markable snow storm in I' history following the coldr .Tune day ever recorded. 1 nships and areas which i never before known v were white today.
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    Merdeka talks—if L bumps into B
    204 1 Merdeka talks if L bumps into B CHIEF MINISTER GOING TO LONDON T<HE QUESTION of re-opening the merdeka nego- tiations may be discussed in London next month by the Chief Minister, Mr. Lim Yew Hock. Mr. Lim, as Minister for Labour and Social Welfare, 1 will attend the Commonwealth Labour
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    37 1 HOLLYWOOD, Tues. Prince Surachatra, great grandson of King Mongkut of Siam, will attend the nremiere here next Thursday of the film version of 'The King and I" in which the life of King Mongkut is depicted.
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    24 1 ROME Tues. Italian police today announced the arrest of an Italian prince, a marquis and a duke in a narcotics sweep. UP.
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    15 1 TAIPEH. Tdr?.— The Nationalist Chinese Government today announced rigid, rationing of petrol.— Reuter.
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    59 1 CORPSE' GOT UP AT FUNERAL KINGSTON. Tues.— Preparations for the funeral of Mr. .lames Haughton In Jamaica's Hopewell District were abruptly ended when he burst out of his winding sheet and demanded who had trussed him up. A hospital confirmed that he had been certified dead and his "body" had
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    46 1 WASHINGTON. Tues. Republican Congressmeh standing for re-election in November have been invited to use in their campaign a television film featuring President and Mrs. Eisenhower singing "God Bless America." The duet was taken from recordings made at Republican fund-raising dinners. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Double trouble
    45 1 WINDSOR. (Ontario), Tues. —Mr. Richard Wollison had just had his snack bar at River Canard, near here, rebuilt on the site from which it was ripped by a tornado on May 12. when, 30 minuter later, another windstorm blew it down again. Reuter.
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    33 1 TOKYO, Tues —The United States Air Force today announced that a Marine FJ-2 Fury jet crashed into a Japanese house, 50 miles southwest of Tokyo. No one was hurt.— Reuter.
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    Marshall visit
    26 1 MANILA, Tues. Tn 2 mer Chief Minister of Singapore, Mr. David Marshall, arrived here today on his way to Japan and China.— A. P.
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    150 TONS OF BOMBS AWAY-DAY AND NIGHT
    221 1 K UALA LUMPUR, 1V Tues. The Royal Air Force today gave details of two of the biggest air strikes of the Emergency. More than 60 aircraft took part in the raids and more than 150 tons of bombs were dropped. RAID NO. 1
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    Lock icon Jailed for life
    27 1 TAIPEH, Tues. Millionaire textile manufacturer Li Chi-ching was sentenced to life Imprisonment today for strangling his wife last February in the International Hotel. U.P.
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    30 1 JAKARTA, Tues. An Indonesian naval vessel has seized the 2,500-ton British ship Inchillay in the Celebes for not having "necessary documents", the British embassy reported today. UP.
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    'REMOVE HIM OR WE STRIKE'
    137 1 BATU GAJAH. Tues.- Work- ers on the Malayan Tin Dredging Company's Kampong Gajah section. 16 miles from here, have threatened la go on strike tomorrow morning if a fitter. Chang,, Wai. reports for work. The Kampnng Gajah branch of the Malayan Mlning Employees Union describ-
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    HOME AGAIN—AND HIS HAPPINESS IS COMPLETE...
    12 1 HOME AGAIN— AND HIS HAPPINESS IS COMPLETE... INCHE MAT in hospital yesterday.
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    Crippled seaman Mat reunited with wife and daughter
    187 1 A HAPPY REUNION took place in Ward 51 of the Singapore General Hospital yesterday between a crippled Malay seaman and his wife and daughter whom he had not seen for nearly 10 months. Inche Mat bin Gulam. 43. broke his spine when
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    Dies after quarrel
    43 1 Dies after quarrel KLANG Tues. A 30year old Malay fisherman died last night from chest wounds received after a quarrel with other Malays In Sungei Burong. Sekinchang. 50 miles north of here. Another Malay fisherman received knife injuries. Two Malays have been detained.
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    Chief Kathi hurt in collision
    36 1 RAWANG. Tues. The Chief Kathi of Selangor. Tuan Haji Hussain, was injured when hi.s car and another collided at the 11th mile, Kuala Lumpur-Ipoh road yesterday. Three other passengers were hurt.
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    34 1 MACAO, Tues. Communist Chinese authorities seized six fishing junks outside Portuguese territorial waters yesterday and today sentenced their 19 crew members to Jail terms for "evading" taxes, it was reported here. U.P.
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    26 1 PORTSMOUTH, New Hampshire. Tues— Admiral Ernest Joseph King, who led the United States Navy In the last war, died yesterday. He was 77.— Reuter.
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    Motor boat bandits strike
    173 1 Motor boat bandits strike IN a dawn swoop on 1 Pulau Übin off Singapore yesterday three masked men held up a towkay and stole $4,000 in cash anc jewellery. Then the raiders —on with a revolver and two with knives escaped In a fast motor boat towards Ponggol. Late 1:im
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    30 1 15 KKISI I s KM. 1. 1. 1» IN ATTACK BANGOOV Tues. Burmese (iitvrrmncnt forces killed 15 Communists in .iit.M-k on rebel hideout 35 miles from here. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Recognised
    16 1 TOKYO. Tues. The Japai nese Government has rrj cognised the independence of I Tunisia. Reuter.
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    Riots crushed in Szechwan
    45 2 HONG KONG. Tues. Peking Radio said today that anti-Communist rioting broke cut last year in Szechwan, but was put down effectively." A Szechwan legislator told the National People's Conpress *n Peking that remnants of Kuomintang gangs instigated the outbreaks. —A. P.
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    Lock icon The first Yanks-Did they come from Asia?
    242 2 NEW YORK, Tuesday. IN the blood of Japanese, Chinese and American 1 Indians, scientists are finding an identical substance or "factor" which may provide the longlacking positive proof that the original inhabitants of America were Mongolians from Asia. The facts, which are becoming
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    Lock icon NASSER: NOT ALL FOR HIM
    70 2 NASSER: NOT ALL FOR HIM CAIRO Tues.— The Minister of tne Interior, Lieut. Col. Zak&ria Mohleddin, announced last night that Color el Nasser received 9J.9 per cent of the votes cast in the Egyptian elections The electorate approved the constitution by a 99.8 per cent majority. Colonel Nasser received 5.496.965
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    A CLOUD is to BLAME
    215 2 A CLOUD is to BLAME Airliner faltered after take-off KA N O (Nigeria), Tues.— Airport authorities here today blamed a rain cloud for the British airliner crash yesterday that killed 30 persons. Fifteen of the 45 people on board the four-engined Argonaut survived, including the pilot, who pancaked it nose-high
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    Lock icon New H-bang?
    42 2 TOKYO. Tues.— A university professor said today that radioactive rain along the Northern Japan sea coast indicated that "a thermonuclear blast had been set off on June 19 or 20 at a place other than in the Pacific area."— A.P.
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    Lock icon Four days of Royal fashion
    48 2 THE ROYAL ASCOT race meeting is a traditional showplace of fashion. During the recent fourday meeting, the Queen, Princess Margaret and the Queen Mother appeared each day in new and eyecatching outfits. The fashion spotlight above is on the Royal hats A.P. picture
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    Lock icon Trouble comes in pairs
    69 2 RIO DE JANEIRO. Tues. Raimundo Do Masclmen- to has Just given proof here that troubles never come singly. To enforce 1-Is claims fur money, a hold-up man shot him twice in the chest. Doctors succeeded in rem ving une bullet. Atter leaving hospital Raimundo was attacked
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    Lock icon The rubber pirates
    37 2 JAKARTA. Tues. illegal occupation of rubber estates in Sumatra is still a serious problem, police officers stated in Medan. About 300 illegal settlers had been arrested in one district of East Sumatra alone Reuter
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    Lock icon On holiday
    19 2 HONG KONG. Tues. The Governor Sir Alexander Grantham. left today by air for Britain on leave.— Reuter.
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    London's gangland kills again: Gambler sitting with girl shot
    114 2 London's gangland kills again: Gambler sitting with girl shot LONDON, Tues— Hundreds of police are today scouring London's underworld for four gangsters who committed the "Chicagostyle" murder last night of a West End gambler. Maltese named Thomas Smlthson. aged about 45. was shot as he sat with a Greek girl
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      Lock icon SHOT JUDGE IS NOW OUT OF DANGER
      69 2 NICOSIA, Tues.— The condition Justice Shaw, who was shot in the heart by terrorists when in his car yesterd-iv last night to be improving. Judge Shaw is out of danger, a hospital source said last night. He has maintained steady Improvement since he
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      20 2 MANILA: Customs agents have uncovered M 5120,000 worth of undeclared costume jewelry smuggled by parcel post from Hong Kong.— A.P.
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      23 2 LOS ANGELES: Two Chinese seamen, seized at sea while attempting to smuggle heroin into the United States, have been returned to China. UP.
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      19 2 NAPLES: Admiral Robert T. Briscoe, arrived on Monday to take over command of allied forces in Bouthern Europe.— A.P.
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      19 2 KATHMANDL: Avalanches and snows beat back two desperate attempt* by Argentine mountain climbers to conquer 26,810-ft. Mt Dhaulagiri.— A.P.
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      22 2 CAIRO: Libya and Egypt nave reached an agreement providing for Egyptian officers to be sent to train in the Libyan Army. A.P.
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      15 2 GENEVA: The international labour conference has rejected a challenge to the credentials of the Spanish
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      11 2 worker delegate h v which charged thy legation reprint m d!
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      9 2 BUCHAREST; p,,.i Tito of Yugoslavia ,fr' visiting Rumania, ha'toV
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      21 2 BONN; An tXDert 1 mlttee of the wJoi* Atom Commission R 1 commended more proSM Relit 1 1 8 f Urai^'
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      13 2 TUNIS: Th* Bey of i s has appointed Tunis'*, first four ambassador Reuter.
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      25 2 Damascus' P rop^ for Russian economic m to Syria were examined during talks here betw«Mr. Dmitri Shepilov a Soviet Foreign Minister ani Syrian officials— Reuter
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      33 2 PEKING: Statistics compiled by the Canton Catering Service Company sho* that the city's restaurants now provide 5.400 varieties of dishes and 800 varieties of desserts for chiccer. alone. There are 6.210 recipes.—Reuter.
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    Lock icon MIRZA BACKS EMPIRE CHARTER
    264 3 —It shows how different races work together KARACHI, Tuesday T :il PRESIDENT of Pakistan/Major General hkander Mirza, said here yesterday that a union wealth charter would he a "jrood ii sr" provided it was not too rigid Ho was commenting on reports that the AusPnme Minister,
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    Lock icon BROKEN HIP? WELL, HAVE A JET METAL REPLACEMENT
    97 3 BROKEN HIP? WELL, HAVE A JET METAL REPLACEMENT NEW YORK. Tues mum. the rare metal us* d for jet engine turii' blades tan be used make "excellent" ari. lal hips. \n American surgeon, l\iliner Kicher, told Int. rnational C'oi- >■ of Surgeons vrs:<l.i> that there was most M pain after
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    Lock icon Election bill
    32 3 :i. Tues. The Canaf Hoifte of Commons Is ted to vote later this a motion tabled by George Drew, the Opposileader, calling for a election "as soon as r."."— Reuter.
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    19 3 TOKYO. Tues. Burmese Government representatives have signed contracts to build four Burmese Buddhist temples in' Japan.-- -Reuter
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    Lock icon Bus riots
    35 3 LIMA. Tues. Demonstrators stoned street cars and buses last night as a protest against a hike in fares. In the nearby Port City of Callao, two buses? were burned by a mob. A.P.
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    Lock icon Mid-air crash
    22 3 >KYO. Tues. Two JapAir Self Defence Forte were killed toda: n their training aircraft in mid-air over m Japan— Reuter.
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    43 3 FLYING— HIGH AS A KITE I >N. Tues. London Airport today began drinkround the clock" as 14 -hour licensing rules for only came into force-. Bars beyond customs and immigration controls wil! now remain continually open as a concession to international travellers. Reuter.
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    Lock icon THE FUTURE MRS. MILLER RECEIVES A KISS
    146 3 PI. i W K I G H T Arthur Miller kisses his fiancee on the forehead outside her Manhattan flat. The future Mrs. Miller is .Marilyn Monroe. They will be married before Marilyn leaves on July 13 for England to film "The Sleeping
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    125 3 A-energy going to waste COCKCROFT: LET'S SPECIALISE BONN, Tues. CIR JOHN Cockcroft, director of British atomic energy research, yesterday urged that Britain. the United States and Canada should specialise on differents types of nuclear reactors. Work division He told the International conference of Nobel Prize physicists that Britain should concentrate
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    34 3 DUBLIN, Tues. The Irish last night picked a Jewish Lord Mayor for Dublin, their capital. He is Mr. Robert Briscoe, an M.P.. who supports De Valera's Fianna Fail Party.— A.P.
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    25 3 TOKYO, Tues— A slight earthquake shook Kanto In eastern Japan and parts of northern and central Japan today. No casualties were reported. Reuter
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    25 3 HONG KONG, Tues.—Peking Radio claimed that two Formosa based Nationalist planes were shot down last week during sorties over the Fukien coast. A.P.
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    87 3 VALETTA. Tues. The Prime Minister of Malta, Mr. Dom Mintoff, said last night that unless Britain agreed to Increase her contribution to Malta's current budget by £1,500,000 to £2 million by next Saturday night, "I will have no option but to advise the dissolution" of the
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    32 3 PRISTINA, Yugoslavia. Tues. Seventeen youths went to trial here yesterday on charges of trying to "tidanger and overthrow by force the existing state and social rule in Yugosla"la."— A.P.
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    22 3 MEXICO. CITY, Tues.Several Cuban exiles arrested here are reported to have confessed to plotting to assassinate President Fulgencio Batista.— A.P.
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    LONDON STOCKS
    248 3 LONDON. Tues. VI/ITH the weakness of sterling TT dominating sentiment, there was a general reluctance to extend commitments in stock markets today. Closing middle prices of selected stocks not Including stamp duty were: Consols £52 '1- "undln* 4'. £88 Var 3'/i% £71 5/16 >,» BANKS Mercantile (£12>4) £4
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    RUBBER
    26 3 IjONDON. June 26. Bpot 25»4d Aug. 25>4d. Sept. 25d.. i^-Dec MN,d.. J.n,M.r. 24% d Aprll-Jun« 24d.. July c.ll. «Hd Aug. cJ.f. 36».d. Tone: Barely steady.
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    TIN
    23 3 IX>NDON. June 26. Cash Buyer* £744; Sellers £745; Forward Buyers t736'i: Sellers £73., Settlemerit £748. Turnover, a.m. I 70 tons. p.m. 85.
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    194 3 Russia's pride jet bomber that can beat sound barrier ON SHOW TO WESTERN VISITORS MOSCOW, Tuesday. DUSSIA TODAY showed Western air chiefs here a 1V twin-jet bomber claimed to be capable of flying faster than the speed of sound. The United States Air Force Chief of Staff, Oen. Nathan Twining,
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    116 3 U.S. COULD 'LOSE AN A-WAR' WASHINGTON, Tues. An American Civil Defence Chief said yesterday that the U.S. could probaby not win an atomic war. Mr. Frank P. Zeidler, chairman 'of the Civil Defence Committee of the American Municipal Association, said U.S. defence was based almost entirely on the capacity to
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    New firing range: Over the islands
    86 3 WASHINGTON. Tues. Britain has agreed to allow the United States to fire test guided missiles from Florida over British island possessions to Ascension Island. 5,000 mlle 5 in the South Atlantic. Agreements were signed at the State Department yesterday to increase the present 1,000-mile
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    Chandos rests
    22 3 LONDON. Tues. Lord Chandos, formerly, Mr. Oliver Lyttelton. a Colonial Secretary, entered a nursing home here today for a rest.
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    BRITAIN MAKES BIG DEFENCE CUT
    166 3 LONDON, Tues. Britain is to make a £50,500,000 cut in her defence expenditure this year, Mr. Harold Macmillan, Chancellor of the Exchequer, announced today. Defence costs were given last April as £1,500 million. Mr. Macmillan told the House of Commons today's cut would not affect
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    Very few No. 2 Muslim wives
    222 4 /\NLY about one per w cent of Singapore Muslims take a second wife, the chairman of the Muslim Advisory Board. Dato 5.1.0. AlsaKoff. said yesterday. He was commenting on a report from Karachi, that a commission on marriage had recommended that Pakistani Muslims should
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    Siamese party
    25 4 PENANO, Tues.— The Siamese Consul and Mrs. Suphot Phlansunthon gave a party at the consulate here last night to mark Slam's national day.
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    Art exhibition
    29 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues.— The Chief Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, will open the annual Malayan artists exhibition at the British Council centre here on Friday at 5 p.m.
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    THE IMPORTANCE OF CAPITAL
    562 4 Sir Sydney Calne: The people must be made to TO HIGH SPIRITS $30 EACH High level of saving needed if Colony is to nourish THE KEY to the future prosperity of Singapore lies in savings, both private and public, on a large scale, according to Sir
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    Anniversary of Sims centre
    43 4 The Sims Avenue Community centre will hold a fancy dress ball at the centre's premises on Saturday at 8.30 p.m. to celebrate the first anniversary of its opening by the Minister for Labour and Welfare, Mr. Lim Yew Hock
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    Prasanna will dance at the Memorial Hall
    99 4 Prasanna will dance at the Memorial Hall LOVELY PRASANNA BALAN. 19-year-old Singapore girl who will rive a solo recital of Indian dancing; at the Victoria Memorial Hall on July 5. She has just returned from four years study in Madras, where she was the star pupil of the famous Indian
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    Singapore L-testers make allowance for nervy drivers
    216 4 Singapore L-testers make allowance for nervy drivers OINGAPORES Traffic Police chief, Mr. A i said yesterday that all driving tests given his department are "very fair", and that tt testers always made due allowances for ness on the part of learner drivers. There are 15,000 learnerdrivers in Singapore. Mr. Minns
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    THE HAPPY COURT
    135 4 Wife went to ask for maintenance: She got her husband back BUTTERWORTH. Tues. The Province Magistrate, Inche Hassan bin Huseln. today reconciled a young man and his pretty wife, who had been parted for six months. They left court here together smiling after the wife Seliamah, had
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    New engineer
    17 4 TELUK U A. Hard here v I and Lower I K. c. Pile. J district
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    School fair
    27 4 BUTTERWORTH, Tues. The Senior District Officer. Mr D. A Borrie. will declare open St Mark's School fun fair at Butterworth at 10 a.m. on Saturday.
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    Stowaways from Colombo sent back
    123 4 Stowaways from Colombo sent back rVO of three Ceyta* ese stou:i«.iv M Wolff. 19. and Mohan Kisbah Hamii! Sfc« 19, were repatriated 1 Colombo in the 1 ton Messaseries I times liner Vietnam yesterday. The third ill I Mohamed Kaiz W* 25. who Wll horn Kuala Lumpur, tasl allowed to
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    New Zealand: More trade wanted
    100 4 T\HE newly appointed New Zealand Trade Commissioner to Singapore and Malaya, Mr. R. G. Hampton, arrives here on June 30. Commenting on the appointment yesteray, Mr. Foss Shanahan, the New Zealand Commissioner, said that his country's main aim in the field of trade was to
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    Mails from U.K.
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    Father of 8 fails in plea for life r
    364 5 DEA TH SENTENCE FOR MAN WHO SHOT TWO, THEN DUMPED BODIES IN RIVER MUAR, Tuesday. bin Mohamed Alim, aged 32 was today sentenced to death by Mr. Justice (iood at Muar Assizes for the murder of Tan Boon, at Kampong Sungei
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    The floating post offices
    68 5 Singapore will have four floating post offices to serve neighbouring islands before the end of the year, the Director of Posts. Mr. M. L. Durrant. said yesterday. These Post, offices motor boats painted red will provide a daily shuttle service between Tanjong Kling, Pulau Semakan. St.
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    Rice tests
    29 5 Mechanised cultivators and an automatic re-transplanter will be tested and further harvesting experiments carried out on a 50-acre experimental plot during the rice growing season in Brunei.
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    I did not mean to kill them, he tells court
    105 5 to t he kg °f one. Hussein .saiu. "While I rowed a boat Mahmood dragged the body aiong to the middle of the stream, where it sank The second body was disposed of in a similar manner some distance away
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    A NEAR MISS BUT THEY WILL NOW WED
    109 5 WITH his parents' written consent, 19 year old Sienalman Peter Saltier, of the Royal Signals Corps In Singapore, and WRAC Corporal Gene Gilbert, 21, will be married at the Singapore Register Office today. Their romance began at the beginning of this year
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    Staff talks
    31 5 The Singapore Civil Service Staff Side Council, representing all Government employees, will hold its annual conference on July 3 at the civil service canteen, Empress Place, at 5.15 p.m.
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    Christine finds a friendly city
    143 5 Christine finds a friendly city CHRISTINE MARTIN said yesterday: "I have never met a city with more friendly people than Singapore. Mrs. Martin, a New York Portrait painter, has spent several days in the Colony with her lawyer husband Mr. George W. Martin. "I think the women here are perfectly
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    Police stop gang war
    51 5 The crew of a radio car broke up a gang fight at the junction of Kallang Road and Nam Lock Street, Singapore, on Monday night. Sixteen members of the rival gangs were hurling bottles and stones when the patrol car arrived. They fled. One man was
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    Charts display
    30 5 A display of wall charts for educational purposes will be held at the British Council Hall, Singapore, from July 6 to 9, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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    CEYLON OFFERS 12 STUDY GRANTS
    122 5 CEYLON OFFERS 12 STUDY GRANTS (TRIE Ceylon Government Is 1 offering 12 Colombo Plan scholarships for engineering urtd technology to students In South-East Asia. Three courses each of two years duration for mechanical, electrical and irrigation engineering are available at the Technical Training Institute in the Gal Oya Valley. The
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    $175 GUN DEAL ALLEGED
    301 5 Informer: I bargained SINGAPORE police were warned by an informer and set a trap at Jurong to catch a soldier who was allegedly offering a new Army revolver for $175. The soldier they caught was Sgt. Tamby Chik bin Kassim. of the R.A.S.C.. a court martial
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    SCHOOLS PLAN TO GET HEARING
    154 5 SCHOOLS PLAN TO GET HEARING THE Ministry of Education has appointed a new committee to study the practicability of the proposals submitted by Singapore's Malay Education Council The council's proposals were contained in a memorandum sent to the Government last October. As a result an earlier committee was set up
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    OVERTIME TO TRY TO FINISH THE CASE
    145 5 OVERTIME TO TRY TO FINISH THE CASE A SINGAPORE court martial trying Set. Tamby Chik bin Kassim, of the R.A.S.C.. for alleged possession of a stolen Army pistol and two other charges sat late yesterday. The Judge Advocate, Mr. E. H. V. Harrington, must finish the case this week because
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    Official visit by cruiser
    42 5 PENANG, Tues.— The 9,000--ton cruiser H.M.S. Newfoundland, flying the flag of RearAdmira) G. A. Thrlng, Flag Officer, Malayan Area, will pay an official visit to Penang on July 13. The ship will be in port for four days.
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    'Stop pirates' petition
    52 5 IPOH, Tues. The Perak Taxi Owners and Drivers Association Is to petition the Government to remove all "pirate" taxis from the roads and increase the present quota of licences. These unlicensed taxis are ruining our trade," Mr. Lav Choon Heng, president of the association, told the Straits
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    JAIL FOR BANDITS' COOK
    465 6 'They promltad education and happta««s—bat I only boiled their r < Left jungle to buy buns, held by alert Home Guards JPOH, Tues. A man who described himself as "an ignorant, common labourer," said in Court here today that he was deceived into joining the terrorists
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    Deaf, dumb woman charged
    86 6 Deaf dumb woman charged A DEAF and dumb woman, Loo Lian Ens, 47, was yesterday committed to stand trial at the High Court by a Singapore magistrate on a charge of possessing 961 b. of dutiable cigarettes on April 3. The court was told that a Customs party raided a
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    Perak Dance Association
    34 6 IPOH, Tues.— The Perak Dance Association will hold its monthly socials at the St. John's Hall, it was decided at its annual meeting here. Mr. Tan Cheng Phor was re-elected president.
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    Exhibition of homecraft
    55 6 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. Hundreds of people today crowded the "Taman Asohan Wanita." a RIDA training centre for women at Lornle Road here, to see a homecraft exhibition held by the first group of women students. Paper flowers, Malay and English cakes and women's dresses made by the
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    LABOUR TO PROTEST STUDENT BAN
    168 6 'Totally against human rights' IPOH, Tues. The Labour Party of Malaya will send a delegation to protest to the Chief Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, against the Government's ban on Singapore students travelling freely in the Federation. The delegation will be headed by the Party's president,
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    The police are baffled
    66 6 POLICE have still to determine the cause of the explosion on Buklt Timah hillside. Singapore, on Monday afternoon in which a man was killed and three other people were injured. The police said yesterday that fragments gathered at the site of the explosion are being examined
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    Graduation day- and a new principal
    265 6 NINE of 12 students who graduated from Trinity College, Singanore, yesterday surround their new principal, the Rev. H. L. Sone, as he holds a cake from a well-wisher with the names of each graduate inscribed on it. The graduates are (standing, left to right).
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    The tell-tale tax
    236 6 PUBLIC INFORMATION ON THE DODGERS POURS IN —AND THE REWARDS CAN BE CONSIDERABLE INFORMATION from 1 the public about tax evasion has "increased tremendously" this year, the Singapore Comptroller of Income Tax. Mr. D. H. Tudor, said yesterday. Cash rewards have been paid for useful information received.
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    Hotel man fined
    45 6 Ong Kun Soo, keeper of the Ming Ann Hotel, In Lorong 15, Geylang, was fined $100 in a Singapore court yesterday for renting out a room to a couple on the night of June 13 without registering their particulars. He pleaded guilty.
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    Bower visits Kedah
    67 6 ALOR STAR, Tues. The new Director of Operations, Lt. Gen. R.H. Bower, met members of the Kedah State War Executive Committee and discussed the Emergency situation in Kedah with them during his official visit to the State today. General Bow^r the Ist Malay Regiment camp at Kepala
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    BIG CROWD AT CHARITY FILM SHOW
    59 6 MORE than 1.500 people attended the Singapore Rotary Club's charity premiere of "Richard ill" at the Capitol Theatre las; night. Proceeds will gu to the Deaf and Dumb Association. Among those who attended were the CommissionerGeneral. Sir Robert S and Lady Scott, and the
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    Still in business
    27 6 The Fung Koong Rublv: Manufactory M> Ltd.. yesterday denied Hong Kong reports that the Singapw branch was to be closed because of labour problems.
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    JUNGLE TREK MAN BACK ON HIS FEET
    89 7 JUNGLE TREK MAN BACK ON HIS FEET TAIPING, Tues. After spending 10 days in the Military Hospital here, Sgt. Ken McConnell, the British Army pilot who came back alive after 21 days in the Jungle, is up and walking again. But he is still under mcdi- cal supervision. As soon
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    $2,800 jewel theft alleged
    41 7 Pretam Singh, of Penang, was charged In a Singapore court yesterday with stealing jewellery worth $2,830 from Tara Singh at Ayer Itam, Penang, on June 2. No plea was recorded and he was remanded till June 29.
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    Tributes to judge -and judge's tribute to Press
    262 7 Tributes to judge -and judge's tribute to Press PAYING a tribute to Mr. Justice Taylor in the Singapore High Court yesterday, the Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Whyatt, said: "Among his many qualities perhaps the most outstanding and one for which he will be long remembered is his immense integrity." The
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    DEGREES FOR TWO MALAYAN GIRLS
    47 7 DEGREES FOR TWO MALAYAN GIRLS TWO GIRLS from Malaya, Miss Sui Yee Cheong (left), of Sengkang Estate, Port Dickson, and Miss Ai Lan Quek, of Beach Road, Singapore, will receive their Bachelor of Education degrees on June 4 at the National College of Education, Evanston, lUinoLs, U.S.A.
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    UMNO building for Ipoh
    43 7 IPOH, Tues.— A $50,000 building, named UMNO House, will be built in Ipoh before independence Day August 31, 1957. The Ipoh-Menglembu division of UMNO is sponsoring the project, which will serve as the headquarters for the organisation in Perak.
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    Speed up that mission to China, says Mr. Tan
    208 7 A SINGAPORE rubber magnate Mr. Tan Lark Sye, yesterday urged Colony rubber merchants to speed up negotiations with China If they did not want, to be left behind in the rubber trade. He said the rubber business was Important to the
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    lawyer dared me to fight him'A.S.P. tells of club incident
    276 7 lawyer dared me to fight him' A.S.P. tells of club incident PENANG, Tuesday.— A lawyer challenged a police officer to a light after the latter had moved a motion of "no confidence" against him at a club meeting, the Sessions Court here was told today. "But our relations were not
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    WHAT A LIFE WITHOUT A WIFE!
    170 7 WHAT A LIFE WITHOUT A WIFE! KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. A young Radio Malaya assistant has to get up at 4 a.m. daily to do the household chores because his wife is away in England writing books. Inche Abdul Aziz bin Abu Ha&can is the father of three young children and
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    Tax charge —fined
    62 7 Tax charge fined A. E. Perelra. a P.W.D. technical assistant, was fined a total of $150 in Singapore yesterday for not sending In his income tax returns for 1953. 1954 and 1955. He was cautioned and discharged on a fourth charge, relating to his 1952 returns Pereira. who is attached
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    Toddy seller stabbed
    63 7 IPOH, Tues.— A toddy salesman, Paul Puspara], 38, was stabbed at the railway station here last night He was coming out of the subway when he was stab- Ded twice in his back and right arm. He was taken to hospital but is not in a serious
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    DEATH
    37 8 2n Words $19 (Minimum) K. THAMBYRAJAH, Ex-W.D. Overseer, died peacefully at 11.15 am. yesterday in the General Hospital, Singapore. Cortege will leave his home Hyderabad Road, off Alexandra Road) for Bldadari Crematorium at 3 p.m. today.
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS
    213 8 id I' ,<« HO (Minimum) FOLLOW PEDANT Every Day fn the Malay Mall" if you want to win that $5,000 word puzzle, KILL ATT. SMELLS quickly. e.isily and for all times— keep a bottle of Air-wick in your homegood stores stock It. LAST CHANCE— LADIES American Dresses 501 Styles
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Wed. June 27, 1956. The Big Nine Meet
    690 8 The Straits Times Singapore, Wed. June 27, 1956. The Big Nine Meet Nine Commonwealth Prime Ministers begin in London today their conference on world and Commonwealth problems. It is the sixth such conference since the war. Fifteen months ago the Prime Ministers met in the shadow of Formosan crisis. Three
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    The Film Unit
    248 8 The head of the Malayan Film Unit, Mr. Tom Hodge, intends to leave in December though he is not due to leave until the middle of next year. A Government spokesman who was asked to comment would go no further than denying that there had been any
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    Boat To China
    207 8 A hundred Singapore businessmen are now anxious to make the trip to China with Mr. Marshall. If they all have thoughts of fat rubber contracts they would do better to stay home, for China quite plainly is not ready to come into the market in any big
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    Common wealth Premiers review the world
    984 8  - Common wealth Premiers review the world MOHSm Al/ £l Tmm mitmmtiam in Mulmym n>ill hrn among th« topic* that mviit bm dUtma— eH at the fommonwcoalth confmrmnro opening today. Thm conference mvill provide an opportunity for member States to state their riemra and compose their differences on international affairs. LONDON
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      WHITE-COLLAR POLICE
      275 8 SINGAPORE has one of the highest police-civi-lian ratios in the world and the annual expenditure for the Police Force runs into millions per year and takes quite a slice from the Colony's annual budget. The present Emergency necessitates this large Police Force but how much of this Force
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      Those dance parties
      37 8 rnHE Sims' Avenue ComX munity Centre was opened by the Chief Minister. Mr. Urn Yew Hock, a year ago and up to now nothing has been done for the boys of the Geylang area.
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      The amazing Mr. Marshall
      84 8 MR. MARSHALL is an amazing fellow! Even now, when he is no longer Chief Minister, he is still making irresponsible statements. His latest outburst was at the National Convention of Trade Unions, held at the Victoria Memorial Hall. Why should he have such an obvious, deeo
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      Peons still waiting
      92 8 TH E Federation Chief Secretary on May 18, 1956 told a meeting of the Federal Legislative Council that the salary scheme for peons and office boys was being considered by the Whitley Council. What has been the result? Claim for revision of salary made by the clerks
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      Let them fill the breach
      87 8 rpHE Penang Settlement 1 Medical Staff Union feels that the immediate remedy for the shortage of doctors is to employ suitable retired or serving hospital assistants to fill the vacancies until more doctors are available. Some of these men have spent more than 30 years
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      Superfluous post
      103 8 IN every State there is a head of the Lands and Mines Department. There are also the commissioner of Lands, Federation of Malaya and the Chief Inspector of Mines, Federation of Malaya, from whom presumably the State heads get advice in these matters. These departments come within the
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      He served us well
      33 8 MR. A. W. FRISBY has done a good job In various capacities. and therefore, he leaves Singapore with all our good wishes for a happy retirement. N. DANIEL Singapore.
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      No smoking in buses
      44 8 1 SHOULD like to extend the no smoking ban to buses as well In London there ar* "smoking 1 and "non-smok-ing" compartments in tube railways. Even in Calcutta smoking has been banned in public buses in the city. SUFFERER. Singapore.
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    SIT spokesman slates Plan critic
    297 9 MANSIONS AND PALACES- CHARGE AT INQUIRY-THEN BLAST FOR FARMERS' MR. CHAN PREOCCUPIED WITH POLITICS: NOTHING TO SUGGEST Mr. L Rayner.for the Singapore Improveicnt [rust, replying to a daSfby Mr.Cton iw Thor, secretary of the Singapore Wi rs Association, that the Plan did not safeguard fanners
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    Stop, silence
    95 9 THAT ANTI-CRACKLE LAW CAN COST YOU YOUR CAR MOTORISTS in Malaya whose cars do not have suppressors after July 1958. will be liable to a SI. OOO line and forfeiture of the vehicle, a spokes- of the Ministry of Communications and Works s;tid yesterday. Actually the suppressor law
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    Gang stabs watchman
    63 9 Dcvi Sarang, 36, a watchman at a stall at the Happy World, Singapore, was attacked by a gang of four in Lorong 7, Geylang, and stabbed in the back and arm. He was returning to the park from market. He ran into the park and gang disappeared.
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    Union applies to police
    44 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Pan-Malayan Rubber V> rkors Union, which was last week refused registration Government, has ap- I ed to the police here for ■lon to hold an omrrf ncy executive council meetine. rhp meeting will discuss i (Jnvernmenfs decision.
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    Rural Board
    24 9 The next Singapore Rural Board mooting will be held at the conference room of the Chief Secretary's Office at 10 a.m. tomorrow.
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    Little Mrs. Latiff pleads for Geylang
    397 9 Little Mrs. Latiff pleads for Geylang AMUSEMENT PARK 'A MORAL THREAT' AN amusement park would constitute a threat to the moral welfare of women living in Geylang, Mrs. Halimah Latiff, an UMNO official, claimed at the Singapore Master Plan inquiry yesterday. Tiny Mrs. Latiff, wearing a sarong and a kebaya
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    Round the island in 751 1/2 hours
    178 9 A LOCAL cubmaster. Jack Tan En* Kiat. 22, has rowed round Singapore in an open sampan in three days, three hours and 35 minutes breaking the old record by nearly two days. Jack was accompanied on the first leg of the trip from
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    Chinese want back 'lost birthright' 4-POINT MEMO FOR LORD REI
    235 9 Chinese want back 'lost birthright' 4 -POINT MEMO FOR LORD REI KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. 'THE Associated Chinese Chambers of Commerce x today asked the Reid Constitutional Commission to "restore" to the Chinese the birthright and political franchise of which they had been deprived by the Federation of Malaya Agreement. In
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    Fanner hurt
    27 9 A 57-year-old Singapore farmer. Khoo Oek Koon. was taken to the General Hospital yesterday with a badly injured arm received when he killed a snake.
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    Doctor off for higher studies
    54 9 Doctor off for higher studies DR. TOW SIANG HI A (above) left Singapore by Qantas-BOAC for London yesterday to take a medical departmental fellowship at Belfast University, Ireland. He will be away for two years. An old boy of the Anglo-Chinese School, he is a graduate of the University of
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    The $10 sting
    37 9 D. T. Assomull. chairman of the Singapore Indian Chamber of Commerce, was fined $10 yesterday for not complying with an order to rid his property at Holland Road of mosquito-breeding grounds. He pleaded guilty.
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    JAPANESE MINING OFFER They want to form company with Malays
    177 9 JAPANESE MINING OFFER They want to form company with Malays KOTA BAHRU, Tues. JAPANESE financiers are interested in investing In Malayan mining and have offered to provide engineers, technicians and machinery for a joint Ma-lay-Japanese company in Kelantan. They have offered to subscribe up to 45 per cent of tine
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    FEWER NEW INDUSTRIES ESTABLISHED
    260 9 WHE Metal Box Company of Malaya Ltd., has exA perienced a reluctance, hitherto not apparent, for new and allied industries to commence operations in Singapore, according to an annual review by the company chairman, Mr. C. D. Yarrow He said: "While I am appreciative of certain
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    Filed forms, forgot, fined
    101 9 Filed forms, forgot, fined THE president of the City Council Services' Union E. H Holloway. told a Singapore court yesterday that he was late in submitting his 1955 tax returns because he had "inadvertently" put them in his union's flies. Holloway, who pleaded Ruilty, was fined $100. Mr. J. E.
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    Prizes to girls
    65 9 Singapore winners of the Girls' Life Brigade's International Friendship competition yesterday received their Individual awards. In the senior section of the competition, the 6th Company won first place and the 3rd Company was second. In the pioneer section 3rd Company was first and 7th Company second. Shields
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    Matron to visit Australia
    64 9 Miss Janet Lim, a matron of St. Andrew's Mission Hospital, Singapore, leaves by the Charon for Australia on Saturday on four months' leave. Arrangements have been made through the Australian Nursing Federation for Miss Lim to visit hospitals and child health centres in all the Australian
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    Sultan's gift to mosque
    47 9 The Sultan of Johore, Ma-jor-General Sir Ibrahim, has sent a gift of $2,500 to the Malabar Mosque building fund in Singapore. The foundation stone of the $100,000 building was laid by the Mufti of Johore In April. Construction work is now in progress.
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    Tea party for Jaganathan
    45 9 Leaders of seven trade unions in Singapore yesterday gave a tea party to the Trades Union Congress president. Mr. S. Jaganathan, at G. H. Cafe in honour of his invitation to the Duke of Edinburgh's study conference in Britain next month.
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    Free show at Y.M.C.A.
    39 9 There will be a free show of art and music films in the Singapore V.M.C.A. hall. Orchard Road, at 8 p.m. today. On the programme: Highland Woodcarver, Brush Technique, Jascha Heifetz and a news magazine.
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    Union meeting
    25 9 The Singapore Air Ministry Local Staff Union will hold its annual meeting at the Badminton Hall, Guillemard Hoad, on Sunday at 9.30 a.m.
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    OFFICIAL RAP FOR NO-PAY TEACHERS
    144 9 OFFICIAL RAP FOR NO-PAY TEACHERS KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. Selangor's Chief Education Officer, Mr. K. D. Luke, today explained why the May salaries of 14 student teachers at two Government English schools had been delayed. He also rapped them over the knuckles for having complained to the Straits Times about it.
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    Co-op fete for Mr. Pinto
    64 9 More than 200 people will attend a tea party at Little's Cafe at 5 p.m. tomorrow in honour of Mr. A. B. Pinto, •vho was, recently made an M.B.E. In the Queen's Birthday Honours list. Mr. Pinto is general serretarv of the Singapoie Cooperative Union
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    Doctor shortage solved?
    87 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Th t*id of the doctor shortage in the Federation is in sight. The country wants only between 55 and 80 doctors from India but more than 100 applications hav>> already been received. "We are getting them in shoals, sometimes as many as six a
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      Can they escape from the jungle?
      747 10 Can they escape from the jungle? The Jungle Folk are forced down in a balloon to a strange part of the jungle where they find a ruined city. In one building they pursue a weird, shaggy figure and find it to be an old man with long white hair. NOW
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      EASIER STAMP SWOPS WITH U.S.A.
      345 10 STAMP dealers in France must find themselves very busy these days, for the pictures on French stamps are constantly changing. Colours too seem to vary considerably, for one can sometimes find stamps of a different value being printed in the same shade. About the only
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      159 10 HERE are some more boys and girls from overseas who would like pen pals In Malaya. Joan Mitchell, 4, Darley, Square, Cotmanhay Estate, Ilkeston, Derbyshire, U. X., Jennifer Farmer, 54, Revenscroft Drive, Chaddeston, Nr Derby, U.K., Pamela Corner, II Meadow View, Sandiacre, Nottinghamshire, U.K., Maureen Watson,
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      458 10 Dear Boys and Girls. in the middle, rather tasteless. Here are the si* winners There is a crossword puzzle of our "joke' contest. S. for you this week. When you Thevaraiah, C.E.C., Kluang, have completed it, write your Manpt Kaur, 1041 Jalan Man- name, age and address on a sur,
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    STRAITS TIMES Special FEATURE Parnell: A champion of Ireland's rights
    1485 11 STRAITS TIMES Special FEATURE Parnell: A champion of Ireland's rights ONE hundreu and ten years ago today there was bora to an English landowner in County Wicklow, south of Dublin, a boy who was to scale the heights of history and fall within sight of the summit. His name was
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    BROKFRS' REPORT
    356 12 The Malayan Share Brokers Association reported: "There were again sustained inquiries lor Industrials with some price improvement in a few instances. Tins were steady, whilst rubbers were also better in a few cases." Singapore and Federation brokers reported the following business done yesterday: 8.8. Petrol 565. xd cci;
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    100 12 Singapore Chinee* Produce Exchance: noon prices per picul yesterday were:Coprm: quiet; June $27 38 buyers, $27 518 sellers, July $27 1 2 buyero, $27 3 4 sellers. Coconut oil: quiet; bulk $40 12 sellers. drum $43 112 sellers. Pepper: quiet; no business reported done: Muntok white $95, Sarawak
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    SHIPPING
    77 12 Ships) Iyln* alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves or expected today are: Empire Fowey 1-2. Somali 4-5. Maron C.P., DenblKshlre 6-7. Straat Makassar 8-9. Qlenartney 11, Llmburg 13-14, Benreoch 15-16. Eastern Saga 18 Charon 19-20, Merllmau N. Wall 2, Serampang N.Wall 4. Serdang N.Wali 6, Sumpltan N.Wall 8, Bruaa
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    RUBBER GOES ABOVE 90 CENTS LEVEL AFTER TWO MONTHS
    375 12 RUBBER GOES ABOVE 90 CENTS LEVEL AFTER TWO MONTHS By Our Market Correspondent pOR the first lime for two months the price of rubber in Singapore established itself above the 90 cents level yesterday during the greater part of trading, but closed slightly below this price. It would appear that
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    283 12 The Malayan Exchange Banks Association made the following changes in its rates to merchants yesterday: London: selling T.T. or 0.D.: 2/3 29/32, buying airmail: T.T. 2 4 1/32, O.D. 2/4 3/32. 30 d/st 2/4 1/4, 45 d/st 2 4 5/16, 60 d/st 2/4 3/8 90 d/st 2/4 1/2
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    41 12 AUSTRALIAN STOCKS tendency „'*g» »> sVffr.*"Mount Mor^-::;: II Western UtaUnV Ampol. Ex Oil Search Aust. Consol. md" ufa A.P.M. (Mw) Bradford 2l B. Hill Pro. Courtauld Dunlop '''■'> Stfc Elec. Zinc Peltj.nd TextilM Sl'* O.J. =oles Herald Ttmss "{!> vex (Aust.) Woolworth Swan Breweries'"
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    RUBBER PRICES
    101 12 July first «rad f rnbb r f.o.b. closed in sinwC day at 89 certs unfe* Mondays claMti- price" The closin, tone yes^av^r oo N0 ißss. spot i.ob. bo* 89 i. seller, M R.S.S. July buyers It No. 1 R.S.S. Aug. buy, lers 89%; No. 2 Rs's buyers 86
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      824 12 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS APPLICATIONS are Invited from Federal Cltlaena for two pasta of Reporters in the News Division of the Department of BroadcastIng. Federation of Malaya. Qualification*: A good general education. Fluency In Kngllgh language and a good working knowledge of one other main language of the country. At least five
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      757 12 NOTICES NOTICE Mr. K. B. Meyer, of R. V. Meyer Opticians, will be visiting Kuala Lumpur on Monday. July 2nd and not Tuesday, July 3rd as previously reported. Appointments for eye examinations: STORCH BROS. LTD., 37, Mountbatten Road, Kuala Lumpur. NOTICE In accordance with Regulation 10 (1) of the Medical
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    SPORE STOP HK TOURISTS WITH 5-3 WIN
    790 14 The Kowloon Busmen were mesmerised by Blaekwood's magic By The Sports Editor T«HE KOWLOON Bus- men must have taken away weird memories of black magic from Jalan Besar Stadium last night. Favourites to beat Singapore easily after their good victories over Chinese and
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    Lock icon Louise Brough starts title defence with 6-0, 6-0 victory
    627 14 Louise Brough starts title defence with 6-0, 6-0 victory LONDON. Tues. rjEFENDING champion Miss Louise Broujh. of California, swept into the third round of the women's singles at Wimbledon today by overwhelming 16-year-old Miss Jean Forbes, of Cape Province, South Africa by 6-0. 6-0. In addition to being drawn against
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    SPARTANS 13-0
    38 14 The ten men Spartans playing with ten men trounced Royal Malayan Navy 13-0 in a United Services League. Div. 2 game at BalesUer Road yesterday. Hill (4), Crouch i4>. McCrlrie (2). Lawrence. Chalmars and Pickering scored.
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    TELECOMS 1-0
    21 14 Telecommunication Department beat Broadcasting Department. I Jurong, 1-0 in their Jurong Club Shield soccer match yesterday. C. Daniel scored.
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    SIKHS BEATEN
    23 14 Fathul Karib beat Young Mer. Sikh Association 2-0 in a S.A.F.A Dlv. 2A game at Geylang. scoring through Sonny and Ramat.
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    JUNE FOURSOMES
    24 14 Winners of Royal Singapore Golf Club's open mixed foursomes (9-hoie Dogey) for June were D.H. Clendon and Mrs. O.C. Weeks (two up>.
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    ST. JOHN'S WIN
    20 14 St. John's beat Singapore Recreation Club 4-1 In a S.AF.A. DIV. 3B game on the padang yesterday.
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    Hogan puts US in lead
    182 14 WENTWORTH. Surrey Tues. |>RILLIANT golf by Ben Hogan. who went round in 69 yesterday after returning 68 in the first round, helped United States to finish at 286 strokes in the Canada Cup international golf tournament here. Hogan's partner, Sam Snead, followed up his first
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    269 14 LONDON. Tues. WHILE Lancashire, the leaders, suffered their first defeat In the County cricket championship today, losing to Warwickshire, holders Surrey stepped up their challenge with a victory over Hampshire. Both counties have now played 11 matches and Lancashire, with 84 points, are only
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    K.T. Retnam hits brisk century
    307 15 A BRISK century by K. T. Retnam highlighted the A first day's play in the inter-varsity cricket fixture between the Universities of Malaya and Hong Kong at Sepoy Lines yesterday Malaya are set for an innings victory. They scored 237 and then dismissed Hong Kong
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    KUDA GAVE WEIGHT ALL ROUND
    157 15 KUDA GAVE WEIGHT ALL ROUND BT EPSOM JEEP JACKIE'S KUDA, the former Malayan sprint champion, Is rated among the best sprinters in England and Ireland. In the £1,200 King's Stand Stake* over sf at Ascot on Friday last week, Jackie's Kuda gave weight all round in a top class field.
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    TO FIGHT CHAMP
    31 15 MILAN, Tues. Wallace Bud Smith, the United States world lightweight boxing champion will probably defend his title against European champion Dullio Loi (Italy) in Milan on July 11.
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    Sea Belle has good chance
    153 16 Sea Belle has good chance SEA BELLE was outpaced by Lady Scarlet and Hopsasa in a speed duel over over s\f. on Saturday. With her rivals up in a higher division. Sea Belle has a bright chance of making amends. Two runs previous, at Bukit Timah last month, she was
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    144 16 EPSOM JEEP CALL BOY POINTER Race 1. 2.45 MUGGINS Prince Jeater Kempton STAR ONE Muffins Air Rate STAR ONE Musjlns Grand Recovery Race 2. 3.15 PLEASURE PARK Pulot Itam Periwinkle PERIWINKLE Pleasure Park Roman Flyer ItOYAL FRESCO Pulot IUm Pleasure Park ice 3. 3.45 LITTLE PSALTER Opossum
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    It was Miller's Test with 58 & 10-152
    765 16 It was Miller's Test with 58 10-1 52 ENGLAND HAD A SLIGHT CHANCE AT LUNCH WITH 153-5 BUT THEN THEY TUMBLED FOR, GIL LANGLEY'S NINE VICTIMS A WICKETKEEPING RECORD From JACK FINGLETON LORD'S, Tuesday. A USTRALIA easily won the Second Test here today when Keith Miller, principally, and Ron Archer,
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    61 16 ('owdrrj Gravrnrv t i ai "l Watson I, m',;;;- WO* J S*' Jiffs h *n« EB?S.S fcfcS t Wardle h MHk? b Xrrhr *'a'^ not Wiring f,.|| cuter Played Plan which he oriS We aimed to crick,:. of th« bowlin* with opening batsmen then forcing the a vantaop horn*
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    717 16 EPSOM JEEP SAYS... OUPERSCOPE was a good thing beaten on Saturday and should make amends today by taking the Cl. 3, Div. 1 61. handicap (Race Five) at Kuala Lumpur. Superscope was unlucky when beaten by half a length by Kerry Laughter over 7f. A
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    58 16 TIERE was rain yesterday and the going at Kuala Lumpur up to last evening was yielding The Forecast Tote will be held on Races 3, 5, 7: the Treble Tote on Races 4. 6. 7. The Big Sweep will be drawt. on Race 8. Rediffusion will broadcast
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    1240 16 Race 1 —2.45: Class 3 Div. 4—6 Furs. 1 866 Kempton 5y 8.00 C. P. Lim T. C. Chan Daniels 3 538 Star One 4y Donnelly 8.13 Ho Stable Donnelly 3 075 Air Rate 5y Ransome 8.12 T. P. Wong Daniels 4 766 Ore 6y Bougoure 8.11
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    TAKE KISMET TO AVENGE DEFEAT BY SPECULATION
    347 16 l/'ISMET showed pro- mise at Penang last month when he ran Speculation to a short head over sif. This handsome full-brother to Malayan Scholar has made good headway since and I give him a confident vote in an open event (Race Four). With
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