The Straits Times, 17 July 1956

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    29 1 AVER ACE Pa■ ry r nrr rr n^ n A LIE M^db Ettt S 75»6 f> The Straits Times Mai*** Estd. 1845. SINGAPORE, TUESDAY JULY 17, 1956 15 CENTS
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    150 HELD in NIGHT RAIDS
    181 1 1 50 HELD in NIGHT RAIDS Dragnet spread! to rural hide-outo; Mow gangs know this is really war towds lee as police lose in HAROLD jjCK arrested Cher Isi ge,-!. in lightning j „n Singapore er «orld hide-outs #L M the total i nce'OpcraDa E eer' began on n ;BKhi
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    Please tell
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    Lock icon MIDNIGHT SEARCH FOR GANGLAND TATTOOS
    29 1 POLICEMEN search two suspects for tell-tale tattoo marks and concealed weapons in Cheng Cheok Street at midnight.— Straits Times picture by Kok Ah Chong.
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    That 'give away' baby vanishes
    505 1 WELFARE MEN TO HELP MOTHER THE eight-day-old infant, whose mother is fighting 1 to get him back after having given him away on Friday, vanished yesterday. Last night the distraught 32-year-old mother said she did not know where her child was. But the Social Welfare
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    Students dig into past
    49 1 Members of the University of Malaya's Archaeological Society are excavating at the mouth of the Muda River in Kedah. The group, led by two lecturers Mr. K. G. Trigoning and Mr. J. Deigong left Singapore on July 13. They will be away for a fortnight.
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    Terror arrests
    40 1 NICOSIA, Mon. Troops threw a cordon around a village near Famagusta this morning and arrested four men believed to be involved in the murder of a British corporal who was shot dead in the local cinema.— U. P.
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    Fighting Fijians remember Malaya
    297 1 Fighting Fijians remember Malaya 816 THANK YOU' FROM SUVA 'THE Editor of the x Straits Times was assured yesterday that the Fighting Fijians. now back home after more than four years, will watch the future of Malaya with interest In a letter from Suva, Lt.Col. P. K. Ganilau. Commanding Officer
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    Two killed in Ipoh knife attack
    217 1 rOH, Mon. A crowd of people waiting at a bus atop saw gangsters stab two youths to death and seriously wound another near a main road Junction here last night. The incident took place shprtly after «-30 p.m. near the Junction of Anderson Road
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    100,000 UP!
    112 1 /\N SUNDAY last the print order w for the SUNDAY TIMES was over 100,000 copies. This is the first time in the history of publishing in Malaya that this figure has been achieved. The Sunday Times sells more than twice as many copies as any other Sunday newspaper.
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    100 LOSE HOMES IN SINGAPORE BLAZE
    372 1 100 LOSE HOMES IN SINGAPORE BLAZE A sad Hari Raya for (oar families npHE FAMILIES of four Malay soldiers were among A SO families 100 people altogether made homeless by an attap fire yesterday, only two days before Hari Raya Haji. Hie morning flre, which destroyed six nocks of attap
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    Lost The woman with $4m. secret
    66 1 Lost The woman with $4m. secret rE Singapore oman with the secret of the S4.MMM Japanese trea sure trove hat vanished. Three weeks have passed since the Government decided to negotiate with her but she has still not come forward. Yesterday Mr. J. C. Core ra of the Public Advisory
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    Signalmen withdraw strike note
    70 1 Signalmen withdraw strike note KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. The 80-strong Malayan Railway Signalmen's Union today decided to withdraw its strike notice and resume negotiations with the railway administration for increased pay and better working conditions. It will write to the general manager of the Malayan Railway, Mr. C. G. Harrison, tomorrow
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    Call-up poll
    26 1 BONN, Mon.— A West German public opinion poll has announced here that of a representative group of people questioned 50 per cent favoured consciption.
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    TWELVE INJURED AS FIRE GUTS HUT
    131 1 rpwELVE people were burned last night when they 1 helped to fight an attap hut fire in a kampong in Rosyth Avenue, off Yio Chu Kang Road, Singapore. Inche Musa bin Mohamed, 30, a Federation Government clerk, his wife and three children the youngest
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    Lock icon 6 died learning discipline
    59 1 WASHINGTON. Mon. Marine Sgt. Mathew C. McKeon was charge^? today with causing the deaths of six recruits whom he marched into a tidal creek to "teach them discipline." He was also charged with being drunk on the night of the "tragedy of Ribbon Creek," with negligence,
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    Lock icon Menzies leaves
    37 1 LONDON. M o n Mr. Robert Mensles. the Australian Premier, left London by air today for Duesseldorf oh his way to Bonn for a fourday visit at the invitation of the West German Government. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Fiery exchange
    23 1 JOHANNESBURG, Mon. An attempt was made to set fire to the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, It was an- 1 nounced today Reuter.
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    Lock icon Germans cheer Nehru
    50 1 HAMBURG, Mon. More than 1,000 Hamburg citizens cheered Mr. Nehru, the Indian Prime Minister, when he arrived from Bonn today on a one-day visit to Germany's largest port 1 Mr.. Nehru, who Is- on a four-day state visit to West Germany, will spend the night here.— Reuter.
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    A-ban urged
    30 1 MOSCOW. Mon. Mr. Dimitri Shepilov, Soviet Foreign Minister, today urged the United States and Britain to agree with the Soviet Union to stop testing atomic and hydrogen weapons.
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    STUDENTS FIND GRENADE
    47 1 Six Singapore Chinese school students searching for spiders yesterday stumbled upon a hand-grenade covered with twigs near the Bukit Timah railway station. The grenade was later removed by the Army demolition unit. It was found to be serviceable. Police will today comb the area.
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    Lock icon Lim is hopeful of merdeka
    158 1 Lim is hopeful of merdeka CALCUTTA, Mon. MR. LIM YEW HOCK, ITI Singapore's Chief Minister, said here today that he was optimistic about the Colony of Singapore eventually achieving independence. Mr. Llm is on his way to England to attend a conference of labour commissioners from British overseas territories, organised
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    30 1 NOT FOB ASIANS ADELAIDE. Tues.— Mr. Harold Uoll. the Immigration Minjstrr. said here today thai Australia did not intend to introduce a quota system for Asian immigrants. Reuter.
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    Sight or life? Father decides
    283 2 HE TELLS WEEPING CONGREGATION: 'EITHER THIS OR THE BOY WILL DIE 9 BUT MIKE, 4, HAS YET TO LEARN OF FATEFUL DECISION ORLANDO, Florida, Monday. TN a tremulous voice, a father stood before a congregation here yesterday quoting: the Book of Joshua to justify the
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    Lock icon 72 HOURS AT THE PIANO
    74 2 72 HOURS AT THE PIANO NORTH BAY (Ontario), Mon. "Tiny" Bird, who weighs 225 lb. and who cannot read a word of music, «i»»m+fl a marathon piano playing record of 72 hoars and 36 minutes here during the week-end. Suffering circulatory pains In his legs and fingers, Bird was ordered
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    Lock icon REDS YEARN FOR THAT 'MM' LOOK
    65 2 BERLIN, Mon. Neves Deutschland, normally austere official newspaper of the East German Communist Party, appealed to manufacturers to produce "daring" "saucy" bathing costumes for women. "Our bathing costumes must improve. "We do not Just need bathIng costumes as such. They should be chic, sporting,
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    Lock icon Drink was doped, so MP 'insane' for weeks
    215 2 LONDON, MMU--A 53--year-old M.P. last night claimed that he had been certified insane and held for six weeks in a mental hospital after being drugged with doped sherry. Dr. Donald Mclntosh Johnson, Conservative, is campaigning for. a revision of Britain's mental laws.
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    Lock icon Walk-out after killing censure
    43 2 JERUSALEM, Mon. The Israeli-Jordan Mixed Armistice Commission today censured Jordan for an Incident on July 9 in which an Israeli civilian car was ambushed and two people killed. The Jordan delegates then walked out of the Commission meeting.— Reuter.
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    Girls big draw
    28 2 LONG BEACH, California, Mon.— A hot, sunny day lured an estimated 500,000 people out to watch toe Miss Universe contestants parade down Ocean Boulevard yesterday.
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    Lock icon Stork overtakes car—so lady doctor delivers own baby
    121 2 Stork overtakes car— so lady doctor delivers own baby YEW YORK, Man. A young 11 woman doctor delivered her own baby on the front seat of her car as her husband was driving her to hospital here yesterday. Hie woman, 26-year-old Dr. Helen Stein, told her hus~ band: "I think
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    ROBBERY SUSPECT WAS SON HE HAD NOT SEEN FOR 11 YEARS
    182 2 ROBBERY SUSPECT WAS SON HE HAD NOT SEEN FOR 11 YEARS CHICAGO, Mon.— A father who had not seen his son and daughter for 11 years was reunited with them yesterday through a news picture identifying his son as a robbery suspect. Clarence L. Clark, 59, saw the picture and
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    RUSSIA, D.S. STRIKE A DEAL OH MAGAZINES
    86 2 RUSSIA, D.S. STRIKE A DEAL OH MAGAZINES WASHINGTON, M« n. Russia and America agreed to the reciprocal publication In each country of a Government magaitne of the other power, it was revealed here last night. The Soviet Embassy here said that the first issue of "U.8.8.R.," a new Soviet monthly
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      58 2 NEW YORK. Mon. PRIVATE Joseph Arel, now on emergency leave, wrote to his commanding officer that his mother had had two operations and she needed 25 pints of blood. 1 am sure that my group would be willing to give blood to save my mother's life," he wrote. Within two
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      10 2 AMSTERDAM: A 12-man Communist Chinese trade mission has arrived here.Reuter.
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      25 2 STOCKHOLM: The Ja.. anese nuclear physicist. Professor Hidekl Dkawa. who won the Nobel physics prize In 1949, has arrived in Sweden for a holiday.— Reuter.
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      21 2 PARIS: Plans for cooperation In the peaceful development of atomic en- ergy will be discussed here this week by 17 natlons.Reuter.
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      29 2 WASHINGTON I Officials are report 1 to have serious doubts on whether to 50 anead with plans iv nelp Egypt to build the wan dam on the Nile.— AP
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      16 2 LONDON: Sixteen Soy 1 agricultural experts have left London by air after r two-week visit.— Reuter
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      TV ON TAP-BUT ONLY FOR A SIP
      31 2 HOLLYWOOD. Mon.-Betty Batten, returning to th* Just as pipinc water into the house stopped people from going to the wcll-eiccpt for a real «ooddrina>-A.r.
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    Sultan chee
    28 2 TANGIER, Met. ing crowds tea streets of Nadorjs greet their sovew Sidl Mohammed x: as he arrived tm place of the Mca J ration army "-to.
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    Lock icon BRITISH REDS NOW BACK K ON STALIN
    196 2 BRITISH Communists yesterday X' M Soviet Communist Party's IL^ 3 bunking Stalin. 1 Satisfaction with the latest Moscow statement on the Stalin colt of the individual was expressed in a statement issued by the executive committee of the British Communist Party The statement,
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    Queen turns down Plea
    86 2 Queen turns down Plea THE QUEEN hu3 review the cm* ex-Sergeant •Mtt-Dunne ,'S is serving a ;JP, for the mura?J "any of hisri husband, a ft£ The war Office^ that a petitions-; Dunne for them his conviction laid before thf J "The petition hi. j granted," the c ment said
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    Staff picnic
    20 2 The Singapore Cold Storage Sports Club will hold its annual picnic at the South Winds, Jurong, on Sunday.
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    Lock icon Dollars will not buy our love, Menon ells America
    172 3 Dollars will not buy our love, Menon ells America Men. -he 'SI i spert mt ut concerned. h e saic. a irood word would not be -,> ssened good wore ..-Russians, Ed a criticise of the vice, that L-jt Mer.or. said. policy sit in :.ons. ttu principle of; tot U
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    'Abolish prison camps' appeal
    42 3 NICOSIA. Mon. Greek Cypriots held in British detention camps have appealed to the British Government and the United Nations to abolish the camps. Lord Radcliffe. new constitutional commissioner in Cyprus, attended church services under heavy guard yesterday.—A. P.
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    HELLO. IT'S SAYONARA
    43 3 S_ William I c: Warner Brothers ;-»sterday to I ftnMWk prelimi- a film based on the James Michener novel Sayonara." He will direct the picture, a major portion of which will be filmed in Japan, beginning next October. A. P.
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    LAID-OFF GIRL WORKERS JOIN CAR INDUSTRY'S PROTEST
    89 3 QBLS from a motor aeces-. •wies plant in northwest London Join other laid-off motor workers trying to speak to Members of Parliament in protest against recent dismissals. l»r«m of sackings at the British Motor Corporation factories in the Midlands, 4tt of the accessories
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    Lock icon MARILYN: I WANT TO PLAY 'PYGMALION' LIZA
    284 3 T ON DON, Mon. Marilyn Monroe told a Press conference here last night that she would like to play the part of Eliza Doolittle, the Cockey girl in 'Tygmalion." "I would like to play Lady Macbeth— but that is Just a dream," she
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    Lock icon Duke takes a fall at polo
    58 3 WINDSOR, Mon.— The Duke of Edinburgh fell heavily from his horse while playing polo in Windsor Great Park here today. He lay on the grass for a few moments, then mounted another pony and resumed play. The Incident was watched by the Queen and
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    Lock icon 'Co-existence'
    42 3 WASHINGTON, Mon.— The Soviet Embassy has announced that the first issue of USSR," a new Soviet monthly mflcp*<np fQj. American readers, would publish a personal message from the Soviet Premier, Marshal Bulganin, urging the possibility of "peaceful co existence. 1 Reuter.
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    Lock icon Storm kills 6
    33 3 FRANKFURT, Mon.— At least six people were killed by Hgtitntng or drowned last night and thousands were threatened by floods as violent thunderstorms and torrential rains swept West Germany. A.P.
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    Plane kills boy
    31 3 KENILWORTH, Mon. A British navy plane practising simulated carrier landings crashed at an airfield near here today, killing a 15-year-old boy and injuring another [teenage onlooker.— U. P.
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    Lock icon Back to work
    22 3 GETTYSBURG, Hod. President Elsenhower returned to Waswngton yesterday after convalescing at his farm home here from his operation— Reuter.
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    A WRENCH, A SNATCH AND £100,000 HAD GONE
    151 3 A WRENCH, A SNATCH AND £100,000 HAD GONE LONDON. Mon. A jewel thief dressed in workman's •veralls grabbed £IM,M# worth of front a Kofls Royce stalled in heavy lunch -hour traffic here today. The darinc robbery took niaoe In a crowded street near Hasten Garden centre of the diamond trade.
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    34 3 MOSCOW. Mon.— The two houses of the Supreme Soviet (Russia's parliament) met in joint session yesterday to consider au appeal to the parliaments of other countries on disarmament. They considered a report.—Reuter.
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    30 3 BUENOS AIRES. Mon.— An Argentine airliner carrying 14 passengers and a crew of four crashed 350 miles from here today. First reports said there were no survivors. AP.
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    Mrs. Sun to see Indies
    56 3 TOKYO, Mon. Madame Sung Ching-lin, widow of Sun Yat-*en and elder sister of Madame Chiang Kai-shek will leave nh|n on Wednesday for Indonesia, Radio Peking said today. The broadcast, monitored in Tokyo, said Madame Sung, a vice-chairman of the Peking Government, was invited to Indonesia
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    Kind Ceylon
    20 3 COLOMBO, Mon. There are about 6,500 blind people in Ceylon, an Island -wide survey has disclosed. U. P.
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    LONDON STOCKS, RUBBER and TIN
    247 3 LONDON, Man. Closing middle prices of selected stocks not including stamp duty were: LOAN* Oooaob »2K 1/lt Funding 4% «7 9/16 -1/16 War 3%% BANKS tfsreanUto (£13%) lastsm (£5) «7H Chartered (£1) 38/9 Himr*«««f (si 3» £M INSURANCE Prudential 7 INDUSTRIALS Can. Pac HAT 49/8
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    188 3 Big U.S. Mid-East envoy switch WASHINGTON, Mon. PRESIDENT Eisen- hower has ordered a major reshuffle of top U.S. diplomats In the Middle East. He will appoint new ambassadors to Egypt, Greece and Morocco. He also plans to replace Mr. George V. Allen a* Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern
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    Lock icon 40 hurt in gun duel
    78 3 CASABLANCA. Mon.— Forty Muslims were injured. 12 seriously, yesterday when supporters of Morocco's two rival nationalist parties fought a gun duel in a crowded market place t Fedala. near here. Police said that supporters of the Istiqlal and the Party of Democratic Independence camp to
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    Film banned
    35 3 DAMASCUS, Mon. The Syrian Government has banned exhibition of the French produced technicolour film "South of Algiers" starring Van Heflin, because, it said, the film would barm the feelings of Arabs. A. P.
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    152 3 LONDON, Monday. r|R. CYRIL GARBETT, the late Archbishop of York, who died last December, is included in a list of 44 men and women suggested for canonisation by a Church of England clergyman. Details of a plan to resume canonisation within the
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    Boy of two had 13 injuries, court told
    440 4 Boy of two had 13 injuries, court told -MOTHER of SIX ACCUSED of CAUSING DEATH- fELUK ANSON, Mon. x —A mother of six, Wong Yau Kam, 31, was committed for trial yesterday on a charge of culpable homicide not amountIng to murder by causing the death of her youngest child,
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    We're not that lazy, the jagas protest
    241 4 We're not that lazy, the jagas protest SINGAPORE jagas are indignant about a recent strip-advertise-ment which showed one of them being fired for sleeping while on duty. The ad was for latex-foam mattresses. The Jagas said that this did not apply to them they sleep on roped charpoys. USSSSSSj Why
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    Couple deny charge
    58 4 SUNGEX PATANI, Mon. An Alor Star Town Council clerk, Wan Adam bin Haji Wan Jusoh, and his wife, Che Mah binte Wan Ahmad Lebl, were allowed $2,000 bail each today when they pleaded not guilty to a joint charge of possessing 9 katls and 7 tahils of
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    More pay plea
    33 4 KUALA KANO6AR, Mon.— The Kuala Kangsar branch of the Government Staff Union of Perak (Division Four officers) will press the Government for an early settlement of claims for more pay.
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    SAFETY FIRST MAN PARKED at BAD SPOT
    290 4 Capt. Richardson ignored white line— court fines him $10 CAPT. E. P. C. Richardson, secretary of the Singapore Safety First Council, was yesterday fined $10 by the First Traffic Court when he was found guilty of parking; his car by the side of
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    LET'S BUILD A BORSTAL
    146 4 —Judge in hold-up case \MR. JUSTICE KNIGHT said in the Singapore ITX Assize Court yesterday that it was "scandalous" there was no Borstal institution in the Colony. He had pressed the Government to establish one, he said, and hoped something would be done by 1987. He
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    Golden voice runs in the family
    81 4 Golden voice runs in the family ATTRACTIVE 18 year okl Miss Theresa, V. Pereira who is Singapore's "Golden Voice" girl of the year. Theresa, who Joined the Telephone Board only four months ago, won the gold.en voice competition at the week-end from 18 operators. Her sister, Cynthia, won the Pan-Malayan
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    56,000 new voters
    36 4 Singapore has 56,000 new voters this year, the Registrar of Statistics, Mr. B. J Phillips, saja yesterday. This beings the number of people who may vote In Legislative Assembly elections to about 356,000
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    Bandite kill civilian
    40 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon The body of a civilian niurdered by terrorists was found yesterday on Changbon Estate, Bukit Serempang, in the Pagoh area of Johore. a* i. wa t uan^ Kerk rok, 42, who had been shot.
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    Baby in drain
    31 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Mon. PoUce yesterday found the body of a prematurely born baby floating in a drain at Jalan Tebrau. A labourer reported the discovery to the police.
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    Ferry closed
    20 4 KUANTAN, Mon. The Pekan ferry services will be closed to the public for Hari Raya Haji. on Wednesday.
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    COMPANY RETIRES STRIKE LEADER
    195 4 COMPANY RETIRES STRIKE LEADER BATU OAJAH, Mon. Tlie president of the Malayan Mining Employees' Union, Mr. Yong Ah Choy, was served with a retirement notice yesterday by the management of the Malayan Tin Dredging Company. The management told Mr. long, 69, that he would be due for retirement on An*.
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    She can teach the deaf now
    56 4 KLANO, Mon. A former Klang teacher. Miss Harriet Sinnathamby who went to England last year for a oneyear course at Manchester University on now to teach the deaf, has passed her examination. One her return to Malaya, she will be sent to the Federation
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    Medals for 53 blood donors
    43 4 The Minister for Health. Mr. A. J. Braga, will present medals to 53 blood donors tomorrow at the blood transfusion centre, at the General Hospital, at 4 pjn. Seven people will receive gold medals and 46 silver medals.
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    Exam for 3,500
    31 4 PENANG, Mon. A total of 3,538 candidates in Penang and Province Wellesley will sit for the Federation's first lower education certificate examination at the end of the year.
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    'NONSENSE' ABOUT A SCREW-DRIVER
    193 4 It isn't 'deadly/ lawyer tells court IT was "all nonsense" for the police to describe a screw-driver as a deadly weapon, a Singapore lawyer Mr. S. H. D. Bias, told a magistrate's court yesterday. Mr. Ellas said this in applying for ball for two soldiers accused
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    Trade team for Formosa
    60 4 JOKDH, Mon. The Perai Chinese Chamber of Commerce decided at a committee meeting today to send a trade mission to Formosa and Hong Kong, sometime at the end of the year. Mr. Ong Chin Slong, one of the committee members, was appointed organiser of the mission.
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    Postal Board
    28 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The Minister for Works, Posts and Telecommunications, Inche Sardon bin Haji Jubir. today opened the first meetIng of the Postal Board of Malaya.
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    Union meeting
    25 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. A two day delegates' conference of the National Union of Information Services Field Btaffs was held here at the weekend.
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    ICHAEL' SAILOR O PORT WANTS
    53 5 ICHAEL' SAILOR O PORT WANTS staff-*- 1 he J aboard nc riaire P two SSK .China. japan; E ,J P refused fpjk 28 penni*p io London --■•;<: rati a* sale DO. P port of Mi io'ihf crrv I (Mterdar w rrank to an London." lea BBfaPO" v. Burope rith ttttfi
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    SIC FOR THE MILLIONS
    28 5 Police Band now visiting Britain, has i millions in south-west England. mco touring this month. ■Xt band will be In Bristol and cruise Clannel
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    Reds ambush workers
    220 5 Bullets halt trip to mine HAIL OF LEAD KILLS MAN, HURTS 3 Helpless men and car were ignored BATU GAJAH, Monday, i TERRORIST gang ambushed a car-load of A Chinese mine workers early yesterday morning on the Tronoh Mines property ten miles from here, killing one man
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    Thick blukar
    47 5 The ambush was laid 500 yards from where the Tronoh Mines No. 1 dredge works. The terrorists riddled the ar with more than 24 bullets. Ono of the eight passengers was badly wounded and died while being taken to hospital. The three others who were
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    PAP protest rally
    62 5 The People's Action Party will hold a public meeting at the Singapore Badminton Hall on Sunday from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. to protest against the failure of the merdeka talks in London and to call for the re-opening of the talks. Mr. Lee Kuan Yew. secretary,
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    Women say: Stop these sexy shows
    165 5 Women say: Stop these sexy shows TTOE SINGAPORE A Women's Federation is making an appeal to public and political bodies to urge the Government to stop the influx of obscene literature, pictures and "sexy show troupes" into the Colony. The Federation says that these "unhealthy" entertainments have been responsible for
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    Off to China
    25 5 Of the 200 Chinese passengers who left Singapore for China in the Sangola yesterday, 194 were amahs. The other six were students.
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    FOUR LAWYERS WILL REVIEW CASES
    196 5 New move on detentions pK>UR Singapore lawyers have been appointed by the Governor, Sir Robert Black, to review the cases of those detained under the Public Security Ordinance They are Mr. S. H. D. El'ias. Mr. T. W. Ong, Mr. Wee Chong Jin and Mr.
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    RADIO OFFICER SMASHED PORCELAIN: FINED
    76 5 A RADIO officer on the Sangola, Eric John Ramsay, admitted in a Singapore court yesterday that he smashed two pieces of porcelain ware at the. wharves early yesterday. A policeman saw Ramsay pick up a stone and smash the porcelain. Damage amounted to $30. The
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    A girl with no time for men
    37 5 A girl with no time for men TERESA LEUNG PING, former Shanghai singer, who is new appearing nightly at the Sea View Hotel, Malacca. Teresa says she has no time for men because they an "never faithful."
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    MODESTY AND A GIRL OF 4
    124 5 MODESTY AND A GIRL OF 4 Poser for a magistrate MALACCA, Mon.— Has a four-year-old child a sense of modesty? The Malacca magistrate, Mr. Ramanatha Iyer, was faced with this poser today when 17-year-old Bong Ah Choy was produced before him. Case postponed Hong had previously been charged with raping
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    STUDENTS HOIST SIX 'PROTEST' FLAGS
    194 5 A BOUT 50 pupils of the A Chwei Chium Public School, a Government aided Chinese primary school in Day Road, Jurong, Singapore, yesterday hoisted six banners protesting against the school committee's decision forbidding them to hold a meeting. The meeting was to ha7e discussed doing
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    Aid for public
    22 5 The Singapore Social Welfare Department last month gave away $469,130 as public assistance and $164,264 as tuberculosis treatment allowance.
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS
    331 6 29 Word, tit (minimum). HAVE YOU HEARD Naty Sing at Princes? FOLLOW PEDANT Every Dty In the "Malay Mail" If you want to win that $6,000 word punle. ELSIE MARY LTD. 2nd Floor, 13 Battery Road. New Collection of Colourful Cocktail Cottons Just Arrived. TUN3RIDGE WILLS WATER Biscuits, delightful
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Tues. July 17, 1956. Ending The War
    621 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Tues. July 17, 1956. Ending The War Plans to buy the terrorists off, which the Federation Chief Minister is said to be considering, will not work. "If once you have paid him the Dane-gelt, you never get rid of the Dane" —it is not so much
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    The Smoke-Out
    351 6 The big smoke-out hat begun. Qn Sunday night the Singapore police went into action against the secret society thugs. Suspects were rounded up, and in one area there were cheers from the crowd as men were bundled into police vans. Well might they cheer, having lived for yean
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    After Pesta
    248 6 On each of FmU's three nights, Kuala Lumpur's Lake Gardens wer e filled with more than 200,000 people, not far short of the entire population of the Federal capital Malaya has never seen anything quite like it, but then there has never been any time in the Federation's
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    Reviving Britain's tin mines
    563 6  - Reviving Britain 's tin mines WALL ROMNEY *9 Cornish minors claim that Britain has many milllion pounds worth of tin > waiting to oxploitod f*HE British tin-min-x ing industry, almost irretrievably damaged by the discovery of tin In Malaya, has been seeking through Cornish M.P.s to persuade the Government to
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    MALAYS NEGLECT MALAY
    211 6 WHAT L. C. H. wrote in TV your paper of July 10 was mostly true. from what he wrote, I gather he is a Malay scholar himself and I admire him. It is true that Malay has been the "Cinderella" of the languages in this country. The
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    Water pipes
    40 6 I APPEAL to the authorities to have a public water pipe installed immediately in Scharff Road. Sembawang, where no fresh water faculties exist although the place Is thickly populated with low paid working class people. WATER SCARCITY. Singapore.
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    THERE ARE NO LE Vs MARSHALL CONTESTS
    764 6 In the u>elUhehaved Federal Legislative Counrn FHERB la, In the Legls- lative Council in Kuala Lumpur, none of the rather wicked anticipation of a political dogfight that packs the public gallery of the Legislative Assembly In Singapore. The Speaker arrives, preceded by the
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      185 6 (XN returning from China VF I have read with great surprise a report in your paper saying that I stated that "the Catholic religion as well as all others was free In China." I said absolutely nothing of the kind. What I wrote in my statement
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      Yet to cross the bridge
      50 6 Yet to cross the bridge I AM at a loss to understand why the new Kallang bridge should be called Merdeka Bridge when we have not yet succeeded In getting Merdeka. Why not reserve the name for modern Government offices tobe:--press Place d has been ksM W. a MOiE Singapore.
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      Pupils sent hem
      57 6 A CHILD 0! some otic attending the kom English Sea sent home nacji not wearing jr? stockings and their books. I presume tteJ idea in doa? draw the pare::.'! but what I co stand is why-< the pupils tMM pense of ttdfi Would it r//. tot him
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      Reward money dwindled
      150 6 Reward money dwindled T HAVE read with interest all about "The beaming bandit quits by trolly 2»*& «PJ >eare <l to the Straits Times of July 14. What ***** me most is now in the world the reward dwindled to $500. just because Mr. r. L. Tait did not Induce
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      High prices in night clubs
      41 6 I CAN understand the reason why some "nightclubs" have put ud the price of drinks. But to say that "patrons are better off here than In London, Paris or New York" U ludicrous. GORDON CRAIG. Singapore.
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      It should be Titi Merdeka
      95 6 I am sure the Minister for Education, Dato Abdul Rasak will cross swords with the Minister of Works it Telecommunications in- che Sardon who has named the former Bumbong Lima Bridge at Province Wellesley as "Merdeka Bridge" Instead of "Titi I..erdeka" New projects such as
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    One-way China ticket-plus $1,200
    81 7 TF wcKU HAS NEW PLAM TO END THE EMERGENCY... 'AMD ITS CHEAP AT THE PRICE* THIS AM) FREEDOM V eW banditgfSS MIRDERERS Xl ALA LUMPOTi Monday. a rrnri>ts evu the mass murM laia:a r<< a one-way ticket to China rer «nth for a year under a
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    The £27-thief is jailed
    12 7 The £27-thief is jailed \&A Howard i )fficer, Johar stealing the and
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    Princess' goes on stage
    15 7 I\ Wel- c ..-.:apore, j Goid- Broad- :jo on i des-
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    He pushed a sergeant major out of room
    326 7 He pushed a sergeant major out of room LOSS OF S5O LEI TO SOLDIER'S SPREE A SINGAPORE court martial was told yesterday that the theft of $50 from his locker led Driver Mark Barrowclifle, 19, of the RASC, to go on a drinking spree. He was charged with absenting himself
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    Man stabbed in house
    45 7 All bin Pawiro, 28, was found stabbed in the back and wounded in the head in his house at Potong Pasir, Singapore; on Sunday night. He was admitted to hospital and told the police that eight men had beaten him up.
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    ROVERS ROWED 2 DAYS ON TIN OF SARDINES
    174 7 TWO SINGAPORE Rover Scout* cat the round-the-Island rowing record almost In half during the weekend. And they did it on a tin of sardines and some bread and half a can of water. Rover leader R. Benson Fonaaea, 26, and assistant Rover
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    THE BOWER PLAN TO BEAT REDS
    212 7 The people still hold the key KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Lieutenant General R. H. Bower, the new Director of Operations, spoke today of his plan to "finish off" the terrorists within six months. There was no "magic new way" of doing it. His plan was
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    'AIR-RAID' ON CAPITAL ON SUNDAY
    90 7 'AIR-RAID' ON CAPITAL ON SUNDAY KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Sirens will wall an air-raid warning In the Birch Road area of Kuala Lumpur at 9.55 a.m. on Sunday as 150 civil defence workers undergo one of their periodic exercises to test their readiness. A few minutes later planes of the MAAF
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    Singapore trade men are warned: Polities out
    126 7 -HyfEMBERS of the Singa--Itl pore trade delegation to China and Japan have been warned not to indulge In politics during the tour. This is contained in the general rules for the delegation of 62. The rule reminds them that the mis- sion is
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    Men stone lorry
    37 7 A group of 15 strikers picketting the United Metal Works factory in Buklt Timah Road, Singapore, stoned a lorry carrying men for work. The group ran when the police arrived. One man was detained.
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    Decree nisi for pharmacist
    57 7 A pharmacist, Hu Chee Ngee, suing his wife, Jessie Hugh, for divorce on the ground of desertion, was granted a decree nisi, to be made absolute In three months, by Mr. Justice Whittort in the Singapore High Court yesterday. Hu was also granted custody of their
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    Surgeon quits
    33 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. Mr. D. R. Gunn, the only orthopaedic surgeon In the Federation's medical service, leaves next month to take up a post with the University of Malaya in Singapore.
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    Now they plan march on ministry
    172 7 lif ORE than 200 members of XTX the Fred Waterhouse Workers' Union In Singapore are planning to march on the Labour Ministry In Havelock Road from the company's factory In Buklt Timah Road. The union general secretary, Mr. Lav Llat Meng, told the Straits
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    Their flag day
    22 7 The Singapore branch of the British Red Cross Society will hold their annual flag day on Saturday, Aug. 4
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    His English wife refused to come to Malaya
    402 7 His English wife refused to come to Malaya KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. AN Englishwoman who married a Tamil lawyer in England appeared "very interested" In Malayan life, bat later refused to follow her husband to Malaya, the Selanf or Big h Court was told today. Fred Arulanandom, a lawyer and social
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    Queen's Scouts
    24 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Thirty Scouts from the Federation will receive their Queen's Scout certificates at Castle Camp, Gurney Road, here on Sunday.
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    If you have red hair it's a free show
    95 7 SINGAPORE may see Its biggest gathering of redheads at the premiere of "Slightly Scaclet —starring redheads Arlene Dahl and Rhonda Fleming later this month. Any woman with hair as red as that of the two Hollywood actresses will be ad- mitted
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    NOT TOO OLD AT 60: TALKS BEGIN
    159 7 NOT TOO OLD AT 60: TALKS BEGIN rFHE Singapore City A Council's Personnel and Welfare Officer, Mr. D. B. Alcock, yesterday had preliminary talks with Mr. O. S. Rengasamy, secretary-gen-eral of the City Council Labour Unions' Federation, which has threatened to call a strike over the retirement age issue. No
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      137 7 The weather MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (7.30 pjn. on July 15 to 730 a.m. on July 16): Singapore 71 degrees, Penang 73, Kota Bharu 76, Kuala Lumpur 72, Ipoh 73. Kuantan 71. MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (7.30 ajn. to 7.30 p.m. on July 16 Singapore 89. Penang 89. Kota Bharu 90. Kuala Lumpur 91,
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    Singapore girls will model these striking clothes
    220 8  -  SUSAN BARBIE Masmeejain parade* are making faslilow newa i By pOOL sea breezes and soft Hawaiian music will supply that tropical atmosphere at West Point Garden this evening, when mannequins will parade during the Singapore Badminton Association's dance. A group of the Colony's
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    Tune was off key
    507 8 MONDAY lI7E have lunch in a cafe today. I am ordering our food when my voice is drowned by the noise of a Juke-box which continues its cheery song all through the meal. We go home and discover that someone In the vicinity is practising his
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    EXERCISE FOR SLENDERNESS
    70 8 Strengthening the tummy muscles, firm- ing the thighs and whittling down the waistline will all be helped along by this exercise, suggested by > Singapore physical cul- turist Claire Corridon and posed by Rose Eberwein Stand with legs slightly apart for ba- lance, bend the body backwards
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      202 8 Straits Times Crossword i Hi"~ll ziiiiiiiii z ii^ ACBOBB word I do! (7-8). 1. There's attractive affinity In a 6. Greek vessel from a camp label Horace describee (7). ».Oneottt«. tar. 7. romance ot 10. -The s touch now ex- Regiment entrained In the quisltely fine!" (6). North? (5, 6).
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    Lock icon AITS TIMES Special Feature Man who led world in oil boom died pauper
    1314 9 AITS TIMES Special Feature Man who led world in oil boom died pauper CRROR I Pioneer oil-well sinker was dubbed crazy I Y L f GGED. wizened little man scrambled up BAN ddy P* th inn a crude timber derrick on ppnn^vlvania creek, clutching to his flannel shirt Xl of
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      233 9 ■^■r^ '^^^4Na> ■Hp jfl^^^NKfls|fl^^B6flHr Stvtk-Estt Asia's teailif ■iftziM kY kriflfi T*" sntfcir ulictioi tf first* LV W' bVb^b^b^F CllM irtidM, fti tarsi MM pictlftt. f^ay^H^^^HH Tkart it a M Mgtt tf flctiw, 1 bbbV'^^bbW^-^bbbbl iil* Imbl lalar frtMal ■■B^hrt >fr aWlal m IftW bIbUM liciiiing iwv mot vwitv uj now
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      31 9 Hex Morgan, M.D. tr V Dick Tracy Tide turns HbHblbWbWb^blbHb^HbH f lOOC COTD A FARMER— X TUT, TUT, TUT? GET OJ THE LOCXf M3t/PE VXMIH ALMOST !^!?T^Sf^ 1^ SCALES JC^OgLES-^ 25WU-D«
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    RUBBER PRICE JUMPS AS U.S. RUBBER STRIKE IS AVERTED
    331 10 RUBBER PRICE JUMPS AS U.S. RUBBER STRIKE IS AVERTED By Our Market Correspondent THE price of rubber improved in Singapore yesterday following the averting of a strike by rubber workers employed by the Goodrich Co. in the United States. August first grade improved by 2 5/8 cents closing at 92i
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    RUBBER PRICES
    140 10 Aagust first grade rubber buyer* f.o.b. closed in Singapore yesterday at 92^4 cents per lt>., up 2 cents on Saturday's closing price The closing tone was uncertain Closing prices In cents per !b' yesterday were:- No. 1 r. s s Spot tx>.b. buyers 92 U, sellers J>2%; No.
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    Lock icon MORE U.S. CARS
    44 10 UJS. automobile output rose to 111.784 units last week from 68.110 compared with the previous week when operations were curtailed by the July 4 holiday. In the same week last year production was 167,473 cars, according to Wards Automotive report.— Renter.
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    BROKERS' REPORT
    313 10 The Malayan Share Brokers Assselstisn reported: "All sections on tbe local share market were quietly steady with slight improvement in some counters." Singapore and Federation brokers reported the following kMfaesa dene yesterday:— Fed. Dispensary $2.02; praser Neave onto $1.85, $1.86; Gammon $2 and ♦2.01; W. Hammer $2.85; Hume
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    147 10 The Malayan Exchange Banks As— ctatlsu made the following change* In Its rates to merchants yesterday: New York: buying airmail: T.T. 32 11/18. O.D. 32 13/16, 90 d/st 33 credit bills. 33 1/16 trade bills. Quads; buying airmail: T.T. 32 3/16. O.D. 32 6/16, 90 d/lt 32 S/S
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    78 10 Singapore Chinese Fredmee Exchange: noon prices per plcul yesterday Ceat»: quiet; July $25 3|4 buyers, •***** sellers. Coconut oil: quiet; balk 139 H2 sellers, drum $43 113 sellers. PVpper: steady; about 10 to 15 tons of business reported done; Mute* white $120, Sarawak ins, special Sarawak black •78
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    TALAM MINES
    12 10 Talam Mine, produced 143 ptculs ot tin ore In June.
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    AUSIRAN STOCKS
    36 10 AUSIRAN STOCKS firs Loans 3 Loans 3 Con.Z lnt^ Mount L-.,.* ■ft!?* Moon,, Oil Sear-h Bradford Hill Pr^ Cour'auid < D'mlop gee. Zinc! Pelt ana T»ri 1 O. J. coles I H Ci ld r>'..' w "olworth
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    SHIPPING
    23 10 Sh 'P s lyintiu. I>ore Harbou,> SffifaS Sadao N «A< Larut 22. sJi Estrella del V Tournal 35 39 Japuar 42 43,,'
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      843 10 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS APPLICATIONS are invited to fill vacant poets In the Technt- clan Scheme in the— Public Works Department Negrt Sunbiian. Can. didates should be Federal Cittans between the ages of 17 and 23 rears and must have passed Form IV English School. The salary scale of the Technician Scheme
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      616 10 NOTICES NOTICE QUOTATIONS are Invited for Stevedoring and Ughterage Contract for 1957 by MBBSAGERIEB MARXTXMES, M The Arcade. NOTICE NOTICE is hereby given that tbe Annual Council Meeting of the Amateur Athletic Association ot Malaya win be held on Friday, 17th August 1956. in the Rotary Club Room of the
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      173 10 nonces X-RAY CLUB NOnCB is hereby given that the First Annual General Meeting of the X-Ray dub wfll be held on Tuesday, 31st July at 5.30 p.m. at S.A.T.A. Clinic. N. D. HOLT. Honorary Secretary. CITY COUNCIL OF SINGAPORE REFUND OF ASSESSMENT Claims for refund of siseaißunt on bouses reported
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      643 10 I NOTICES clang uvnt tin DREDGING CO., LTD. (Ince^orated ta tke Fdtnte I Matey*) NOTICE IB HEREBY OIVXN that the Twenty-eighth Ordinary General Meeting of the Memben of the Company vffl to held at the Offices of the General Managers. Anglo-Oriental (Malaya) Ltd* M, Barrack Road. Kuala Lumpur on Thursday,
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      383 10 MAERSK LIN M/S EIDANGER SINGAPORE P. SHAM PENANC I 14/26 |uly 27 July 30|ul»/2A«, KNUTSEN LINE orient a MOM CANADA/ U.S. PACIFIC PORTS-fei Sailing San Arm Vancouver Francisco Spore P.Swei Cjertrude Bakke 10/12 Aug EliMbeHi Bakke 8 lul 21 u 20/22 Aug 21*, «l«n Bakke 25 lul 8 Aug 7/
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    U.K. U.S. change rubber roles
    13 12  -  GEOFFREY BOLAND FIRST HALF 1956 FUST HfllF 1955
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    AGENTS IN THIS COUNTRY
    518 12 A WELL KNOWN Hong Kong concern, Mohan's International, which deals in many different varieties of products is looking for agents and distributors in Malaya with a view to expanding business abroad, said Mr. M. J. Panjabi, general manager when he arrived in Singapore last week. Mr.
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    New machines will be shown in K.L.
    241 12 ENGINEERS INVITED CENIOR P.W.D., consulting engineers and min- ing officials from all over Malaya and Borneo' will meet in Kuala Lumpur on Friday to see a demonstration of two machines new to Malaya. The machines are very useful In road construction, tin mining,
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    First Asian shipping man leaves on U.K. tour
    237 12 f|NE of Singapore'! Itadinf 1/ sbippinjc companies, Mansfield and Co. Ltd n local agents for Btae Pnnnel are to send their regional shipping assistant on a four-month stair trip to England and the Continent. The assistant, Mr. G. Sathienathan, 89, has worked
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    JAPANESE CONCERN OPENS LN COLONY
    240 12 JAPANESE CONCERN OPENS LN COLONY OPTIMISM about the future of economic growth of Malaya has been expressed by a leading Japanese concern, Takisada and Co. Ltd., who export and import textiles and crude rubber, and they are to establish a branch office in Singapore. Announcing this, Mr. N. Kondo, overseas
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    Lock icon Morrow is top sprinter of modern times
    356 13 Morrow is top sprinter of modern times says U,S. Olympic coach SAN FRANCISCO. Mon. nPHE BEST sprinter of x modern times, says Brutus Hamilton, the 19 5 2 U.S. Olympic athletic coach, Is Bobby Morrow, from Abilene Christian. "Morrow Is the best sprinter of this generation/ said Hamilton after watching
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    Only 2 Malayans are seeded
    796 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. AS expected overseas players dominated the Selangor Badminton Association's seed ing list for the men's singles event In this year's International Championships to be played at the SB.A hall from July 27 to July 30. Of the eight players seeded only two
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    Lock icon Iharos Sets two records
    209 13 LONDON, Mon. SANDOR IHAROS, of Hungary, yesterday broke the world 10,000 metres record with a time of 28mln 424isec. Sißxoa also broke the six miles record with a time of 27mln. 4>.Bsec. during bis 10.000 metres run. The previous best was 27min. 54see. by Dave Stephens,
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    228 13 CBAVTORDSVnXE, Indiana, Men. RAFKB JOHNSON, 20-year-old world record bolder, won the VJB. National Decathlon Championship here last night. He had a total of 7.754 points compared with his record of 7,985 for the 10 event*. The first three. who qualify for the Olympic Decathlon at
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      Selangor outplay Perlis in Cup-tie
      162 14 Selangor outplay Perlis in Cup-tie KANGAR, Mon. CELANOOR, making three change* in the side which drew 3-3 with Penang on Saturday, had no difficulty in scoring a 4-1 victory over Perlis in their Malaya Cup soccer tie here today. Selangor's speed and clever passing put Perlis out of their stride,
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      Cheuk Yin & Chun Wah in S. China XI
      257 14 Cheuk Yin Chun Wah in S. China XI THE South China soccer team arrived in Singapore last night after a series of victories In Manila and Bti'gt" The touring team three officials, a woman photographer and 18 players will play three games in Singapore. They open their tour tomorrow against
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      QUEENS TOWN 6-3
      18 14 Queenstown beat Singapore Cricket Club 6-3 in a friendly soccer match on the padang yesterday.
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      SABA TOURNEY BLOW TO OLYMPIC HOPES
      267 14  -  LIM KEE CHAN By SINGAPORE .Amateur Boxing Association's selectors are disappointed and they have cause to be— over the results of the recent championships, for their hopes of sending a strong team to Melbourne have been dashed. Of the nine championships, they had expected
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      He breaks Sikh hold on the Shot Putt
      362 14  -  LEE FOO SAN By IPOH, Mon. ITNLESS you knew or w recognised Kuan King Lam, the news that a 19 year old Chinese student of St. Michael's Institution had broken a Malayan Shot Putt record must have raised doubts in your mind
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      ENG YOON SECOND IN JUMP
      98 14 From HALL ROMNEY LONDON, Mon.— Only the presence of Ken Wilmshurst, Empire Games champion, prevented Singapore schoolteacher Tan Eng Toon from becoming the lint Malayan to win a British athletics championship medal. In the A.A.A. annual championships at White City on Saturday. Tan finished second
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      108 14 LONDON, Mon.— County cricket tea scores: At Makhtone. Kent 137 (Phebey 57, Manning 5-34, Tribe 4-27). Northampton 75-7. At BhTlnghai. Worcester 172--6 (D. Richardson no. 79) vs. Warwick, no play yet. At CbeseerfleM, Hampshire 3-4 t* Derby (Play began at 1455 GMT). At Oral, Combined Services 251. (Subba
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      Blackwood plays for S'pore
      57 14 Services crack winter, Bobby Blackwood, will play on the right wing for Singapore against South China in tomorrow night's eight o'clock soccer match at Jalan Besar Stadium. The Singapore team will be: Pbok Teng; Aman Kaatawl, All, Samljan; Hee Jong, Kok Seng. Hin Weng; Blackwood, Boon
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      HK tour dates confirmed
      44 14 Singapore Amateur Football Association laat night confirmed the date* for the tour to Hong Kong for their annual Inter-port match for the Aw Hoe Memorial Cup. Singapore will play three games on Nov. 3 (inter-port) and Not. 4 and 7
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      Aussies follow on 182 behin and are 93 for two
      1201 14 ONE DAY LEFT AND A GRIM FIGHT IS ON IN THIRD T£j From JACK FINGLETON LEEDS, Mon. AUSTRALIA were A engaged in a grim struggle all day here at Leeds on the fourth day of the Third Test against England
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      Hong Kong want report
      136 14 Freat Oar Own Cemepeadeat BONO KONG. Mo.. npHB Heat Ken* reethatt Aa. slattaa hatV a«ked the Singapore A.F.A. for a fall report •n laat week's "reethrawl" betwee, the Hoc* Kee« taaaw. ■artaia AA. aad Eewleea Motor Boa Cesapaay. A Hear Keag t\A. eawrfc states that ac
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      TRACK WAS FOUND SHORT AFTER 10 SEC DASH
      417 14 TRACK WAS FOUND SHORT AFTER 10 SEC DASH BENEDICT GOMEZ, the midget sprinter, yesterday clocked 10 sec. for the 100 yards on the RI ground in the Telecoms selection heats for the All-Malayan Telecoms championships to be held in Penan* on August 24 and 25. Running with apparent ease, Gomes
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      Big victory for Springdale
      49 14 Yesterday's S.A JF.A. league matches results: Dlv. 2B: Sprlngdale 11. Buklt Tlmah 0 (at St Georges Road); 8t John* 5. Police "A" l (at Balestlsr Road). Dlv. 2A: Kota Raja 0. RAP Seletar (at Farrer Park). Janter Cap: Badan Keaenian 0, Alexandra 0 (at Geylang).
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      INDONESIANS ARE BEATEN AGAIN
      110 14 INDONESIANS suffered their fourth successive defeat In the" BAFA Community League yesterday when they were beaten 6-4 by Eurasians at Jalan Besar ■tadium. Indonesians were twice In the lead in the 30th minute through Haron Konad aad Slid, minute through Bujang. But Piraalam drew level each
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      Ceylon & Austra for MAAA me
      138 14 Ceylon Austra for MAAA me New scoring system for championship approve KUALA UMrVR.iI pEYLON and Australia are to particii Malayan athletic championships in M Aug. 17 and 18. V The applications of Ceylon and Aim approved at a council meeting of the Main teur Athletic Association held yesterday. Australia will
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