The Straits Times, 7 June 1955

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    14 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845. SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, JUNE 7, 1955 it 15 CENTS He*****
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    EDEN'S PLEA REJECTED
    109 1 Bailment leaders shrug off Prime Minister's 'save our prosperity' appeal ine-day itrike isition orsens n\l)i)N. M<»n. Ecripplins flfd loda) is the rr nm i 1 ii t and organised irtrked de» i, to find the Industrial peace. eai to and n< -day- came when 70.000 Mick by
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    2,500 oppose port strike call
    435 1 MORE MA Y FALL IN LINE WITH THEM rE Singapore Harbour Board Labour Union, representing 2,500 workers, yesterday dissociated itself from a threat to call a general strike of waterfront workers. The threat is contained I« a resolution, which the Press was told, was passed
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    TENSION GRIPS RIOT CAMP
    304 1 Barriers built, roll calls refused IPOH, Monday. T<HE atmosphere in the Ipoh detention camp where A three Chinese detainees were shot dead in a riot on Saturday night was tense today. Detainees refused to answer all roll-calls earlier today and have demonstrated by shouting and hammering
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    U.N. man: Hope in Kashmir
    81 1 U.N. man: Hope in Kashmir COL. R. A. PERKINS (above) arrived In Singapore yesterday on his way back to Kashmir after spending four months' leave in Sydney. For the last three years he has been a member of the U.N. military team in Kashmir. He said that the situation in
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    10 1 An ng pic- clvislovav d at ComIs, GrrU.P
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    Lock icon RAILWAY STRIKE LEADERS LEAVE FOR FURTHER TALKS WITH TUC
    65 1 MR. JIM BATY. (left) secretary of the Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen (ASLEF) and his successor -elect. Mr. Albert Hallworth. leave ASLEF headquarters In Arkwright Road, Hampstead. for further discussions with leaders of the Trades Union Congress (TIT) at
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    Colombo visit?
    25 1 COLOMBO, Mon. Princess Margaret may visit Ceylon in February next year to open a trade fair in Colombo, a reliable source said today.
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    Federal Council is dissolved
    194 1 SIR DONALD ISSUES ELECTION WRITS KUALA LUMPUR. Monday. T*HE High Commissioner, Sir Donald MacGillivray, today dissolved the old Legislative Council and issued writs for the Federation's first national elections, to be held on July 27 Nomination Day is next Wednesday. The probable line up of candidates
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    Lock icon Atlantic crossing —by raft
    41 1 MONTREAL. Mon. Four French Canadians will leave here on Wednesday in an attempt to saii to Europe on a 26-by 14-foot raft. The four men, all in their twenties, hope to reach Europe In two months. Reuter.
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    Mr. David JAGAN Marshall? No, no, no
    600 1 Mr. David JAGAN Marshall? No, no, no 'ME OR COLONIALISM? WE'LL LET A REFERENDUM DECIDE' fTHE Chief Minister, Mr. David Marshall, said yesterday that if a referendum among the electorate in Singapore resulted in the majority asking for a return to pure colonialism he would abide by the decision. Mr.
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    Lock icon 'I am friend of all'—Nehru
    53 1 'I am friend of all'— Nehru PRAGUE, Mon.— The Indian Prime Minister, Mr. Nehru, arrived here today for a 24 hour visit and declared that India would "always gladly cooperate with every country" in working for world peace. Mr. Nehru is on his way to the Soviet Union for a
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    GOVT. FREES JUNIOR OFFICERS
    190 1 New rules allow Div. Ill men to fight polls KUALA LJMPUR. Mon. THE Federation Government will allow a large number of Division III officers in the i State and Settlement Government service to contest tne Federal* elections. Previously all officers from Division III upwards could not
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    Lock icon Horror inquiry in Hollywood
    50 1 WASHINGTON, Mon.—Senator Estes Kefauver's Senate sub-committee investigating; causes of juvenile delinquency in Hollywood Is to hold public hearings in Hollywood to determine the effect of crime and horror films on teenagers' behaviour. The hearings will be held in Los Angeles from June 14 to 16.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon Back to Kremlin
    31 1 MOSCOW, Mon.— The Soviet delegation, headed by Mr Nikita Khrushchev, -Communist Party leader, and Marshal Nikolai Bulganin, the Premier, returned to Moscow by air tonight from Yugoslavia. Reuter.
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    Lock icon THINGS CAME TO A HEAD
    69 1 MIYAZAKI CITY. Japan, Mon. That craving for matches landed Mitsuru Nagao in hospital. Doctors said that they had removed more than 300 chewed up matches from the stomach of the 31-year-old woman barber in a 90--minute operation. She told doctors that she had craved— and
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    OUT: 44 REDS
    61 1 But figure was year's lowest KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. ONLY 22 terrorists were killed in the Federation last month, according to a provisiona estimate. This Is the lowest numb.of kills since October 1949 when 13 terrorists were killer 1 The total number of terror ists eliminated was 44,
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    Bandit dies
    25 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Security forces wounded and captured a woman terrorist in the Sepang area of south-west Selangor today. The woman died later.
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    The Red who fell out
    208 1 The Red who fell out —he gave up to the police A DISTRICT committee member of the terrorist organisation in Johore has surrendered to the police because he disagreed with a new policy laid down at a jungle meeting. The meeting decided to intensify raids on Home Guard posts to
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    Lock icon SCHOOL ROW OVER HAIRCUTS
    45 1 UTSUNOMIYA, Mon. Two hundred Japanese high school students boycotted classes today because school officials ordered them to cut their hair. Mr. Ryoji Funada, a school principal, said his school would no longer tolerate the students' duck-tail haircuts imported from America. A.P.
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    STOP PRESS
    54 1 WEBTERM MDOSTEBfI TO MSKT ON 810-1 TALKS WASHINGTON, Mon.— Thy State Department announced today that Sccretarj of State, Mr. John Poster Dalles, will meet Foreign Minister, of liiitain ;<»>d France in N< w fork on Jane l<i and 17 to i forthcoming BjkI b meeting to be bcM
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    Lock icon LONDON TALKS ON PERIL TO PRESS FREEDOM
    288 2 Even In Commonwealth —not barring Singapore they are chiselling at liberty 'Consider what even the Archbishop said' LONDON, Monday. TWO British newspapers warned today that even in the British Commonwealth there is danger! of encroachment on the freedom of the Press. They were
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    Lock icon BANDITS MURDER A FARMER
    95 2 BANDITS MURDER A FARMER ALGIERS. Mon. ALGERIAN terrorists ehalkiV ed up another French victim during the night— a farmer killed by a burst of machine-gun fire as the Governor General. Mr. Jacques Siustella. flew to Paris to report to the French Premier, M. Edgar Faure. Three outlaws broke into the
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    Lock icon Wanted: Heroes
    40 2 AUCKLAND. Mon.— Sir Miles Clifford, British Governor of the Falkland Islands until 1953 arrived in Auckland yesterday in search of "12 or 14 men with a spirit of adventure" to help a British party explore the Antarctic— A.P.
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    On way home
    22 2 The 10.816-ton troopship Campana arrived in Singapore yesterday from Saigon with 1.417 French troops on board bound for France.
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    Lock icon ROYAL CHILDREN MISS TRIP
    88 2 LONDON. Mon. Hundreds of people spending the day at London airport cheered tfc Queen when she arrived back nJone this evening, after spending a short holiday at Balmoral, the Royal home in Scotland. The Royal children Prince Charles and Princess Anne should have followed a fewminutes
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    Lock icon Beauty queens of Europe CAN YOU SPOT THE GIRL WHO WON THIS CONTEST?
    98 2 Beauty queens of Europe CAN YOU SPOT THE GIRL WHO WON THIS CONTEST? BEAUTY queens of Europe line up at a "warming up' contest near Elsinore, Denmark, for the "Miss Europe" contest in Helsinki. Later they will go to the "Miss Universe" contest at Long Beach, California. Standing, from left
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    Lock icon Doctors find soothing drugs to tame the 'wild beast' in bad children
    330 2 Doctors find soothing drugs to tame the 'wild beast' in bad children ATLANTIC CITY. New Jersey, Mon. OELAXING drugs are being used successfully to tame the "wild beast" in bad children. two doctors reported today. The doctors, pursuing a policy of spare the rod and soothe the child, administered a
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    Lock icon HUMAN SHIELD
    190 2 Red rebels in Colombia hide behind rows of hostages when they attack BOGOTA, (Colombia). Monday. pOMMUNIST bandits in Tolima Province are using captives as "human shields" in their attacks on military posts, the army announced today. A communique said the ban- dits have seized 104 farm families as
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    Lock icon HEAT IS ON: BEER TAPS TURNED OFF
    77 2 HEAT IS ON: BEER TAPS TURNED OFF TOKYO, Mon. Japanese breweries stopped producing beer today as Japan sweltered. Fifteen hundred key workers in 13 breweries across the nation walked out this morning and threatened to stay out indefinitely until the managements of the three giant Japanese beer companies met their
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    Visit to Denmark
    18 2 COPENHAGEN, Mon The Prime Minister of Siam, Field Marshal Luang Pibul Songgram, arrived here yesterday.
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    Lock icon 'LET ME COME HOME' PLEA
    80 2 OLYMPIA, Washington Mon. —Otto O. Bell, one of 29 American prisoners of the Korean War, who decided to remain with the Communists, has written to his wife saying that he wants to return home. Bell, 24, a former army cor- poral, told his wife he
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    Lock icon MOTHER DIES OF SALK POLIO
    147 2 MOTHER DIES OF SALK POLIO BOISE IDAHO, Mon A 33-YEAR-OLD mother, whose two i children were inoculat- ed with Salk anti-polio i vaccine, died today of polio after an illness i lasting only 24 hours. Mrs Anna Belle Nelson's death was the third and she was the 38th person to
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    Hotel helicopter service
    38 2 Hotel helicopter service HOLLYWOOD, Mon The inzzlinc new Beverly Hilton Hotel, just outside Hollywood. I has a municipal permit for a 3C-day trial helicopter service from its roof. It will carry guests to and from Los Angeles Airport.
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    Lock icon He was wrong
    18 2 wrong SEOUL. Mon -P-.. a South faS fessor becau.dents that co-i:: Communism and &Z possible.-UP
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    King, 67 takes bride, 37
    79 2 Ki ng, 67 takes bride, 37 CEHKM(, Ny p daughter m l^ and saw w before. ODl y o* until Thurscv They „i Xln C s suite at tfc. i'" Hotel, near V fore they 0 n^ moon. n The all-maip ritu fc ducted by Sheikh .L*" Egyptian Prep- yand
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    Westminster Hall may be dormitory for homeless MPs
    108 3 LONDON. Mon. THE ancient Great Hall of Westminster, where some British kings have been condemned to the I gallows and others lain in state, may be turned into a dormitory during the railway strike. Plans are underway to j lay out mattresses
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    Lock icon Prosperity is being smashed'
    446 3 f p- BROADCASTS ON THE 'TWA nrv cvprOUS' STRIKES AND WARNS: gr>S ousness fc >n( j dock < rl1 personal very d in port trous from f not the last Sunday (when he broadcast previously) is still true -It can only end when negotiations begin. And
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    Lock icon The dry death inquiry SEARCH FOR SURVIVOR
    237 3 The dry death inquiry SEARCH FOR SURVIVOR PARIS, Mon. A BRITISH vice-consul, whose territory includes the vast South Sahara Desert struggled today with a sparse communications system to discover how a British woman and travelling companion from Kenya died of thirst in the desert His only hope lies in tracking
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    Lock icon Banker dies
    31 3 NEW YORK, Mon. Mr. John L. Curtis, retired assistant vice-president of the National City Bank of New York, died here yesterday of a heart attack. He was 64. U.P.
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    Lock icon Naval visit
    22 3 HAMBURG, Mon. Three Royal Navy frigates, the Flint Castle, Greenville and Tyrian. arrived here yesterday for a six-day visit.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon LONIES WHICH CAN NEVER BE FREE
    116 3 has a plan for them. on. d out tmonhave peron that ilonies n the L problems vo difli•his ashen a ■i The ire for i are not. In no hard and fast standards exist whereby to judge. Size alone is no sure guide."' The
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    Lock icon Mayor on tour
    41 3 NEW YORK, Mon. The Mayor ol New York. Mr. Robert Waaner. and his wife left here by air last night for London where they will be the guests until Friday of the Lord Mayor. Sir Seymour Howard.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon GROOM FAINTS AT WEDDING
    36 3 GLASGOW, Mon. A nervous bridegroom, Hawthorne Stewart, fainted at the alter and three times later at his wed- ding reception here "Dizziest day of my life," the 24-year-old insurance .clerk said— U.P.
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    Lock icon U.S. pilot tried to bluff he was Russian
    226 3 HONOLULU, Mon. Capta£ Harold E. Fischer, one of the four U.S. pilots released by China last week, said yesterday he tried to pass himself off as a Russian pilot when he was captured in the Korean W -it was just a bluff,
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    Lock icon JANET. AGED THREE. HANDS A BOUQUET TO PRINCESS MARGARET
    43 3 JAM I WOI.FSON. three-year-old grand-daughter ot the millionaire Isaac Wolf stun, hands Princess Margaret a bouquet as she visits a fair at St. James's Palace, London, in aid of the Docklands Settlement. A.P. picture.
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    Lock icon 65 p.c. LAY-OFF PAY MAY END STRIKE
    187 3 DETROIT, Monday. 'THE Ford Motor Company and the Congress of Indus- trial Organisation's United Auto Workers were reported today to have reached tentative agreement on a "job security" plan a few hours after the start of a strike by the company's 140,000 wbrkers.
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    Lock icon Soekarno's N0.2 finds new interest
    92 3 Soekarno's N0.2 finds new interest JAKARTA, Mon. PRESIDENT Soekarno's r second wife has applied for membership in the major Muslim political party of Indonesia, a Jakarta newspaper said -today. The newspaper Indonesia ißaya said Mrs. Hartini Soekarno had applied to join the women's organisation of the iMasjumi Party in the
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    Envoys briefed
    34 3 BELGRADE, Mon. The ambassadors of Britain, the United States and France went to the Yugoslav Fd-eigrn Office today to be bruv?* about last week's conference between President Tito and Russian leaders.— ReutV,
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    Lock icon Governor dies
    19 3 CAPETOWN. Mon. Sir Herbert Stanley, 82. former Governor of Ceylon and Northern Rhodesia, died here today.— U.P
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    LONDON STOCKS
    389 3 LONDON, Mon. ORICES eased in early dealings under the Influence of the serious labour situation. Price movements, however, were generally small. The fact that the decline was only slight in face of all the advene Influences prevailing encouraged buyers and later the market recovered somewhat. In gilts earlier
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    LONDON TIN
    22 3 LONDON. June 6.—Cash Buyers £715%: Sellers £716; Forward Buyers £716: Sellers £716.%: Settlement £716. Turnover a.m. 30 tons, p.m. 40.
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    LONDON RUDDER
    26 3 LONDON. June 6.—Spot 29% d., July-Sept. 28'4d., Oct.-Dec. 27.d.. Jan-Mar. 264-, Apr.-June 26.. June c.i.f. 28., July c.l.f. 27s,d., Aug. c.i.f. 27=S>d. Tone: Steady.
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    FEWER GO TO THE CINEMAS
    112 4 But UP goes the bill for drinks CINGAPORE spent less on films but drank and smoked more during thp first five months this year than the same period last year. Just over $2,200,000 in cnterlainment duties was collected by the Customs Department during the period
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    Ballot burning
    31 4 PENANG. Mon. Ballot papers and other secret documents used in the Penang municipal council elections last December will be destroyed at the municipal incinerator at Kampong Java Bahru tomorrow.
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    DEATH
    29 4 KHOO ENG HUM. 64 years, beloved father of Anthony Khoo K:m Huat, at 11.45 p.m. last night 8! 348. Pflslr Panjang Road. Singap ;rp Funeral announcement to follow.
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    1,000 AT WEDDING FEAST
    62 4 PENANG. Mon. One thousand guests attended a dinner given last night by Mr. Tan Chin Earn, sub-manager of the Penang Oversea-Chinese Bank, on the occasion of the marriage of his son, Mr. Tan Eng Teik. to Miss Lim Kooi Tin. fourth daughter of Mr. Lim Paik
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    Dance girl accused
    63 4 $2,000 theft charge KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. A, dance hostess Mary Wong 22, today pleaded not guilty here to a charge of stealing $2,000 from a businessman. Mr. Lim Peng Hong, of Penang, at the Embassy Hotel. Imbi Road, between 1 a.m. and 3a.m. on Saturday last. The
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    'Mutiny' trial put off
    101 4 'Mutiny' trial put off ALOR STAR. Mon. THE case in which 24 Malay constables face charges of "mutiny" on the Malaya-Siam border was postponed to June 13 when it came up for hearing in the Alor Star Sessions Court today. The defence asked for the postponement. Kloven of the constables
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    Singing robber beguiled nine women
    331 4 GANG HOLDS UP HOUSEHOLD TO THE TUNE OF CHINA NIGHT' -AND $7,500 THEY CARRIED GUNS AND DAGGERS AND ALL WERE MASKED A YOUNG thief, with a fine voice sang: and kept nine women and children entertained for about 45 minutes, while three of his gang
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    Dear Sir, give us an interview
    69 4 The president of the Singapore City Council Electrical Workers' Union. Mr. K. Suppiah. has asked the City President. Mr. T. P. F. McNeice. for an interview to discuss the union's grievances. He asks in his letter for a reply in a week and warns
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    Meyer, 94, dies
    28 4 Mr. Ezra Meyer, a former official of the chased-El Synagogue, Singapore, died in Haifa, Israel, recently. He was Mr. Meyer left Singapore four years ago.
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    Party for team
    35 4 JOHORE BAHRU, Mon. The Indian Thomas Cup badminton team will be entertained to tea by the youth section of the Johore Bahru Indian Congress at the Rest House tomorrow at 4.45 p.m.
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    Penang party
    29 4 PENANG. Mon. The Siamese Consul in Penang, Mr. Prasit Lohanan. will (hold a reception at the consulate in Aycr Raja Road on June 24, Slam's national day.
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    SINGAPORE WEDDINGS
    95 4 LEFT: MR. RICHARD ANG KIONG KIIIAM add Miss Esther Tan Beng Guat who were married in Singapore at the weekend. The bride is the daughter of Mr. Tan K,n,_ Hong, a Singapore robber broker and Mrs. Tan. The bridegroom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ang Hock
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    Boy helps catch a criminal
    265 4 COURT PRAISES HIS ALERTNESS MALACCA, Mon. THE curiosity and quick wittedness of a nine-year-old boy led to the arrest of a man who had posed as a police officer, the Magistrate's Court here was told today. In the dock was Anthony B. Goh. aged 24.
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    TRADE HEADS TO AID MARSHALL
    132 4 Advisory council is set up A COUNCIL of business leaders will advise the Chicl Minister of Singapore, Mr. David Marshall, on trarif problems. The three chambers of commerce will be represented on the council, partly in compensation for their loss of nominated Legislative Council seats.
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    Blast flings man 10 feet
    40 4 KOTA BHARU. Mon.— A welder. Wong Sui Yaw. 22. was flung 10 feet and badly hurt in an explosion in a workshop here. Another welder, Lim Eng Chong. 27. was slightly hurt. Police are investigating
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    Found hanging
    20 4 A 43-year-old mandore. M. Rensjasamy. was found hangins in a store at the .Naval Base. Singapore, yesterday morning.
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    Jets in fly-past
    25 4 Canberra jet bombers will be over Malacca at 8.10 am on Thursday during an RAF fly-past in honour of the Queen's birthday.
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    up, UP, UP GOES THE CEMENT OUTPUT
    120 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Monday MALAYAN CEMENT LTD. today announced that the XIX output from their Rawang factory for the first five months of this year was more than 20 Der cent higher than in .1954. I This increased production ensures nearly two-thirds of the
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    Dato begins campaign
    53 4 KOTA BHARU, Mon. Dato Nik Ahmad Kamil, former member for Local Government and Town Planning, has started his election campaign. Dato Nik has been nominated Party Negara candidate for South Kelantan. He is now on a week's tour of remote villagers along the Lebir and Pergau Rivers
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    BID TO EXPEL FOUNDER
    95 4 PENANG, Mon.— The Penang and Province Wellesley branch of the Malayan Indian Congress last night decided to seek the expulsion of a committee member, Mr. K R. Ramanath, for making "damaging" statements on the official policy of the M.I.C. The meeting resolved first to remove Mr.
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    RIVER BANK FALLS ON B
    73 4 RAWANG, Mon. Part of i river bank collapsed and killed a 13-year-old sehnnlboy outside Rawang <>i Saturday. l.am Wing; Fatt, a secondyear student of the local Chinese school, had cone U> the Sunsri R»V »\iim with M Saturd.it aftiwa Up \v;is in the watt"! hunk
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    East Yorks front line
    26 4 rheistl been training in M return to the Federal, on Army spokeaarg terday The EMI lv operated in centrti, were posti month.
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    Six ca repair the shi
    72 4 Six ca repair the shi «5 to the ?S Among 2 ">^ he n the J*l\ F; See Ye. ,S» $ss£i- **M the gj Th <" junk left Thl su m Placer! on a P°sted by Singapore w'^ Repairs wn h five days. llt The :o-.ir zk. have since i,'Z
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    New office Kuala Lump
    31 4 The Austral;*:. C-s will have m ola Lumpur soon. The A sioner foi Watt, returned a S: from Kuala Los weekend after oil rangements for tie i
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    Peking visitors on way home
    49 5 Eighteen members of an Indonesian trade union delegation arrived in Singapore by Cathay Pacific Airways yesterday on their way home to Jakarta. They had been to Peking at the invitation of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions to attend the May Day celebrai tions.
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    OUR GUIDES FOR LONDON
    59 5 Delegates from all over the world, including Sineapore and the Federation will attend the Girl Guides' Association annual meeting in London next Wednesday. The meeting this year will be a historic event as. for the first time, it will be held at St. James" Palace. Princess
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    TEMPERS AND BOOS AT THE BIG MEETING
    554 5 No-politics-for-students move is dropped after debate 4 21 men will draft that memo on schools lOLKNT clashes of opinion, successfully brought under control, were the main feature at the meeting of 502 Singapore Chinese organisations held in the Chinese Chamber of ommerce yesterday
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    Jap star in cast of 'Holiday on Ice' show
    90 5 REIKO KATO. the only Japanese member of the "Holiday on Ice" revue, which will open a three-week season in the Happy World Stadium, Singapore, on July 1. Mr. H.W. Quast. advance agent of the revue, said in Singa- pore yesterday that
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    Farming—by the touch system
    221 5 Farming by the touch system THA T'S PART OF PLAN MR BLIND KUALA LUMPUR. Monday. THE Malayan Association for the Blind today announced the establishment of training centres to teach agriculture and allied industries. This is part of a six to 10-year plan to provide education, training and work for
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    Home brew: $300
    32 5 A woman. Leong Yong Thye. 35. was fined $300. or two months' jail, in Singapore yesterday for distilling liquor in a house in Lorong Beng Kok on June 4
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    Old Boys' Assn. officials
    57 5 Officials of the St. Anthony's Old Boys' Association. Singapore, are: President, Mr. Edmund Tay; vice president. Mr. Chia Kirn Chwee; secretary. Mr. Lee Eng Kee; treasurer. Mr. Goh Jwee Jin: auditors. Messrs. Tan Hock Ghee and Ho Fook Seng: committee. Messrs. Peter Pong. Hee Kee Meng.
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    N.Z. plane drops supplies
    91 5 N.Z. plane drops supplies KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. MEN of No. 41 Squadron Royal New Zealand Air Force, which arrived in Malaya last month, today started flying supplies to the Jungle fighters. One of the squadron's Bristol freighters made supply missions from Kuala Lumpur to Special Air Service and Police field
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    New row for arbitrator
    166 5 New row for arbitrator SPARE POOL JOBS SET OFF DISPUTE Ttlß. CHARLES GAMBA. i arbitrator in the Hock Lee Bus Company dispute, has been called in to settle a new row that has arisen between the company and the j Singapore Bus Workers' Union. He will meet the company's lawyer,
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    Two hurt in lorry crash
    62 5 Then a second bang Rawang. Mon.— Two Indians were injured on Saturday when their lorry and an Army truck collided at the 18th mile, Kuala Lumpur-Ipoh Road. They were given medical treatment here. Yesterday morning another lorry, driven by a Chinese, hit the damaged lorry.
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    Tapper denies hurting wife
    64 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. A 19-year-old rubber tapper, Hamid bin Nasron. claimed trial in the Magistrate's Court today on a charge of having causing hurt to his wife. Fatimah. by means of fire at their house in Kampong Sungkai Plong near Sungei Besi on June 3 The
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      373 5 RADIO MALAYA Anist 100 The Wind In The wulows. 10.30—11.00 Juke Box. i 'Programmes thus marked can be i received by listeners in Malacca. IT^MI^H^I Short wave 49 62m. Medium wave Jj|r^^|lJ|pj| 476 m.. 343. 366 m and 297 m > A.M. IHSHKBaMHaMIaH •8.57 and 11.10 English Schools SINGAPORE Broadcasts.
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    DEATH
    34 6 I', H,.rrf, IU I minimum). Pob Kiow, 61. on Sunday, leaving I 11.I wife, two KMll ar-d two 5. Kuo < I 4"> p.m. tfxia> i Betheada cnk-ix: jia;i. hna and tlifiuc to Buindari.
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    16 6 20 Ward* fill i minimum I. MRS P. .1 HENDRICK9 lends for ratulfttory i 55.
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Tues. June 7, 1955. Calling In The Experts
    724 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Tues. June 7, 1955. Calling In The Experts The Alliance has taken a long time, the best part of a year, writing its statement of political faith and framing its election platform. Election tactics may have partly accounted for this prolonged delay. By allowing its political
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    Hie Third Party Of The Third Part
    595 6 The Malayan Indian Congress, the third of the partners in the Alliance Council, must be moving among its colleagues with the desperate alertness of a chicken threading ite way through a herd of restless, if somewhat careless, elephants. In theory, of course, the
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      IMPROVEMENT TRUST FOR EDUCATION?
      254 6 rrHE Chinese middle 1 schools have always been plagued by acute shortages of many essential things which arc taken for granted in the English schools. Very briefly, there are continual and ne.ar-crippling shortages of funds, properly trained and properly paid staff, buildings, playgrounds, and general school
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      'Lifeless' teaching in Malaya
      175 6 I congratulate Radio Malaya for broadcasting a recording of the talk given by Mr. John Marshall, headmaster of a wellknown public school in the U.K.. for the benefit of the local teachers. I should, however, like one or more of these headmasters to talk about his
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      News in Hindustani
      141 6 rERE Is a serious omission in the programme of Radio Malaya which has often been taken up with the authorities and always brushed aside. There is a considerable section of the Indian community in Malaya which understands only Hindustani. While Hindustani music receives a prominent share of
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      STEPMOTHERLY' TREATMENT
      223 6 rpHE teachers in private 1 schools have always received step-motherly treatment at the hands of the Education Department. It is time the department changed its attitude. It has now been made compulsory for teachers in private schools to possess the School Certificate or its equivalent. But we have
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    The way to peaceful settlement of British labour dispute
    810 6  - The way to peaceful settlement of British labour dispute JOHN WALTON By DURING the dispute that stopped Britain's national newspapers, the Minister of Labour ordered a Court of Inquiry to sit and examine the case of both the employers and the unions. Within the last 12 months he had appointed
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    Commons today locks out 'Black Rod'
    600 6  - Commons today locks out 'Black Rod LESLIE HAYNES By rpHERE will be something of a scuffle today in Britain's House of Commons. The authorities know that it is going to happen' but they are taking no steps to prevent it. In fact, when it happ?ns It will be greeted' by
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    abby: Thrice I pleaded for Symonds
    1649 7 a bby: Thrice I pleaded for Symonds MOB ROARED-NEWSMAM turhED BACK TO MY TAXI-THEN THE CROWD SET OM HIM* 0 JOSTS' POLICE HAD ORDERS TO STAY PUT' HE WAS AT THE AMERICAN CLUB WHEN IN CAME A CABLE: COVER THE RIOTS FOR TELEVISION about been find <h;.^'d Hit se,(rown •aid
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    VICTIM OF THE RIOTS
    6 7 VICTIM OF THE RIOTS MR. SYMONDS
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    THE DRIVER WHO TOOK SYMONDS TO RIOT AREA
    32 7 IBDUL BIN AM. the taxi driver, who drove Symonds to the riot area. He told the inquiry rioters smashed his windscreen. Straits Times picture.
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    United Press chief for Asia attends the hearing
    27 7 MR. ERNEST HOBERECHT, a United Press vice-president and manager for Asia, who attended the inquest yesterday. Straits Times picture.
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    IN 50 COUNTRIES: 'ONE CHINESE FAMILY'
    366 7 Bishop says overseas groups have a confident future THE large majority of overseas Chinese are drawn together by the bond of a common origin language and civilisation— and though they are scattered among 50 countries, they feel that they are members of a great
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    CAVE GIVES UP 4 SKELETONS
    72 7 CAV E GIVES UP 4 SKELETONS KUALA LUMPUR, Mon.— Two speleologists who a few months ago found a skeleton in a dark recess high in the Batu Caves, let themselves down into another recess yesterday and found "at least four more skeletons." Mr. Tom Hungerford and Mr. John Harnden told
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    Body of woman in river
    115 7 Body of woman in river SCHOOLBOY SAW HER FALL KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. rpHE police this morning recovered from the Klang River the body of Kwong Lee Chum, 27, wife of a Kuala Lumpur jeweller. A schoolboy &2.v the woman fall into the river icova the Sulaiman Bridge at about 8
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    10 YEARS for MAN WITH THREE NAMES
    130 7 rN AH SENG, a canteen boy, who robbed three women of cash and jewellery valued at $200 in a house in Rochore Road in January was sentenced to 10 years' jail In the Singapore Assize Court yesterday. He had four previous convictions, one
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    OFFICIALS-FOR-AN-HOUR QUIT
    80 7 KLANG, Mon. Three new officials of the Klang Young Malayans' Club who stepped down an hour after they were elected on Saturday night have now resigned as members of the club. The officials were the president, Mr. C. Gnaneswaren. the treasurer, Inche Kamaruddin Ismail, and the secretary, Mr.
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    Celebration for 'white' area
    44 7 KUALA LIPIS. Mon. The people of Budu and Benta Mukims have celebrated the declaration of a "white" area in Pahang. A tea party was held at Benta Seberang new village Chinese school. A ronggeng and a cinema show were held.
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      134 7 The weather MINIMUM TEMPERATURE: (7.30 p.m. on June 5 to 7.30 a.m. on June 6): Singapore 76 degrees, Penang 76, Kota Bharu 73, Kuala Lumpur 74, Ipoh 73, Kuantan 71. MAXIMUM TEMPERATUKE: (7.30 a.m. to 7.30 p.m. on June 6): Singapore 89 degrees, Penang 90. Kota Bharu 88, Kuala Lumpur
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    A model has no personality
    547 8 WHAT sort oMrainins do models have to go through? is a question all girls want to know. The answer— it is a long and very hard course in every aspect of looking beautiful. Th t main requisite of a model is her carriage and walk
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    FASHION IN JEWELLERY
    8 8 Orient-inspired all-metal earrings and bracelet.
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    DIET IN PREGNANCY
    492 8  -  NURSE BRIDGET MOTHERCRAFT IN MALAYA -By A GOOD die^ during pregnancy is essential, for upon it to a great extent depends the well-being of both the mother and the child. Now a good diet in this case does not consist of rich or expensive foods: it means
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    Dawn treasure hunt
    666 8 Monday IT IS Jane's 1 birthday today. Last night I arranged a > treasure hunt and scattered her presents all over the house with a clue attached to each. At three o'clock this morning I ■> hoar vague shuffles and !< get up to in- > vestigate.
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    WOMEN ARE FORGETFUL
    133 8 THE odds are 7 to 3 that women are more forgetful than men. At least, when it comes to leaving articles on buses. And it's 9 to 1 the article the woman leaves will be an umbrella. So says Owen Kieth, manager of an American bus line,
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      337 8 Straits Times Crossword "i 2 i 7 Hl"' ~~"i""~ 9~~ 10 77" is |H 75" 20 21 S|| TS" 23 2*~ 25 28 27 3° 31 32 ||§j 35 ACROSS 7. Tester of embroidery? (7). 1. Attempt to limit a nuisance 8. Sequel to the naughty nineties by hanging (8).
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  • STRAIT TIMES SPECIAL FEATURE
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      Lock icon arno, who made world laugh, ilt vast stage empire
      1220 9 arno, who made world laugh, ilt vast stage empire ij&g^a^*£^M*«|^&l£AAJßL&±^^JX^L^^^^^H^J^^^^^^^H little man called at the haplin studios in Hollywood nd asked to see Charles scred comedian was then •oducer, well-launched on the icd *uch peerless comedies The Cold Rush" and "The P i time for casual caller*. ing a polite
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      115 9 d!rr v jjjf Wictory „/RL for Malaya of the THOMAS CUP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 1955 Once again j^^^^*^^^Jf|P'^! M S I! T^WH^^ v the Malayan Team l^Llihk M 1 trained on BRAND'S BnWL^^F^^n^t ESSENCE OF CHICKEN HjLB3^tmWHMB BRAN D S ESSENCE OF CHICKEN DAVID BROWN 2/3 "Diac Plotujk defeats ROCKS, ROOTS,
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      98 9 Sherlock Holmes At the bookshop &OOKSMOP I UE'£ MOT A^UCM OF s r*lL_^BJ nivk Truvy They tlrive in ■■H^^B. > '^> >y ''S F OOP HOUSE WAS ON TUE 1 1 MEANWHILE- I ISSPSSS" ksT BANK. DIRECTIV ACROSS 'rrfe ONLY A QUARTER OF A JtTB^ISI AH.YES-TWE STICK FLOATS FQOM WHERE
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      1330 10 Mi 1405 MANSFIELD tfc CO., LTD. t«i; »4is (18 Hues) (Incorpo-ated In Singapore) (12 line.) THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE Jr.;" SAIL 'NGS fr LIVERPOOL, GLASGOW, LONDON ft CONTINENTAL PORTS Singapore Due Soils P. S'hom Penang Polyphemus for I verpool June 7/ 8 Cyclops for London, Hoionrl Hamburg In Port June
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      1200 10 EAST ASIATIC LINE SAILINGS TO CONTINENT/SCANDINAVIA Far Aden, Port Said, Genoa, Antwerp, Rotterdam, Hamburg. Copenhagen, Gothenburg 4 Oslo Spore P. S'hom Panong >) "SELANDIA" Gdn*. 19/20 8/ 8 Juno 9/10 June xx) "MALACCA" 3/ S July 6/ 6 Jury 7/ 7 Jury "MEONIA" 20/24 Jury 2S/26 July 27/28 July x)
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      1034 10 buTdIngTHE BEN. LINE STEAMERS LTD. TlU 233?i SINGAPORE (Incorporated in the United Kingdom) S LINES SAILINGS TO U.K. AND CONTINENTAL PORTS S'pora P. S'hcm Penang Benvartich for Avormouth, Liverpool, Glasgow, Homburg B.nrlnnn for RoHeraam, Hamburg, Hulf lOJana *rsz&H3: "/Hi--. ">"'«• Senvannoch for London, Hull IJ/11 Joaia 23/14 Jwia 23/27 Juno
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      530 10 -"MU.ISIER s-»» Cl 7 1*55 Coll* Hull llt h <"» Sept J»/10 J S" 'son, m Corri.r, opfion to pro^ <M, J*g Outward frBm UK G C L O E N LlN GLENGARRY H «^>, sunmlln 1 (CoIK Du 00 OrT1 W •adnorshiri Vtf!**** S'Hw'l GttNORCMY S TOr p it
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    CIAL PRICES
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    30 11 Produce ExII a I •11 Ith it* k iation 4 se'lers, p v'.lers. Jmnrirev June: 11 M J8 I -.pliers: (28 5 8 8 B <:s 1 lodng
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    ber crops
    9 11 I Ittipmitrd Ib; WT TmiMloh 41.600 I
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    162 11 The Malayan Exchange Banks Association made the following changes in its rates to merchants ye-sterriay:-New York: buying airmail. T. T. 32 13 16. O. D. 32 15 16. 90 days 33 1 16 credit bills. 33 1 8 trade bills Canada: buying airmail, T. T. 32 3 8.
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    BROKERS' REPORT
    429 11 The Malayan Share Brokers' Association, Singapore section, reported: Opening tne week quietly, the local snare market showed variable trands in both industrials and tlas Rubbers continued firm. Turnover was moderate." Singapore members reported the following business done yesterday Con. Tin Smeiter ords 32a.6d lovern J* nt); Fraser and
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    RUBBER PRICES
    147 11 June first grade rubber buyers f.o.b. closed in Singapore yesterday at 96V* cents a lt>.. down three-quar-ters of a cent on Saturday's close. The closing tone was uncertain. Closing rubber prices yesterday in cents per lb. were No. 1 R.S.S. spot loose buyers 96V sellers 97; No. 1
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    SHIPPING
    82 11 Ships lying alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves or expected today are: Glenggary I[2, Cracker State Mariner 4.5, Muiderkerk C.P Franclsville 6.7, Corfu 8 9, Ensho Maru 11. Sunda 13;14, India 15 16, Cyclops 18, Selandla 19 20. Malim N. Wall 4. Lipls N. Wall 5 to 7 Landak
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    AMERICAN STRIKE CAUSES DROP IN RUBBER PRICE
    258 11 AMERICAN STRIKE CAUSES DROP IN RUBBER PRICE By Our Market Correspondent THE strike of Ford Motor worker* in the United States caused a setback in the price of rubber in Singapore yesterday by three-quarters of a cent per pound and June first grade buyers f.o.b. closed tit "Oj cenis. ISVSfnc.
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      186 11 TENDER NOTICE TENDERB are invited for supply of Textiles for Medical Department, Johore for 1955. Apply Principal Medical Officer, Johore, for particulars TENDER NOTICE Department of Agriculture. Kedah. Tenders are invited for the supply of Rubber Clonal Seedling Stumps for the season 1955-56. Full particulars are available on application to
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      1165 11 COMPANY MEETINGS The United Sua Betong Rubber Estates, Limited. 46th Annual General Meeting to be held Bth June, 1955, at 19, Fenchurch Street, London, E.C.3. SIR JOHN HAY'S ADDRESS. In a recent statement relating to the affairs of an associated company, I have had occasion to refer to the lawlessness
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      1082 11 venue coming in. By 1952, when our work of recovery was complete and we were back to full production, the price of tea had declined so steeply that in that year we suffered a loss of nearly £40,000. Such are the vicissitudes of enterprises in tropical agriculture. No assessment of
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      987 11 PUBLIC APPOINTMENT APPOINTMENT OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY CENTRAL ELECTRICITY BOARD An Assistant Secretary required to undertake general Secretarial i and administrative duties at the t Board's Headquarters in Kuala i Lumpur. Necessary qualification* are previous experience of secretarial and administrative duties preferably in a large commercial organisation or public undertaking; a
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      971 11 ELECTIONS NOTICE THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ELECTIONS ORDINANCE, 1954 (No. 29 of 1954) NOTICE OF ISSUE OF WRITS FOE A GENERAL ELECTION Notice is hereby given in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (1) of Regulation 5 of the Legislative Council Elections Regulations. 1954. that the High Commissioner has Issued writs
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      Chinese merchants tell Marshall: Act at once
      487 12 gINGAPOKE Chinese merchants, who have lost much of their trade since the Indonesian Government banned the import of goods of nonMalayan origin from Singapore in May 1953, are making a fresh appeal to the Singapore Labour Front Government to take steps to resume
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      PAPINEAU'S MOVE TO NEW OFFICES AS FIRM GROWS
      180 12 PAPINEAU'S MOVE TO NEW OFFICES AS FIRM GROWS PAPINEAU STUDIOS, the Singapore advertising agency, has moved to bigger premises in newly completed Clemenceau House. Mr. Aristide J. G. Papineau, managing proprietor of the Studios, said the move from Orchard Road had been made because of the need for more spacious
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      Ceylonese to expand tea sales in Malaya
      174 12 Ceylonese to expand tea sales in Malaya CEYLON wants to expand her tea market In Malaya. Mr. G.K. Newton, a director of Mackwoods. tea exporters, said on his arrival In Singapore. Mr. Newton has arrived from Colombo to spend 10 days investigating ways of expanding the cea market in the
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      WE HAVE BEST EDUCATION
      297 12 Because pencil use is high SINGAPORE is using an astoundingly high quantity of pencils compared with other cities in Asia, according to a. representative of a large German pencil manufacturing firm now visitinsr the Colony Mr. Friedrich Mayer, the Far East representative of J.S. Staedtler, a
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      Malaya likes canned beans baby food and soup
      255 12 MR. H. J. Heinz 11. president of H. J. Heinz Co. in America, said he was impressed by the local displays of Heinz tinned food products during his visit to Singapore last week, after attending the fifteenth congress of the International Chamber
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      DAMAGE BY FIRE CAN BE SLASHED
      377 12 DAMAGE BY FIRE CAN BE SLASHED HEAVY losses caused by fires in Singapore in the past could have been prevented, if owners of buildings had been conversant with automatic fire protection installations, said a visiting representative of a large British firm manufacturing fire equipment, in Singapore last week. He was
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      283 12 GENUIHt SPARE PA^ For complete satisfaction, wise motori« l genuine LUCAS spare parts. You requirements from our l arge comprri*? which is always in stock. We invite you to rail in FAR EAST MOTORS I 54, Orchard Road. Singapore. Federation GENEVE Hi THE WATCH /b^J THAT WILL sMSn TIME YOUR
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    STUDENT KILLED BOY IN CINEMA, COURT TOLD
    923 13 Girl friend of boy in dock will testify for prosecution KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. A LARGE crowd was in the lobby of the Rex Theatre here to see the 3 p. m. show when suddenly there was a commotion and people began to scatter.
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    'SUICIDE BID' WAS A POSE, COURT TOLD The soldier who was scared of the jungle
    418 13 'SUICIDE BID' WAS A POSE, COURT TOLD The soldier who was scared of the jungle OECAUSE jungle patrols terrified him, a young British soldier attempted to shoot himself while on leave to avoid returning to his unit, a Singapore court martial was told yesterday. Private Eric John Winterbourne. 19. of
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    The day mother saw this photo
    247 13 HE STOPPED LOVING ME WIFE SITTING in the witness box with her two-month-old baby girl fast asleep on her lap, a woman told the Singapore Sixth Police Court yesterday that her husband neglected her from the day she showed their wedding picture to her
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    MAN ON RAILS WAS NOT MURDERED
    150 13 SINGAPORE POLICE, investigating the death of a driver, Maihideen Fasal Mohamed, whose dismembered body was found on a railway track in Bukit Timah Road last Saturday, have discounted the possibility of murder. Maihideen was Involved In a fatal motor accident on Friday night. A
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    Missing:2 women in Singapore
    39 13 Two women, Rohari binte Ahmad. 17. and Teng Slew Kiak, 24, were reported missing from their houses in Singapore yesterday. Rohari of Kampong Amber disappeared on Sunday. Teng of Ah Hood Road, vanished last Thursday.
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    Ink fine
    39 13 JOHORE BAHRU. Mon. Lee Ching Kwee. of Singapore, was fined $700 in the Sessions Court, Pengerang today for moving a tube of duplicator ink without a permit and for having a wrong address on his identity card
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    Rotary talk
    34 13 Inche Zainal Abidin, Malay language lecturer at the University of Malaya, will give a talk on "Spoken Malay" at tomorrow's luncheon meeting of the Singapore Rotary Club at the Capitol Blue Room.
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    REDS KILL ESTATE KEPALA
    57 13 KULAI, Mon. Terrorists yesterday murdered Tan Siang See. 45, kepala of a smallholding near Kelan Estate, three miles from here. Tan was slashed in the back with a tapping knife. The terrorists, believed to be about four in number, then made their way to Kelan Estate
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    Stab for man who argued'
    37 13 Yin Chee Hoflfc. 28. of Victoria Street, was found stabbtd yesterday irfJohorgRoad, Singapore. HeNwas wonaded in the back during a^flfcht with another man. r S He was treatecKyat Urfe hospital and discharged.
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    WE MUST FIND YOUNGSTERS, SAYS WONG
    487 14 At a party a warning OARELY 24 hours after Malaya had retained the Thomas Cup, symbol of the world championship in badminton, the captain of the Malayan team, Wong Peng Soon, sounded a note of warning for thr At a cocktail party to all
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    It takes S'pore 'A' to beat Persidja
    358 14 It takes S'pore A to beat Persidja AFTER Combined Ser-| vices and Sino-Malays had been well beaten by the Persidja soccer team from Indonesia. Singapore "A" played splendidly to beat the tourists 6-3 in a thrill-packed floodlit match at Jalan Besar stadium last night. Singapore's young forwards were energetic and
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    Kobbero v Natekar was best match
    808 14 "'AF^''^ATOinfGlEi^ri&WTS f PLAY, SIR GEORGE THOMAS SAYS By The Sports Editor WHICH WAS the best match on the eight nights of the Thomas Cup international badminton competition played in Singapore during the past fortnight? Sir George Thomas, president of the International Badminton Federation, who.
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    CIVIC RECEPTION FOR CUP TEAMS
    68 14 SIR GEORGE THOMAS (left) signs the Visitors' Book at the City Hall during the cocktail party given by the City Council to the Thomas Cup teams. Mr. T. M. Steven, the Council Secretary, holds out the book. In the picture on the right, the Danish
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    Knuckey and Bell are fit: Will ride at B. Timah
    484 14 EPSOM JEEP'S ROUND.UP FROM THE STABLES lOCKEYS Billy Bell J and Peter Knuckey, who were both injured in recent race accidents, will ride at the June Meeting at Bukit Timah, which starts on Saturday. Bell, who returned to Australia to
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    FEDERATION TEAM TO GO ON TOUR
    208 14 KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. TTOE Malayan Hockey Federation is planning to send x a team on a tour of Ceylon and Pakistan in February or March next year, the president, Mr. Herman de Souza, said today, i Negotiations are now going on with the hockey
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    SPRINT RACE TO MUN HENG
    139 14 ltf ORE THAN 50 cyclists took part 1 in a track meet organised by the Singapore Cycle Racing Association at Shenton Way on Sunday. Re s ults: One lap sprint: 1. Tan Mun Heng (MRR), 2. Atan Awang (AS), 3. Ng Cheng Phew (SIR). lmin.
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    Lock icon Lomas takes junior TT
    113 14 DOUGLAS. Mon. i VkT LOMAS, riding an Italian I TT Guzzi. won the junior (SSOec Tourtet Trophy motor-cycle race ln the Isle or Man today with a time of 2hr. 51min. 38.2 sec for the course of just over 264 miles. His average speed of 92.33
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    JOHORE TEAM
    78 14 JOHORE BAHRU. Mon— The annual Vaithilingam Shield cricket match between Ceylon Sports Club and Jotore Ceylonese will be played on the C.S.C. ground on Thursday. The Johore team will be selected from: V. S. Pillai (Mersinpi. A. Barthelot. (Kota Tinggii, V. Selvadunii, Retnasingham. T. Sivarajah and T. Moorthy
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    SAFA RES
    54 14 I Result., of j AW matches ptajd Div.IB tarP.C khana S.C. 2. S««« Hussein and jIk Gymkhana as. Sb ceritef Div. 3A: Got! h lands S.C. 1 AbH Priminc and Jatckk Setia Jiy.;5. Biaai Aziz 3 Kamarjd;n scout and B.-k r 1 Kerala Sai Western SC. Springdalf na
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    Lanes lead S. Africa
    169 14 MANCHESTER, Mon. T ANCASHIRE, 64 for three over- night, were all out for 201 in reply to the South African cricket tourists' total of 154. on the second day of their match here today. Ken Grieves, Lancashire's Aus-tralian-born player, scored 77. J. Jordan made 29 and
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    Another Austrian team coming
    146 14 rpHE CRACK Salsburg soccer team from Vienna, who have seven Austrian internationals In their side, will visit Singapore towards the end of next month. Salzburg cabled the Singapore Amateur Football Association agreeing to play tnree games In the Colony between July 25 and 31. S.A.P.A. at
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    TOP IN HOCKEY XI PL TODAY
    77 14 TOP IN HOCKEY XI PL TODAY Inciiar. and p, favour!', Wg th( Wit hC I Olympu !?r durin a* 1 The atoms, Stall) next to E attractio; rank arr. have evei 111:.- pic for, ■< D. Si: m 5 thf. n Wtarlypi promise i al n»M certainT* nonforiwiu^.JJ' Games. n
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      50 14 HOCKEY New Delhi Wanderers v Singapore Jalan Besar stadium. 5.15 p.m. SOCCER S.A.F.A. league. Div. 2A: S.R.C. v Fathul Karib, S.R.C; Div. 3A: R.E. Civilians v Corinthians, (ieylang; Seranroon M.Y. v R.E.M.E. Civilians, C.l', (round; Dlv. 3B: Alexandra F.T. v Sukamaraf, Farrer Park. ATHLETICS Hair Girls' School snorts, 3 p.m.
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