The Straits Times, 9 June 1955

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    12 1 The Straits Times. Estd. 1845 SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 1955 15 CENTS
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    MALAYAN KNIGHTS Queen's Birthday Honours
    710 1 MALAYAN KNIGHTS Queen's Birthday Honours [tie* Governor of Singapore, Naval and Air commanders, ex-Speaker and Education chief i fHE QUEEN has conferred five knighthoods on men in the Federation of Malaya and Singapore in her B'rthday Honours list published today. The recently appointed Governor of Singapore, the Natal and Air
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    40,000 threaten new strike
    518 1 ULTIMATUM TO MARSHALL TODAY MORE THAN 40,000 factory, transport and other workers will go on a sympathy, strike if the Singapore Harbour Board Staff Association dispute is not settled in 48 hours. The workers' leaders decided on the sympathy strike last night at a meeting convened
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    Lock icon BANNISTER WEDDING EVE C.B.E.
    393 1 Royal reward for first four-minute mile Queen creates four new barons LONDON, Wednesday. THE QI'EEN gave decorations in her Birthday Hon- ours list today to about 2,000 of her subjects ranging from a famous athlete to a man who spends his life working in London's sewers.
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    WINSTON'S THANKS
    69 1 —via the Queen LONDON, Wed.—The Queen allows her great old statesman Sir Winston Churchill, to say "thank you' in her Birthday Honours list to the people who served him closely when he was Prime Minister. His son in law and Par liamcntary Private Secretary. Captain Christopher Soames. receives
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    Lock icon Strike boycott
    37 1 LONDON. Wed. The crew of the giant Cunard liner Queen Elizabeth agreed today to boycott an unofficial strike of British ship's crews now holding up five big trans Atlantic liners at Southampton and Liverpool. Reuter.
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    Lock icon IT'S EXIT MR. ATTLEE
    120 1 IT'S EXIT MR. ATTLEE in October LONDON, Wed, MR. ATTLEE, 72, will quit as Labour Party leader next October, it was learned yesterday. This decision came after three former Cabinet Ministers agreed to stand down from the party's "Shadow Cabinet" now being elected. The former Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr.
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    Lock icon The Queen halts Royal Ascot
    41 1 LONDON, Wed.— One of the high points of the London social season, the Royal Ascot meeting, was postponed yesterday by the Queen to avoid complicating London's already vast traffic congestion caused by the railroad strike. U.P.
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    Lock icon Smuggling ring smashed
    41 1 TOKYO. Wed— The Japanese Press reported today the arrest of a gang of American sailors, Koreans and Japanese on charges of stealing secret radio equipment from the U.S. naval base at Yokosuka for shipment to Communist China. U.P.
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    Lock icon Private meeting
    32 1 LONDON, Wed. Mr. V. K. Krishna Menon, leader of the Indian United Nations delegation, had a private meeting here today with Mr. Alan Lennox Boyd, the British Colonial Secretary.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon India seeks jets
    26 1 NEW DELHI, Wed. India will buy a fleet of new Jet fighters from either France or Britain, a defence ministry spokesman said. AP.
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    Lock icon Adenauer will visit Moscow
    41 1 BONN, Wed— The West German Chancellor, Dr. Konrad Adenauer, today conditionally accepted a Soviet invitation to Moscow. an authoritative source said. The acceptance was to be announced in a Government declaration to be published later today.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon 10 miners killed
    18 1 BERLIN, Wed. Ten Saar coal miners died after a cavein 210 ft. below ground yesterday.—A.P.
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    Secret talks
    37 1 LONDON, Wed Slam's Prime Minister. Field Marshal Plbul.Songgram, on an official visit to London, called on the Foreign Secretary. Mr. Macmillan, .at the Foreign Office today. The subject of their talk t disclosed. A. P
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    Driver set on by 6 men
    73 1 A driver, Jaffar bin Puteh, 26, was bundled into a taxi in Orchard Road, Singapore, last night, taken to Geylang Road and assaulted. Jaffar, whose left arm was broken in the attack said he was forced into the taxi by three Malays after he
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    Lock icon 200 fight police
    21 1 SEOUL, Wed.— Two hundred Korean war veterans battled with police for an hour today in anti-Japanese riots. A.P.
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    UP rubber, UP tin, UP shares
    67 1 The tin price in Singapore yesterday was quoted $359.62 V 2 per picul, the highest price to date this year. The rubber price was also better at 99^ cents a lb., but the market was quieter than on Tuesday. Better prices for tin and
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    Lock icon Lady Churchill
    19 1 LONDON, Wed. Lady Churchill broke her wrist when she fell down at her home last night.— Reuter.
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    40 1 NAIROBI, Wed.— Mr. Peter Barnes and Miss Barbara Duthy, whose companions died of thirst while motoring across the Sahara, have left Kano in Nigeria by air for Britain, according to a cable received here today.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon Helicopters
    24 1 THE HAGUE. Wed. The Netherlands will introduce a helicopter service on New Guinea to meet urgent communications problems, it was announced yesterday. A.P.
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    Lock icon Rail row: Eden gives in
    234 1 Rail row: Eden gives in Door open fo? pay talks LONDON. Wed. fTHE Government today L told leaders of the Trades Union Congress that it would sanction preliminary wage talks before the end of the 11--day-old rail strike. This relaxation of Sir Anthony Eden's previous insistence on a return to
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    STOP PRESS
    24 1 •his COl) tys ider of the iymen I in talks*- hen i y-old :!i for full-scale talks en new wage si t
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    PAGE 2 is all about PEOPLE in the HONOUR
    1339 2 Veteran planter rewarded rpHE following are brief biographies of those honoured by the Queen in her Birthday Honours list published today: C.M.G. MR. I. W. BLELLOCH. British Adviser, Perak. joined the M C.3. in 1926 and spent the preater part of
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    GREETINGS FROM MALAYA
    132 2 GREETINGS FROM MALAYA rE following telegram was sent by the High Commissioner, Sir Donald MacGillivray. to the Secretary of State for the Colonies on the occasion of the Queer's birthday:— "Please submit to Her Majesty the Queen with mv humble duty, loyal and hearty greetings and sincere good wishes on
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    The new knight,
    362 2 SIR ROBERT BLACK, k7» f OIR ROBERT BLACK, thr Governor O pore, who receives a knighthood *tl Birthday Honours list, is expected hN3 on July 2. d t0 arrive j n Sj S He is 48 and until reeenth m r Hong Kong. s l °!oniai w
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    Lock icon live up plea rebels
    65 3 live up plea rebels bn mnvE V Wed. tnam appealed •oday their .dreds arms •v for nwide j •:bcri) r leaai ana I ••.mv in the in its Hao. In a trap a Hao, arm* ■< illp trapj southas the been ff( nslve iday. Long Chautrol oosts to be in
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    16 3 The 25, Uni- hive come attend his \k Wer. 25. Honp Reuter.
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    kit career
    14 3 The Navy troop- relief r-; out the Far rationabroad I .nds of
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    EXTORTION PLOT BACKFIRES
    106 3 EXTORTION PLOT BACKFIRES HAVANA, Wed.— Two members of an extortion ring were shot and killed yesterday in a running battle with police. Authorities said tne ring demand $105,000 from Lino Linares, a high Finance Ministry official, under threat of kidnapping and kiUing his children. Police said Linares appeared this morning
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    Lock icon THE GIRL WHO WAS — TOO BEAUTIFUL
    92 3 THE GIRL WHO WAS TOO BEAUTIFUL- MILAN, Wed. IKCCHIO, 18. is in iv h.( ,iuv«- she is "too I fen rvprllod from 1 taut b r picture iKly matjaI'.ikmi hath--1 u >h:» Brau'i father. .id: "There J' IJ| i irimos as flaff- rant beauty or premeditatrd beauty. Besides. I have
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    Lock icon FLOWERS DROWN NEHRU AT MOSCOW WELCOME
    472 3 Russians go wild as Indian leader visits Red capital MOSCOW, Wed THE Indian Prime Minister, Mr Nehru, drove in an open saloon through the streets of Moscow side by side with the Soviet Premier, Marshal Nikolai Bulganin, yesterday while thousands of cheering Russians threw
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    Lock icon He gets 6 years-and $93,500
    160 3 BUTLER STOLE FROM MAN WHO LEFT HIM FORTUNE SOIUVUH. Wed. A butler who "grievously betrayed his trust" after 27 years' service was jailed for six years for stealing from his dying master. I'm.- butler. Rodwell Clifford Patience, 46, was caught after a barman who was
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    Lock icon The one thing a Red fears most FREEDOM-IT JUST KILLS HIM
    150 3 The one thing a Red fears most FREEDOM-IT JUST KILLS HIM •THE British in their atti 1 guided by the fact that bar Communists from b& Fraser. president of the Bri wealth ex-Servicemen lead' LONDON, Wednesday, itude to Communism were t their Parliament does not icoming members, Sir lan itish
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    Two threats to Siam —Songgram
    90 3 Two threats to Siam Songgram LONDON, Wed. MARSHAL PIBUL SONGGRAM the Prime Minister of Siam. said yesterday that his country was sending "xtra troops and police to the North Vietnam frontier following the setting up by the Communist authorities of a so-called autonomous Siamese state. The Prime Minister, who is
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    Lock icon Indonesia gets jets from U.K.
    58 3 JAKARTA. Wed. The Indonesian air force has ordered its first jet planes, it was disclosed today. The government ordered from England a small number of De Havilland Vampire trainers. Reliable sources said the contract already has been signed and that the planes were expected to
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    Lock icon First meeting
    29 3 CAIRO. Wed.— The first Anglo-Egyptian meeting to discuss the proposals for the formation of an international committee to supervise selfdetermination in the Sudan opened here today.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon IMITATION LIGHTERS ANNOY A JUDGE
    166 3 LONDON, Wednesday. A MAGISTRATE, Col. W. E. Batt, said here yesterday that some cigarette lighters made in Hong Kong should be "dumped into the river." Col. Batt imposed a fine of $425 on a 42-year-old Chinese ship's storekeeper, Ming ife, for attempting to evade customs
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    Lock icon WINSTON RETURNS -TO AN OVATION
    233 3 LONDON, Wed. SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL returned amid thunderous cheers today to the same back bench seat in the House of Commons from which he scourged the weak and hesitant before World War 11. One of the biggest ovations In recent times greeted him as he
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    Lock icon Busy lifeboats
    29 3 LONDON, Wed. British lifeboats had their busiest time for 131 years last month, putting to sea 64 times to answer distress fells and saving 80 lives. Reuter
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    Lock icon Plane was in wrong place
    85 3 LONDON, Wed. A British European Airways turbo-prop airliner, which crashed with 35 people aboard, was accidentally directed to take off on a disused runway at London airport last January, it was alleged here yesterday. A court of inquiry was told that the Viscount airliner bound
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    Lock icon U.S. PLANS BIGGEST AIRLIFT
    72 3 WASHINGTON. Wed. Col. Wade "Hampton, commander of the U.S. Air Force 63rd Troop Carrier Wing, will head the biggest airlift in military history in July, it was announced today Col. Hampton will lead an airlift that will return about 4,000 paratroopers to Fort Bragg, (North Carolina)
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    LONDON STOCKS
    442 3 LONDON, Wed. IT WAS another day of boom conditions on the stock market. Prices advanced right from the outset under the lead of industrials and steels and spasmodic profittaking was generally well absorbed. Sentiment was helped by hopes of an early settlement of the rail strike and the
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    3-month course in Mandarin
    36 4 The Study Group Movement. Singapore, will start a threemonth Mandarin language course on Monday Applications should be sent to the Study Group Movement at the British Council. Stamford 1 Road. Singapore 6.
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    How did he escape the noose?
    315 4 COURT CALLS FOR RECORDS TO SOLVE THE BIG MYSTERY MAN CONVICTED OF MURDER THREE YEARS AGO POPS UP IN ANOTHER TRIAL JOHORE BAHRU, Wednesday. THE Supreme Court was adjourned here today to solve a murder mystery that suddenly sprung: up after a trial. Mustapha
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    Malacca's junior detective
    159 4 Malacca's junior detective rIS is nine-year-old Ec Chee Seng, a Malacca schoolboy whose cariosity and quick wittedness led to the arrest of a man who had posed as a police officer. Ec was in a shop when a man, claiming to be a police Inspector, demanded to search the shop.
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    Conductor has sentence cut
    50 4 Tenp Taah Joo. a Singapore Traction Company conductor, who was sentenced to a year's jail for criminal breach of trust of 20 cents on Feb. 6 had his sentence reduced to seven months by the Chief Justice. Sir Charles Murray-Aynsley in the Singapore High Court yesterday.
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    Braga pays visit to T.B. clinic
    35 4 Singapore's Minister for Health. Mr. A. J. Braga, yesterday spent one hour visltins; the Royal Singapore Tuberculosis Clinic. He was accompanied by his Permanent Secretary. Dr. R. H. Bland.
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    Now they argue: 'Speed or safety'
    325 4 Now they argue: 'Speed or safety' LETTERS URGE PERMIT FOR RECORD RUNS MRS. Joy McNaugh--ITI ton's record-break-ing run from Penang to Singapore, has caused some disturbance among safety-flrst-minded people in the Colony. In a letter to the Straits Times yesterday, Mr. K. G. Burne, secretary of the Automobile Association of
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    Cycle thiefs busy
    32 4 Thefts of bicycles in Singapore have almost doubled since January. Last, month 93 bicycles were stolen as compared with 47 in January. 49 in February and 61 In April.
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    Stamp display
    25 4 An exhibition of all Japanese postage stamps issued since the end of the war can be seen at the Raffles Library in Singapore.
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    HEAR OUR VIEW, SAY MUSLIM WOMEN
    134 4 SINGAPORE Muslim women have appealed to the Chief Secretary, Mr. W. A. C. Goode, for a woman to be appointed to the Muslim Law Court Committee In a letter to Mr. Goode they asked for representation on the ground that Muslim women suffered most
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    Testimtmals for seven
    91 4 Testimonials for good service have been awarded by the Commander- in-Chief, Par East Air Force Air Marshal Sir Francis Fressanges, to seven locally engaged Air Ministry staff working at R.A.F. stations in Singapore. They are:— Alfred C. Piper, R.a r. Civilian Quarters, Seletar, Foreman of Trades; Wong
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    Woman poisoned
    21 4 A 47-year-old woman, Lee Kwee Nam, died of poisoning in her home in -Lim chu Kang Road, Singapore yesterday.
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    8 escape as house collapses round them
    142 4 EIGHT people in a house off Jalan Alsagoff, Singapore, escaped unhurt when it collapsed yesterday. The householder, Mr. M. Mohammad Sultan, was at work but his 70-year-old father-in-law, Mr. Mohammad Noordin, and his wife, sister, three children and two nieces were all in
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    Found stabbed
    27 4 D. Ramanathan 34. a watchman at the Singapore Botanic Gardens, was found stabbed near Cluny Road last night He was admitted to the General Hospital.
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    JAKARTA'S TOP OPTICIAN SEEKS MORE BUSINESS
    216 4 r<ET an eyeful of this! The American comedian w Groucho Marx is not in town but his double is. Although Mr. A. M. Ezekiel of Jakarta smokes cigars like Groucho and hopes to meet him in Hollywood, he is not making a world tour
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    Hungry thief gets jail
    66 4 A man who left his fingerprint behind when he broke into a house was sentenced in a Singapore court yesterday to 10 months' jail to be followed by two years' police supervision. Mahendln Das pleaded guilty to breaking into a house in Bournemouth Road on the
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    Planter shoots terrorists
    55 4 KUALA LUMPUP, Wed.— The manager of Mawai Estate, In Kota Tinggi, Johore, and two Special Constables exchanged flre yesterday with three terrorists, two of whom were wounded The bandits escaped, however. Later a tracker dog used by a patrol of the 17 Gurkhas lost their trail after
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    ROTARY PAYS TRIBUTE TO DEAD LEADER
    80 4 ROTARY PAYS TRIBUTE TO DEAD LEADER JOHORE BAHRU. Wed. Dr. Yeoh Bok Choon. president of the Johore Bahru Rotary Club, yesterday paid a tribute to the services given to the club by the Dato Ibrahim bin Abdul Rahman, who died last Friday Dato Ibrahim, who vaa former president of the
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    Doctor retiring
    68 4 ALOR STAR. Wed. Dr. P. T. K. Nayar, Health Officer for North Kedah, who retires this month after 29 years in the Medical service, was entertained by Kedah Hospital workers at a farewell dinner in Alor Star last night. Taiping dances TAIPING, Wed. The Chinese Recreation Club will
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    MISS A GET
    26 4 MISS A GET 5gS bo mber K <m^ Th 1943t *t Cl "'h which wa "*i The RAF hsr. S t«on which werttaJS d «PP«totfiJ ij!
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    'Guilty' rejected
    39 4 'Guilty' rejected man, Lee 'Ee^nk"??^! of havir.<.'SH of uncustomed ciea-TcMl Sessions Court B J. Jennings fl guilty. When' I about to be pa«-:d"i^H ;had no inter.::-: duty and had the ciirars to the UnS Mr. Jennir.. H ofTereci"s4Mba:: *l
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    No chairman! Red Cross
    40 4 No chairman! Red Cross K AJANG. Wed -Thill branch of thi E l l Cro.<.s Society because it ha The forme: J M. McDonald, tan long leave to B:x branch was set up:: 18 first chainr.an ni 5h a. Shaw.
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    HUNTERS BAG KILLER M
    37 4 shot dead a tiger at Cheroh nine miles from here, oj: Monday night. The tiger had killed threr me numers I until the tijer tHBM A Raub Chinese bom carcase :or $20 J
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    0E all SCHOOLS BILINGUAL, fHEYSAY _.
    139 5 0E all SCHOOLS BILINGUAL, fHEYSAY of Malaya Society sends in iff^ti.- to end education 'crisis' #l)le caused by 'lack 9 uniform policy' n! hi-linuualism in all Singapore urged by the I'niversity of Malaya UI Faculty alumnus organisation.' day submitted a memorandum n Chinese Education set up by the r.c the
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    IT'S SIR GEORGE v SIXTEEN He is still a champion at chess
    80 5 IT'S SIR GEORGE v SIXTEEN He is still a champion at chess SIR GKORGF THOMAS. do. u.i of the Thomas Cup and a badminton champion in his youth, is seen here playing another of his pet games rhess. He is engaged in a chess exhibition tarkling 16 players at the
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    Secret talks on coalition
    193 5 ANTI-ALLIANCE PARTIES CONFER ipoh, Wednesday. POLITICAL parties which oppose the UMNO-MCA-MIC Alliance are conducting secret talks aimed at orming a coalition Government after the Federal lections, rather than an opposition Government. A definite move in this direc- ion in Perak was made yeserday when Dato Sir
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    Six bands for padang display
    49 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. j Six bands will combine in a i music and marching display on the padang here at 6 p.m. tomorrow. Part of the Queen's birth- day celebrations here, it will bo the biggest massed bands display seen in the Federal capital.
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    Hawker robbed
    28 5 Two men yesterday waylaid a hawker. Poh Yee Sai. in Changi Road. Singapore, and robbed him of $30. The two men got away in a car.
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    Gardens concert
    26 5 The band of the 2nd Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers, will play at the Botanic Gardens from 5 p.m. to 6.15 p.m. on I Sunday.
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    The Islam group to contest 7 seats
    156 5 The Islam group to contest 7 seats KUALA 1 1 MPIR. Wed. THE .VOOO-strong PanMalayan Islamic Asmx iation of Malaya will < ontrs, se\>n seats in the federal elections next month— two in Province Welleslev and five in Kelantan. The association in a 31--point manifesto demands fewer forrijjn troops in
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    A CUSTOMER WHIPPED OUT REVOLVER
    84 5 A CUSTOMER WHIPPED OUT REVOLVER PENANG, Wed. Three men, one armed with a re- w volver, held up a shopkeeper v in Burmah Road and escaped with $30 from the till. b Lim Ooi reported to police J* yesterday that soon after he P opened his .shutters, the men walked
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    HANGGKOLLING' ON THE FACE
    203 5 housewife accused of hitting neighbour A house- I here today ..ihbour he fell iaimed Court to hurt to x on the home n -year-old havin/i ulth at their He '-foot i him. he She told him, he said, "You are a wicked man. You are are
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    Saved from fire—a timber yard
    71 5 Saved from fire a timber yard rE prompt arrival of two fire engines saved a fully stocked timber yard in Lavender Street. Singapore. from being gutted yesterday morning. Eight people were fast asleep in the yard belonging to the Jong Tai Heng Company, when the fire broke out at 3
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    MALACCA BANK MAN CLEARED
    77 5 MALACCA BANK MAN CLEARED MALACCA" Wed. A FORMER sub-accountant of the Malacca branch of the Oversea-Chinese Bank, Goh Kirn Liat. was cleared at Malacca today of charges of forging and falsifying debit slips. Goh, who had pleaded not 1 guilty, had been charged with forging a debit slip for $5,000
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    Contest for Emma Shield
    57 5 IPOH, Wed. Mrs. Emma Atkinson, wife of the Area Information Officer, North Perak. yesterday presented a silver mounted shield, named after her, to the Ist Kroh "lonetroop" of Khan Intan, Upper Porak. This is the only troop m the area at present. Two other troops being
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    More cars on the roads
    47 5 Motor cars in Singapore have increased by 2,032 during the past five months, says a Registrar of Vehicles report. The total at the end of last month is 36,530. Bicycles have also increased during the period by 7.078, the total being 185.886.
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    Labourer fined
    35 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed Seng Fong, a 57-year-old labourer on Lam Huat Pineapple Plantation, was fined $500 at Pontian today for having eight tahils of cooked rice without a permit in a prohibited area.
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    Teachers' union
    29 5 BENTONG. Wed. The Pahang branch of the National Union of Teachers is holding its first annual meeting at Mahmud School, Raub, on •Tune 25 at 11 a.m.
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      359 5 DA mo Uir AVA i Scenes Of Long Ago; 10.30—1100 RADIO MALAYA Music For Dancing. ('Programmes thus marked ran fIHHpVHfIHH|^HHHHHI| hr rfrfivrd by listeners In Malarra. II Short wave 43 62m. Medium wftve j 4:6 m.. 343., 366 m. and 297 m HUHBMiHHHHHH A.M. 9.00 In A Holiday Mood; 9.30
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Thurs. June 9. 1955. Malaya's New Knights
    495 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Thurs. June 9. 1955. Malaya's New Knights Confeitncnt of a knighthood on Dato Thuraisingham in the i Queen's Birthday Honours list for Malaya represents a notI able departure from tradition. Until now, it has been usual to award this signal distinction for public services over a
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    26 6 M Mmrf. |M tmmhmtm). -IR. AND MRS. SELVARATNAN ..1 Primd* and Relatives foi Valuable Prosont.x. Coagratal* Dd Attendance or vrasion of their Mnrriafie or 4
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    May It Rest In Peace
    590 6 Last Thursday members of the Federal Legislative Council trooped out of the chamber. Some walked out knowing well that never again would their voices be heard or their pre- sence felt in the chamber. Their exhortations, their words of wisdom and even their ominous silences,
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    Enter The Students Again
    197 6 Enter The Students Again Singapore Police have been instructed by the Government that while lawful picketting in the strikes is not to be interfered with, they are not to permit crowds to assemble or speeches to be made near premises where workers are on strike. It is a profoundly sad
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    The high cost of housing
    136 6 AM a visitor to this country and I pay $200 per month for a single room in a bungalow which is not altogether well furnished, but the landlord will not make any reductions as he lets out similar rooms to services couples at $200 per
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    Has his story been investigated?
    334 6 IN YOUR report 'Special' Hit Old Man With a Torch" it is stated: "The court was told the V.S.C. accused Ng of being cruel to chickens and when Ng said he had done nothing wrong he was hit on the chin." Since it is an
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    COMMUNAL BARRIER
    167 6 THE political strivings of the Alliance leaders to do away with communalism without submerging their communal identities have not produced the desired effect. Instead of bringing about a more enlightened and r.on communal outlook amongst the Malays, it is the very antithesis which is being produced. Dr. Burhanuddin.
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    ROAD SPEED RUNS
    189 6 THE Singapore Motor Club was in no way connected with Mrs. McNaughtons motor run from Penang to Singapore. If the Motor Club had been approached by Mrs. McNaughton to give official support to her effort the Club would have refused to support in any shape or form.
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    The whispering giant
    1027 6 E "WHEN," was the first E question I was asked Eon landing anywhere E between Cairo and the 2 Cape, "is the Comet E coming back?" E The query was not acade- mic or just polite. 1 It was put by travellers who. having flown in Jet
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    628 6 FIFTY years ago, when R I was a small and grubby schoolboy (how do these Chinese schoolchildren keeD so cl«an?) I used to go down the streets sir ing what was then "a very popular song i n England. "I am goin^; out to fight," went
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    foe court bows to a fine journalist
    454 7 MURDER VERDICT AT SYMflMiw "")'»PY W DIED UPHOLDING THE BEST TRADITIONS* p 7 b j nonth he mini; his .t tradirnalism, M, K.T. Mr. •he ponned Tpr in took had ;ood neen fall lan ris Dest took i h a Lrea- rle- him
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    POLICE STILL TRYING TO FIND THE KILLERS
    722 7 and he was in hospital at 12 15 a.m. Mr. Livingstone said. The operator's mistake had been alleviated by the action of the v hinese student in rushing Symonds to hospital just before an ambulance, summoned by an anonymous caller from a public
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    Strikers' champion is a schoolgirl
    170 7 POLICE ORDERED TO SEE IT DOESHT HAPPEN AGAIN rlB PICTURE was taken in- Singapore yesterday morning. It shows a Chinese schoolgirl speaking to strikers at the Firestone factory in Kalians Road. It wil| not be allowed to happen again. At 5.15 p.m. the Government announced
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    Drunk fined $5
    19 7 Walli Mohamed. alias Latu Khan, was fined $5 in Singapore yesterday for being drunk and incapable.
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    'I AM NOT BUDGING FROM JOHORE': DATO ONN
    78 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed.— "I am not budging from Johore Bahru." Dato Sir Onn bin Ja'afar, secretarygeneral of Party Negara, declared today. He was asked whether his announcement that he would fight the election in Johore Bahru constituency was a blind. Dato Onn
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    Defeat on his canvas HE PAINTED FALL OF S'PORE
    214 7 Defeat on his canvas HE PAINTED FALL OF S'PORE PORT SWETTBNHAM, Wed. A JAPANESE painter who helped to complete the painting of the British surrender of Singapore in 1942 arrived here today in the Atsuta Maru. Mr. Hakutei lshil. 73. told the Straits Times that Lt.Gen A. E. Percival. former
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    Ten bandits spare two lives
    88 7 Ten bandits spare two lives MALACCA. Wed. rN armed Communist terrorists stopped a Public Works Department lorry at the 25th mile. Nyalas Road, in the Jasin district this morning. They asked the driver and his attendant to identify themselves. They replied that they were PWD employees and the terrists asked
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    Ballot taken for third call-up
    55 7 The third batch of 400 National Servicemen for the Singapore Military Forces were chosen by ballot yesterday at the S.M.F. Headquarters Drill Hall in Beach Road. Mr. F. J. Bentley, National Service Officer, said that enlisting will take place from June 27 to 30. Training
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    High tides
    69 7 TODAY: Singapore 12. 17 a.m. I Oft. 21n.) 1 41 p.m. (7ft. Pin.); I Port Dickaon 836 am ftm 8.53 p m «Bft. 21n.); Penan* 2.37 am 1 6ft 41n> 2.26 p.m. (7ft. Bin > TOMORROW Singapore 12 52 a m <9ft. lint 2.15 p.m. (7ft.' Sin i-
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    Red ship again 'arrested' U.S. Gout, gets High
    304 7 Red ship again 'arrested' U.S. Gout, gets High Court order T»HE freighter Hai Hsuan. whose crew switched their allegiance from Nationalist to Communist China five years ago, was arrested yesterday on an order of the Singapore High Court. The order was obtained by the United Btates Government which holds a
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    Assessors: No intention to
    625 8 JUDGMENT RESERVED UMTIL TOMORROW REX CINEMA^mi^ 'ACCUSED BOY JUSTIFIED IN FIGHTING BACK AGAINST ASSAILANTS' KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. JUDGMENT in the Rex Cinema murder trial was reserved until Friday morning by the Chief Justice, Sir Charles Mathew, who said that he wanted to consider the answers given
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    'mena charms a magistrate
    226 8 'But I'd be angry if you woke me, he says A SINGAPORE magistrate, Mr. J. M. D«vereux-Cole-bourn, yesterday told a pretty woman detective that no taatter who woke him in the middle of the night to ask for his identity card he would be annoyed about
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    Bookmaker charge dismissed
    96 8 Bookmaker charge dismissed IPOH. Wed. CHONG KHENO Hoy, ased 35. was acquitted without his defence being called here yesterday on a charge of acting as a bookmaker at the Perak Turf Club on April 6. The court was told that Chief Inspector Wong Sze Kirn gave a marked $10 note
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    Widow sues Council
    59 8 A widow. Tay Choon Eng. yesterday brought an action for damages in the Singapore High Court against the City Council for wrongfully demolishing a portion of her house in Dunlop Street, and for evicting her. She also claimed that the Council removed and damaged iher goods and
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    Swimmer dies
    21 8 Wong Kin Kiong, 19, a waiter, was drowned in the sea off Katong Park, Singapore, yesterday afternoon while swimming.
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    Garden film show
    25 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed.— The United States Information Service will give a film show at the Lake Gardens here at 7.30 p.m. tomorrow.
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    DANCERS CAN TAKE PLUNGE —INTO SWIM POOL
    66 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Many of the guests at the Queen's birthday ball at the Chenwu Auditorium here on Saturday night will be wearing swimsuits beneath their evening dress. The swimming pool will be open for those who want to cool off. It will
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    REDS DERAIL PILOT TRAIN: 4 HURT
    188 8 JOHORE BAHRU. Wednesday. MALAY police corporal was seriously injured and three constables suffered abrasions last night when Communist terrorists derailed the trolley piloting the night mail train from Johore Bahru to Kuala Lumpur. The corporal, whose name U being withheld till his relatives have
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    Cycle thief jailed
    54 8 IPOH Wed.— A rubber tapper, Choy Yau. 29. was jailed for six months' here today after he had pleaded guilty to charges of stealing three Mcyclea in Ipoh and Kampar. The prosecution said that a* a mult of Choy's arrest 13 stolen bicycles were recovered in Ipoh.
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    Three jailed for robbery
    61 8 Three youths. Tay Hoo. Tan Ah Hock and Tan Ah Kow. were each sentenced to three years' jail for robbery by Mr. justice Knight in the Singapore Assize Court yesterday. They were found guilty of robbing a woman. Sect Kwai Lai. of cash and jewellery valued
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    4 held aft robbery
    36 8 SEREMBAX Wm masked tobb^ with a w shopkeepe, Tampi n p escaped in >:!.ono. The car ruffib? n th c Later th ln; ;r men m a t a.-. )£U ia: ~l
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    P.C. loses appeal
    62 8 OhafTer bin Mohamed. a constable with 15 years" service in the Singapore Police Force, lost his appeal in the Singapore High Court against sentence of three months' jail yesterday He had been convicted of attempting to obtain $5 illegal gratification from a taxi driver, Phua Liang Hing.
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    Soldier hurt lorry eras]
    19 8 KUALA Malay P turned on mil' 1 Car terday. the 4th B giment, I pitaL
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    Prison campq
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      303 8 Straits Times Crossword 5!l"!i y *S^& t DOWN 2 I S 4 5 7. 2. It trembles on a tree <5. 4). kbbr twb SBtR l 3. Peculiar form of expression. 1% HI Hiliill^ HH Hi lil Free time without "doubt (7>. 3S& SSSS £3St£3S£££ S3S jgg; £S3S SSSS 5.
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    L ards to men who keep peace
    930 9 Ww\LL M Wg^ f~yfvr^P^^!fy^"fT^M^W*iWi^BBBWWiWWMMBWWBMMWIPiM tf aporc 1 IROOZOO, lANG, (Military) B.E.IVf Federation Miss AGNES BONO, tele- :.i supervisor, Federal PoHeadquarters. Kuala Lumpur l\( HE I>M! HIS ISMAIL, >tate Election* officer Johore. MR. LOW YOKE CIIFNG, .Junior Civil Liaison Officer Civil Liaison Corp>s, Scremban
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    WOMAN AMONG MALACCA
    185 9 MALACCA. Wed. MRS. OOROTHY HAWKINS, vicepresident of the Girl Guides' Association, is one of four new Malacca Justices of the Peace In the Queens Birthday HonOUTS list. She is an active member of many voluntary organisations here. The other three 7icw J.P. s are: MR. LOH HI^NG
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    Penang has four more Justices
    139 9 PENANG. Wed. A plantrr. a doctor, an accountant and an education officer were today made Justices of the Peace for Penang in honour of the Queen's Birthday tomorrow. The new J.P's are: MR. K. A. G. HAGUE. Butterworth Rural District Councillor, manager of Ber- tarn
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    VILLAGERS MOB WATER WAGONS
    299 9 BECAUSE the Singapore City Council supply water wa- cons could not cope with the demands of Kampong Jalan Haii Karim, off Tampenis Road angry villagers have been mobbinß their suppliers durinp the last two days Most of the wells in the kamDoriß with a population of
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    Thief gets $1,730
    29 9 A thief broke Into a cale In North Bridge Road. Singapore, on Tuesday night and stole $1,030 and $700 worth of liquor and cigarettes. t;E i
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    TIN PRICE REACHES HIGHEST LEVEL FOR CURRENT YEAR
    390 11 TIN PRICE REACHES HIGHEST LEVEL FOR CURRENT YEAR rwrnS Market Correspondent T H ll p ce n in Sl PSaPore yesterday appreciated r 1 P picul to Ws».§2|, the highest price for the present year, following the strengtho? FordMnr d °r dUG tO the settl^ent of the strike Februa^vTlnri'thi l^
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    BROKERS' REPORT
    332 11 The Malayan Share Brokers' As.solation. Singapore section, reported _On the local share market most industrials continued to ease while •here was an Improvement In tins severally both In value and turnover. Ruobers were still firm with a :tt'.e more business possible at higher levels. Singapore members reported the
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    RUBBER PRICES
    144 11 June first grade buyers f.o.b. closed in Singapore yesterday at f)9 cents a lb., three-eighth^ of a cent above Tuesday's closing price. The closing tone was firm. Closing rubber prices yesterday In cents per lb. were No. 1 R.S.S spot loose buyers 98>, seller.? 100 1 No. 1
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    SHIPPING
    124 11 Ships lying alongside the Singapore Harbour Hoard wharves or expected today are: Glenggary 12. Muldertafc C.P.. Frar.cisviiie 67. I Corfu 89. Malacca 11, Sanda 13 14, i India 15 16. Cyclops 18, Selandia i 19 20. Tung Song N. Wall 4. Senai N. Wall 7, Landak N. Wall 9.
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    RUBBER CROPS
    26 11 May rubber crop* announcPS are: Allenby 33.0001 b; BenU 50,5001 b; Jrram KuanUn 55.000 lb: Kundonst 36.5001 b; MenUkab 67.500 lb; SunBagan 125.0001 b.
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      2351 11 COMPANY MEETINGS ALL-MALAYA CHINESE MIMIJW ASSOCIATION Speech delivered by the Hen Trie Colonel H. S. Lee, C.8.E., J.P., President, at the Annual General Meeting held in Kuala Lumpur on sth June, 1955. The Annual Report and the i Accounts for 1954 have been clrI culated and with your permission 1
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      1680 11 NOTICES NOTICE THE TEMERLOH FERRY wIU be closed to all Unofficial Traffic from 0.30 a.m. to 3.30 p.m. on 11 th June ORIGINATING SUMMONS No. 136 of 1940. In the Matter of the Trust, of the Will of TAN LIAN 808. deceased. And In the Matter of the TRUSTEES ORDINANCE
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    STRAITS TIMES SPECIAL FEATURES Gift hotel set farmboy on road to lottery fortune
    1679 12 STRAITS TIMES SPECIAL FEATURES Gift hotel set farmboy on road to lottery fortune »J 1* J h V^B \^^HB 311 '^BjiTi i I M iii ll 3 t *^h A MASSIVE publican stood on the verandah of the Steam Packet Hotel, Kiania, with other local residents and watched the Cobb
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      150 12 I That Cow (Jatp U\ Give YOUR Baby that COW GATE L(v/ Look of Hcalth-of Happincc-s and Contend Look that every Mother wants to sec! And it isn't a difficult matter. Sound advice I on infant feeding, so easily obtainable nou a days, invariably concludes with a recommen- I dationofCOW&GATE.
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      113 12 Sheriovh Holmes Seen nil IVIH Hk /^OCEY TO llf Ol XXJR WEES, MZ. jHJ-jHH 'i HAVE SEEM ALL I KZED, MX.WL<=>OK i 1 La^ 2 -vj KEEP *XJ p> SFWULDIN6 rrWLm^^M l SMLL BE INJ TDLJCW wiTW YOU MPioJi Tracy tilind airl yoes home ■JM &MW'.\M(&!*' 771 f r suppose
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    many Colony attempts hit the crossbar, posts TJOA'S LATE GOAL WINS FOR LUCKY PERSIDJA
    430 13 many Colony attempts hit the crossbar, posts TJOA'S LATE GOAL WINS FOR LUCKY PERSIDJA So Third victory for the Indonesians FINE goal by out-side-right Tjoa Hok Pie six minutes from time enabled Persidja, the Djakarta soccer champions, to beat Singapore 1-0 in a thrilling match under floodlights at Jalan Besar
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    Lock icon There's a lot of water on Test pitch
    173 13 There's a lot of water on Test pitch NOTTINGHAM. Wed. SEVERAL hours of heavy rain from early yesterday morning; has soaked the ground at Trent Bridge here where the first Test between England and South Africa is due to start tomorrow. Pools of water were all over the ground and
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    Rain hits counties
    64 13 LONDON, Wed. WIDESPREAD rain curtail-ed-play in county and flrst-class cricket matches which began today. No play was possible in the Warwick-shire-Lancashire match at Edgbaston and the Worcestershire versus Royal Air Force match at Worcester. At Oxford. Oxford Unversity scored six for no wicket in their match against
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    C.S.C. TEAM FOR SHIELD CRICKET
    52 13 The Ceylon Sports Club team to meet Johore Ceylonese in their Annual Vaithilingam Shield cricket fixture at Balestler Road today will S. Yogarajah (capt.), S. Kulasingam. S. Sooceleraj, S. Paramathevan, P. Rajendram. S. K. Kulaslngam, V R. Sabapathy. S. Nagaiah. S. K. Sundram. A. Delilkan.
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    NON- BENDERS
    60 13 Non-Bender.s cricket team to meet Johore Cricket Club at Johore Bahru on Sunday is: J. T. Rae (capt.), J. A. P. Cameron, D. B. Burton, F. R. N. H. Massey. O. Wsterhout, V. C. Westerhout, S. T. Stewart. O. H. R. Beadles, J. Hunt, R. V S. Sundram.
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    FORD RETIRES
    21 13 MELBOURNE. Wed.— Pat Ford. 24-year-old Australian lightweight champion, has retired from boxing according to the Melbourne newspaper. The Herald.
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    MRS. ABBETT IS JUNE WINNER
    46 13 The Royal Island Club's Ladles L.G.U. June competition, "A" Division, was won by Mrs. S. Abbett 89 19 70. Runner up was Mrs. W. McMullan 91—13=78. In "B" Division the winner was Mrs. Purnell 96—25=71: runner up Mrs J. Walsh 112—36=76.
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    WOODBRIDGE WIN
    28 13 Woodbridge Hospital beat MRNVR by an only goal, scored by Mohd. Ariffin. in the Government Services Dlv. 1 league game on the P T ground yesterday.
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    Lock icon East German athletes want lOC recognition
    156 13 BERLIN, Wed. f EADING East German Li athletes, Including a world record holder, have signed a statement declaring: "We will not participate in the 1956 Olympic Games under the West German National Olympic Committee." The statement published by the East German News Agency. A
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    379 13 WORLD'S TOP TENNIS STARS GATHER FOR WIMBLEDON MEET LONDON, Wednesday. TpHE WIMBLEDON lawn tennis tournament, long x regarded as the world championships, has attracted all the world's leading players according to the final list of acceptances. The only notable absentees from this glittering 12-day event, which starts on June 20,
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    109 13 Hewson sets new |-mile record LONDON, Wed. BRIAN HEWSON. the English runner, who recently ran i a mile in under four minutes, set an unofficial world record for threequarters of a mile at Paddington here last night. His time was 2min. 55.4 sec. This distance is not recognised for world
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    Lock icon 8 FOR ASCOT GOLD CUP
    59 13 LONDON, Wed.— Eight final acceptors for the Gold Cup, to be run over two and a half miles at Royal Ascot on Thursday, June 16, were announced here today as follows: Elpenor, Silex the Second, By Thunder. Blue Prince the Second, Gala Performance. Blarney Stone,
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    ZAINAB IS BEST GIRL ATHLETE
    62 13 Zainab binte Jumari wa s champion athlete at the Halg Road Girls School sports held on Tuesday. Rosie Tan was runner-up. McNeice House were champions and Shaw House runners-up. The girls' inter-school relay (4 x 1 10 yds) was won by Anthony Road School and
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    INTER- RAOC CRICKET
    152 13 After a lapse of three years the cricket match between R.A.O.C. Singapore and R.A.O.C. Malaya Is to be resumed this year with a match on the 8.0.D. ground, Frjendly Hill, on Sunday. The two teams will be: R.A.O.C. Singapore: Capt F. Harper. Capt J. O. Grimble. Capt
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    Weight lifters elect officials
    80 13 Singapore. Amateur Weight Lifting Federation officials for the year are: President: Mr. Chua Tlan Teck; Vice-presidents: Messrs. Soh Ghee Soon and Thong Saw Pak; Hon. Secretary: Mr. Chua Tye Juay; Assistant Sec.: Mr. Chua Slak Hwee. Treasurer: Mr. Ooh Tiang Seong; Publicity Officer: Mr. Khoo Teng
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    102 13 MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica, VVed. Heavy rain again prevented play here yesterday on the second day of the two-day match between the touring Australian cricketers and a team captained by George Headley, the former West Indies Test, batsman. Play was also completely washed out on
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    Services will have strong side out v. Selangor
    252 13 Services will have strong side out v. Selangor KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. nESPITE the disad- vantage of having to pick players from various units on operational duties in the Federation, the Combined Services will field their strongest side when they meet Selangor in the Malaya Cup tie tomorrow at the TPCA
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    Judo grading results
    92 13 Results of the Singapore Judo I Club 2nd Grading Contest held recently: Sixth Kyu (wUh Yellow Tip) Lor* Hock Seng. Lim Joo Lay- Yip Sing Pun. Edwin Chan Felix Tfcng, Lim Teck. Seok. Lee Weng Kte. Fifth K?u (Yellow p): Wee Kok Beng. Alan Kang, Howard Utta.
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    McNAIR DISMISS VICTORIA FOR 45
    63 13 McNair C.C. beat Victoria School by 53 runs at cricket on the School ground yesterday. McNair C.C. 108 (H. Perelra 27. B. Batu 11. N. Perelra 12. W. C. Laily 10: Retnam 3-18. E. Retnam 3-15, Foong Fong 2-14). Victoria School 45 (Tan Heng Hoe
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    SANDOSHAM 6-12 IN R.I. WIN
    46 13 Raffles Institution beat St. Andrew's School by 44 runs at cricket on Raffles ground yesterday. Raffles Inst. 93 (Townsend 34. Balduaj S. 14, Satchinathan 12. Sandosham 14; L'Estrange 5-19, D. Kraal 3-31). fit. Andrew's 49 (Singh 14; Sandosham 6-12. Townsend 2-13).
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    ARMY-SCFA GAME FOR ST. JOHN'S
    44 13 The date of the charity soccer match between Army and S.C F.A. In aid of the St. John's Ambulance Association appeal week has been changed from Sunday June 26 at Jalan Besar to Saturday June 2ft at 8 p.m.
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    Lock icon Seixas out in straight sets to Belgian
    215 13 Seixas out in straight sets to Belgian BRUSSELS, Wed. yiC SEIXAS. the reign- ing American champion and former Wimbledon title holder, was surprisingly defeated in straight sets here by the Belgian Davis Cup player, Jackie Brichant, yesterday. Playing in a match between the International Clubs of the United States and
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    WINNERS WILL BE WORLD CHAMPIONS
    764 14 vwwavawaww This BAM open Is a meeting of the best off the top nations WAV, iViViii By The Sports Editor ;I J*HE Malayan open badminton tourn- merit, which starts at Kuala Lumpur today and will end on Sunijday night, will decide finally the world championship
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    TELEPHONE MEN GET 5 AGAINST F&N
    301 14 Two players are sent off OINGAPORE Telephone Board began the defence of their Singapore Business Houses F.A. Group "A" League and Cup title with a convincing 5-1 victory over Fraser and Neave at River Valley Road yesterday. The game was fast and exciting but
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    IT WAS TOO EASY FOR BORNEO CO.
    57 14 Borneo Co. had an easy 5-1 win over Oversea-Chinese Bank in their Group "E" game at Parrer Park. Scorers were: Zui Kirn (2), Asmawi (2) and Johnny Koh for Borneo; Swee Tor for 0.C.8.C. The Group "E" match between Metal Box and Boustead
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    LEAGUE & CUP RESULTS
    85 14 LEAGUE CUP RESULTS The result* in yesterday's Business Houses League and Cup matches are: GROUP A F. Si Neave 1 Tel. Board 5 GROUP B Sime Darby 0 M. Airways 3 M. Bank 2 Breweries 0 'abandoned GROUP C Bata 0 Jacks 1 GROUP D 1.C.1. 1 X.P.M. 0 GROUP
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    Airways XI walk out
    124 14 MALAYAN Airways players walked off the field five minutes before the end of their League Cup Group "B" match against Sime Darby at Geylang Stadium yesterday and refused to continue. The incident occurred after the referee. J. W. T. Murray, had ordered an Airways player off
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    JOHORE CRICKET
    54 14 JOHORE BAHRU, Wed— Johore Bahru Ceylonese and Muar District drew in a friendly cricket match at Muar. J.B. Ceylonese 217 (M. Retnasingham 77, Woodhull 31. Durni 31, Sintampney 19. WiLson 12. Bibby 3-61, Nadafajah 2-29. Komat 2-42). Miiar 121-6 (Dawson 28, Ran Sui Katig 25 n.0., Emery 19,
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    Jeep's 10 to follow
    340 14 aiY ten to follow at the Sln- gapore Turf Club June Meeting nre: REN'MES: Fnr the Singapore Cup: gave the performance of a classy stayer when he won over l.i miles in 2 mm. 6 on Governor's Cup day nt Btiklt Timah last month: in fine
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    6-2 FOR STC RESERVES
    79 14 Singapore Traction Reserves beat Cold Storage 6-2 In their Reserve League match played at feranuoon Road yesterday. Scorers were: Govindar ijoo (3), Chlbu and Samahon for Traction: Tan Choon Hock and Sfiman for Cold Storage. In the other Reserve Leasue matches played yesterday: Chartered Bank beat
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    Lock icon F.A. ends ban on recognition of Sunday players
    216 14 LONDON. Wed. ONE of the most contro- versial issues in English soccer was settled yesterday. when the Football Associa- tion ended its ban on the recognition of players who take part in Sunday matches. Before this move, anyone who played soccer on
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    BEATS
    98 14 £> India' Nand, wa,!-. A Pack,-, 5 n a 8a: in? thr Sonneviii but J Mi the 5 ut m a brfflj* ar °UtDlatM le?elk J Clever ne( Sonneville r^ c^ j r** ft struck he in front ™s >- smash alt!* smash. Two ear] drawn won a S.
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    Lock icon LOMAS COMPLETES T.T. RACES DOUBLE
    344 14 DOUGLAS, Isle of Man, Wed. BILL LOMAS. British winner of the Isle of Man junior event on a Ouzzi on Monday, scored another great triumph in the Tourist Trophy motorcycling races here today when he won the lightweight 250 c.c. international on an Italian M.
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    Lock icon H.K. champions win five gams
    48 14 MANILA. Wed. Hong Kong's football champions, South China, left here today by air for Sydney for a series of exhibition games against Australian and New Zesland teams. Durine their stay in Manila. South China" played sLx games, winning five and drawing one. Reuter.
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    RSGC play Island Club on Sunday
    394 14 A GOLF match between the Royal r Singapore Golf Club and Island Club will be played at R.S.G.C. on Sunday. The draw and starting times an: First Nine: 8.15 Stirling (2) to Addison (4) v Thomson (5) to Beaty (8); 8.20 D. W. McMullan
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