The Straits Times, 12 June 1955

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    14 1 THE SUNDAY TIMES VettSak it* No. 1,033 SINGAPORE, SUNDAY, JUNE 12, 1955 20 CENTS.
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    FLYING SAUCER
    11 1 FLYING SAUCER SENSATIONAL NEW SERIES HI «.I\S IN WGE TWELVE TODAY
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    FOUR MORE CARS FIRE-RAIDED
    232 1 The total is now 14 attacks on cars, which began in Singapore last -esday. spread yesterday to Claymore Drive in the i angnn area The :ire-bug.s attacked tour more cars yesterday. The total number set on fire is nnw 14. Of the four cases yesterday., two
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    Sikhs defy ban: 300 are held
    92 1 Sikhs defy ban: 300 are held WIKIISAK. Sat. than SM Sikhs wcrr Mrri \f«terd;iy in thr for defying a twoold han cm ■hooting v about a reconstUu;hr >t.»tc administra\kali Sikhs have irroslcd over the past for agitating for a State. Mr li(h;»l Singh, acting preof thr Shiiomani Vkali Dal, an
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    Prelate ill
    26 1 A. Spain, Sat— Pedro Begun underwent a operation yesorrect a condition cost him his life eeks ago. The prolate to have .stood the well
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    Lock icon Crash kills 12
    25 1 STUTTGART. Sat. Twelve people were killed last nigh when an American nombei c ashed into a mountain near here and exploded. Renter.
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    SYMPATHY' STRIKE BY 60,000 CALLED OFF
    480 1 Withdrawal of action' today JHE 'sympathy" strike which 60,000 factory, transport and waterfront workers had threatened to stage tomorrow in support of the Singapore Harbour Board Staff Association will probably be called off. The Board agreed last night to re-open negotiations with the Association
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    Nair in row over a song
    456 1 Nair in row over a song THE situation was tense at the strike-bound Hume Pipe Industries factory in Bukit Timah Road yesterday afternoon after police had forbidden mass singing by pickets. The strikers' union negotiator. Mr. C. V. Devan Nair. walked up to the most senior officer on duty outside
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    $5,000 -ONE
    45 1 $5,000 -ONE THERE is one winner of Straits Times Word Puzzle "E." j She is: Mrs. Lee Tong Loon 37 Hill Street. IPOH. Mrs. Lee will receive the 55.000 prize this j week. I Sco Page Nine for the j Competition Editor's j weekly article.
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    Reds seek trade
    20 1 BUENOS AIRES. Sat. A Chinese delegation has arrived here for talks aimed at promoting trade with Argentina.
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    Guards jailed for neglect
    373 1 JOHORE BAHRU, Sat COR THE first time Home Guards who failed in their duty have been sent to Mil. They had pleaded guilty Tan Kah Heng was sentenced to seven months' jail. Pang Fang to eight months. Lee Yong Kai to six months. Hong Yin Foo
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    OUT INTO THE SUN—THE ONE-DAY STRIKERS
    55 1 OUT INTO THE SUN— THE ONE-DAY STRIKERS SOME OF THE 2,000 drivers and conductors of the Singapore Traction Company who stopped work yesterday. Picture shows them leaving the courthouse, where they had earlier assembled to hear the case of Abdul Mannan. a conductor, charged with criminal breach of trust of
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    Lock icon 'Don't pass baby, Mr. Marshall'
    150 1 'Don't pass baby, Mr. Marshall' KUALA BELAIT. Brunei, Sat. SINGAPORE'S workless. for whom the Marshall Government wants to find jobs in Briti:h Borneo, "will not be very the Borneo Bulflftn. independent weekly newspaper, said here today in an editorial headed "Don't Pass This Baby. 1 Such a movement of workless
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    Making film here
    44 1 A top Hollywood film producer, Sam i "On The Waterfront" i Spiegel, is arriving in Singapore on June 22 for location work on a new movie for Columbia Pictures. "Bridge Over the River Kwai." It will be filmed entirely in Malaya.
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    NO POLITICS' PROMISE: MINISTER IS SILENT
    144 1 SINGAPORE'S Minister for Education. Mr. Chew Swee Kit last night withheld comment regarding registration of a proposed Chinese middle schools students' union now that the students' Preparatory Committee has agreed to accept a Government "no politics" rule. Mr. Chew confirmed that he had received
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    Case off—and the noisy busmen clatter down the stairs
    332 1 Case off— and the noisy busmen clatter down the stairs THE 2.000 employees of the Singapore Traction Company took a day off yesterday, leaving the city area without bus transport. The stoppage took most people by surprise and resulted in thousands being late for work The reason for the stoppage
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    Lock icon RAIL STRIKE: PEACE HOPES RAIL RISING
    96 1 RAIL STRIKE: PEACE HOPES RAIL RISING LONDON, Sat. HOPES rose today that the three parties involved in Britain's two-ueek-old rail dispute would finally get together to discuss a settlement. Although separate meetings have been held continually in an attempt to hammer out a peace formula the two rail unions involved
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    WONDER AGE
    1335 2 WONDER A GE A WORLD where labour has been taken out of work, where the pick and shovel have disappeared, where nobody goes down the coal mines and the housewife has a mechanical kitchen and a labour-free house that is how Sir Miles Thomas sees the atomic age What are
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    RIVER FISHING IN FEDERATION
    496 2 I I AXGIAXG •».> A READER from Klang. "Razalli." gives us a I refreshing glimpse at the I sort of river fishing that 1 those of us who live in the ports and big towns rarely get the chance to experi- ence. He is enthusiastic about
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    HOW to get people to LIKE you...
    1029 2  - HOW to get people to LIKE you... DR. NORMAN VINCENT PEALE BY \^E MIGHT as well admit it, we want people to like us. You m someone say: "I don't care whether people likq me or not." Bui whenever you hear anyone say that just put it down that he
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    JOBLESS REMIND MARSHALL CASH-IT'S OUR RIGHT
    320 3 Borneo jobs on OUR terms FIVE MAN delegation of Singapore's jobless yesterday asked the Chief Minister, Mr. David I, to set up an unemployment benefit fund ation, wh.ch met Mr. Marshall at his weeklC c people session, suggested that the fund be ad by
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    Lock icon ike's atom offer to free world
    244 3 UNIVERSITY PARK. Pennsylvania. Saturday DRESIDENT EISENHOWER today offered all the fret nations of the world financial aid and technical faciities to develop atomic energy for the benefit of theii peoples. In an extension of his atoms-tor-peace programme, he said he would ask Congress to
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    The lovely princess
    23 3 Princess Margaret in the foyer of a London Cincm.- when she attended the European premiere of a film last week.
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    Wanted: Grouses officer
    138 3 shall 100 complaints < biel Minister. yesat his ston that ting up a rtment ap- uch a deould deal with problems on eed things It, h wever, that like to keep the public on th 1 rvices of a 1 a retired ?sman, like t> serve the
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    DECISION ON ROAD WORK
    55 3 MUKE BAHRU. Sal I nglneer Johore to deputise tht itiv,. Engineer n Bahru. to consult -lncil before th» for maintenance the Town Council nt Is responsiblt and the upkeep In the event ist lie with him Inche Uda bin n many occasion; complained that ince of
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    to be closed
    13 3 Inbar Walk. FranSingapore will months beJune 22 for n wer.
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    LANDMARK TO BE A MODEL
    176 3 THE 79-year-old Methodist chapel hall, one of the few remaining historic landmarks in Singapore at the Chines* Junior- School. man Street, will be pulled down to make way for the new 5600.000 school buildings, the principal. Mr. Thio Chan T old the Sunday Times day.
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    300 at their wedding reception
    83 3 Dr. James M. J. Suprama--111 mi and his bride, formerly Miss Eunice Princess Ranee Ayathiiray. arriving for their Singapore wedding reception at the Sea View Hotel yesterday. They were married at Jaffna. Ceylon, on May 23 and returned to Singapore yesterday morniiiß. The bridenroom is
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    COVT. TO END ROW OVER POLLING CARS
    139 3 COVT. TO END ROW OVER POLLING CARS KUALA LUMPUR. Sat.-The Federal Elections Advisory Committee has reached a deadlock on the question of number of cars candidates can use on polling day. July 27. The Government has now stepped in and will decide. Party Negara and Alliance meji on the committee
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    I AiROFFiCER WEDS!
    37 3 I AiR OFFiCER WEDS! I itr.ck A. Paulo who were married in Singapore yctrcrrkctfraJ of the Good Shepherd The bride was formerly Louise Angut Mr. Paulo 1$ Air Traffic Control Officer jr Kalians Airport. Sunday Ti«nc» picture.
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    Burhanuddin here Tuesday
    103 3 Dr. Burhanuddin Al-Helmy. former Malay Nationalist Party leader, will return to Sin- gapore on Tuesday from Indo- nesia, where he went to attend the Afro-Asian conference in April. A Colony reception committee will hold a tea party in his honour at the Singapore Hotel on June 20
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    MIDDLE SCHOOLS FIRST
    441 3 MIDDLE SCHOOLS FIRST CHINESE middle schools will get first priority in the discussions of the Singapore All-party Committee, now working on a new •Government policy for Chinese education and culture. I The Committee decided this yesterday at their first meeting since the deadline expired on Friday for the receiving of
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      207 3 KIND'S: li:ui PODfl llttan ll:ailK tflHCr— l.4>, 4, 6.30. 9.30. Return to C Mao (Cantonese.* 11.30. 2. 4.15, 7. I'.u kUm 11 a.m.. Tel. 6903. 930 New Mexico 9 a.m., Tel. *****. AI.IIAMRRA: Mambo— ll, 1.30. GABUCK: Uar Pmi (Hindi.- 4 R 6 ;Ji\?- 3^ h L1 i n p
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    Malaya's ghosts are colourful
    859 4  -  NOMAD' By TIIK accredited ghosts of Malaya are so numerous that an account of characters and habits is difficult and it is only practical to por>me of the more interesting ghosts. Jinn are usually, but not nerily, evil spirits, and are said to be ruled over
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    He has "pincered' one million pigs
    442 4 CIX days a week for the past twenty years, Lim Kirn > Seng has been going to work at an hour when most of Singapore is asleep 1 a.m. When the cocks I" crow at 6 a.m. to herald a new day of work
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    Tell-tale crackle gave rayon away!
    785 4 THE Victorian era was in its heyday. Servants were cheap and plentiful, skirts swept the ground, nice young ladies never went out alone, and Sir Joseph Swarm was busy in his laboratory trying to find a suitable material to make into electric light bulb filaments.
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    How many bathing suits She has lost count
    691 4  - How many bathing suits She has lost count LOGAN GOURLAY IL9 J LONDON. IT was, as Esther Williams said, "a long, thin room, an elevator shaft, a swimming pool without water." Thrashing about in it were the representatives of the British daily, weekly, and magazine Press at a reception to
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    FILTERS REDUCE SMOKERS INTAKE OF NICOTINE'
    120 4 FILTERS REDUCE SMOKERS INTAKE OF NICOTINE' IF you want to avoid as much aas possible of tobacco tars and nicotine while smoking cigarettes, you will either use the kind of holder that holds a cigarette in it as filter or the kind that has a filter tip made of asbestos
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    THAT PHOTOGRAPH EARNED A FORTUNe
    252 4 TOM KELLEY. veteran Hollywood photographf many of the movie queens have posed in their Jane Russell, Joan Crawford, Claudctte Colbert Lamour, Mac West. )ean Simmons, Dons Dayprice depends on the photograph. "For a straight black and white portrait, my fee is from M 5240," says
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    Drive to aid youths in city riot area
    59 5 -nuth-Wcstei ■~e A a-ea I nderi j disntact all sations n District Youth Club is plano enlist the large numb-r exandra Road-Tiong 6s committee has ippointed to study youth in<] various sub-committers have already work. FOOTNOTF: The M.. :l :n the Alexa:
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    Boys' Clubs athletics
    19 5 annual athletic Federation ol Clubs will be held or Victc ria B -ipore. at 2.3 C
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    PLOTTING THE COURSE AS SENTRIES WATCH
    75 5 t.mc M th.j jun«!c forr m South PahMf. The junclc mt down to the a.r str,p5 tr,p to wave goodbye lo a P.onccr 7 Squadron. RAF. Two Malay Brcn cunncrs of c F.cld Force arc at the ready should tcrrorutj attack. P.onccr pilot. Serjeant
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    'Bdmo' wants $1,000 for a ghost
    254 5 'Bdmo' wants $1,000 for a ghost PENANG. Sat. A "BOMO" Malay medicine man whose former job was to protect Malay opera actors and acacainst the charms of love lorn fans, has offered to trap Pcnang's ■'Galloping G Inche A. Abdul LatifT bin Nayan to.d the Sunday Times he guaranteed to
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    Jailed for day
    45 5 low h"on «aX, a iormer netecUve, was jailed for one day In Singapore yesterday, because he could not pay a fine of |5 imposed on him for carrvine a passenger on his b:cyrle in Kirn Keat Road on Dee-. 12 last year.
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    PARIS EXHIBITION FOR COLONY ARTIST
    224 5 A FTER wandering around Ulu Trengganu for two months, painting kampong children and wild |ungle flowers, Mrs. Erica Jepson, the Singapore artist, returned to the Colony to find a telegram awaiting her. It told her she had won a place in an exhibition of international
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    TERRORISTS DEMAND FOOD AT GUNPOINT
    503 5 TERRORISTS DEMAND FOOD AT GUNPOINT REDS, ARE GETTING FAT IN JOHORE'S PENGGERANC TROUBLE SPOT What can squatters do? By A SUNDAY TIMES REPORTER |F you were a squatter on the jungle fringe, with six children and no protection, would you give information about the movements of Communist terrorists to the
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    Blue" novels in Malaya's history
    177 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Saturday. *^HE Museums Department wants a graduate archivist to help keep track of Malaya's present-day history. The archivist will take charge of the Museum's growing collection of archives at Taiping and Kuala Lumpur. The old maps and books in the archives offer scholars
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    DO 34-21-34 ADD UP TO FIRST?
    128 5 DO 34-21-34 ADD UP TO FIRST? HROM third to first placets that is the hope of Rugayah Ibrahim. 20-ycir-old Colony Malay beauty, who is one of the contestants in thr 1955 "Mils Malaya" quest. tugayah was placed third !n the "Miss Malaya" COB- list year. In April she became "Miss
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    SEA DYAK BECOMES A PRIEST
    138 5 The Diocese of Borneo. I founded in 1855 by missionaries who went there a» tbe I request of the first Rajah (Brooke, celebrates its crntrnlary this month. One of the ma.n events in the celebrations will be the Ordination of one Sea Dyak as priest.
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    St John award
    35 5 D,»to A. M. AK.isoff, Assistant Commissioner or the St. |ohn AmbuUnct Brigade. Singapore, has been awarded the Ist Bar to the Service Medal and a Certificate of the Order of St. |ohn.
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    The little old lady who lives at 'Rumah Berdawat'
    712 6  - The little old lady who lives at 'Rumah Berdawat' PEARLE HARFORD By f^ TINY, fragile white-haired figure swung her way into an old-fashioned waltz, with her rose-pink crinoline swaying to the rhythm. This was at the annual Ball of the Royal Society of St. George in Malacca a few ks
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    STRANGE AS IT MAY SEEM
    443 6  - STRANGE AS IT MAY SEEM K.S.KONG b M "(TRLY HAIR AND HOOKKD NOSE". Physical appearance and personality are important factors in our social and everyday life. A fellow with a charming face and pleasing appearance will certainly be more popular than a chap with fierce-looking face. It is a Chinese
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    Lock icon A FOWL BUNIESSCOLONY BENEFITS
    730 6  -  V. R. Balakrishna By IN this lovely land of ours with its rich greenery and virgin soil, it is a great pity that we do not grow more of our own food. We export our tin and rubber and expect the ships to bring back our
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    Two Sultans go to London get-together
    458 6 Two Sultans go to London get-together NO rail strike, no leaden skies, no Whitsuntide holiday prevented the crowds gathering at Malaya Hall in London for the Selamat Berhari Raya celebrations, at which two sultans were present. Azmi Kamaruddin, the Social Secretary of the Malayan Students' Union, hadn't quite bargained for
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    DOES HUBBY GET AWAY WITH TOO MUCH?
    857 7  - DOES HUBBY GET AWAY WITH TOO MUCH? FRANCES BARBER By CPOTLIGHT recently on ;i husband whose wife wanted to divorce him because lie was a "fanatically enthusia-. i stic cricketer" is making plenty of other wives think. Do too many husbands gel away with too much? I asked pretty dark
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    JANE LEE'S HUMAN CASE BOOK
    829 7 JANE LEE'S HUMAN CASE BOOK Don't think too much of money! \\"t c bee:". M href fan and Mill \vr :v>[ menaced to sa\p I think is enough money on which to se- married We could marry, and have to pinch a ott to ;e; by, but I am not
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    Are you afraid of the boss?
    457 7 Here's how to chase that job— pbLJfcvt it or not, to most Malayan employers an interview with a prospective employee can be quite as much an > ordeal as it is to the interviewed. Our natural trait of polite reticence, combined with truly embarrassing
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    30 , SB
    295 8 30 SB confetti-dotted fabrics. Always gay and fresh looking these fabrics are nnnular for evenine. cotton day dresses, beach clothes, and for accessories hats and even for shoes. The type of material and the size and shade of the dots depend very much on the figjre that will wear it
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    Forget the Little Bay Look!
    547 8 Forget the Little Bay Look! J\ a wonderful year for fashion, the news in lK'ach clothes is plentiful and inspiring. The new holiday things are as delicious as a ripe water melon in a good season for water melons. The bif trend is for softer, more feminine beach clothes. with
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    Furniture tricks make for brighter living
    534 8 %1/HEN you get that feeling that you want to throw all the furniture out of the window and start again, that is the time to find new styles in furniture^ new tricks with colour, new space-saving ideas. The keynote to 1955 furniture, whether you
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    GADGETS IN THE HOME_
    170 8 GADGETS IN THE HOME_ CADCETS h.ivc come to the aid of housework with a vengeance! Remember how you had to squceic out the mop over an empry bucket? It was backbreaking work! Now the selfIt's 50... T pcrha walla Gadget ry has invaded the jeicellcry world and given US the
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      116 8 j I dreamed I was voted Malayas best-dressed woman in my V maidenform Chansonette Bra s ML. $%Blr m f H N,/"^ J *"I^B «fe N I "W J' XX. J -<^ f tt You'll be the fashion figure of the year— high in social circles and supported in style
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      467 8 'uoue nm <!" -^■J THE WISDOM DEHTICT TELLS YDU HOY/ B^F Bm¥ use your <wisdom as often Wst Stm AFTER EATING SWEET THINGS. J K|^»>«^B^-JPIa SUGAR DEPOSITS LEFT ON Wm \^m. THE TEETH ARE A danger /M|) l "to&lhalh*° [Sugar «*on«ietecrtifc«m H^g-v. _1^ I a film which eats thrown /T
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    THEY BEAT THE SWAMPS AND THE BANDITS
    262 9 New road was one of toughest-ever jobs •r the new 'a<an road ■~a r ked c toughest tasks ever tacka a>an engineers. battled agamst -ed their way le, blasted ->ck and mps to from the area engineers on the road history sack many
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    Thank you, says the Queen
    73 9 The Officer Administering the Government of Singapore, Mr. W.A.C Goode, yesterday received a telegram from the Secretary of State for the Colonies in reply to Singapore's greetings to the Queen on her birthday. The telegram said: "I am commanded by the Queen to convey to
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    CAR GANG TRAILS LONELY WALKERS
    90 9 DOLICE a-e hunting for three gangsters whe are using a car to tour the streets early m the mom ng .vavlav ionelv pedestrians. i gang this *eek attackbmonger and a hawker ere or. their way to The fishmonger. Lim Mor Sni. was- waylaid in Bukit
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    CONTESTANTS WERE ON MARK: KEEN TUSSLE FOR THE PRIZE
    967 9 Judges were left with only one solution that agreed with theirs By THE COMPETITION EDITOR CONTESTANTS in the Straits Times Word Puzzle contest "E" showed great thoughtfulness in their choice of words and competition was keen. Finally, however, the judges were
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    More time for claims
    62 9 The Government of India has extended the date for submission of compensation applications by displaced persons living outside India, to September 30. this year. Thi* date is final and will not be extended any further All applications should be sent to the Chief Settlement Commissioner. M
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      59 9 Winning answers to Word Puzzle **E" QNLY one contestant in Straits Times Word Puzxle "E" supplies sets of answers which agreed exactly with the judges' choice. She is Mrs. Lee Ton? Loon, of 37. Hill Street. Ipoh. who wins 55. 000. E 1 MONDAY E 2 TUESDAY E 3 WEDNESDAY
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    Kallang's last passenger?
    1324 10  -  DON BERESFORD By ODAY is the 18th and last birthday of Singapore's first civil airport Kallang. yean ago, the site of the airport was a foul, black tidal in at the confluence of the Kalian*, Rochore and (ieylang rivers. It was on June 12, 1937, lluit Kallang
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    Who will be
    49 10 Ivt i m* i w^^l I til tk i I j t IJ Ii i 111 'IJ II i ■v^^^^B 1 1 i J' a 1 I \^^^B.k_L^A-A^^C no aerodrome. For most of thU time, the club was the only seaplane flying club In the world.
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    his own job
    181 10 ANEW diagnostic machine developed In Houston, Texas, can check and record nine functions of the human body simultaneously. Tlie device, called a physiograph, records a patients heart beats at the same time < that it checks the amount of oxygen in his lungs and body celLs. Simultaneously
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    Progressives brush up their creed
    600 11 NOW INDEPENDENCE HEADS THE LIST A"T THE annual meeting of the Singapore Progressive Party at the Victoria Memorial Hall today, amendments to the party constitution will c moved bringing independence and fusion with the Federation to the fore of the party's "creeds." A letter of
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    Chairman here
    43 11 m I Chawal, chairtin- Chaarai iroap of textile import .md businesses ;wid men's in< mliMv arrived in resterdaj to mitin- company*! latethc i ir Baal for in months. Chanral H;is been in of the 9.">-yoar-olil Dinp.inv for five Mr li iiou
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    SHOT IN THE AIR STOPPED RUNNING MAN
    123 11 SHOT IN THE AIR STOPPED RUNNING MAN PKNANG, Sat. A Customs' offU-fr fired a shot into the air i^ht to stop a hand-cuff-e<: fisherman from running Kwav In the Penang Sessions Court Chew Ah Boh, 35, pleaded guilty to having one packet of Indian hemp. He was fined $200 Customs
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    St. John folk plan appeal
    78 11 A meeting of the St. John Ambulance Association appeals week committee was held yesterday to discuss arrangements for the appeal, which begins on Saturday June 25. It will begin with a fete on Saturday afternoon, complete with side-shows, coconutshies, bands and a display by the
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    RECORD OF THE WEEK
    323 11 RECORD OF THE WEEK MENTION was made in this column recently of the recordings of five of Bach's Brandenburg Concertos. The sixth has now turned up on a ten-inch long-player, and those lucky enough to have purchased the two records containing the first five concertos should hasten to add this
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    U.S. SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ON WAY HERE
    283 11 IuJORE than 20.000 people of all ages and walks of life sat spellbound ,'ast Monday night as the greatest symphony music ever played in Japan was given to them in a gigantic concert unde"r the stars at rhe Korakuen Stadium in Tokyo I r~
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    111 give blood during week
    75 11 One hundred and eleven people in Singapore donated blood in the week ended June 7. Regular donors Service men and women and 15 new donors Irom William Jacks Co. were among them. The Mobile Unit collected 37 flasks at the Naval Base. Transfusions given during
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    Lock icon SOUTHERN SPRING !
    34 11 SOUTHERN SPRING Thtt picture by Singapore photographer has been chosin (or cxhibitio at the Smithsonian Institution, the U.S. National Museum. It is c i." "Southern Spring." The photographer: V.in Fook-heun of 288 Balcstici Road.
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    THE GIRL FROM MANILA
    30 11 LOVELY visitor to Malaya is Filipine film star Paraluman who is m.iking a picture here. This picture was taken by a reader. Lawrence Chia of Singapore.
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    $5 for the curious schoolboy
    83 11 $5 for the curious schoolboy MALACCA, Sat. EE CHEE SENG, the nine-year-old schoolboy, whose i curiosity led to the arrest of 'a man who impersonated a police officer, was today given a S5 reward by a lawyer. I The lawyer, who called at the Sunday Times office with the money,
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    St. Joan will be Mallaig spectacle
    402 11 St. Joan will be Mallaig spectacle rHE next Singapore Arts Theatre production is now well under way one of Shaw's greatest plays, saint JOAN. It is to be presented next month in the garden of "Mal*aiß." the resldei Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald. rhe large natural amphitheatre should give t)he colourful
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    Extra Adler concert
    31 11 Owing to enormous public demand, the famous harmonica player Larry Adler will pivc an extra concert In Singapore at 7 pm on Thursday at the Victoria Memorial Hall.
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      64 11 High tides TODAY: Singapore 2.14 a.m. 1 8ft. ilni 3.32 p.m. (7ft. 7in.»; Port Oickson 10.11 a.m. 1 7ft. 9in.i 10.3 c ■j m. i "ft. 2in.i; Penanß 4.16 a.m > fift. 21n.i 3.59 p.m. (7ft. TOMORROW: Singapore 3.03 a.m. Bft 2in.) 4.17 p.m. i7ft. 6in.); Port ■llrlc.son 11.04 a.m.
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS
    58 12 lit H0 (minimum). MOST OP THE Things We .ney. Life Insurance money for future dcl- ix>uklh on the Inctalmect 'ite Douglas McLarcr., I 40J4. Singapore. ANCK BALE: Commencin; action unp'.ny V, Columbia, Farlophoni' tnA M G.M. 78 r.pjn. records From to $1.50. N ul.ir, .second week Classical. 200 Keng
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    FLYING SAUCER!
    1560 12 It begins today: The full story of the great topic of our time QN lanuary 25. 1878, the Denison Daily News, of Texas, reported: "From Mr. John Martin, a farmer who lives some six miles south of this city, we learn the following strange story: Tuesday morning, while
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    What YOU think
    900 12 Treat schools the same lAM just a humble citizen of this Great Colony. I was born here some 70 years apo. But may I say that all my .adult life I have been mystified as to why the government of this British Colony or protectorate has always
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    THE SUNDAY TIMES SINGAPORE. JUNE 12. 1955.
    7 12 THE SUNDAY TIMES SINGAPORE. JUNE 12. 1955.
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    WE think THE NEW LOOK
    335 12 WE think THE NEW LOOK It was on the night of the riots that the people of Malaya learned in rather surprising circumstances that the Singapore Government was trying to obtain j the services of Professor Arthur Lewis, the brilliant Negro left-wing economist, to make recommendations on the island's future.
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    CONGRATULATIONS
    50 12 Mr. David Marshall congratulates the Singapore j Police Force on the honours it has received in the j Queen's Birthday List. His words will be echoed j throughout the land. Our police richly deserve the j thanks of us all, from Her Majesty down to the j humblest toiler.
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    Billy Budd
    371 12 MR. David Marshall 8 newcomer to r-< but he has soon acqu trait beloved of the clan -that or plu statement out of and using it for hi ends. Last Monday, Mr. M waxed furious at th. paper because of ;i abusive leader" it carr i previous day.
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    The big rubber scramble
    167 13 XSPORT STRIKE THREAT STARTS ONE WAY TRAFFIC IN MARKET EAVY BUYING SHOOTS UP THE PRICE TO NEW PEAK By GEOFFREY BOLAND ULATIVE buying of rubber continued in Singapore yesterday norn.ng nghr up to the close of the market as traders scrambled for ley feared would be
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    MARRIED IN SINGAPORE
    53 13 Mr. John Samuel |cyararnam and hit bride, formerly Mist Myrtle Rote Oana, who were married at the Tamil Mctfioditt Church. Singapore. The bridegroom is the ton of Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Jeyaratna.-n of Scrcmban and the bride the youngest daughter of Mrs. R. Oana of Singapore.
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    GRENADE KILLS OFFICER
    104 13 GRENADE KILLS OFFICER IPOH. Sat. s ALTER of the lent. Chief Inthe Fen n Port 1 nd dead in his Ipoh Club last play is not susloud explosion I cm. Club ked open the md found Major in the bee d. The ex- to have by a grenade. -footer, who
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    'Murder by poison'
    58 13 ire investigating (ier of a 70-year-P loyed man, Poh house in Kam- hee. off Chan&f eapore, tound dead in ■mm at 2 a.m. on constable was soon after. He M body, found 'f violence, and il certificate. n reaching the in the day led ped murder, eyed
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    COPRA PRICES
    21 13 Copra Association v were: ...xed copra: June s, S2B sellers; July $28 :1 8 sellers; ers, $23*8 was steady
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    Beauty bid
    59 13 Will Neroli Corrigan (above), of Bellrvue Hill. Sydney, be the first Australian to win British Overseas Airways Corporation's "Mta Speedbird" beauty title? Twenty two year old Mi*» C:>rrican passed through Smcapore yesterterda> on her way for the contest in London. She is thr first Australian entry in the
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    Woman driver had no licence
    47 13 Ruby Lee of Geylang Road was fined $100 in Singapore yesterday, for driving a car without a licence along South Bridge Road on April 26 She was also fined another $75 for driving the car wher. not covered by third party insurance.
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    SB,BOO from flag day
    25 13 A total of $8,855 was cold from the sale of flags on St. Andrew's Mission Hosipital Flag Day on May 28.
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    CLOSING PRICES
    119 13 Closing rubber prices yesterday in cents per lb. were No. 1 R.s.S ojxii loose buyers 105 V sellers 105.:; No. 1 R.S.S. June buyers 104-. t seller.--105; No. 1 R.S.S. July buyers 103 .i. sellers 101 No. 2 June buyers 101, .sellers 101 H: No. 3 buyer--•7, sellers
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    Storm killed baby girl
    119 13 A 15-month-old baby girl was killed when a hut in Yio Chu Kana Road toppled over and collapsed during a heavythunderstorm. Yesterday the Assistant Coroner, Mr. Giam Chong Hin, returned a misadventure verdict on the child, Seah Kwee Huing. who died at 4 30 p.m. on
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    Speech-training courses
    86 13 Mrs. Lumsden-Milne. who| j was a Cambridge Examiner in j the Federation in Oral Eng- 1 li£h, wil] be holding a specfal speech-training course for School Certificate and private students from mid-June to, August and from September to December. The cost is 9s. Mrs. Milne will also start
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    Bandits blasted
    36 13 KUALA LUMPUR. Sat. Terrorist hideouts in the Te- merloh district of Pahang I were pounded by army mortars today. Heavy guns of i i the Royal Artillery were blasting the hideouts from roadside emplacements.
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    SCBA: Crave mistakes in education
    225 13 VERY grave mistakes and ommissions have been made in education in Singapore in the past, says a memorandum from the Straits Chinese British Association to the Allparty Committee inquiring into the problems of Chinese education and culture. The British Government, it i says, lost its
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    MAN ACCUSED OF HAVING TERRORIST DOCUMENTS
    123 13 Tho Ming Seng was remand- ed by the Singapore First Dis- trict Court yesterday till July 22 when he will face four charges alleging that he had 27 terrorist documents The first charge said that Tho had seven sheets of cyclo- styled copies of
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    SULTAN DISOWNS DAUGHTER
    221 13 THE SULTAN OF KEDAH daughter. Tengku Sakmah in Paris last year. The princess, in her letter. did not mention her husband's name. It is believed, however. that he is a member of a rich French family. Ttugku Sakinah went to England with the Sultan in 1951 shortly
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    All over a bicycle
    108 13 A WOMEN who hit another on the head with a bowl, was yesterday bound over for six months in the sum of $100. Tan Ah Loi told a Singapore court that one February morning. Ah Wan had an argument with her in a house in Hamilton
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    A BARRED DRIVER IS JAILED
    74 13 A BARRED DRIVER IS JAILED Lim Chay Seng of Park Road, who drove a car on April 16 while under disqualification for a year, was yesterday jailed in Singapore for six weeks. Lim was also fined $50 for driving the car when not covered by third party insu»ranee. He was
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    Man stabbed
    35 13 Tay Yew Chong of Owen Road, Singapore, was stabbed In the back during a fisht with two men in Rochore Road on Friday night. He was treated at the hospital and sent home.
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    A TOWER AND A TREE
    195 14 First prixe in the Camera Contest this week goes to Chia Yun of 1 81 K jalan Kayu, R.A.F. Seletar, Singapore 28, for the study on the left. Exposure 1/100 at fll. Second prise to Soh Kec Loon of 76 Cross Street, Singapore, for his
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    A horse-whipping in Penang
    985 14 A horse-whipping in Penang IN spite of the bickering between the mercantile and the official world, the prosperity of Prince of Wales Lsiand went substantially ahead and both its commerce and its revenue increased. With the advent of the new century, the East India Company changed the form of Government
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      201 14 WKt- £Mk <: |^»nWy^' g^^gV' > U •Ha^Hffi9l !L bi HS :;^Tr -^1 Bi^^B^^^^M^Wli^i^HKi Mssr i jy j j|if f iiiti.il R -tired f^T v _j->- t^ 1111 [Wf A^W»/ HOW many words vt four Vy" U** letters or more run yon v\ I V make from the letters in
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      222 14 RADIO MALAYA SINGAPORE Troerammes thus marked can be Short wave "f Medium wave received by listeners in Malacca. *<6m. Short wave 49 Si 62m Medium »A M 71a Morning Stvs; 7.30 wave 476 m.. 343. 36Cm. and 297 m. 7.35 Melody Mixture; 8.00 Hors Doeuvres: 8.30—9.00 A MuslcA.M. *9.00 Breakfast
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    he plays: the part: OF MOSES
    195 15 he plays: the part: OF MOSES VHIHHHWJII^^ t UHAT 'las become of Charles Heston? What Xi round? SONNY ONG. < ban. •••n Hcston reversed t| pmcraure and went -cud way to TV to Hi, 'mood. Thf rugped actor S ai I v*nstou. in a > l.jn-.is Thr only theatrical (.1
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    Prince and a fantasy
    66 15 I ND spun round im:oats and superpowers, comes to Oulbahar" now I the Garrick. of a prince, on mission, caught in a .ore the vivacious '.ate men. Ince, however, not els in his mission not without the te and treachery. >:'' carries away i inveterate beau"■m
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    I was just another Gumm!
    1278 15 I was just another Gumm! GABLAJVMTS STORY as told to MICHAEL RUDDY |T"S funny to talk 1 about yourself as a ttlo pirl when you two daughters tif up and a baby look after!' Garland, eyes ng, settled luck amboo lounge we talked Judy Garland, lose come is the Uilk
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    The High Cast of Leaving
    331 15 Now MICHAEL tells about... THE high cost of leaving seems to be going higher in Hollywood. Jon Hall, divorced by singer Frances Langford, handed over a million dollars worth of land and properties including 100 acres of pink grapefruit highly prized in Tip lady with
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    BORGIE THE BOGEY MAN!
    235 15 BORGIE THE BOGEY MAN! LIE started as a gangster in "The Mob," popped up next as a killer in "China Corsair." Mind you, it took a keen- eyed film-goer to register ttie name, but when he took a ljnife to Montgomery clift in "From Here to Eternity," Ernest Borgnine started
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      177 15 how to keep a hot meal hot —on the table! EKCO «MPun /jL^afyk? you do not have to put up with y*r>& m l or^ tepid soup and lukewarm x^^Tyw^fti if^l^:' vegetables, and for the late \^\sWlß^ comer... its just the answer! S \>v^N£' VX/ simple yet so effective V
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      1232 16 I GIVER OF FORTUNE jfHIS WEEK FOR ALL I I j 'THE benrfici^nt planet Jupiter takes Iviehe years to make the 1 < iri le of the Zodiac. I in-, means ti.it every twelfth >nr he i TODAY. CJet out of doors commit yourself ton far jP G^MSM 1^ j
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      134 18 /THE EXPLANATION IS X THAT'S I VM F..AND IF THERE Y7 WELL, I'M F ANft 7 L00K... X 7 TURN OPF f\r I r^ n v r =3 I <w— w SIMPLE ...WE'RE ON A ALL, J SAY, 111 ARE PEOPLE HERE <J NOT GOING 'fT^VV |A\M( OUTSIDE.'.' V THE
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    Wedding of the little people
    1010 19  - Wedding of the little people FREDA BEDI THE YOUNC GIRLS OF INDIA MAKE GRAND MARRIAGES BETWEEN THEIR TOYS- AND IT COSTS THEIR PARENTS PLENTY OF MONEY by SITQD entranced before a wooden elephant two-and-f feet high, painted in light-hearted colours. Its mat adorned with a sacred red caste-mark, -d by
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    The Siamese twins arrive horne— healthy and happy
    615 19 The Siamese twins arrive horne healthy and happy bRISSANA and Napit Polpinyo, 23-month-old "Siamese twins" who were separated by surgery at the University of Chicago's medical centre on March 29, have arrived home in Siam. healthy and happy. The twins, daughters of Nuk and Chuan Polpinyo, school teachers of Chumpair,
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      196 19 Papular Crasstrard ACROSS DOWN 2. Overseer (9), 11. Light (6), 13. 1. Vies with (6), >. Part of foot Appoint (Hi. 15. Kvening (6). 16. (6), 3. Pinch (3), 4. Pane .(4), S. Putting into signal form (6), 17. Danger (S), 6. Drink (5), 7. Run Pismire (3). 18. Guide
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    Too soon and too smal
    962 20 Too soon and too smal "THE fmal-ycar medical Itudent vvho was er»|oym^ a sight of general practice looked even more bothered than I felt. It was a very small baby indeed that he was holding, and it had arrived a good couple of months before it was due. It weighed
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    HUGE BOAR IS CORNERED BY THE DOGS
    939 20 HUGE BOAR IS CORNERED BY THE DOGS QUR weekly shower was very promising while it lasted. The effect of this long dry spell has been disastrous as regards the fruit crop; what few fruits managed to set are busy falling off the trees, and we don't expect more than a
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    Malayans are keen to go to Sunny Spain
    598 20  -  JAMES S. DAVID By IF you are planning a holiday, go to Spain. In the light of Spam's perennial sun, each visitor, European or Asian, is welcomed as a friend; and the cost of living is the cheapest in the world. This
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    611 21 MEN CO COURTING ON WOMEN'S DAY' IN COURT JHE woman was young and attractive. She had met a handsome young man, married him i bore him a child. She had all the hopes for mess, love and security. rid loves a lover." But rlow she must be ihe world hates
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    615 21 a stir it caused down at the LondonZoa^-'the'day Peppo the donkey turned into a monster, rhere was a burst of business such as Brumas the Bear never dreamed of. OfT-school youngsters swarmed In from Putney and Potters Bar. Clapham and Camden Town.
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    882 21 She fell in a river of crocodiles CHE had orange hair and ta\yny eyes and silver nails, and a jade-green knitted dress which clung to her well-curved figure. She was fondling two meerkats which scampered out "of her hands and made a rush for my ankles. "Mind your stockings." said
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    325 21 THERE was only a river between Mrs. Estelle Marie Leahy and her nearest European woman neighbour in Kanowit, Sarawak BUT— For most of the year the river was a raging torrent; It was a perilous crossing in a dugout canoe which was liable to be
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    126 22 AM' over the country, wherever sportsmen and tin 1 subject is badminton. During the past fortnight those who were lucky enough wore able to see how Denmark won the honour of challenging Malaya for the Thomas Cup and how Malaya successfully defended it.
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    Three-day cycle race
    445 22  -  CRUSADER] i By (^YCLISTS from the Combineri Sendees in Hong Kong will compote with Malayan and Singapore cyclists for the "PhilliDs Classic" trophy three-day re to Kuala Lumpur race at the end of nexf. n:onth. ThL< is tho main race of the cycling season. Police permission to
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    396 22 Robert Walling Reports... No. 1 $120,000 RACER FOR BRITAIN DODNEY CLARKE 6' 3" former Spitfire pilot, designed Grand Prix racing car for Britain. He wanted an emblem for it, and got one from Windsor Herald a golden-winged lion. Then the car, with a former tank captain at
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    THE WIND GIVES THE SPEED AWAY!
    587 22 Robert Walling Reports... No. 2 UOW goes the sedate- looking Rover "60." the model designed by Maurice Wilks who gave the world its first 140 m.p.h. trial "jet" car? I report its lines may deceive you. Tread on the organtype accelerator liphtly and you
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    483 22  - Father and son died at 36! |MALCOM HYDE| i B y i IN the rugged, roaring world of motor racing there is romance and tragedy and bitter coincidence. I wonder how many people realised when they heard of the "fatal crash last month of Alberto Ascan, Italy's leading racing driver,
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    PENG SOON AND THREE FOREIGNERS ARE THE LAST FOUR
    1158 23 Iron: NORMAN SIEBEL X l VLA LUMPUR, Sat a OV. PENG SOON. Ferr) Sonneville, o|e .Irnsen and .Jorn Skaarup will contest the <emi-finals of the Malayan open badminton championships ri«fta >n the £clangor badminton h;ill tomorrow. Malayan, three era whoever I
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    281 23 MEN'S SINGLES QUARTER-FINALS: Wong Peng Soon walkover Chua Slew Hing; Ferry Sonneville beat Lee Si Mm 18-13, 15-2; Jorn Skaarup beat Eddy Yusuf 6-15. 15-2, 15-2: Ole Jensen beat Kamaruddin 15-11, 15-6. MEN'S DOUBLES SECOND ROUND: Khoo Eng Huah and Khoo Eng Cheng beat JafTar Hassan
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    Kobbero, Hansen were stars of doubles
    985 23 [)ENMARK/S doubles champions. Finn Kobbero and Hammergaard Hansen. the holders of the All-England title, won a place in the doubles semi-flnals in the Malayan open when they beat Abdullah Piruz and Lim Koon Yam, of Selangor, by 9-15. 15-9. 15-9 in 39 minutes tonight.
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    PORE POLICE IN LINE FOR INNINGS VICTORY
    249 23 KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. CINOAPORE Police were in a strong position at close of play In their match against Federation Police here today, scoring 222 foi eight in reply to the Federation Police total of 84. Cheah Kirn Swee (50). S. K. Sundram (56)
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    NEGRI HELD 2-2 BY SINGAPORE SERVICES
    176 23 SEREMBAN. Saturday. A GOAL scored by inside-right Carter in the last A minute enabled Singapore Combined Services to draw 2-2 with Negri Sembilan in a southern zone Malaya Cup soccer fixture here today The came fell below ex- pectations. Negri forwards, particularly centre forward
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    NADESON CUP TO RAJIJI S.C. BY 3-1
    36 23 Rajajl S.C. beat Junior A.A. by 3-1 to win the Nadeson Cup soccer game at Farrer Park Rajajl scorers were Marimuthu. Govindasamy and Sundram. Arumugam scored for Junior A.A.
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    BOYS TOWN GAIN 5-4 VICTORY
    54 23 BOYS TOWN GAIN 5-4 VICTORY Boys' Town defeated l'rlnce Edward Boys' Club 5-4 In a friendly soccer match at Bukit Timah yesterday. Scorers for Boys Town were Dennis de Souza (3>, Gerald de Souza and I. Gordon while Llm Kee Kirn. Yee Yuen Chee and Foo Hoe Wah 1 2
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    Eight batsmen pass 50 mark
    386 23 1 IfIGHT Singapore batsmen scored Li half centuries in the friendly I cricket matches played throughout i the Colony. I The best innings of tne day was the 68 retired by former Singapore skipper, Lall Singh, for Borneo Company against St. Joseph's Institution. The other
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    87 23 LONDON, Sat QUESTIONS will be asked in the House of Commons nrxt we?k about '22--year-old Colin Cowdrry, Kent and England cricketer, who has been invalidated out of thr Royal Air Force with fool trouble. Mr. Norman Dndds (Labour) will ask the Minister of Labour. Sir Walter
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    Persidja s poor finishing cost them the game
    328 23 Persidja s poor finishing cost them the game KUALA LUMPUR, Saturday. DERSIDJA, the Indonesian touring soccer team, were 1 held to a 2-2 draw by Malayan Malays in the opening match of their Federation tour here today. Persidja played neat and attractive soccer but it was spoilt by the numerous
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    36 24 Z» Worrfi $19 (minimum). PAN: Xi HrnK. 73. died pi M 11.30 p.m. v b<"lo\Xt Ife. 2 sons. 6 daughters. 2 -in-law. 5 sons-i'. rrand-children and 2 kit.. children I (0 p.m. to-day for Bldadan.
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    STAR SIGNAL SETS MALAYAN RECORD FOR 6F
    1001 24  -  EPSOM JEEP Bf South Pacific wins top mile event in photo finish STAR Signal, a handsome four-year-old grey by Signal Light, ran the fastest 6f. ever on the Malayan turf when he clocked lmin. 11 1/5 on a lightning-fast track at Bukit Timah
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    167 24 MANCHESTER. Sat. INDIA took a 2-1 lead over Britain In their quarter final tie In the Davis Cup (European zone) competition here yesterday. Tony Mottram and Oeoff Palsh won the first two sets, but R. Krlshnan and Naresh Kumar fought back to take the next three
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    FATHER CHRISTMAS CRACKS 37 FOR 3F
    200 24 (By EPSOM JEEP). FATHER CHRISTMAS ridden by Billy Bell, showed a grand turn of speed to clock 36 4/5 for 3f. best workout of the morning at Bukit Timah yesterday. Who Regrets (Leong), Willy L (Bougouro) and Robbie Burns iMawi) went from the half
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    Tourists fall to avoid follow on by four runs
    768 24 Tourists fall to avoid follow on by four runs NOTTINGHAM. Sat. SOUTH AFRICA failed by only four runs to avoid following on against England in the first Test match here today. The South Africans scored 181 all out at tea In reply to i England's 334 and the England captain,
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    89 24 ENGLAND Ist Inns 334 SOUTH AFRICA— Ist Inns McGlew c Evans b Wardle 68 Goddard lbw SUtham 12 Wailr run out 0 Endran lbw Tyson McLean b Tyson 13 Wtnslow c May b Appleyard Cheetham c Graveney b Wardle 54 1 .<> field c Bailey b Appleyard 11 Fuller
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    168 24 CALYER HELPS RE RECOVERY v ARTILLERY AN UNDEFEATED innings of 59 by Calver placed Royal Engineers in a safe position against Royal ArtUlery on the first day of their cricket match at Gillman Barracks yesterday. At close, the Engineers were 165 for three In reply to Royal Artillery's 242. In
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    99 24 Bottom-of-the-league Kota Raja suffered their seventh defeat in succession when they were trounced 6-0 by H.M. Dockyard in a SAFA first division league match at Jalan Besar Stadium last night. The score at half-time was 3-0 Allen, the Dockyard centre forward got four of his
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    93 24 KINGSTON. Jamaica. Sat. AUSTRALIA have named 12 players from whom thel> team for the fifth and final Test against West Indies, starting here today will be chosen. They are lan Johnson. Keith Miller. Les Pa veil. Arthur Morris Colin McDonald. Neil Harvey. Richie Benaud. Ron
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    52 24 Results of S.A.F.A. junior league games played yesterday were: Radin Mas beat Tampenis Rovers 2-1 In the Div. 2A game at Oeylang. In a Dlv. 2B game. Gymkhana S.C. received a walkover from SHB Recreation Club. Police beat Kebcnaran Club 2-1 in the Div. 3B game
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    81 24 SYRACUSE. New York Sat Carmen Ba.sllio won the world welterweight boxing championship last night when he beat the holder. Tony De Marco. The referee. H. Kessier. stopped the flßht In the -2th round to save De Marco from heavier punishment. De Marco, who had won
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    TELECOMS WIN
    39 24 Telecommunications Dept. iJuionß) defeated Dept. of Broadcasting (Jurong) 4-2 in their second annual soccer match played at Jurong yesterday. Basan Singh, Benjamin. Ibi and Osman .scored for Telecoms while Koh Vat Meng and Dldi replied for Broadcasting.
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