The Straits Times, 28 June 1955

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    16 1 The Straits Times. /Jit**** 1 He**?*!* 1 Estd. 1845. SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, JUNE 28, 1955 15 CENTS
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    NO, NO to HIGHER TAXES
    693 1 Federation planters and miners criticise World Bank Mission's report UT SINGAPORE DISAGREES We've said it for years' LUMPUR, Mon. TIN and rubber inter--u in the Fcderarc oppo>ed to i ittgM increase \.ition to help to ue the developprojjramme outby the InternaI Rank Mission in i
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    'Holiday on Ice' comes back with a new look
    181 1 MUSIC, SETTINGS, ACTS WILL BE MORE SPECTACULAR »i Mil million dollar revue "Holiday on Ice" which delighted Singapore audiences last year is back again. It will be a completely new and even more spectacular show this time. Ninety of the 125
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    82 sleep on road in protest
    175 1 opsy, wl BISCUIT FACTORY WORKERS LAID OFF EIGHTY-TWO workers of the Ho Ho biscuit factory in Chin Swee Road. Singapore, spent last night sleeping outside the factory's promises— in protest aaainst being laid off by the firm. Mr. Koh Soon Huat, managing director of
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    Lock icon Thank you, says Mr. Bulganin
    38 1 MOSCOW. Mon. Moscow papers published yesterday a thank-you letter from the Prime Minister, Mr, Nikolai Bulganin It thanked all organisations and people who sent him congratulations in connection with his 60th birthday.— A.P.
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    USSIES HERE IN 3 MONTHS
    60 1 WE. Mon. The C the Australian GeneLieutenant -General Us. said toriav that .400 men of the Second The Royal AustraR raiment would leave for Malaya "probably about the end of September". The men of the battalion have been training at the Canungra jungle warfare 1
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    Lock icon John did the decent thing
    49 1 GRANARD. Ireland, Mon. John McGovern, an independent candidate in Town Council elections held here over the weekend, didn't get a single vote not even his own. "I voted for the other chap." he said. "I thought it was the decent thing to do." A.P.
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    Another well drowning
    45 1 Leow Khuan Hin, a three-year-old girl, was found by her grandmother drowned in a well near their home at the 11th milestone. Woodlands Road, Singapore, last night. Leow is the second child who has been drowned In a well within two days.
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    I'LL MEET ALL MY CONTRACTS says Mr. Tan
    257 1 I'LL MEET ALL MY CONTRACTS says Mr. Tan THERE was further heavy buying of rubber for prompt shipment in Singapore yesterday following the weekend disclosure that a big Colony firm could not obtain sufficient rubber locally to meet its June contracts with London buyers But Mr. Tan Lark Sye, head
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    Lock icon Soekarno defied by army
    161 1 Soekarno defied by army NEW CHIEF IS BOYCOTTED JAKARTA, Mon. 'THE Indonesian army A today defied President Soekarno and refused to j accept the new army commander appointed by the government. In a protest demonstration all senior army officers boycotted the installation cere--1 mony of Maj.-Gen. Bambang Utoyo as Chief
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    MacD: Freeman
    30 1 The Singapore City Council will confer the Freedom of the City on the CommissionerGeneral. Mr Malcolm MacDonald at a ceremony on the City Hall steps on Aug. IT
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    34th car burnt in Singapore
    41 1 Arsonists damaged another car in Singapore yesterday. The car, the 34th burnt since June 8. belonged to a driving instructor, Mr. Koh Thian Siong. It was parked in Upper Serangoon Road. A rear tyre was burnt.
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    Lock icon Cave-in buries 2
    27 1 NEW YORK. Mon. Two young boys were killed yesterday at play when an excavation for a private house here caved in on them.— A.P.
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    Lock icon Americans snub 'Red Dean's' sermon
    168 1 CANTERBURY, Mon.— American tourists and servicemen walked out on a sermon praising Communism given in Canterbury Cathedral last night by the 81 -year-old "Red Dean of Canterbury," Dr. Hewlett Johnson. mm The Dean declared: Communism has come to stay" In the first of six sermons
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    PATROL ATTACKS REDS, KILLS 3
    125 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. THREE terrorists were killed in Pahang and another in Johore yesterday, and three others were I wounded. A patrol of the Ist Bn. Somerset Light Infantry attacked six terrorists in a camp In the Raub area and killed three. The Somersets recovered
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    S.O.S. FROM A VOYAGE OF NO RETURN
    401 1 Boy cables father: 7 don't want to go to China— help me 9 WHEN the liner Tjiwangi, carrying hundreds of students from Singapore with one-way tickets to China, reaches Hong Kong this morning one of them will be taken off— at his own
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    Lock icon Italy's crisis
    28 1 ROME. Mon.— The Italian President. Mr. Giovanni Oronchi. tonight asked Mr. Antonio Sesni. a moderate left-wing Christian Democrat, to try to form a new government.— U.P.
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    Lock icon 'Spy' gets death in Red Berlin
    60 1 BERLIN, Mon. Joachim Wiebach, 27, was sentenced to death by the East German Supreme Court today for alleged spying on behalf of the United States. Gunther Krause, 50, was sentenced to hard labour for life on similar charges. Three other men were sent to
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    Lock icon Dockers march: Strike goes on
    143 1 Dockers march: Strike goes on LONDON, Mon. AMASS march on the capital by striking dockers from north of England ports today succeeded in keeping the strike going in London. London dockers had decided last week to end their fiveweek stoppage today. But the march by the northern men persuaded them
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    42 1 VIETNAM ATTACK ON REBELS SAIGON. Mon— Vietnam national arm> I o d a launeht-d full m.i lc olTrn.sivr against last hideout of Iloa llao rebel warlords in mountain area of South Vietnam on Cambodian border, it wax announced tonight.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon STRIKE THREATENS FRANCE
    66 1 PARIS. Mon.— The French Government drafted urgent measures today to head oft a strike by public employees and civil servants which would paralyze Prance and threaten the government of Premier Edgar Faure. All three of France's major unions. Communist, Socialist and Catholic, have called the strike ror
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    More and more jobless
    189 2 COLONY UNEMPLOYED NUMBER 16,000 HIGHEST SINCE 19SO THE REASON: INDUSTRY IS NOT EXPANDING THERE are 16,000 people unemployed in Singapore today the highest figure since 1950. By thp middle of next year, there will probably be 30.000 Jobless. And the figure will increase by about 14.000
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    Lock icon Plane attacked
    27 2 TAIP E H. Mon.— Chinese C mmunlst jet fighters today attacked a Nationalist airline Matsu Island but the landed safely on a nearr '..ind— Reuter.
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    Larry Adler wasn't good enough for him
    134 2 rHE man who to!d Larry Adler. the worlds greatst harmonica player, that he vas not good enougn for his •how when Adler had his first uidition at the age of 14 has lied in the American Hos)iti' at Neuilly. near Paris. He was
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    Lock icon The submarine Sidon is surfaced, beached
    53 2 THIRTEEN BRITISH SAILORS DUD WHEN IT EXPLODED IN HARBOUR THE submarine Sidon, which vmk with loss of 13 lives in Portland harbour, Dorset, on June lfi. was raised on June S3 and beached. The Sidon sank after a practice torpedo exploded in her forward
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    HIS PUMPS RAN DRY
    101 2 Seven companies must pay up NEW YORK. Mon.— Cut-price petrol man George F. Moore was awarded U*****,000 ($720,000) against seven of America's largest oil companies. He told a U.S. Federal Court that the companies ruined his garage business by a combined ban on supplying him with
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    Spy ring smashed
    26 2 TOKYO. Mon— Police today announced the arrest of five Koreans and a Japanese suspected of operating a North Korean spy ring in Japan
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    234 2 It may be magic madness —but it's indispensable NEW YORK. Mon. f OVE is a magic compulsion that may become a kind of sickness or madness, says the famous British biologist. Dr. Julian Huxley, in a I magazine article published here. He writes of the "unique importance" of love
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    Lock icon Free meals
    26 2 NEW DELHI. Mon. The Health Ministry has recommended that 22.000.000 school children throughout the country be given free midday meals to fight malnutrition.— A.P.
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    Lock icon Matadors hurt —fight is off
    50 2 Matadors hurt fight is off MADRID. Mon For the first time in more than 25 years a bullfight was called off yesterday in Madrid because all three matadors performing sustained wounds that prevented them from going on. Authorities called the fight off when two bulls remained to be fought— A.P
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    Death strikes twice
    36 2 FORT WORTH, Texas, Mon. Silliman Evans, 63, publisher of the Nashville Tennessean, who came to Fort Worth to attend the funeral of his friend Amon Carter, suffered a heart attack and died yesterday.
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    To Mason—a son
    32 2 To Mason a son HOLLYWOOD, Mon.—Pamela Kellino, wife of actor James Mason, gave birth to an eight pound boy yesterday by Cae- sarean operation. They have a six-year-old daughter Port- land Pamela.
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    Dial P for....
    27 2 NEW YORK, Mon.— An automatic, one-minute prayer sys- tern, available by telephoning a church at Scarsdale. New York. < has averaged 700 callers a day.
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    Lock icon 'ADMIT ASIANS' CALL STARTS A ROW
    157 2 MELBOURNE. Mon. A proposal that Australia should admit 10.000.000 Asian people brought strong opposition here yesterday from a spokesman for ExServicemen's organisations and the deputy leader of the Federal Labour Party Mr. Arthur Calwell. The proposal was made yesterday by a former Japanese war
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    CABLE ON GOATS COST $900
    45 2 WASHINGTON, Mon. Thrifty Congressmen discovered a US$3OO ($900) bill for a cable from a middle East diplomat describing how black- ond-white nanny coats have more off-spring than solidcolour goats. The State Department is ordering future goat report* by air mall.
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    Lock icon THE HOPELESS PLIGHT OF S. AFRICA
    304 2 Don't compromise, Britain urged LONDON, Mon. ORITAIN should not compromise with her principles to keep South Africa in the Commonwealth, the News Chronicle stated today. The newspaper referred to a book called 'The Problem of South Africa" by Professor Herbert Tingsten, editor-in-chief of the
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    Lock icon Tut India on the Security Council'
    155 2 'CHIANG SHOULDN'T BE THERE' SAN FRANCISCO, Monday. SENATOR HUBERT HUMPHREY, Democrat, said today that he believed India should replace Nationalist China on the United Nations Security Council. Senator Humphrey, speaking on a radio programme, said: "We must face the facts of life" In considering
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    Douglas: Seat for China please
    52 2 TOKYO, Mon— U S. Supreme Court Justice William Douglas said today the West should recognise Communist China and give Nationalist China i seat in the U.N. Security Council to some other Asian nation. The future of the Nationalist Government on Formosa, mieht be decided oy
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    Locked out of lock-up
    27 2 WARl >ERS G o ON striki: foors today J^ 1 For/'?' 1 Wk U '^M thp accused th WS! >^si week. scrvicp S73
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    Mystery death of I.L.O. chief
    52 2 LIMA. Peru Mon a v official of the int." h Labour Or Ka niL n r natlona! teriouslj HXt Sm^"*hotel aUmeVfi h:; Lu»s Martinez Mont V director of the TL 55 vlce'can centre of the i "l"^" found d ea d byth c c^ na
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    Stock share-out to his staff
    36 2 WASHINGTON. Mon -No,-, I P a er t Proprietor Eugene Mem I is distributing US$5OO,OOO worth I who have been with "the I Washinston Post five years or I more. I
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    Lock icon Miss Tokyo wins
    28 2 TOKYO. Mon. Twentv-year-old Keiko Takahashi was chosei: yesterday to represent Japan at the 1956 Miss Urverse contest in Long Bea--next month Her statistics: 34-22-36, U.P
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    Lock icon 60 NATIONS RENEW PLEDGE TO AVOID WAR
    924 3 60 NATIONS RENEW PLEDGE TO AVOID WAR en praises United Nations and predicts cold war victory Common declaration to work for enduring peace at U.N. j; FRANCISCO, Monday. jHK I nited Nations 1 Oth anniversary itions ended vederday in the San a nc i sco Opera House, where the ter
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    Lock icon SELF DEFENCE PLEA in ARMY MURDER CASE
    189 3 DUESSELDORF, Monday. ORITISH Sergeant Frederick Emmett-Dunne will plead self defence against a charge that he murdered his wife's first husband, his counsel said at the opening of his court martial here today. Mr. Derek Curtis-Bennett Q.C., leading the defence, told the court after
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    Lock icon NIBBLE NIBBLE IN VIETNAM
    63 3 'ISCO. Mon. ulo, Philippines deleUnited Nations., ".ay for postponeVietnamese elecinned for next year on .rids that the Comviolated the armistice agreement. He said in a television programme that Indo-China was bcinp; "nibbled away from us slowly" and he urged the nonCommunist world to recognise the danger.
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    Lock icon Expert drops an H-bomb warning
    312 3 Expert drops an H-bomb warning TESTS MAY LEAD TO RACIAL SUICIDE' T£>NDON, Mon. lIYDROGEN bomb tests may be leading mankind to commit racial suicide, a leading British geneticist and anthropologist warns today. The expert, Dr. Roger Pilkington. issues his warning in an article on the genetic effects of nuclear explosions
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    Lock icon Bad, bad 30's brought back in fun
    46 3 Bad, bad 30's brought back in fun JULIE HARRIS, the Broadway star, who plays Sally Bowles in the comedy 'I am a camera. In the film Julie is an English girl who become the toast of Berlin's bawdy night haunts in the early thirties. Reuter picture
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    Ali denies it
    24 3 KARACHI, Mon.— The Prime Minister Mr. Mohammed Ali yesterday denied seeking a meeting with the Soviet leader Mr. Bulganin U P
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    Lock icon STRIKE CITY BAN
    145 3 Police forbid entry into tense Darjeeling as tea workers march on town CALCUTTA. Mon. INDIAN authorities yesterday declared the mountain holiday resort of Da rj eel ing a prohibited city following police action on Saturday in opening fire on strikers at the Sonada Valley tea gardens, it
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    Lock icon SWIM GIRL TICKETS SAUCY?OH, NO
    61 3 SWIM GIRL TICKETS SAUCY? OH, NO MUNICH. Mon. The board for combatting pornographic pictures announced yesterday after a five-day investigation that Munich's controversial street-car tickets are not endangering the morals of Bavaria's youth. A city councillor had complained that the tickets, which advertise a city swimming pool with drawings of
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    Lock icon Nehru: I saw no iron curtain on tour
    170 3 VIENNA, Mon— The Indian Prime Minister, Mr. Nehru, back from a tour of Russia and her satellites, said today he saw no iron curtain. He urged a new drive for peaceful co-existence between East and West becau.se "world statesmen have proved Incompetent
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    LONDON STOCKS
    445 3 LONDON. Mon. BUSINESS contracted further In stock markets here today and renewed profit-taking brought freah losses in most sections. The continuation of the dock strike and the recent persistent fall in sterling restrained buyers while the pace of the advance in recent weeks also made for a more
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    The psycho boys declare total war
    344 4 The psycho boys declare total war ON LAND AND IN THE AIR THE RED PEACE OFFER IS PRESENTED AS DEFEAT KUALA LUMPUR, Monday, A LL GOVERNMENT field officers have joined the jriant "nerve" campaign launched against the terrorists following the Malayan Communist Party's "peace" letter. In their routine contacts with
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    ON THE WAY TO BRITAIN
    85 4 ON THE WAY TO BRITAIN MR. J. K. MATHEWSON, leader of 38 New Zealand distributors of Austin and Morris cars who arrived In Singapore yesterday by chartered BOAC Constell» tion. The distributors, from 25 cities and towns in New Zealand, will leave for England this morning to attend the 50th
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    Wanted: A date for aquarium
    119 4 SINGAPORE'S Van Kleef Aquarium is now fully stocked with fresh and sea water fish and may be opened towards the end of next month. The aquarium's advisory committee at a meeting yesterday decided to meet in three weeks and fix the opening date. A further
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    A memento for Marshall
    56 4 Mr. Van Wan-leung, deputy leader of the visiting Hong Kong trade delegation, and his colleagues yesterday presented Mr. David Marshall. Singapore's Chief Minister. with a model of a Chinese junk as souvenir of their stay in the Colony. In the 17-day exhibition, the organisers netted $210,000
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    Two accused of snatch theft
    41 4 PENANO. Mon.— Two youths, Chean Fat Hong and Chang Yew Yuen, were charged here today with snatching a gold necklace from a schoolgirl. Chin Fooi Mm. Both denied the charge. Hearing was fixed for July 18.
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    GIVEN 80 DAYS TO QUIT LAND
    79 4 GIVEN 80 DA YS TO QUIT LAND JOHORE BAHRU. Mon. Ching Choo Lim, charged in the Magistrate's Court here today with being in illegal occupation of State land, was ordered to quit within 80 days. Ching, who had occupied the land since 1950, pleaded that the Town Board had recognised
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    Red who broke the rules is caught
    414 4 Red who broke the rules is caught HE HI I MANUAL OF MURDER A COMMUNIST, who broke rule 10 of the "Discipline governing the maintenance of secrecy," of the Singapore Peoples* AntiBritish League, was sentenced to five years' jail in the Singapore First Criminal District Court, yesterday, for having terrorist
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    CONDITIONS ARE BETTER, SO OFF COMES 'PLEDGE' DEARD
    102 4 CONDITIONS ARE BETTER, SO OFF COMES 'PLEDGE' DEARD KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. THE president of the Selangor Shop Assistants' Union. Mr. T. P. A. Abdul Kareem, said today he will shave off his six-month-old beard tomorrow. He to wed on New Year's Day that he would not shave until working conditions
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    MEDICAL MEN TO FORM UNION
    80 4 MEDICAL MEN TO FORM UNION KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Federation Government medical workers are to form a national union. The inaugural meeting is to be in Kedah in October. This was one of several decisions taken by the AllMalayan Federation of Government Medical Employees at a meeting here at the weekend.
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    Mystery baby 'progressing'
    49 4 The seven-day-old baby gaff found abandoned in an empty crate in Aljunlod Road Singapore, on Sunday, is reported to be progressing in l the General Hospital. The baby was found by Tan Ah Kin. 37-year-old wife of a bus inspector, and handed over to the police.
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    BIGGER HAULS!
    117 4 Malacca revives Portuguese tradition of blessing fishermen's boats MALACCA. Mon. A 400--year-old tradition of blessing fishermen's boats for bigger hauls will be observed here on Wednesday when the descendants of the Portuguese pioneers mark the Feast of St. Peter. Portuguese fishermen will dress in fancy clothes and decorate
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    MAN IN JAIL SEEKS WRIT OF LIBERTY
    266 4 MAN IN JAIL SEEKS WRIT OF LIBERTY Banishment order challenged THE CHIEF JUSTICE, Sir Charles MurrayAynsley, in the Singapore High Court yesterday issued an order nisi to the Chief Secretary and to the officer in charge of civil prisons after a habeas corpus application on behalf of Sim Chwee Guan,
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    About-face policy on trade fairs
    189 4 'RULE TOO FIRM TO BE PRACTICAL' T»HE Singapore City Council's Building Committee has changed its mind about prohibiting trade fairs in the Colony's three amusement parks. The committee recommended recently that amusement park licences should have a "no trade fair" clause. Now it says this
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    UP THE SCALE—INTO LOVE?
    259 4 UP THE SCALE— INTO LOVE? Maestro, 15, says: 'Not just yet 9 LEE BOON SIONG, the 15--year-old Singapore violinist who was told by Adolphe Frezin, the world famous cellist' that he would be "a wonderful musician when he falls in love," said yesterday that he was too young to think
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    Sailor had opium: Fined $6,000
    44 4 Pang Cheung, of the m.v. Loksang, pleaded guilty in the Singapore Third Criminal District Court yesterday to illegal possession of raw opium at Gate No. 1-, Singapore Harbour Board, on the night of June 14. He was lined $6,000.
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    Havelock club for youth
    42 4 The Havelock Estate Community Centre has decided to establish a club for boys and girls in the district. Mr. A. Rajah, the secretary. said yesterday the centres committee would meet soon to work out details of the newproject.
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    Buffalo gift
    18 4 The Johore Government gave 31 buffaloes to the padi planters at Kampong Ulu Benut yesterday morning.
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    BLOOD WILL FLOW IN WOH WARNING
    311 5 progressive tells voters not to look at candidate's skin Alliance man told: Give up communal approach .imn vu IPOH Monday. m J iPP u? ach in the election campaign will lead to bloodshed, warned Mr D R gtenivaufaa (Progressive) last night. Mr Seeni••MKim ntes
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    A BRAVE CLERK PRAISED
    115 5 A BRAVE CLERK PRAISED I pore Assize Court rdav Mr. Justice n.Tatulated Mr Yeo .t Clerk, "for showruble cuuragt 1 in a man armed with a attempted to rob Alice Yeo. on Nov 5 man. Ong Chiew took part in the rob- ■emenoed to six ail on a enarge of
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    320,000 WATCH RUBBER PRICE Boom will not mean wage rises yet
    183 5 320,000 WATCH RUBBER PRICE Boom will not mean wage rises yet THE DOLLAR-PLUS price for rubber °inthe past few days will not result in higher wages for estate workers, whose pay is based on the average price for the previous three months. Mr. John Emmanuel, acting secretarygeneral of the National
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    ADMIRALS' DAY AT 'DOUBLE'
    327 5 A VICE-ADMIRAL and a Rear-Admiral qualified as the busiest men in Singapore yesterday. Prom 10 a.m. till 8 p.m. Vice-Admiral R. R. Dowling and Rear-Admiral J. E. H. Mcßeath, chiefs of staff respectively of the Royal Australian and Royal New Zealand navies, paid a dozen visits
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    AFTER TWO YEARS
    55 5 LA LUMPUR. Mon. two-year delay the Lumpur Municipality is a new road for Sentul iburb north of the I People living there have been complaining that the present road is inadequate and dr not serve all parts o* Sentul Pasar. A new general lay-out of the suburb
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    Bomb area is safe now
    77 5 Bomb area is safe now ACTION BY ARMY rpHE ammunition dump discovered in Changi Road, Singapore, on Sunday was cleared by an Army bomb disposal squad yesterday afternoon. More than 10 charges were fired before the area, near an Indian cemetery off Wing Loong Road, was declared safe. The ammunition,
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    Criminal force charge: Bail
    49 5 Lim Ghim Thlam claimed trial in a Singapore court yesterday to using criminal force on Mai Lin with intent to outrage her modesty, in Geylang Road at midnight on June 24. Bail of $1,000 was offered. The case was postponed to Oct 24 for hearing.
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    Woman who had cigars fined
    44 5 A woman, Teng Ah Heang, 67, who had 75 dutiable cigars at New Market Street on Sunday morning, was fined $50 in a Singapore court yesterday. Duty on the cigars was $16.50, the court was told. Tcng pleaded guilty.
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    TWO FACE RIOT CHARGES
    78 5 TWO FACE RIOT CHARGES Tan Ah Bak and Tsai Hei Tang were charged yesterday in a Singapore court with rioting at Alexandra Road on May 12. They were alleged to have belonged to an unlawful assembly that attacked and threw stones at the police. Both men claimed trial. Tan was
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    GOLFER AND WIFE OFF TO ENGLAND
    80 5 GOLFER AND WIFE OFF TO ENGLAND IPOH, Mon. Mr. Tom McKinstry, manager of the Georgetown Dispensary here and a well-known golfer, left for Penang today with Mrs. McKinstry on the way to England on retirement after 24 years in Malaya. Mr. McKinstry was North Malayan golf champion in 1953 and
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    Phone wires cut
    24 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. Terrorists cut telephone wires at four different places in the Kluang and Rengam areas of Johore last night.
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    MURDER: $2,000 REWARD
    75 5 A reward of $2,000 was offered by the Singapore Police yesterday for information leading to the arrest of the murderers of Pek Boon Yiam, a driving instructor of Hokien Street, on June 15. pek was attacked by about six men near the junction of Cross Street and
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    New staff run cinema
    174 5 New staff run cinema 700 SEATS: ONLY 50 TURN UP TTOE Diamond Theatre A opened with a new staff last night while 13 of its dismissed employees picketed the entrance. They carried posters asking patrons to boycott the cinema and saying they had gone on strike "because the management broke
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    Father, son acquitted
    64 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon.-S. Packiampillay. 40. a Malayan Railway fitter, and his 17-year-old son, Kulasegram. who had been jointly charged with assaulting R Ramachandran. a neighbour, oh Jan. 25 at Bungsar Road, were acquitted in the First Magistrate's Court today Raja Azlam Shah, the magistrate, agreed with the
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    Wife of radio chief is granted divorce
    126 5 U7YNONA HOPE LLOYDTf WILLIAMS was granted a decree nisi by the Chief Justice, Sir Charles MurrayAynsley, in the Singapore High Court yesterday when she sued ber husband, Francis Norman Lloyd-Williams, deputy Director of Broadcasting, for a divorce on the grounds of adultery. The
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    HANDS OFF
    205 5 MTUC chief warns: No place for forces of evil and disorder in our midst KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. 'THE acting president of the Malayan Trade Union Council, Inche Mohamed Yusoff bin Mohamed Noor, last night issued a "hands off" warning to subversive and other undesirable elements. Speaking at the
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    MUSICIANS TO TOUR JAKARTA
    60 5 RUDOLPH KOEKERT, leader of the Koekert String Quartet from Munich, arrived in Singapore with bis croup from Germany yesterday. They fly to Jakarta today to begin a two-month concert tour of Indonesia. Afterwards the quartet will tour Australia and New Zealand. Mr Koekert said yesterday that
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    Assault charge against three
    49 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon.-S. Karuppiah. 21. P. Kuppusamy. 20. and M Thangadurai. 24, claimed trial in the First Magistrate's Court here today to assaulting S. Nadarajah and a woman. Rajammal. on the night of May 31 at Bungsar Road. The case was postponed to Sept 16.
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    Radio talk
    33 5 The Commissioner-General, Mr Malcolm Mac Donald, will broadcast from Radio Sarawak at 8.45 p.m. tonight on 353 metres in the medium waveband and on 5.05 megacycles in the 60 metre band.
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    164 6 ANNO UNCEMENTS Morrfu fit mimmum). MULCHANDS Sale now on. and Gowns. Prices slashed. FOLLOW PEDANT Every Dty in Mall' if you want to win 000 «ord puzzle. ONE SURE WAY to banish c Air-'.vkk. It conchlorophyll and 125 other coaapounds. MADELINES FASHION NEWS. nla Cottons for all occasions :cd. casual
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    The Straits Times. Singapore, Tues. June 28, 1955. Paul Must Pay Too
    524 6 The Straits Times. Singapore, Tues. June 28, 1955. Paul Must Pay Too The International Bank Mission recommends an investment of $1,385 million by the Federation and Singapore Governments on development projects during the next five years. Though the Mission claims that the recommended programmes "do not depart significantly in amount
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    Forked Lightning
    433 6 Wishful thinkers who looked for an open split, or even signs of one, within the People's Action Party have been sadly disappointed as wishful thinkers usually are. An air of beautiful unanimity and good party comradeship pervaded the P.A.P. annual conference throughout its four and a half hours.
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    Malaya's Defence
    255 6 Mr. H. S. Lee's vigorous challenge to the Labour Party of Malaya on the issue of the Australian troops may with equal justice be directed at the People's Action Party of Singapore. Both parties object strongly to the use of Australian forces to help in the war on
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    Do H-bomb explosions affect the weather?
    469 6 MANY persons must have asked them- selves in recent months whether hydrogen bomb explosions affect the weather, especially j when weather condi- tions seem to be follow- ing what might appear to be an abnormal pat- tern. Hard to deride :That several hydrogen bombs
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    Our debt to Dr. Ridley—man who ended hatchet tapping
    977 6  - Our debt to Dr. Ridley man who ended hatchet tapping M. J. KEIIMMY i *y i WITH the market price of rubber now over the dollar mark, once again history repeats itself. Those prophets who predicted early this year that plantation rubber would soon be almost a busted flush are
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      341 6 AS an employee who has A been longing for the introduction of the Central Provident Fund, it is most frustrating to see that Mr. Lim Yew Hock can postpone it, merely to satisfy a small minority who are ignorant of the benefits that would accrue
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      Will the U.S. give us more?
      112 6 Will the U.S. give us more? WISH to thank the State x Department of the United States for making possible the concerts by the "Symphony of the Air" for the public of Singapore. It's a pity that the American flag was not displayed behind the orchestra to remind the listeners
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      94 6 MAY I express my deep gratitude to the Police Inspector and a constable to the Nee Soon Police Station, who o n the June 22 at the 8J milestone. Upper Thomson Road, stopped their Jeep to offer me assistance when two of the tyres of my
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      The dress of Muslim women
      172 6 "ITOLLOWER", in warning Muslims r against paying any heed to my comments on the Che Rahma controversy, has taxed me with counselling changes which were conspicuously absent from my letter. Neither by word nor by implication have I denied that Che Rahma contravened religious tenets
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    Songs lured girl to death
    277 7 HALF_NAgEP BODY FOUND NEAR STRIKE-BOUND BUS DEPOT yiRDERER STILL FREE -PUBLIC APATHY TO BLAME, SAYS CORONER rlV i;-VK AK-OLl) Sin Yoke Chun was raped and murdered when she went out one night to hear al a bus depot sing, the Singapore Coroner, r k. T.
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    Union breaks away
    63 7 The University of Malaya Student.;' Union ceased to be an affiliate of the Pan-Mala-yan students' Federation from yesterday, says a statement issued by the president of the U.M.S.U. The statement adds that the U.M.S.U. has withdrawn its delegation from the council of the P.MS.F. and will not
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    Now name
    16 7 I Singapore General Labwil] be known in the Singapore TransGrneral Labour i announced last
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    China gains from our rubber boom
    110 7 China gains from our rubber boom KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. TWE steady rise in the price M. of rubber is responsible for increasing remittances to Rf^d China from the Federation, the Assistant Controller of Foreign Exchange Mr. L E Hopkins, said today. It is estimated that total remittances to China for
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    TUC attacks Labour Bill
    83 7 s:r.a apore Trades Union yesterday com;t the inadequacy Labour Bill which will M'cond time in the Assembly tomorrow. .secretary, Mr. aid the Bill ap--1 orker.s paid on or hourly basis. view of the* present wave I of industrial unrest for better wages and conditions of service,
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    Poster war at Hume factory
    121 7 Poster war at Hume factory Come back, says company IHE NOTICE (above) was put up outside the Hume Industries factory in Bukit Timah Road. Singapore, by the management a few days ago. It invites 1.250 strikers, in four languages, to go back to work. It promises that there will be
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    Rotary meeting
    55 7 Mr. Kanji Dwarkadas. industrial relations adviser from Bombay, will speak on "Industrial Relations" at tomorrow's luncheon meeting of the Singapore Rotary Club at the Capitol Blue Room. The meeting will also be the last occasion whf n Dr. A. W. S Thrvathasan will bo in the chair before
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    Hume strike: No sympathy
    62 7 PRAI, Mon. Despite reports that they might strike this morning in sympathy with theii Singapore colleagues, all 50 workers in the Hume Industries branch here reported for work as usual today. "There has been a full attendance," the manager. Mr. K. P. Varushesi. said. In Kuala
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    Talk first, say strikers
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    'REPRIEVE FOR 61 AT GLASS FACTORY
    124 7 SIXTY-ONE workers whom the Singapore Glass Manufacturers Company was to dismiss are to be kept on temporarily. The manager, Mr. J. A. Paterson, told the Straits Times yesterday that an increase in orders had enabled the company to do this. Mr. Paterson confirmed that
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    'NURSES SOUGHT BEAUTY BY MAGIC
    249 7 'NURSES SOUGHT BEAUTY BY MAGIC Defence counsel tells court: KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. rpHE DEFENCE counsel in a breach of trust case said today that two young nurses sought treatment to increase their beauty from a woman witch doctor and paid her with jewellery. Mr. K. Chelvanayagam was defending the woman,
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    French general leaves Colony
    43 7 The Chief of the French Armed Forces, General A. Gulllaume. left Singapore for Australia by Qantas SuperConstellation yesterday. General Guillaume arrived in Singapore from Saigon on Friday and had discussions with Service chiefs in the Colony and the Federation.
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    Death after quarrel
    74 7 over children KLANG, Mon.— A quarrel between two women over their children led to the husband of one stabbing; to death the husband of the other, the Klane magistrate's court was told today. Ahrumukum Sinnatnuthu. 44. a rubber tapper, was committed to stand trial in the High
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    Safety week
    16 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. The Selangor Cyclists' Association is planning a Safety Week for cyclists.
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    Jungle nurse goes on holiday
    296 7 Jungle nurse goes on holiday FIRST WHITE WOMAN TO LIVE WITH TRIBE KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. MISS MORPYDD iU YOUNG, 27-year-old British Red Cross nurse, who stayed with the Che Wong tribe in the jungles of Pahang for two months last year, will leave Singapore on Thursday for a threemonth holiday
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    S'pore lost' girl finds more relatives
    170 7 GEK NEO. 18-year-old Singapore 'lost' girl, found yet more links yesterday towards re-uniting her with her brohtre and sister, now living In Malacca. She met another cousin yesterday. Mr. B. K. Chua. Prom him she learnt she has close relatives in Kllliney Road and
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    MALAYAN GIRL'S U.K. WEDDING
    67 7 It was a Radio Malaya affair I MR. RONALD WILD, formerly of Radio Malaya, and his bride, Miss Liau Nyuk Oi. also of Radio Malaya, after their wedding in London. The bride, who is a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Liau Te t Shoon
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    MALAYA'S GIFT
    106 7 Insect collection sent to Britain LONDON. Mon.— The Natural History Museum's Department of Entomology has received the collection of Malayan insects formerly preserved in the Selangor Museum, which was destroyed during the war. This gift from the Federation Government consists of about 100.000 neatly mounted and labelled specimens,
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    Alsagoff dies at home
    45 7 Syed Ahmad bin Omar Alsagoff. 51. younger brother of Dato 5.1.0. Alsagoff collapsed and died at his home in Race Course Road yesterday. He was in his office earlier in the day and had left for his home at about noon.
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    BREAST-FEEDING A YOUNG BABY
    963 8 >;^^ <^^ctw^^^H^^B^m AfOST parents today I appreciate the importance of breast feedin? and its advantages over artificial feeding, but not all know how to overcome the difficulties which may arise from time to time, and so far too many mothers give up trying to breast feed
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    Stars make a slight mistake What a life
    617 8  - Stars make a slight mistake What a life ISgaatfrEl A^ias. -rwTnafl I MONDAY TAM a little startled on reading a local newspaper to see a S nim advertisement which after des- cribing the thrilling nature of the S picture goes on to say: "Shockingly i produced by It is refreshing
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    If the wives dressed down husbands MIGHT dress up
    298 8 If the wives dressed down husbands MIGHT dress up I'M TIRED of articles on how women should dress in order to be attractive to the opposite sex. This, instead, is an article on what women should wear in order to make men realise how very unattractively they dress. Indeed, if
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    Latest in millinery
    32 8 Latest in mil linery "Pink champagne," a pink satin evening hat encrusted with gold sequins. This was included in the display recently of the Associated Millinery Designers of London. Paul Popper picture.
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      276 8 Straits Times Crossword 7 |2 I 13 I |4 I _i||s |O I 17 I 18 H| I _1 Z Z__Z ZBZ Z Z "u~ 15 mi 6 i 7 in *24~ 25 HI 26~ 27 "28" i§29~ "30" |||3i ACROSS 9. Boldly Including every thins 1. "Justice" a critic's
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    Housewife fed slow death to own family for cash
    1620 9 1 1 1 1 1 is iT.T/TmjYiVkj^Byrjs 1 3 'I iTjTib afternoon, 61 years ago, Hermann J Juncken called on Mrs. Martha Needle, a vtty, curly-haired widow of 29, in her the Melbourne suburb of Richmond. [Vice ho had paid similar
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      80 9 Shvrtock MiaEines AH theirs IKvk Travfj T^e share out WmWmlmWm^^KtmlmWm^m\ T~m\s girl lives in the "1 tijcvXicV calltwe ~j IMeanw-hue. at rughead's— j NEIGMBORMOOO AND RIDES T*!~TY~ 1 PHOTOGRAPHER ANW rCIVTV-CTV/fr T acrTPQ 1 His TME BC^5 WMO UAVE 1 gs£ A^VEEK. WE SAW HER KRJJED J PCX UPA RNGER-
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    OFFICIAL PRICES
    23 11 |N ,,trORE. JUNE 27. RlBBER: ***** per „p 1- rents). |N vi. per picul „r i 5:7.75 prr p |7| cents).
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    69 11 MELBOURNE. Mon. there was heavy ed stocks on the oday. Overall a r«1 Little actiPrlces tended to Loans were firmer. 59 £95 13 32 fl £96 17 32 62/9 unquoted 25'10'i 98/- seller 56 10* 26/6 buyer 1 Ii :\g 12 3 buyer km 22 6 ri/10'i 4fi
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    72 11 Exchange Banks "if the following ratal to merchants tying airmail, TT S3 13 16. 90 days 'ills, 33 trade bills, airmail T.T clays 32 credit v.<de bills. les, T.T. or O.D. ready 32 Canada Pranca 143*4; Hol--123 Deutsche PYench PYancs *****--1631; Swedish Danish Kroner 226Kroner 233..; Aden Philp.
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    RUBBER CLIMBS TO HIGHER LEVELS BUT CLOSES EASIER
    890 11 RUBBER CLIMBS TO HIGHER LEVELS BUT CLOSES EASIER fi y Our Market Correspondent 1 tinnHd PHce i! Sin^P° re yesterday con?H^i^bSr b 3r de an appearance and the ported uSToSM?^ III^ for July flrst rade rebuyers at si 15' ol CentS a P Und but the P rice closed Foiiotinl
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    RUBBER PRICES
    146 11 July first grade buyers r.o.b. closed in Singapore yesterday at $1.15% a !b.. one and five-eighths cents above Saturday's closing price. The closing tone was uncertain and slightly easier. Closing prices In cents per Ib., No. 1 R.S.S. spot loose buyers 118\; sellers 118-^; No. 1 R.S.S. July
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    168 11 Singapore Chinese Produce Exchange: noon prices per plcul yesterday were: Copra: quiet; July $27 3 8 buyers. $27 5,8 sellers; August $27 718 buyers, $28 sellers. Coconut oil: quiet; bulk $41% sellers, drum $44 sellers. Pepper: quiet; Muntok white $177- Sarawak $176, Special Sarawak black »141 (aU varieties
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    SHIPPING
    78 11 Ships lying alongside tbe Singapore Harbour Board wharvM or exp<ct«l today arc: Ho«gh SUvercrest 12 Eumaeus 4[5, Burnaide 67. Brecotishlre 89, Benattow 11 Tamerlan 13 14, Benreoch *****, Cingalese Prince 18. Malay l»;20, Tung Song X Wall 6. Selangor N. Wall 8. San Ernesto 2122, Tamara 23 24, Memnon
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      802 11 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS APPLICATIONS are Invited for appointment of Assistant Town Planner on the permanent establishment of the Federal Town Planning Department, Federation of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur. The appointment will be ln the timescale $628x34-934/982x34-1254 with COLA, at current rates Applicants should be Federal Citlsens, under 35 years of age, must
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      901 11 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS SETTLEMENT OF MALACCA SCHOLARSHIP FUND APPLICATIONS are now Invited for an Overseas Scholarship which. It is anticipated, will become avaUable ln 1955. The Scholarship will be awarded only for a course of study facilities for which are not available ln the Federation of Malaya or the Colony of
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      664 11 NOTICES NOTICE THE FIFTH Annual Sports of the Guru Nanak Institution, Ipoh, will be held on Saturday 2nd July, 1955, on the Ipoh Town Padang commencing at 2 p.m. REMOVAL ANNOUNCEMENT We, CHUAN HUAT CO., 173 Selegie Road, Singapore 7, from 28th June 1955 have removed to Room No. 20
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      417 11 NOTICES KUCHAI TIN, LIMITED (Incorporated ln the Color y of Singapore; DIVIDEND NO. 45 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a- 2nd Interim Dividmd of 15% l«*s 30% Singapore Income Tax for the year ending 30th September. 1955. on the Shares of the Company has been declared and will be paid
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      241 11 NOTICES PROBATE ADMINISTRATION V. •'<• Of I.aurrnte WhiUrntham deceased. ALI. PERSONB having claims against thf estate of the abovenamed deceased who died at, Batu Gajah General Hospital. Batu Oajah on 24th March 1955. are required to submit their claims ln v. rlt.insr to the undersigned not later than 28th September,
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      U.S.A. rubber meet achieved very quick results
      518 12 CONFERENCES, such as the International Rubber Quality and Packing Conference, held in New York last month, are by far the most satisfactory way of obtaining agreement on the many points concerned in the quality and packing of rubber, said Mr. C. F. Smith,
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      Malayan coir industry planned
      286 12 Malayan coir industry planned PLANS are being considered to develop the making of Malayan coir for commercial purposes Mr. D. C. Horton, secretary to the Rural Industrial Development Authority in the Federation, announced. The coir is made from fibres of the outer husk of the coconut after they have been
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      H.K. SELLS US MORE SHIRTS
      346 12 OINGLETS are now being mass produced in Hong Kong to meet the steadily growing demand from overseas, said a manufacturer of a firm making these articles now visiting Singapore. Mr. Pang Fat, manager ofr Kin Sun Knitting Factory, which has a production capacity of 12,000
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      BID TO POSTPONE R.I. BAN ON GOODS
      246 12 BID TO POSTPONE R.I. BAN ON GOODS THE Singapore Govern--1 merit is to make representation to the Indonesian authorities for postponement of the latest Indonesian import restriction on goods from the Colony under the barter trade system. This follows a protest by the Singapore Overseas Chinese Importers and Exporters Association,
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      Pepper imports
      62 12 The Department of Commerce reports United States black pepper imports during the period January to April 1955 inclusive totalled 9,495,410 pounds compared with 9,929,455 pounds for the same period of 1954. White pepper imports were 991,410 and 854,575 pounds respectively The 1955 black pepper total comprised 891,613 pounds
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      Indonesian coffee trade is still dwindling
      204 12 DESPITE the issuing of counter import licences to traders, normal exports of coffee from Indonesia have been reduced considerably due partly to the shrinking of foreign markets, writes the Straits Times Jakarta Correspondent. From June 6, counter import licences have been amended to allow
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    BAGBY TRIES NEW IDEA ON CROWD-SHY HIGH HOPES
    315 13 JOTTINGS HPRAINER Wally Bagby, A who has a way with fractious horses, tried a novel idea to get the temperamental High Hopes used to racing crowds. Immediately after the last race at Ipoh on Saturday, Wally obtained permission to send High Hopes
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    Lock icon Trengganu in 5-1 win
    97 13 KUALA TRENGOANU, Mon. rPRENOQANU beat Pahang 6-1 in their Malaya Cup soccer match here during the weekend. Pahang were on top In the first half, but could not beat the Trengganu goalkeeper. There was no score at half-time. Trengganu lasted the pace better and were all
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    NEUHAUS LOSES
    26 13 BOLOGNA. Mon. Franco Cavicchi (Italy) won the European heavyweight boxing title when he beat Heinz Neuhaus (Germany), the holder, on points here last night.
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    Siam Rice in top form
    497 13 EPSOM JEEP'S IPOH TRACK ROUND-UP WELL-BEING COMING TO HAND NICELY IPOH, Mon. THE steadily-improving A Siam Rice, with Tom Mortimer up, went like a winner when he clocked 38 for 3f. on the training track at Ipoh this morning. Slam Rice won his last start,
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    CLOSE WIN FOR MAYBUD B.P.
    102 13 Maybud Badminton Party beat the Flower B.P. by four games to three over the weekend. Results (Maybud players mentioned first): Singles: Willie Lee beat Quek Koon Chye 15-4. 15-2; Yong Yoke Ling lost to Bobby Heng 6-15. 11-15; Bernard Lim beat Lee Hian Chua 15-8.
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    JUNIOR LEAGUE RESULTS
    43 13 Results of the S.AJF.A. Junior league games played yesterday: Div. 2B: S.H.B. Recreation Club conceded a vilkovnr t o Farrer Juniors. Div. 3A: Western S.C. baat Serangoon MY. 1-0 at CYMA ground. Kerala Samajam conceded a walkover to Setia Jaya.
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    SOWELL BEATS WORLD 880 MARK AT US MEET
    285 13 BOULDER. Colorado. Mon. ARNOLD SOWELL of Pittsburgh University broke the world record for the 88Q yards when he won the event in limn. 47.65ec, which is a full second better than that held Jointly by Mai Whit field and Ounnar Nielsen, in
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    COLONY CRICKET XI vs. MALACCA ARE WITHOUT ARMY MEN
    285 13 COLONY CRICKET XI vs. MALACCA ARE WITHOUT ARMY MEN By Our Cricket Reporter SINGAPORE'S cricket team to meet Malacca in Singapore on Saturday and Sunday next (11 a.m. each day) has five changes from the team that met Selangor last month. Singapore's Army players are not available for this game
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    J.B. TENNIS RESULTS
    144 13 JOHORE BAHRU. Mon. -The second days results »n the Johore Bahru District Lawn Tennis Association's championship meeting are: Men's Singles: Wong Thian Teck beat Md Kassim 6-4. 7-5: I. A. Alsagoft* beat E. L. Law ley 6-2, 6-3; Hu Wei Hsia beat W Gale 6-2, 6-0; Goh
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    Phil Drake completes a double
    181 13 PARIS, Mon. IyADAME Suzy Volterra's E P s °m Derby winner Phil Drake, gained a two-length victory in the valuable Grand Prix de Paris race over a mile and seven furlongs at LoiiKchamps yesterday. The French colt, again ridden by Fred Palmer, put in a
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
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      78 13 SOCCER LEAGUE. DIV. 1: Tiger S.A. v P. Brani, Jalan Besar. DIV. 2A: Kinta Rangers v Tamprnis Rovers, Gejrlang; BODCA v Tamil 8.A.. CleriMT I'nlon DIV. 2B: S. Socreritet v Jlalfstler I'td, Farrer Park. Jr t'NITED SER. LEAJrVE. DIV. I: R.A.B.C. v R^rT Seletar; Royal Signals v iUrTal Wanderers; DIV.
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      409 13 WORD PUZZLE I TUESDAY j Straits Times WORD PUZZLE "I" Cut out and pin with other coupons. Posting instructions appear below. Name Addrtss 2 ■a ■•••••4« ■•■('at itlons *ioltrU line* CLUES FOR WORD PUZZLE 12 1.. Sound of water going down 4. Having to rely on this, you S the
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    THE 'STARS' SHONE AT THEIR BRIGHTEST
    448 14 H.M. DOCKYARDS winning; sequence was halted yesterday by Star Soccerites who won an er»ertaining S.A.F.A. first division league game 5-2 at Jalan Besar sta- j dium. This was undoubtedly the de- 1 fending champions' best display this season. The tricky little Stars outwitted and
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    Signals v RAOC in Cup final
    74 14 Royal Signals will meet Ro>al I Army Ordnance Corps in the final of the Parker Cup competition on Saturday, July 9. In the semi-finals placed yester- 1 day. Royal Signals defeated' Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers 3-1 at Ayer Rajah Road. Carr t.2) and
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    Lock icon SCOREBOARD
    104 14 ENGLAND 133 AND 353 S. AFRICA Ist Inns—3o4 S. AFRICA 2ND INNS MrGlew lbw Statham 0 Goddard c Evans b Statham 10 Clirrtham absent hurt 3 Tayfleld c Evans b Statham 3 Hndcan c Evans b Statham 28 McLean b Statham 8 Keith c Graveney b Statham 5 Waite
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    IT'S STATHAM'S MATCH
    632 14 South Africans wrecked by this 7-Sov-39 performance England are winners by 71-run margin LONDON, Mon. THE England fast bowler Brian Statham, in an unchanged spell of 25 unrelentingly hostile overs, shattered the South African hopes of winning the second Test match at Lord's today. With a great
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    Lock icon Drobny, Hoad out in straight sets
    462 14 TRABERT v PA TTY: ROSEWALL v NIELSEN IN SEMI-FINALS LONDON. Monday. JAROSLAV DROBNY. Wimbledon's most popular performer of postwar years, surrendered his men's singles title on the centre court today when beaten in the quarter-finals by Tony Trabert, America's favourite to succeed him. Trabert
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    Results
    171 14 MEN'S SINGLES QI'ARTER FINALS: K. Rosewall I (Aus) beat S. Davidson (Sweden) 6-4. 6-1, 6-2; B. P»ttv ll'Si beat L. Hoad i Aus) 6-4. 6-4. 6-4. T. Travrrt d'St beat J. Drobny (Egypt) 8-6, 6-1. 6-4. K. Nielsen (Denmark) bl. V Pietranrrli (Italy) 1-6. 6-3. 9-7. 6-2. MEN'S DOUBLES
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    GSC WIN FINAL
    36 14 Girls Sports Club beat Nee Soon 17-6 yesterday in the final of the Singapore basketball league for women's clubs in Singapore for the Clarke challenge shield. The final was played at the O.S.C.
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    Malays get five in 21 mins, finish 9-2 winners
    295 14 SINGAPORE Malays, holders of the S.A.F.A. Community League championship, scored their second victory in the competition when they beat j Europeans 9-2 in a floodlit match at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. Malays began with a flash of brilliant attacking football which
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    Clean sweep by Jin Eong and Eng Looi
    349 14 IPOH. Mon. I T»AN JIN EONG, Thomas Cup 1 player, and his sister. Tan Eng Looi. Malayan women's singles run-ner-up, became triple champions at the Perak badminton championships which concluded last night. Jin Eong succeeded in taking the three titles for the
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      Singapore's six-yearreign may end in August
      625 14 Singapore's six-year rei gn may end in August By MERCURY T<HE BIG NEWS in athleL tics in the past week has, of course, been the performances of the fighting Fijians at their annual sports at Batu Pahat on Thursday and Friday, and especially the feats of Joe Levula, who ran
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      Sapuan wins 50 miles cycling
      46 14 Sapuan bin Salam of Awang > Selamat C.C. won the 50 miles massed-start cycle meet for novices held at Changi Point on Sunday. His time was 2hr. 25min. 25sec. Second was Lien Mun Cheong (Island Ramblers) and third Johan Kassim (Rough Riders).
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      TIAN SOON GETS 4 us BOYS TOWN
      40 14 Springdale S.C. beat Boys Town 7-1 in a soccer friendly at Farrer Park yesterday. Springdale's scorers were Tian Soon (4). As Chye (2) and Kok Meng. Gerry de Souza scored for Boys Town.
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      BOTHA WINS GAW CUP GOLF
      39 14 O. Botha won the Gaw Khek Khiam Cup competition held at Royal Island Club over the weekend. His scores were 68 and 71 (139>. I The runner-up was Sq. Ldr. A. F. Clegg c72-f72=144).
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      SWIFTS EXPECT TO GET HIGH RANKING IN POSTAL MEET
      385 14 SWIFTS EXPECT TO GET HIGH RANKING IN POSTAL MEET CWIFT Athletes Association, pre- mier athletic club in Sinpa- 1 Pore whose members include the I majority of the Colony champions and men of the Services, have sent in an entry for 12 events in the postal athletic match organised by
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      Full list of entries
      138 14 Swifts A. A. entries for the posta 1 match are: 100 yds: Tan Eng Yooii lOsec Lim Jit Imm 10.2; P. Lillingron 10.4. 2'iO yds.: Tan Eng Yoon 8.9; Llm Jit Imm 24: Tan soo Hiar. 24 J 440 yov: P. Ganesar. 53.6: Cpl. H 53.6;
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