The Straits Times, 7 July 1955

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    12 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845. SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, JULY 7, 1955 15 CENTS
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    U.S. RUBBER BOMBSHELL
    297 1 Goodrich chairman wants to flood market with 200,000 tone from stockpile DROPSJN 'XCAPORE Chaos if they do it, say brokers i; Our .Market i orrcspondent t\ \morican proposal the I nited -bull Id i mined irelease for sale I) tons of natural r Irom her stock- as
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    STRIKE IS OVERHAND THE MEN CHEER THE NEWS
    668 1 Harbour Board clerks go back to work this morning DOCKS STRIKE MAY STILL HARM COLONY HPHE CHAIRMAN of the Singapore Harbour Board, 1 Mr. P. A. T. Chrimes, warned yesterday that the 67 -day strike by the S.H.B. Staff Association "may yet
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    THREE days left...
    39 1 THREE days left fHE MALAYAN MONTHLY'S $20,000 Must-Be-Won Contest L' closes on Saturday— THREE days from today. :f you have not already done so, you should send in your entry at once. Post your coupon, with postal order. NOW.
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    2 women found slain
    36 1 RAWANG, Wed. A mother and her daughter were found dead with stab wounds on Bukit Darah Estate, in the Batu Arang area of North Selane;or yesterday. The police have detained a man.
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    THE 'HERO' IS CHAIRED
    77 1 THE MAN being chaired is Mr. Jamit Singh, general secretary of the Singapore Harbour Board Staff Association. The file under his arm contains an agreement that confers higher wages and better working conditions on the workers chairing him. Mr. Singh left the University of Malaya half-way
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    Lock icon TURCO'S SHIP FOR SALE
    35 1 AMSTERDAM. Wed.—Turco Westerling's ship Evipan Is to be sold in Rotterdam. Price: $11,850. The voyage of the Evipan to Indonesia was called off after Holland withdrew passports of the crew. A.P.
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    WOUNDED MAN IS CHARGED
    193 1 Two accused of trying to extort $100,000 from Mr. X rO men, one of whom was wounded when police opened flre on him at Kallang Bridge, were accused before separate Singapore magistrates yesterday of attempted extortion of $100,000 from a Mr. K. The wounded man, Chan
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    Two die in crash
    31 1 EL PASO (Texas), Wed.— A B-26 target plane crashed and burned in the desert today 15 miles south-east of El Paso airport killing two of the crew
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    Lock icon A STREET SWEEPER LIES AMONG THE GREAT
    125 1 A STREET SWEEPER LIES AMONG THE GREAT LONDON, Wed. HTHE body of Chris 1 Blaney, once a street sweeper, lay in state today in Westminster Abbey. Across his coffin lay a richly embroidered cover. At each end stood golden candlesticks. For 28 years Mr. Blaney swept streets beneath the Abbey's
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    Lock icon Air conference in Formosa
    47 1 TAIPEH. Wed. Major-Gen-eral William Lee, Commander of the U.S. 13th Air Force, arrived here today from Manila for talks with Nationalist officials on the Formosa situation. General Lawrence Kuter, Commander of the U.S. Far East Air Force, will join the talks tomorrow. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Friendly U.S.
    29 1 WASHINGTON, Wed.—President Eisenhower said today the U.S. is going to the Geneva Big Four conference prepared to present its case in a conciliatory and friendly attitude. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Seato talks open
    27 1 BANGKOK. Wed. Field Marshal Pibun Songgram Prime Minister of Siam and Minister of Defence, today opened the meeting of SEATO military advisers here.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon Soviet "Othello"
    21 1 LONDON, Wed. Shake "Othello" is being 'filmed in colour by a Moscow film studio, Moscow Radio announced today.— A.P.
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    Lock icon BEWARE WIND FROM THE EAST
    187 1 BEWARE WIND FROM THE EAST Macmillan warns the West STRASBOURG, Wed. British Foreign 1 Secretary, Mr. Harold Macmillan, warned today against any "premature relaxation" by the West during the Big Four talks in Geneva. Speaking at the start of a debate on East-West relations in the Council of Europe's Consultative
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    Lock icon Soviet advice
    31 1 LONDON, Wed. Soviet Russia is to give China free technical information on constructing coalmines, power stations, petrol plant nd rolling stock, according to a report today by Tass.— Reuter.
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    Big haul of fake notes in Colony
    148 1 Big haul of fake notes in Colony CINGAPORE police yes- terday arrested two Chinese and seized 500.000 counterfeit Indonesian rupiahs in a trap for two men who were allegedly trying to sell the "money." This is one of the biggest seizures of counterfeit Indone- sian notes ever made in the
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    STOP PRESS
    49 1 rubber: i. s. sta n:.yh;m WASHINGTON, XVn\ Spokesman ior D. 8. (;pneral Services Ailministr.ition said tonight the agency "has not taken any position" on recommend uliou by Mr. John Collyer tli.it the Government shoaM reduce its rabbet si xkpiie i>\ selling ion.ono tuns. Beater. (See ;his pa«e).
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    Lock icon CHINA SPURNS BURMA REDS
    68 1 RANGOON, Wed. Burmese Communist rebels, harried by Government troops and weakened by internal dissensions, have received a further set-back which might prove fatal to their cause. A rebel mission to Communist China is reported to have returned with the news that the Peking Government is not
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    Lock icon Last pleas in 'classic mystery'
    610 2 EMMETT-DUNNE PROSECUTOR: PREMEDITATED MURDER WITH CLEAR MOTIVE SERGEANT'S COUNSEL: THIS CASE FALLS DOWN LIKE A PACK OF CARDS THIS ISN'T A THEORY, IT'S MECHANICS, RETORTS PATHOLOGIST DISSKLDORF, Wed. pROSECUTIOX and defence today made their last pleas in the murder trial of .'52--year-old British Sergeant Frederick
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    Mother lies to hide past from son
    128 2 Mother lies to hide past from son LONDON. Wed. FAIR-HAIRED Mrs. Ena Pearce lied and lied to save her son from her disgrace. She wanted him to succeed where she had failed Her mother-love lies were worthwhile. He has triumphed without knowing she is a jailbird. He is at an
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    NOW ROCKY IS A SINGER AND DANCER
    82 2 NOW ROCKY IS A SINGER AND DANCER NEW YORK, Wed. Rocky Marciano, the world heavyweight champion, has gone into show business. He made his debut last week as a song and dance man on the nightclub floor of Grossinger's, an hotel in the Catskill Mountains, north of New York. Rocky
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    For a new car— a trip to Paris
    53 2 MIAMI Wed. A car dealer here offers a free plane trip to Paris to anyone who buys a new Pontiac which costs up to U.S. $3,800 ($11,400). He won't say how he can afford it, but he has already booked 20 people
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    Polo stick raid
    22 2 LONDON, Wed. Raiders used a polo stick to smash a phop window in Mayfair yesterday to grab expensive furs.
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    Lock icon THESE LOANS LEAD TO VICE
    58 2 TOKYO, Wed.— Poverty and debt are causing many coal miners In the Chikuho district of Japan to seek loans from unscrupulous moneylenders who demand in return that their wives shall work as prostitutes to pay off the loan. Police discovered the vice trick when they
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    THE 'W-I-L-D B-O-Y' AGE
    275 2 SEVEN— the time of storm and stress LONDON, Wed. QEVEN years old— that's the time when a child is first likely to change from mother's darling into a looker-for-trou-ble. This is the view of Dr. Ronald Sprenger, Nottingham schools' chief medical officer, a man who should
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    MAN WHO WASN'T IN THE RACE
    193 2 IHe beat entrants by 50 yards A YOUNG MAN who wasn't an entrant in the 880--yard race in the Navy's Singapore championships yesterday coasted home to beat the official runners by 50 yards. His time of 2 mm. 9.6 sec. smashed the Navy's Singapore
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    Lock icon Troop moves in Aden
    79 2 Seaforths at ready ADEN, Wed. Two companies of the Ist. Bn., Seaforth Highlanders have moved into Western Aden protectorate to deal with any further tribal unrest. The Seaforth Highlanders, who are being held in reserve at Atao, about 150 miles northeast of Aden, will later be
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    Lock icon Stabbed ten times
    85 2 LOS ANGELES, Wed. A wealthy young divorcee was stabbed and strangled to death in her luxurious home yesterday and police arrested a man they said was her rejected suitor and former houseboy. The body of Mrs. Norma McCauley, 33, was found in her bedroom. She had been
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    Record alimony for No. 9
    55 2 NEW YORK, Wed.— An Englishwoman, Anita Roddy-Eden Manville, achieves the distinction of getting the biggest alimony settlement from millionaire playboy Tommy Manville of any of his wives. She is number nine. A compromise settlement between them gives her US$l4O,--000 ($420,000) at once and US$l2,OOO ($36,000)
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    Lock icon Singer robbed
    31 2 NEW YORK, Wed.— Eartha Kitt. American night club and film singer, reported to police that furs and jewellery worth $32,000 were stolen from her apartment here last night. Reuter.
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    Lock icon 'Be friends' call
    27 2 BUENOS AIRES. Wed. President Peron yesterday appealed for a political truce between his friends and foes, and urged "peaceful co-existence" between all Argentinians. Reuter.
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    Lock icon THE SORROWFUL ALSATIAN COMMITTED SUICIDE
    82 2 VIENNA, Wed— Police reported here that an Alsatian dog seemed to have committed suicide after realising he had endangered his six-year-old mistress's life. The girl, Helga Jellinek, was asleep when the chained dog loosened the rubber pipe of the gas oven. Her parents were out
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    Lock icon Richard is now a novice monk
    79 2 Richard is now a novice monk LONDON, Wed. RICHARD Albison. 24-year-old Lancashire clothing salesman, became Saddhawaddho. a novice Buddhist monk, here last night in the first public ceremony of its kind to be held in Britain. He donned saffron robes and faced life with his wordly possessions now limited to
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    Lock icon Man with an urge to kill
    65 2 MANCHESTER, Wed. A 25-year-old man who was said to have had an urge to kill, which came on every three weeks, was sentenced to death here for the murder of a 10--year-old boy at Easter. According to the police the man, Norman Green, had
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    Lock icon Germans to join
    33 2 BONN. Wed Lord Ismay. secretary-general of the Atlantic Alliance, announced today that the first West German officers will join Supreme Allied Headquarters in Europe within two to three weeks AP
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    Lock icon Train hits car
    33 2 DARIEN (Wisconsin). Wed. A train struck a car at a crossing near here today and first reports indicated that at least six persons, most ot them children, were killed. UP.
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    Forecasting the weather by astrology — months ahead
    114 2 Forecasting the weather by astrology months ahead NEW DELHI, Wed. Leading Indian astrologers claimed today they could forecast weather conditions in any part of the world six months in advance. One of them, Vishudha Nand Gaur. said: I can even correctly predict rain years in advance". The claims were made
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    Lock icon A FEW WILL SHAPE FUTURE OF COLONIES
    199 2 LONDON, Wednesday. THE future efficiency and stability of British colonial A territories now emerging into independent largely depends upon a "few trained intellectuals ww are assuming high responsibility at revolution^ speeds" says a report of the Inter-University Connfor Higher Education Overseas published today
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    Lock icon Etna blows up: Shape changes
    75 2 Etna blows up: Shape changes CATANIA. Sicily Wed THE SKY above 16,716 ft Mount Etna was lit j» brilliant flashes as renewed rumbling shook the northern slopes of the volcano's last night. Experts of the Institute c! Vulcanology of Catania U& versity said that afti r intern;. fled disturbance, which
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    Lock icon Greece to join Cyprus talks
    56 2 STRASBOURG. Thur>. Greece has accepted Britain; invitation to attend thr?< power talks with Turkey Cyprus, a joint Briti>h-G Communique announced ho last night. The announcement folk an hour's talk in a hotel I between the British Fonz Secretary, Mr Harold 1 millan. and th e
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    Lock icon Dockers go back
    40 2 BIRKENHEAD, Wed.— About 300 dockers went back to work here today after a 24-hour strike in protest against working with two men who refused to tako part in the six-week dock stoppage which ended this week. Reuter.
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    Lock icon A LONGER WEEK
    139 2 'Work more to get more, expert tells M WELLINGTON, Wed. The 40-hour working week, held by many to be the emblem oi New Zealand's high standard of living, has been attacked by the Secretary to the Treasury, Mr. B. C. Ashwin. He told the Monetary Commission that
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    Lock icon STRIKES PLANNED TO HARASS MARSHALL
    280 3 Little chance of terror war ending this year, says Mac Donald 'gome were legitimate were political' LONDON, Wednesday. fuy ommissioner-Cicneral for South-East i;l Mr. Malcolm Mat-Donald, said here last thai the chances of the Communist terrorinpaijrn in Malaya ending this year are It could only
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    Lock icon INDIA'S STAR DIPLOMAT WITH JULIE ADAMS ON HOLLYWOOD SET
    53 3 Mr. V. K. Krishna Menon. chief Indian delegate to the United Nations, with actress Julie Adams, on the set of "Away All Boats," in Hollywood. Mr. Menon visited the film centre after attending the United Nations 10th anniversary session in San
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    153 3 Naval pact hopes DEFENCE LINK WITH ANZUS LONDON. Wed. A NEW naval pact be- tween Britain and South Africa may eventually provide a defence link between the two countries and the threenation Anzus alliance in the Pacific, it is believed in military circles here. Un dei lJ the agreement between
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    Lock icon Nine executed in China
    36 3 KONG. Tues. Nine uteri and prison in China part in alleged tionary activities! China, acrordspaperg reaching, c Chinese main- t 65 counter nrolu- 1 have been rounded I Manchur rted Reuter 1
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    Lock icon 'CAMILLO' AUTHOR SET FREE
    60 3 PARMA. Italy. Wed.— Author Giovanni Cuareschi. creator of the fighting priest "Don Camillo." today began seven months of conditional liberty under poliov surveillance, with his freedom of movement restricted to a small area round his home village near here. The 47-year-old author was jailed about :l
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    Lock icon Scientists called up to peel spuds
    262 3 UNFAIR WHEN WAITERS ARE EXEMPT: PEER I LONDON, Wed.— Lord Cherwell, former scientific adviser to Sir Winston Churchill, said in the House of Lords last night that scientists were being called up for National Service to peel otatoes. Thus was not right when unskilled
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    Lock icon Round-table talks on Malta now
    236 3 TO BE 'INTEGRAL PART OF BRITAIN? LONDON. Wednesday. British Prime Minister. Sir Anthony Eden, an--1 nounced a plan today for round-table, all-party talks here to consider making Malta an integral part of the United Kingdom, like Northern Ireland. The Premier's move was in response to
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    Strike at two Sydney papers
    120 3 Strike at two Sydney papers SYDNEY, Wed. NEITHER of Sydney's two evening newspapers was published today, after machine room workers at the Sun stopped work when attempts were made to print the strikebound Daily Mirror at the Sun office. The Mirror and its allied weekly, the Sunday Truth, have not
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    Lock icon More Legion men escape
    75 3 More Legion men escape PORT SAID. Wed. The wave of Foreign Legion desertions from ships in the Suez Canal continued yesterday when six more legionnaires followed the earlier escape of 71 of their comrades. The six legionnaires Jumped from the troopship Saint Valery, which was carrying 591 men from Indo-China
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    Anshun protest
    30 3 CAIRO. Wed.— Britain today lodged a "most emphatic protest" with the Egyptian Government over the shelling of the pilgrim ship Anshun in the Gulf of Akaba last Sunday—UP.
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    Lock icon SELF-GOVT. IN PORTUGUESE COLONIES IN INDIA
    74 3 LISBON, Wed. Portugal today published an official statute giving a large measure of independence to her colonies in India. The new regulations, which will come into force on Aug 1, put local administrative pow- era with a newly-constituted local government. Matters involving national policy
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    Lock icon Mau leader is recaptured
    40 3 NAIROBI, Wed. A Mau Mau terrorist leader, Mwangi Mumbo. with a £100 reward on his head, was recaptured in a residential area of Nairobi yesterday. Last week Mumbo escaped from custody for the third time.— Reuter.
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    LONDON STOCKS
    250 3 LONDON, Wed. T*HE start of the new fortnightly account trading period saw stock markets oil on a firm note again today. Closing middle prices of selected stocks not Including stamp duty were: Consols £6OT4 tt Funding 4% £97! 8 War 3V4% £8111/16 +1/16 BANKS Mercantile (£12%) £4% Eastern
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    LONDON TIN
    26 3 LONDON, July 6.— Cash Buyers £729' i; Sellers £730; Forward Buyers £726' i: Sellers £727; Settlement £729. Turnover a.m. 40 tons, pm. 25 tons.
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    LONDON RUBBER
    35 3 LONDON. July 6.— Spot 37'^d.. Aug. 36 id.. Sept. 35> B d.. Oct.-Dec. 33v 4 d., Jan.-Mar. 31d., Apr.-June 29' 4 d., July c.l.f. 36d.. Aug. c.l.f. 34d., Sept. c.i.f. unquoted. Tone: Quiet.
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    TIMBER PRICE NOT AFFECTED BY STRIKE
    183 4 CINGAPORE .sawmillers said yesterday that the price of timber has so far not been affected by the week-old strike of loggers in Johore. The mills havp supplies to last for about a fortnight. And thrn* Is no market for timber Just now. But the
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    He prefers jail
    68 4 PENANG. Wed. A carDenter. Wong Kong, said in court today he would be "satisfied" to go to prison for an opium offence. Wong had been fined $900 or nine weeks' jail for having a Jar of opium in his house on March 21 Wong, who had five
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    CANDIDATE TO TAKE COURT ACTION
    65 4 CANDIDATE TO TAKE COURT ACTION IPOH. Wed.— Mr. D. R Seenivasagam, Perak Progressive Party candidate for the Ipoh and Menglembu constituency, has applied to the Ipoh magistrate for a criminal summons against two Alliance men for defamation of character. He has also sworn information for a summons against the publisher
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    Subsidies for padi men
    39 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. The Kciantan Government plans to give fertiliser subsidies to padi planters in the state. The subsidies will be paid from the Federation Government's Padi Aid Fund, if the State Executive Council approves.
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    BOY TRAPPED BY TRAIN
    59 4 IPOH, Wed. Durga Dass. aged 15, was caught between the steps of a coach and the platform and dragged for some distance when he jumped on to the mail train arriving in Ipoh from Penang this afternoon. Durga suffered serious leg injuries and was taken to
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    Year's jail for wife killer
    274 4 HE FOUND HER IN BED IN HIS HOME WITH ANOTHER MAN ONCE fcURIED ALIVE This was his life's second shock T)EWAN SINGH, 34, a Singapore watchman, who had once been saved three hours after he was buried alive, killed his wife when he found her
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    MEET THERESA AND CYNTHIA THE GOLDEN-VOICED PEREIRAS OF SINGAPORE
    118 4 MEET THERESA AND CYNTHIA THE GOLDEN-VOICED PEREIRAS OF SINGAPORE SINGAPORE'S "GOLDEN VOICE" girl of the year Is 18-year-old Miss Theresa Pereira. Miss Pereira woo the Golden Voice Competition held at Telephone House. Hill Street, yesterday. She is seen at the switchboard above. Standing beside her is Miss Cynthia Pereira. 20.
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    MRA CAN BEAT THE RED MENACE
    392 4 MRA CAN BEAT THE RED MENACE 'Superior ideology/ lays convert A TRADE UNIONIST and former member of the German Communist Party for 26 years said in Singapore yesterday that he found in the Moral Rearmament movement the superior ideology that could bring about an even greater world revolution than the
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    Body of bandit found
    40 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. A patrol of the 1/7 Gurkhas yesterday found the body of a terrorist in the Segamat district of Johore. A woman terrorist, Lim Hoon Eng, has died in the jungle near Kerdau Pahang.
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    Rioting charges amended
    190 4 Rioting charges amended PRESSMAN'S CASE TRANSFERRED TWO charges against Tai Yeow Khoon, Nanyang Siang Pau press photographer, m connection with the May riots, were yesterday transferred from the Singapore Seventh Magistrate's Court to the District Court. Another charge, alleging that Tai made statements intending to incite a breach of the
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    Literacy group elects officers
    60 4 At the seventh annual general meeting of the Singapore People's Education Association, these officers were elected: President, Mr. C. H. Koh; vice-presidents, Mr. K. H. Chan and Mr. Ahmad Ibrahim; secretary, Mr. B. G. Sahai; treasurer, Miss Wee Klat Neo; committee, Mr. Syed Esa Almenoar, Mr.
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    HAWKERS SUPPORT ADVISORY BOARD
    150 4 THE Singapore Govern- merit's proposal to set up a Hawkers Advisory Board has the whole hearted support of the hawkers, the president of the Hawkers' Union, Mr. Wong Choon, said yesterday. Such a board would promote better understanding between the authorities and the hawking fraternity, he
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    Mock election
    32 4 TELUK ANSON. Wed. A mock election followed by a cinema show will be held by the Lower Perak Information Services unit on the padang on July 18 at 7.30 o.m.
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    ATTACK ON CONTROL OF MOVEMENT
    184 4 ATTACK ON CONTROL OF MOVEMENT PENANG, Wed. i IS PENANG afraid of baby bandits? Mr. Ooi Thiam Slew, Labour candidate in George Town, asked this question today when he attacked the local Tenants Registration Unit tor insisting that parents register their babies with headmen. Only in Penang "In other States,
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    ALL for L-O-V-E
    197 4 She missed her man, so she told a lie for police to find him MALACCA, Wednesday THE day after she missed her "husband," a w'oirJ told the police that she had lost S2OO and watch worth $200. "I believe my husband has taken them," she reported. The
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    REPLANTING IS BEHIND SCHEDULE
    78 4 KUALA LUMPUR Wtf Replanting of rubber by holders in the Fedora! about 30,000 acres schedule. Tuan Haji Ahmad bin Sheikh smallholders' represented on the Rubber Proc Council, told the Straits T today. He said he would ad the minimum six ;k :<. must be replanted by
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    Attack in shed alleged
    46 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. -I Kathirkamu. 50, of 8.r.:. Road, today claimed the Sessions Court her' causing grievous burl I Singh Gill at the Railway Carriage shed. Kll Lumpur, on July 1. Bail of $500 was ll] case was postponed to for hearing.
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    Nurses' club
    31 4 JOHORE BAHRU, Wed. Datin Mohamed Salleh, wife of the Principal Medical Officer, Johore, wiu open the Nurses' Sports Club at the General Hospital at 4 p.m. on July 16.
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    58 WANT TO TAKE YOUTH TRAINING COURSE
    120 4 SO FAR. 38 applications have been received from youth leaders who want to tane the youth leaders' training; course in Singapore, which will be conducted by Mr. T. G. Jeffreys Jones, from Swansea University. Mr. Jones is a lecturer and tutor in youth
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    PROGRESSIVE PARTY ON DICTATOR Mr. MARSHALL
    166 5 l SINGAPORE Progressive Party fears that hi, Minister, Mr. David Marshall, and igues are intending to run the GovernJL, dictators. v warned last night that if the Governued to treat the principles of democracy serious repercussions would follow. iturbed "at the grossly undemocratic [en
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    Church parade
    23 5 Bati ilion of iiold a I < Katong irch, Koon at 5 lay. The Rev. 1 I thp Rev. I be th»
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    Tax millions
    8 5 LUMPUR, Wed. m income amounted to
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    THIS MOTHER HUBBARD HAD FOOD LOCKED IN CUPBOARD
    117 5 THREE children ran away trom home because ilioir step-mother locked nil food in a cupboard, a Sinjcapsrt court was told yesterday. Their mother. Ngaesah binte In u Nasir, of Lengkong Tiga Estate, told the story to support her claim for maintenance from
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    Pilgrim's trust
    47 5 PENANG. Wed. A pilgrim has reported to the police here that a friend absconded with 51. 907 which had been entrusted to him to pet tickets and other documents for a trip to I Mecca by the Angking. The i ship left today without him.
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    Back from leave
    21 5 TANJONG MALDf, Wed.— Inspector Sundram Devaraj of the local police has returned after three months leave in India.
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    That libel suit: Why Mr. M didn't sue
    262 5 That libel suit: Why Mr. M didn't sue MR. WEE GIVES HIS PARTY'S VERSION \|R. ERIC S. B. WEE, secretary general of the Singapore Progressive Party, yesterday gave HIS version of why the Chief Minister, Mr. Marshal;, withdrew his libel suit against the party. "If, as Mr. Marshall says, the
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    Husband must pay $20
    50 5 Dollah bin Ahmad, who gave only 15 tins of condensed milk for his child's maintenance, was ordered yesterday by a Singapore magistrate to pay $20 a month to his wife. Dollah. who is in the R.A.F. Police. Seletar. divorced his wife. Fatimah binte Awang, in January.
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    The corrupt practices investigators were fakes
    166 5 The corrupt practices investigators were fakes TWO MEN posed as members of the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau and offered to clear a Singapore Traction Company conductor of a breach of trust charge for $1,000, the Fifth Magistrate's Court was told yesterday. Kee Xi Chi was jailed for three months for
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    3 years' jail so he grins
    56 5 PENANG, Wed. A burglar, Kassim bin Satejo, grinned in court today when he was sentenced to three years' jail for breaking into a house in Noordin Street on June 26 and stealing a $27 watch. Kassim, who had nine previous convictions, was also ordered
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    'Prodigious Snob' for Penang
    47 5 PENANG. Wed.— The Penang players will stage ■The Prodigious Snob." a Miles Malleson adaptation from the 17th century play "Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme" on July 20 and 23. Special performances for school children will be given at 7 p.m on July 21 and 22.
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    WASTE AND HASTE
    148 5 The result: No water for hours IN two areas in Singapore yesterday residents had no water for several hours. A burst water main in the Chancery Lane area deprived the houses there of water for about eight hours. City Council labourers repaired the pipe by 4 p.m.
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    It was all so embarrassing...
    221 5 BUKIT MERTAJAM, Wed. —Five weeks ago, shy, serious-minded Choo Sim Kwee. a Brapit village Home Guard, slipped into the jungle to help the Communists. Last week, after a month in the jungle, he was back at his village. And all be- cause he was so
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    STC MEN TO MAKE FRESH PAY CLAIMS
    174 5 rpHE GENERAL SECRETARY of the Singapore TracL tion Company Employees' Union, Inche Hashim bin Idris, said yesterday that claims for higher wages and better conditions of service would be submitted to the company next week. He maintained that an agreement by the union
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    Padimenask direct aid
    61 5 $900,000 grant KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Padi planters in Selangor's "rice-bowl" areas of Tanjong Karang and Sabak Bernam are asking for monetary aid to be given to them direct. They reached this decision at a meeting at Sungei Leman in Tanjong Karang. They were discussing the Federation Government's
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    Hindu drama
    29 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. The trustees of Sentul Ahthieeswarim Temple will stage a drama based on the Hindu Saint Manickavasakar at the Sentul Chettiars' Hall on July 30.
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    3 days for hearing
    87 5 Nine women and a man, charged with restraining two police officers from doing their duty, will be tried in the Singapore Seventh Magistrate's Court on Oct. 3. 4 and 5. This was stated in the Court yesterday when the case came up for mention. They were
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    HE'S ONLY A MONGREL BUT—
    208 5 love my dog more than my husband, she says PENANG, Wed. A WEEPING woman kissed the photograph of her pet mongrel just tx fore she sailed for India in the Kajula yesterday. "I love my dog more than I love my late husband," she sobbed
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    Wives told: Be happy, leave him
    85 5 PENANG, Wed. rpilE PENANG Convent ExA Pupils' Association will hold "a happy-go-lucky day' on Sunday, July 24. "Spend it with Us and leave hubby to mind the house," says a circular to members. The outing will be at Happy Lodge, Tanjong Bungah, and wives
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    Hurt by acid —charge
    63 5 Hurt by acid charge KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. A 28-year-old woman. Low Wan Hong, of Ulu Yam Bahru, Ulu Selangor. appeared here today on a tentative charge of causing grievous hurt to another woman. Low Ah Kiew. by using acid. The offence is allged to have taken place in a Kuala
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    1,430 pages...
    135 5 A 48-HOUR TASK FOR FIVE SIKHS TANJONG MALIM, Wed. UIVE devout Sikhs will start a non-stop relay reading of thr 1,430 pages of the Sikh holy i book. Bhree Guru Granth Saheb, here on Friday morning. The first man will read two hours, before the next takes over
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    Farewell party
    31 5 Mr. K. Subramaniam. Assistant Secretary. Federation Establishment Office, will be given a party in Kuala Lumpur on Sunday, before he goes to Britain and America on a visitorship grant.
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    92 6 .fi H ii/rf. nti ni fnit nt J, ARIMLR JOHN <A.SP», Johore tliiinks everyone who J-ent is, Teleifram.s and MTtrtni ■>' hi belovrd wife's funeral on 1-7-55. AM) MRS. John Kanaka- T*u.:im Uutnk all those whol ••ri. sent Valuable Presents, 1 sad AsMsteri at their Wedding »t Singapore end
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      The Battle For Babies
      727 6 Unlike the President of U.M.N.0., the Secretary-Gen-eral of the Party Ncgara, Dato Sir Onn bin Ja'afar, had a Krcat deal to say in his election broadcast and said it force- i fully. Much of what he had to say was stimulating and not at all disagreeable.
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      Citizens And Nationals
      569 6 The proposals to create a Singapore citizenship, now under discussion by the Government, are intended to give full political rights to people, mainly Chinese, who do not possess British nationality. They differ in some respects from the ideas which have been advanced persistently over the past four
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    ..on the meanest journalism I've seen
    805 6  - ..on the meanest journalism I've seen VERNON BARTLETT I HAVE NOT, for a very long time, come across so mean, dirty and contemptible a piece of Journalism as a comment, published in the June 23 issue of "Malaya Merdeka." After quoting the statement by Mr. Terence Millin. the British surgeon
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      NO OCCASION FOR POLITICS
      391 6 MR. LEE KUAN YEW surely did not expect the Governor to reply to anything at the ceremony of his installation? The Government were there to welcome him, not to use the occasion for political haranguing. If Mr. Lee listened to the Governor's speech he would have
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      SIKHS WANT A HOLIDAY
      85 6 HAS Mr. Marshall forgotten the Sikh community? Like the Muslims and Buddhists we, too, have a Prophet Guru Nanak. Each >«-iir we, the Sikhs, do the samp as our brothers so why is our day not included? If Government respects the birthdays of Mohamed and Lord
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    The old dictator sets off his last 'terror'
    1483 6 The old dictator sets off his last 'terror' The first of eight extracts from HARRISON E. SALISBURY'S book on post-Stalinist Russia. The author lived in Moscow as correspondent of the New York Times from 1949 until last year, and was recently awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his despatches. His book
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    Counsel's picture appeared in banned journal
    98 7 SINGAPORE DEFENCE LAWYER WITHDRAWS PROM CASE 0 WAS ADVISER TO PUBLISHER 1|K THE (TLTIYATOR," a prohibited pub-' was produced in a Singapore court :in exhibit, it was found that the de,nsel in the rase, Mr. Tann Wee Tiong, rmoran legal adviser to the publishers.
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    Lennox Boyd to open airport
    131 7 THE SECRETARY of State for the Colonies, Mr. Alan Lennox Boyd. will open the Singapore Airport ai Paya lebar on Aug. 20 when he the Colony, it was officially announced yesterday He will be accompanied by his wife. Lady Patricia Lennox Boyd. hi.s private .secretary.
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    Mr. LEE KONG CHIAN OFF TO LONDON
    65 7 and rubber magnate Mr. Lee Kong Chian has left for Lon- don and Europe on a business and pleasure trip. Mr. Lee will attend the Rub- i ber Study Group meeting in I Liberia, West Africa, in October as representative of the Singapore
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    $2,000 gem haul
    17 7 Jewellery worth $2,060 was stolen from a house in Kay Siang Road. Singapore, yesterday.
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    The only one to see the film men
    132 7 The only one to see the film men MISS DOROTHY GORDON, (above) a recent arrival in Singapore, was the only person who managed to in-t an interview yesterday with British film producer. Mr. Joseph Janni. for a part in the new film "A Town Like Alice." Miss Gordon. ;i keen
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    Robbery in a temple
    92 7 Five years* jail Teng Poh Sui. alias Poh Chwee. who was found guilty of robbing Madam Goh Pek Ngo of a gold bangle at a Chinese temple in Paya Lebar Road, on Oct. 14 last, was jailed for five years' by Mr. Justice Whitton at the
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    McNamara takes over as C.P.O.
    44 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Mr. F. K. McNamara today took over as Chief Police Officer of Selangor. He replaced Mr. J.B. Masefield, 41, who sailed for England yesterday from Port Swettenham on retirement after 19 years with the Federation Police.
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    NEW STRIKE BY 150 IN SINGAPORE
    133 7 31 men in K.L. walk out in sympathy ONE HUNDRED and fifty labourers who Joined the Singapore Workers' Union last month went on strike yesterday. They said their employer, Mr. K. K. Abdullah, had dismissed four of their leaders for trade union activities. At
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    Guilty plea in lottery case
    54 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Peng Kai. aged 60. of Court Hill Road, described by the prosecution as a "large scale collector of chee fah stakes pleaded guilty here today to assisting in the running of a chee fah lottery. Sentenrp was postponed to July IS. Bail
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    2 MALAYANS FOR SEMINAR IN TOKYO
    80 7 2 MALAYANS FOR SEMINAR IN TOKYO Two Malayans will be among 75 delegates taking part in a world university service international seminar in Tokyo next month. They are Prof. A. A. Sandosham. Professor of Parasitology at the University of Malaya, and Mr. R. S. McCoy, incoming president of the Students'
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    HERO HO RAM IS BROKE AND JOBLESS
    396 7 A RESISTANCE HERO, Ho Kam, 35, who risked his life every day during the Japanese Occupation, is in Singapore without money, work or a home. In a few days his wife will give birth to their first child in Kandang Kerbau Hospital. Ho
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    Leave to appeal
    8 7 S iphia on r "Culti-
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    Praise for Marshall's citizenship proposals
    188 7 GOVT. DESERVES FULL MARKS, SAYS YAP SINGAPORE Chinese Chamber of Commerce officials yesterday praised the Government's move to create a Singapore citizenship. The vice-president, Mr Yap Pheng Geek, said: "The Government deserves full marks for initiative. "I strongly feel that this is a most important
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    DOCKS BOSS SIGNS THE AGREEMENT
    51 7 and Labour Minister looks on THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD, Mr. P. A. T. Chrimes, signing the agreement that ended the 67-day strike by the S.H.B. Staff Association. Looking on is the Minister for Labour and Welfare, Mr. Lim Yew Hock. Straits Times
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    Constable freed of bid to kiss
    49 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Wed. V. Kumba, a Singapore police constable, was acquitted here today of using criminal force on Siti Norman binte Kasmilan on May 4. Siti alleged that while she was at the bus stand at 5.30 a.m Kumba attempted to kiss her'
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    Wanted: A Deputy Public Prosecutor
    157 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed. The *iced in Johort for a Deputy Public Prosecutor the post ha.s been vacant for the past six months was stressed by Mr. Justice Storr in the HiKh Court today. The judge spoke of the need when Mr. R. H. Hickling, the
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    'NO CLENCHED FIST OATH,' COURT WARNS
    86 7 'NO CLENCHED FIST OATH,' COURT WARNS A SINGAPORE magistrate, Mr. J. M. Devereux-Cole-boum. objetted to a witness taking the oath with a clenched fist in the Fourth Police Court yesterday. "We shall have a proper oath. without a clenched fist, in this court," h.? told Yunus bin Idris, a witness
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    His new job
    23 7 SEGAMAT. Wed.— lnche Abu Bakar bin Hassan has arrived on transfer from Muar as secretary of the Segamat Town Council.
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    AGAIN-NO CONTEST IN POLLS
    86 7 ALOR STAR. Wed.— For the second time since the Alor Star Town Council elections rjegan in 1952. there will br in contest on polling day on Aug. 13. Four Alliance councillors were returned unopposed when nominations closed today. They are Mr. Lim Pee Hung, a retiring
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      154 7 The weather MINIMUM TEMPERATURE: (7.30 p.m. on July 5 to 7.30 a.m. on July 6) Singapore 74 degrees. Penang 73. Kota Bahru 74, Kuala Lumpur 73. Ipoh 70, Kuantan 72. MAXIMI'M TEMPERATURE: (7.30 a.m. to 7.30 p.m. on July 6) Singapore 87 degrees, Penang 86. j Kota Bahru 86. Kuala
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    FLOWERS MADE CAR SKID
    134 8 FLOWERS MADE CAR SKID Teacher killed: Misadventure BUKIT MERTAJAM, Wed. 'THE PROVINCE CO 1 RONER, Inche Hassan I bin Hussain, today re- corded a misadventure verdict on Shirley Chime Man Guan, 19-year-old Singapore teacher and daughter of Dr. Chung! Chu Lin. principal of the Singapore Chinese High School. fractured skull
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    POLLS RALLY ON WHEELS
    58 8 ALOR STAR. Wed. The Kodah Alliance; committee plans to hold a procession of vehicles from Kuala Kedah to Jitra and back to Alor Star on July 25. M.C.A. offlciai.s from headquarters have been invited to this rally. A sailing boatelection symbol of the Allianre mounted on
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    Marshall wants cadet school to train officers
    333 8 AIM HIGH, DON'T BE PETTY CLERKS --CHIEF MINISTER URGES THK Chief Minister, Mr. David Marshall, said yesterday that he hopes to establish a cadet school in Singapore to train officers for the Army, Navy and Air Force. He was speaking to more than
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    Gardening contest
    23 8 SEGAMAT, Wed.— To encourage cleaner compounds, Segamat Town Council will hold a gardening competition. Prizes will be awarded for well-kept gardens.
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    Mr. Bryant helps his bride cut the cake
    32 8 MR. SYDNEY PETER BRYANT helps his bride. Miss Lilian Doreen Jones, to cut the cake after their marriage at St. Michael's Church, R.A.F. Seletar.
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    'Youths robbed me in lonely road'
    180 8 TAXI DRIVER'S STORY IN COURT fTHREE 19-year-old youths hailed a taxi and when it reached a lonely road threatened the driver with a penknife and robbed him, it was alleged in the Singapore Fifth Magistrate's Court vpsterdav. In the dock were Balbir Singh, Ajit
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    Epidemic of dysentery kills seven
    111 8 Epidemic of dysentery kills seven KOTA BAHRU. Wed. —Seven people have died from dysentery in the district of Banggu near Kota Bahru. About 200 others are ill. The first deaths were reported last week. Among them were five children. Villagers say that every household in the district is affected. In
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    TWO PERAK PARTIES TO GO ON AIR
    92 8 TWO PERAK PARTIES TO GO ON AIR IPOH, Wed. The Perak Malay League and the Perak Progressive Party have agreed to join the election broadcasts. The National Association of Perak and the Pan-Malayan Islamic Party are the only two organisations still declining the invitation to bo on the air and
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    Regent lays foundation
    48 8 IPOH. Wed.— The foundation stone of Malaya's $1 million Geological Survey Headquarters and Laboratory which will be the best equipped in SouthEast Asia, was laid by the Regent of Perak today. The work is financed by a grant by the Colonial Development and Welfare Fund
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    Trooper leaves
    18 8 The 11,600-ton troopship Anna Salem left Singapore yesterday for France with 1.302 French trooDs from Saigon.
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    TWO TO STUDY EDUCATION IN INDONESIA
    57 8 TWO TO STUDY EDUCATION IN INDONESIA Two University of Malaya students will leave Singapore for Jakarta next month to study the education system in Indonesia. They are the president of the Malay Students' Union in the Federation, Inche All Haji Ahmad, and the general secretary. Inche Raduan Kuntum They will
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    Skeleton found in Gardens
    53 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. Police here today recovered a human skeleton in some bushes in the Lake Gardens, near King's House. A fountain pen. a pair, of spectacles, a wrist watch, a pair of canvas shoes, a pair or dril trousers an under vest and a shirt
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    PARENTS ASK: WHY THE DELAY?
    230 8 MEMBERS of the Singapore Chinese Schools Parents Association have been asking their legal adviser, Mr. Tann Wee Tiong, to inquire into the "official delay" over registration of their organisation. Mr. Tan told the Straits Times: "I am writing soon to the Registrar of Societies for
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    Election fever sweeps the jungle
    217 8 Election fever sweeps the jungle ABORIGINES LEARN TO CONQUER FEAR KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. NEARLY 200 headmen from aborigine settlements all over Selangor have arrived here to learn about elections. The first group started a one-and-a-half-day course at the Selayang Aborigine Research Station near here today. The aim of the course
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    POLICE LIEUTS. OFFERED ANOTHER CONTRACT
    49 8 Forty Police Lieutenants serving in the Singapore Police Force were yesterday offered a further year's contract. This is the second o T extension of S H Their present contract at the end of this r.~ Their, first three-y v g tract expired last Jul:
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    Blow at Red supplies
    130 8 Blow at Red supplies FAMILIES MOvJ FROM BAD \ld EIGHTEEN ChtS families are moved from th r villages i n the Gajah area to break important link Communist food system. Security forces contacts with tfrediscovered camps dumps in the area The move b eliminating the terrorist activities have caused air.
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    Red clash in Penang
    36 8 PENANG, Wed. A w~M forces patrol today rnr.trj terrorists in the Sungel "•■M area of Balik Pulau In W west Penang. Fire was exchanged an members of the security ;-r« were wounded.
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      Lock icon Her dream throne faded in bloodiest Mexican rising
      1679 9 Her dream throne faded in bloodiest Mexican rising iiiiiiiiiiii|f^j f yiji||:ya|j;ii;[Hai]ji;i^^'iiiiiiiiii THROUGH the corridors of the palace of Saint-Cloud one day in 1866, a frantic woman ran to hammer with her fists on the bedroom door of Napoleon 111, Emperor of France. She was the lustrous Carlota, Empress of Mexico,
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    58 11 801 HNE. Wed. ed wide range today i xrre .steady. 9 £95 13 32 7 32 Ulunquoted' 26 1 95 10 'i 56/10H 27 6 7/11% 1 2 6 seller i 20/10 i 7 5 52/9 J2/s>i 40 V t 41 10', 18/11 U 8 47/- buyer MS
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    40 11 I v hance Banks < :rr.all. T.T. i 32 credit til, T.T. '< 3 credit '< II or O I), ready: Ida 31 15 16. emaln f hanee rrurket In the U.S. 5 78 cash I it 15 K3 and j
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    RUBBER AUCTION
    19 11 I: lid 'ai'.l hold at No. 1 Uy from tnightly as in I n will be j
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    A NASTY SHOCK FOR RUBBER MARKET SENDS PRICE DOWN
    463 11 A NASTY SHOCK FOR RUBBER MARKET SENDS PRICE DOWN By Our Market Correspondent pOR the second time within a fortnight, the Singapore Rubber Market yesterday received a major shock which is likely to have world-wide repercussions. The suggestion by U.S. rubber executive, John Collyer, of the Goodrich Company, that 200
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    BROKERS' REPORT
    356 11 The Malayan Share Brokers' Association, Singapore section, reported: •Turnover Improved In all sections of the local share market and with only a few exceptions prices were slightly better." Singapore brokers reported the following business done:—Alex Brick ords $2.25; Con Tin Smelter ords 345.3d.; Fraser and Neave ords $1.71
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    173 11 Singapore Chinese Produce Exchange: noon prices per picul yesterday were: Copra: steady; July $28 »i buyers, $28^ sellers; August $28 buyers. $28% sellers. Coconut oil: steady; bulk $42 2 sellers, drum $45% sellers. Pepper: steady with overseas buying and a total of about 35 tons business reported; Muntok
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    RUBBER PRICES
    140 11 July first grade rubber buyers f.o.b. closed In Singapore yesterday at $1.25 > a per lb.. down 2>i cents on Tuesday. The closing tone wa s steady. Closing prices In cents per lb. No. 1 R.S S. spot loose buyers 127; sellers m\y. No. 1 R.S.S. July buyers
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    SHIPPING
    107 11 Ships lying- alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves or expected today are: London Splendour 12. Akagisan Maru 45. Arnold Maersk C.P., Karimata 67. Orestes 89, Teucer 11. Dallku Maru 13 14, Patroclus 15 16. New York Maru 18. Okhla 19 20. Tung Song N Wall 3 and 4, Petallng
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      941 11 NOTICES THE MEDICAL REGISTRATION ORDINANCE, 1952 (No. 69 of 1952). The Medical Council of the Federation of Malaya consisted of the following members:— Dr. R.B. Anderson (President). Dr. R. H. Bland. 0.8.E.. Dr. M. L. Bynoe, Dr. R. Calderwood, Dr. D. W. O. Parts. C.8.E.. Professor D. B. C. Mekie.
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      638 11 TENDERS SINGAPORE IMPROVEMENT TRUST TENDERS are Invited for sanitary installation for 198 low rental terrace houses shops and market at Lorong S, Oeylang. Tender form etc. may be obtained on payment of deposit of $100 which will be refunded if a bona fide tender to submitted. Sealed tenders are to
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      450 11 NOTICES NOTICE This Is to notify that MR. J. C. PICKERING is no longer In our employment with affect from Ist July 1955 and has no authority to transact any business on behalf of the Company. FUNG KEONO RUBBER MFY. (M) LTD.. Kuala Lumpur. TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN MR.
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      406 11 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS APPLICATIONS arc invited from Federal citizens for the post of Typist/Telephone Operator. The salary scale ls $72x6-108/120x6-144 p.m. Point of entry on the scale will depend on age, qualification;; and experience. Allowances at current government rates will also be paid. Applications should be addressed to the Administrator, Petaling
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      487 11 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS APPLICATIONS are Invited from Citizens of the Federation for the post of a President of the Sessions Court on a salary scale $736 x 34 934 982 x 34 1254 p.m. plus C.O.L.A. at current rates. Applicants should be Barristers or Solicitors, or Advocates and Solicttora and must
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    THE REARING OF A SOVIET WARRIOR
    196 12 SOVIET writers have been told to write more books for children about the army and to make them as romantic and inspiring a.s possible. Parents are to encourage children to read them. These dirrrtions were made explicit at a r*cpnt conference in Moscow of
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    DO YOU REMEMBER HER?
    285 12 rENTY-eight years ago a beautiful young woman thrilled the world with her at-t'-mpt to become the first aviatrix to span the Atlantic from America. ■he ndned reaching Paris by 300 miles. as she and her co-pilot made a crxsh landing In the ocean. But Ruth Elder
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    WOMEN WORK WITH TOOLS
    147 12 AT the rate the women are turning handyman, no one in Britain will be surprised £rchTk!7ruf mS th<l h °USe °r bUUding a Women are no longer content with such feminine projects a.s making clothes or sewIng pillow slips. Nowadays they hang wallpaper, paint. put down
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    For the horse-tail hair-do
    154 12 TTT,I,T,,r, rp]IERES a new way to wear your horsetail hair do. This A new style has been launched in Paris by Fernand Aubry. All you have to do la to tie It back with tie pinched from cither husband's or brother's wardrobe, leaving the ends to
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    Don't let golf widow you
    102 12 Don't le t gol f widow you ADVICE to golf widows don't sit at home and think up cutting remarks to mako t0 your husband. Instead eet a set of clubs and go out On the links yourself. This is the advice of Betty Jameson, twice winner of the American
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    Hat show in London
    64 12 TWO fiats shown at the Dorchester Hotel in London by the Associated Millinery Designers. Top, a Persian pink peach blue with tall, shaped crown mounted into a patterned side band, outlined with metallic braid and jewelled flower. Below, "Venetia," a cocktail hat in brilliant cerise panne.
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    Counteract the horror comics
    233 12 rpHERE are many comA plaints about the undesirability of "horror" comics, and their effect on childish minds. A sure prevention of the desire to read them can very easily be instilled at an early age if parents could be bothered to read to their children the
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    Make-up for the eyes
    276 12  -  Mixine Rakieh ly TOVERY woman should Li wear some eye make- I up. especially the fair woman. Eye shadow should match the iris, the I shadow being lightly touched behind the lashes. Eyebrows should be pencilled in with black for brunettes and brown for the fair
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    Cookie aids the enemy
    292 12 pOOKIE, who was always well covered, suddenly put off weight and said his blood was thin, which was true. I had a general roundup and the hospital assistant obligingly tested everyone's blood. Result is that Cookie's wife, Cookie and, to my surprise, self are now imbibing
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    PLANTER'S WIFE
    226 12 PLANTER'S WIFE I went on strike, so he smiled, took It out and decanted it into a different shaped bowl. It looked much less and I obligingly drank it. The next day I said I would have what was left. Cookie put on his Mona Lisa smile. "The Mem had
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      250 12 What more can you do '4 keeping a family fit and well is no easy job. You make sure they get good, wholesome meals. You see r jjiat they have plenty of fresh air and sleep. And yet sometimes they get over-tired' and listless, and pick up infections! and illnesses.
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      395 12 C.C.C. Collect six of these coupons to join the Children's Corner Club. Straits Times Crossword 1 J J'l |4 LJJfI* LT LJ y 1 iii 13 14 If 7 i 8 "9 20 2. 25~ 2* 111"" •*n n mF\\ H Mi I ACROSS 9 An appearance upon the scene
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    50 riders in S'pore cycle tour on Sunday
    394 13 THHE Singapore Cycle A Racing Association's third annual Tour of Singapore will be fought out on Sunday, starting at 6.30 a.m. The course, as in previous years, commences and finishes at Shenton Way and is neutralised along Beach Road to Mountbatten Road.
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    Lock icon FRENCH SUCCESS
    28 13 BRISBANE. Wed. The French rueby league touring team beat Ipswich by 19 points to ten here yesterday, after Ipswich had led 7-5 at half time— Reuter.
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    SPOTTING THE WINNERS
    311 13  - SPOTTING THE WINNERS EPSOM JEEP By MY ten to follow at the Selangor Turf Club July Meeting are: TROW HILL: Ran two good races at the Kuala Lumpur May-June Meeting when third by three quarters of a length and short head to What Happened over 6f. with 8.06 and fourth
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    Lock icon SIR GEORGE SENDS $2,100 TO HELP DEVELOP TALENT
    310 13 Spore basketball a strong second to badminton so*- 'Terribly impressed 9 with local spirit LONDON, Wed. gIR George Thomas, donor of the Thomas Cup for international badminton and lifelong promoter of the game, is to give £250 ($2,100) to encourage the youth
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    Penang meet attracts 324
    97 13 PENANO. Wed. T<HREE hundred and twenty-four competitors a record have entered for the Penang Amateur Athletic Association meet on Free School ground on July 15 and 16. "This is most encouraging," Mr. Lim Teng Sun, secretary of the association, told the Straits Times today. The Resident
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    Lock icon Jowle heads list of 94 qualifiers
    254 13 ST. ANDREWS. Wed. IJIRANK JOWLE. the Yorkr shire -born Midlander, who was record breaker in chief in the first qualifying round of the British open golt championships, maintained his position at the head of the field yesterday when he had a .steady round of
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    Lock icon BRITISH XV HELD TO 9-0
    108 13 WINDHOEK. Wed. THE touring British Isle s Rugby Union side were restricted to a 9 0 win over a determined Southwest Africa fifteen yesterday in the first match played here by an overseas team. The tourists won by three tries to nothing after leading 6-0
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    Lock icon GORDON PIRIE BEATS HUNGARIAN'S WORLD TIME BY 5.2 SECONDS
    278 13 LONDON, Wed. PORDON PIRIE, Bri- tain's star middle distance runner, gained one of his most spectacular successes at Paddington here last night when he set the world's best time for 1£ miles with 6min. 26sec. He shattered the previous mark of
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    SURVEY EDGE SUPPLY DEPOT
    39 13 TAIPING. Wed.— Survey Sports Club beat No. 2 Supply Depot 4-3 in their second division so<cer fixture here yesterday. Scorers were Sandanasamy (3) and Poh Chin for Survey and Brack. Tyrel! and Muniandy lor Depot.
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      406 13 WANTED :n Wards $5 <*fin.)— Box SO el,, extra WANTED EXCAVATORS Leyland i Trucks six ton Generators 75 KVA. Apply Box A 4638. S.T. DANCING M Word, Sit, (minimum). Dail, 1 month. It Word, S2.SO (Mln.) KAFFLES HOTEL Nightly Dance and Floor-Show from 9 to 12 pm EMBASSY HOTEL— Enjoy
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      441 13 BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES 20 Word, U (Mln.)— Box St rt«. extra. SOUND BUSINESS with yearly profit around $20,000 for quick sale as going concern. Owner leaving colony for health reason. Best offer a!««« t o 1 T hone numb to Box .-Wood S.T. WANTED TO PURCHASE 20 Word, $s (Mln.)— Bom
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      874 13 VEHICLES FOR SALE it Word, U (Min.)—B»x M ct,. mxtr*. 1950 HILLMAN MINX recently repainted $1,800. Tel. ***** office hours. THE AUTO-MART, 9/11 Penhaa Road. *****. A Floe Selection of Used Cars, for Sale. "Easy-Terms, Trade-ins'. NASH RAMBLER Convertible 61 Model with Radio. European Owner, excellent condition. Tel. 7748. AUSTIN
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      488 13 J HAVE YOU SENT IN YOUR ENTRY FOR THE MALAYAN MONTHLY'S $20,000 MUST-BE-I WON WORD PUZZLE CONTEST 'L? IF NOT. I YOU SHOULD DO SO NOW— CLOSING DATE SATURDAY, |ULY 9. *;^«*^WORD PUZZLE Cat alone dotted linn I THURSDAY Straits Times I WORD PUZZLE "J" i Cut out and pin
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    HK Services cricket side due in S'pore tomorrow
    187 14 HONG KONG Combined Services cricket team have been delayed and will now play the first match of their visit to Singapore on July 12. Today's match against a combined Singapore NavyR.A.F. side has been called off. Other postponed fixtures, which were to
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    SABA gets replies from three
    103 14 SABA gets replies from three PROSPECTS are bright for the Singapore Amateur Boxing Association's proposed South East Asia Boxing tournament to be held in Singapore from Aug. 29 to Sept. 3. Mr. B. L. Dunsford, hon. secretary of 5.A.8.A., told the Straits Times yesterday that, of the nine countries invited
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    Chance for Peng Soon land Eddie Choong
    610 14 GOLD CUP BADMINTON STARTS TODAY jyjALAYA's leading badminton players, AllEngland champion Wong Peng Soon and All-England runnerup Eddie Choong, get the chance this weekend to avenge the defeats that took the shine off Malaya's reputation the week after we had won the Thomas
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    ARKELL TAKES KAMIS TO 'RUBBER'
    655 14 ARKELL TAKES KAMIS TO 'RUBBER' FOURTH seeded H. 1 Kamis was fully extended by C E. N. Arkell in a men's singles second round tie of the Singapore L.T.A. championships at the S.C.C. yesterday. Kamis won the first set at 6-2 but lost the second at 4-6 when Arkell put
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    THREE RECORDS AT RAF ATHLETICS, CHANGI BEST UNIT
    270 14 THREE RECORDS AT RAF ATHLETICS, CHANGI BEST UNIT CHANGI "A" won the Morrison Trophy yesterday at the Royal Air-Force Singapore and Malaya athletic championships held at Changi, Singapore. Butterworth were runners-up with 79 points six less than the champions. Then came Seletar "B" (55). Kuala Lumpur (54). Changi "B" and
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    FREE PRESS FORM GUIDE OUT TODAY
    128 14 rE Free Press Form Guide will in future appear on the Thursday before a race meeting instead of on Fridays. The next issue of the Form Guide, on the Kuala Lumpur meeting beginning on Saturday, will be published with the Free Press today. Saturday's
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    158 ATHLETES TO COMPETE
    43 14 The Singapore Amateur Athletic Association's annual championships, to be held at th e Jalan Besar stadium on July 15 and 16. has attracted 158 entries. The men's events will have 135 competitors while 23 are In the women's events.
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    CALVER HITS AN UNBEATEN 100
    40 14 An unbeaten century by Calver featured the drawn annual cricket match between Royal Engineers and Royal Signals at Gillman Barracks yesterday. Engineers 179-6 depl. (Calver 100 no., Beames 34, Evans 5-43). Signals 90-5 (Powell 39).
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    ACHILLES TO HOLD MEET ON JULY 31
    58 14 Entries ar e open for the Achilles Club's annual athletic meet to be held at the Raffles Institution ground on July 31. The meet consists of five events for women, six for youths under 17 years seven for juniors under 19 years and
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    NARROW VICTORY
    20 14 Boys' Town scored a 4-3 victory over Johore IRC. in a friendly soccer match at Bukit Timah yesterday.
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    SAFA GET READY
    37 14 Singapore will play a trial match against the Royal Air Force at Seletar on July 16 as part of the preparation for the Malaya Cup final. Other trial games will probably be arranged later.
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    Lock icon COUNTY CRICKET SCORES
    104 14 LONDON, Wed. HPEA score,, in County cricket championship games starting today: At Oral: Leicester 187 for five, (Lester not out 89, M. Smith 63) v Surrey. At Harrogate: Yorkshire 213 for four (Padgett 96, Sutcllfle not out 81) V Glamorgan. At Romford: Somerset 233 for seven (Lawrence
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    Lock icon Tyson and Bedser for pace attack
    337 14 Tyson and Bedser for pace attack SECOND TEST HERO STATHAM UNFIT MANCHESTER, Wed. BRIAN STATHAM, the Lancashire fast bowler, failed his fitness test at Old Trafford today and his place in the England team for the third cricket Test against South Africa at Manchester tomorrow will be taken by Alec
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    STB HOLD EARLY LEAD IN HARD FOUGHT FINISH
    351 14 SINGAPORE Telephone Board cleared hurdle in their defence of the Stngapon Houses F.A. League and Cup championshi;, beat Hongkong Bank 2-1 in a thrillirm ke Farrer Park yesterday. Telephone Board thus completed the first round with a one hundred per cent record
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    Grose beats MAAA mark
    87 14 PETER GROSE bettered the Singapore and Malayan Hammer throw record when he threw 159 ft 51n. in the qualifying heata of the Singapore Police A.A.A. meet at the Police Training School on Tuesday. Singapore A.A.A. officials were present and supervised the measuring and weighing of the
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    SEMBAWANG ARE NAVY CHAMPIONS
    41 14 Royal Naval Air Station Sembawang won the Navy' s Singapore athletic championships at H.M.S. Terror yesterday. Final points: Sembawang, 119; H.M.S. Terror 91; H.M.S. Newfoundland 76; Royal Australian Navy 36; Royal Malayan Navy 29; Small Ships 5.
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    Results of R.A.F. athletic meet
    438 14 Results at the RAF athletic meet at Changl. Singapore, 'yesterday were: 100 yards: 1. Sgt Hamzah (B). 2. AC Howard (Ch A), 3. Cpl Fernandez (XL). 10.8 sec. 220 yards: AC Howard (Ch A). 2. Sgt Hamzah (B), 3. F/Lt Stewart (Ch A). 23.95ec. 440
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    Govt. Services soccer results
    66 14 M.R.N.V.B. defeated M.A.A.P 5-1 in a Government Services Div. 1 league soccer match at the P. T. ground yesterday. Osman Bakri (2), Charlie Chan (2) and Charlie Koh scored for MRNVR and Leong for M.A.A.F. Woodbridge beat P.W.D. 3-1 in another Dtv. l match at the
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    RESULTS AT A GLANCE
    62 14 YESTERDAY'S 1;,,-,,,,. x League and (uu s, H naoi p r > Trl. Board I v F. N. c >* oroi r i M. Bank (iROI Guthrie Jacks received Mansfirid CJROfp i) A Brickworks I horn 1.C.1, reed m o from (.KOI Boustead I Bonier, M.
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    Fords hold Mercantile
    144 14 MERCANTILE BANK held to a Ford Motors In league and cup Q r match at Jalan B< sar si yesterday Fords started and wore on top 10 minutes. beat goalkeeper Lim Woon. who gave performance to add growing reputan The bank foug and in the 13th the
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    Forwards couldn't sco but F&N more dangerous
    225 14 (CHARTERED BANK were held to a scoreless draw in their first League and Cup competition Group A match against Prater and Neave at River Valley Road yesterday. Fraser and Neave surprisingly were more dangerous than the Bank but failed to make use of
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      144 14 SS9HH Chronometer DATO Exclusive PM ETERNn-MflTI! K>^£2jn The first selfwinding chronomen ton .o. run i, is a well-known fact (hat i ckronomrte' is Illlx <«MtOL accurate ihan a watch. The title itself is leg and cannot be used indiscnminatcK H Mauc self-windint; chronometer has in ordinary ;hronomcters il ,mcs its
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      86 14 SOCCER SAFA League, Div. 3B: Kebenara n Club v Sukaramai, M.F.A. ground; Blue Rovers v Springdale, Clerical I'nion ground. Friendly: S.C.C. v Argonauts, S.C.C. padang; Rediffusion v Boys' Town, V.M.C.A.; Jollilads v R.A.F. Seletar. Farrer Park; Inited Services League, Div. 1: RAF Changi v R.A.0.C.; R.A.F. Tengah v R.E.M.E.; Navy
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