The Straits Times, 9 July 1955
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Title Section15 1955-07-09 1 The Straits Times Nat* 0 1 Estd. 1845 SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, JULY 9, 1955 15 CENTS15 words
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Article363 1955-07-09 1 Bourne and Hogan My to convince Chief Minister: Keep Emergency Regulations ONY MUSTN'T BECOME BASE FEDERATION Strong pleas may sway Marshall representatives of the Singapore ition Governments which will have on whether or not the Emergency extended in the Colony for annths were held in Singapore363 words
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Article97 1955-07-09 1 NORFOLK, Virginia, Fri. FEDERAL Judge Walter Hoffman has ruled that Virginia must no longer bar Negroes from Seashore State Park, until now reserved for whites. His ruling also forbade the State to lease it to a private operator discriminating against any race. The judge saidReuter - 97 words
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Article22 1955-07-09 1 LONDON, Fri. The Queen today conferred the accolade of kni«hthood on Sir Robert Scott, new CommissionerGeneral in South-East Asia. Reuter.Reuter - 22 words
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Article509 1955-07-09 1 That jobs row was all a mistake SO SORRY— BYRNE &CO TO MARSHALL UOUR senior officials of the Singapore Senior Officers Association last night called on the Chief Minister, Mr. David Marshall, to clear up an "unfortunate misconception" over the filling of two senior appointments in the Colony's medical service.509 words
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Article23 1955-07-09 1 BANGKOK, Fri. Military advisers of the seven Southeast Asia treaty organisation countries ended their three-day secret talks here today. A.P.AP - 23 words
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Article35 1955-07-09 1 WASHINGTON. Fri The income tax men have got U.S.S7O mil ($2lO mil) waiting to be claimed because they cannot trace all those who have paid more tax than they should have done.35 words
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Article31 1955-07-09 1 LONDON, Fri.— Mr. V X, Krishna Menon arrived here by air today from New York after attending the recent United Nations tenth anniversary celebrations in San Francisco. Reuter.Reuter - 31 words
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Article30 1955-07-09 1 PORTLAND, Fri. Frank Lechleidner, World War I infantryman who saw action in France in 1917, has Just received the two medals he won 32 years ago.— A.P.AP - 30 words
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Article22 1955-07-09 1 DONCASTER, Fri Mr. Ralph Edwards, who composed the song "Why worry?" had his engineering works here burgled yesterday. Reuter.Reuter - 22 words
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Article45 1955-07-09 1 GREAT YARMOUTH. Fri. Trainer A. Goodwill of Newmarket experimented yesterday by stuffing cotton wool in the ears of Merry Prince running here to deaden the noise of the crowd. Result, the horse had its first win since last November. Reuter.Reuter - 45 words
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Article26 1955-07-09 1 GENEVA, Fri. Russia said today that she will resume an active part in the World Health Organisation which she left in 1949. —Reuter.Reuter - 26 words
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237 1955-07-09 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. DISING RUBBER PRICES brought the Federation Government an extra $5,000,000 in taxes last month. Duty on rubber is based on a sliding seale the higher the price, the higher the duty. Customs revenue on rubber exports rocketed from $8,400,--000 in237 words
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Article111 1955-07-09 1 Condemned sergeant may appeal DUSSELDORF, Fri. MR. GEORGE COLEMAN, defence solicitor for Sgt. Frederick Emmett-Dunne, said today that he was considering an appeal against the court martial findings and death sentence on the sergeant for the murder of Sgt. Reginald Watters. Mrs. Mia Emmett-Dunne, 29. burst into tears when toldReuter - 111 words
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Article51 1955-07-09 1 TOKYO, Fri. The Vietminh president, Mr. Ho Chimlnh yesterday promised that Communism would "win complete victory" over all of IndoChina with the support of Russia and Communist China. The Vietminh leader, who is now visiting Peking spoke to the Chinese people in a special broadcast.UP - 51 words
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178 1955-07-09 1 NEW YORK, Fri. Mr. Lawrence D. Bell, head of the Bell Aircraft Corporation, predicted today that aircraft within the next 20 years would operate at speeds of 7,000 to 14,000 miles an hour at altitudes up to 50 miles. In a .statement issuedReuter - 178 words
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Article19 1955-07-09 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri.— No casualties to either security forces or terrorists were reported in the Federation today.19 words
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Article292 1955-07-09 1 Strike of f —on with races ELEVENTH HOUR TALKS AT TURF CLUB SAVE THE DAY KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. THREATENED strike by 300 A stable boys at the Kuala Lumpur race track has been called off. Races will be run as usual tomorrow. Agreement was reached this evening after a meeting292 words
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Article, Illustration101 1955-07-09 1 Harlow, 12, wins world trip A CANADIAN schoolboy and his 48-year-old teacher arrived in Singapore yesterday by air from Sydney. The boy is Harlow John Miller, aged 12, (above) who won a 30-day round-the-world flight sponsored by a Canadian newspaper and Pan American World Airways. "It's been such a wonderful101 words
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Article59 1955-07-09 1 Sweet and silent Music and chocolates LIVERPOOL, Fri. A British firm has invented a silent wrapping for chocolates to cut out that ear-splitting rustle at concerts and theatres. Two hundred boxes with the new plastic-based wrapping were tried out at a philharmonic society concert last night. The result: Society officialsAP - 59 words
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Article140 1955-07-09 1 Princesses' merry dance on River Thames LONDON, Friday. DRINCESS MARGARET, her calypso skirt swinging, danced till the early hours of the morning today at a merry party afloat on the River Thames. Empty bottles, straw hats and flowers floated forlornly on the upper reachesReuter - 140 words
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Article33 1955-07-09 1 HEIDELBERG, Fri. The United States has ordered U.S. $20 million worth of military equipment from Britain including Centurion tanks for her forces in Europe, it was announced here today. Reuter.Reuter - 33 words
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Article123 1955-07-09 1 INTO THE COURT: A COFFIN Take it out, says the Coroner AN inquiry in the Singa- pore Coroner's Court was interrupted yesterday when an old coffin was carried into the court. "What is this for?" Mr. Oiam Chong Hing. the Assistant Coroner, asked Inspector M Kanapathy. who was conducting the123 words
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Article25 1955-07-09 1 BONN, Fri. Chancellor Konrad Adenauer's Government said today that American and British military institutions are "worthy models*" for the new German Wehrmacht.— A.PAP - 25 words
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Article265 1955-07-09 1 'Better peace hopes': Nehru ROME, Fri. rpHE Indian Prime Min--1 ister, Mr. Nehru, told a press conference here today that he thought there was more hope for peace now than ever before. He had been asked for his views in the light of his recent talks with Soviet leaders. HisReuter; AP - 265 words
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Article51 1955-07-09 1 BERLIN, Fri. Frau Margit Jakubeit crossed the Iron Curtain at Lauenburg today and received a bouquet and a free pass to spend a week-end in a Lauenburg hotel. She was the 1,000,000 th person to cross over from the Communist East zone at the check point here.—UP - 51 words
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Advertisement18 1955-07-09 1 MALAYA'S FINEST ICE CREAM ss :c THE BEST FRENCH BRANDY THAT MONEY CAN BUY BKHIVE \M BRANDY 11H18 words
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Advertisement81 1955-07-09 1 NO HOMO SOAP FACTORY LTD. »i cmuiia tr i>o>n >!i 1111-n) /he froud Record of at the OLYMPIC GAMES OVALTINE was officially recognized at the last four Olympic Games and hai been accepted for the Olympic Games. Melbourne >n 1956 (At tkt LouJtrn Olympic Games, 1948, over j), 000 cups81 words
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Article117 1955-07-09 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri OESCUE squads left here today to salvaKe a Royal Navy Sikorsky 55 helicopter and an Army Auster aircraft which made forced landings this morning because of engine trouble. The helicopter, carrying a of two and four soldiers. Innded in a .jungle clearing117 words
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Article34 1955-07-09 2 -four members of the [oral Rearmament movement n countries left Singar Bangkok yesterday At, Thio Chan Bee and Mrs. B ilr Oliphant. wife of ;i serviceman, accompanied the nv-mbers34 words
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Article39 1955-07-09 2 YORK, Fri.—Sixteen-yir-old John Secor boasted: .< could stab me. 1 rake the knife away urn." In a scuffle to show how he would do it John was stabbed by his friend. 16-year-old Conrad Topper. He died.39 words
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Article213 1955-07-09 2 AFTER PARTY BROKE UP BRIDEGROOM COULD NOT FIND BRIDE HUSBAND GIVEN DIVORCE ON NULLITY PLEA TAN ONG ENG, a clerk, who married a stenographer in August, 1952, told Mr. Justice Tan Ah Tah in the Singapore High Court yesterday that his wife disappeared with213 words
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Article, Illustration53 1955-07-09 2 I Alan gets a personal picture of Princess Alexandra ALAN ROSCOE a nine-year-old patient at the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Brighton, points his camera at his Royal visitor, Princess Alexandra, who smiling posed beside his bed. The Princess made a tour of the hospital lastReuter - 53 words
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Article70 1955-07-09 2 Wolf! A mad one, too —34 savaged CAIRO, Fri A MAD wolf ran amok for eight hours through the streets of an Egyptian town today savaging 34 people, including an eight-year-old boy. All are in hospital with severe injuries. Police chased the wolf as it ran snapping and snarling throughReuter - 70 words
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Article32 1955-07-09 2 The Chartered Bank Sports Club will hold a charity dance for the Singapore Association for the Blind in the Badminton Hall from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. on July 16.32 words
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Article178 1955-07-09 2 and loses all now she sues for money back NEW YORK, Fri.— On her nrst and only day at the races 28-year-old Miss Paulo Aiello lost all her holiday money on the tote. Now she is suing to get it back. Pretty Miss Aiello,178 words
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Article194 1955-07-09 2 THIS BELL RANG THE IRE OF GRACE NEW YORK, Fri. fARL BJORKMAN, of Topeka, Kansas, was happy with his bells— including a 640 lb. one until yesterday. That was when a new neighbour, Mrs. Grace Hart, had him arrested on charges of disturbing the peace. She does not like theAP - 194 words
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Article173 1955-07-09 2 SEMBAWANO, the Royal Navy's Singapore depot for carrier-based aircraft, is going into mothballs. Thirty-six carrier aircraft 24 Sea Fury fighters and 12 Firefly submarine hunters left for Britain this week on the carrier H.M.A.S. Vengeance. About 160 men, mostly aircraft electricians and engineers, will173 words
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Article36 1955-07-09 2 WASHINGTON, Fri. The United states yesterday accepted Russia's offer to pay half the damages involved In the shooting down of an VS. Navy patrol plane over the Bering Sea on June 23.— A. P36 words
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Article261 1955-07-09 2 A T THE SCENE OF 'WHITE COMPANY' LONDON, Friday. THE body of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, creator of Sherlock Holmes, was reburied yesterday m the New Forest an ancient hunting ground that was the scene of his story "The White Company." Lady Conan Doyle, his261 words
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53 1955-07-09 2 WALDO, (Wisconsin), Fri.— Sam Zolp must attend church every Sunday for a year under an order of the circuit court here. Zolp, a publican, was also placed on probation and fined $500 for allowing a minor to loiter in his tavern and selling liauorReuter - 53 words
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Article350 1955-07-09 2 Share his plans, his interests, his worries and win his admiration, says Whitfield TAIPING, Friday THE MEMBER for Education, Mr. L. D. Whitfield today gave this advice to parents who don't want their children to stray into trouble: KEEP AN INTEREST in what they do;350 words
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Article34 1955-07-09 2 JOHORE BAHRU, Fri. Raj 00, a rubber tapper, of Gunong Pulal, was fined $25G at Pontian yesterday for having a kati of dried fish without a permit in a restricted area.34 words
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Article71 1955-07-09 2 HOLLYWOOD. Fri.— Now it's the round screen. Called Circarama, it shows a picture going on all round the audience. The man behind the idea is Walt Disney. He has built a fabulous tour- ist centre and playland side Hollywood -name: neyland— with the 360--gree screen on71 words
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Article153 1955-07-09 2 ...AND MODELS SHOW THE BOYS HOW T<HE Singapore Junior 1 Technical Trade Schoc in Balestier Road plan to form clubs for its boys "to make them happy after school hours." The clubs, proposed are cydii photography, films, pin aero modelling, coins and stamps. Yesterday the boys were153 words
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Article62 1955-07-09 2 MANILA. Fri. The Philippines vice-president, Mr Carlos Garcia, today withdrew his government's objections to a draft blueprint for the d fence of the South-East A?:a in order not to delay the p gress of Seat© military a visers now meeting in Banekok He made the decisionReuter - 62 words
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Article32 1955-07-09 3 fathers foiled by time t\ ADA CLOSES noOR ON 9ONS mo. Fri. •:lo by i Chinese when MeOntario rj that ;id not court w R Bas- nd- n who :iridcould r the32 words
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Article40 1955-07-09 3 II Fri. A I Jay oomil O'.ivieri, r.th's cnup I to an indeterminate Deriod of "preventive imprisonment." A similar sentence was passed on 34 other naval officers alleged to be implicated in the nlot. Rev40 words
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452 1955-07-09 3 STAY AND EX-HUSBAND GOES FREE— PHYLLIS REFUSES British-born war bride says: I only want to go home LONDON, Fri. BRITISH BORN war bride who wants to leave (zechoslvakia with her three children yesterday turned down a Czech offer to free her former husband from prison if she would stay withReuter - 452 words
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Article172 1955-07-09 3 Princess sees jet crash at show FRANBOROUGH, Thurs. I>RINCESS Margaret wa s 1 visibly shaken when a jet crashed before her eyes at an j air show here yesterday. But she carried in the best Royal tradition and went home later the way she came by heliooptar. The Princess flew172 words
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Article, Illustration52 1955-07-09 3 HO AND CHOU EN-LAI ENJOY THEMSELVES IHE President M Vietnam, Mr. Ho Chi-minh. with the Communist Chinese Prime Minister. Mr. Chou En-lai (right) at a banquet in Peking the day after his arrival on an official visit. Yesterday Mr. Ho flew to Moscow.AP - 52 words
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Article50 1955-07-09 3 MIAMI, Fri. Arrested for appearing naked on the streets, John McElroy, 35 told police he took off his clothes because he didn't want to be conspicuous. And he was telling the truth, the police said. McElroy had broken out of jail and discarded his prison uniform. A.P.AP - 50 words
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Article34 1955-07-09 3 NEW YORK, Fri.— A new type of "moving pavement" which can go around corners and carry passengers in two directions has been shown to the public here by the makers. Reuter.Reuter - 34 words
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221 1955-07-09 3 TURIN, Friday. A RETIRED R.A.F. Wing Commander. Leonard Cheshire, holder of the Victoria Cross, wartime bomber pilot and British observer at the dropping of the atomic bomb at Nagasaki in 1945, wheeled an invalid English girl through the streets of Turin lastReuter - 221 words
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Article186 1955-07-09 3 LONDON. Fri. A PROMINENT Methodist minister. Dr. Donald Soper. yesterday called for "the mobilisation 01 an informed and disinterested world opinion." to bring moral pressure on "the sponsors of apartheid" in South Africa. Writing in the weekly Tribune, Dr. Soper a former president of the MethodistReuter - 186 words
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Article95 1955-07-09 3 AUCKLAND. Fri.. FREDERICK FOSTER. 26--year-old British immigrant, was hanged here yesterday or the murder of 19--year-old Sharon Skiffington —the girl he said he loved— in an Auckland milk bar. His last words on the scaffold were: "I am innocent, innocent. I want everybody to takeReuter - 95 words
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136 1955-07-09 3 POONA. Fri. A thousand unarmed volunteers are to cross into Goa on Aug. 1 in a passive resistance demonstration to demand union of the Portuguese colony with India, it was announced here yesterday. The all-party Goa Liberation Aid Committee said that the passive resisters wouldReuter - 136 words
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Article22 1955-07-09 3 LONDON, Fri. The Colonial Secretary. Mr. Alan Lennox Boyd, will fly to Cyprus today for talks with the bovernor. U.P.UP - 22 words
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Article323 1955-07-09 3 LONDON. Fri. SPHERE was a cautious atmosphere A on the stock markets here today after the overnight setback on Wall Street but there was no evidence of selling pressure and the undertone remained firm. There was some reaction in glltedged after a firm opening on persistent small offerings.323 words
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Article26 1955-07-09 3 LONDON. July 8. Cash Buyers £728; Sellers £729: Forward Buyers £725' 2 Sellers £726'j; Settlement £728 'j. Turnover ajn. 35 tons. p.m. 30 tons.26 words
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Article39 1955-07-09 3 LONDON, July 8. Spot 35 nominal. Aug. 34 ;d,, Sept. 33\d" Oct.-Dec. 3Wi., Jan.-Mar. 29 s B d., Apr-June 27 T K d., July c.i.f. 33 \d.. Aug. c.i.f. 32 id.. Sept. c.i.f. unquoted. Tone: Barely steady39 words
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Advertisement213 1955-07-09 3 jg^SP REAPS Sm ok c y (dE^P^ decorated and %^^i re-usable glasses SINCAPORE COLD STORAGE CO. LTD. Di: Mitt's /&4 COUGH SYRUP Mfe?i«i£lF! fOR CHILDREN UP TO 5 YEARS! \g\ y f THEY LOVE IT! B by COUGH ti^&W'SZz syrup AND CSEOSOIE) |^Ejjj[ il; I FOR THE REST OF I213 words
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85 1955-07-09 4 BUKIT MERTAJAM. Fri. |X)R taking 20 pieces of bis■T cuits and chocolates into a food restricted village. Police Corporal Osman. of the Federal Field Force, was fined $100 here today. A constable. Saidin bin Ahmad, of Kuala Lumpur Police Depot, was fined $100 for85 words
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Article61 1955-07-09 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. The Sultan has appointed Mr. Ong Thye Ghee, aged 56, manager of the Oversea-Chinese Bank here, to be an unofficial member of Selangor Council of State. Mr. Ong takes the place of Mr. Yong Shook Lin, a lawyer rubber magnate and former Federal councillor,61 words
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Article37 1955-07-09 4 Mr. C. Thayer. White, who was for several years in the Bureau of Economic Affairs of the U.S. State Department, has arrived in Singapore to join the American ConsulateGeneral as chief of the Economic Division.37 words
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Article18 1955-07-09 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri.—Terrorists cut telephone wires beside the Yong Peng-Paloh Road, Johore, early this morning.18 words
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Article394 1955-07-09 4 AFTER BEARING BRUNT OF THE EMERGENCY THEY ARE FED UP 'BUT INTIMIDATION WILL GROW AS REDS GET HUNGRY,' ESTATES WARN KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. gPOKESMEN for estate houses said here today that there had been a marked improvement in the morale of rubber tappers this year and394 words
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Article141 1955-07-09 4 MALACCA, Fri. rpHERE is no Malay 1 term for "constitutional heads of state." So in the Malay translation of their guide book on the Federal elections, a lesser title, "ketua" (headman), is used to describe th/ status of the Sulta*" in the Alliance's proposed141 words
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Article, Illustration254 1955-07-09 4 52 tried but still no Virginia VIRGINIA McKENNA (of Malaya) is still missing. Mr. Joseph Janni, producer of the $2 million film "A Town Like Alice," was unable to select a "double" for the star after interviewing 52 women yesterday. He made an immediate choice, however, of eight people to254 words
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Article53 1955-07-09 4 No sale— no watch A Chinese posed as a customer and took a $750 gold watch from a jeweller's shop in High Street, Singapore, on Thursday evening A police spokesman said the man asked and was shown the watch. He left the shop without making a purchase. The watch was53 words
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165 1955-07-09 4 PENANG, Fri. T^HE PENANG division of the Malayan Indian Congress has warned one of its founder members, Mr. K. R. Ramanath, that he would be expelled if ihe continued to make stateI merits contrary to the policy of the M.I.C. "But I aim165 words
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Article18 1955-07-09 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. Tobacco and cigarette import duties netted the Federal Treasury $9,000,000 and petrol $3,000,000.18 words
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Article188 1955-07-09 4 'NIGHT WAS NOT CLEAR ...so a manager is cleared of breach of Labour Code IPOH, Fri. |UST whrn is "night"? J The Labour Code says it means "a period of not less than 11 consecutive hours, including the interval between 10 o'clock in the evening and 5 o'clock in the188 words
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Article150 1955-07-09 4 Wife sues for maintenance KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. A TELECOMS WIREMAN from Kuala Selangor said in the Second Magistrate's Court here he would not pay his wife any maintenance because she had misbehaved. The wireman, Arumugam, was being sued by his wife, Muniammah. for maintenance150 words
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Article47 1955-07-09 4 Divorce for woman Mrs. Quek Hong Chef, who sued her husband for divorce on the grounds of adultery, was granted a decree nisi in the Singapore High Court yesterday. The decree is to be made absolute in three months. They were married at the registry in 1951.47 words
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Article68 1955-07-09 4 BLOOD BANK NEEDS NEW DONORS An urgent appeal for more new blood donors was made yesterday by the medical officer in charge of the Singapore Blood Transfusion Service. There are only 40 flasks left in the blood bank. Last month 598 people gave blood and 644 transfusions were made. The68 words
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Article48 1955-07-09 4 KLANG. Fri. Twenty-one woodcutters 19 Chinese and two Malays were arrested on charges of carrying food in a restricted area in Kuala Selangor yesterday. They were arrested by an area security unit, which found them during a jungle operation. They have been released on bail.48 words
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Article22 1955-07-09 4 A thief broke into a shop in Geylang Serai, Singapore, on Thursday night and stole $40 and cigarettes worth $23.22 words
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Article214 1955-07-09 4 IPOH i A LL PERAK was put security readiiK five hours in an today to test polir. military liaison and c( munications. This was the fir wide exercise held for mar.j years. An assessment results is being made. A police spokesman told the214 words
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79 1955-07-09 4 CYCLE THEFTS: 2 HELD IN POLICE CHECK i PENANG, Fri.— Ponanu lice, intensifying their cam' paign against bicycle thieves today detained two cyclist. whose machines did not tail; with particulars in the Vehicle] Registration Office. The men were detained b] a radio patrol during c in various parts of the79 words
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Article32 1955-07-09 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. Yahaya bin Ibrahim. claimed trial in tho First Magistrate's Court hert retaining a stolen worth S5O at 2 am., in Cry Lane. He was allowed bail32 words
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126 1955-07-09 4 PENANG. Fri. A magis- trate, Mr. E. A. Long, today rejected an application by defence counsel, Mr. Li m Kheng Kooi, for the indefinite postponement of a case in which Yeap Hock Hoe, a banker and racehorse owner, is accused of causing hurt to126 words
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Article34 1955-07-09 5 Quarrel over a room I 5 CO TO COURT UIOITIT [PUR. Fri. PEOPLE. I" i an hotel 1 t h a to get ground ha I brrn ol So power order i- had •vliirh34 words
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Article19 1955-07-09 5 II i Badphony be ..>ya at 1 for I r inora Paris by Incredible19 words
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Article13 1955-07-09 5 Norbina j .ir-old i. Cony a lorry Simpang. re. yester-13 words
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Article47 1955-07-09 5 UR Fri. I 24, alias San Peng two I LumMr. G. r ■•aling his sister. Foong Mvi Ching. at Kampong Satu. The magistrate said that he would recommend corrective training for Chan. Chan, who denied stealing the rings, was convicted last week.47 words
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Article331 1955-07-09 5 No interference, sau two parties, but PAP declares: TWO Singapore poliA tical parties, the Progressives and Democrats, supported local rivil servants yesterday by asking that the Government should not interfere with promotions in Malayanising the service. They want politics kept out of appointments. Efficiency must not suffer331 words
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209 1955-07-09 5 THE NATIONAL UNION of Plantati^Workerafwhich L has adhered to a strictly non-political programme has been told of election campaigns on certain estates which are undermining the influence of the trade union movement. Leaders of the Perak branch brought the matter up in a meeting today209 words
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Article91 1955-07-09 5 'Charter for clerks' is proposed THE Singapore Progressive Party is preparing a new "clerical workers' charter" to see that clerks get a square deal. These employees are not covered by the new Labour Bill now under study by a select committee of the Legislative Assembly. At a meeting of the91 words
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Article44 1955-07-09 5 IPOH. Fri. The Ipoh Customs office and warehouses will work with reduced staff on Polling Day on July 27, it was stated today. This is because a number of the staff will be lent to help at polling stations.44 words
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Article29 1955-07-09 5 KLANG. Fri. Agents of candidates contesting the Selangor Tongah and Selangor Barat constituencies went round Klang and Port Swettenham today and pasted posters on walls and trees.29 words
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Article25 1955-07-09 5 The rounder of the "Holiday on Ice show, now performing in Singapore. Mr. Carl Snyder, arrived in the Colony yesterday from Japan.25 words
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Article173 1955-07-09 5 Forgery is same old stamp 4 FORGED $2 Singapore postage stamp was yesterday identified by postal authorities as a "collectors' piece." The Controller of Posts, Mr. A. Mackay laugh«a off the forgery scare with the disclosure that the same stamp paid a visit to Singapore in 1949. He said: "It173 words
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Article60 1955-07-09 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri— Har Kok Kong, ased 39, of the Groat Eastern Life Insurance Company, was remanded for a week here today after he had pleaded guilty to criminal breach of trust of $828. Har. who gave his address as Bukit Timah Road, Singapore, misappropriated the money60 words
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Article44 1955-07-09 5 BUKIT MERTAJAM, Fri. A dance will be held at the High School hall from 8.30 p.m. to 1.30 a.m. tomorrow under the patronage of the acting Resident Commissioner. Penang. Mr. D. Gray, to raise funds for the Bukit Mertajem District Welfare Fund.44 words
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Article, Illustration59 1955-07-09 5 Johore girl with golden voice Miss Sylvia de Silva (above) of the Kluang telephone exchange last night won the "Miss Johore Golden Voice" contest. There were 11 contestants. She is 18 and has only been in the service three months. Che Shariffah Badariah binte Mohamed. of Muar was second. In59 words
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Article97 1955-07-09 5 A BOY who stole $50 from his employer bought himself some new clothes and shoes, a wrist watch and a wallet, a Singapore court was told yesterday. Zainuddeen bin Mohamed Alwi, 17, pleaded guilty to stealing $50 from Piara Singh at his house in97 words
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Article26 1955-07-09 5 A neon sign in Orchard Road, Singapore, caught fire last night. Two fire engines answered the call. A short circuit started the fire.26 words
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Article50 1955-07-09 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri.— Yee Wang Sing, aged 19, pleaded guilty here today to offering a bribe of $3.50 to a policeman in Pudu Road to Induce him not to arrest him for alleged disorderly behaviour. Sentence was postponed to July 15. Bail was granted.50 words
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206 1955-07-09 5 Junior Minister plan makes Mr. Lee wonder if it is just 'horse-trading' T»HE public has a right to expect that the Singapore x Government's proposal to appoint more junior Ministers is intended to provide more executive talent and is not "horse- trading for political loyalty in the face of threatened206 words
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93 1955-07-09 5 CAR TYRE PRICES MAY GO UP 5 PER CENT THE price of car tyres in Singapore and the Federation will rise within the next two months. The rise will be probably about five per cent. A rubber company spokesman said in Singapore yesterday: "A price rise is bound to follow93 words
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Article55 1955-07-09 5 The Singapore Art Society Is organising a new series of classes on oil painting for beginners at the British Council Hall on Tuesday evenings from six to eight. The first lesson will begin on July 12. Mr. Price, who li now holding classes on Wednesdays and55 words
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Article47 1955-07-09 5 The Singapore Itinerant Hawkers' and Stallholders, Association will hold a meeting at the Victoria Memorial Hall at 7 p.m today. Two People's Action Party Assemblymen, Mr Lee Kuan Yew and Mr. Lim Chin Siong,, will attend. Mr. Lee is the association's legal adviser.47 words
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Advertisement132 1955-07-09 5 YEAST-VITE DID IT! j lost vigonr and Titality with •'•c. Rjch in tonic B vitamins and V/^§^wlsJ' °g caffeine, it works at once! Also P^^^^™ saway headache, neuralgia, %wvc or I JUf A%l /ggSjjpfcfc,,. ftfrji YFACT.yiTc ,4(aa^J/M UGHTmG P/C/CMi-t/P fp^^iffl I l/l'f4 V6ur fevowrrte works double wonders rvujl^^ 1 1132 words
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Advertisement327 1955-07-09 5 Swiss chronometer production hits new high Rolex produce 62.8% of total in 1953 BKl,^^^ iff f <-^, is cl T r IN 1953 IIK Sw<« mchniUing indus.r> pro- submilied to U>«« TeM.n, Sunoo, un<teT»o TV (ml dyof .bout buyaf efcronomwer i, ,nconi.,ubk h> U Illfll 11l ill I duced 48.621327 words
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Miscellaneous519 1955-07-09 5 "RADIO' MALAYA 538 £3. IMMIJ# S ke I Programmes thus marked ran |irV7f*T^ be received by listeners in Malacca. PjggU |t«T-4|lj|f«l a^HB Short wave 4fl A 62m. .Medium wave HHHaaMaRHBBMaaV 476 m.. 343., 366 m. and 297 m.) GIUrADADt? P.M.*1.00 Programme Summary; aim9t%Mr\MKiKd '1.30 News; '1.45 Share Market Re- (Short519 words
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Obituary58 1955-07-09 6 21) Hi.rrf, (minimum). CHZAM: Madaa Cniam Siew Noi 1 iii- Peck Lob), aye 95, died dly 11.20 n.ni. 8-7-55 at M Mok Kurau. leaving < bee k<kui He in and Chee U liters, son-in-law '.;m Chiang, 1 tiauehter-in- I Brother Chiam Ruck Sui of] and many Grand, Great- <58 words
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Article23 1955-07-09 6 '> ■■>'!■■ $11) (minimum). MRS. T. RATNASINGAM all fn<;nds and relatives lor; .I'i.ibir presents, conßratu- 1 .:d attendance on of their marriage on 2.7.55.23 words
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Obituary25 1955-07-09 6 211 Hf.rrf* Bit (minimum). IN OVING MEMORY Of my Julia, nee Mrs. Mail- m devoted mother of Lorna and Sybil. 9.7.53. J. Nathmiel.25 words
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Article663 1955-07-09 6 The row over the appointment of two senior men in the Singapore Medical Service, whether or not there was any foundation for reports that improper influence was attempted to secure the nomination of two local men, has served at least one useful purpose. It has demonstrated beyond663 words
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Article549 1955-07-09 6 No Room For Junior Mr. Marshall's proposal to I create a number of junior ministerships in the Singapore Coalition Government will be received with some surprise and considerable disapproval. If any early changes were to be made, the expectation was that it would involve the key portfolio of Commerce and549 words
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Article1185 1955-07-09 6 CYNICUS - As I was saying. CYNICUS by JUST where the eager thousands of workers who have been in the past prevented from attending afternoon Legislative Assembly meetings are to be accommodated when they storm the Assembly House at the proposed evening sittings is something that seems to have been overlooked. The1,185 words
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Article, Illustration9 1955-07-09 6 CATTLE AT PLAY— Photo by Harry Miller,Harry Miller - 9 words
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1037 1955-07-09 6 Beyond Bandoeng MALAYSIAN notebook FIFTY YEARS AGO YOU could not find A two towns more different than Jokjakarta and Bandoeng. In Jokjakarta life moves slowly, it is a city of Java immemorial and unchanging, steeped in the unbroken Indonesian culture of the centuries. Bandoeng is a little cameo of Europe1,037 words
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Advertisement641 1955-07-09 6 CLASSIFIED ADS. 21) W»r4t tl§ (minimum). IE: To Jonn nnd Ken, a ■Sally 1. at Bung.sar. on h Both well. CAMS: To Lsobel and Alex, f Hutu Oajah Hospital, on 6th .1 daughter, Marie 1 NOCK: To Mary ond Hedley. at J: K Hnt-pltal. on Bth July. '55, a Elizabeth641 words
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Advertisement32 1955-07-09 6 GERMAN PEN ▼imite incomparable for visible ink filling capacity, reliability b price-worthiness. Agents <fc Service Stations: EVERBRICHT OPTICAL CO., 1», Imli.t St., Sporr-1. ENC SENC MEDICAL CO.. 8, Ah Quee St., Penang.32 words
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Advertisement230 1955-07-09 6 X^ WZb^'Y shouldn t ifion/fff/ around when it n>nu>s to I*, rvrords Be discriminating! Choose only masterpieces like these— Suite No 3|n D (Bach) Ouverture; A Jr; Gavotte 1 and 2; Bourref; ome; Suite No. 4 in D (Bach) Ouverture; Bourree 1 and tl Gavotte; Menuet 1 and 2; Rejouissance:230 words
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Article113 1955-07-09 7 •MY BOYS THREATENED ME -BUT MAGISTRATE FREES SEVEN YOUTHS rHE S IT WAS ROWS ALL jj\) DOWN ON THE nll\l. FATHER COMPLAINS •iITHY "1 -year-old farmer yesterday told IDOri court that his five adopted sons ndsons threatened him with death, n move out and then113 words
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117 1955-07-09 7 tyHEN a wife asked her TT husband why he spent the night with a neighbour, he replied: '"It's none of your business. I will do as I like. I cannot live with you any more." That wa s in May 1943. The wife loft117 words
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Article41 1955-07-09 7 A taxi-driver, Yeo Hock Enq. 35, was stabbed in Arab Street, Singapore, about 4 a.m. yesterday. He was attacked from behind while he was walking to a garape to get his taxi. Yeo, was injured in both arms.41 words
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Article, Illustration113 1955-07-09 7 j HER ENGLISH BRIDESMAIDS WORE SARIS AS WELL ***** LILIAN Punnampala i whose home is in Klang, after her wedding at Sandleheath, Hampshire, England, to Mr. G. H. Nicholas of Sandleheath. Mr. Nicholas met his bride while assisting in the Me- hodist Choir and113 words
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Article55 1955-07-09 7 a saw- i F -n? Chan, aged I i Court here j r irged with f packets of apium, "I depend on chandu to give me strength to work." He said he bought the opium for $21 in a back lane in town. He was fined55 words
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Article120 1955-07-09 7 Pickets fight new men PERSUASION FAILED SIXTEEN pickets at a building site in Telegraph Street. Singapore, clashed with a nonstriking labour gang of 20 yesterday. Three pickets were injured and treated at the General Hospital. There were no arrests. The fisht broke out after the pickets had failed to persuade120 words
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Article53 1955-07-09 7 Two Hong Kong singers will be guest artists at a charity fair at the Victoria Memorial Hall. Singapore, on July 30 in aid of the Chinese V.M.C.A. and the Family Planning Association. They are Miss Mona Fong and Miss Chang I-wen. Both will sing in53 words
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Article43 1955-07-09 7 The Rev. Dr. E. O. Homrighausen. Dean of Princeton Theological Seminary, the largest college for training the Christian ministry in the United States, will be the guest preacher at the 10.30 a.m. service at St. Andrew's Cathedral, Singapore, tomorrow.43 words
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Article39 1955-07-09 7 Tan Cheng Huan was charged in Singapore yesterday with possessing a stiletto at the junction of Ouillemard Road and Lorong 8, on July 4. He pleaded guilty. The case was postponed to July 15 for sentence.39 words
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Article161 1955-07-09 7 Fatima wants to contact mother in Malaya KUALA LUMPUR, Fri.— Fatima binte Mohamed Noor, 24, stranded in India with her husband and three children, wants to get in touch with her mother in Malaya. Sh^ believes her mother, Chaiyan binte Sanavi, could sponsor her family's return161 words
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Article64 1955-07-09 7 A man who pleaded guilty on June 30 to a charge of (having a knuckle duster at the junction of Braddell and Thompson roads. Singapore, changed his plea yesterday. Tan Tong Hoi said he pleaded guilty because he was assaulted by detectives at Kandang Kerbau64 words
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Article45 1955-07-09 7 KOTA BHARU. Fri. Dr. Burhanuddin al-Helmy. formerly president of the outlawed Malay Nationalist Party, arrived here today During a two-day stay in Kelantan he will address rallies at Pasir Mas and Kola Bharu. He will see the Sultan of Kelantan tomorrow.45 words
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158 1955-07-09 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. MANY Malay boys were reluctant to get their feet wet. When they were needed by the Drainage and Irrigation Department they preferred to join the Public Works Department or even tried to be district officers, lawyers or doctors.158 words
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Article50 1955-07-09 7 Kept drug charge Tay Peng Lim was tentatively charged in the Singapore Fourth Magistrate's Court yesterday with dishonestly retaining four ounces of morphine in Prinsep Street on July 7. The drug is alleged to have been stolen during a gang robbery. Tay was ordered "to be remanded until July 11.50 words
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Article49 1955-07-09 7 IPOH. Fri Mr. Justice Thomson today dismissed the appeal of Banta Singh. 36, a Sikh labourer in Parit against his conviction and sentence of six months' jail for assisting in concealing a stolen water pump valued at $400. He was convicted in Ipoh on April 5.49 words
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Article78 1955-07-09 7 RING 'BRIBE ALLEGED KUALA LIPIS. Fri. Kwok Mun Moon, 24, a clerk in a Chinese firm here, yesterday pleaded not guilty to a charge of corruptly offering a gold ring valued at $32 as a gift to the acting Superintendent of Police. Mr. P. Sayers, on June 14 through his78 words
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93 1955-07-09 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. MORE than 3,500 rubber tappers employed on sealedoff estates in the Ulu Langat district of Selangor returned to work today. Police sealed off more than 10,000 acres of rubber and logRing country in the area on Monday night after a93 words
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Article50 1955-07-09 7 IPOH, Fri.— More than 150 men from 25 army units will take part in the R.E.M.E. (Malaya) annual rifle contest at the Sirmoor Lines ranges in Tambun Road from Monday to Thursday. The competition Is open to all ranks from Lieut-colonel to craftsman and private.50 words
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Article34 1955-07-09 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri.— A central Malaya branch of the University of Malaya Society will be formed here on Sunday. The new branch will cover Selangor. Pahang, Negri Semoilan and Malacca.34 words
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232 1955-07-09 7 Just a Hokkien custom... husband beat her—court told A CANTONESE woman, Yau Sut Fatt, who was taken as second wife by a Hokkien man, was beaten up by him because she cried at midnight, a Singapore Court was told yesterday. Yau was giving evidence232 words
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Article20 1955-07-09 7 Five scales worth $1,200 were reported stolen from a motor tyre firm in Kirn Yam Road, Singapore, yesterday.20 words
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Article315 1955-07-09 7 ESCORT HID AS REDS SHOT MANAGER MALACCA, Friday. A SPECIAL constable on escort duty did not open fir when six terrorists chased and killed a European estate manager because he was hiding, the Malacca Coroner, Mr. Ramanatha Iyer, was told today. The coroner was holding an inquiry at Jasin into315 words
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Advertisement88 1955-07-09 7 y^ ji "llll! Yes, that's right When you eaf Batchelors Peas you know they are the best peas you've ever tasted. Plump, tender and oh, so delicious I And so nourishing, too, because they are rich in protein. Batchelors Peas are the perfect vegetable. Try them today you'll love them88 words
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Advertisement30 1955-07-09 7 The criterion of/good tastf YARD LEY \J Wor luxurious shaving M VMHIT IHAVM WKL AMD -Arntt+MAWU iOTWM .ALSO VAfcOLIV »HAVIMO kTICK* AND tHAVIMC tMAMI »»«DLtY ;ill OLO UONO STREET LONDON30 words
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Miscellaneous162 1955-07-09 7 The weather MINIMUM TEMPERATURE: (7.30 p.m. on July 7 to 7.30 a.m. on July 8): Singapore 76 degrees, Penai:g 70, Kota Bahru 73, Kwla Lumpur 72. Ipoh 71, Kuantan 71. MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE: (7.30 a.m. to 7.30 p.m. on July 8): Singapore 86 degrees, Penang 84. 1 Kota Bahru 90, Kuala162 words
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144 1955-07-09 8 THE Singapore Factory and Shop Workers' Union has asked Malayan Bitumen Products Ltd., to re-instate i European factory foreman, iMr. Henry Eccleston, •who is due to be discharged today. Mr. Eccleston joined the union shortly before he receivfrt notice of dismissal144 words
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Article133 1955-07-09 8 Judge sets aside remand warrant MR. JUSTICE KNIGHT in the Singapore High Court yesterday set aside a remand warrant issued by a magistrate against Leow Nghee Lim, who had been charged with having prepared opium. The judge also ordered that Leow be taken forthwith before another magistrate who would consider133 words
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Article62 1955-07-09 8 Song Mian Yong, accused in j Finpapore yesterday of abctt- ing three men in robbing Madam Pak Yin Chan of cash and jewellery totalling 53.200 at her house in Duku Road on Dec 26, was acquitted. The jury presented a unani- j mous verdict of62 words
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Article33 1955-07-09 8 All married women in Sin- Kapore are invited to a meet- i ing at 12, Boscombe R<vd at 6 p.m today to discuss the formation of the Singapore Married Women's Union.33 words
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Article17 1955-07-09 8 gramophone records from hit brother-in-law, was sent to j six montns" Jail in Singapore yesterday17 words
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Article52 1955-07-09 8 PORT SWETTENHAM, Fri. Townsfolk and dock workers today crowded round a lorry loaded with 100 monkeys ■s It was about to leave for bingapore. The monkeys had been caught on the island of Sungei Dua. four miles from the mainland. They are for a Rochore Road52 words
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Article62 1955-07-09 8 The Council of the University of Malaya may in future confer the title of Emeritus Professor on any professor in recognition of distinguished scholarship and service to the University. The professor to be honoured must have served the University for at least seven years, including service in62 words
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Article, Illustration41 1955-07-09 8 MR. RAM I DHARAM and Miss Dhana Nandwani (above) were married in the Victoria Memorial Hall. Singapore, yesterday. Both bride and groom come from wellknown Indian textile business families. Straits Times picture.41 words
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Article, Illustration278 1955-07-09 8 Now maestro is all set to sail A YOUNG Singapore Chinese girl, who began music lessons at the age of five, will leave the Colony next month to continue her studies in London. Miss Chueng Mun Chit, a talented pianist, will leave for278 words
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Article106 1955-07-09 8 IPOH, Fri.— Sakai headmen from certain areas in Perak have complained to the office of the Protector of Aborigines that they have been threatened with violence unless they vote for a particular candidate in the Federal elections. Two or three such cases have been investigated, and persons106 words
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Article173 1955-07-09 8 TRADERS URGE PROTEST TO U.S. PENANG, Fri. rpHE Federation of Rubber Trade Associations will ask the Colonial Office to protest to the United States Government against "high-handed and unwarranted interference with the Maiayan market" by American rubber executives. "We will also accuse the American Government of being largely responsible for173 words
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Article136 1955-07-09 8 Death laid trap after party BUKIT MERTAJAM, Fri. A PENANG merchant, Tan Bok Chin, was killed in a car crash on his way home after attending a wedd ng here, the coroner, Inche Hassan bin Hussain, was told today. Tan Ah Kow, a driver, said that he was driving on136 words
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Article48 1955-07-09 8 The Chief Secretary, Mr. W. A. C. Goode, last night ordered the dissolution of the "Weekly Recreation Party" in Singapore on the grounds that it was being used for "unlawful purposes and for purposes incompatible with the peace and good order of the Colony."48 words
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Article34 1955-07-09 8 A motorist, Mrs. E. Vincent, was injured last night when her car crashed into a wall by the side of Bukit Timah Road, Singapore. An ambulance took her to the General Hospital.34 words
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176 1955-07-09 8 rpHE Chinese people who are living outside China bear a very heavy responsibility for the* future of South-East Asia, Professor E. G. Homrighausen, Dean of Theology, Princeton College, said in Singapore yesterday. Professor Homrighausen, who is touring churches all over the world on behalf of176 words
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Advertisement165 1955-07-09 8 x dip v CL'}' H^EBhl^b Fi'c minutes from now that coOar-tttached she's ripping vill be ready to wear again. It's a Double Two you sec, the collar-attached with t lie extra collar. When the firM te'^l&R collar wears out, simply pull :hc loop ;it the b.uk and oil it f165 words
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Advertisement295 1955-07-09 8 i GLOSS FINISH [j j PALt cream ri y W^W mluiW ■•jjl/mm/i/mpvß BB^^ DIVISION J^i\v DULUX t^L PENTALITE EMULSION FINISH You took a long view when you decided to buy your house over 20 years. Take a long view when you go in for repainting. Long-lift paints are no more295 words
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Miscellaneous368 1955-07-09 8 23 Some upset In the marketplace Straits Times Crossword 24 fSrHHTI).^- and Just 25 He shouldn't rub you up the HP S 3 4H' M 6 B 26 Beal ofT about the Braln (7) i I l 1 I DOWN I 1 They come, said Craboe. "to feed •«s<t J368 words
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Article, Illustration1722 1955-07-09 9 STRAITS TIMES SPECIAL FEATURE Dreaded Borneo pirate chief bolted on eve of harvest THL year was 1847. Among the myriad islands that we now call Indonesia the pirates of the Illanun anu the Ballinin preyed almost at will upon passing ships. The Sultan of Biunei, hedged in between (he silted1,722 words
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Advertisement135 1955-07-09 9 5 f |7JWL« IJTK I ROIUDOOIO. LPTOP. I frcmAM J T |i rMTFBrBTBTBTI"i ItSTHMA Kacdiite Kelief JIMBOD'S CURE 01/R 85ff» YfAR ■■■JLS jSTHJS GIFTS FOR YOUR -0 FRIENDS IN U.K. m D. H. i HORSFALL, LTD., prcstor L^cs., Eng. I J I it'AHINCO H rptrc. Tel. 331*6 ■WWAN7£D HAIR H135 words
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Advertisement387 1955-07-09 9 ivThen. Quality coon{s OAIFUKI RW" Filament Yarns; k Bright Semi- Dull ■*> (From 3P to 300 deniere are available in Skein on Cone' "SUIKO" R *y» nSta P |e Uncrimped Bright Crimped Semi-Dull toll Deniers Cut-Lengths are available in each type) Span Rayon Yarns; Uncrimped Bright Crimped Semi-Dull (From 10s387 words
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Miscellaneous100 1955-07-09 9 Sit€>rlock Holmes Wanted a Greek B^BM^ Ste* LJFI P 114 J iir"*r f^BKr^ 3^l V V _/^Pl^_ if ~%7 K^r^"^^ \*t I IB I v^^^ y %z^& —?^^l l^ick Tracy Hegti linemen ■TTT^^l^yCKfe^^ll^"^ rwWATS TFvtolliTMAENiLJ^a IrVEVE OCTT A ONE HUNDRED Atjol NOU'LL WANT POLE CUMBINO W TUE I ONE JaAND100 words
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Advertisement1186 1955-07-09 10 t. i 1405 MANSFIELD dc CO., LTD. T«i* »4ia (18 lines) (Incorporated in Singapore) 12 lines) "dC* THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE Comi>M option to pr<vrv>ri yin othrr port? to load ond discharge cargo SAILINGS to LIVERPOOL. GLASGOW, LONDON, A CONTINENTAL PORTS Singapore Due Sail* P. S'hom Penong Memn.it for Liverpool1,186 words
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Advertisement1160 1955-07-09 10 EAST ASIATIC UNE SAILINGS TO CONTINENT/SCANDINAVIA Far Aden. Pert SaM, Genoa. Antwerp, Rotterdam. Hamburg. Copenhagen Gothenburg ft Oslo Spore P. S'hom Penong "MALACCA' Gdns 13/14 11/12 Jury 13/14 July ISSS^S:::::' SfSSS w>* mmm mAY.? i./.7a., -x) Calls London (passengers only), Gdynia. xx) CaIN Beyrouth, Karlshamn, >*«) C I^, OMSCANO NAY1,160 words
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Advertisement951 1955-07-09 10 K MS THE BEN LINE STEAMERS LTD/^tT SINGAPORE (Incorporated in tho United Kingdom) S LINES SAILINGS TO U.K. AND CONTINENTAL PORTS Spore P. Shorn Penong ''W&fZSXftX.tfS KM 13/u i-rr is/ui-r, V R«tefdom July 4 Aug Direct errive, London 28 Aug Bencruochon for Havre, London, Rotterdom o/ii Aug 1 2/1 S951 words
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Advertisement1132 1955-07-09 10 McALISTER dc CO., LTD. TEL: No ***** ELLERMAN BUCKNALL KLAVSNESS m Ne t LONDON. HAVRE. ROTTERDAM, LOS ANGELES, SAN rp A> I I HAMBURG PORTLAND, SEATTLE I v^&B ond for USA.. North Atlantic Port, '"ZX^" 1 and Canada and via Colombo 1 I' •CITY OF PERTH y^ B UG p1,132 words
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Article13 1955-07-09 11 Banks 0 D ready: Francs T.T. T.T., *et in U.S. .-.r.d13 words
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413 1955-07-09 11 By Our Market Correspondent I HE reaction was complete on the Singapore Rubber Market yesterday, following the hesitant trading on Thursday and the price fell by seven cents for July and 4{ cents for August Operators who had become uncertain following413 words
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Article241 1955-07-09 11 The Malayan Share Brokers" Association. Singapore section, reported: 'There wa> tali business in industrials at slightly improved bu; Uni <Mid rubbers were quietly steady Singapore broker s reported the following business done: 8.8.P. Ms. 3ci. Con Ti n Smelter ords .d Gammon $2.70 to $2.75; W Hammer $2.75;241 words
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Article61 1955-07-09 11 COLOMBO. Pri— The Rubber Commissioner today increased the p:ice for internal purchases of sheet rubber from one rupee and ten cents to one rupee and 25 cents per pound. The Commissioner told Reuter that within a fey.- hours today he had collected sheet rubber necessary forReuter - 61 words
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Article163 1955-07-09 11 Singapore Chinese Produce Exchange: noon prices per picul yesterday were: Copra: quiet: July $28 buyers, f 2B s sellers; August $28 1 buyers,! i $28^ sellers. Coconut oil: steady; bulk $43 sellers, drum $46 sellers. Pepper: quiet with no business rei ported: Muntok white Sl7B. Sarawak $177 iboth163 words
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Article45 1955-07-09 11 THE Federation Financial Secretary has fixed the following prices for Customs taxation purposes for the week starting July 7. RUBBER: 51.17 i per lb. COPRA: 5444 per ton. COCONXT OIL: $708 per ton. PALM OIL: 5654.25 per ton. PALM KERNELS: $351.75 per ton.45 words
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Article43 1955-07-09 11 The following June rubber crops are announced: Amalgamated Ma|av 57.8501 b.. Borelli 57.5001 b., Connemara 53,5001 b., New Serendah 55.0001 b.. Bassett 31.5001 b.. Kuala Sidim 100.0731 b, Bukit Kepong 14.7501 b.. Bukit Katil 26.3861 b.. and Aver Molek 21,1761 b.43 words
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Article24 1955-07-09 11 Lambak Rubber Ltd. has declared a first and final dividend of 15' i less tax for the year ended March 31, 1955.24 words
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Article24 1955-07-09 11 The following rubber crops are announced for June: Kempas 285 2501 b (May 288.7501 b. > and Kadella 13.0001 b. (May 13,8001 b.)24 words
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668 1955-07-09 11 rpHE continued shortage x of July shipment rubber caused the market to make steady advances during the first three days of the week, report Holiday, Cutler, Bath Co. Ltd. The premium on July over August was at one time seven cents, and there was668 words
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Article36 1955-07-09 11 Outputs from the various estates and mines in the Guthrie Group for June are: rubber 6,046.800 lb; tea (black) 164.500 lb: palm oil 1.572 tons; palm kernels 423 tons and tin ore 1.530 piculs.36 words
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Article18 1955-07-09 11 Sungei Tufcang June crop was 51.000 lbs. ilitam Tin ore output for June totalled 33 piculs.18 words
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Article23 1955-07-09 11 Tin concenuates recovered by Selayang Tin Dredging Ltd. amounted to 68.61 tons for the second quarter ended June 30 this year.23 words
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Advertisement357 1955-07-09 11 KNUTSEN LINE Fast and Regular Service CANADA U.S. PACIFIC PORTS 30 DAYS Sailing Arriving Singapore P.Swet Penang Frcmantle 1 1 |uly 13 |uly 14 |uly 21 July J luly 8 Aug 10 Aug 11 Aug 1 8 Aug I Au* 12 Sept 14 Sept 15 Sept 22 Sept 5 Oct357 words
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Advertisement78 1955-07-09 11 SHIPPING NOTICE T.S.S. "STATE OF MADRAS" 'ARRIVING 12-7-55 Consignees of Jaggery, Rice. Onions and Mango Cargoes ex the above vessel are hereby notified that all Jaggery, Ri«. Onions and Mango Carcoes will be discharced into consignees' lighters in the roads. Should contignees fail or delay in bringing their own lighters78 words
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Advertisement72 1955-07-09 11 TENDER KUALA LUMPUR MUNICIPAL COUNCIL TENDER NOTICE. Tenders are Invited for the Supply and Delivery of Saltglazedware Pipes and Specials. Form of tender and specifications I may be obtained on application to I the Municipal Engineer Municipal I Office. Kuala Lumpur. Tenders marked •'Saltglaredwar» [Pipe Specials" must reach the undersigned72 words
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Advertisement870 1955-07-09 11 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS NEGRI SEMBILAN NON-MALAYS SCHOLARSHIP FUND ENACTMENT, 1950. APPLICATIONS are Invited from suitably qualified non-Malay candidates under the above enactment who have gained admission to the Faculty of Arts, University of Malaya, and who are prepared to undertake a course leading to an Honours Degree in Arts and a870 words
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Advertisement1015 1955-07-09 11 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS APPLICATIONS are Invited from Federal citizens for the post of Stenographer, Tlmescale, at the State Secretariat, Pahang, Kuantan. Salary Scale $253 x 14 351/ EfT.Bar/366 x 14 422. 2. Cost of Living Allowance will be payable at current Government rates and housing allowance. If quarters are not available,1,015 words
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Advertisement197 1955-07-09 11 DOMINION I WOODWORKING I MACHINERY I THE FAMOUS SUPER ELLIOT WOODWORKER Will Rip, Cross-cut, Surface, Thickness. Rebate, Chamfer, Trench, Tenon, Plougn, Groove, Run Moulding, Cut Simple and Compound Mitres, House Stair Strings and Bore. Sole Agents: o' > r> i i HEAD OFFICE: SOUTH BUILDING. KUALA LUMPUR. Tel. No*. 7146.197 words
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Article115 1955-07-09 12 BOOT ON THE OTHER FOOT? lAM just an ordinary citizen, endowed with a little common sense, and I find it difficult to reconcile Tengku Abdul Rahman's reference to Dato Sir Onn having "a poor opinion of his own people," with his own Party's plan for a special independent commission to115 words
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Article120 1955-07-09 12 WHY can't our Government move the school buildings along Bras Basah Rd. and Stamford Rd., making it a mall from the sea front to the Cathay Building? Schools could be removed to the rural areas. We need a stadium that will hold at least 50,000 people:120 words
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Letter, Illustration319 1955-07-09 12 The Open Door Policy? THE youth of this A country seem to represent a knotty problem to the Government. It has been realised that illiteracy provides a fertile soil for the seeds of Communism. Accordingly, the Government has devoted and is yet devoting much of319 words
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Letter140 1955-07-09 12 rE Chief Minister, Mr. David Marshall, has openly accused the P.A.P. clique who. in the past few months, have brought hardship and misery to the ordinary workers and their families and also, of course, discredit to themselves. Recently the Naval Base Labour Union expelled Mr. J. M. Mani140 words
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Letter156 1955-07-09 12 1 GREATLY admire Mr. Tan Siew Sin for his speech of June 24. when Ihe declared that he was not anti-British. But I disagree with him when he said that during all these years the people have heen suppressed like animals in a cage. There is always justice156 words
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Letter88 1955-07-09 12 rJE trouble with the Singapore Legislative Assembly is that the present Labour Front Government has not had the required members to run its government efficiently. Mr. Marshall had difficulty in getting enough Labour Front members to form his cabinet. It is therefore very illogl- cal for Mr.88 words
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Letter381 1955-07-09 12 'Upset race' for places rrHE results of the re- cent selection of youths for training in Kirby, Brinsford Lodge and Kota Bham resemble a horse race. It was an upset. First to reach the winning post was "Music. Music, Mv- I sic," then came "Pers onality" I and "Intel- KL^£Ua381 words
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Letter240 1955-07-09 12 ¥N your "Forum" of July 2 "Perplexed" refers to difficulties he experienced in posting a registered letter. Here, for his information, are extracts from the regulations printed in the Post Office Guide:— "A letter intended for registration must be enclosed in a strong cover securely fastened and must240 words
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Advertisement140 1955-07-09 12 Tifbs WORLD FAMOUS SWISS WATCH >^^^|Pf INCABLOC y>^£Z-P% WATERPROOF j =*v \£&f^ ANTI-MACNETIC a v&Jry m£^»&* 17 and 21 ewels SQLFIX BRLfINCE vJR^ and UNBREAKABLE SPRING v, ry Titus Watch has a Swiss JH iactory's guar.inr-e valid thrcu. 1 ASB^^^JB 111 world B^t^'- 9tm *2j^H mbVBT I 1 1 1140 words
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Advertisement88 1955-07-09 12 j biaiayanittation overnight rpHE Teachers' Association, consisting of intellectuals, j 1 1 seem to be able to fauee their ability to fill all the I I important administrative posts except three in the Educat- I i ion Department. Similarly, if all the station masters and engine drivers, postmen and postmasters,88 words
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Advertisement206 1955-07-09 12 m w/mt&Wi^ G** LIGTON chairs are of high quality, comf ort able and durable. They have all the advantages «i the excellent Czechoslovak production of bent wood furniture. TRADE j^ Sole Agents: LIM TECK LEE CO., LTD. Singapore Kuala Lumpur Penang. i.HEAD^V in radio engineering achievement a FEATURES: 10 Valves206 words
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304 1955-07-09 13 CoL Eddie Eagan Is on a world boxing mission A WORLD-TOURING team of United States amateur boxing champions have offered to fight in Singapore. Colonel Eddie Eagan, Chairman of the U.S. Olympic Finance Committee, left by air early this morning after discussing the304 words
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Article141 1955-07-09 13 NO JACKPOT FOR SBA HALL FUND rE Singapore Badminton Association management committee, at a meeting held at the Badminton Hall last night, declined to accept a statement of accounts on the fruit machines operated in the name of. the Singapore Badminton Association. The meeting unanimously agreed to a suggestion made141 words
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Article104 1955-07-09 13 The closing date for entries for the Singapore Badminton Association's Junior championships has been extended to Thursday July 14. The draw will now take place on Saturday. July 16. The SB A has to date received 191 entries for the nine events in the championships, which start104 words
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620 1955-07-09 13 Convent take girls' schools title but RGS win Division 'A Results fONVENT of the Holy Infant Jesus became the first Singapore Girls Inter-School champions at Jalan Besar stadium yesterday, with a total of 31 points to 24 by Raffles Girls' School Third, with 21 points was Katong Convent. The only620 words
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Article68 1955-07-09 13 Borneo Company were lucky to hold Metal Box to a 1-1 draw in their Business House? League Cup Group E match at River Valley Road yesterday. Salleh was in scoring mood yesterday when he got four goals, Including a hat-trick in Sime Darby's 5-0 victory over Straits68 words
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Article23 1955-07-09 13 Salzburg F.C. a top Austrian soccer team, will play tnree matches in Singapore oh July 27, 30 and 31.23 words
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Article105 1955-07-09 13 Young Men Sikh Association bad no difficulty beating Seletar F.C. 4-0 in a SAFA 2B match at Farrer Park yesterday. Scorers for YMSA were I. J. Singh (2), Kartar Singh and Mohlnder Singb. Buklt Tlmah scored a 2-1 victory over Gymkhana S.C. in another Div. 2B105 words
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358 1955-07-09 13 Kamis and Alsagoff upset No. 2 pair npHE second-seeded pair, 1 Low Kee Pow and Liem Khe Liang, were the first fancied players to be eliminated from the Singapore lawn tennis championships when they were upset in the quarter-finals at Tanglin Club yesterday. They were beaten by A. I. Alsagoff358 words
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Article839 1955-07-09 13 A TOTAL of 158 entries has been received for the annual Singapore athletic championships to be held at Jalan Besar Stadium on July 15 and 16. There are 135 men and 23 women, from 2J affiliated clubs. The hammer final is expected to be839 words
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Advertisement2074 1955-07-09 13 ll TiijHWiTiHiliWiWlM VACANT |l^ |l< .extra. Pasoh 360 Orchard th or also U .hard Fur- ElecJuly. 3ing.-19. 4 p.m. IMh Ouest)o4s. 130 Grang? single :.:cnccf. pii;; Board Spa- *****. ed Bun- jfTator. pans, Bun- Rent iched j ttmgroom. I One i and it Board i On- I Road, .!room, iom/VeranServlce2,074 words
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Advertisement463 1955-07-09 13 CLASSIFIED ADS. FOR SALE 20 Word, SS (Min.)— Box SO eU. extra BABY BELLING Cooking Stove $65, Doll's House $25, large Bookcase, suitable for dividing a Room, $60. Pushchair $5. Tel. *****. ll) NEW RUBBER TYRED 24 HJ». Wheel Tractor with Lallang Cutter $5,000.00. (1) New Rubber Tyred 19 H.P.463 words
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Advertisement455 1955-07-09 13 PUZZLE I SATURDAY j j Straits Times I j I WORD PUZZLE "J** j Cut out and pin with other coupons. Posting instructions appear below. I Nam* t Address 6 I 1 I'mlDlA jIjT S "U 'N I ■i TroIIDBI missing I USING I I—.1 (Um^mi CLUES ;|»fS|T;m|E|AU-M Baow j455 words
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Miscellaneous128 1955-07-09 13 SOCCER HO HO CUP: Hong Kong Chinese v Malayan Chinese, Jalan Besar stadium, 5.15 p.m. PARKER CUP FINAL: BAOC v Royal Signals, Ayer Rajah Road, 5 pjn. SAFA Dlv. 3A: Serangoon MY. v Junior A.A., at CYMA. FRIENDLIES: Boys Town v Gfanson School, Bukit Timah; Alexandra F.T. v GHQ Pay128 words
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Article54 1955-07-09 14 THE going up to last evening at Kuala Lumpur was very good. FORECAST Tote will be held on Races Three, Five and Seven; Treble Tote on Races Four, Six and Seven; and the Big Sweep will be drawn on Race Eight. RADIO Malaya will broadcast all races54 words
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815 1955-07-09 14 OICKY and Bold Dra*v goon, both winners in Class 4 at the Kuala Lumpur May-June Meeting, will take on two recent Class 5 winners. Golden Sands and Allegiance. The four horses have been handicapped within 4-lb. of each other and a close tussle seems assured815 words
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830 1955-07-09 14 Producer Hunter's Call II and Trow Hill EPSOM JEEP RECOMMENDS THREE SOUND EACH-WAY BETS FOR TODAY ALL HAVE SHOWN GOOD FORM HUNTER'S CALL 11, Trow Hill and Producer are three sound each-way bets at Kuala Lumpur today, first day of the Selangor Turf Club July Meeting. All three have shown830 words
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Article159 1955-07-09 14 EPSOM JEEP CALL BOY Race 1 2.30 SILVERFORT China Town II Good Andrew CHINA TOWN II Gilan Silverfort SILVERFORT China Town n Gilan Race 2 3.00 WEDDING DAY Santa Clans Colorado II SANTA CLAUS Wedding Day Colorado II SANTA CLAUS Wedding Day Sir Climax Race 3 3.30159 words
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125 1955-07-09 14 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. 3ELANGOR Chinese Re- creation Club, one of the oldest and strongest sports bodies here, are facing a threat by the Football Association of Selangor to put them on "probation" until the end of next year. This proposed action arose oat of125 words
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Article63 1955-07-09 14 KOTA BAHRU. Frl. Three state records were bettered at the Kelantan A\ A. meeting which ended here today. The Mile record was lowered to 4mln 55.8 sec by Mohamed Abdul Rahman, of Islah Harriers The 440 yards mark was reduced to 52.1 sec by Mohamed Mustapha and63 words
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Article23 1955-07-09 14 ST. ANDREW'S, Fri. Peter Thomson (Australia) retained the British Open Golf Championship Mere today with a 72--holes aggregate of 281. Reuter.Reuter - 23 words
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Article1127 1955-07-09 14 A CCEPTORS and probable Jockeys for today's races at Kuala A Lumpur, first day of the Selangor Turf Club July Meeting, are given below. Following horses have been scratched from aU engagements: Red Hat. Gold Train, Half Moon, Tia Juana, Peasant Girl, Ocean Inn, Cambridge Blue. Say1,127 words
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Article117 1955-07-09 14 TOKYO. Prl. WORLD featherweight boxing champion Sandy Saddler of the United States today easily beat the Orient champion Shine ji Kaneko of Japan by a technical knockout In the sixth round of a ten-round nontitle fight here. The uneven fight came to an end when Kaneko's seconds117 words
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Article276 1955-07-09 14 SPRINGBOKS 199 TO ENGLAND'S 284 MANCHESTER, Fri SOUTH AFRICA, after a splendid nrst-wicket stand of 147 by McGlew and Goddard. failed to maintain their commanding position, and when play ended on the second day of the third Test, they were 199 for four in reply to England's first Innings score276 words
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Article194 1955-07-09 14 ENGLAND IST I\n, N( Ovrrnißht V,\ ie r > Compton c \V;iit r b \,i,' Lock not out Tyson b Goddam Bedser Ibw b Goddam Exti Tot, 1 1 Wkts. fall at- I h 219. 234, 242. 271 W' BOWLING Heine :>j Adcork Tayfield Goddard >7 Mansell Keith 6Reuter - 194 words
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Article268 1955-07-09 14 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. OELANGOR'S No. 4, Lai Fook Ting, very nearly created the first upset of the Selangor International Gold Cup badminton championships tonight when he took Indonesia's national champion and No. 2 singles player, Eddy Yusuf, to three hard-fought sets. The score was 16-18.268 words
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Article185 1955-07-09 14 LONDON, Frl. SURREY scored another victory while Yorkshire, their nearest rivals, were beaten by Glamorgan in the county cricket championship series ending today. Surrey no* have 160 points from 14 games and Yorkshire 132 from 15 games. The day's results: At Harrogate, Glamorgan beat Yorkshire byReuter - 185 words
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