The Straits Times, 20 July 1955

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  • 13 1 The Straits TImes fAaJWP Estd. 1845 SINGAPORE WEDNESDAY, JULY 20, 1955 15 CENTS
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  • 854 1 IRSHALL was there was ibility of his 'k on his decisign on the na] Issue. .Hi. "If the edes the prinrcconsider the tppointment rs.' 1 I, quickly: "But interpreted day on which he on three Mr. Marthe following Hii GOVERNOR made that n was
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  • 196 1 I'll decide next week/ he says— and caUs emergency Assembly session on crisis Door open if Governor relents BIT IT'S NOT BARGAIN MINISTER, Mr. David Marshall, (-(I his threat of resignation. meetings with the Governor, Sir and three meetings with his ther members of
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  • 38 1 MR. MARSHALL has a serious look on his face -a he is driven through Government Mouse spates for his meeting with the Governor. He saw the Governor twice yesterday. Straits Times picture.
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  • 258 1 THE BIG TEST FACING THE TUC PROVE ITS UNITY— AND BEAT OFF TNE LEFT >THE Singapore Trade Union Concress will have to prove its solidarity and show a new determination to increase membership when it holds its annual conference on Aug. 7. Between 80 and 100 delegates from 31 unions
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  • 28 1 ROME. Tues. The Italian Chamber of Deputies last night gave a narrow vote of confidence to the new centre coalition cabinet, headed by professor Antonio Segni.
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  • 95 1 Stand in a new general election? I don't know yet, says Marshall rE Chief Minister, Mr. David Marshall, said yesterday he had not yet decided whether he would contest a general election again should one be held if his Government resigned. "I do not know whether I will stand for
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  • 217 1 Templer returns to Malaya his next stop: Australia TIRED but cheerful, General Sir Gerald Templer returned to Singapore last night for the first time since he relinquished his post as High Commissioner in June last year. Sir Gerald is on his way to Australia and New Zealand for eight-day talks
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  • 67 1 MONTEVIDEO, Tucs. Twenty-five people were drowned today when floodwaters of the Santa Lucia River swept a bus of! a bridge at San Ramon, 37 miles from here. Sixteen passengers were rescued. The bus. returning from an excursion to northern Uruguay. stalled when on the water-covered
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  • 135 1 GLASGOW, Tucs. 17OUR well-dressed bandits J; seized a money delivery truck parked outside I bank today and made off with between £30,000 and £40,000 in cash. Bat's of pound notes spilled from tne back of the truck as they escaped. Workinc with split-second timing,
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  • 32 1 LONDON. Tues.— The Sultan of Johore leaves Britain in the Wllietn Ruys on July 29 to attonri the Johore celebrations in connection with his 60 years rcisn as Sultan— Reutcr.
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  • 299 1 THE ALLIANCE NAMES ITS CABINET they sweep the polls next Wednesday these men will govern in Federation IPOH, Tuesday. CABINET posts in the Federation's first elected Government will be filled by members of the Alliance executive council if they and the Alliance succeed in next week's elections. Tengku Abdul Rahman,
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  • 53 1 Two masked man, one armed with a dagger, broke into a house in Highlands Road, Singapore, yesterday and robbed a woman, Wong Soon Kiau, of $2,000 worth of jewellery. Wong was with her three children, aged between one year and four, years, when the robbers got
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  • 39 1 NEW DELHI, Tues. Mr. Nehru, the Indian Prime Minister, told the Press here today that the Portuguese "cannot and will not hold on to Goa "We think the regime in Goa will collapse," he said—Reuter.
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  • 47 1 Tho High Commissioner for the Federation. Sir Donald MacGilllvray. is due to return to Singapore from London by air tomorrow afternoon. Sir Donald flew to London on June 13 to report to the Colonial Office and for a short holiday.'
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  • 32 1 BERLIN, Tues.— General Sir Richard Gale, British Com-mander-in-Chief in Germany, today confirmed the death sentence on Sergeant Fredrick Knmct-Dunne for the murder of his wife's first husband. Router.
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  • 124 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. A ROYAL "ghost" has joined the Federal elections fight The "ghost" is Putn Gunong Ledang (Princess of Mount Ophir on the Malacca- Johore border), who according to legend, occasionally appears to visitors to the mountain as a beautiful woman A 70-year-old
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  • 26 1 A man sent a $10 note to the Singapore police a few days ago and complained in a letter that it was a forgery.
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  • 142 1 Big Four discuss German unity GENEVA, Tues i T<HE Big Four Foreign 1 Ministers decided today on a four-point agenda for the summit conference of heads of government. The subjects to De discused arc: unification of Germany, European security; disarmament; development of contact between East and West. The Foreign Ministers,
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  • 48 1 KECOKD ATTEMPT i'OSTPONEI) LONDON. Tues.— Donald Campbell *.at in cockbit of "his (urlm-jet spf-rclluMl Bl bird for Hour and half awaiting "so ahead ;:ki! to li«"«in attack on the world's until sprrd record, !>ul it was drricird thai wraihrr on J-ak<-Ullswatel would m.ik" attempt dangerous.— Reutcr.
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  • 31 1 LONDON, Tues. Mr. Ow Kneng Law, oT the Malayan Film Unit, today received the M BE. (Honorary), awarded to him in the Birthday Honours, from the Queen at Buckingham Palace.
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  • 26 1 The letter gave his name but no address. The police now want to contact the man to return him the note. It is genuine.
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  • 470 2 A Zhukov secret leaks out and his daughter gets a gift from Ike GENEVA, Tuesday. PRESIDENT EISENHOWER last night presented a portable radio and a handsome pen and an engraved marble inkstand to the Soviet Defence Minister, Marshal Georgi Zhukov, for his newlywed daughter.
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  • 343 2 WORLD RED PLOT IS THE KNOTTY PROBLEM GENEVA, Tues. WESTERN diplomats last night welcomed Hussui's decision, announced by Marshal Nikolai Bulganin, lure yesterday to contribute fissionable material to the Ame-rican-sponsored Internationa! Atoms For Peace Fund. The Soviet Premier's disclosure came only a few
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  • 117 2 After the first day, Ike talks of 'great satisfaction' GENEVA. Tues. PRESIDENT EISENHOWER X struck an optimistic note last night as he summed up the opening day of the "summit" talks here. Up and the French, British and Soviet Prime Ministers told each other frankly how they believed the cold
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  • 153 2 JAKARTA, Tues.— The United States Government sent an observer yesterday to the trial of a former Dutch Army captain accused of leading rebels against the Indonesian Government. Mr. Robert McQuaid. Second Fecretary and Vice Consul of the American Embassy here, attended the trial of J.
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  • 101 2 A woman and a letter for Soviet leaders GENEVA, Tues. A WOMAN was arrested just outside the Big Four conference building yesterday as she tried to throw a letter into the open car in which the Soviet leaders, Marshal Bulganin and Mr. Khrushchev, were riding. Police seized the woman as
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  • 113 2 BRITONS' THIRST FALTERS LONDON, Tues. RRITISH brewers reported gloomily last night that people in other countries were drinking more beer while the average Briton was drinkiing less. The Brewers' Society announced that consumption increased last year in 12 out of the 16 leading beer-drink-ing countries with Australia and New Zealand
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  • 84 2 EDNA A WONDER ON KEYS MISS EDNA IIINES a court copy typist of Sydney, Australia, who can type at 116 words a minute holds the Australian typing record She passed through Singapore yesterday on her way to take part in the erst world typing championships since 1937 at Monaco on
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  • 79 2 NEW YORK, Tues. Two Soviet attempts to alter administrative arrangements In trust territories controlled by Britain and Australia were defeated by the U.N. Trusteeship Council today. The territories concerned were the British Cameroons. which is administered from the neighbouring colony of Nigeria, and New Guinea, which is
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  • 54 2 MEDAN. Tues. North Sumatran election officials want to see how the general balloting will be run in Malaya on July 27. Tengku Mochtar Aziz of the elections committee, will leave shortly for Malaya to get ideas for the first general elections to be held in Indonesia
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  • 26 2 LAS VEGAS. Tues. Millionaire Howard Hughes yesterday sold the R.K.O. Picture corporation and all its assets to the Mutual Broadcasting Corporation for U5525,000,000.
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  • 167 2 LONDON, Tues. TPHE Singapore Art x Society's first exhibition outside Singapore had a happy start yesterday in London. It is believed that this initial attempt to introduce the work of Malayan artists to the British public will be followed by others. All kinds of
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  • 38 2 ADELAIDE. Tues. —Officials of 20 trade unions, representing 50,000 Australian workers sent a joint cable to Sir Anthony Eden at Geneva today conveying "greetings to you and your colleagues in your efforts for peace". Reuter
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  • 85 2 NEW ORLEANS, Tues. Pour persons were electrocuted and a fifth was burned when a power line fell near here during a rainstorm yesterday. A boy was burned by electricity from a power line which was lying in a water-filled gutter near a road. His father ran
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  • 93 2 BEE FLIES INTO CAR AND A BRIDE DIES LONDON, Tues. A BEE flying in a car window is believed to have caused the death of a 22-year-old bride driving off on herhoneymoon It is thought to have temporarily blinded her husband. Mr Derek Simpson -Elliot, as they left Bristol after
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  • 60 2 MOSCOW, Ties The Vietminh president. Dr. Ho Chi-minh, left Moscow for home today after signing a joint declaration with the Soviet president. Marsha) Voroshilov at the end of a six-day stay. The joint declaration disclosed that Russia had agreed to lend North Vietnam 400,000--000 roubles
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  • 23 2 WASHINGTON, Tues. The House of Representatives yesterday passed a bill authorising the Maritime Administration to construct an experimental atom-driven merchant ship. Reuter.
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  • 115 2 Floods hit a town 600 PEOPLE A fiP HOMELESS WEYMOUTH T, 600 homeless here after a ni^ht of toUS rain sent floods tnS through this *£< town. The flood victitrs from first floor bedri dows by a fleet of r2j clustered today in up rest centres Firemen, police and m.
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  • 57 2 SAIGON, Tues.-- South v nam has demar.cip c i drawai of all Prenc] from the country durin» tlie assistant Defence "m ter, Mr. Tran Trune Dun» i nounced today. France, which has a» 70,000 troops in the countpresent, promised under B existing agreement to mv South
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  • 268 3 BRITONS POSED AS MAU MAU TO ENTER BANDIT LAIRS I\\ Tiles. fISH so!, Man took war lairs zi plunder tht official rewent in Kenya d nicht i< i that ;ibmit V Hall .Hid Afri- all dis- Mau gang- Kenya forest They killed two Mau Mau and captured another. In another
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  • 134 3 Nehru meets him at airport NEW DELHI Tuesday PRESIDENT SOEKARNO said the open rift between the Indonesian Government and army would soon be settled peacefully. President Soekarno, who arrived here on his way to Mecca, told reporters at the airport that the fact that he wag
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  • 76 3 Royal Duke sponsors Empire talks LONDON, Tues. r THE Duke of Edinburgh is sponsoring a conference next year to study the human problems that industrialisation creates, it was announced here About 280 people from Britain and the Commonwealth will attend the three-week conference at Oxford next summer. Its aim is
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  • 21 3 LONDON. Tues. The Bi- shop of Worcester. Dr. William Wilson Cash, died yesterday at the ase of 75. -A.P.
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  • 71 3 10 < Kentucky t. ing goll cadii re yesterday truck a tree v were taking CASABLANCA. Tues. The bodyguard of a local Arab chieftain was killed and his wife injured yesterday when a bomb exploded in front of their house. This was the only
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  • 223 3 Race for best airliner BRITAIN'S HOPE: BRITANNIA; U.S. BACKS DOUGLAS IN LONDON, Tues. AIRLINE operators throughout the world are waiting keenly to see whether Britain or the United States will be the first to produce a "blue riband" passengertransport plane capable of maintaining a regular, two-way, nonstop service between London
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  • 72 3 JAKARTA, Tues. I MKINKSIA is to hold its first beauty contest to select "Miss International Fair. 1955" but there will not be much exposure of feminine curves and physical charm. The Times of Indonesia said today that "bathing suits will almost certainly be banned." Nevertheless,
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  • 371 3 LONDON, Tues. THE London stock market ended the account on an Irregular 1 not« following some profit-taking after the recent advance. The feaI ture of today's trading was the I weakness of glltedged securities where widespread losses were re--1 corded on renewed fears of dearer i money. Foreign
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  • 57 3 Shapely Keito is 'Miss Japan' TALL and shapely Keito Takahaslu poses at Long Beach, California. She will represent her country as "Miss Japan" in the coming "Miss Universe" contest there. Keito. five feet five inches and 1201b5., is quite tall for a Japanese girl. Her other measurements are 31 bust,
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  • 24 3 LONDON. July 19— Cash Buyers £758; Seller, £759; ForwanS Buyers £750- Sellers £751: Settlement £764 Turnover a.m. 50 tons, p.m. 35 tons.
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  • 41 3 LONDON. July 19.— Spot 37 1 .d., Aug 37 1 d.. Sept. 36'sd.; Oct.-Dec. 35K<d Jan. Mar. 32 \6., Apr.-June 30'sd. July c.i.f. 36% d., Aug. c.i.f. 36' 4 d.. Sept. c.i.f. 35V 4 d. Tone: Steady after easier.
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  • 129 3 Then, naked, he ran into a policeman LONDON, Tuesday. IT WAS HOT It was dark. So 20-year-old Terrence McKee, cooling off in Hyde Park, shed his clothes and dived into the lake. He swam to the other side, lost hLs bearings in the darkness, and
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  • 83 3 HONG KONG, Tues. Six Chinese fanners who escaped to' Macao from behind the Bamboo Curtain on Sunday .-,aid today that life in China wa.s a paradise under the Nationalists compared with lire 'here today." One of them said the mayor of his village forced villagers to witness
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  • 39 3 JERUSALEM. Tues. Fifteen thousand doctors, lawyers and other professional men in government service started a 24-hour strike yesterday. They are protesting against "delay in answering demands for salaries ensuring higher pay for Qualified work." -A.P.
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  • 38 3 NEW YORK. Thurs. Mr. Handi Ozgurel, 45. a member of the Turkish delegation to the United Nations, was found dead in a parked car here yesterday. Death was attributed to natural causes. A.P
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  • 34 3 MOSCOW, Tues. The Lord Mayor of London. Sir Seymour Howard, arrived here last. night and was greeted by his Moscow counterpart, Mr. Mikhail Yasnov, chairman of the Moscow Soviet (city council)— A.P.
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  • 198 3 ISMAILIA, Tues. About 34,500 British troops have so far left the Suez Canal zone and the evacuation of the remainder of the 88.000-strong garrison is proceeding ahead of schedule. The third stage of the evacuation is now under way with troops leaving at
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  • 27 3 MANILA Tues. Fifty thousand tons of rice i. s due here soon from SUm to Mm an expected shortage, a rovirnment olTiclal said. -A.P
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  • 192 4 They say: Reject Govt. aid offer unless it is unconditional PENANG, Tues. STUDENTS of the Penang Chung Ling— Malaya's oldest Chinese High School— have proposed an Increase in their own school fees to help the school over its financial difficulties. This offer is made in
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  • 216 4 TWO COUNCILLORS ACCUSED IPOH, Tuesday. rVO Alliance elected Town Councillors and a newspaper publisher were named in a suit alleging defamation of character brought before the Magistrate's Court here today by Mr. D. R. Seenivasagam, a Perak Progressive Party candidate for Ipoh and Menglembu The defendants
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  • 213 4 FAR EAST ENCHANTS WOMAN TOURIST She wants travel bureau here MRS. BERET KROEGER. of California, a schoolteacher (above) wants to encourage American women to tour the Far East and is setting an example now. Mrs. Kroeger believes in the maxim "All men are brothers under the sun," and has made
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  • 61 4 Thousands of under-privi-leged children in Singapore will see a free show of the ice revue "Holiday on Ice" at the Happy World Stadium at 3 p.m. today. The treat has been arranged by the Social Welfare Department with Fraser and Neave Ltd., sponsors of the
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  • 103 4 The bandits take to badminton KULIM, Tues. A COMBINED police-military patrol operating in the Bongsu Forest Reserve in Kulim District, has found four badminton rackets in a terrorist camp. An Aus t c r reconnaissance plane, flying over Kulim five days ago. reported seeing a large bandit camp which was
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  • 25 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. The Sultan of Selangor will open the $127,000 headquarters building of the United Malays National Organisation here on July 31.
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  • 18 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. The annual meeting of Kuala Lumpur YWCA will be held on July 30.
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  • 158 4 It was popular in 1950, but he tried to remove it after *arrest' rumours A YOUTH charged with being armed with a icnucklex duster told a Singapore court yesterday that when he picked up the weapon he did not even know what it was. Tan Tong Hoi also
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  • 78 4 Who slew a watchman? $2,000 REWARD KUALA LUMPUR, TuesSe!angor police are offering a reward of $2,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for the murder of an 80-year-old watchman, Fong Sing alias Wong Sing, it the Ci mile Sungei Besi Road here on July 3.
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  • 18 4 TAIPING. Tues.— The Taiping Chinese Recreation Club will hold a social and dance on Aug. 6
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  • 176 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. The question of whether the Malayan Airways should be nationalised will be one of the problems awaiting the new Federation Government which comes Into power after the elections. Talks between Singapore and the Federation may be held after the subject is discussed
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  • 25 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Tups. The second draw of premium bonds for this year will be made at the racecourse here tomorrow at 9 a.m.
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  • 257 4 'A tragedy if Reds take over Nanyang' A* AMERICAN proffs sor, journalist, brc^ caster and Politual C^J' mentator, Dr. on Baker, said ye't^rd' would be a traS> J Communists took control of Nanvanir versity He said he had asked number of people sincA. arrived in Sin^L' where the VnifSS would
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  • 47 4 o men claimed trial .^apore yesterday to Charge of house trespass, boarding the Lexa Maersk o.' Tunjong Rhu, with the Uon of annoyine a constable. Tan Tien En and Ler Sior.; Hock \vere allowed bail, an: the cse postponed tor hearing on Aug. 19.
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  • 158 4 World premiere of film in Colony rE film "A Many Splen- I doured Thing" by Malayan author Dr. Elizabeth Comber (Han Su-yin), will nave its world premiere in Singapore next month. This will be the first world premiere of a Hollywood film in Singapore. The premiere will
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  • 104 4 THE CHIEF Justice. x Charles Murray-Ayn. in the Singapore High Cou" yesterday gave judgment Lv Seng Kiat. a busli for 53.952 against Tan M Bee, trading as S B Trading Company, or. cheques. dLshon" payment, totalling 56.952. two of the cheques were k52,000 and $1,952
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  • 48 4 Singapore rifle meeting The Singapore Ration will hold its ann Meeting at the Bukit i" range on July 30 and i Prizes will iiH-lud- tne ernor-s Cup and v Association Silver N l il niskillinK Cuo. CaDstain v Elias Cup. Hall l burns Cup and !.i<' Challenge Cup.
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  • 35 4 A ballet redUl I young dancers, i Chooehia! and B will bo held at Ham Hal!, Unh lava. lt 5 P.m. on 8» This rtsdUl wil: before the dumvrs iw Colony
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  • 13 5 Ng Kok I tempting Y. and the ntion to
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  • 43 5 Tues.— Police y tempt by an I R'\id today. I ho lay in am- bush near the bakery, arrested three Malays and a Chinese and seized a car In which wore a home-made pistol and five rounds of ammunition.
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  • 101 5 Ready to go on leave, breaks arm IPOH, Tues. rplIE Protector of Aborigines, Northern Region, Mr. D. S. Young, who was due to go on long leave this week, is now In Batu Gajah hospital with a broken arm as a result of a i road accident. Mr. Young was
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  • 190 5 Salary went up and down, court is told 4 TEACHER of dressmaking. Tan Jiak Keng, 20, told the Chief Justice, Sir Charles Murray-Aynsley, in the Singapore High Court yesterday that she had to leave the Hong Sin Ladies' Dress- making School because her salary had
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  • 120 5 KUALA I.IMPUR, Tues. A Malay dance hostess, Fatimali binte Said, whose right ear was partly bitten off in a fight with another Malay girl, was today awarded s:. iidii damages. She had originally sued the other girl. Zaibidah binte Mohamed Baki. for
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  • 139 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Tuesday. A SHOE factory here has decided to close down because of a '"go slow" movement among its workers. i The Sinwa Rubber Shoe Factory has told its 250 employees, mostly women, that the decision was forced on the firm because a bis;
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  • 40 5 Two Indian Navy ships, the Cauveri and the Tir, will anchor in the Singapore Outer Roads today. They are on their way to Indonesia on a goodwill visit. They will leave Singapore on Saturday for JaKarta.
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  • 20 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. One more terrorist has surrendered in the Federation. Details are being kept secret for security reasons.
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  • 26 6 MR. AND MBS. John Slow Yok thank all fitemU, relatives .r Viikl a.s.sii-t;ince. wreaths the funeral of tlieir .son Lionel Stow on 14-7-55 at Ipoh
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  • The Straits Times Singapore, Wed. July 20, 1955.
    • 758 6 Since the April elections, Singapore has had to live through crisis after crisis brought on by rioters, subversive elements, rebellious students and sympathy strikers. It now faces a crisis of a different nature. How this will develop is not yet certain. Mr. Marshall has threatened to
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    • 406 6 Geneva And Malaya European affairs and particularly the problem of Germany will feature prominently in the deliberations of the Big Four Powers now meeting at Geneva. However though European problems are the immediate preoccupation the Big Four will deal with general and more embracing questions of particular interest to Malaya.
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    • 171 6 Manners of a President YOU must admit that whatever else they may be the British are a well-mannered, tolerant people, which is more than I can say for some of our distinguished visitors. President Soekarno steps otl a plane at Kallang and is warmly welcomed by the Governor, the Chief
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    • 496 6 RECENTLY there has been a fair amount of correspondence on the question of a single nationality for Malaya. Sir Onn bin Ja'afar, Secretary of the non-communal Party Negara, obviously is not thinking of a single nationality consisting of those people born and bred in this country
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    • 192 6 BACK HOME BY SAIL ypH the ,i,, u thing at night speeches. The Candida 1 j, av sorted to the dirtiest slinging and haw eon,.'" great lot of trouble u vince their ftudlence? all the troubles too?J** lent in this, their U.J* end as soon as they J1,*the Federal 1^.3
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    • 185 6 MR. Tan Blew Sin, in fat efforts to gain for the Alliance Party ir, forthcoming Fedora] l tions. is verbose m M speeches, which arc e spicuously anti-British. Tia is surprising because withot the British, whose trair.ir.; and education h body, he would now hai One of
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  • 1632 6  -  n iimisox sALiSßvnr By lII'SMA 'SINCE STALIN slices of pine wood, about four inches thick. Th>! sidewalks were of wood. Most of the side streets were mud about hip-deep. At seven in the evening "I had never seen such hard and determined drinking It was the
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 639 6 CI.ASSIFIKI) ADS. 7» Word, $10 1 minimum). CLIFFORD: At Penang Matcrtal, on July 18th. to Rhona and Tim. a son, Adam HAKTIKY: To Coral and Ken of er annsHaa Helen, on II 7 of>. Mother and 1 < boh well. -I l( .VI lONS VACANT I* Horrf. M (Min.)-Hnx SO
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    • 18 6 MALAYAN RAILWAY TRAVEL IN COMFORT ALL FIRST AND SECOND CLASS BEDS ARE NOW FITTED WITH FOAM LATEX MATTRESSES
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    • 96 6 To suit your exact requirerr built up from stocks in MALAYA— Advertiseme.it of the ceneral eu-ctric co.. >mal Representing the GENERAL ELECTRIC CO.. LI EMBASSY HOTEL 46. MIYER ROAD, (opposite K«tong *****) Spore TEL Din. and Dance at our ROOF GARDEN at p JU Violinist MARCSIO Mr. LEONARDO C. RErtS
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  • 160 7 UNDERCOVER AGENTS JOIN IN NEW TAX CAMPAIGN Slf rct door-to-door checks in Singapore drive to unmask the dodgers I indoor (hecks are now bdag made cover* 1 agents of the Income Tax ;i drive to catch tax dodgers in iring plain clothes and working operating in the main business bout
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  • 291 7 Destination Liverpool where he has a date with romance A SINGAPORE seaman, Lim Jew Yee, 27, is walking the waterfront looking for a job in a ship that will take him to his girl friend in Liverpool. England. Lim. who lives
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  • 313 7 IT'S FANTASTIC, SAYS UNION THE Singapore Facto r y and Shop Workers' Union yesterday described as "fantastic" allegations that some of its members on strike at the Malayan Wire Mesh and Fencing Company, who wanted to return to work, were being intimidated by their own striking colleagues.
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  • 97 7 Sack threat by boss no offence THERE is no law that an employer may not dismiss an employee who is not acceptable to him, a spokesman of the Trade Union Adviser's Office said yesterday. He did not think an employer who threatened to sack his men because they wanted to
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  • 17 7 A woman living in Kampong Java Road, Singapore, reported the theft of jewellery worth S4OO.
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  • 43 7 I- in, a big re Haryesterday waited 50 '100-ton of the delay was found two Chinese seamen calmly lolling in their cabins while Immigration officers waited to clear them. Ship's officers quickly got the two men out of their cabins.
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  • 91 7 To Germany through the Andes MR. 1. I. POTTER, of Sydney, who passed through Singapore ..rsiciday hy air cm a r ise-winnini return trip to I rankfwrt. Germany. Mr. Potter won the .ioiirnc\. with all t:\ivellins; costs paid, on a Sydney commercial radio station's quiz. The crucial question which he
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  • 25 7 Cheng .Shan? Wan. who did not submit income tax returns for 1951. was fined $200 by the Singapore City Magistrate's Court yesterday.
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  • 39 7 Mr. Lim Hong Hee, proprietor Of a nursery, will be one of the judges at the Agri-Horticultur-al Exhibition at the Bukit Panjang Community Centre on July 30. The exhibition will open at 10 a.m.
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  • 103 7 Gangster grabs at detective's revolver after street clash A REVOLVER belonging to a constable was fired accidently while he was struggling with a gangster in Anson Road, Singapore, about 12.30 a.m. yesterday. The gangster was trying to get at the revolver and was pulling it from
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  • 358 7 RAIN SO DATO DIVES FOR COVER AND A POLL RALLY IS HELD UNDER A HOUSE SUNGEI TIRAM ESTATE, Johore Tues. TORRENTIAL rain toA day forced Dato Sir Onn bin Ja'afar, Secre-tary-General of Party Negara, to address an election meeting underneath a house on stilts. Dato Sir Onn, continuing to meet
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  • 247 7 The Opposition lines up against Marshall 'the play actor 9 TWO of the main opA position parties in the Singapore Legislative Assembly last night attacked the Chief Minister, Mr. David Marshall for his inconsistency as regards the Rendel Constitution. They agreed the issue on the appointment of the four Junior
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  • 175 7 All this smells of a junk shop Lee MR. LEE- KUAN YEW, secretary of the People's Action Party, issued the following statement: "We are astonished. Eight months ago, Mr. Marshall said the Rendel Constitution was unworkable. Three and a half months ago he said it was workable. "Now he says
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  • 120 7 T^IR. R. JUMABHOY (Independent Telok Ayer) described Mr. Marshall as "an amateur with no political background." He said Mr. Marshall's bluff had been called. He added: "I cannot understand why Mr. Marshall is holding an emergency Assembly session on Friday unless he is
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 69 7 an old Favourite that is sure to please! Lea and Pcrrins have perfected the subtle art of flavouring in their Original and Ccnuinc Worcesterwith its own secret recipe. Add .i few drops to your loups stews and all savoury dithcs. The expert blend"H, the complete and I -^to^^^^^^J b.ihocid tenoning
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    • 67 7 The bar- man says "it's a pleasure to serve and .lacksnn IX. of the Capitol Restaurant pours with the hand of experience. Wjkjj€r|g of course! yTM WATCH OF £P^sjL A>' f£ TIMS lP^J3k SHOCK PROTiCTtD W&. .A~ '< 20T J UNBREAKABLE MAINSPRINC V^SUTy tijLrJr^\ THI WATCH FOR ALL CLIMAT «s
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  • 26 8 Seven boys were bound over for six months in Singapore yesterday for stealing 29 durians from an orchard off Stevens Road on July 18.
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  • 256 8 12 council unions to give strike notice today McNeice proves the point WE MAY TALK: WORKERS JHE SINGAPORE City Council President, Mr. T. P. F. McNeice, said yesterday, that the Council had not agreed to give strike pay to the 10,000 daily-rated workers when last year's
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  • 249 8 rpin; Catholic High School, Singapore, was yesterday praised for its exemplary discipline by the Minister for Education, Mr. Chew Swee Kee. and members of the All-Party Committee, appointed to inquire into the problems of Chinese education and culture in Singapore.
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  • 228 8 'Nerves 9 persist long after smash, court told A WIDOW, Berta Lindsay Dickson, began an action in the Singapore High Court yesterday for damages for pain and injuries suffered in a motor accident. The action is against Jim Victor Inch and Ong Seng Tuck. Mrs.
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  • 132 8 The Singapore Coffee Shop Workers' Union is asking coffee shop managements to pay a month's bonus every year to employees with six months' service or more. Coffee shop assistants with less than six months' service should receive a fortnight's pay as bonus, the
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 301 8 -ffu wj/ic6 wr/Yes Dry m^^^ no braking I|\ Of Lead ln\ No Sharpening V\ Required m Will Not Smear J \n I i m— Smgaporb: LL Pincils%\3& co. REFILLS .70W vY^Kdemt/on SLIGHTLY HIGHER. OBTAINABLE AT ALL LEADING STORES! 1 RAFFLES HOTEL 1 Presents Tonight W&cz a CRAIN C 5 ft.
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    • 255 8 told her A VOSET or ehc! You can have cream that whips cream Mj/J^^ that keeps, when you keep AVOSK I on ■KuTOslu hand. A VOSET is mad.- from real cream and sterilized to keep it sweet for months. \J [YEAST-VITE DIDJTI; Take Yeast-Vite today and get rid of that
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 359 8 Straits Times Crossword 2 5 s™" r" z z i'^z 1 m i^ii^iii H 25^ H 26 -1 ACROSS 10 Moat up-to-date directions <6i. 1 Where young politicians are 15 She is dowdy, but shows spirit forced? (14). 9 Brave or rash? (7). t wwats t as I have seen
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  • STRAITS TIMES SPECIAL FEATURE
    • 1704 9 Inventor of radio could see little prospects for television minimi 1 Jr[jl7U^ i! l l;Vjp,if I*l >1 =<ILH frlH M GUGLIELMO Marconi was not as other geniuses are. Mostly, they are born poor, or, if not exactly poor, with the stimulus to work and strive and suffer, that it is
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 93 9 A 5 UNO. ROILED «W> LDTOP. IRE. Vi Effective Remedy .Infestation by 30NDWORM5 and IREADWORMS Worm Chocoi.itL n remedy. rporjtcd in idtllh .md special diet or N LTD. 1W MUCUS solved First Day ritni ■i- pillion ruin heart. -thi pre- < ireu. t iirh. I day the thui mil r.it-
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    • 255 9 HAVANA CIGARS wisely chosen, are appreciated. i3^ These are not for chain smokers of the massed produced but the discerning few who savour each cigar, and for those who appreciate the rich aroma and the satisfying flavour as connoisseurs sipping their favourite vintage wine HAVANA Romeo No. 1 Boxes 25s
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 83 9 Shvrtnek Holmes Further treatment Hii'li Travy Usefut eriitenw --^fflVlimm£MMmJX£r[ fPdEW r AND HERE'S A fAND TMIS MUST BE RAINBOWS |A N D A SHORT DISTANCE AWAY. WHOORSPHOTO-'TD HAPPY 1 .22. RIFLE?— INITIALS CUT IN LIIA/back npA W WUATDID BOTTLES,CARDS, FOOD.' THE MV 1 WITH ALL. MY THE STOCK JUST LIKE
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 1410 10 Tel: 2405 MANSFIELD 6c CO., LTD. T«u MM (IS lines) (Incorporated in Singapore) 12 lines) ""rC THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE J^" Carriers option to proc«?d vio other ports fo load ond discharge cargo SAILINGS to LIVERPOOL, GLASGOW, LONDON, t CONTINENTAL PORTS Singapore Due Soils P. Sham Penong Aeneas f- r
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    • 1260 10 EAST ASIATIC LINE SAILINGS TO CONTINENT/SCANDINAVIA For Aden, Port Said, Genoa, Antwerp, Rotterdam, Hamburg, Copenhagen, Gothenburg ft Oslo Spore P. Sham I Penong "MEONIA" 21/23 July 24/23 July 24/27 July »x) "KAMBODIA" 25/26 July xxx) "INDIA" 11/13 Aug I x) "PALSTRIA" 11/13 Aug 14/14 Aug 15/14 Aug x) Omits Aden,
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    • 942 10 UMngIHE BEM LIME STEAMERS LTD. 2,37, SINCAPORE (Incorporated in tne United Kingdom) UNM SAILINGS TO U.K. AN© CONTINENTAL PORTS Spore P. Sham Penono; 1^.'..-- a.J-**A*. WrorforH^UM*. M Af, i^R?t?t7d < am fOf A-. »VW A-. 14/lfA^ 21A«t/»«^» Wr^torfhr^U^. 2S Sett '•"'"R'orr.rdorn^r 0 »Ah/2W V 7 S«* '•"•f^*. 0 um*+ M/Mi^»
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    • 1016 10 McALISTER CO., T»n^S TIL.: No.: 2836) M eiXBBMAM BUCKNALL KLAVz NEs LONDON. HAVRI, ROTTIRDAM, IOS ANGF|I HAMBURG T^S^&TTy 'S and for U.S.A., North Atlantic Ports A ««Ptin 9 cor o 4 and Conodo ond vio Colombo Amtri,,**^, •CITY OF PERTH BOuGA| Nvi Spore P. S'hom Penanq S'Pjre AI »*H.U Gds.
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  • 4 11 „,-r picul
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  • 23 11 AUSTRALIAN STOCKS m prices is on the V unquoted ■I Mtt WL K B buyer 1 seller K buyer buyer I seller buyer
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  • 21 11 I n prices on per ib. IiMMI IJ9 1 28 i 12fi I22*i 123 'i ue 128* 129 i
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  • 11 11 ll.lllko twlng I rench •h and I 59 and
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  • 326 11 ban Brokers' As in, .Singapore section, reportl;ie improved commodity resulted in increasing turn•(i generally better prices in ■ad rubbers on the local •hare market. Industrials though very quiet were very steady." Singapore share broker s reported the following business done yesterday:—B.B. Petrol 465. 9d.; "Fra.ser and Neave ords
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  • 554 11 TIN PRICE REACHES NEW HIGH LEVEL ON SINGAPORE MART By Our Market Correspondent T IIE tjn P rice in Singapore went up by $2,624 per picul yesterday to $372.87*, stimulated by the overnight rise of £7.10 per ton in London and the shortage of nearby tin in New York. The
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  • 174 11 Singapore Chinese Produce Exchange: noon prices per picul yesterday were: Copra: steady; July $28'» buyers, $28' sellers; August $28\ buyers, $29 sellers. Coconut oil: steady; bulk $42' 2 sellers, drum $45'^ sellers. Pepper: quiet with no business reported: Muntok white $176, Sarawak $175 (both unchanged), Special Sarawak black
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  • 138 11 Ships lying alongside the Singa- > pore Harbour Board wharves or expected today are: Dunera 1 2, Glengarry 45. Etorofu Maru C.P., Meiko Maru 6 7, Tricolor 8 9 Bali 11, Pembrokeshire *****, Ascanius 15)fi, Sangola 18, Ertla 19 20. Landak N. Wall 7, Larut N. Wall 9 and
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  • 95 11 $400,000 is offered for estate HIDDEN Streams Rubber Syndi- j rate which has received a firm offer of $400,000 (Malayan i and a 10 per cent deposit for its Malayan estate, Is calling an extra-ordinary meeting for July 25 to authorise the directors to accept the offer or any other
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 311 11 I Spore 3.'; 1948 86 00 87.00 KNUTSEN LINE Fait and Regular Service FROM CANADA/U.S. PACIFIC PORTS 30 DAYS Sailtaf Arriving Singapore P.Swct Penang Frcmantle i 21 July 8 Aug 10 Aug 11 Aug 18 Aug 3 Am; 12 Sept 14 Sept 15 Scp^ 22 Sept 5 Oct 6 Oct
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    • 843 11 TENDERS THE SINGAPORE IMPROVEMENT TRUST on behalf of THE KUCHING MUNICIPAL COUNCIL invites Tenders for the supply and installation of sewage treatment plant and accessories and water I pumpim; units required at Ban Hock Road. Kuching. Tender form etc. may be obtained on payment of a deposit of $100/- which
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    • 948 11 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS APPLICATIONS are Invited for appointment as Storekeeper, Marine Department. Candidates must be Federal Citizens, or eligible to become Federal Citizens and should have attained the age of 17 years but not be over 33 years and must have passed ia> Standard VII or (b) Standard VIII in an
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    • 601 11 NOTICES THE KUNDONG RUBBER ESTATE. LIMITED (Incorporated in the Federation of Malaya) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an Interim Dividend of 12 less 30% Income Tax has been declared, in respect of the financial year ending 30th September 1955. payable on the 3rd August, 1955. to shareholders on the Register
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    • 505 11 NOTICES NOTICE CENTRAL ELECTRICITY BOARD FEDERATION OF MALAYA To All Consumers in Port Dlckson and the Siliau area. Essential maintenance has to be carried out on Thursday July 21 between the houra of 10 a.m. and 11 am. during which time there will be no supply to the above areas.
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    • 265 11 NOTICES R. RENTON COMPANY LIMITED NOTICE IS HEREBY OIVEN that MR. CHIN KEE CHOON I appointed a Director witti authority to sign contracts. Cheques and other negotiable instrument* on behalf of the Company. AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION OF SINGAPORE WILL all Members please noU that the A.A. Road Repal- Bervlc» will not
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  • Holiday By the Sea
    • 863 12 Teddy, Golly and Rosemary are on holiday at the seaside. They make a paddle boat and find two pieces of wood for water skis. Now read on. fOLLY sat at the rear of the little paddle boat and Teddy
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    • 360 12 Which just goes to show it pays to learn maths UOW good are you at n arithmetic? Although in some jobs you don't always need to use it there are times when the subject comes in very useful indeed. For instance, a Ion;; time aRo there lived a *ir,g who
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    • 260 12 MOST people will agree that the cost of coffee appears to be too high, but it will take a .stamp collector to tell you that coffee has been featured on the stamps of many countries. Among these, at least seven different republics in South
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    • 36 12 Life is full of surprises for the white goat kid who is only tivo weeks old. but at last he's managed to get a really close look at that odd looking, beard.
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  • 36 12 Son. "I say Dad. teacher wants me to find the greatest common factor." Father. "Good Gracious, is that thing still lost? Why they had me hunting for it wh^n I was at school."
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 378 12 INDIGESTION PAIN? STOP IT NOW! This is the fastest way to get relief from indigestion pain. Maclean Brand Stomach Powder acts fasti Napying pain is quickly soothed away. You get profound and lasting relief. Enjoy your food without fear and get the full benefit of sleep unspoiled by indigestion. And
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    • 30 12 Please enrol me as a member of the Wise Owls Club and send me a badge. I am enclosing six C.C.C. coupons and a stamped self -addressed envelope. Name Address
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    • 52 12 it i Served on t/te ...all over Malaya and in Borneo tool KIWI POLISHES PROTECTS PRESERVES take your choice j£ V J y^OOMA SEAL 1 9^o^(l LYONS /i/COFF3 agents JACKSON CO. LTD ■£>M .V«^^( i\s< (V>< >*' >//c V> I CYCLE CARRIAGE CO., «^j S ORCHARD ROAD, SINCAPORE. 274. BATU
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 127 12 SEND IN THIS WORD PUZZLE Dear Boys and Girls, The six winners of our paintins contest are: Patrick Heard-White, 18 Kampong Pulo Road. Sibu. Sarawak, Mohanp.n Raghavan, 8 Gladiola Drive, Adelphi Park Estate. Thomson Road. Singapore 20, Ruth Oakes. 17 Adam Park. Singapore 11, Ahmad Shukri, G Qtrs, 35 Makota
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    • 183 12 is Wednesday, July 27. New readers who wish to .loin the Wise Owls Club please remember to enclose a self addressed stamped envelope with your six C.C.C. coupons and membership form. With best wishes. AUNTIE KATHLEEN CLUES ACROSS.— I, A young maxe. 6. One-sixteenth of a pound Avoirdupois. 7. Guide
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  • 1323 13 Only Fijians can prevent Colony's 7th win MERCURY reviews Singapore AAA meet and says: THE Singapore A.A.A. meet is over and the many fine performances on Friday and Saturday suggest that Singapore have a good chance to win the Malayan title for the seventh time this year at Ipoh on
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  • 135 13 PENANG, Tuesday. f\OI TEIK HOCK, Penang triple champion, will dcv fend all his titles in the Penang open badminton championships next month. Johnny Heah Hock Aun, son of the B.A.M. president Mr. Heah Joo Seang, has also entered for three events. He will
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  • 144 13 rjRANDEUR, Pinner and Westoth, winners at the recent Selangor Turf Club July Meeting, have been promoted to Class Four from Class Five, according to the latest amendments to the Straits Racing Association classification list. Other promotions are Kerry Laughter, Clever Bug and Strong and
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  • 79 13 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues.— Twenty eight golfing members of Guthrle* Organisation took part In their annual championship played on the Selangor Golf Club course. A. Hovil of Singapore beat J. Mitchell of Selangor one up to win the silver rosebowl presented by the company's chairman Sir
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  • 75 13 Mr. O. E. N. Oehlers was re-elect-ed president of the Singapore Recreation Club Other elections were: vice-presi-dent: Dr. C. L. Tessensohn; hon. secretary: O. H. Kraal; hon. treasurer: P. A. Milne; Chairman Board of Control i Garner: N. H. Hogan; Committee: S. T. Stewart. E. Le
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 280 13 i 0 ct,. txtra. :055 In tension chairs v $60. ItTTHW i SCHOOL brr of ne *****. I HOOL. English Coach. |5. Phone 8 Icing Madam •iOOL Of Orchard i HOOL— effliniaianteed king Indlvl\2. St., *****. and de- i d:ploma !irx>l Of j :'onj: c Eafy. kin:;. 629 A late
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    • 366 13 IMNCING 20 Word, $10 (minimum). Itailw 1 month. 10 Word, $t.St (Mm.) RAFFLES HOTEL Nightly Dance and Floor-Show from 9 v, 13 p.m. EMBASSY HOTEL— Enjoy you dance at our Roof Garden nluhtlv TRY DINING in our Patio at the West Point Oarden. DANCE in the Open Air 8.30 to
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    • 498 13 WANTED TO PURCHASE I 20 Word, SS (Min.)— Box SO et,. extra. 2 LAND ROVER ENGINE. Wanted A 4869 ST P aglne> nOt n W BOX E SECOND HAND Toxt-Books for F 2!m. nal ExamtnaUons (Latest C Editions). Box A4915.5.T. I VEHICLES WANTED n ,20 Word, $s (Him.)— Box St
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    • 439 13 VEHICLES FOR SALE 0 Word, is (Min.)— Box's* eU. txtra. 1954 FIAT 500 C.C. 4.200 miles. :xcellent condition $2,700 0.n.0. 'hone 2801 Ext. 373. 1952 PLYMOUTH, Chevrolet, Ford 'onsul. 1951 Custom, 1949 Bulck, ludson, 1947 Ford VS. Plymouth. ~racie-ins accepted. Please Teleihone *****, Eddlson. FOR SALE— MO. TF 11, (1953),
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    • 438 13 CLASSIFIED ADS. FOR SALE 20 Word, $S (Min.)— Box SO Ct,. extrm. LATEST FASHION Java Clogs, Batiks. Balinese Heads, Assorted Sambal, Hun«kwe. Krupok Udang, Ix>veletters. Java Provision Store. 117. Killiney Road. Phone 6192. EXCELLENT ELECTRIC sewing machines. "Straights" $180/-; "Lig. sags" »320/-; Singer parts Interchangeable. Electric Singers $145 $210/-; Exchange.
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    • 451 13 PUZZLE I I WEDNESDAY Straits Times I WORD PUZZLE "L" Cut out and pin with other coupons. I I Posting instructions appear below. a i Name Address 3 I I ?|i I lolulbllleM^ »m j I "P. JL.L E r itiMmii Cul along dotted Wjat»a— i —a aaaaaai CLUES FOR
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  • 24 14 The Singapore Hockey Association will hold their annual General meeting at the Singapore Recreation Club at 5.45 p.m. on Wednesday, July 27.
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  • 418 14 Centre forward Chee Yin scores 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Tuesday. UONG KONG Chinese, superior in all departments. trounced Selangor Chinese 5-1 in their first match here on the Princes Road ground today Selangor Chinese started well and gave the visitors a run for their money in
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  • 226 14 A HAT-TRICK by centre forward Choon Chee enabled Chinese Athletic to beat Indian Recreation Club 4-1 in a scrappy SAFA Div. 1 league match at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. The Indians played with 10 men for the first seven minutes. During this period, Athletic
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  • 155 14 FIVE new events will be introduced at the 12th annual championships of the Singapore Amateur Swimming Association, to be held at the Chinese Swimming Club on Sept. 3 at 2.15 p.m. In the past year; the breast stroke events for boys and girls under 17 and
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  • 47 14 Entries are invited for the Singapore Government Services F.A. Senior and Junior knock -out competitions. Entry fee k. $10 per team and the closing date is July 23. Entries should be sent to the Hon. Secretary. S.G.S.F.A., c/o Ministry of Commerce. Fullerton Buildir.u.
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  • 42 14 Starlight Touring Team (Johore Bahru) beat Bo>\s' Town 5-4 yesterday in a soccer friendly at Bukit Timah. Starlight scorers were G. Buthan (I); Amear Sect and Johan. Denis de Souza and Gordon Rodrigues each scored twice for Boys' Town.
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  • 32 14 The Johore branch of the Malayan P.W.D. Sports Club will hold their fourth annual athletic meeting at the English College ground, Johore Bahru, at 3 p.m. on July 22.
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  • 21 14 The Singapore Police Force will hold their annual sports at Thomson Road on Saturday, July 23 from 2.30 p.m.
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  • 279 14 Over a dozen top players are expected to come next month TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS WILL THIS YEAR BE 'BEST EVER' IPOH, Tues. Malayan tennis championships in Ipoh next month will have the biggest ever foreign entry since the start of the series. Over a dozen ranking
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  • 59 14 Darul Aliah routed Town Rangers 15-1 in their Div. 3B game at F N ground on Monday. In yesterday's Div. SB matches: Young Companion A. A. beat Arab Union 4-3 at Clerical Union ground. The Rame between S.C.S.A. and Social A.P. at C.V.M.A. ground was
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  • 157 14 BIRLEY'S 8 FOR 18 GIVES HK VICTORY INR/TECH BIRLEY, one J of Hong Kong Combined Services' two fast bowlers, routed the Army (Singapore) with an eight-for-18 performance at G.H.Q. ground yesterday to enable his team to beat Army by 43 runs. This was Hong Kong Services' fifth match in Singapore
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  • 143 14 HONG KONG SERVICES Prltchard n.o. 69 Green c Young b Barron 4 Ford c Calver b Barron 1 Taylor c Barron b Calver 6 Howard-Dodson run out Spooner b Barron 7 Dhabher c Davidson b Ma.son 0 Jonnstone c Dauncey b Mason 8 Crouch lbw b Barron 8 Birley
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  • 364 14 LONDON, Tuesday. OOUTH AFRICA gained added confidence for the fourth Test against England, which begins at Leeds on Thursday, when they won a tense struggle against Surrey, the county cricket champions, by 82 runs at The Oval here today. Final scores were: South
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  • 78 14 FIRMANI GOES TO ITALY FOR RECORD FEE LONDON. Tues. PHARLTON ATHLETIC, the Vj English First Division football club, today agreed to accept a fee of K. 35,000 the highest ever received by an English club for the transfer of Eddie Firmani, their 21-year-old South African inside forward, to Sampdoria F.C.,
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  • 37 14 M.R.N.V.R. beat R.A.F. (Tengah) 6-1 in a United Services League Div. 2 match at Tengah yesterday. Wahab Abu scored five .goals for M.R.N.V.R. and Osman Bakrie one. Tengah scored through Henderson.
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  • 220 14 IPOH, Tues. Kwan King Lam of St. Michael's Institution broke the state shot putt record of 40ft. Olz In. by lft. 7V4in. today at the Central Combined Schools sports on the Anderson School ground. It was the only record of the two day meet. In
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  • 217 14 THE absence of racial teams In Perak rugger last season was described as an "essential progressive step" by Mr. I. M. Ward, the out-going president, when he addressed the annual general meeting of the Perak Rugby Union. The Klnta Europeans, he Mid, did not participate
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  • 149 14 As Aussie critic sees it lan ('Mouse') Johnson is braving an absent cat From JACK FINGLETON CANBERRA, Tues. nOMMENTING on the return of Australia's cricketers from the West Indies, Sydney Mirror sporting columnist, Jim Mathers, says that they returned from the "calypso isles" with their fee of £550 already spent
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  • 523 14 YORKSHIRE REDUCE SURREY'S LEAD TO FOUR POINTS LONDON, Tuesday. YORKSHIRE cut Surrey's lead to four points in the English county cricket championship when they completed an eight— wicket win over Middlesex shortly before lunch at Lord's here today But Surrey, champions for the past three seasons, have two games in
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  • 94 14 Pace-making record bids ruled out LONDON. Tues. pACE making records are not favoured by the British Amateur Athletic Board, Mr. Jack Crump, secretary and team manager, said today. "Any deliberate pace-making race would jeopardise a record being accepted," Crump said. 'We should look askance at any performance which was not
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  • 80 14 The Royal Army Education Corps will meet RASC In an inter-Corps cricket fixture at Ayer Rajah Road today, starting at 2 p.m. Teanu will be: RAEC: Maj Bennett. Capt Evans. Mr. Farmer. WO II Barron, WO II Hewlett. WO II Harper. Sgt Youns. Sgt Dauncey. Sgt
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  • 232 14 EXGLAd HA YE REGud OPENEi LOMDthb pJURlfi form h England beglnnini Thursday. Team is: P B H rcy. ca (Essex), d i (Middlesex i I (Oknicesfc (Essex) p j H J g. a h ri Mclnty:-, 'ham (Lanca iWardle (Yorksl i Watson (Yorkshirei If.C.C. ers- coh. c finger i Ood
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  • 33 14 C. s Bayli 100 mlla Tin ganised by thi 8e] at Bukit TUnah R His Ume Second wa In 4iir. 58m I J. Pollard iSeleian In 27sec. Scm n
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  • 61 14 MELBOURNE, Tues.— The Council of the Lawn Tennis Association of Australia decided last night to accept an invitation to send two men and two women ranking players to tour India from Dec. 12. 19r>:> to J;in. I, II The decision I that Dm:- C wall and
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    • 129 14 ,M»«»M»WlialßMalaWMMi SOCCER SBHFA LEAGUE AND CUP GROL'P A: Hongkong Bank v r N, Jalan Besar; S.T.C. v Chartered Bank. STC ground. GROI'P B: Sime Darby v Mercantile Bank, Geylang; Ford v Breweries, Farrer Park. GROUP C: Bata v Cold Storage, Farrer Park; Guthrie v Jacks, padang. GROUP D: Alexandra B'Works
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