The Straits Times, 28 July 1955

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    15 1 The Straits Times III Vat*"" 1 Estd. 1845. SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, JULY 28, 1955 15 CENTS
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    Missing Tengku mystery
    1683 1 Missing Tengku mystery VICTORY from the word *go*~the others (Onn included) never had a look in Ha.m.: ATJJANfTC 27. RF.ST O JOY IN THEIR CAMP IS MARRED BY THE.., morning, the giant UMNO-MCA-BHC Alliance had swept n elected majority in the new Federal Legislative I victory— with the resl nowhere.
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    VEILED WOMAN WHO HAS FAITH IN DEMOCRACY.
    48 1 VEILED WOMAN WHO HAS FAITH IN DEMOCRACY. "OMAN of a Ma- I umpong on the Pa- nlles outLumpur, walks station in j 1 'umpu, Timor con- to vote The kampong is strongly 19Uffeu and the elder women observe the orthndox Muslim tradition of veiling themselves.— Straits Times picture.
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    Me and my bride-the mandarin and the 'Teahouse' girl in net and lace
    164 1 Me and my bride-the mandarin and the 'Teahouse' girl in net and lace LONDON saw "half ;i uau. tional Chinese wedding when Miss Gracia Tay who is appearing in "Teahouse of the August Moon" at Her Majesty's Theatre, married her college sweatheart, Mr. Chee Keng Long, at St. John's Church,
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    Results up to 3 a.m.
    565 1 Selangor K. LUMPUR BARAT Ong Yoke Lin (All) 4,667. Abdullah bin Ibrahim (Negara) 1.371 Tan Tuan Boon (Lab) 1,018. Majority 3.296; poll percentage 80.1 (spoilt votes 44). K. LUMPUR TIMOR Cheah Ewe Keat (AH) 6,790. Mohd Salleh bin Hakim (Negara) 2,431. Abd. Wahab bin Abd.
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    Lock icon KHRUSHCHEV AND CO. LEAVE BERLIN
    80 1 KHRUSHCHEV AND CO. LEAVE BERLIN BERLIN. Wed. Marshall Bulganin, the Soviet Prime Minister, and Mr. Khrushchev. First Secretary of the Soviet Communist Party, kit here by air today for Moscow. They had arrived from Geneva last Sunday for the first official visit ever paid to Germany by any Soviet premier.
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    Lock icon Latest results
    107 1 I.ARFT AND MATANT, Pr Cheah Kay fhum >A!D IMfT; Aba B.ik^r bin (PMtP) 4.4..; Wan /.ira.-.illah bin Win Ha.li 1 mail (NAP) MOT. EOT! STAB I>n ,kn Ka. ,Un fAll.) 87,357; Ha.ii Mehamed Re.Mb (Neff.) 2.lb(i. PASIR MAS li n,ku Ahmad bin Abdttl Ghallat (AD) *****; T<un Hmi
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    Lock icon SAIGON GOVT. OFFICE BOMBED
    168 2 SAIGON GOVT. OFFICE BOMBED SAIGON, Wed. CENTRAL Saigon was rocked by a heavy explosion last night as a bomb tore a hole in the roof of the newly opened Government information centre. A Vietnamese wai slightly wounded. Police said the bomb might have been thrown from the roof of an
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    Lock icon Earthquake in Japan
    44 2 TOKYO. Wed A strong earthquake struck western Japan this morning in the anas of Osaka. Kobe, Kyoto and Okayama. Police said the earthquake caused small damage to communication .systems. and a landslide in a remote mountain area, but nothing serious. Renter.
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    Lock icon Bishop likes this type of girl
    52 2 LONDON. Wed. The Bishop of Norwich. Dr. Percy Herbert, told here of the type oi cirl he likes. "I don't want to see a mass of paint and powder." he told a girls' high school when he presented prizes. "I like to see the
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    Lock icon EDEN TELLS CEYLON —'WE WILL HELP YOU.JOIN U.N.
    270 2 EDEN TELLS CEYLON —'WE WILL HELP YOU. JOIN U.N. COLOMBO, Wed. CIR ANTHONY EDEN has assured Ceylon's Premier, Sir John Kotelawala, that the British Government "will do all that can be done to pave the way for the admission of Ceylon to the United Nations." In a message to Sir
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    Here we go round
    28 2 P. Hogan was fined $5 in a Singapore court yesterday for chasing people round the Southern Cabaret on Tuesday night when he was drunk.
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    Lock icon He may quit after $390,000 scandal
    139 2 New York, Wed. The New York Times and the Chicago Tribune today both reported that Mr. Harold Talbott, the Air Force Secretary, might refcign soon after investigation of his business affairs by a Senate Committee. The investigation has shown that Mr. Talbott has received
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    'Perfect' tax plan lands him in jail
    280 2 'Perfect tax plan lands him in jail £18,000 SWINDLE UNCOVERED LONDON, Wed. VAX-EXPERT Hyman A Schiff was a genius with figures. His taxso Ivi n g techniques landed him 400 clients in London's East End and four years in jail. And last night, as he sat in his cell below
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    SINGING STAR SUES FOR DAMAGES
    197 2 'Forgot words after road accident' LONDON, Wed. IN THE middle of one of the songs she had been singing nightly for nearly 10 months as £110 ($900) a week star of the musical "Guys and Dolls," Lizbeth Webb forgot the words. I Just stood there,"
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    Lock icon BISHOP'S COUSIN VANISHES
    70 2 NICOSIA, Wed. Cyprus police started a widespread search for Cljaralambos Mouskos, cousin of Archbishop Makarios, after he slipped out of their hands this morning. Mouskos was accused here of conspiring to overthrow the government by force and was discharged by a Turkish magistrate. Knowing that police were
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    A princess, 4, throws a party
    82 2 '111 I I .I i UA-HA! She's only a four- year-old but that dummy can't fool Princess Meriam. And whose knee is she sitting on? Why, Papa's the Sultan of Johore. The ventriloquist's dummy was part of the fun of a going-away party the
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    HE CONSIDERED THE LILIES, NOT HIS WIFE
    285 2 LONDON, Wednesday. A HUSBAND who accused his wife of exceeding her housekeeping allowance put up a menu in the kitchen for her to follow each day. unce the menu specinea iwo sausages each to the husband and the two children who ate with
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    Lock icon Penknife killer hanged
    41 2 LIVERPOOL, Wed. Norman William Green, 25, was hanged at Liverpool today for the penknife killing on Easter Monday of a boy aged 10 Green told police that he had also killed a boy of 11 last August.— Reuter
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    Ong re-elected president
    31 2 Mr. T. W. Ong was reelected president of the Friends of Singapore at the annual general meeting on Tuesday night Mr. F. R. Massey was elected honorary secretary.
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    461 leave
    21 2 Four hundred and sixty-one Indians from Singapore and the Federation left Singapore for India in the 8,400-ton Rajula yesterday.
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    'OOMPH GIRL' IS LEFT $218,000
    71 2 A New York press agent, Steve Hannagan. left nearly a quarter of a million dollars to the original "Oomph girl," Ann Sheridan, a lone-time friend. An estate appraisal yesterday showed Hannagan's gross assets as U. 5.51,109,551.. 51,109,551. Miss Sheridan was willed U.S.--$218,399. Miss Sheridan and
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    Lock icon New rail link
    24 2 HONG KONG. Wed. Through rail traffic between China and Communist North Vietnam will begin next Tuesday. Peking radio said today.— Reuter.
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    SEAMAN A WAITS TRIAL AS ADMIRAL IS PROMOTED
    87 2 LONDON, Wed. The admiral who alleges he was punched by a seaman a week ago has just been promoted. Vice-Admiral J. W. M. Paton, 52, was named Commander-in-Chief of the West Indies station. The Admiralty announced the appointment even while Sea- man
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    Lock icon I could have stayed a king.,,
    251 2 I could have stayed a king.,, f^oukZ h belong I nightmare o| and r ni er PARIS y* claimed J he could blv, the 1952 mm, that forced him exile. "Within thrcn blessed revolution a tyrannical dii I free officers. Egypt, a police .state »l Egyptians, a captive' Farouk said
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    Lock icon CHANGE CONSTITUTION? WE MUST THINK HARD FIRST'
    593 3 finpkinson outlines British Government's stand on Singapore crisis o \]><)\. Wed. Je Hl* 1 for Colonial r Mr. Henry told the C of Commons that m the SinJL constitution into tone lcs> Jplhrn nmnth- iffO n ould have to ru -n carcfuljppforc embarking
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    Lock icon Luck is paid after 24 years
    142 3 Luck is paid after 24 years LONDON. Wed. SOME TIME today a man will drop a £1 note in Bayswater. West London, to repay a 24 -year-old debt to fate. He is Mr. George Shepherd, 48. now holding a key job with a West Australian timber company. In 1931 Mr.
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    Eva Peron monuments defaced
    103 3 Eva Peron monuments defaced BUENOS AIRES, Wed. STRIKING on the national day of mourning for Eva Paron, vandals yesterday defaced posters and monuments erected to her memory in three towns of Buenos Aires Province. The blonde wife of President Peron died of cancer three years ago. Police said the vandalism
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    Lock icon Pondicherry goes to Congress
    58 3 PONDICHERRY. Wed. The Indian National Congress, ruling party in the central government, won an absolute majority yesterday in the first general elections in the new state of Pondicherry. Congress won 20 of the 39 seats in the State Assembly. The Communist sponsored People's Front gained 16
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    Lock icon $288 mil. gift
    34 3 BELGRADE. Wed. Yugoslav President Tito today announced that the Soviet Union had wiped out a Yugoslav trade debt of Malayan $288,000,000 incurred before Yugoslavia broke with the Cominform in 1948.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon Hollywood baby
    28 3 HOLLYWOOD, Wed. Film star Betty Hutton yesterday said that she and her husband, recording company executive Alan Livingston, are expecting their first baby in January.— U.P.
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    Lock icon FLYING SAUCER' ENTERS SHOW
    214 3 vomerang vision was no bird, says glider expert I. Wed. try has Invesat a fly- over odrome. uing the the Brigliding yesteraped like Qrst scon 30 se- me as taking off. ,i westerly speed. Ii tary of ing Associa- said: "it much like I ive seen
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    Lock icon OUT OF BOUNDS
    97 3 \oxpital— because of infected staff A big hospital ndon remained si cond completely ntact outbreak of ami ing the reported at Hospital in total of up to 70— idents and trying on as il with the Medical I nding the 1 the clean- I up. The main
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    Lock icon Father at 75
    31 3 NEW YORK, Wed. Vincent Ferraro, 75, has become a father for the ninth time. His third wife, Antonetta, 34, has given birth to an 81b. 2oz son. —A.P.
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    Lock icon FULL HOUSE—NO DICE
    46 3 FULL HOUSE— NO DICE 1: Wed.—Twci.tyn .vcre caught by r gambling V rk v^tprday. 1 n ro released giving their names after they told officers that they were wives of New York business executives "whose reputation would suffer if their names figured in police records." A.P.
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    Lock icon Anton takes it on the chin during! London ballet rehearsal
    37 3 Anton takes it on the chin during! London ballet rehearsal ANTON DOLIN and Alexandra Danilova rehearse an upprrcut in the ballet "Mille Fifl which has since had its premiere at the Royal Festival Hall. London. A.P. picture.
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    Lock icon ARMY TELLS TEDDY BOYS: STEP OUT
    131 3 ARMY TELLS TEDDY BOYS: STEP OUT LONDON, Wednesday. MORE THAN 2,000 engineers at Malvern Army camp were ordered to parade In their civilian clothes yesterday and were vetted by officers for "Teddy Boy' suits. Any found wearing velvet collars, stovepipe trousers and similar Edwardian-style dress were warned to change them
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    Lock icon Soviet sorrow
    29 3 MOSCOW. Wed. Mr. Molotov. the Soviet Foreign Minister, has sent condolences to the family of Mr. Cordell Hull, former U.S. Secretary of State, who died on Saturday.—Reuter.
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    Lock icon Composer dies
    20 3 MOSCOW, Wed. Isaak Dunayevsky, aged 55, composer of comic operas, ballets and music for films, ha.s died. A.P
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    Lock icon Petrol bomb in Rome
    68 3 ROME, Wed— A bottle filled j with petrol was hurled last night into the grounds of the villa of Marshal Badoglio, head of the Italian Government which signed the armistice iwith the Allies. The bottle exploded but caused no damage. The 83-year-old Marshal, who was named
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    Lock icon Editor's estate
    35 3 St LOUIS, Wed.— Th« estate of Joseph Pulitzer, editor and publisher of the St. Louis PostDispatch, who died in March, was valued at U551,208,838 in an inventory filed in probate court yesterday.— A.P.
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    Lock icon They stay in jail
    34 3 WASHINGTON. Wed. The United States, with its allies of the Pacific campaign, has decided against mass release of Japanese war criminals in Sugamo Jail, Tokyo, official sources said today. Reuter.
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    Lock icon British bobbies say: Time for rise
    109 3 LONDON, Wed. Britain's 70,000 policemen yesterday asked for the biggest pay Increase in their history— another £3 to £7 a week according to rank. At the same time, more than 400,000 civil .servants submitted a claim for a seven per cent pay Increase. The
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    LONDON STOCKS
    418 3 LONDON, Wed. THE CHANCELLOR'S further A statement on sterling and the economic situation brought a general Improvement in stock markets at the opening but the early gains wer c not all held. However, gains were well in the majority at the close in gilts, Industrials and oils. Oiltedged
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    LONDON RUBBER
    30 3 LONDON, July 27.— Spot 39^6.. Sept. 39 2 d., Oct. -Dec. 38 T «d., Jan.Mar. 37d.. Apr. -June 35>«d. Au?. c.i.f. 38"4 d.. Sept. c.i.f. 38^, Tone: Strone.
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    LONDON TIN
    26 3 LONDON July 27. Cash Buyers £764; Seller^ £764' 2 Forward Buyers £758; Sellers £758' 2 Settlement £766. Turnover a.m. 60 tons, p.m. 35 tons.
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    The big Hollywood hoax
    569 4 GIANT 'A VA GARDNER PRODUCTION' IS ONLY A FILM FANTASY NOW POLICE PROBE MAN FROM MOSCOW STUDIO DENIES PICTURE WILL BE MADE HERE 'Director 9 may have been a butler J 1 HE Singapore C.I.D. is investigating the etory of a man who hoaxed Malaya about
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    DOG'S NIGHT OUR
    166 4 *~j Rupert led airport men on a merry I chase— then his master's voice I AT the sound of his master's voice yesterday. Rupert the dog came running in after a night of freedom at Kallang Airport. Rupert upset airport authorities on Tuesday night when he escaped
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    MALAYANS IN POLYTECHNIC JOB CONTEST
    96 4 APPLICANTS from Malaya are competing with applicants from Britain and other Commonwealth countries for the post of principal in the new $8 million Singapore Polytechnic. The post carries an "all in" salary of $2,500 a month, free medical attention, free first class passages for the
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    Appeal succeeds in bicycle case
    53 4 Ong Cheng Kang, who appealed against a lower court conviction and sentence of one month's jail on a charge of dishonestly retaining a stolen bicycle, was cleared of the offence in the Singapore High Court yesterday. The Chief Justice, Sir Charles Murray-Aynsley, set aside the
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    Rostal to play in Singapore
    43 4 The violinist. Max Rostal. will give a recital at the Victoria Memorial Hall. Singapore, on Monday evening. This is being presented by the Singapore Musical Society. Mr. Rostal gave two highly successful concerts In Singapore earlier this year
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    Eurasians meet
    22 4 The Eurasian Association will hold its 13th annual meeting at the Singapore Recreation Club at 5.30 p.m. on Aug. 12.
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    ASSISTANT AND HIS BOSS'S DAUGHTER
    446 4 ASSISTANT AND HIS BOSS'S DAUGHTER ACCUSED OF ABDUCTING HER TO HONG KONG A WEALTHY dentist who did not keep track of his 14-year-old daughter's affairs, discovered one day that she was on her way to Hong Kong with his former assistant, a Singapore court was told yesterday. The dentist, Mr.
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    Hawkers fined
    15 4 Thirty hawkers were fined $3 each in a Singapore court yesterday for obstruction.
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    SHIP DOCTOR FALLS OVERBOARD
    117 4 It was his first trip abroad A JAPANESE DOCTOR, making his first trip as a A ship's doctor, fell overboard when the O.S.K. freighter Daizui Maru was 300 miles from Singapore on Monday. The ship's captain reported this when the Daizui Maru arrived in Singapore yesterday.
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    Three accused of abduction
    50 4 Three men, Heng Ah Song, Kandasamy Rajoo and Viswanathan Manl, were charged in the Singapore Fifth Magistrate's Court yesterday with abducting Llm Kal Chat from Carpenter Street at 6.15 p.m. on Tuesday. No plea was taken and the men were remanded in custody until Aug. 3.
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    PARKING SPACE: $4 A MONTH
    61 4 PENANG. Wed. Motorists here from Monday can rent parkins space in Beach Street from the Municipality at $4 a month. There will be room for more than 100 cars. As each bay will bo numbered, the holder of a permit will be assured of parking
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    University extension to start soon
    248 4 'IT WILL BE WORTHY OF MALA YA WORK is to begin in Singapore at the end of this year Tf on the $11 million extension plan of the University of Malaya. An official statement yesterday emphasised the "swift growth of Malaya's university," and detailed the
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    THE WIF WHO WANTED 10 CENTS
    200 4 THE WIF WHO WANTED 10 CENTS A BLACKSMITH R Tr; day that her J^ Scow Kwet Shin > her with a pie when she h 10 cents and th? dered her out J?' house. She was sulni? v maintenance ali^S? I he had failed her and their ,55 old son.
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    Man charged with murder
    44 4 Chua Hai Lyi in the Sinifaporf F.:\- j gistrate's Court ye«:a with murdrrinp, Bfei I Guan at the open v: Ulu Pandan R' a I night. No plea wai Chua was remanded t day when h!s cas< I mentioned again.
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    Garden concert
    21 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Hokkien Association'; I will give a Public perffl* at the Istana G^: July 31 at 5 p.m.
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    School bazaar
    35 4 The Pay a Lebar Methodist Girls" School, Singapore, will hold a bazaar and fun fair at the school compound from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Saturday in aid of its building fund.
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    QUEST FOR 'MISS SELANGOR
    74 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. A "Miss Selangor" beauty j contest open to women of all races will be held here in the first week in November. Entrants will be required to pose in a swlmsuit but there will also be a competition for best dress Boh contests
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    Crisis rule 'protects peaceful citizens'
    95 5 y Regulations the officers of .re Police, tho etary, Mi".nd yester.ioubt the n adminis-j md m hu>aid. d.-frndinß a ions Singapore the problems Police. the refill-: troduced to ish to live. in peace and ns of law and small section he said. meet ,-cry mity
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    40 selected for youth course
    30 5 40 selected for youth course have born hort Youth course in ..<■ instrucT G Jeffreys ;rer and Service at th* 1 5' nsea. will ond in the September after will bo
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    GURKHAS BOW TO JAP FLAG
    95 5 bui iney are only rehearsing a scene in 'A Town Like Alice' nVRKHA TROOPS, dressed up. as Japanese soldiers, bow low to the Imperial flag of y Nippon as they rehearse a scene in the film "A Town Like Alice" which is at present bernq
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    DULL SKIES MAKE CAST BORED
    288 5 3 days pass and still 'Alice' waits for the sun THE film "A Town Like Mice" seems condemned to be plagued by bad weather during tin- shooting of local outdoor scenes. Yesterday, for the third day in succession, there was no sun. In all. Five
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    Chamber to ask Boyd about citizenship
    171 5 T*HE Secretary of State for the Colonies, Mr. Alan Lennox Boyd, will meet a delegation from the Chinese Chamber of Commerce on Aug. 18, during his visit to Singapore. The Chinese Chamber was told of this at a committee meeting yesterday. It decided to
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    PUBLISHERS ARE ACCUSED OF DEFAMATION
    108 5 Chew Woo Tew, Yap Inn poh and Tan Bene Chong claimed trial in the Singapore Fifth Magistrate's Court yesterday to two separate defamation charges. It was alleged that they published in the Feng Pao, a Chinese paper, a certain imputation concerning Lily Thong on May
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    SHOPKEEPER SHOT AFTER GAME
    54 5 SHOPKEEPER SHOT AFTER GAME YONG PENG, Wed. KO KIAN KEH. 40, a sundry goods shopkeeper, was shot dead near his shop about 11 p.m. yesterday. A shotgun was used in the killing. A Home Guard has been detained. Police would not give details. Ko was on his way home after
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    Silver jubilee dance
    42 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed. The Johore English College silver jubilee dance will be held tomorrow at the College assembly hall at 8.30 p.m. Tickets may be obtained at the door. Special prizes are offered for floor shows and spot dances.
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    Marshall: My new respect for police
    225 5 Marshall: My new respect for police PRAISE FOR MEN WHO SAVED COLONY 'THE Chief Minister, Mr. David Marshall, yesterday described the Singapore Police Force as "truly the police force of the people, seeking to protect and work for the welfare of the people." Since he became Chief Minister he had
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    Buddhist lecture
    39 5 Sri Sastri, M.A.. who is a Professor of Sanskrit and an English scholar, will lecture on "Ethics and Philosophy of Buddhism" in English at the Buddhist Union, 28, Jalan Senyum, Singapore, on July 31 at 11.30 a.m.
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    Marshall is asked to use those scissors
    160 5 NOW that he has got a job, Mr. G. Sundaraju, president of the Committee of Unemployed in Singapore is being accused by the other jobless that he is "neglecting them.' But Mr. Sundaraju said yesterday that he was still concerned about his less
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    DRIVER KILLED HIMSELF AFTER DEATH CRASH
    264 5 DRIVER KILLED HIMSELF AFTER DEATH CRASH He threw himself under train FIGHT HOURS after a collision between two lorries, which resulted in a boy's death, a lorry driver committed suicide, the Singapore Coroner's Court was told yesterday at the double inquest on Mayhadeen Fazal Mohamed and Lim Choon Hng. The
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    Gifts pour in for the triplets
    150 5 Gifts pour in for the triplets GIFTS poured in from Straits Times readers all over Malaya yesterday for the triplets of Hassan bin Mat KajL a tin mine labourer at Ulu Yam Bahru, Selangor. They amounted to $221, bringing the total so far 'received to $331. Jane and Margaret, two
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    Film Society
    25 5 The adjourned annual meeting of the Singapore Film Society wiU be held at the British Council Hall at 5.30 p.m. on Aug. 3.
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      398 5 a w a ■mm a w av A 'Chinese Friendship'; 8.45 Rhythm RADIO MALAX A at Random: *9.00 Bebe Daniels and (•Programmes thus marked can 1 9.45 Th^Crasby 1 Story i be received by Miners »n Malacca IQOO nve R Rhytnm 10 jo-ll.fe Short wave 49 62m. Medium wave c
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    Merdeka, merdeka all the way
    2506 6 STRAITS TIMES REPORTERS cover the count ru to brina you all the news of THE BIG DAY I Candidate and family pray before election battle Eagerness, little excitement THEN TENGKU CASTS FIRST VOTE IN KEDAH ALOR STAR, Wed. THE UMNO president, Tengku Abdul Rahman, tipped
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    Vietnam VIPs study our polls for pointers
    164 6 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. rpHE Governor of South Vlet- nam, Mr. Tran Van Lam, and his Minister for Information, Mr. Tran Chang Tham, said here today they would pick out "all the good things" about the Federation's first national election and use them for
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    GAY HARI BESAR AT THE POLLS
    756 7 Gallant young blades, girls in Sunday best and women in veils were there THE ALLIANCE MACHINE WENT SMOOTHEST AND SEEMED TO BE WINNING At polling stations they proved the stronger sex i KI ,,KD Malay > uonun Noted at a Z from kamponj? m
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    Casting vote – his last act 1
    166 7 Casting vote his last act 1 CASTING his vote was the last act of Chow Sec. a retired Kuala Lumpur contractor, aged 65. He collapsed outside the polling station in the Malay Girls' School in Kamponn Bahru and died a few minutes later. KABI BIN HAJI HASIN. M, who is
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    ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
    35 8 Ill Word* $10 I minimum j. Mr and Mrs. R. S. Subramaniam. Johore H.ihru thank all friend s for nd gilts on the occartoB of the marrlane., of their daughter uid niece on 21-6-55.
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    181 8 Z0 Wnrdn fin (minimum). FOLLOW PEDANT Every bay in Mall' if you want to win MM word puzzle. LOI.LI-POPS popping in every child's mou'h, Lovely Fruit Flavour recta on a stick. Made by Fullers Ltd. Sole Agents: Robinson's I i UK ONE SURE Way to banish is to use
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Thurs. July 28, 1955. Thin Wedge of Peace
    715 8 The Straits Times Singapore, Thurs. July 28, 1955. Thin Wedge of Peace After the "summit"' talks I which were prefaced by dramaj tic exchange of tender confidences and hearty bear-hugs between top-level grandfathers, the meeting at Geneva next Monday between the ambassadors of Communist China and the United States might
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    The Opposition
    329 8 Despite a pathetic attempt to brazen it out with placards, the Progressive Party Assemblymen must now be convinced of the magnitude of their blunder in the crisis debate. To leap from steady constitutional progress on a Friday to immediate independence on the following Monday was something which even
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    In A Hurry
    199 8 Under the stress of the constitutional crisis, hardly any notice appears to have been taken of Mr. Marshall's proposal that Assemblymen should prepare themselves to "rush ■through" legislation at their meeting next Tuesday. The Chief Minister has given no clear indication as to how much legislation he
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    'Insult to us all'
    150 8 'Insult to us all' MR. G. A. P. SUTHERLAND'S letter is, indeed, an insult, not only to President Soekarno, but to all Indonesians. In Indonesia, despite her many shortcomings and bitter experience under foreign rule, a visitor (distinguished or Just ordinary) can freely express his thoughts, whether they arc for
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    An unusual speech
    105 8 I HAVE read with interest the letter referring to President Soekerno's speech in Singapore on self-rule, To me, it seems a very unusual speech to make, regardless of the ethics, when his own government is not a generally elected one and appears incapable of governing large areas
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    Mildly put
    55 8 REFERRING to Mr. Sutherland's letter in which he felt British tolerance has been so outrageously trodden on by President Soekarno. I feel sure that all Britishers, as we'l as thousands of selfrespecting Asians who are grateful for the British way of life, share the same view, which was
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    Non-stop offensive
    135 8 (CANNOT something be j done about the mosquitoes on Sennett Estate? As a new arrival here I am horrified by the swarms of mosquitoes which attack my family and me not only at night but during the day. They make life a misery and spoil an otherwise attractive
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    Only three have authority
    172 8 Fthe constitutional crisis forced upon this longsuffering island by its Chief Minister over an issue which he himself admits is trivial and which he earnestly wishes us all to forget, all parties claim loudly to speak for us, the people. It must be remembered, however, that
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    Time we had peace
    87 8 TraE latest threat by Mr. X Marshall to resign from his post over a minor issue of four junior ministers, is something we cannot stomach. It is time that the First Minister settle down and learn how to rule. By standing firm during the strike crisis
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    Attempt to stifle
    74 8 DURING the past few days the Chief Minister has denounced fair critics, planned to annihilate his puny opposition, and is now apparently attempting to stifle a section of the local Press. There must be many thinking members of all communities who feel as uneasy as I. when
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    Week's thought
    37 8 /THOUGHT for the week for i.*. Mr Marsn aU and our politicians and trade unionists, from the Ist Century A.D.: "No great thing is created suddenly..." Eplctetus. AH. RICHARDSON. Singapore. More Letters in Page Ten
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    Lock icon SLOW ROAD WORK
    240 8 'THE City Council started widening the MacPherson Road sometime in November, 1954. Towards January, 1955, they started to extend a small bridge to the required width. This took them two months. By the beginning of March they had scraped off the surface of the old road. Now
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    The morning after
    101 8 SINCE the introduction of City Council alloted" pitches for hawkers at Queen Street, the residents here have been experiencing noise and commotion early in the morning, road blocks and traffic jams causing the motorists to blast their horns like blazes, and the alarming increase in the population
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    Poppy Fund grants
    73 8 rpHE statement on the Poppy Day Fund says that grants 1 have also been made to Gurkha ex-servicemen repatriated to their own country. Under what circumstances and through which channel were these made? Dependants of members of the security forces who have been killed or wounded in
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    THIS 'RAPID PAPINISATION'
    207 8 AS a locally domiciled citizen I voted for, and worked for, the Labour Front, but not on the understanding that it would become PAP almost overnight. Those who voted Democrat or Progressive must surely be even more astounded than I am at their candidates' extraordinarily rapid Paplnisation.
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    The politicians and the people
    279 8 Hi Uit mm MR. SUTHERLAND raised an interesting question as to who are "the people" whom the Labour Front and P.A.P. claim to represent. The answer is, of course, that "the people" are the politicians but it is unlikely that they will admit It. It
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    WHY SINGLE OUT THE TANGLIN CLUB?
    211 8 TIJfR. Marshall's reference I*l in the Assembly to the Tanglin Club calls for comment Why bring in the Tanglin Club, whose members are United Kingdom, French, Belgian. Norwegian, Swiss, American, Australian or New Zealand citizens? Most of these members have served Malaya for many
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    Sought for harmony
    113 8 Sought for harmony T am grwetm to .numerous critlS S their comment Question of tat *J marriage. The invitation to Islam was ma de and coercion was noi.^ tended nor impll d lth^ That it has in n. haustlve critteC^ that the subjort «■■> cal interest, an'i T, 0 I
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    POLICY is UNFAIR
    103 8 rpHE City Council h A unfair in its move > employ only Singapo-eL people. In an interview i J that I have not the cha-! of getting a job since U not born In singapc, though my qualiHcauonS consistent enough with required one. If foreign-born peoj'p to
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    Basic right
    46 8 THE right to i and should be proved by our Government, fa: the Governmrnt star.:;: by while an hone is denied thr riaht k just because ho v. or accede to the dema:.: i some pressure group, zl--there is somethi: S. R. BAMACIANM Kampar.
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    DIFFERENT WORKING HOURS
    107 8 f LERKS of the general \j clerical service of the Federation of Malaya excluding the State of Kedah work six hours 45 minutes per day starting from 8.30 a.m. to 1 p.m., having 1 hour 15 minutes break for lunch, and back to duty from 2.15 p.m.
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      752 8 CLASSIFIED ADB. 2» H«rrf« S"> i minimum) KHINGTON: At Johore Bahru, on 26th July, to Margaret and Pat, a Jane Both well. KAION July 2.^. In England, to and I>nni.s Baton. Malayan vs. Kuala Lumpur, a daughter. ONG Helen and Chin Seng of 25 Chart well Drive, on 26.7.55, at
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      9 8 mmh HtRCHANT TAILORS 21. CIIULIA STREET SINGAPORE! PHONE: 6535
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    BEDS FELL TO FUSILIERS
    46 9 >' Wed. The killed in Negri rday fell to a 2nd Royal Welch among ten ter- rorists which the patrol engaged in the Tampin area. A Sten gun. a shot gun, four pairs of jungle boots, wire cattcr.s and files were i captured.
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    Sportsman Alex Donald dies in U.K.
    151 9 MR. ALEX DONALD, general manager of Fraser and Neave Ltd., well-known Malayan racehorse owner and a Malaya Cup footballer, died in Edinburgh on Tuesday following an operation. He was 49. Mr. Donald, who was on leave was to have returned to SineaDore in October.
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    HELLO, BROTHER: HELLO, SISTER—WHAT A LONG TIME IT'S BEEN!
    202 9 HELLO, BROTHER: HELLO, SISTER— WHAT A LONG TIME IT'S BEEN! It was their first meeting in 18 years A BROTHER and sister met for the first time In 18 years when Dr. Lois Wong arrived in Singapore by air from Manila yesterday. Dr. Won»{ said: "I have not seen my
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    PARTY NEGARA CALLS OFF THAT $500 BET
    126 9 PENANG, Wed.— Party Nepara officials here today called off their $500 bet with the UMNO president, Tengku Abdul Rahman. The Tengku had backed the Alliance candidate, Inche Sulaiman bin Dato Abdul Rahman, to beat Negara's secretary-general, Dato Sir Onn bin Ja'afar, in the
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    Strikers to return
    74 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed.— The 55 Hume Industries workers here who walked out yesterday in protest against the dismissal of a colleague called off their strike today. They are to return to work tomorrow morning. Mr. V. David, secretary of the National Union of Factory and General Workers,
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    From now on he is a consul
    32 9 PENANG. Wed.— The Indonesian vice-consul here, Mr. Kris Noermatias. will be promoted consul from Aug. 1. The vice-consulate too will be a consulate in future.
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    WOMEN'S DAY-SO BABY WENT TOO PICK-A-BACK
    523 9 WOMEN'S DAY-SO BABY WENT TOO PICK-A-BACK Ali, 82, (behind 11 daughters) says: The ladies win DOLLING day was women's day in Southern Malaya. They beat the men and often outnumbered them as much as flfty-to-one in the first hour's voting. And polling day was orderly—no serious Incidents were reported anywhere
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    DEATH
    30 9 PRAKASAM: Mr. V. O. Prekasam of Land Office, Singapore at General Hospital 2.30 p.m. 27th July, 1955. Funeral today, cortege leaving 33, Roberts Lane at 5 p.m. for Bidadari.
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      173 9 A luxury hair cream at a price to suit everyone Good news for smart, well-groomed men Silvtkrin Hair Cream is now available at a greatly reduced price Silvikrin Hair Cream is a luxury, high-class '.ream that controls the hair all day long without making it greasy or gummy. And it
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    Distress among the smallholders would hit large producers
    1038 10 I AM very grateful to the substantial number of planters who have displayed keen interest in the smallholders' replanting scheme and who, as far as has been possible within their other commitments, have encouraged smallholders to replant and have advised them how
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      UNION LEADERS NOT SINCERE
      358 10 IT is quite obvious that the union leaders are insincere about the welfare of the workers. Such fantastic demands as funeral leave, etc, failing which a strike follows, can be seen through by a ten-year-old. These unionists should not be treated as unionists, but it is
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      Must be sensible
      163 10 TRADE unions should lndeed stand for the amelioration of the lot of the workers. But their demands must be reasonable and sensible. Any man with a rudimentary knowledge of economics knows that to encourage efficiency and if sacrifice justifies income, practically all employers try to give the
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      BLAME THE LEADERS
      226 10 QNE wonders now if it Is really the workers who make such demands as to compel industries to close down. Union leaders are to be blamed, since many of them are from outside the industry and they are after their own selfish ends. Does the common worker
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      A CHECK ON THE VACUUM;
      151 10 A CHECK ON THE VACUUM; rls high time that there were some check on shop and market keepers who weigh with a lever balance. The complicated marks on the balance provide scores of ways to deceive a party who does not understand them. I was suspicious about my weights for
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      APPEAL FOR PEN FRIENDS
      136 10 IHAVE been requested by a school-teacher friend in England to say that some of her pupils, aged 11-12. would like to exchange letters with Malay and Chinese schoolchildren in Singapore and the Federation. The students in Malaya should be of the same ages or a little
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      NO WONDE THERE IS DISCONTEN
      524 10 NO WONDE THERE IS DISCONTEN A HEARTY vote of thanks to "Staff Nurse" from Penang for her letter, which expresses most succintly the feelings of locally domiciled doctors and nurses in the Medical Department regarding discrimination which exists in the Medical Service of the Federation, in spite of the oftrepeated
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      422 10 Architectural fittings by JC I B B O N S I Leading members of the architectural profession j always specify fittings by James Gibbons Ltd. I Founded in 1670, the oldest firm of locksmiths j in Great Britain, Gibbons products include I all types of architectural fittings and ironmongery; ft
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      48 10 THE DOUBLE DUTY HILLMAN HUSKY adjusted independently and till "*^^^^^^^C^» comfortable riding. a mew coNcePTio* oFecottoMy motok^ at 40 miles to the gallon. Aj n r tA 3" LYONS MOTORS LIMITED: Orchard Road Singapore 9 UNIVERSAL CARS: Ipoh and Penang WEARNE BROS. LTD; Kuala Lumpur. Scramban and Ml""
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    Hitler played truant with death thrice— avenged plotters STRAITS TIMES SPECIAL FEATURE
    1743 11 Hitler played truant with death thrice avenged plotters STRAITS TIMES SPECIAL FEATURE ********** l HlilMiliilJH?^ illllllllll CONTRARY to general belief, Germany's acceptance of Hitler was never wholehearted The trouble was how to overthrow him. With neither free parliament nor independent Press, with broadcasting in the hands of Government, with a
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      227 11 feu Xr- >&A f\ I bot| inSee how ted, pe»cx■pticj .tar up i twttk today. DDD Description lftem/ca//y pure water OH UP ALWAYS I ItTTERIES STEaM IRONS, mcTOCRl^f L*»OR* TORIES ETC ■I. rain water to high I > it ion C)ual K chcmicall> -t and read> BY "< r^^f 3
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      225 11 X I CROWN UPS jfOW* make sure it's y y CAMPBELL'S 1 For coughs, colds, jMUgyiE* I congestion of the CMJmM£MMw& I chest and hoarseness. I Powerful yet palat--0 able. There Is no W^^m better remedy. From all H FOR THE^j^s^ CHILDREN make sure it's GOULDINGS Relieves children's coughs, colds
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      72 11 Shvrtock Holmes Off to London Dick Tracy MPrifts around I I'LL JUST DRIFT AOOUND "I t HE SAID 'ME '^CJJLJOrr^ ALL I KNOW. CtllEß IS THE 1 TVIE HEIGUBOBUOOD-WNCH CMDf^T WANT UrS I BUT UUJNDRV MARK IDeNTIPICATION !"^rZ£i- Ht Jmi ROOMS, BARS. CIGAR STORES. 2-WAY WRIST RADO IWHERE? DETAIL GA/E
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      1493 12 T.i: 240 s MANSFIELD <Se CO., LTD. Toi: »4i» (18 lines) (Incorporated in Singapore) 12 Una*) THE BLUE FUNNEL UNE T Carriers notion to proceed vio other ports to lood onrf discharge corao SAILINGS to LIVERPOOL, GLASGOW, LONDON, t CONTINENTAL PORTS Smgopore Due Sails P. Sham Penang Atcanius |gr Liverpool
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      1177 12 I EAST ASIATIC UNE SAILINGS TO CONTINENT/SCANDINAVIA For Aden, Pert Said, Genoa, Antwerp, Rotterdam, Homburg, Copenhagen Gothenburg ft Oslo Spore P. Sham Penang x) "KAMBODIA" Gdrw. 4/5 "FALSTRIA" 11/13 Aug 14/14 Aug 15/14 Aug xxx) "INDIA" 14/14 Aug x) Calls Beyrouth, Karishamn. xx) Calls London (Passengers only). XXX) Calls Beyrouth,
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      949 12 SII/.'Slho THE BEN LINE STEAMERS LTD. Tt B£' SINGAPORE (Incorporated In two United Kingdom) SAILINGS TO U.K. AND CONTINENTAL PORTS Spore P. S'hom Panong ""^.Um 1 0^:... aiJ/MMh./*! Dlr^arrh-il*-- -TZ&f T. r9 U nT'. 7/11 A- »/I»A^ U/ITA^ 00 1 21 A-./ > 8^ Dlr~t .rrtv. U*m U '~*Zl£ m
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      956 12 TIL: No.: MM) U ELLEmMAM BOCKKALL KLAvr im*9ott, HAVRE, ROTTERDAM, lOS ANSELFS HAMBURG W nA »A'mV/V^ and for U.S.A., North Atlontic Ports Accepting torq o V *"d and Canada and vio Colombo Abi,,!,,*-""^ CITY O FOTTAWA Socr. 0U(S p INVIl ll S'pora P. S'hom Panong 31 July/1 Auo 14/20 Aug
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    OFFICIAL PRICES
    9 13 /T'hrrc-qu.rtrr, of per picul !in f h»n,r«).
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    62 13 I RNE. Wed. M „cr f recorded on the Stock Ex was active in a ere steadier. filing cawed Loans £95 19/32 B £96 23/32 70/6 buyer £37 buyer 29 T4 seller I 20 seller 6/6';, SJ 104 42 11,I 1 43 /fi seller 11 3« ft buyer
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    44 13 „s,. Producr Xx- i <: pi. v. 1 buyers, oil (|iiiet, no business re- :ip(l for lack ie to peak arrivals; SI 67 rawak < ..p> j Amoriation 4 m:xed copra: •.'7 sellers; ■j: sellers; $28* fuller. lid roconut oil dosing ,i sellers. Tone:
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    39 13 in I\i hanjo iMiiks the following merchants airmail; T.T. days 32 credit bills. i I or O.I), ready: I -i' market in I y. the US I 81 i .ash and luoted at 15.58 and :.5i r
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    MALAYAN TIN MINERS PUSH UP OUTPUT BY TWO PER CENT
    510 13 MALAYAN TIN MINERS PUSH UP OUTPUT BY TWO PER CENT By Our Market Correspondent MALAYAN tin miners achieved a two per cent rise in the production of tin-in-concentrates in 1X months of this >ear and their output ot 30,20 b tons was the highest in the first half of a
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    BROKERS' REPORT
    358 13 The Malayan Share Brokers' Association, Singapore section, reported that: "Local industrials were dull and generally easier with small support at the lower levels |on the local share market. Tins were also easier with the exception of sterling counters and turnover showed a marked shrinkage. Rubbers were steady throughout."
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    RUBBER PRICES
    144 13 August first grade rubber buyers I f.o.b. closed In Singapore yesterday j at $1.34', per lb.. three-quarters of cent above Tuesday's close. The closing tt>ne was very steady. Closing prices In cents per lb. No. 1 R.S.S. Spot f.o.b. buyers 134' 2 I sellers 134: No. 1 R.S.S.
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    SHIPPING
    95 13 Ships lying alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharvt-s or expected today are: President JcfleiLson 12. Kambodla 4 '>. Bradeverett C.P., Korovlna 67, Calchas 89, Manila Maru 11. Dilwara 13 14. Soestdyk 15 16, Tjitjalnegka 18, 1 Mandowl 19 20. Rawang N. Wall 4. Sumpitan N. Wall 8, M3T Lighter
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    Less coal mined
    33 13 The Federation's coal output in June was 16.215 tons as against 18.753 tons In the previous month. Bauxite production, however, increased, being 20.698 tons against 15,506 ton s in May.
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      374 13 KNUTSEN LINE Fist and Regular Service f!OM CANADA/U.S. PACIFIC PORTS 30 DAYS Sailing Arriving P.Swct Penang Fremantle 8 Aug 10 Aug 11 Aug 18 Au? BiUc 13 Au? 12 Sept 14 Sflf* IS Sept 22 Sept 3 Scot 3 Oct 5 O^ 6 Oct 13 Oc» lakki 29 Sept 31
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      37 13 tncu/e. nemv CuoocC v^tUh. tna+v CttootL THE BEST HARD BOARD for all purposes Sole Agents: MERCANTILE TRADING COMPANY LTD. 30-33 Meyer Chambers. Phone: ***** Singapore. Singapore Distributors: Siem Seng Hing Co. 480 Beach Road. Spore Phone: *****.
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      846 13 NOTICES NOTICE I. P. K. him, A I of the Central Animal Husbandry Station, Kluang wish to Inform all concerned that I «hall In future be known as K. Paramsothy and sign a s such. NOTICE CHONG HUAT CO. (SINGAPORE) LTD. 6U-B Robinson Road Tel. Nos. 2351/54 (4 lines) Tel.
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      944 13 NOTICES In the matter of the KUALA LUMPUR-SINGAPORE EXPRESS LIMITED and in the matter of the Companies Ordinance. IMC. NOTICE Is hereby given that a petition presented to the Supreme Court of the Federation of Malaya, In the High Court at Kuala Lumpur on the 24th day of June. 1955
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      1596 13 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS applications art invited from citizens of the Federation for appointment to a limited number of posts of Clerks In the Kelantan Land Settlement Scheme Paslr Mas. Candidates must have attained their 17th but not their 23rd birthday (Candidates with Land Office experience may be overage) and must have
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    'Springs of chicken' on the menu PLANTER'S WIFE
    359 14 'Springs of chicken' on the menu PLANTER'S WIFE E -T^HE old man that we S A have affectionately E come to call "our old Chinese fish-farmer," S because he is such a nice old boy and beS cause he is a real old S character, is always E pleased to
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    HE'S A CHINESE, BUT HIS NAME IS LUIGI
    308 14  - HE'S A CHINESE, BUT HIS NAME IS LUIGI MORROCO FROM WAR and a shortage of women have all but wiped out one of Europe's most thriving and unusual Chinatowns, in Milan, Italy. Gone are the bright paper lanterns. All but forgotten, in these P stwar years, are the spicy dishes,
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    Winter dress show in London
    440 14 A MOULDED bustlinc and a naturallyfitted torso which clings round the hips and then flares to the hemline is the new silhouette decreed for autumn and winter by Mr. Norman Hartnell, the Queen's dressmaker, who opened his new collection in London this week. •No letter
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    DRYING OUT SHOES
    66 14 HERE'S a 7icic way to deal with rain-soaked boots or shoes a pair of plastic trees which will dry them by electricity, holding them to the correct shape and preserving the leather. They were on show at the British Plastics Exhibition in London. They contain low-wattage electric
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    THE CLUB OF A THOUSAND FEET
    342 14  - THE CLUB OF A THOUSA ND FEE T ELIZABETH POH i By MALAYAN women lT are bound to meet with trouble when it comes to buying shoes. There scorns to be little heed piven to variations in width as well as in lonpth. This disregard for women's foot comfort is
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    Close fight for Colony's senior cricket title
    993 15 SCC, THE ARMY AND THREE OTHER CLUBS ARE IN IT By Our Cricket Reporter CINGAPORFS senior cricket tournament is in its final stages and four more Sundays will see the end of the championship by which time the ten teams in it will
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    Lock icon PREPARING FOR SNOW
    56 15 In tbe absence of snow, these two British skiers take to the water in training for the 1956 Winter Olympics. Alan Crompton is captain if Britain's snow skiing team. Zandra Nowell also finds the Lake Dllswater surface the nearest to skiing on snow. They join water skiing
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    BOD MILITARY TEAM FOR CUP CRICKET
    84 15 BOD MILITARY TEAM FOR CUP CRICKET The annual cricket match for the Turton Cup between 8.0.D. Military and 8.0.D. Civilians will be played at Friendly Hill on Saturday. The Military team will be: Capt. F. Harper (capt.), Maj. R. J. Mackenzie. Capt. J. O. Grimble. Capt. J. A Kellett, Cdr.
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    SOSC MEETING
    31 15 The annual general meeting ot the Singapore Olympic Sports Council will be held at the Garden Club, China Building, at 5.15 p.m. on August 10. All interested are welcome.
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    WALKOVER
    29 15 Referee Chong Llan Sin awarded a walkover to Customs when Marines failed to turn up for their Oovt. Services Dlv. 1 league match at Upper Serangoon Road yesterday
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    MOORE & HAW ROUT RE
    45 15 MOORE HAW ROUT RE Royal Army Ordnance Corps scored an overwhelming nine-wlcket victory over Royal Engineers in their inter-Corps cricket fixture at Gillman Barracks yesterday. R.E. 50 (Wellard 14. Magulre 13. Ramsay 12. Moore 6-25. Haw 4-19) RAOC 53-1 (Maguire 26 no, Allway 25 n.0.).
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    'BISLEY' MEETING THIS WEEKEND
    44 15 The Singapore Rifle Association BUley" meeting will be held at the Buklt Timah Range on Saturday and Sunday. Members and affiliated units are reminded that all entries must reach Mr. C. M. Ho, P.O. Box 957 (Tel: *****) before tomorrow.
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    Lock icon Deciding Test will not go beyond 5 days' play
    145 15 LONDON. Wed. rERE is no question of the decisive fifth Test match between England and South Africa, beginning at the Oval on August 13, being extended beyond five days although the rubber stands at two matches each. Mr. 8. Griffith. M.C.C.
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    SALLEH LEADS WAY INTO THIRD ROUND
    260 15 RESULTS of the Singapore Badminton Association's Junior tournament second round ties at the Badminton Hall last night were: JUNIOR MEN'S SINGLES Salleh b Sayed (Oaruda) beat D. M. Tohed (Falrwlnd) 15-8, 9-15. 17-16; Wahab Sarkawl (Merrldale) beat Teo Ah Seng (Playfalr) 15-1. 15-6; Leong
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    ALL THE TIES FOR SATURDAY
    256 15 SATURDAYS ties in the Singapore Badminton Associations junior championships starting at 0.45 p.m. are: Men* Junior doubles: Munajlt Hallm and Abdul Malik v Yaacob b. Md, Naman and Maldeen b. H. Hashlm; Llndy Llm and Henry Llm v Ooh Cheng Hong and Yong v o
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    Lock icon Aussies may play India
    113 15 LONDON, Wed. rpHE Australian cricket team which is visiting England next summer In a bid to regain the "Ashes" may play India on the way home. The president of the Indian Cricket Board of Control, the Maharajkumar of Vlsianagram. has taken the opportunity of his visit
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    Jeep's 10 to follow
    379 16 ii V ten to »(.ii<A\ a' the Penang Tun club August Bank Holiday Meeting are: SOLTH PACIFIC: For the Gold Cup; in peak form; clever all-ihe-vwiy winner over ;> mile with 8.13 at Bukit Tlmah in June; ran a gallant second to Cypress Point in the
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    Essex 204-3 v Yorkshire
    137 16 LONDON. Wed. /^OUNTY cricket tea scores today were: At Chesterfield: Derbyshire 212 (Dawkes 55 1 v Northampton. At Hove: Worcestershire 105 (Thomson five for 24, Smith four for 21 < Sussex 76 lor one. At Bradford: Essex 204 for three ilnscle not o.U 89. Bailey not
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    WINNING PAIR
    26 16 Mr. and Mrs. N. Mcl^achlan won the mixed foursomes (stableford) golf competition at the Royal Island Club with a score of 39 5 16.
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    SINGAPORE ENTERED FOR INTERNATIONAL SAILING
    69 16 JAKARTA, Wed. International \ailint; championships will be held ;it Tannjung Priok, near Jakarta, from August 18 to 21. Sportsmen from Singapore. Manila and Hong Kong have accepted invitations to I attend this event organised by two Jakarta sailing lubs. The international championships will be combined
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    Austrians start with 3-1 margin
    752 16 THE THREE OLYMPIC STARS GIVE A DAZZLING DISPLAY IN SALZBURG TEAM BUT SINO-MALAYS HAD BETTER OF THE EARLY PLAY gALZBURG F.T., the Austrian national league team, opened their Singapore tour with a 3 l victory over Sino-Malays in a floodlit game before H,770 paying spectators
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    S'PORE TC INCREASE STAKES BY $400
    206 16 S'PORE TC INCREASE STAKES BY $400 rriHE committee of the SinijaM. pore Turf clul> have decided to increase by $400 a race the stakes for Class Two and Three horses at their August Meeting on Aug. 13. 17 and 19. The programme and amended stakes for the meeting are: Class
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    Winning goals in extra time
    91 16 SCORING twice during extra time. 30 Battalion R.A.O.C. beat District Workshops R.E.M.E. 3-1 at Friendly Hill yesterday in the first round of the Singapore Base District inter-unit knockout soccer competition. REME scored first after 16 minutes through centre-forward Arthur Koh. I n a late rally.
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    HEADING FOR A CENTURY AND VICTORY
    51 16 JACK MeGLEW, the South African opening batsman, force? Wardle to the boundary in the Springboks' second innings of the fourth Test match in which the tourists beat England by 224 runs on Tuesday. McGlew was eventually c May b Wardle for 133. A. P.
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    Hongkong Bank in 6-0 triumph over Traction Co.
    144 16 Hongkong Bank in 6-0 triumph over Traction Co. LJONGKONG BANK, completely outplayed Traction n Company in a Singapore Business Houses League and Cup Group "A" soccer fixture at Farrer Partk yesterday, winning 6-0. Percy Peters opened accounts in the second minute, and before half-time Lazim Adam and B. Rozario added
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    Ford score 12 goals and take the lead
    362 16 17ORD Sports Club moved to F the top of Group B in the Singapore B.H.F.A. League Cup competition when they beat a nine-man Malayan Airways side 12-0 at Farrer Park yesterday. This beats the previous highest score in this year's competition 10-0
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    Swifts name team of 18
    159 16 SWIFTS A.C. will send 18 athletes and nine officials to Malacca for the triangular athletic meet against Mercury A.C. and Malacca on Sunday. Swifts won the meet on the two occasions it has been held. The Swifts team will be: 100 yards: Tan Eng Yoon,
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    SIKHS STILL UNBEATEN
    52 16 Young Men's Sikh Association the SAPA Dlv. 2B league leaders, maintained their 100 percent record when they defeated Balestier United 5-2 in a replny at Jalan Besar stadium last night. Sikhs scored through Inderjeet SinKh (3). Mohinder Singh and Avtar Singh while George Chua got both goals
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    SBH RESULTS AND LATEST POSITIONS
    331 16 GROUP A Hongkong Bank 6 Traction o *Tel. Board C. Bank P W D L F AFts. Tel. Board 5 5 0 0 10 0 10 H.K. Bank 4 3 0 1 15 3 6 C. Bank 3 1118 4 3 P N. 4 0
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    Three tie for first in 100 yards heat
    269 16 ]>AD GROUND conditions and IJ last-minute withdrawals robbed the Swift A. A. heats of much of their excitement and spirit of competition. Only two finals were decided and the heats of three events were run off on Tuesday. In the first final
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    Aussies respond to Olympic appeal
    229 16 irpHE appeal for accommoda- tlon in private homes for overseas visitors to the Olympic Games at Melbourne next year has met with a good response. Mr. A. T. Rajah, secretary of the Singapore Olym- pic Spor's Council, told tht Straits Times yesterday. Mr. Rajah said
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    SHA need $16,000 more for Olympics
    224 16 SHA need $16,000 more for Olympics T H A E 8; Aasociatioi announce! move to of Slrj.ooo still 5 towards $26,001, a team to th< games at Mcl November n< At their meeting held al the pn OeWers, commit!,,, had r quo fees to H2 v>n for th, division tei
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      86 16 SOCCER S.A.F.A. Community league: Europeans v Eurasians, Jalan Besar, Div. 2A: Argonauts v V.M.M.A.. Farrer Park; Div. 3B: Windsor Rovers v Springdale. Geylang; Netaji v Dural Anah, CYMA ground: Alexandra F.T. v Rajaji, Clerical I'nion ground; Govt. Services league; Div. 1: Woodbridze v T.T.C. 'A', Printing ground; Medicals v Printing.
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