The Straits Times, 28 May 1956

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    13 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845. SINGAPORE, MONDAY, MAY, 28, 1956. 15 CENTS tie****
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    BANDITS RAID VILLAGE
    306 1 Terror in the night for 3,000; Two tappers kidnapped; Shop plundered Guns taken without a shot 77/£# Ti7£F VANISH IPOH, Sunday. ABOUT 20 terrorists raided Kampong iA Pahanf new village, about two miles from Tapah on the Cameron Highlands road, M night t firing a shot, they
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    NO MEDDLING IN COLONY — TENGKU
    276 1 NO MEDDLING IN COLONY TENGKU 'Inche Jumat is free to act' KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. rpHE Chief Minister and Alliance leader, Tengku 1 Abdul Rahman, said here today that he would leave the Singapore Alliance free to make its own political decisions unless another political party sought Alliance support to break
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    PRIORITY WITH THE P.M.s
    136 1 PRIORITY WITH THE P.M.s Singapore issue rE Prime Minister of New Zealand, Mr. Sydney Holland, yesterday said that Singapore's constitutional problems will have high priority on the agenda of the conference of Commonwealth Prime Ministers in London. He added significantly: "I'm going (to London) to help deal with the problems
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    Boy, 12, dro vns in pool
    42 1 Ismail, 12, was drowned In a pool near his home in Coronation Road, Singapore, yesterday afternoon. He had been playing on a site for a new building where deep excavations had filled up with rain water
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    Lock icon 12 VENOM JETS ATTACK 60 HOSTILE TRIBESMEN
    116 1 rADKN. Sun. KIVK V.norn jet flcht/rs of the K.A.F. yester- attacked GO armed inbesmen near llusn el «r. about 100 miles •°uth of Saudi Arabia, •wre they were believed to ha\e been issued with "<!<"> to Mir up trouble in Mi-n protectorate. ■fcl
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    A MIDSUMMER BRIDE -IN THE GOOD OLD NONYA FASHION
    94 1 A MIDSUMMER BRIDE -IN THE GOOD OLD NONYA FASHION THIS IS the answer to a nonya's prayers a wedding in the Straits Chinese style of a hundred years ago. The Chinese Ladies Association of Singapore will put on this show at a Midsummer Ball on June 23 at the Victoria
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    Lock icon Egypt turns to Red China for arms now
    209 1 CAIRO, Sunday. A HIGH GOVERNMENT official disclosed today that Egypt recognised Red China to circumvent a threatened United Nations embargo on arms to the Middle East. Major Amin Shaker. Under Secretary of State for Islamic Affairs, said in an article in the
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    Lock icon Arab Legion on the way out
    98 1 Arab Legion on the way out AMMAN. Sun. JORDAN'S famous Arab Legion, founded by Britain 35 years ago. is likely to disappear as a self-contained force in the country's new expanded army, the Defence Minister. Mr. Mohammed Ali Ajlouni, disclosed in an interview here today. This 63-year-old veteran soldier said
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    Lock icon Old shell kills 2 children
    44 1 NAPLES, Sun. Concettina Lauriola, 5, and RafTaele, her 7-year-old brother, were killed yesterday when a World War n shell they found in a ditch exploded near here. Another brother, Michele, 9, and two other children were gravely wounded. A.P.
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    Lock icon The Iron Mask Man rusts away
    305 1 The Iron Mask Man rusts away ROUND THE WORLD INCOGNITO I ONDON, Sun.— Harry Bensley, the man who won fame by trying to push a pram round the world while wearing an iron mask, has died in Brighton at the age of 80. He died penniless. Only his 80-year-old widow,
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    Lock icon Jet in flames
    33 1 EL PASO, Sun. A crowd of 10,000 people saw a jet fighter plane making a firepower demonstration at Fort Bliss yesterday grind into the ground and burst into flames. A.P.
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    22 1 LONDON Sun. Russia has built a midget helicopter, known as the "motorcycle of the air," according to Moscow Radio. Reuter
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    Lock icon Cruise for Ivan
    62 1 LONDON, Sun— The 9.827--ton Soviet liner Pobeda (Vie- Tory) will this year takp Rusi sian tourists through the Mediterranean, the Atlantic. English Channel, the North Sea and the Baltic, Moscow Radio said today. The radio said that four 25-day pleasure cruises have been arranged to take tourists
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    Major takes bride to see foster father
    162 1 TT U ALA LUMPUR, Sun. Major Arthur John Holder, British Army officer, will take his 21-year-old bride, Che Mahayon binte Haji Buyong, to meet his foster father, Tengku Mohamed, Mentri Besar of Pahang, in Kuantan tomorrow. The 37-year-old major ana his bride are
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    CROWD CHASES MAN BEHIND BUSH
    183 1 He lured 10-year-old girl police told ABOUT 25 angry people last night chased a man and cornered* him at the staircase of a flat in Delta Road, Singapore, after two men had reported seeing him lure a 10-year-old girl to a lonely spot. Police later
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    Lock icon Grace is second
    32 1 THE HAGUE, Sun. Princess Grace of Monaco came second in a poll to choose Holland's "most admired woman," according to results published here by the Netherlands Public Opinion Institute.—Reuter.
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    31 1 LONDON, Sun.— Air Commodore John Forde Hobler. 49, an Australian, has been appointed Air Officer in charge of administration, Middle East Air Force, with effect from July.— Reuter.
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    Link for labour -that's the aim
    239 1 Link for labour -that's the aim pLANS to bring Colony 1 workers into line with those in the Federation on matters affecting common interests are underway between the Singapore Trades Union Congress and the Malayan Trade Union Council. This, it is hoped, will be achieved through a joint coordination commitf.ee,
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    STOP PRESS
    32 1 PRINCESS COMPLAINS NEW YOKK. Sun Louie Magazine said tonight Princess Margaret had complained many times "I am only member of family never to have visited Canada or America." A. P.
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    32 1 CANBERRA, Sun. Mr. Howard Beale, Australian Supply Minister, announced today that another atomic device will be exploded at the Monte Bello Islands, oil Western Australia, within a few weeks. Reuter.
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    STORE MAN WEDS IN ENGLAND
    78 2 Bride teaches at girls' school MR. MICHAEL B. LEE of Singapore and his bride, the former Miss Edna Watson of Romanby, Yorkshire, after their marriage in Doncaster, England. Mr. Lee, an engineer with »n agricultural implement company in Doncaster, is the son of Mr. C.
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    Palm estate strike: No accord in sight
    332 2 Palm estate strike: No accord in sight KEY ISSUES ARE PAY AMD 'SACK CONTRACTOR* DEMAND JOHORE BAHRU, Sunday, f HE STRIKE at Kuala Oil Palms Estate entered its third week today with the 600 employees showing no signs of returning to work. The Johore branch of the National Union of
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    BY CYCLE TO THE OLYMPIC GAMES
    147 2 BY CYCLE TO THE OLYMPIC GAMES PENANG. Sun. r'O Scouts cycling from Germany to Australia are spending this weekend in the Coronation Camp, near the Botanic Gardens here. Hans Hofstede. 21. and Willi Stelnhoff. 22. arrived in Penan* this week on their way to Melbourne (or the Olympic Games. "While
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    Brides-to-be
    44 2 Two Army fiancees arrived In Singapore by the troopship Devonshire yesterday. They were Miss S. Edge, who is to marry Captain Bloom of the East Yorkshire Regiment, a..d Miss S. Plows, who is to wed Sgt. Weatherstone of the Royal Army Pay Corps.
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    Tory talks on empire
    92 2 Malaya will be represented at the conference on the future of the Commonwealth and colonial empire which has been convened by the Conservative party organisation in Britain this month. At tne fifteen major meetings of the conference several matters of Commonwealth importance will be discussed. Mr
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    THEY ARE LEARNING HOW TO HELP SINGAPORE'S YOUTH
    207 2 THEY ARE LEARNING HOW TO HELP SINGAPORE'S YOUTH ABOUT fifty potential youth activity instructors have been undergoing Intensive training at the Queen Street Boys' Club under a scheme organised by the Singapore Federation of Boys' Clubs. The scheme is drawn up to prepare a pool of qualified and experienced instructors
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    Lock icon Students' talks to open this week
    169 2 'ON NON-PARTISAN BASIS' JAKARTA. Sunday. T*HE Afro-Asian students' conference will open in Bandoeng on May 30. The International Preparatory Committee of the conference announced this today, following an all-night session, marked at times by heated discussior The committee also issued a statement announcing its
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    Lock icon Search for oil in Pakistan
    86 2 Search for oil in Pakistan KARACHI, Sun. rE Pakistan Government and the Shell Company of Pakistan Ltd., signed an agreement here yesterday to form an operating company to carry out an extensive search for oil over 20,000 square miles in East and West Pakistan. The agreement provides that in the
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    Fined $50
    27 2 JOHORE BAHRU, Sun. Sin Hong Hee, who was found with 493 lb. of copper wire suspected to have been stolen, was fined $50 here today.
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    NEW BRIGADIER ARRIVES
    39 2 Brigadier J. H. Cubbon. the new commander of the 18th infantry Brigade, arrived in Singapore by the troopship Devonshire yesterday. He replaces Brhaorr r Peterkin, wno lefl recently. Brigadier <■ was accompanied by mi and two children.
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    Lock icon FRANCE LAYS BLAME ON EGYPT
    146 2 FRANCE LAYS BLAME ON EGYPT Mauric Rfi Maunoury. Pr tater or fence, Sa i d tv the task oi t h ,\.< Army in North was to thwari bitions of th, dictator Congress in vlclv pealed for 1 tlona. unity to i French Annv French Afi "The French i again
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    Rubber firms cut staff
    62 2 AKRON. iOhi" Two rubber comp with slackening demand y cause of cuts in the car dustry, today announced eral hundred workers wei: be laid off. The B.F. Goodrich Crpany said it plan off 140 tyre workers for c indefinite porior; Tyre and R-ibbr-said it would stand
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    No I-card—$50
    31 2 No I-card— $50 JOHORE BAHRU. Sift. Ruth Chivorton dee Barracks, mh obtain an Identity in 30 days of her the Federation, was fined s in the Magistrates C I here today.
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    For women
    24 2 A women's section Rochore branch of W Singapore, was X-™ p d 3^.. Hari Raya party at the K Raja Club yesterday.
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    Lock icon RACE WAR RAGES IN CYPRUS
    271 3 British troops with sten guns at the ready separate fighting mote i frilled, many shops burned in the worst Turko-Greek battle NICOSIA, Sunday. .ypRIOT Turks burned Greek shops in growin interracial clashes in Cyprus today. L xurks and a Greek have been killed and ,m
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    Lock icon Soekarno turns 'pilgrim'
    51 3 Soekarno turns 'pilgrim' FIELD, 1 1 1 i nois, ildent Soekarno said he visiti incoln'a tomb not as a i like a pilihurimage." one of the avi me inspirak and strugto the God of be '^ivc AbraIn one of the best en." in Oak Ridge was the preslp after his
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    2 more atomic subs soon
    34 3 TON, Sun. Con- two more atomic one the Navy's other its fastest next Tuesday at ii tinut. raft will bring to total of atomic::iarine s built or U. P.
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    Lock icon Visit to Russia
    23 3 •AKARTA. Sun. The In- f Represen.uTppted a Soviet >md a delega- including four the end of Soviet return ted. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Trade plan
    20 3 CAIRO, Sun.— An official Egyptian source said Bulgaria has proposed a long term trade agreemene with Egypt.— A.P.
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    Lock icon Townsend and the lady from Spain—100 pesetas for a button-hole
    76 3 Townsend and the lady from Spain— 100 pesetas for a button-hole GROUP CAPTAIN Peter Townsend is shown paying for a button-hole sold by a Spanish girl in aid of the Relief Tuberculosis Fund, when strolling through the streets of Madrid recently. Townsend was in Madrid to take part in the
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    Lock icon THE RED AIR MENACE
    158 3 General warns the U.S. WASHINGTON, Sunday. r'EN. Curtis Lemay has warned Congress that Russia will have enough airpower by 1959 to destroy the United States with a "complete surprise attack." He predicted that by 1959 Russia will have twice as many long-range hydrogen bombers as the
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    Lock icon Bride wins this argument
    69 3 Bride wins this argument HAMMOND, Indiana, Sun. A bride of one month killed her husband, his two small sister^ and his mother with a rifle in her new home here yesterday. Mr. Opel Agnes Collins killed the four in an argument involving insurance and a transfer of property. Dead were
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    H-bomb fall-out hits California
    46 3 BERKELEY, Sun.— Fall-out materials from the H-bomb blast in Eniwetok last Sunday appear to have reached the West Coast, the California Department of Health said yesterday. The announcement emphasised that there is no possibility of damage to any living thing.— A. P.
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    Searched liner: British reply
    60 3 DUESSSELDORF, Sun.— The liner, Agamemnon, once used by King Paul of the Hellenes, was intercepted by a British warship just off Cyprus and searched on Friday, the British Colonial Office reported yesterday. The announcement was issued as a Cyprus Government communique and denied published reports that
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    Lock icon Jews worried
    31 3 DUESSELDORE. Sun. The Jewish community in West Germany is worried about the increasing activities of neoNazi groups and publishers, a spokesman of the Jewish community said here today. Reuter.
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    Lock icon The REAL Nikita —as seen by Sir Tom
    124 3 The REAL Nikita as seen by Sir Tom LONDON, Sun. Mr. Khrushchev lost his temper In London and "let the cat out of the bag" on the true meaning of Russia .1 "coexistence,"' a top British Socialist declared yesterday. Sir Tom O'Brien, former chairman of the Trades Union Congress, said
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    Quakes shake Truman
    44 3 FLORENCE, Sun. Four sharp earthquakes last night struck the area around Florence, thronged by tourists, including the former U.S. President, Mr. Harry S. Truman. Nore of the shocks damaged Florence itself, where Mr. and Mrs. Truman arrived earlier yesterday.— A. P
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    Tito's tour
    28 3 BELGRADE. Sun. President Tito, accompanied by his wife, will make his threeweek state visit to the Soviet Union from June 2. it was announced here tonight.
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    Lock icon Russians to get glimpse of Comet
    117 3 LONDON, Sun. TUIE British Air Minister, -I Mr. Nigel Birch, wil fly to Moscow in a Comet II jet airliner next month to attend Air Force Day celebrations. This will give Russian aviation experts their first close-up glimpse of Britain's number one jet transport.
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    Lock icon Dr. Thorn dies
    33 3 PORT JEFFERSON, Sun. Or. Charles Thorn, who in 1941 made the first identification of mould from which the late Sir Alexander Fleming extracted penicillin, has died here aged 83. Reuter.
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    27 3 KARACHI, Sun.— President I.skancter Mirza suspended the Chief Minister and state legislature of East Pakistan tonight and brought the province under direct presidential rule.— U.P.
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      55 3 STA TSEKUNDHANTSCHOP BERLIN, Sunday. THE first state-owned second-hand shop has been opened in East Berlin. It handles unwanted pro- <— perty on a 15 per cent commission basis. Radio sets, optical instruments, clothing and leather shoes are preferred. The state manager declines to accept underwear, shoes made of ersatz materl.Us.
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      31 3 SEW YORK: The organs of a girl survivor of the Hiroshima atom bomb, who diei here during a plastic .surgery operations. wore undamaged by radiation according to the post mortem— Reuter.
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      49 3 PARIS: Deaths from alcoholism in France have rork-'ted five-fold In the past ten years, rising to 17.400 last year. A Government commission estimates that Frenchmen spend an average of nine per cent of their earnings a year on drink as against three per cent on board and lodging— Reuter.
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      32 3 NEW DELHI: Two women hunger strikers in a Goa Jail agreed to eat yesterday after the Goan governor had accepted their demand to be transferred to a regular prison for women. U.P.
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      34 3 SAIGON: Anyone caught smoking opium in South Vietnam faces a jail sentence ranging from three months to three years under a new anti-drug drive. Foreign residents face ex- pulsion after completing their jail terms.—U.P.
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      34 3 PARIS: A gorilla and a hippopotamus were on the passenger list of an aircraft which left here last night for New York—the biggest animal cargo ever to fly the Atlantic in a single plane.—Reuter.
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      31 3 NEW YORK: Surgeons have successfully stopped the heart of an 11-year-old girl with a low voltage electric shock in order to repair a hole in one of the heart's inner walls.—U.P.
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      19 3 MOSCOW: The U.S. Embassy has granted visas to nine high Soviet churchmen to visit the United States next month.—U.P.
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      Lock icon Lost and found-—a ring in a spud
      49 3 Lost and found-— a ring in a spud BENONI, Transvaal, Sun. Mrs. M. Labuschagne, of Benoni, lost her wedding ring in a potato patch a year ago and found it recently in a potato. She sliced the potato from her garden and found the ring in the centre— Reuter.
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    Lock icon Boyd: We can't run colonies by robot
    259 3 Boyd: We can't run colonies by robot T ONDON, Sun. Mr. Alan Lennox Boyd, the Colonial Secretary, told the Conservative Commonwealth Council conference at Oakham yesterday that the way to deal with the colonies was to go out and meet their people. "I am convinced that the best way of
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    Lock icon Freed by Reds, he keeps mum
    42 3 HONG KONG, Sun— Ernest Gottschalk, 52-year-old German Journalist, Just released from a Communist prison in Shanghai, refused today to discuss the five years he .spent there. He had friends still in Communist China, he explained. Reuter.
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    Three killed in accident
    41 3 BUENOS AIRES, Sun. A British businessman, Mr. William Cockburn-Binning. 62, was killed early yesterday when his car plunged into a river during a fog. The Englishman's wife and their maid also died in the accident. A. P.
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    Union seeks justice for the dead
    253 4 450 WENT ON 'VOLUNTARY' MISSION: 45 LIVED 'BROKEN PROMISE' ACCUSATION J^ UNION in Singapore is seeking justice for 405 men who "volunteered" to work in Siam during the Japanese occupation and died there. A total of 450 men left Singapore on this mission of
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    Under sea cable costs $43,000
    68 4 Under sea cable costs $43,000 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. ANEW undersea cable has been laid from Lumut, Perak, to Pangkor Island, as the first step in a scheme to improve the telephone service between the island and the mainland. The cable, which cost $43,000, is more than two miles long. Additional
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    7 injured as car hits post
    65 4 7 injured as car hits post A CAR crashed against a lamp post at the 4% mile Pasir Panjang Road. Singapore, shortly after 3 p.m. yesterday, injuring seven passengers, three of them children. All were taken by ambulance to hospital, but only one woman. Tang Mvi Gian. was admitted. Her
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    Food offence
    38 4 JOHORE BAHRU, Sun.— Soon Lean Swee of Kuala Lumpur was fined $100 or four weeks' jail here today for moving a quantity of dried pork, cuttlefish and meat without a permit at Gelang Patah last week.
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    Kajang hall launched
    61 4 KAJANG, Sun. The District Officer, Mr. J. L. M. Gorrie, laid the foundation stone of the Kajang Hall yesterday. Mr. Gorrie, who is leaving the district on transfer, was the first elected president of the Kajang Hall Association, formed to raise funds to put up a meeting
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    School gets $3,000
    49 4 KUANTAN, Sun. The Chung Hwa School here today received a gift $3,000 for its building. The family of Mr. Phua Seng Kee, a leading member of the Hainanese community, who died last week, aged 77. gave $1,000. A charity show held here last night raised $2,000.
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    New hall opened by Raja Muda
    67 4 TELUK ANSON, Sun. A silver salver and a pair of scissors were presented to the Raja Muda of Perak yesterday wfhen he declared open the $59,000 Gandhi Memorial Hall and extension of the Lower Perak Indian Association in Mahkota Road here. Present were the
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    DAUGHTER OF MINER WEDS
    55 4 Mr. Lee Song San, sixth son of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Man Chee, helps his bride to cot the cake at a reception held after their wedding in Ipoh. The bride is Miss Yong Toong Uew, eldest daughter of tin miner, Mr. Yong Nyee Fan and
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    The test proves a success
    250 4 The test proves a success STUDENTS RUSH TO SIT FOR EXAM KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. THE Education Department is "very happy" over A the number of secondary school students wishing to sit for the Lower School wjrtiflcate Examination to be held for the first time at the end of the year,
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    HOW DO YOU SPEND? PLEASE TELL ALL
    115 4 AN International Labour Organisation statistician. Mr. E. von Hofsten, yesterday urged the public to co-operate with the Department of Statistics in its survey of how the average Singapore family spends its money. During the 12 months needed for the survey, some 1,200 families
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    Radio fraud: Guilty plea
    67 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. One Kirn Seng, 26, pleaded guilty in the Sessions Court here yesterday to cheating Ismail, a sales agent of a radio firm,- of $4,830. Ong was alleged to have told Ismail that he had customers who would like to buy radio sets on
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    2 on hurt charge
    62 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. Ayacanoo, 24, and Jeyaretnam, 24, pleaded not guilty In the First Magistrate's Court here yesterday to a charge of voluntarily causing grievous hurt to Surarajan with a parang at Brickfields on April 10. Surarajah died after the attack. Bail of $1,000 each was
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    UNIVERSITY DEGREE AS CRITERION OF ARILITY
    1112 5 YOUTH ESSAY CONTEST NIK MOHD. YUSOFF <16 Yr$.) PERAK A UNIVERSITY degree Is a man's personal achievement in the field of education. This, in my opinion, Is the best criterion of his If I were to choose a man for an important job, I
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    The winning essays
    359 5 RUBY CHAN SOON HONC I (16 Yn.) SINGAPORE T° obtain a degree in any reputable university certainly requires a considerable amount of ability as it indicates that the graduate has acquired a liberal education and an intellectual discipline. This will put him in a more advantageous position
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    JUDGES' COMMENTS
    100 5 A number of competitors misunderstood the subject. The point was not whether a degree holder was a "better person" but whether he had greater ability. The competitors were about equally divided on this question. However the majority agreed that a university training does provide a person with essential
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    DEATHS
    61 6 20 Words $10 (Minimum) BURTON: In Kuala Lumpur on May 25th after a long illness, Eva, dearly loved wife of Wilfred Bu ton. Department of Education. Federal House. MRS. QUAH CHEOW KAY. aeed 73 years at 71, Sri Bahari Road. Penan?, on 27-5-56 beloved mother or Quah 800 Teik.
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    71 6 SO Words $10 (Minimum) MR. .>c MRS. BAEY LI AN PECK thank nil friends and relatives for their valuable presents, pood wishes, and attendance on the occasion of their marriage on 27-5-56. THE FAMILY of the late Mr. Lim Kirn Pong, retired Station Master of Gema.s thank all friends
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Mon., May 28, 1956 Degrees And Top Jobs
    484 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Mon., May 28, 1956 Degrees And Top Jobs The Singapore Harbour Board Local Senior Officers Association maintains that experience should count for more than university qualifi- cations for top jobs in the Harbour Board. But the S.H.B. Staff Association, representing the junior local staff, in a
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    Spots In The U.S. Economy
    406 6 Wall Street hardly needed the confirmation of the Secretary of Commerce that the American economy today "is very spotty." Some of the spots are too big for anybody to miss. An estimated 164,000 automobile workers have been laid off, there has been a three-day shut-down
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    Profitable Trifles
    227 6 Recently a reader complained about the curious attitude of the Federation's Customs and Excise Department towards money which properly does not belong to it. She bought a set of patterns from Singapore on which duty of $1.98 was charged. The patterns proved unsuitable and so she sent them
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      He saw the first plane in Malaya
      332 6 I READ with great Interest the letter of KH published In your columns on 15th instant to the effect that the first aircraft over Malayan soil was probably flown by a Frenchman named Pequet, because I .was an eye-witness to the long forgotten
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      Wo greetings no 'choice'
      157 6 SUNDAY'S Listener's Choice Programme isn't what it used to be. We listened as usual last Sunday to the programme. There were no birthday greetings, no anniversary greetings, no dedications, no farewell greetings in fact it was not Listeners Choice at all, but rather the Announcer's choice
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      Time to wake up and think
      90 6 Time to wake up and think 1 WOULD say to "Baba": When are you going to wake up and face the reality that colonialism is dead and that it is only a matter of time before Merdeka comes to this country. I would earnestly recommend you and all your kind
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      Not crime to speak English
      159 6 Not crime to speak English LET me answer the question, "Is it now a crime to speak in English? asked by Mr. Ong Ec Llm of Ipoh. It is not a crime, Mr. Lim, to speak in English in this cosmopolitan country and in fact all races here are learning
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      255 MILLION READERS
      161 6 rE number of radio sets in the world has now passed the number of newspapers printed every day, according to an estimate by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. (UNESCO). There are 257 million radio receivers and 44 million television sets, while the total circulation
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    THIS IS NO LAND OF FEAR AND HATRED
    752 6 ONE evening last week, my wife and I went down to Race Course Road to see a Buddhist procession. Somehow we missed it, but we became two units in an immense and goodhumoured crowd milling in and out of the temple and
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    But some have more rights than others
    751 6  -  PETER MERTON The right to vote exists in the thirty or so colonies under British control,,. By 'THE evolution of the J British Commonwealth seems to be an acclerating process. Every year several territories either achieve their independence, or move nearer to it.
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    BIG CAR SHOW AT HAPPY WORLD
    98 7 BIG CAR SHOW AT HAPPY WORLD products in Ing automoi xhibition Happy World cxi month in »tor show Singapore "cration. have agt in the exbeftna on CM July 8. feature of the display of to have arcolony. Irrs have stadium H theil new :-h dealer is al- p to four
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    'Cars are not toys': Court
    37 7 'Cars are not toys': Court in The SeMr. E. A. told I forthat motor tial killers, K.;n Yean ned *25U for licence and party insuro disqualii.:iving for two ed that he had nee and valid for six
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    Clerks* decision in 72 hours
    204 7 KULARAJAH FUES TO KOALA LUMPUR TO ENLIST MORAL, FINANCIAL SUPPORT 2 MORE DAYS 9 VOTING -THEN WORK MAY STOP IN 82 OFFICES WEDNESDAY is the day of decision for 3,000 Singapore Government clerks who have been balloting for a strike over the past five days.
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    H-force here
    175 7 TO CLEAR WAY FOR BOMB (XNE HUNDRED Sappers of the Royal Engineers arrived in Singapore on the troopship Devonshire yesterday on their wav to convert a remote uninhabited island in the Paciflce into a base for H-bomb tests. Another 150 sappers stationed in the Colony will jo. n
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    New chairman of thrift society
    55 7 KUALA SELANGOR. Sun.— Tnche Mahmood bin Abdul Rahman was elected chairman of the Kuala Selangor branch of the Selangor Government Servants Co-opera-tive Thrift and Loan Society yesterday. Che Musa bin Ismail was re-elected secretary, with Mr. A. G. Moorthy, Che Idris bin Abdul Rahman and
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    Settlement in lorry men's strike
    88 7 Settlement in lorry men's strike KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. The four-day-old strike by 35 workers of the Sin Cheong Hin Lorry Transport Company at Kajang was settled yesterday. The workers, who are members of the National Union of Transport Workers, struck work last Tuesday, demanding increased wages. A spokesman of the
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    Party calls it off
    63 7 The Singapore Labour Front has decided to postpone "Labour Front Week" in its constituencies. "We have decided to hold it over for a while, a spokesman of the party said yesterday. The aim of the Week was to enrol new members, make party constituents conscious of
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    Auto man leads his bride through an arch of spares
    106 7 Auto man leads his bride through an arch of spares Mr. A. G. C. SYMONDS, a member of the Perak Motor Club, and his bride,. Miss Lorna Cockram, passing through an archway of spare car parts held by fellow club members after their wedding in St. John's Church, Ipoh, o
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    No drinks for young sports(men)? Rot!
    213 7 CLUB DEFEATS BID TO BAN LIQUOR KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. A MOVE to ban the drinking of liquor, including A beer, on its premises was today overwhelming defeated at the Tamilian Physical Culture Association. Moving the resolution at the associations annual meeting, Mr. K. T.
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    Trade fair in Malacca
    61 7 MALACCA, Sun. The Malacca Chinese Chamber of Commerce is to hold a 16-day trade exhibition, starting on Sept. 8, at the City Park. As an added attraction the organisers will hold a "Miss Exhibition" contest besides a "Best Decorated Stall" contest. Many firms from various parts
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    At last—the captain beats his lady
    154 7 At last the captain beats his lady "BEAT YOU TO IT tins time", cried genial Captain J. McPhail to his wife as she stood on the deck of the Maetsuycker yesterday. For the last seven years, it has always been Mrs McPhail who waited on the wharf for the captain
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    Didn't attend court
    70 7 TANJONG MALIM, Sun.— Slow Thai Fatt, 22, told the Magistrate's Court here yesterday that he failed to attend court on May 14 because he had to attend to some urgent affairs of his uncle, who had been shot dead by terrorists. Slow was fined $50 for failing
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    Show date
    30 7 KUALA SELANGOR, Sun Tills year's Kuala Selangor District agricultural show •>vili be held on July 7 and 8 and will be declared open by the Sultan of Selangor.
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    Altered I-card
    30 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Sun.— Loh Liew Meng who altered the date of birth on his identity card from 1937 to 1939 was fined $150 In the Magistrate's court today.
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    Jungle is quiet
    17 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. The jungle front was auiet today. No terrorist incidents were reported.
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    C.H. KOH BEHIND NEW PARTY
    209 7 Founder of Labour Front now organising right-wing group INTEREST is spreading in Singapore in the propo--1 sal for a new right-wing political party. "There might be a move tof launch the party within three weeks." one of the organisers told the Straits Times yesterday. In
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    Gurkhas to Fijians —a kukri
    94 7 Gurkhas to Fijians a kukri BATU PAHAT, Sun. AN ornamented ceremonial kukri was yesterday presented to the departing Ist. Bn., Fiji Infantry Regiment, by Maj.Oen. R. N. Anderson, on behalf of 17 Gurkha Division, of which he is G.O.C. "You have earned a reputation of being real warriors, the terror
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    'Convicted'? What's that
    84 7 IPOH, Sun. An 18-year-old youth said he did not know the meaning of "convicted" when charged in the Magistrate's Court here yesterday with making a false declaration to Ret a job as a postman. D. Murugiah was allowed bail until June 7 after he claimed trial to
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    Festival of Youth opens today
    113 7 Festival of Youth opens today rE Minister for Education. Mr. Chew Swee Kee. will open the Festival of Youth, organised by the Singapore Youth Council, at the Victoria Memorial Hall at 4.30 p.m. today. An exhibition of youth work which will open today at the Memorial Hall, will last until
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    Speech contest for Methodists
    49 7 "The Singapore I Want" is one of the subjects for today's inter-Methodist school speech contest at the Fairfield Girls' School hall. Neil Road, Singapore, at 6 p.m. The contest, organised by the Singapore District Methodist Youth Fellowship, marks the beginning of the Malayan M.Y.F. Week.
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    MERDEKA PLAN IS KNOTTY, SAYS REID
    248 7 MERDEKA PLAN IS KNOTTY, SAYS REID DENANG, Sun. The problem of drawing up a constitution for an independent Malaya is difficult, said Lord Reid, chairman of the Constitution Commission, on his arrival here today. "I have come here with an open mind to learn,' he told the Straits Times. Lord
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    A DAY BY SEA—FOR MacG
    57 7 A DAY BY SEA— FOR MacG MALACCA, Sun.— The High Commissioner, Sir Donald MacGlllivray, and Lady MacOillivray, went on a picnic to Pulau Undan, an Island off Malacca, this morning. They were accompanied by the Resident Commissioner, Mr. H. G. Hammett. and Mrs. Hammett. Sir Donald arrived here yesterday and
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    FMSVF officer dies in Britain
    74 7 The death has occurred at Jersey, channel Islands, after a long illness, of Brigadier R G. Moir, former Commandant of the F.M.S. Volunteer Force. Brig. Moir, who won the D.S.O. and M.C. serving with the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders in World War I, was Commandant
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      142 7 The weather MINIMUM TEMPERATURE: (7 30 p.m. on May 26 to 7.30 a.m. on May 27): Singapore 71 degrees, Penang 74, Kota Bharu 76, Kuala Lumpur 73, Ipoh 72, Kuantan 70. MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE: (7 30 a.m. to 7.30 p.m. on May 27) Singapore 85. Penang 87 Kota Bharu 84, Kuala
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  • MALAYAN SHARE MARKET REVIEW
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      Go-slow did not affect price
      442 8 Jl Ju L j j j I p* ifl TURING the short trad- ing week rubber ;ontinued its downward :rend due to poor support md finished on Saturiay morning at 75] cents. This was the lowest price since October 1954 and represented a drop of
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      RUBBER DROP RESTRAINS INVESTORS
      438 8 RUBBER DROP RESTRAINS INVESTORS By Our Market Correspondent There was no change In the quotation for Rawang Concessions which is to pay an interim dividend of three shillings per share and similarly Hitam Tin which has decided to go into voluntary liquidation was still quoted 25 cents buyers, 30 cents
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      DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCE
      118 8 pOMPANIES operating vy in Malaya announced the following dividends last week:RAWANG CONCESSIONS LTD.: the 40th interim dividend of 3s. per share, less 30 per cent income tax for year ending March 31 1956, payable to shareholders on the register at Kuala Lumpur, London and Sydney on June 13
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      BUSINESS DONE
      368 8 rpiiE following business done in the Singapore Share Market last week was reported by one Ann of brokers for the period May 19 to May 25:INDL* ST. RIALS: Fraser Neave Ords. $1.70 to $1.67 Vx to $1,714 to $1.70, Gammons $1.85 cd. to $1.70 $1.72 2 x.q.. Hammer
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      MALAYAN SHARE LIST
      690 8 rE following full revised share list was issued by The Malayan Share Brokers' Association after their last meeting: on Friday. Bayers Seller. Alex Bricks Pref 180 180 orda 195 206 Ul»s Tee IS 00 ibuyero B. B. Petrol 48- 49 cd rbi H M Trustees 6 10
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      606 8 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS APPLICATIONS are invited for temporary appointment as Social Welfare Oflmr, (Emergency) in the Federal I">C|>artinent of Social Wi-llare. Federation of Malaya on the salary scale $"54 x 28 866 (man)' $628 x 24 724 (woman) plUf COLA, at current rates. Applicants should be not less than 35 years
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      386 8 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS i APPLICATIONS are Invited from Federal Citizens for two vacant posts of Information Officers, Special Grade, Department of Information, Federation of Malaya. Salary scale $754 x 28 866. COLA ;at current rate is payable. Age limit above 22 and below 36 years. Educational qualifications, Pass De- gree of
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      615 8 NOTICES CITY COUNCIL OF SINGAPORE Notice is hereby given that St. Wilfrid Road, St. Lawrence Road and St. Barnabas Road will be closed in sections on 30.5.56 to through trpfflc for 8 weeks for i purposes of constructing sewers. BY ORDER NOTICE A notice Is being published In the Federation
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      840 8 TENDERS P.W.D. TENDER NOTICE TENDERS will be received at the State Engineer's Office. Seremban up to NOON on 31st. May, 1956 for the supply of metal from Temiang Quarry, Seremban for period 1.7.56 to 30.6.1957. Specifications and other particulars can be obtained at the Senior Executive Engineer's Office, Tempter Road,
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    Lock icon Close of play scores
    124 10 LONDON Sun. YESTERDAYS cricket close of play scores: At Cowes, Hampshire 370 for 7 (Horton 93, Ingleby-Mnckenzie not out 130) versus Worcester. At Worthing. Sussex 315, i Smith 87. Suttle 93, Preston 4—48). Essex 34 for none. At Sheffield. Yorks 99 (Warr 6—25). Middlesex 148 for
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    Lock icon Harvey 194 not out
    384 10 AUSSIES SET FOR A BIG SCORE MCC bowling is mastered on a 'green' wicket LONDON, Sun. VEIL HARVEY struck top form with a punishing innings of 194 not out at Lord's yesterday when the Australian cricketers scored 334 for three wickets before the close against the
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    61 10 AUSTRALIANS Ist Inns Rutherford |bw Moss 98 Maika; c Harrison b Loader 2 Harvey not out 194 Kinaud b Titnius 20 Davidson ret. hurt 1 Burge not out 14 Extras 5 Total (for 3 wkts.) 334 Wickets fell at: 4, 286. 311. BOWLING (to date): Loader 21—2—90—1; Moss 27—7—64—
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    BIG WINS BY BOYS' TOWN
    61 10 Boys' Town beat Gimson School 8-0 in a friendly soccer match at I Bukit Timah yesterday. Ah Hock 1(2). Eng Yang, Lalson, Vincent Loo, Yuen Seng, Vincent Tan and Swee Ser scored. Boys' Town also trounced Gimson School at basketball, winning by 100 points to
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    GHQ BEATEN AT WOODSVILLE
    56 10 Wanderers beat GHQ by 24 run* in a friendly cricket fixtur* at Woodsville yesterday. Wanderers 116 iA. L'Strange 41. N. Pereira 25 C. Fernando 15. A. Fernando 16 n.0., Wenlock 3-15, Flood 4-45). GHQ 92 (Matthews 25. Flood 12. Wenlock 13. Whitehead 19 Sabapathy 3-7 Pereira
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    What a menace Tyson would be on this pitch!
    660 10  -  JACK FINGLETON says.. LONDON. Sunday. AUSTRALIA'S leading batsman Neil J\ Harvey, who scored ten centuries on his last tour of England but this time had scored only 81 in six innings with a highest score of 45. returned to the scoring
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    WARR PLAYS STAR ROLE FOR M'SEX —GETS 500th WKT.
    365 10 WARR PLAYS STAR ROLE FOR M'SEX —GETS 500th WKT. LONDON, Sun. SURREY and Yorkshire, two counties thought likely to be fighting out the county championship issue this season, whatever may have happened so far. had varying experiences yesterday. Surrey skittled Gloucestershire for 52 but Yorkshire had the worst of matters
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    KL MAN ELECTED PRESIDENT
    45 10 JOHORE BAHRU. Sun.— Col. P. Watkins. of Kuala Lumpur, was yesterday elected the first chairman of the Federation Small Bore Rifle Shooting Association at a meeting held In Johore Bahru. Dr. Yeoh Bok Choon, of Johore Bahru. was elected hon. secretary.
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      385 10 SHAW BROTHERS ORGANISATION A! i i! n if jLiNE jiovii: \i:us ISSUE ON SALE now nißiTnt S SHOWING! CAPITOLff I gH^ VICTOR MATURE Janet L eigh NEXT CHANGE! A Sequence of ThTiiiTi tow <iit i is f^ "THE RAWHIDE YEARS" COLEEN MILLER TK IIM( l SHOWS! n ,!F^|^| »»*ti^ ANTHONY
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      438 10 25 There's one in every ammuniStraits Times Crossword "SsL's&itt dance lilt lie A 111 tl I HI) r—^_ i |ttiLi| I 27 They have specified terms of i| f I 4 1 1 8 employment (13). I j HI DOWN rasj |gs^ rx J Illuminating reading -matter? 2 They were
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    Lock icon ENGLAND'S TOUR ENDS IN TRIUMPH
    337 11 Beat the world champions 3-1 By VERNON MORGAN BERLIN. Sun ENGLAND concluded their three-match continental tour yesterday with a splendid 3-1 win over West Germany, the world champions, having led 1-0 at half-time. Favourites from the start. England fully Justified the odds laid on them
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    92 11 MODESTO, Cal., Sun. THE world record for 440 yards, which has stood for eight years, was broken last night by a United States Air Force athlete, Jim Lea. who clocked 45.85e« here. Herb McKenley of Jamaica set the previous record of 46 sec. in Berkeley.
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    GOING HOME
    32 11 TOKYO. Sun. Sumant Misra, captain of tne Indian Davis Cup team, winners of the eastern zone final, left here yesterday for home to prepare for the coming Wimbledon tennis championships.
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    TURKS DOMINATE WORLD WRESTLING TOURNEY
    136 11 ISTANBUL, Sun.— Turkey at oearrd heatfed for their seco: world freestyle wrestling char pionshlp last night after winnir. 22 of the 23 matches In the fl three rounds of the tourney The three-day. 12-nation mr ends today. Despite one oss. Turkey Mil have wrestler? in
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    Lock icon Elimination series for title approved
    216 11 BOSTON, Sun. THE executive committee ot the National Boxing Association last night approved an elimination series for the world heavyweight title vacated by Rocky Marciano. starting with the Hurricane Jackson-Floyd Patterson bout next month. The committee voted that the N.B.A. would recognise as champion the
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    Lock icon Lew Hoad beats Swede in Paris final
    240 11 Lew Hoad beats Swede in Paris final PARIS. Sun. \USTRALIA'S Lew Hoad won the men's singles title in the French international lawn tennis championships here yesterday, beating Sweden's Sven Davidson 6-4, 8-6. 6-3 in the final. Althea Gibson, of New York, beat the holder. Angela Mortimer, of Britain, 6-0. 12-10
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    Selangor lead by 19 on Ist inns
    701 12 AN INTERESTING FINISH IN PROSPECT IN INTER-STATE CRICKET MATCH BRIAN MARKS (44), BARRON (40) IN SINGAPORE'S 126 AN interesting and ex- citing finish is in prospect on the third and final: day of the annual inter-state cricket fixture between Selangor and Singapore on
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    SCOREBOARD
    159 12 SELANGOR Ist. Inns 145 SINGAPORE Ist. Inns Sheppard c Guru b Dews 12 Barron c Guru b Navaratnam 40 lone Wong ibw Sivacnanam 4 Marks run out 44 Woodhouse c W'ster b Navaratnam 4 Appuni b Navaratnam t King st W'ster b Gurucharan 6 Bone c Murugesu b Gurucharan
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    Sheikh Mustapha hits a century in Negri trial
    148 12 SEREMBAN, SUN. BATSMEN dominated Negri Sembilan's first State cricket trial in preparation for their match against Malacca at Malacca on June 9 and 10. Sheikh Mustapha. a former soccer star, was the day's outstanding batsman, hitting a century before retiring. His 100
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    VELLUPILLAI HITS UNBEATEN 124 IN BIG POLICE WIN
    525 12 VELLUPILLAI HITS UNBEATEN 124 IN BIG POLICE WIN SINGAPORE and South all-rounder S. Vellupillai scored the sixth century of the Singapore cricket tournament this season when he knocked up an unbeaten 124 for Police against University yesterday. f He reached his century in 104 minutes in one of the brightest
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    Chinese in low scoring drawn game
    346 12 SINGAPORE and Selangor j Chinese Recreation Clubs: drew their annual two-day cricket fixture at Hong lim Green yesterday. SELANGOR CHINESE— Ist Inns, (overnight 118-8) Chua Eng Leong not out 43 Chak Kirn c Chong Jin b Ram 10 Cheok Ho c Quek b D.
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    Teh looked best of the Thomas Cup hopes
    455 12  - Teh looked best of the Thomas Cup hopes CONRAD NG By JVIALAYA'S Thomas Cup T1 men of tomorrow were on "trial" at the Singapore badminton hall last night. The verdict: very encouraging. They didn't perform wonders, but their displays before 2,000-odd people at the exhibition matches in aid of the
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    Vietnam were too good for FAM Chinese XI, win 5-1
    397 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. T<HE visiting Viet--4 namese footballers gave another dazzling display to beat the F.A.M. Chinese team s—l on the Princes Road ground today. They excelled in firsttime passing and positional play and easily showed up the weaknesses of
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    Chinese and SSC draw
    84 12 /CHINESE Swimming Club drew 2-ali with Singapore S.C.. in the Singapore Amateur Swimmint; Association's water-polo league at Amber Road yesterday. Scorers were Oh Chwee Hock and Lionel Chee for Chinese and Wiebe Wolters and s. Wolters for S.S.C. In "B" team match C.S.C. beat S.S.C. 9-0;
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    Pollard takes 25-mile race
    51 12 Results of the Par East Air Force 25-mile time trial cycling championships at Bukit Tlmah yesterday were: 1. SAC. Pollard (Seletar). lhr. 2min. 57sec, 2. J/T. Grimes (Butterworth), lhr smin. 22sec. and 3 LAC. McVey (Seletar) ihr. 6min. 17sec. The meet was organised by the Seletar
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    SPENCER TAKES EU FINAL
    70 12 Srft. J. Spencer KRoyal Welch Fusiliers) won the Eu Tong Sen Cup golf final when he beat Mr. H. Clendon on the nineteen with a birdie at the Royal Island Golf Club yesterday. Spencer who is a member of the R.A.F. Seletar Golf Club, thus became
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    Ten-wicket victory for Perak
    246 12 IPOH. Sun PERAK scored an easy ten-wic-ket, victory over Kedah In an Inter-state cricket match on the Ipoh padang today. Final scores were: Perak 218 and 25 for no wicket; Kedah 135 and 107. The overnight not out batsfnen, Phillip Sankey and V. Raju, continued to
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    Gupta gets 7 for 37
    97 12 BODCA and Ceylon Sports Club drew Section "B" fixture in the Singapore Cricket Association's junior tournament at St. Georges Road yesterday. C.S.C. 126 (Sundntm 29, Anthonisz 21, S. Nathan 17. Segar 14, Ponnampulam 1] Vanderput 12, Gupta 7—37). BODCA 86—8 (Chelliah 33. Johnson 14 no,
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    CENTRAL BEATEN
    22 12 Prince Edward Boys' Club beat Central Police Station 8-2 in a friendly soccer match at Thomson at Thomson Road yesterday.
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    SAHAR SCORES 4 FOR MALAYS
    126 12 SAHAR SCORES 4 FOR MALAYS MALAYS second win in tii. munity i they beat the lea gIJ E 6-0 at stadium When Ma within the it was evideni were no mat and crafty op Malays' Sahar Hu e goals, [nclu and proved quato sub. jured Aw;,:. Sahar sta the .second
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    Stia score 14-1 victory
    72 12 pERHIMPONAN I bißeest win in matches v. ■<■ trounced Worki on the CYMA Bakri (4), D Ahmad Mashld scored for Perhin Kas.sim for th< R.A.P. Ten I Sports clul) 2-1 In '3A le-.mue fixture at Jalaa I yesterday. Ns Tengah. ;md Omai At Geylaii'.: Raciin M.is
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    S'PORE TENNIS RESULTS
    68 12 Singapore Lawn Tennis Association men's singles ties played al Tanglin Club yesterday resulted: H S. Chua bt Pang Kia Seng 8-6 6-1; I. A AkagofT bt J A. Riches 6-2 6-3 T. S Kirn bt Tan Tock Seng 6-0. 8-0; Keng bi Peter H Kanns b H
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      83 12 SOCCFR Friendly iniernatiunal. Singapore v Vietnam, .lalan Besar, 8 p.m.; S.A.F.A. League, Div. 2B: SRC v TB.V padang: l)iv. .IB: 40 Base Xl Ml v Pondok Peranakan. Geylang; Blue Rovers v Serangoon. Farrer Park; Mount Emily v Setia /taya, MF.V CRH KET Inter-state, Singapore v Selangor (third day), S( C
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