The Straits Times, 3 July 1956

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    13 1 The Straits Times. fotfMtid Estd. 1845. SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, JULY S, 1956 15 CENTS
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    Lock icon BASES: EDEN GIVES IN
    530 1 'Certain facjiw— fa Crl— tor »ritmfai t» ttt worfca* oat l»tw ]\lr. B: Talks were 'friendly' <fE WANT TO KEEP CLEAR OF POWER BLOCS 9 LONDON, Monday. DRITUN has ajrreed in principle to withdraw D her b^es from Ceylon, the island's Prime Minister, Mr. Solomon Bandaranaike,
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    10 1 p rince flies in ssSKtvsk Remer a week s »"t
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    All halt order No. 1
    276 1 U.S. STEEL INDUSTRY PARALYSED -TIN AND RUBBER PRICES TAKE A TUMBLE IN SINGAPORE MARKET WASHINGTON, Mon. —The United States Government today announced its willingness to mediate in the steel strike which has virtually halted production throughput the country and left 650,000 workers idle. The strike,
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    All halt order No. 2
    213 1 18,000 WORKERS IN ALL EUROPEAN-OWNED MINES GET INSTRUCTIONS TO TAKE EVERY SUNDA V OFF KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Union directives have gone out to the 18,000 employees of European owned tin mines in the Federation telling them how they should carry out their "go slow" campaign.
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    RAILWAY STRIKE NOTICE
    81 1 RAILWAY STRIKE NOTICE KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. WHB Malayan Railway x administration today got a two-week strike notice from its 80-stronß signalmen's union. The union is demanding better salaries than those of railway guards and yard foremen. A spokesman of the administration said: "We hare nothing to say at this stage."
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    TOWKAY'S KIDNAP GANG LIES LOW
    121 1 rpHE kidnappers who are holding Singapore rubber magnate Mr.-Ng Quee Gam lay low yesterday after the police announcement of $10,000 reward for information leading to their whereabouts. Yesterday Mr. Ng's family waited anxiously for word from them, but none came. The family remained calm and
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    Sir Cheng-lock
    28 1 Dato Sir Chens-lock Tan. 73-year-old president of the Malayan Chinese Association, was admitted to Singapore General Hospital yesterday for cataracts to be removed from his eyes.
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    Reds burn lorries
    48 1 LABIS, Mon. Five terrorists stopped three timber lorries on a Jungle track south-east of here this morning. They gave pamphlets to the crews of the vehicles, and then told them to drive off on one lorry. Later the other two lorries were found burnt out.
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    Street crowd sees hanging
    48 1 JOHANNESBURG. Mon. A man awaiting admission to hospital tor an operation hanged himself In a street here before a large crowd yesterday. While horror-stricken people watched, he climbed out of a fourth floor window, lowered himself down a 15ft. rope, and then let go.
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    THE EASY-DOES-IT EPIC
    188 1 1 From Ceylon to Singapore in six month* r THIS age of fast travel the voyage of the 6.161--ton Sigma. Trader has set a standard for lelsureliness. It has taken her 180 dayssix months—to move her 37-year-old hull the 3.000 miles from Colombo to Singapore. Just before
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    DREAM GIRL restores speech to A MUTE
    685 1 DREAM GIRL restores speech to A MUTE SHUT tt YUM: IMF IE tatlt pTO TAUUAiI YPOH, Mon. —A girl 1 visited Inche Wakian bin Ahmad. 35, in his dreams —and now, after being dumb for 30 years, he has recovered his voice and is learning to speak again. His excited
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    Lost gun found in raid
    61 1 The Secret Societies Subbranch of the Singapore C.I.D. last night raided a house In Lorong S, Geylang, and recovered a gun belonging to Mr. James Peter Tham, Commandant of the Special Constabulary. The gun and $8,500 disappeared from a safe in the Commandant's office at
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    31 1 LONDON. Mon. General Sir Gerald Tempter left London for Turkey today in the hope of negotiating an alliance betwVen Britain, Greece and Turkey to sotre the Cyprus question. A.P.
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    32 1 ROMS, lion. The West German Chancellor, Dr. Adenauer and the Foreign Minister, Mr. Helnrich Von Brentano. arrived here yesterday tor a fire day visit to Rome and the Vatican.— AP.
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    CROWD SEES AMBUSH IN STREET
    353 1 CROWD SEES AMBUSH IN STREET Labourer killed two men held A DETECTIVE inspector and a constable yesterday evening chased and detained two. men after hearing a crowd at a bus stand in Kampong Bahru, Singapore, shout: "Murder! Murder!" Detective inspector J. Khosa. of Orchard Road station, and Corporal Mohamed Noor
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    Lock icon LONDON GANG WAR THREAT
    45 1 LONDON. Mon.— Police reinforcements were rushed to Soho and other West End vice districts today after a report of a likely "carve-up" between two rival gangs. The Commons began a debate this afternoon on vice ana growing lawlessness In London. U.P.
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    Lock icon Britons on the dole again
    146 1 Britons on the dole again BIRMINGHAM, Mon.— This midland. Industrial city today sees a sight Britain has been spared for two decades a mass registration for Government aid of bitter, unemployed men. Officials here are standing by for a rush of registrations from the bulk of 6,000 men sacked as
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    39 1 'RECOGNISE REDS' LONDON. Mon.—Commonwealth Premiers ended international af-f-.iirs review by accepting Asian members stand for Keneral recognition of Red China— U.P POZNAN STRIKES BERLIN. Mon— Fresh strikes reported today in riot-torn Poznan. Poland.— UP. (See page 3)
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    REPORT FROM VALLEY OF DEATH
    532 2 Tom metal and fflM hiatsttMid patahet of ground ara all that la lait ol two airHn«Mi I THE BOY OFF i ON A FISHING TRIP A splash on a knoll 58 people died there: A shimmer in the sun for 70 more I ROBERT F.
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    TWO MOTHERS LED TO COURT-CHARGED WITH BURNINQ TWINS TO DEATH
    140 2 TWO MOTHERS LED TO COURT-CHARGED WITH BURNINQ TWINS TO DEATH TWO MOTHERS an led to court to face a charge of. murdering the two year-old Benfleet houseboat twins. The children were burned to death when the heusehaat they were Uvlng In was destroyed by fire on May 17. Mrs. Violet
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    Lock icon Oh Margaret, your slips are showing
    248 2 LONDON, Icon.— A woman newspaper columnist yesterday took Princess Margaret to task far losing her flair for fashion. Winifred Munday, writing In Reynolds News, recalled that six months ago the Princess was voted the second best dressed woman in the world by the New
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    THEY BUY A TRAM TO MAKE A NICE EXPLOSION
    191 2 THEY BUY A TRAM TO MAKE A NICE EXPLOSION COLOMBO, Mon. The British film company which has sent a team to Ceylon to shoot the film -Bridge Over the River Kwai", has bought a locomotive and six coaches from the Ceylon Government Railway for 200.000 rupees (AiMJOOO). This equipment, which
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    3 Navy ships for Olympics
    47 2 The Far Cast Fleet will be represented by three ships during the Olympic Games In Melbourne, the Royal Navy announced in Singapore yesterday. The ships, HJfJB. Newcastle, HJyUS. Cockade and H JIB. Consort, win visit Australia from Nov. 10 to Dec 10.
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    Cypriote warned: Pay up $35O9000 fine for violence or face curfew
    224 2 Cypriote warned: Pay up $35O 9 000 fine for violence or face curfew NICOSIA, Mon. Tracks Btgfl with loudspeakers moved through the streets of Famagusta yesterday directing Greek Cypriote to collection points for payment of a £40,000 (1350,000) mass flue imposed by the British as punishment for acts of rebel
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    Lock icon WHEN MOTHER GOES OUT TO WORK...
    140 2 LONDON, Monday A BRITISH doctor, reporting today on a study of 200 children from "maladjusted homes' says that in 51 cases a working mother was a factor in the unhappiness of the child. i/r. w. d. uraig, a professor at Leeds University, studied the
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    Never let your left hand. .
    77 2 Never let your left hand. WASHINGTON. Mon. Senate lnvestU*tor» yes terday aald that the Defeaee Department sold 23.MM00 wooden picnic spoons and forks at bar tain prices while another agency wan baying them under new contracts They said that the Defence Department replaced the wooden utensils with expensive plastic modi
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      319 2 THE 'MILO" FEDERATION SCHOOL-CHILDREN'S COMPETITIONS and EXHIBITIONS 1956 4/umdo*u/ ty Nestles Products (Malaya) Ltd. P^^\ mend the Exhlbltlon of 200 of the best 0 "fQim&ri Jib 440^ -J picturei selected from those submitted L ,u. P^3| lMMzAJr*^~ "*s^ b X P Pullsu P lls of Johore nd Ma'"" schools. Here
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      27 2 MOSCOW: A large number of Spaniards who cam" to Russia before the war to escape the Franco regim<are leaving the country many to return to Spain Reuter.
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      27 2 NEW JERSEY: An 34--year-old man and a 67--year-old woman, with a total of 36 children, grandchildren and great grandchildren by previous mar rlages. have married her. -AP.
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      32 2 MOSCOW: Russia has sank 56 American lend lease submarine chaser.* and motor torpedo boat? too derelict to be towed back to American nava; yards. The action was taker. with American approvn! -Reuter
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    Riots may topple Khrushchev
    84 3 TR AVELLERS REPORT I POZNAN DEATH I TOLL NEARLY 1,000 LONDON, Monday. OI?n vT_p\GE article in today's New* A rhronu-le claimed that the riots in Poznan, 2TS*t lead to the downfall of the Soviet Poland. «RMr C hief Mr. Nikita Khrushchev. o mmiini>i j >s dip
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    Lock icon Sailor stole where Nelson fell
    62 3 Sailor stole where Nelson fell LONDON. Mon. rating has been !?LS?, quarterdeck on Sch Adm'al Lord Nelson jK during the Battle of Tra-StiSf-f rmn a frigate Harbour-was deemed in what a Naval spokesman descnbi-d as a ••oolish escapad" 'v got aboard the old f Sden warship at night. Swaa Ind
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    Lock icon Minister denies SEATO link
    284 3 LONDON. Mon.-Mr. Sel«yn Lloyd, the Foreign Secretary, said today that tne recent meeting of military itafl officers in Singapore was "in no way concerned with the relationship between SEATO and the Federation of Malaya." The relationship would be •entirely a matter for the Federation Government to
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    Kremlin: We dared not bust Stalin
    310 3 IE Wit TOO POPULAR MOSCOW, Moil RUSSIA'S Communist leaden today denied they had been, too frightened to rise up against Stalin and put a stop to the late dictators' wont excesses. The Kremlin's present chiefs said they partly curbed Stalin's despotism during World War
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    TWO NUDES AND A LION
    73 3 LONDON'. Mon.-A lion attacked his trainer on the itage of the crowded Empire Theatre. Nottingham, while two nude showgirls posed inside the cage The trainer. 51 year old Icholas Trifodis. was clawed on the hand before he drove the lion off. The girls did not
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    STRYDOM TOLD: STOP THIS
    59 3 A DEPUTATION, including Labour ALP* at South Africa Hoase, London, with a petition to the Sooth African Premier, Mr. J.G. Strydom. It protested against his gov- ernment's policy "based... on racial discrimination and segregation.* It was signed by delegates to a London conference on Sooth Africa,
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    Lock icon Insurance rate goes down
    150 3 For shippers to China ports LONDON, Monday. mHE Institute of London Underwriters today an- nounced some reductions in war and strike, riot and civil commotion risks for voyages to, from or between ports on the China coast. The rate for imports and exports to Canton and
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    Lock icon Ike married 40 years
    45 3 GETTYSBURG, Mon. President Eisenhower and his wife cut a wedding cake yesterday to commemorate 40 years of marriage. Tbe president gave his wife a gold heart-shaped medallion inscribed: "Ike to Mamie, 1916-1956." She cave him a gold-framed photograph of herself.— Reuter.
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    Jail rioters say: We were flogged
    127 3 Jail rioters say: We were flogged WASHINGTON, Mon. A brief riot spread through Tndlana Reformatory yesterday as 25 "agitators" armed with knives and clubs grabbed four guards and marched on the administration building to free men in the detention block. Bight prisoners and two guards were wounded. Guards broke up
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    LONDON STOCKS RUBBER and TIN
    45 3 LONDON. Mon. Cloelng middle prices of aetoeted BtodcTnot lnctadlnK .tamp duty BfSOKANCI gStantw INDUSTRIALS ffir"^.?f?.:"-JSIi r? iooU l*/ l SSSrtOO.... W«J4-»/« Brittah Motors 6/- SSSB-".::::^ DteUIten (4/-) JO/IJ4 Donjon Loog M/IJH Dunlops 17/10% >- I I Tfca 3 1/S 9 I
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    RUBBER
    27 3 LONDON, July 2—Spot MU&. Aug. 24% d.. Sept. 34%<L. Ocfe-Dec. Mttd.. Jan.-Mar. AprUJune 2SHd.. July elf. 34* d.. Ang. ciX 34% d. Tone: Steady at decline.
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    TIN
    21 3 LONDON. July 2—Cuh Buyera £732: Sellers £714; Forward Buyers C7S7; Briten £7M; Battlement £736. Turnover, ta M torn, pja. SO.
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    Lock icon RUSSET AIDED REBELS CHARGE
    257 3 RUSSET AIDED REBELS CHARGE BUENOS AIRES, Mon. Argentina expelled Russia's naval attache on 24 hours notice yesterday charging that he was an accomplice of the repels who tried to overthrow the Argentine government three weeks ago. The Foreign Ministry notified Soviet Ambassador Origan Resanor that naval Capt Alexander Moroaov, naval
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    Lock icon Explosions rock atomic factory
    40 3 NEW YORK. Men. —An atomic research laboratory In Bayside. a New Yorksuburb was rocked by two erfostons today, but the Atomic Energs Commission, after investigations said there was **nc radiation hazard". Nine people were injured.— Renter.
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    39 released
    30 3 LIMA, Mon-r-The authorities have released at least 39 of the 70 opposition politician students and unionists jailed after civil rights were suspended to curb rioting last weato-U J.
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    17 3 TOKYO, Man. A Japanese shipyard intends building an atomic-powered liner. It was announced today. Renter.
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    Orchid society
    34 4 There will be a meeting of the Malayan Orchid Society at- the home of Mr. D. C. Doo, 33. Windsor Park, Bth milestone Thomson Road, Singapore, at 5.30 p.m. on July li.
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    Driver robbed
    27 4 Four Malays robbed>a taxi driver, Raghbir Singh, of $30 and a wrlstwatch in Lorong 103, off Joo Chiat Terrace, Singapore, at about 12.10 a.m. yesterday.
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    STRIKERS DRINKING FROM DRAINS? 'IT'S A PACK OF LIES'
    312 4 STRIKERS DRINKING FROM DRAINS? 'IT'S A PACK OF LIES' I Estate manager denies union's 'epidemic' story I i ITLANG, Monday. The manager of the strike-bound North Hummock Estate, Mr. W. A. Fleming, today branded m"a pack of lies" a i union's charge that an outbreak of sickness amongst workers on
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    UNKNOWN
    110 4 MANY Singapore businessmen who want to Join th« trade mission to China are not keen on having their names disclosed.. The mission organiser, Mr. Yap Pheng Geek, who last week said there was an "undercurrent movement" aimed dtosnading traders from Joining the delegation, told the Straits Uses yesterday: "There
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    MEMORIAL TO 'LOST 24,000
    214 4 Killed fighting the Japs rnHE NAMES of 24,000 Commonwealth soldiers and 1 airmen who died fighting the Japanese and have no known graves are to be commemorated on a memorial now being built at Kranji War Cemetery. The memorial, which is being built by the Imperial
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    BIG ANTI-RED DRIVE IN NEGRI ENDS
    46 4 BIG ANTI-RED DRIVE IN NEGRI ENDS SEREMBAN, Mon. Operation "Falling Clool," aimed at driving the terroriste from Seremban and disrupting their efffeta to rebuild the Mm Yuen organisation, has ended. The campaign started last week with heavy bombing and shelling of bandit hideouts north of Seremban.
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    Talk on Russia
    27 4 Mr. Vernon Bartlett, Straits Times political commentator, will speak on "Russia after Stalin" at .tomorrow's Singapore Rotary Club luncheon meeting at the Cathay Hotel.
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    Protest rallies —answer today
    252 4 Protest rallies —answer today THE Singapore People's 1 Action Party will know today whether the Colony Government is going to allow it to hold "protest meetings" following the collapse of the merdeka talks. The Chief Secretary, Mr. W. A. C. Good*, promised PAP leaders a reply this morning after a
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    New pilot for Singapore
    46 4 Singapore will have a new pilot In Capt. Patrick Keenan, former port captain of the American President Lines In the Colony. Capt. Keenan was at sea for 16 years before Joining APi. He was accepted by tne Singapore Pilot Association recently, j
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    Job with BBC
    42 4 Mr. Hugh Carlton Greene, who was formerly head of the Emergency Information Services in the Federation, has been appointed Director of Administration at the BBC. He will succeed Sir Norman Bottomley, who retires at the end qf this year.
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    Lecturer here
    25 4 Mr M. Subramanlan, a lecturer of the International Thecsophical Society, arrived in Singapore yesterday from Madras to begin a Far East lecture tour.
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    RESIDENCY CLASH IS SETTLED
    206 4 Yang di-Pertuan Besar takes over SEREMBAN, Mon. The Yang de-Pertuan Besar of Negri Sembllan is to occupy the Residency which fell vacant on Friday when Mr. M. C Sheppard, the British Adviser, moved to Kuala Lumpur to become head of the Emergency Food Denial Organisation. This
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    Villagers pray for end to stomach poisoning
    93 4 KOTA BHARU, Mon.—Villager, in the Pasir Puteh district of Kel.nUn an paradlnr roartd their kampongs chanting prayers for divine aid In overcoming; the epidemic of t astro enteritis (stomach peisoning). Mass prayers 1 -ye so far been held at Gong Datok, Gong Chepa,
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    GIRL'S KILLER MUST DIE
    76 4 AMIN BIN MOHAMKD, a young Malay, failed In his appeal against a sentence of death for the murder of a 22-year-old Malay girl, Jauyah binte Salleh. In the Singapore Court of Criminal Appeal yesterday. The murder took place at Upper Aljunfcd Road on the morning or
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    177 5 ME A FLASH MONKEY, THREATENED TO STICK IT ON ME 9 HALF INCH DEEP: VICTIM BARRED FOR LIFE COiRT TOLD OF GASHES .1 iTF who used the phrases "flash monI|lßl1 |lRl I >tick it on me" stumped a SingakeV i martial yesterday. oore i° urt
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    Old-time rail man dies, 91
    53 5 Mr wadhawa Singh, who rtttttd IMB the Malayan Rtllnj 36 years age when he «&s a sergeant-major of the nlhnf police, died In Indl r. Jmt 2C at the age j cf IL H. i I Mr W S. Ram f- h do* Station Mas-
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    Tiger cubs off to London— with own food
    78 5 Tiger cubs off to London with own food ROSE (above) and Nassau, the adopted twin tiger cubs of the Ist Bn. Royal Hampshire Regiment, left Singapore yesterday in a BOAC freighter ith 121 b. of raw meat. The six-month old cubs are going to Regent's Park Zoo. They were adopted
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    $400 educates 44 children
    48 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Mon. An average of $400 a month is being spent on the education of 44 Malay, Chinese and Indian children by the Johore Sahru District Welfare Committee. In addition to paying the school fees the children get bus fares, books and unl-fo.-ms.
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    MERDEKA NEEDS HARMONY
    150 5 MERDEKA NEEDS HARMONY New Rotary chief sets project MALACCA, Mon.— Malacca Rotary Club should do its best to build goodwill and harmony among all the peoples of Malaya to further the cause of merdeka, said the new president, Dr. A. K. Pakiam, at his installation during the weekend. It had
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    Girl student poisoned
    36 5 Miss Ongr Choy Peng, 18--year-old student of Nan Chiioi High School, Singapore, who was found suffering from poisoning at her house in Havelock Road on Sunday nigiit, died at the General Hospital yesterday.
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    Discharged by court but he's still in prison
    114 5 BUTTERWORTH, Mon A •f-year-old carpenter, Chan Boon Hong, who was banished from Singapore in November, 1938, to in police custody here awaiting a Government decision. He retailed to Malaya hi 194* and was arrested hi November, 1955 for an alleged customs offence.
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    EIGHT MEN ACCUSED OF BARBER SHOP RIOTING
    106 5 EIGHT men were charged in Singapore yesterday with rioting outside the premises of the Wah Sun Barber Shop, Upper Circular Road, on Friday. They were alleged to have caused hurt to non-striking employees of the shop about 8 p.m. The eight were: Tan
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    11 are acquitted on charge of rioting at clan meeting
    102 5 Eleven men were acquitted by a Singapore District court yesterday on a charge of rioting at the Nee Soon branch of the Lim Clan Association on Dec. 9. They were accused of having committed the offence when some 20 non-members,
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    So they'll still serve wine at the Sultan's parties
    117 5 So they'll still serve wine at the Sultan's parties ALOE STAR, Mon.- A motion caOtag on the SaHaa to forbid the serving of Ufa* at State official foncttons was withdrawn— after a stormy «ehate-«t today^ meeting of the Kedah Cornell of Religion and »nd Malay Customs. Th« proposer, Lebai Ahmad,
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    She may quit Council
    226 5 TRIP TO U.S. GIVES Mrs. EU AN IDEA: SHE WANTS TO START LEAGUE TO EDUCATE WOMEN VOTERS MRS. ROBERT EU, ITA one of Singapore's two women City Councillors, may resign. Mrs. Eu said yesterday: "Since attending a recent women's conference In New York on the responsibilities
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    BETTER AND BRIGHTER DAYS AT THE SEASIDE
    124 5 BETTER AND BRIGHTER DAYS AT THE SEASIDE A BIG move Is on to clear Singapore's beaches to make week-end swimming for thousands safer and more enjoyable. For a start, the Rural Board has set aside $174,000 for Its beach development programme. In PHASE No. 1 of its plan, which Is
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    Boys' band plan goodwill tour
    56 5 The band of the Singapore Battalion, Boys' Brigade, will go on a goodwill tour of the Federation during the August school holidays. There will be an intertional variety show at Lee Kuo chuan auditorium of the Anglo-Chinese School In Barker Road, Singapore, on July 28
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      331 5 FOR REALLY RAPID RELIEF s FROM ACID INDIGESTION I ALWAYS TAKE PHILLIPS MILK OF MAGNESIA TABLETS THEY TASTE rp^iTr^B LIKE CANDY I ItBuBE?! I THEY'LL MAKE YOU HI FEEL DANDY! H so keep vCt^aLH THEM HANDY! PA.47A-// men of action choose ROLEX apj| MR GEH HUN HM»jaBMBMMMWMMWMMM«MMMWMWMMM^" '^^■■■■■M IB^JttK Kcfi,
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      233 5 Lyons; 10.30—11.00 For Bachelors RADIO MALAYA •fnpum»* *•>■■ narked can ROglOIl&l netimd by Mrte»e« tat Malaoca. Short ware 49 62m. Medlom SINGAPORE wave 476 m., 343. 366 m. and 2t7m. (ghavt a., M «*ta» w»w AJL *8.57 and 11.35 Broadcasts «7««.) to ttiliah School.; FJI. 'IM AM. 7.15 Übib S*nal
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    DEATH
    65 6 20 Words $10 (minimum). MADAM KOH LUAN KEOW. Arc 68 passed away peacefully at 12.10 p.m. on Monday 2nd July, 1956, leaving behind 4 sons, Sim Back Choon, Seng Choon, Peng Choon and Keng Choon, 4 daughters and 27 grand children. Cortege vill leave No. Jalan Chin Choon Sam.
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    123 6 M Words lit (minimum). DR. MRS. CHIN KENO BUAT Thank all Friends and Relatives for their Good Wishes, Valuable Presents and Attendance i their Wedding on 30th June, 19 MR. MRS. SONNY CAN CHEW KENO Thank Relatives end Friends'for their attendance, valuable gifts and good wishes received on the
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS
    208 6 l» Words $10 (Minimum) SALS STARTED On Monday at Mulchands Dresses it Gowns. Prices Drastically Reduced. FOLLOW PEDANT Every Day In the "Malay Mall" If you want to win that $5,000 word puzzle. OLD BEDFORD MODERNIANS. Please contact Major A. S. O. Dymond (2805 ext. 132 H.Q.. Singapore Base
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    The Straits Times. Singapore, Tues. July 3, 1956. New British Crisis
    625 6 The Straits Times. Singapore, Tues. July 3, 1956. New British Crisis The £75 million instalment of the £100 million cut in British Government expenditure which the House of Commons will be asked to approve today is a fair earnest of Mr. Macmillan's fight against inflation. But since a large part
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    Bandoeng Echoes
    323 6 In an attempt to defend the Communist organised AfroAsian students conference at Bandoeng, the University Socialist Club appears to have done the Malayan delegation a bad turn. Having criticised the "malicious" y -"fl^«h language Press for exposing the fraud, the Club's monthly journal explains that the conference "was
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    Union Tyranny
    261 6 Forty-year-old Cheng Wai, a tin mine worker in Ipoh, is today a frightened man. He may lose his job, which he has held for five years. If he does it is quite likely that he will not get another job in a tin mine In Malaya. It may
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    QUEEN WHO BEARS A HEAVY CROSS
    1102 6 QUEEN WHO BEARS A HE A VY CROSS There is no imminent roawtitntk»—l cridb in HfolUml in spite of the difference* of opinion between Qneen Jnlinna «nd Prince Bernhard, hnt the conaegnencea of the recent pnhlicity nay nevertheless he very ■eriona. By A Special Correspondent TkUTCH newspapers have broken their
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      A $51-a- month diet
      199 6 "WX-SOCIAL Worker- asks how our social worker can feed a family of nine on $51 per month, and how, under her administration of this money, the children can gam weight. The money is divided as follows: Rice $20 Green peas dahl f 5 Vegetables, salted fish,'
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      International bridge
      94 6 rvo call the new Kallang 1 Basin Bridge "Merdeka Bridge" sounds like a bad Joke. Let me draw attention to the following facts: 1. The bridge was built by an Australian and a Hongkong company.' 2. Its construction was supervised by a Norwegian engineer, an expert on prestressed
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      Schoolings hut not students
      133 6 FIT not time that the Press ceased dignifying as "students" the undisciplined youths who infest so many Malayan schools? Were they dubbed "schoolboys" or "schoolgirls"— which they are, physically and mentally— It would place their exuberance and Immaturity in better perspective. Sorely a "student," at the
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      The quieter BBC
      109 6 The quieter BBC LAST week your paper published the wave lengths on which the B.B.C. would broadcast the commentary on the Second Test match. I have two radiograms and one small radio, and on none of these machines could I get even a reasonable reception for any length of time.
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      Six months is not enough
      122 6 Six months is not enough U/TTB reference to the TT letter by "Technically Qualified" on the salary scale tor Court Reporters, it Is absurd to say that "a six months' course In short- hand ami typewriting and subsequent experience for a year" Is sufficient to make a Court Reporter. I
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      More Hands
      71 6 f Minister for Works, ito and Telecommunications has announced a Five-year Plan for improving the postal facilities in this country. But why increase the number of post offices, when the number of employees working in them is limited? Cannot the Government recruit more hands? Or perhaps the Government
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      Congo of Singapore
      59 6 the ODLANDS Is a forgotten Congo. Eleven years have passed since the liberation and nothing has been done for this place —no primary English schools, private or Government maternity clinics, post office, market, street lamps, public telephones, and no facilities for recreation. At night, it is like
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      Lovebird or ground dove
      145 6 /\N the front page of your Vr issue of June 23 Is a photograph with the «•*>- tion "From its cage this lovebird I do not know of any lovebird (ornithological that Ist) In Singapore, but from the photograph and the description It would appear that
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      HE WHO PAYS THE PIPER...
      111 6 rE letter written by a musician signing himself "A Filipino Malayan" strikes a wrong note and is slightly out of tune. Can he explain why It Is that after being domiciled in this country for "more than two generations" he and all hit compatriots doggedly
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      508 6 CLASSIFIED ADS. 20 W,r4, $10 (minimmm). DAVIS: to Ann at Bungsar Iioitpiul on Saturday June 30th a son Michael Jnmes. JANSEN: To Mercy and Ronald, the Oltt of a Son. Dtnis Christopher, on June 28th. All three MB THOMPSON (NEE HILL): To "Tommy" and Nancy on 2nd July at Kandang
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      40 6 "BLUE SPOT' nra ii-fi 3i urn ■V**sfcte^^*_ MODEL "SALVADOR" 3-D B'pore/Penang: 1310.00. Federation $365.00. MODEL "CARACAS" 3-D B'pore/Penang: $400.00. Federation $470.00. LESS 10% CASH DISCOUNT Easy Payments Alto Arranged. Sole Agents KEE HUAT RADIO CO., LTD. S'pore K. Lumpur Penang
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      120 6 M.DT^DMD^^.*B M^Tm-l^FjlV-F *I U^*Bl ls^L^Bn^9*^^s^D^*^af^S IV Model PE 201 B Modern a Hie minute with t valvei, 5 wavebands (2 folly bandtprcad). R.F. amplifier Stage *nd push pull ourpur Model 20 18 «i»«i far greater «en»itivity and lelecthriry. Magic-eye tuning and concentric controls enture simple ttation selection. AttractivcW veneered cabinet.
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    GIVE UP OR DIE WARNING TO RED
    58 7 GIVE UP OR DIE WARNING TO RED LUMPUR o*iSrfuni to the WZTZaoi be execut- g e m been made Jllalayan Com-i ■party apainst t giew. one of W rLrrorista hiding tng area, I signed; c member .v re-j rces. Leaflets dropped the tta today- vras a I rnittee was patrol
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    New officials
    22 7 &SKC£ -.are. V- We« Keng J retiry. chi t? g I bjj treasurer. Mr. 3 CaWwll ar.d Mr. I «Loon
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    Home—only after the Reds are wiped out
    132 7 Home— only after the Reds are wiped out SniDSAX. Mor- The cm IflnWer, Tencku Abdul Rttansn todaj pr^Bfced the people of Kampor.? Par.tai new village. tbmt miltt from here, I Oowmment gggid mUtlSfflj aliOW tr.eT. to retnrs to their old horni iMth ton left In Be p»t tt»h unmet after
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    Red plot to rule the schools
    351 7 CAPTURKD PAHBM ttJEVEAL PILAU FOB PICTUBBAMCKS, CLASSROOM CELLS DRAMA GROUPS, OLD BOYS' ASSOCIATIONS WERE TO HAVE BEEN WEAPONS KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. A COMMUNIST plan for subversion in Federation schools through literary, dramatic, study groups and old boys' associations was disclosed tonight by the Director
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    1,600 APPLY FOR 68 HOUSES
    80 7 1,600 APPLY FOR 68 HOUSES Fthe week since the Singapore Improvement Trust called for applications for the purchase of its 68 houses at Queenstown, it has received 1,600 applications. Applications have been arriving in hundreds every day and there are still 12 days to go to the closing date. Hundreds
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    The benefit of doubt
    75 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Mon. When Low Chal Swee was brought before the Magistrate's Court today on a charge of possession of dutiable goods off the coast of Pengerang, the prosecution asked for the case to be struck out. It was stated that the Legal Adviser was of
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    HelpY WCA fund appeal
    37 7 L«dy Scott, wife of the Conunissioner-Oeneral and president of the «ngap°re for money and food gifts for theYlw^^roodandFun Pair which will be held on "Thi^un f«Jr. which will be centre in Qnfaam Road.
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    1,000 toasts when three sisters marry
    175 7 1 ,000 toasts when three sisters marry TWBEE pretty brides (from A left) Gaik See, Ghim See and Loo See, daughters of a Penang Settlement Councillor, Mr. Cheah Seng Khim, went round 100 tables on Sunday night and responded to one toast of I,M# gnests at a prenuptUl dinner in
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    BOOKS BURNT AT GRAVE OF STUDENT
    62 7 BOOKS BURNT AT GRAVE OF STUDENT BENTONG, Mon. A 20--year-old tapper, Low Foong, waa killed by a lorry while cycling home from work yesterday. More than 100 books— she attended an evening school after work— clothes and pillows belonging to her were burned at her grave by relatives. They said
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    It was a long wait—but now Sergeant Ray and Shoko are together again
    119 7 It was a long wait but now Sergeant Ray and Shoko are together again WHEN Sergeant Ray SimpTf son said goodbye to bis Japanese bride Shoko in Tokyo they promised to meet again as soon as possible. That was on April 9, MM. Shoko's letters followed the Australian soldier back
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    LIGHTNING STRIKES HIT TWO ESTATES
    147 7 XPOH, Mon. Three hundred workers on two rubber and coconut estates in Perak today staged lightning strike in protest against The managements' attitude towards them. In the Perak River Estate In Bagan Datob, Teluk Anton, 120 coconut pluckers and labourers went on strike because one
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    His wife poured caustic soda into his mouth
    122 7 II7HILE a trisha rider was TV sleeping, his wife poured a solution of caustic soda into his mouth, the Singapore city Court was told yesterday. Ho Ah Kow said that as a result be spent 14 days In hospital, leaving his trisha
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    Printers meet
    30 7 The Singapore Printing Employees' Union which claims a membership of 700 will hold its ninth annual meeting at the Victoria Memorial Hall on July 15 at 10 a.m.
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    Parking space call 'boomerangs'
    149 7 rvEMAND for car parking *J spaces for residents of 8 1 n g apore Improvement Trust flats in Tiong Bahru Estate has bad a "boomerang effect." People in the lower Income group are now asking: Why should people who can afford cars be allowed to stay
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    3 MERDEKA ARCHITECTS IN SINGAPORE
    78 7 3 MERDEKA ARCHITECTS IN SINGAPORE Three members of the Reid Constitutional Commlslon. Sir Ivor Jennings, Mr. Justice Abdul Hamid.and Mr. B. B. Malik, flew to Singapore from Kuala Lumpur yesterday to begin the work on the Federation's new consist itution. They were accompanied by the secretary to the Commission, Mr.
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    —BLAST FAILS TO BLOCK TRAINS
    137 7 IPOH, Mon. Terrorists in the notorious Tapah area twice tried to disrupt train services last night. Shortly after 8.45 p.m. a dynamite charge placed on the railway track near Bldor station blew up after a Wickham Trolley had passed over it. The trolley was not
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    $5,000 gift
    15 7 The Asia Foundation, Singapore, yesterday gave $5,000 to the Federation of Boys Club.
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      126 7 Alot/ier-/et7ours.cfreoms;conieitrue mw V jjF You wmt your link child to ftlP C "J be healthy «pd strong. You. **$r**j2tmf\) want to keep your health F^v^jfT A of your baby and of yoowelf. f '^B^A fA Cod Liver' Oil iTa wonderful I'^SW W \vl^ lK_ SevenSeaS^PureCod Liwr uai^L^j V^l Oil is
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      56 7 Now 'finer, milder smoking A I fSRI NUMBER SEVIN i© VIRGINIA y Qaruda Super Convair TO BANCKOK. I CARU DA M6DAN, ALSO OFFER PAUMBANC, j CONVENIENT DJAKARTA, CONNECTIONS MANILA, BAD T0 INDIA AND fr PRINCIPAL I EUROPE OR CENTRES I HONCKONC, THROUGHOUT JAPAN fr U.S.A. INDONESIA Booking Office: v 1.1
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    BUILD UP MUSCLE AND CUT DOWN EXTRA INCHES
    221 8 BUILD UP MUSCLE AND CUT DOWN EXTRA INCHES A FLAT tummy and slim hips are a handsome reward for a little daily exercise which you can do at home. Claire Corridon, Singapore physical fitness expert, suggests the two exercises demonstrated below by attractive Rose Eberwein. Get down on the floor
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    TO DENE AND DANCE
    72 8 The short evening dress. Pure silk flame organza over sUk taffeta makes a sophisticated strapless dress for dining and dancing. Swiss guipure lace is appiiqued to the bodice. From Australia, by a Continental designer. Petal pink silk organza in another Australian gown. The bodice drape which
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    Oranges and lemons, not in Singapore What A Life
    566 8  - Oranges and lemons, not in Singapore What A Life Christee MONDAY I COME across a novel about Singapore in a friend's house, and am considerably astonished to find that the hero a planter invites his girl friend to take an evening walk among the orange and lemon trees which border
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    Lemons aid beauty
    263 8 Lemons aid beauty THANKS to CleoA patra's freckles, women have been putting the big squeeze on lemons for centuries. The lucky lemon's secret, which Cleopatra was .first to discover, is that it contains ingredients for beauty. A more modern beauty who plucks her potions from the lemon tree is a
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      86 8 INot a shadow -^ai^^Hp i 1 Now comes packed Kk. J of 12 towels with i loops. V V S /r j JaY 1 *lk^B laWaa?^ k^Bwmaa^i^kw I HlaV^^ L^E^^a^Lw i More women choose 'I I, KOTEX than all other I sanitary towels. SSE^Ca^^aw^ai^ f m^L. M aw I .^^B*^*^
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      188 8 ,p-A^p fe von i I mokes ironing a pleasure I mm instead of a drudge. There is a j MORPHY RICHARDS ron I 9 f or everypu r po s c including. I j ironing. Jffl^ L^Lfe^Ma\ $ANDIUHOS BWnRY CO. LTD. STOP THAT COUGH \™M SOOTHE AND THAT SORE r~^l
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      151 8 Straits Times Crossword ,J ST 1 "IJPS l^** SU. ls Andent to the manor born (5) S!> 7"*^!* to rutol (7) v W-h-e-a-t, of a aort (5) 11 Vkct for Inference, granted 17 Fireside roan (7) »&.no»» that fen <5) "O^nri ta hou-eo-gn JF 11 1 0 to Ita <5)
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    Lock icon STRAITS Special Feature Famous actress went to convent to pray
    1380 9 STRAITS Special Feature Famous actress went to convent to pray f CORSICA'S I f CHARMER M I BRIGAND^ Success story of the girl j $rha was first Peter Pan E UIN mall boy stood m stage m New York A^e day in 1905. "Do you believe in fiiries?" he If
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      653 9 QUICK -FROZEN PEAS SWEETEST, TENDEREST OF ALL The young green peas reach ytra at their tender best, with all their delicious flavour as fresh as the morning they were picked. That's because immediately they reach the height of perfection they are shelled, cleaned, packed into I f*^^^^B|«,^ fc hygienic cartons,
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      101 9 Rex Morgan. M.D. She afraid __ji^jpi mm/mU VmWmmm I r "^s WeS iDMCkT pg.CPPFbK cJ^c /-rviPcff fii/T HE 1 1 BE lIIW MV U^B D^ -^b^b^L^L^b^b^l BE IN THE OPFICE W7WC HOSPITAL J|W EXAMIMCnON O MADE/ L yvf/ MisVliTES' 1 isW. .^^mkE yN i_ Ar t Wt/U\ IMD PWsW*W'***'/ I
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    SHARES INACTIVE AS RUBBER, TIN PRICES DROP AWAY
    602 10 SHARES INACTIVE AS RUBBER, TIN PRICES DROP AWAY By Our Market Correspondent THE Singapore Share Market yesterday opened the week on a very quiet note with a minimum of activity reported, as the result of the drop in the tin and rubber prices on the strike of the 650,000 workers
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    144 10 Stagapere CMnew Produce Bxchance: noon prices per plcul yesterday were:— Cepra: quiet; July $26>4 buyers. $26% sellers. Coconut eO: quiet: balk $39% sellers, drum $42% sellers. Pepper: steady; no bust- new reported done; Muntok white I $98. Sarawak $97, special Sarawak S black $72 (all unchanged). I ningapaie
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    SHIPPING
    165 10 Ships lyinc alongside the Singapers Maib—r Beat* wbarvee er expect** teiay are: Bayemsteln I|2, Astyanax 4]5, Sigma Trader CJ». t BrtUah Prince «T7, President OerOeld B|9, SUr Alcyone 11, I Carthage *****. Benreocb *****. I Aksshlsan Maru 18, Sedlll N. Wall 4. Rengam N. Wall 6, Leksula N. Wail
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    RUBBER PRICES
    144 10 Inly first gTade rubber buyers f.o.b. closed in Sinffapore yesterday at 85 ',i cent} per lb. down 3% cents on Saturday's closing price. The closlnr tone was uncertain. Closing prices in cents per lb. yesterday were:- No. 1 R.S.s. Spot f.o.b. buyers 85%, sellers 86 (Norn) No. 1
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    OFFICIAL PRICE
    25 10 SINGAPORE n RUBBER P*r lb. (down "i f>l^sl TIN: $363 (down $5) r W COPRA:" S2(i- )ft I Pienl (an 25 eenjj M
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    AUSTRALIN STOCKS
    104 10 AUSTRALIN STOCKS MELBOURNE h INVESTMENTS ere "7 1 trading turnovers *j» small with narrow on the Stock ExOu,^ S* Mining, were alm ost with trading dull V* sttody. Loan, We Loans 314% 1956-:,) Loans 3*% 1965 Con. Zinc Bank or N.5.W... Mount Lyell 5 N. Broken Hill Hin so |"ij/{
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    Hong Kong exchange
    12 10 The free exchance la J Kong was closed yi
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      593 10 K "i jflgP^g^^^Pf^S mL/ Av\ B^ #^gJ?^^gJ s^ How to keep-' je*/l your dog in jjm top contlitionl A dolly teospoonful of DOG-O--SA; 1 soon cure* various oilrrunti .•nd keeps your dog in tip-tcp condition. He will love his DOG* O-SAN, because it contains liver and meat. ftACIMITM TUOIHC CO
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      1137 10 NOTICES REGISTRATION FOR ADMISSION TO GOVERNMENT AND AIDED ENGLISH SCHOOLS AND CLASSES IN NEORI BEMBTT.AN 1967. Registration for aitmlartrai to Standard I will open on Ist July and close on 30th September, 1986. The following regulations are brought to the notice of parent* or guardians concerned: (a) Applications are required
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      787 10 TENDERS P.W.D. TEMDEI NOTICE Tenders from data "K" and above P.W.D. mliniWl Obntractorg will be received by the State Engineer, P.WJ). Selangor up to S pjn. of the 34th July, ltM for the Construction of a Post Office and Quarters at Rawang. PUD particulars are obtainable from the Executive ■nglneer,
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      535 10 MAERSK LINE We wish to inform our friends that as fror Sunday, Bth July, 1956 our Telephone number ***** will be changed to 3 2 0 6 S KMUTSEM LINE obiemt service FROM CANADA/U.S. PACIFIC PORTS— 3O DAYS Sailing San Arriving Vancouver Francisco Spore P. Swer. Pen in; F Clwtrwit
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      1037 11 df CO., LTD. «:r r Z blue une wr 'un**' o)hef to lood ond diKharoa corgo I 'l.vi«^ 6LASa W U>HDOH C HTIHiMTAI OtT Due Soils P« S'hom Ponong C J9/»0 Jury 4 Jatf 7/ 8 *W CJJ/J4 July 3 J-ty 4/4 Jaly 7 \Mo**\ .WgowJ-'iy 5 J-r>*7«* Mr "/IB
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      874 11 r" ABtAXW UIfKS ?«TWARDS Urn» to Roagtofc Pwong p. s'hom S'poro ERRIA* MMA la Pott 4/ 9 Jafy UUU,-,. •/•Joty 10/12 J.rr IJ/15 Jary IVMjrfy 19/21 M, 22/24 Jaly Not oarrymg pameagets. NOMEWARRBSaRbso, to, OJaooa, Aataom, Ratlontaa. ti.ma.rg. "-j i T |j. tALANDIA T!n "w S? «*R^ra-b,U^(^ ««'A 38/7- I/.
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      1019 11 SSIS9h« THE REN LINE STEAMERS LTD SINOjAPORS (Incorporated in the United Kingdom) UNES SAIUNCS TO UK ANO CONTINENT PORTS S'pora P. Sfham Panang •BENREOCH for London, Rotterdam CiS/irSafls 9 Jaty Dlrost arrrros Undea 31 Jaty BBNAVON for Havre, London, Rotterdam, Antwerp 4X34 S/ S Jary 9/10 Jaly SIMLA Wins roc
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      1270 11 MoAUSTER oc CO., LTD. TIL.: No.-. ***** Bf.f.BßptAM ok BOCKMALL BXATBMB4W UMB LONDON, HAVRE. ROTTERDAM. LOS ANOELES, SAN FRANCISCO, HAMBURS PORTLAND, SEATTLE ft VANCOUVER ond for OAA.. North Atlantic Ports Mttai »W* «Qf Cowtrol ft South and Canada via Colombo CITY OP PERTH i«NIBJVIUI Slngopora 17/23 Jaty VlSy TJuty CITY
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      Aussie trade with Borneo likely to expand
      344 12 Aussie trade with Borneo likely to expand JJAPID development and flourishing economic conditions were the main impressions of Sarawak, Brunei and North Borneo formed by the Australian Trade Commissioner for Malaya and North Borneo, Mr. H. M. Le Marchand, who has recently returned from his first official visit to the
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      AUSTRALIAN MERE TO PROMOTE MORE TRADE
      248 12 AUSTRALIAN MERE TO PROMOTE MORE TRADE Mr. GEORGE S. ANDERSON -HORMER Australian Trade •T Commissioner in Malaya, Mr. George S- Anderson, arrived in the Colony last week with the object of promoting Increased trade between Australia and this country. Mr. Anderson is now a director of George S. Anderson Pty.
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      JAPAN SHIPS NEED COLONY
      291 12 JAPAN SHIPS NEED COLONY iifß. L Matsumoto, iTI managing director of the Shinnihon line, said yesterday that Singapore as a port was of first rate importance to Japanese shipping. The 55 -year -old shipping magnate, who is visiting the colony, added that Singapore must maintain its high standard of loading
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      Shell's offices Malayanised
      171 12 rE Kuala Lumpur branch manager of the Shell Company, Mr. I. P. Bruce, said last week the company's policy for many years had been to give locally recruited staff senior jobs. This had resulted in 40 Malayans being given posts normally held only by expatriate officers prewar.
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      Advertisers to keep watch
      94 12 The membership of the Malayan Advertisers Association is now the highest since its formation in 1952. In one month eight new membe:k, Joined and three new mem* bers were welcomed back to the fold. The association, with the permission of the U.K. Association, has reprinted a
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      New Swiss watches to be introduced on Malayan market
      188 12 New Swiss watches to be introduced on Malayan market HPHE general manager of a Swiss company manu- factoring Orlo Sport and Ginsbo watches, Mr. Bruno Kury, arrived in Singapore last week on a fortnight's Dusiness visit. Mr. Kury, of Ginsbo Watch Company, Ounsberg, said he would introduce to this market
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      Malayan roads rubberised
      65 12 npiHE Selangor Public Works a. Department has decided to lay 30 miles of rubberised roads this year. Tris is revealed in the quarterly report of the Natural Rubber Development Board. The Malacca P.W.D. plans to put down three miles of rubberised road. The Kuala Lumpur Municipality will
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      Local music lovers buy more German records
      203 12 GERMAN gramophone, records, D.G.G. and Polydor, manufactured by Deutsche Grammophon Gessellschaft, Hannover and Introduced into Malaya early this year, have become a hot favourite with the country's musical population. It is claimed. ™s ta tho opinion of Mr. Robert Lee, publicity manager of
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    Triatic—classic hope from 'Down Under'
    389 13 Triatic— classic hope from 'Down Under' In the van BfMkilM mHh... m I V^lEr'^^^^v *BMt i^ir*^^^ui^ l^_ i llf ARINUS van Breu--IT* kelen, who has sent out more Cup winners than any other trainer, has a likely "classic" hope In Trl&tic, one of the new horses entered for the Singapore
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    WEIGHTS FOR 12 SINGAPORE RACES
    517 13 TtrEIGHTS far all w eight races ea Sataraay, Brat day ef the Bmgapcre, Tart Club July Meeting, are: Cll.Dtwl— 1M Bearer Bend 943 Jelly Sailor 9M Little Papas Naaakas IM Paattas.au BS4 Msver a Blank 8.03 AeWaMe Star 843 Eaphratea Ml Three Rings S.M Taaah
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    37 13 THE SENSATIONAL Negress tennis player, Alt he a Gibson of the VS.. seen in play when beating Miss Ann Shilcock (Br) 4-6, 6-2, 6-1 at Wimbledon last week. She is among the last eight. A. P. photo.
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    107 13 Why clatter the place warfVw eWM£af yOfJsi twtJ tOfXE^fET ■es* rke trt-cydc er sweel car that is cHH as gees) as new; the dresses yea no a I__ iiAirl saaaa* MwkpsW VSsfVlaffsf a»Bjf WMM SwtV tOO VOOa IV ffaOIVW mmmf fM Watett IW 9ftf or •SN wWw^ftoT
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    289 13 LONDON. Mon. I ENGLAND'S Test cricket captain. I Peter May, and vice-captain, c Trevor Bailey, both got centuries in County championship matches a today. 1 May, not out 39 at close on Saturday, went on to 107 today 2 when Surrey made 315 for eight In
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    Coutts in five-goal
    361 14  -  JOHN MARKS y OLYMPIC YEAR HOCKEY SLUMP IS CHECKED By AND THE ARMY GO OUT FOR A SIX ■DURDETT COUTTS signalled his return to representative hockey with a sparkling fivegoal display which enabled Singapore Civilians to trounce Army 6-0 in the S.H.A.'s silver jubilee quadrangular meet on
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    THE CHOSEN FIVE—WITH A MISSION TO ACCOMPLISH IN HONG KONG
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    Navy start quad with a surprise
    204 14 OOYAL NAVY started the quadrangular meet with a mild surprise when they soundly beat the fancied Royal Air Force team 3-1 in the earlier game. Navy won the annual quadrangular last December with the help of four Pakistan Navy players. But yesterday they had
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    226 14  -  MOK SIN PIN By CINGAPOBE Amateuer Swtaaaaißg A«Mrta«U« appear to he Uekin* fere■lrht tai the sdecttoa U the Singapore water-pel* team for the MefteiM Olympics. BJLSJL yesterday unoucoi team of tktntm playen ul two eslrtahi, subject to taw apprewd ef They are Tan Wee Hook
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    Ganesan aims at the 50 sec barrier
    305 14  - Ganesan aims at the 50 sec barrier SAUL JOSHUA By YOUNG, lanky Ponniah Ganesan is undoubtedly one of Singapore's best prospects in athletics. From being a top notcher in school last year he has developed into most promising material for the future. Ganesan's determination to do well and the hard
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    Rousing start for SAFA Cup tourney
    234 14 Rousing start for SAFA Cup tourney fIwIIS year's S.A.F.A. Cup X competition was given a rousing start at Jalan Besar stadium last night by two Royal Air Force teams when Changi beat Seletar 3-0. It has been a long time since Jalan Besar stadium has been the scene of such
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    Schoolboys outplay HK visitors
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    Corinthians go down
    80 14 CINOAPORE Corinthians' bid for another year of first division soccer failed at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday when they drew their match 2-2 with Star Soecerites. They will go down to division two next season. Soocerttes scored first through Otman Daud in the fourth minute. Corinthians equalised tax
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    DIV. 3A RESULTS
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    EASTERN TOURISTS ARRIVE
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    118 14 LONDON, Mon— Glamorgan's Don Shepherd, in his first season as a slow medium off-cutter, today became the first bowler to reach 100 wickets for the season in English county cricket. Shepherd, formerly a pace bowler, comnleted his feat by taking Northamptonshire's last two
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