The Straits Times, 16 August 1953

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    14 1 THE SUNDAY TIMES UP IHata<f» No. 940. SINGAPORE, SUNDAY, AUGUST 16, 1953. 15 CENTS
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    INVADERS BATTER AT SINGAPORE S SEA DEFENCES
    222 1 INVADERS BATTER AT SINGAPORE S SEA DEFENCES Yervy tights atony the canst last night AS SINGAPORE dined and danced last night, naval craft were pounding the Colony's defences in one of the biggest -combined land-sea exercises since the war. Throughout the night and early morning, attacking vessels of "Green Force"
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    SHIP IS STUCK ON SANDBAR Stranded ship running short of water
    230 1 SHIP IS STUCK ON SANDBAR Stranded ship running short of water PORT SWETTENHAM, Saturday. THE grounded Panamanian freighter, Calygera (7,063 tons) stranded on a sandbank 35 miles from Port Swettenham is short or water. Desperate attempts to ship 50 tons of fresh water to the ship today failed and had
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    DREAM COME TRUE' FOR COLONY MAN
    179 1 Jobless, wins $5,000 in contest THE winner of the Straits Times Titles Contest No 6 is 1 Mr. Michael Ng of 71-7 Woodlands Road, Singapore. He will receive $5,000. Hp was out when a Sunday Times reporter called at his home yesterday. His father,
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    Troops aid quake islanders
    82 1 Troops aid quake islanders ATHENS, Sat. SERVICEMEN from four l>3 nations are working desperately today to aid the people of the earthquake blasted lonian islands. British and Israeli sailors, American marines and Greek I troops are tending the hundreds of injured, building makeshift shelters and clearing roads blocked by hundreds
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    He will name his enemies
    136 1 JAKARTA. Sat PRESIDENT Sukarno, on the eighth anniversary today of Indonesian independence, will proclaim Muslim fanatic and terrorist bands enemies of the state, according to reliable sources. The president's decree will set in motion the first step toward employing all branches of the Indonesian armed
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    CAT BITES MOTORIST
    64 1 A cat bit the hand of a Singapore motorist, Mr. K B T Nair. last night. Mr. Nair was rushed to the General Hospital j where he was given two injec--1 tions. Mr Nair found the cat undei I his car when he came out from I
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    500 at dance to aid fire victims
    40 1 More than 500 people attended a dance organised by the Liberty Musical and Dramatic Association at the Singapore Volunteer Corps hall last night. The dance was in aid of tne Geylang fire victims.
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    A WOMAN'S BISCUITS
    98 1 Out of hospital —fined $10 JOHORE BAHRU. Sat. AH POH NCOH was V fined $10 m the Police Court today for moving a half-full tm of cream crackers out of Johore Bahru, a restricted area, without a permit. She told the court that .she v.ent into the
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    Death for arson
    20 1 COLOMBO. Sat —The Cey.on Government ha.s made arson, looting and trespass punishable by death or life imprisonment
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    BANDITS ATTACK MAIN ROAD TRAFFIC AGAIN
    122 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Saturday. TERRORISTS have begun to attack traffic on the mam Segamat trunk road again. Yesterday ten terrorists fired on a 2 o Gurkha jeep at the 79th milestone. Yong PengLabis road in Johore. The driver was slightly wounded. Six armed and uniformed
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    New U.K. legation
    27 1 LONDON, Sat— Britain Is to j set up a legation in Cambodia j one of the three Associated j States of Indo-China.— Reu- ter.
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    Trains crash head on— 10 killed
    200 1 MANCHESTER. Sat. rVO trains one electric, onp steam collided headed-on on a viaduct here today killing 10 people, injuring about 50 and flingine one crowded coach 80 feet over a parapet into the Rivrr Irk. Three bodies have so far been recovered from a
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    Godown ablaze today
    60 1 LATE NEWS A SUNDRY goods godown in River Valley Road. Singapore, caught fire early this morning. Two engines from the Singapore Fire Brigade were summoned and, after half an hour, a third engine was called. Later, 100 firemen were fighting the blaze and 200 policemen were .keeping
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    A question of age
    76 1 JOHORE BAHRU, Sat Four Chinese boys appeared in the Police Court today charged swith theft. They appeared in the Police Court instead of the Juvenile Court because one gave his age as 20. This was also the age on his identity card. He was scarcely taller
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    They are scared of fires now
    84 1 Since last Friday morning's big fire at the Air View Cabaret, Singapore, the public have been more fire-cons-cious than usual. On the night following the morning fire, some newspapers which were set alight by a falling kerosene lamp in a Lorong Kasslm house, sent
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    Malaya Cup final to be broadcast
    41 1 The Malaya Cup final between Singapore and Penanj: at Ipoh next Saturday will be broadcast by Radio Malaya on the short and medium wavebands of its Singapore station The broadcast will cover thr whole game.
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    Troops to quit Burma
    41 1 WASHINGTON, Sat.—United States officials said yesterday that Marshal Chiang Kai-shek was hopeful that the first Nationalist Chinese troops would leave Burma before the end of the month fo>Siam from where they would be transported to Formosa U.P.
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    Mr. Mcßain dies
    28 1 Mr. Donald Mcßain, chiet engineer of Straits Steamship Company Limited, died at the Oeneral Hospital. Singapore, at 11 30 last night after a long illness.
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    Taxi men protest against meters and re-testing
    259 1 "["AXIS will be at a premium in Singapore between 9.30 a.m. and lunchtime today. Most of the Colony's fleet of 1.600 taxis will then be at the Badminton Hall for their mass protest meeting against the installation of meters in their vehicles. They
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    ENGLAND BOWLERS ON TOP
    1031 1 The final Test LONDON, Sat. ENGLAND'S bowlers with Freddie Trueman making a fine first appearance in rricket this year dismissed Australia for 275 in the rifUi and fin.il Test match at the Oval today. At the rln.se. England <vr;p one run 'Enrich' for no w t
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    Jets to fly the Atlantic
    65 1 WASHINGTON. Sat. The U.S. Air Force will send flights of jet fighters from Georgia to North Africa and England this month in the longest non-stop overwater jumps ever made by lighter planes. The Strateeic Air Com rr- and said the flights will be a further
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    German plebiscite
    30 1 BERLIN. Sat. The East I German Communist Party is conr.iderin^ plans for plebiscite to back the governments policy and the Soviet attitude on the German question. j Reuter.
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    Robertson's new job
    29 1 LONDON, Sat. Gen. Sir Brian Robertson, one of Britain's leading soldier-states-men, is to resign from the army to take charge of the nationalised transport system. Reuter.
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    Study commission
    28 1 DENVER. Sat. President Eisenhower. yesterday announced that Mr. Clarencp Randall Chairman of the Inland Sterl Corporation. I a new study commission on foreign economic poKcy.— Reuter.
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    U.S. train crash
    34 1 NEW YORK. Sat.— An express train yesterday crashpri into a road construction roller stuck on the line near New York. At least 14 people were injured and 10 coaches dorailpd. Renter.
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    Red demonstrations
    32 1 BERLIN. Sat West Berlin police yesterday broke up two minor Communist demonstrations as distribution of free American food packages to East Germans topped the US$2 1 2 million mark. A.P.
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    MAN into SPACE A CITY HUNG IN THE SKY
    1205 2  - MAN into SPACE A CITY HUNG IN THE SKY Robert Chapman by The fifth article tell% of life on a ■■man-made moon" of the future, hanging beyond the earth's pull VOBODY has ever seen the world in all its iridesrrnt beauty seen it scintillating; in black space likr an enormous
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    Dreams—and the dreamers
    1208 2  -  LESTER WILSON A FASCINATING ASSAULT ON A LITTLE KNOWN WORLD By CAN you remember, what you dreamt last night? Nearly a hundred thousand people were asked this question during the last six years. Their answers helped American, British and French doctors to discover some of the secrets
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    SLEPT FOR 108 DAYS
    142 2 ON LONDON. CUX-YEAR OIJ> pretty *3 little Suzanne Davids was just woken up after a sleep which lasted for 108 days and nights. Suzanne had been injured in a motorcar accident. A special glass chamber was built for her at the Willesden Hospital in London. She
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    BLUSHING BRIDES HIS BUSINESS
    351 2  -  JOHNNY FORSYTH By IJONEYMOONS our sprcialiH ty!" That's how Rudolf Van Hoevenherg advertises his Pennsylvanian farm, and he recently welcomed the 10.000 th couple to his honeymoon haven. Every night for the last 17 years Mr. and Mrs. "Van" have welcomed at least a rouple of
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      25 2 NEXT WEEK: The 238.000-mile way to moon The silent eerie world of extreme temperatures A possible resort of the future And the lure of treasure.
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    Girl 12, flies round the world alone
    245 3 Girl 12, flies round the world alone SHE looks 18, but ShkonHa Mayar, the Sikh girl from Vancouver Island, Canada, is only 12. And she is going round the world on her own. Yesterday she flew from Singapore to Kuala Lumpur to vi?it youth organisations Next week she will return
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    PAY TALKS ON AGAIN
    164 3 Council to meet Government rE Singapore Governmmt and its employees' unions will resume the suspended pay talks based on ihv Ritsoii Report on Tuesday. The negotiations broke oil about a fortnight ftftO alter the Governor. Sir John Nicoll. had reprimanded Mr. K. M. Byrne, the Council
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    Camps destroyed
    18 3 BUTTERWORTH. Sat— Security Forces in the Bukit Mcrtajam and Nibong Tebal districts have destroyed two camps.
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    TITLE CONTEST: THE WINNING ENTRY
    125 3 THE winner of The Straits Times Title Contest No. 6 Michael Ng, of Singapore submitted the first and second selections given below. They were judged to be the most meritorious. lit: A. "Why don't you stand up Ist: A. "It was Romg faster than Ist:
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    WHISKY FOR MAGISTRATE' CHEAT GAOLED
    285 3 I EE Chan Wan, a petition writer, who got two bottles ot whisky from a woman by telling her they were for a Singapore magistrate, was yesterday sentenced to three months' gaol by the Singapore Sixth Police Court magistrate, Mr. R. B. I. Pates, on
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    MORE BLOOD DONORS
    50 3 I More people contributed blood this week than last. Donations totalled 114, Inrludinp 23 from R.A.F., Tengah, 23 from the PoKce Training School, six from Singapore Base District H.Q.. Fort Canning, and five from the Chief Architects Office. P.W.D., Singapore. Transfusions given during the week numbered 138.
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    CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENTS
    828 3 "He died for all. that those who live might live no longer; tor themselves, but for him who for their sake died and was raised." (11 Cor. 5:11.) in i:i II OF ENGLAND ST. ANDREWS CATHEDRAL: 7 8 a.m. Holy Communion: 9.30 a.m. Children s Service. 10.30 am
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    Judge gave him a dollar
    169 3 '»l 'HEN Singapore police arrested a 53-year-old man whom they wanted for questioning in connection with the aHrgfd rap* 4 of young girl, thry found hr had no identity card. Mr. H. A. Forrcr, the Singapore Third District Judge, watold. 1 msp. K. B. Ong.
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    CANBERRA ON TRIAL FLIGHT TO CEYLON
    71 3 CANBERRA ON TRIAL FLIGHT TO CEYLON The Canberra twin-Jet bomber which the Royal Australian Air Force has entered for the London-Christchurch. (New Zealand) air race in October, landed at Changi Singapore yesterday afternoon, after a trial flight to Ceylon. The pilot. Wing Commander J. Cumming. was met by the Air
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    Gaoled for taking car
    77 3 Chin Kwee Tuck, who drove a car without the consent of the owner, Goh Leng Gan, was sent to two months' simple imprisonment by Mr. Howe Yoon Chong in the Singapore First Traffic Police Court yesterday Chin was also fined MOO or 20 days' simple imprisonment
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    I meet the man who can stop machines
    720 4 I meet the man who can stop machines HAPPY LOW TELLS OF A KRAMAT S MYSTERIOUS POWERS' kJANY Malaccans recently were amazed at the supernatural powers of a man who could stop or move at will a motor vehicle without touching any part of it. And it all happened when
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    Marie Gough on Food
    399 4 MALAYANS WILL LIKE 'GOING SPANISH' rTTHE Spanish answer to thoir X heat problem, which tn the nummer months is as aruto as ours, comes in the form of a fragrant ice-cold soup called Gazpacho. Another typically Spanish dish Paella, has like many of ours in Malaya,
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    TRAPPED ON THE ROAD TO K. TINGGI!
    633 4 TRAPPED ON THE ROAD TO K. TINGGI! LAST Saturday morning the Tuan was walking to town at the time when only timber lorries and sanitary carts were on the road, and so he could not thumb a lift. Just as he reached Kampong Makam a small decayed private car overtook
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    LOVELY LAMES
    22 4 Wafer Lotoi" is Ifcij «cck» narure srudy. h was submitted by Leke Lee Sen« of 2686 South Bridge Read. Singapore.
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    $4-a-day ricksha
    200 4 BY (HAN SWAN BEE (SINGAPORE has done away O with rickshas for many wZu™, but in a llttle tow 304 miles from the city, a man them makin a llvln 8 °"t of pu A k- Pek aged 45 is Ku »la Pilahs only rickshaman. He nas been
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    38 years old—and still going strong
    408 4 38 years old— and still going strong DISCOVERED in a towkays Karate in Kuala Lumpur, where it had lain for the past 3* years, a 1915 model Wolseley 16-20 h.p. tourer has provided a busy but interesting four months' work for a motoring enthusiast in Ipoh. For the fitting out
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    NATIONAL PARK RECORD
    89 4 rE number of visitors t ■•> the Klog George V National Park during the past seven months has been an all-time record since the Park came Into existence before the war. Tlip Park straddles the boundaries of three statesTrengganu, Kelantan and Pahang During the whole of last
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    Meeting on the Laburnum
    50 5 Meeting on the Laburnum I K. W. Lainmert, C'ommandißf Officer of the R (left) greets the Parliamentary and Financial irv to the Admiralty. dr. A. 11. P. Noble, and the Flag Officer r«Iu»-iya. Rear Admiral V F. Piiesley. as they go aboard If. M.S. Laburnum in Tclok ,\\<*r basin, Singapore.
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    Independence day celebrations
    24 5 <: Tamil Muslim la i <<cht to celeIndlan Independence M Oopala Morion. Reis.itivr of the Oc\ernoi liuiia in Malaya, add tho mooting.
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    Community centre
    24 5 TORT DICKSON. Tues.— The lunity centre at Teluk i one of four to be built district, was opened by B H. Tan.
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    INDIANS SEEK AMENDMENTS TO NEW IMMIGRATION ORDINANCE
    312 5 Councillors asked to take action THE Singapore Regional Indian Congress yesterday asked four Colony Legislative Councillors to try to amend the Immigration Ordinance which came into force on August 1 If the Councillors fail, the Congress will sponsor a mass proiest meeting of
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    CRIME DIDNT PAY LAST MONTH
    219 5 /*RIME oidn t pay in Singapore last month when the total value of property stolen in 17 armed robber >e3 I arrcunted to only $1,848. "There was only ono ca.se ;n which the value of stolen property was orer $l.nnn.- ;l police .spokesman told the
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    THEY LEARN FIRST AID
    70 5 KUANTAN. Sat.— Fifteen villagers from thr Lips and Pekan 'itstricts are attending a 10-day course in first aid at Kuantan. Inche Aodul Rahman bin Hitam. of the 11-ftH-h Department is conducting the class in rural health while Mr. Bc=» Chin Hock, of the District Hos--1 pita!
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    Union chief
    25 5 The new president of the Singapore Naval Bas<> Labour Union. Mr. P. N. Niir. who ha« been in the Navy's Service since 1927.
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    Cold crown prizes
    76 5 Ten Rold crow ns. worth $30,--000. will be awarded this werk for the ten best floats in the Chinese Dragon Procession on Coronation Night. The three first-prize crowns each worth $3,000. have been on display at the Happy World Trade Fair for the past two nights and
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    Col. Staley retires
    50 5 Col. Staley retires TELUK ANSON. Sat— Col. J. E. Staley, manaEer of Ber--1 nam Estate, Utan Moiintan;:. Lower Perak, has loft Ms on retirement after 32 years' service as a planter. He was in tho Federated Malay Statos Voluntoor Forco.s I and was mentioned m uo.<patche.s in the Malayan campaign.
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    Singapore wedding
    31 5 Mr. and Mrs. J. .laniieM>n. after their ueddinc yesterd.tr at St. Andrew's Cathedral. Sinuaporr. The bride was formerly Miss Diana Faustina Isaac. Mr. .lamieson is with the Borneo Company.
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    The man they did not expect to see
    136 5 11THO woro llt 70 wago i Tf earners declared bankrupt last year in Singapore? The people of whom the city's official assignee. Mr. W G Alcock. said; "Generally speaking their li.vt of creditors is a catalogue of money lenders." Forty of tho
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    Row over the new uniform
    88 5 SINGAPORE Postal Department ha s decided to change the uniform of postmen and other staff. A rod stripe will be added to their trouser.s and shirts. But employees are annoyed because they think red stripo.s are ucly. Postal and Telecommunication Uniformed Staff Union will boycott
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    Two Comets a week
    92 5 THE 8.0.A.C. Far Eastern Comet service will operate twiop a week on Tuesday? and Fridays from Sept 1. This will bo a return to the schedule which was disrupted when a Comet was totally destroyed in a crash outside Calcutta in May. Since then the Comet
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    FIREMEN HAD NO WATER
    42 5 RAUB. Sat Firemen, clerks, settlement officers and civilians fought a lallanc fire at. Buklt Tanjontf Gadonp. the Government quarters. There was no water sudplv available and tree branches and sticks were used to put the I flames out.
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    Talk by Admiral
    39 5 Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Lambr, C-in-C Far East Naval Forces, will be the Ruest of honour and speaker at a Sineapore Ex-Service Association luncheon in the Roman Room of ihc Adelphi Hotel at 12.45 p.m. on Wednesday.
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    78 planters killed
    85 5 SINCE THE FIRST PLANTER was killed by a terrorist on Oct. 6. 1947. 78 planters have met their deaths in the Emergency. Mr. A. E. Nicholson, of Johore, was the only planter killed in 1947. Fifteen were killed in 1»1*. four in 1949. 16 in 1950 23
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      339 5 Why do the best people sleep on Slumberlands The cares, yes, even of Ministers of State, are lulled to rest on this beguiling Slumbcrland. Hundreds of gentle springs are cunningly balanced to the pattern of your sleep. Blissful, cool, comforting sleep. Tomorrow oan wait until tomorrow. simply because they are
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      114 5 The Weather Minimum temperature '7.30 pm. on Auk. 14 to 7.30 a.m. on Aug. 15 Sini79 degrees", Penan? 1 75 1, Kota Bahru (74), Kuala Lumpur < 73 Ipoh '71 Kuantan <69i. Maximum temperature (from 7.30 a.m. to 7.30 p m. ov. Aug. 15>: Sinpa- 38> Penang <88>, Lou Bahru
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    Lovely Liang ring 'sold her song for $2,000
    1099 6  -  Fu Hsi THE SINGER WHO DOESNT WANT TO BE A FILM STAR By A NEW DRINK' Says MrGreene IT is rare to find a beautiful girl, gay and vivacious and a top-flight entertainer on the stage, who does not want to be
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    THEY'VE KILLED 39 REDS IN 4 MONTHS
    409 6 THEY'VE KILLED 39 REDS IN 4 MONTHS BY CAPT. D. H. DE T. READE SINCE replacing the M Klnc's African Rifles four months ago in the Bentons District of Pahan-,. the 2 '7th Gurkha Rifles have killed 39 Communist terrorists, and since January 1 this I year their achievements comprise
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    Hot Time for all
    512 6 IF a hydrogen bomb x was dropped on Tengah. every living creature man, woman and beast on Singapore island would be scorched to death. If one was dropped on Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh would be severely damaged and Seremban destroyed. Terrifying? No, rather hopeful I should say.
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    UNUSUAL WAY TO HEALTH AND BEAUTY
    485 7  -  Josephedmondson «w JVJOST of your working day as a housewife is spent in the kitchen, and that is direct I v responsible for most of your tiredness it tin; end of the afternoon. What could be more appropriate then than using your kitchen chores
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    Fingernail massage for tired typists
    210 7 Fingernail massage for tired typists A MEXICAN inventor has patented an electric instrument for massaging the fingernails. He expects it to be of particular value to pianists, massagists and others subject to manual fatigue, such as typists, by improving the circulation at the roots of the nails. The device has
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    Cigarette musical box that lights up!
    789 7 Cigarette musical box that lights up! JOAN MUNDAYS FIND' OF THE WEEK IT is doubtful whether anything has been devised with more lasting charm and appeal for .young and old than a musical box. I have always been fascinated by them and have discovered a really lovely one. It Is
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    DID MY MOTHER REALLY COME BACK GHOST KNELT BESIDE ME IN THE BLITZ
    1233 8  - DID MY MOTHER REALLY COME BACK GHOST KNELT BESIDE ME I N THE BLITZ URSULA BLOOM B/j As novelist Ursula Bloom's first husband lay dying, a mysterious midnight phone call brought the doctor. It was the first hint that Ursula's mother, who had died two years before, may have "come
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    LOUD PROTESTS ABOUT THE NEW LOOK
    544 8 LOUD PROTESTS ABOUT THE NEW LOOK LONDON. ALTHOUGH there have been t\ a great many protesting letters in the Press directed against the French designer. Christian Dior, there is as yet no evidence in London that his now Flapper-look is going to catch on. Norman Hartnell. the Mayfair couturier most
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    Why I did it
    448 8  -  DIOR by In this exclusive article Christian Dior comments on the great short skirts commotion. WHY did I do it? My astonishment today is as great as that in 1947. I made the dresses that I felt like making and in the proportions that seemed normal
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    Jealous over Pen Pal
    551 8 ALTHOUGH we are happi■A ly married my wife is Jealous over my correspondence with an Australian woman. All the letters that I receive and write have been vetted by her and still she is not satisfied. My correspondent, who has taken my family to heart, even
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    LAZAROUS FORGOT SAYS UNION
    151 9 LAZAROUS FORGOT SAYS UNION rE 1.100-strong Singapore City Council Services Union is meeting soon to consider what action it should take against a City Councillor. Mr. A. ft. Lazarous, (LabourNorth) uho is alleged to nave made certain objectionable remarks about a City clerk. The president of the union, Mr. Teh
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    Navy aids TB tight
    69 9 JOHORE BAHRU, Sat.— Surgeon Commander W. Q. Fitzpatrick, R.N.. has volunteered to give his services to the Johore Bahru District Anti-Tuberculosis Association. Every Saturday and Wednesday, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., 'he will attend the association's Jalan Tangga Duke clinic as a consultant doctor. The
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    SO MANY BADGES..
    39 9 IT WAS visitors' day at the Ku.il.i I.umpur Castle Camp. And the two girls above took girat interest in a scout's many rap badges. But like a good scout he bore it all with a smile.
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    They get SO annoyed with slow lifts, dim lights
    292 9 DECREASES in voltage in Singapore are dimming lights, slowing lifts, and playing tricks with air conditioning plants in offices and homes. City Council electrical engineers say the voltage drop is caused by consumers who have overloaded their own .nternal wiring systems.
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    FIGHT OVER FIVE CENTS
    115 9 PARIT BUNTAR. Sat. When Lasa and Andy, two Indian youths, appeared before Inche Salleh bin Eckhardt Circuit Magi;:trate. at Parit Buntar, on a charge of disorderly behaviour by flßhtine with each other in a public place, Andy, who claimed trial cold the court chat Lasa and
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    CONSORTING CHARGE
    35 9 PENANO. Sat— Tan Siak Kang was in a Kuala LunVur court today, charged with consorting with bandits in Bukit Gambler on July 26. He was remanded and the case postponed for a week.
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    Col. Fox leaves for Britain
    40 9 Lt. Col. T.L. Fox, president of the Singapore Trainers' Association, left by air fcr Britain yesterday to undergo treatment at. the Middlesex Hospital for a throat condition. He is expected back in a few weeks.
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    Alice Lee on E. Coast tour
    38 9 KUANTAN. Sat— Miss Alice Lee. the well-known Hone Kong singer will make stage appearances at the Capitol Theatre here on Monday and Tuesday. Miss Lee is at present louring the East Coast
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    Parit Buntar man acquitted
    52 9 PARIT BUNTAR. Sat.— lnche Salleh bin Eckhardt. Circuit Magistrate acquitted and discharged 72-year-old Cheah Ah Poh on a charge of beintr in possession of a public Jotterv ticket. The magistrate said the Drosecution had not proved that the chit found in Cheah's possession was a public
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    Today's Radio SINGAPORE
    93 9 Today's Radio SINGAPORE 7.15 a.m. Morning Stars; 7.30 News; 7.35—10.15 Music; 10.15 Science Survey; 10.30 Mid-morning Medley; 11 Appointment with Music; 11.30 Morning Service (Bethesdai: 12 In Malay. 1 p.m. O^rry Soliuno: 1.30 News; 1.45 Radio Malay* Trio: 2 Waltz Time; 2.30 Rendezvous: 3 Concert Hour; 4 Listeners' Choice: 5
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    Psychology club
    23 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Sat Kuala Lumpur Psychology Club will hold a get-together tea party tomorrow at 4 p.m. it the Hotel Majestic
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    TIN PRICE
    17 9 The price of tin in Singapore yesterday wu declared at $307 a picul. uo $10.
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    Sir Cheng-lock gets an aide
    45 9 Mr. Tan Kah Jee. former executive secretary of the Singapore branch of the Malayan Chinese Association, has now been appointed personal assistant to Sir Cheng-lock Tan. president of the MCA. Mr. Tan is also liaison officer for the Singapore branch.
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    Spore man dies in motor cycle crash in Johore
    77 9 JOHORE BAHRU Sat— John Albert. 20-yeru-old student of Singapore, was killed today j in a motor cycle accident on the Johore Bahru-Kulai road. He was cycling with anothet Singapore man. Victor Lange. of the Telecoms Department when both collided with an
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    HIT TUNES FOR THE HEAVENLY SISTERS
    94 9 THE festival of the Seven Heavenly Sisters was celebrated last night in Chinatown with something new. As priests in red robes chant"d prayers to the Heavenly Sisters. Chmese opera singers sang "Rose. Rose, I Lovp You.,' and "You Belong To Me." Around bonfires and
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    Rubber at 64V2 cents
    164 9 i CINGAPORE rubber market yesterday was practica'.ly unchanged on Friday's Dusiness when the market was generally dull. Only small business was passing and September first grade closed at 64> 2 con;-, a pound. The closing tone was quiet. Closing prices yesterday in cent* per pound were:
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    HELICOPTER FLIES MEDICAL TEAM INTO FORT
    84 9 SEREMBAN. Sat. A HELICOPTER landed on the King George V 1 School padang here to drop the Health Officer, Negri Sembilan, a hospital assistant, and medical supplies. They had been "lilted" earlier from Seremban station padang and flown to Fort Iskandar on the Negrj-Pahang
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    ROAD TO KASHMIR' IS GOING WELL
    127 9 The next Little Theatre production, "The Road To Kashmir," is going well at rehearsals. 1 A strong cast has been assembled. The play Ls open to the public on August 27. 28 and 29 at Rowcroft Lines Theatre. Ayer Raj ah Road (bookings at
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    'Dial M' for Singapore
    83 9 'Dial M' for Singapore MR. Donald Davies said yesterday that he has acquired the rights of "Dial M For Murder." thriller, which has recently ended a very successful run in London's West End and is now a bier hit on Broadway. This will be the next Island Players' production in
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    DEATHS
    92 10 DAVIS: R C, Act. Chief Architect, P.W D.. dearly loveO husb.ind of Marjorle. suddenly at 27, Nassim Roari. Service Bid 5.15 p.m. Saturday. No letter* or flowers please. MADAM KEH HIM. at her residence No. 7, Ambrr Road. Sineapore. at 1.30 a.m. on 14th August, 1953. Leavins behind her
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      $90,000 a bandit
      366 10 WE are all grateful to| Britain for her pro-! mised aid to the Fed-| eration Government. We must 'not, however, now sit back and! think our troubles are! over, even for a year. < Malaya, a country rirh in natural resources and in the skill and in-j
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      DISASTER
      126 10 UNIMAGINABLE catastrophe U has struck the lonian Islands, cradle of Western civilisation and one of the' most beautiful corners of the eartn. Earthquakes have shattered cities, tumbled mountains into the sea. killed and injured thousands of people. As usual, the Royal Navy Is ready with a helping hand. to
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      Indonesia
      83 10 TOMORROW is Indonesian j A Independence Day. In > Jakarta a new Cabinet headed by Dr. AH Sastro- 1 amidjjo gets to grips with, the young nations many, pressing problems. As in Malaya, the main aim of i the government must be to restore law and order i throughout
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    SUMATRA DEATH-CHARGE ENDED A STRANGE FEUD
    1604 10  - SUMATRA DEATH- CHARGE ENDED A STRANGE FEUD w. Shirley McAdatn Baron hilled, 300 rhinos, avenged death of his beautiful bride By CRIENDS in Sumatra wrote to me the other day to tell me of the death of Baron Robert de Charcourt, rhe Belgian big-game hunter. The Baron was killed by
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      102 10 \f AY I. as an ex-Boy Scout bugler, on behalf of all other Boy Scout buglers, both past and present, draw your attention to the caption under the excellent picture on the front page of last week's Sunday Times. The musical object whir.h the young man is attempting to blow
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      Prostitution
      82 10 J>ENANG, ravine unsuccessfully tried to detach herself from *Jie apron strings of "Mother Federation," is now attempting to tackle the problem ol the oldest profession in the world—pristitution. When opium smoking was suppressed clandestine opium dens sprang up like mushrooms all over Malaya, increasing opium bootleggers by alarming proportions.
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      Sampan woes
      494 10 A Malay woman in an advanced stage of pregnancy was one evening seen boarding a sampan on the Butterworth side of Prai to cross over to join the night mall train to Kuala Lumpur. The tide was then high; and the sampan, while alongside the edge of the
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      Sungei Pelek
      50 10 THE story in the Sunday Times, headed "Brutal Murders by Terrorist*," said that the three woodcutters were killed "near Sungei Pelek." The distance between Sungel Pelek and the scene of me murders Is about 30 miles t>y road and about 20 miles through the jungle. K.V.N. Sungei Pelek.
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    Eggs from the sky —unbroken
    658 10 Eggs from the sky unbroken IVE got everything I asked for. said the Police Lieutenant "Fresh food and vegetables, rations, medical supplies, clothing and my precious bottle of übat." He scanned the lists which came with the supplies and grinned. "Fine way to do shopping this." ho added, and unconsciously
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    DIGGING UP HISTORY 300-YEAR-OLD FORT FOUND IN JOHORE LAMA
    327 11 DIGGING UP HISTORY 300-YEAR-OLD FORT FOUND IN JOHORE LAMA KAMPONC jOHORE LAMA, Saturday. CTONE blocks believed to be the ramparts of a 17th century Portuguese fort have been unearthed by the Federation Museum's archaeological expedition to this Kampong on the Johore River. They have also found pieces of 17th-18th century
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    The Chief Justice backs action of Mentri Besar
    604 11 The Chief Justice backs action of Mentri Besar THE VASE OF FIVE DETAINED CHINESE KUALA LUMrUK, Saturday. JHE ACTING Chief Justice. Mr. Justice Pretheroe, today supported the Mentri Besar, Selangor, in his choice of the Secretary for Chinese Affairs, Mr. David Cray, to inquire into allegations against five Chinese detained
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    Guide leader
    18 11 JOHORE BAHRU, Sat.— Mrs. Paul Storr, State Com missioner for Girl Ouides left today for England.
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    We'll still show a profit SAYS TIN CHIEF
    154 11 We'll still show a profit SAYS TIN CHIEF KUALA LUMPUR. Sat. THE FIRST outright admission by a major mining company that it could make profit in spite of the decline in tin prices was made today by Hone Fatl (Sungei Besi) Ltd. which operates the world's largest open cast mine.
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    CONCERN AT GAMBLING ON FOOTBALL
    368 11 CONCERN AT GAMBLING ON FOOTBALL £HURCH and welfare workers are alarmed at the increase in gambling on football grounds in Singapore. Soccer officials fear that, as the betting rings grow more powerful and the gambling fever increases, lost -c crowd scenes may develop if the results are unfavourable i to
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    Prize for best City Day song
    126 11 SINGAPORE'S City Day celebrations next month will last for three nights. The celebrations, which will take place on the steps of the City Hall, wUI include a variety concert, a "China" night and possibly a programme by the Malay community. The City Council celebrations
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    Car broke down, he says
    59 11 I JOHORE BAHRU, Bat Ramakrishnan. of the BBC. [Pandan was fined $20 in the Police Court today for being out of doors at 8 p.m. yesterday on the Masai Road, an area under curfew, without a permit. He told the court that his car had
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    PWD overseer dies in Ceylon
    63 11 JOHORE BAHRU, Sat— Mr. S. Vythillngam, retired Cnief Overseer of the Public Works Department, Johore has died j in Ceylon. He served the Johore Oor- j eminent for 30 years. His two sons, Mr. Navaretnam, technical assistant with the Johore Bahru PWD., and Mr. Vijaisingam
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    Bound over tor suicide attempt
    54 11 A married woman, Kovindasamy Anchalal, 22 pleaded guilty in the Singapore Sixth Polie Couurt yesterday to a charge of attempted suicide. She promised the magistrate, Mr. R. B. I. Pates, not to do it again. He bouund her over in the sum of $100 personal
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    DEATH
    30 11 Albert Arulchelvam Emmanuel J r hn. beloved son of Mr. and Mrs. T. Joseph John, yrsterday. Fjneral today, cortege leaving No. 6 Recreation Road at 4.30 p.m. for Bldadari. >
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    CANDID CAMERA SHOTS
    143 12 These pictures win prises "f HE Sunday Times is offering cash prixes for readers' pictures published in this page. First prise is $30, with $15 for the second best and $5 for the runners-up. This week's first prize goes to 16-year-old Freddy Oey of 95 Siglap Road,
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    1057 12  -  Raymond Thomas By THE length of time taken to complete development :s a© important factor in producing prints with fine quality blacks and .sparkling whites. Development must be lull, for shortened development gives rise to debased blacks and Kent-rally muddy prints Different makes of oromide paper do vary
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      I REPORTER TO THE RESCUE
      677 13 —-or did Miss Larkin really mislwliavc? for release by Columbia. Pr. viously signed were Jo.se Ferrer as Lt. Oreenwald, defence attorney at the court martial; Van Johnson r..Marky, the officer who takc.^ over the Came at the heigr.t of a typhoon; Fred Mac Murray as
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      Fame comes easily to Malayans
      565 13  -  HALL ROMNEY By 4 DD the name Jill Bennett to the list of those who bom in Malaya, have made, or promise to make a rather larger than average mark in life. The list is lairly representative. To go back over 60 yi a: there
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      A surprise I for Jill
      126 13 QJIR LAURENCE OLIVIER is not the only dis- < tinguishetl actor who con- > siderrd .Miss Bennett an actress meriting encour- s! aKeiuent. In bis recently -publish- S ed u ill Sir Godfrey Tearle, < the famous actor-man- V' ager, made her one of his
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      Sad story of a President and his lady
      375 13 Sad story of a President and his lady of American history may be interested to learn that the life story of the seventh president of the United States, Andrew Jackson, has been made into a film by 20th CenturyFox, which will be showing in Singapore shortly. Having forgotten what little
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      233 13 r OPENsfi\rgiii|];^ TODAY <W^AT 11am, 1.30, 4. 6.45 930 pm. ;W i.. BeKirtd Tlic Glitter iny, Lights 1 Of Every Town Lurks The Deadly Menace Of Every City THE UNDERWORLD WHO IS THIS WOMAN? H^^lPV^^^ha^ *6h« know* lh« Mcralt o' f^^K, lh "SynHtewt*". ond ing expose! A REPUBLIC WCTURt J
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    Malayan jet-trip was agony far the Duke of Kent
    897 14 Malayan jet-trip was agony far the Duke of Kent A SMILE AND A HANDSHAKE, BUT... NOW IT CAN BE TOLD THERE need have been no raised eyebrows about the Duke of Kent's "surprise decision" to volunteer as a private for regular service in the British Army. The only surprise among
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    'ONLY FOOLS CARRY CHEQUE BOOKS'
    764 14 |N BRIiAIN, the income tax man has no authority to look at your banking account. Naturally, said the income tax man in a shocked voice, the liberty of the subiect must be protected, so you can always refuse if we ask to see your bank
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    Rhoda's
    34 14 Alluring Rhndi Wet« isn't rhc least bit afraid of those alligator* close at hand especially sine* one is just a shoulder ornament 1 and the other is j■tri c t I y baby.
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    A tabloid holiday — out of a bottle
    510 15  - A tabloid holiday out of a bottle ALWYN TEBBITT PHILOSOPHER'S STONE' OF MEDICINE By CAPE TOWN. I AM having an expensive holiday— in tablet form. I am deeply bronied. I have put on weight: i the heavy lines have I gone from my face (and it is so much easier
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    THE CROCODILE DIES TWICE
    1937 15  -  SHAMUS FRAZER By ll'/#«%/ ru I ions hff l*hi/lli\ Mtitttfnzit- THE STORY SO FAR... Mil I ri-otins in Ihr Botanic to his uncle's housr at Bokit Ti- T (■ardens. \li bin Mostapha. a mah and i* almost on the door- Sinrapore schoolboy, net* two «t*p when
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      1552 16 f 3^f||( b Y Edgar Rice Burroughs "M,^S^j '^^MjMJmWA^ A \l T M LEPf THE WATAM9A NATIVE 6 WITH AtJ CJLTIMATU/W &*^2*/ 55^^i~ll B M aaaj T A\ 111 -V ,y -gaa^^-fegggEMpeg PSAceeouy oc e-erAKew by eoece. \^\}> NMM\ s^ ''rjjnj j^t ,*r>w^a\^ "mlfcti J^^ Y^~ \rXT\ Xr\ )1 m,.
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      727 17 ...A\lt BECAME THE GREATEST DETECTIVE OE THEM ALL PUGENE-FRANCOIS VIDOCQ was the fust ({real detective, verhaps, too, he \\;is the only great detec five. Since liis death in 18.")7 the detective business has certainly gone into h sad and steady decline. With
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      24 17 Film jrar Virginia M*yo rakej a look in a mirror to *cc her MM arc in pl»«c before facing the Hollywood c*«n*ra.
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      545 17 Nathaniel Gubbins HOW 1.0.M. TO < ATI H A I IO\? THE report of the British Home Office committee recommending the reduction of extraneous duties performed by the police has not listed half the jobs they have been doing for years without a word of complaint. I can remember reports
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      How much is that pony?
      245 17 IMIK horses were being knocked down quirklv at the auction. And the slaughtermen, crowded round the ring, had begun to hid for the bonny pony that had just been led in. Suddenly a child's voire piped out over the murmurs or their bids: "I'll buy
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      The strong sex
      240 17 The strong sex have more strength In thoir little finders than men have in all their bodies when It comes to putting up a fijjbt against illness doctors have Yen told Dr W S Mac Donald a Leeds family doctor, said at the British Medical Association meeting at Cardiff that
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    WE MUSTN'T LET PENG SOON GO
    802 18  -  CRUSADER Champion with an uncertain future By WONG Peng Soon told me the other day that the coming Malayan badminton ehimpionships may be the last for him No, he Ls not retiring— he is only 35 and the dangerous forties are not yet in
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    A prize example of INDECISION
    794 18  - A prize example of INDECISION MANNING BLACKWOOD JN this page this wcrk you will scp a picture that represents the finest example possible of official .shillyshally In Singapore. The cars you see in the picture are clustered round a fenced-off open space at the back of the Telok Ayer Police
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    A late bouquet for two great riders
    253 18  - A late bouquet for two great riders EDIN PETERS BY I THE .Tohoro Grand Pnx has romr and t»oTi" but racing enthusiasts arc still talking about the two Federation riders, Rejruie Trevor and R. Sivaganam who thrilled the crowds with their Making cornering in the 20-lap race for unlimited motor
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    Nine of our athletes for Ceylon A A A meet
    259 19 Nine of our athletes for Ceylon A A A meet KUALA LUMPUR, Saturday. THE Federation team to take part in the Ceylon Amateur Athletic championships next month will comprise at least nine Federation stars and a manager. This was decided at the annual general meeting of the Federation of Malaya
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    46 19 KITH I i lit lie of Singapore in her winning jump of 4ft. 7in. in the women's high jump event at the Malayan A.A.A. meet at Kuala Lum pur on Friday. Ruth failed in an attempt to break her record of 4ft. Sin. Sunday Times picture.
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    Ooi retains singles title
    123 19 PENANC;. Sat. \«M Teik Hock retained his badmini. hi singles title fo r the fourth year in sucresKion last night when he brat his doubles partner, 1.. Hoo Chye. 15-7 in an ii mi in i< i vmi one-set flnal l.re retiring. In the doubles final.
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    Royal Air Force make good start
    132 19 I>OYAL AIR FORCE made a fine start in their inter-sen 11 r.s tournament match against Army yesterday. Cheeseman and Parry pave the R.A P. a solid start and some hi.siy hitting laler by Davenport, Pearson and Hendrick carried their score to 265. At the
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    SHEARES WINS IN Y.M.C.A. TENNIS
    101 19 E H. Sheares iscr; won tli« V.M.C.A tennis tournament handii cap "B" singles championship when he beat O. S. Oill (—3O) 6-1. 6-4 in the nnal at the Bras Basah Road courts yesterday. The handicap "A" singes semifinal between Ong Swee Law i«cr> and P.
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    WEIGHTS FOR 13 RACES AT SELANGOR T.C. MEET
    634 19 VITTIGHTS lor the TT first day, next Saturday. Aug. 22. of the Selangor Turf I Club meeting: L. 3. DIV. I— SF. Naxakat n >■ i Palio 8.11 Royal Dream *ir Kranris 8.08 Tide O'Gold 8.07 H.n.ik it 5.06 Sporte r 8.06
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    Dhyan Chand may cancel Malayan tour
    193 19 Dhyan Chand may cancel Malayan tour KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. rpHE Indian Services team under Maj Dhyan Chand. one time International hotkey star, which is making a tour of the Far East may not visit Malaya and Singapore In October this year. Mr. Herin.in ile 9uuza, president ol the Malayan Hockey
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    ORE STRIDES OUT LIKE A WINNER
    331 19 KUALA LUMPUR. Sat. ()RE. a three-year-old fi.ly by Pink Flower, worked in great heart on the training 'track thi-s mornlne when he; beat Sir Francis (Flannery) in .i rousing three furlongs trial in 36 4.5. With Mickey Donnelly a.s- j trlde, Ore was always
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    JOHORE A' LOSE IN CLEAN, FAST GAME
    389 19 10H0RE "A" playing their first game together were soundly beaten by Singapore "A" at Jalan Besar stadium yesterday by five goals to nil. But they will profit by the experience, and they may derive some consolation from the knowledge that they took part
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    PENANC NAME 17 FOR CUP FINAL
    80 19 PENANG, Sat. rl Football Association of Penang last night selected 17 players for the .Malaya Cup final against Singapore at Ipoh on Saturday. Aug. 22. They are: Tan Swee Hock, Toh Boon Theng. Tan Swee Beng. Wong Kam Poh, Yeang Kah Chong, Yap Hin
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    DRAW AT NAVAL BASE
    25 19 Kadayanaliur Muslim Association held Junior Athletic Association *o a 2-2 draw in a friendly soccer matcn at the Naval Base yesterday.
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    STADIUM SOCCER
    22 19 Singapore's probable Malaya Cup final team will play a Kluanp District eleven at Jalan Besar stadium today at 5.15 p.m.
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    WONDER MAN NAIDOLE WINS 4 EVENTS
    1855 20 MALAYAN A. A. A. CHAMPIONSHIPS Singapore do it again KUALA LUMPUR, Saturday. CEYEN more records toppled when the Malayan A. A. A. championships were continued on the Kuala Lumpur padang in bright, sunny weather today. Two of them were an improvement on a record
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    New records
    110 20 TMIF. new i.-ecords set at the me*tinu, are: Hop. step and jump (48ft. sin.) —Tomasi Naidole [Johi. 440 yds. hurdles (54.9ser.)—Tomasi Naidolr (Joh). 120 yds. hurdles >11 <Kr < I Ko. i«ii i I Joh). Uoh) N Discus (137 ft. 10.In.)— Lewaki (Job). Hammer I Hfift. 2ln.)—Peter Groae
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    FEDERATION OLYMPIC COUNCIL IS FORMED
    211 20 KUALA Ll'MPl'R, Sat. DELEGATES from two national sports bodies the Federation of Malaya Ami- teur Athletic Union and the Federation Hockey Union met in Kuala Lumpur this morning and brought into existence the Federation of Malaya Olympic Council. Mr. E. M McDonald who was elected
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    1954 MALAYAN AAA MEET IN X.L AGAIN
    256 20 Xl ALA Ll'MPl'R. Saturday. L'l \l A 1.1 Ml'l'K will again be the venue of the Malayan A.A.A. championships next year. Gen. Sir Gerald Templer. the High Commissioner "advised" that it be held here. Sir Gerald's "advice" was revealed to the annual meeting
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    ALL THE RESULTS
    538 20 MEN'S EVENTS HOP, STEP AND JUMP: Pte Naldole (Joh). 2. Tan En K Yoon Spore i. 3 Lim Tian K Quee (Spore). 48ft. 51n. (record i. Three Miles: LAC Stlrk (S'porei 2. T. Kilmartin (Spore). 3. A. J Slttnmpaltm. iPki 15mln 4 Msec. Pole Vault: 1. Kernul
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    CARR INVITED FOR BIG RACE
    45 20 CARR INVITED FOR BIG RACE .MELBOURNE. Sat. SIR GORDON RICHARDS, champion English jockey, has declined an invitation by the Victorian Jockey Club to ride in the Queen's Cup at Flemington in September. Final Harry Carr. th« Queen's jockey would he invited to lake Richard's place.
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