The Straits Times, 22 August 1953

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    15 1 The Straits Times Nat*"** 1 flew**** Established 1815 SINGAPORE. SATURDAY, ALCiIST 22, 1953. 15 CENTS
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    Shah flies back to Persia
    55 1 Shah flies back to Persia I I BAOHD T]\K Shah ol r hero U k to v the Dr Mohammed A i Sh I I Envoy resigns PAKIfI I I r nil siimi „i i. Queea >-n.ix i si Umbi ImscJ in Horn. r< -.nlnn; liiillrlniN on I'm- I;<>\tlist oup
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    40 FLEE TO FREEDOM
    186 1 Under jungle reian of terror for 5 years KUALA LI MPIR, Friday. C*ORTY aborigines who have been living under (nmmunist domination for five years have man-hed to freedom in the Segamat area of Johore. Tti KJW living with other aborigines near Bokok in th.' Labis district.
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    AND NOW —A GOOD VILLAGE
    105 1 AND NOW —A GOOD VILLAGE 1 KUALA UMPIR Fri. FOR once General Templer found himself at i loss for words \rstcrday Murinc a tour of Xecri Srmhilan. He told (he people of Mamhau Xrw Vilia?e: "You are co-operating with thr Government so «HI that there is nothing lei me to
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    U.S. demand for best rubber sends prices up
    264 1 U.S. demand for best rubber sends prices up From HALL ROMNEY LONDON. Friday. "THE recent Increase in rubber prices is linked by A Sanderson and Co.. London rubber brokers, with the substantial rotation programme launched by the United States stockpile authorities which involves the sale of off-grades an d replacement
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    RAIN And it is so welcome for the big game
    181 1 RAIN And it is so welcome for the big game THERE was three quarters of an hour's rain in Ipoh yesterday after 20 days of sweltering sunshine with the temperature in the middle nineties— and soccer fans sighed with relief They had been faced with the prospect of .seeing Penang
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    Switch record
    52 1 PANMUNJOM. Fri. The Communists set a record for delivering prisoners today by having 150 Americans at" the reception centre, 50 minutes alter the exchange started Twenty-three Britons, three Australians, 13 Canadians and D 4 Americana will be among 437 Allied prisoners of war to be returned tomorrow Renter.
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    Cyclist injured
    35 1 James Forgotl, aged 30. of the Straits Steamship Co was 1 admitted to the General Hospital early today .seriously injured alter liis motor cycle had collided with s lamp-post c the General Post
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    U.S. EXPLODED HYDROGEN BOMB 2 YEARS AGO
    211 1 U.S. EXPLODED HYDROGEN BOMB 2 YEARS AGO WASHINGTON. Fri. THE United States yesterday In effect claimed a two-year lead over Russia in drveloninc the hydrogen bomb. Mr Lewis Strauss, chairman of the United Stat-es Atomic Enerev Commission, issued a statement saving it was known that on Aug 12 the Russians
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    Calygera is short of water
    167 1 Calygera is short of water PORT SWETTENHAM. Fri. THE Panamanian freightci Calygpra got otT one sandbank and immediately hit anothi i on which she has beeiever since, the chiel officer. Vincent Valla, told tht iaj^ajte Tunes today. »*l «rtia on U* JtLiOze nhonlj ."v3O p.m. on August 9 irt>en I
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    18 Vietminh killed
    55 1 PARIS. Fri— Eighteen Vietminh troops were killed and 65 captured yesterday when Franco-Vietnamese naval commandos and Infantry landed in Vietminh lines near Cape Falui.se, 125 miles south of Hanoi. The raid was the .second in the area in 48 hours. Food stores and arms work's were destroyed
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    Ex-PoWs see a Comet
    43 1 The 35 British cx-pri.sonrrs nf war who were flown into Singapore on Thursday were vest day shown over a BOAC Comet jetliner at Changi Airfield. Many of them did not even know that the 500-miles-per-hour plane had been developed.
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    60 rebels killed
    13 1 RANGOON. Fri. Burmese nment troops have killed lit) rebels. A.P.
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    RAF man missing
    54 1 RA F man missing BUTTERWORTH. Fri.— ButIterworth and RAF. police are searching for a RAF serIgent reported mi.s.sing from the H A.F. station here for more thl n 24 hours. The sergeant wai last seen on Wednesday night at Mltchrll Tier. He is said to be about 85 years old.
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    The princess is 23
    35 1 BALLATER. Fti— Princess Magrarct is 23 today She will rri«»brate her birthday as she has most of her previous ones quietly, with other members of the Royal Family at Balmoral Castle.
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    Job for Krupps
    28 1 KARACHI. Fri Pakistan ha.s .sicned an acrpement with the German firm of Krupps for development of thp Imn and steel industry In Pakistan. a r>
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    MRS TA YLOR WINS DUSTBIN WAR
    295 1 She dumped garbage at Townßoard TWICE Mrs. J. A. Taylor went to the Johore Bahru Town Board and complained that her dustbin was being emptied only once a week. Each time she was assured that the carbace man would call every second day at
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    Ceylon bans war goods
    107 1 COLOMBO. Fri— The Government of Ceylon ha.s onteri ed into a "sentlemens agreement" with the rest of th^ Commonwealth to honour the embargo on the export of strategic materials to China. I Russia and the satellites exLn the ca.se or Ceylon proI duce. Licenses would be
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    Malaya's trade goes up
    161 1 Malaya's trade goes up MALAYA liari thi^ TI rars smallest arivrrsr monthly direct trurir balance in July when imports cxrpodrd rxports by 53.614.81 U. The seat previous month wa.s March when the deficit on foreign trade was just over million. June was the worst month with an adverse balance of
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    STOP PRESS
    40 1 SOVIET WITHDRAWS I Xl TKOOPs Ml W I i mi I suthoi Lliea i" Anstrla t reported to br witlnir. i tremps and closinc imilrol pasts aloni; dt-marc h i. h u\. < ii Mnut -itid I J zf.iio.—Reuter.
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    LEAFLET RAID
    22 1 IG KONG. Fn Chinos press reports from the malniand today said seven unidentified planes flew over Canton md dropped leaflets
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      100 1 PERFECT AFTER CURRY* ICECREAM; (blJU>Ho>ll LTD RKDS WRECK PARIS 'BACK TO WORK' BID today. THI i Oi Kurtty services were Confi at thr Paris central res this morning. re on the industrial ere was no creat rei lion "f the strike move- nt. Bulldlni workers were due to begin a
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    World faith in U.S has fallen says Adlai
    185 2 NEW YORK, Friday. Adlai E. Stevenson said yesterday after a six-month world tour that the prestige and the moral influence of the United States abroad has declined. But he doubted if anything had been lost that could not be regained. Mr. Stevenson
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    McCarthy has a solution
    143 2 McCarthy has a solution CLEVELAND, Fri. SENATOR Joseph McCarthy .said last night that the United States should threaten to wipe Chinese Communist leaders from the face of the earth unless every American prisoner-of-war is returned immediately. "That kind of a policy," he .said "would regain our lost prestige and would
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    O'Brien stays at sea
    67 2 O'Brien stays at sea RIO DE JANEIRO. Fri Michael O'Brien, the man who sailed between Hong Kong and Macao for nearly a year because he was refused permission to land, was today refused entry into Brazil, where his wife and family are waitin-/. He arrived from Marseilles yesterday on the
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    Silenced by rotten eggs
    63 2 KIEL, Frl— Police closed an rlertion rally attended by Dr. Werner Naumann, former aide to the Nazi propaganda chief. Dr. Goebbels. yesterday -b< cause the lives and health of those present were in danger". A hail of rotten eggs and tomatoes greeted Dr. Nauman.. when he
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    RIOTING CONVICTS SET FIRE TO PRISON
    100 2 WASHINGTON. Fri. HALF of the 600 inmates at Washington State Reformatory rioted last night, setting fire to five buildings and wrecking a rellhouse. About lei rioters ran wild in one of the reformatory's two equipment and smashed windows One killed Another 150 clustered in
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    Air record broken
    70 2 MELBOURNE, Fri —A Sabre jet built in Australia dived today at a spec dof 900 miles an hour for five seconds, breaking an American record of 715.7 m.p.h. Flight Lieutenant Bill Scott. of the Royal Australian Air Force, said he dived from 42.000 feet. He passed through
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    Floods halt steel works
    36 2 CARDIFF. Fri. The rivrr Flrwdwyllot yrstrrrlay flondrd over 200 hnusrs and halted production at the nrarby Morgan steel works, third largest in the world. A stcrlworkrr was swept away and drowned. AP.
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    German 'unity'talks open in Moscow
    146 2 German 'unity' talks open in Moscow MOSCOW. Fri MR. Georgi Malenkov, the Soviet Premier, last night received trip East German Premier. Herr Otto Grotewohl. md other members of the East German delegation who have ?ome to Moscow for talks with hp Soviet Government. The visit of the German dergation was
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      644 2 NOTICES •ST. KENTIGERN PRESBY TERIAN COLLEGE FOR BOYS AUCKLAND. NEW ZEALAND APPLICATIONS for entrance to horrna 1-4 for the 1954 School Year should be made before 30th September. 1953. There will be arrommodatlon for 40 boarders In Bruce House. Further Information and application forms may be had Irom the Headmaster.
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      114 2 TENDER TENDER NOTICE TENDERS will be rerehed from Contractors Not below Claw C a> r he office of the State Encineer. Kedah Ac Perils. Alor Star, up to i 400 pm. of the 29th Ausust. 1953, for the Construction of a Temporary Clinic for Out-patient Department. Alor Star Hospital. Full
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      186 2 WXRKAI.I' (Hindi) Starrint Bina Ral and Prsderp sj Kumar Tomorrow at 11 a.m. H "THEY DIED WITH THEIR BOOTS ON" (Tech.) I 1 1 \V 1 Hj A 7.30 p.m. MWIIHW" ITamill Starrinc T. K. Brother! muJL'm Today I It, H.l."< A Ml IVI I IBI.IS' I Malay) |Tm (.real
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      283 2 SINGAPORE TSSTrS ffi*W n N rtll lc 8 730 Rawirzand Landauer: 8.30 H:- -he New,, rJt-t MusJc 12 In Malay: 'Jackpot 9 Sports Parade 9.30 1 P_m. Hfnnßont; 130 ffmn: ISO Ntm; 945 M.isle of AntonJnt; 10 rtnur Smith; 2 Rare Commerva- Happy -Go-Lurky 10 30 1130 Sports Hou-: H3O
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    MASS ARRESTS IN MOROCCO Sultan's removal 'only way to avert civil war'
    275 3 MASS ARRESTS IN MOROCCO Sultan's removal 'only way to avert civil war' RABAT. Friday. MASS arrests arc reported in .Morocco following banishment b> the French of Sultan Mohamtied the Fifth \estcrda\. These include "MX) people al Oujda, scene of 'ioiin^ over ilie week end after ihc- proclamation ~>( a hew
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    Nehru and Ali agree on Kashmir
    134 3 M P HI I 111 I M MH .Hid PakMaa Imv« agrrnl In appmnl .in urtministrator hv the md of April nr\t \ear to prrp.jrr for a plebiscite on the future of Kashmir. his was announced hml nii:hl aflrr four-ria\ talks hrtwrrn the Ind
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    Sanders in London
    46 3 NDON Fr'. Mgar San- i Hungann Monday, returned pale but smiling today R< rr.r 200 newsmen, airport well -wishers red when his chartered landed at Croydnn. He d happily as police shoul>y through the crowd for hrn his wife and three U P.
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    HUK CHIEF READY TO GIVE UP
    104 3 HUK CHIEF READY TO GIVE UP MANILA Fri. A WOMAN was reported yesterday to have eiven the first confirmation that hieh lrvel negotiations are under wav for the surrender of the Huk leader. Luis Tariu-. The wuman Ls a 45-year-old midwife. Igmin.s Miranda alias TandanK Soru. who claimed that she
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    41 Mau Mau killed
    22 3 NAIROBI. Fri.— Security forre.s killed 41 Mau Mau, wnunded three and captured sixteen during the past week. Reuter.
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    Reds off Japan
    17 3 TOKYO. Frl.— The Japanese press says Russia has .stepped up naval activity near Hokkaido—A.P.
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    Ali returns
    21 3 KARACHI. Pi ammrd Ali. Pakistan r [inlster. returned I K ii this morn it h the Indiai Kashmir Reuter.
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    Jets for Japs
    7 3 TOKYO Frl. Tho Nippon
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    TV in Tokyo
    18 3 TOKYO. Fri. The Nippon rk, Japan's first commercial television company, will begin operating 28. A.P.
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    Old soldiers open camp for children
    72 3 THI Wurld War Veterans' Federation has opened a holiday camp at Imperia. in Italy, for 100 children whose fathers are war veterans. Half of the children are Italian and the remainder are from more than .'0 different countries. Left to right: KUra Rajendra. from
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    Piccard makes a test
    57 3 I'rufrsiur Auguste Plrcard Is se«n here seated on bis new l atlivNpher P before he made a test dire In the Bay of Naples recently. His son, Jarques, ls seen standing trying to chMe the photographer away. Professor Piccard hopes to go deeper under water than
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    FRENCH NAVY HITS BEHIND RED LINES
    49 3 FRENCH NAVY HITS BEHIND RED LINES PARIS. Frl. French naval commandos, supported by an Infantry battalion, landed In the Vietminh lines near Ha.tinh northwest of Hue, the French news agency reported today. Military Installations and rice stores were destroyed, 20 Vietminh soldiers were killed and 47 taken prisoner Reuter.
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    THAMES SEX KILLING CHARGE
    208 3 LONDON. Fri. a prison where he was being ALFRED Charlefi Whiteway. j held for trial soon on another 22-year-old labourer, war charge of raping a 14-year-old charged today with the murder girl and assaulting a middleof two girls whose raped bodl- aged" woman, es torn by
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    U.S. OPPOSES SEAT FOR INDIA AT PEACE TALK
    359 3 NEW YORK, Monday. THE I'nited States officially announced last night that she would oppose India's participation in the Korean political conference. Britain and Russia supported by Commonwealth countries and many European and Asian countries, are in favour of India taking: part. Those
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    U.S. shuts biggest synthetic factory
    244 3 U.S. shuts biggest synthetic factory WASHINGTON. Frl. •THE Government Will close down its largest synthetic rubber plant on Sept. 19 for an indefinite period because of a drop in demand for synthetic. Officials of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation blame .seasonal factors for part of tne slackenir.c and note that the
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    Transport talks
    43 3 PARIS, Frl— Transport Ministers of the 18 member countries of the Organisation for European Economic Co-opera-tion and of Spain and Yugoslavia are to meet in Brussels In October to set up a permanent "European Conference of Transport Ministers" announced here Reuter.
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    Marquis sued for divorce
    53 3 NEW YORK. Frl— The Mar- chloness of Mil ford Haven Initiated a State Supreme Court action yesterday for separation or divorce from the Marqueas of Milford Haven. The Marchioness, the former Mrs. Romalne Simpson, an American, and the Marquess werv married on Feb. 4. 1950, in
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    Red restoration
    19 3 LONDON, Fri Russia ls to spend a million roubles, on restoration work to th« Astrakhan Kremlin. Reuter.
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    Quads in India!
    22 3 CALCUTTA, Frl An aboriginal woman In Majshedpur Bihar, has given birth to quadruplets, two of whom havo survived.— A.P.
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    Warship on loan
    28 3 SAN FRANCISCO. Frl -The! U.S. aircraft carrier Belleau Wood, now being reconditioned will be turned over to France, on loan, for use In the Atlantlc.-A.P.
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    LONDON STOCKS
    299 3 LONDON. Frl. COMMODITY nhnres «ere hlcher where rhsnisea on the Stock Exrhnnge today with nibbrr* Improving on the news that America wm rutting synthetic production. Oula Kalumpons at 3s Knnla Lumpur a». 145. 8d and Tanjonif Malim at 22s were all 3rt hlahrr while M«larc» rose fid. to
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    LONDON TIN
    26 3 LONDON Aujr. 21. (ash Buyers £600; Sellers V 1605; Forward Buyers Sellers £597' j; Settlement £595 (down £7..). Turnover a.m. 100 tons; p.m. 130
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    LONDON RUBBER
    33 3 LONDON. Aue. 21.— Spot lf)\ri.. Sept. 19\d.. Ori.-IVr. 194 d., Jan Mar. 19Sd.. Apr -June 19\d JulySept. 19\d.. Aug. c.l.f. 19\d.. Sept. rif. lg'.ti.. Oct. cl.f. 19' fe d. Tone: Steady
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    JETS SET UP A RECORD
    52 3 LONDON. Fri. Seventeen tf> U.S. Jet fighter aircraft land- SH ed in Britain last night after V a 4.485-ml!e HJuht from A Georgia in 11 hours and 30 c*> minutes. Kg It was the HrM tnns-Atlan- C 3 tic flight by single engine jets S£*
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    Two salvage companies claim wreck
    234 4 Two salvage companies claim wreck T*WO Singapore salvage companies yesterday went to the Supreme Court over ownership rights to the wreck of the S.S. Spirila, now being salvaged off Pulau Bukom. The wreck is being raised but is still underwater. The plaintiffs, the International Salvage Association <M»l*ya> Ltd., asked the
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    Mine detector used in hunt for pistol
    119 4 Mine detector used in hunt for pistol TENANC. Fri. POLICE today used a mine detector to search for a nistoj believed to havp been hidden in a house in Kampone Simpah. Butterworth. The pistol is helieved to have heen us^d in the robbery at Permatang Batu. Bukit Mertaiam when $5,055
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    TWO CADETS SIGN ON FOR THREE WEEKS AT SEA
    171 4 TW O SINGAPORE sea cadets. Tan Boon Chyr, 16, and K. Chitharanjan, 18. left for Borneo on the B.S. Klmanis yesterday for three weeks of life at sea. Both are with the Sea Cadet Corps. Acting Leading Seaman Chitharanjan is seen
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    Two gunmen gaoled for $2,200 robbery
    143 4 Two gunmen gaoled for $2,200 robbery HELD UP BUS CASHIER QUAH SIEW SONG and Poh Liang Huat. who robbed a Green Rus Company cashier of $3,200 while armed were sentenced to eight and three years" gaol. respectively, by Mr. Justice Brown at the Singapore Assizes yesterday. Poh Liang Huat. who
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    RAF ROCKET
    49 4 BUTTER WORTH Fri. A rocket fell 1 of an RA F plane yesterday evening and landed unexploded on a padi fleld near Sungei Dua. Butterworth, a few miles from the Mata Kurhing aerodrome. Police said that RA F. authorities had informed them that the rocket was harmless
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    Debtor must pay 3 per cent more
    75 4 ISMAIL bin Kassim, whi> has been a bankrupt since 1950. was granted a conditional discharge by the Chirf Justice. Sir Charles Murray- Ay nslcy, in the Singapore High Court yesterday. Mr Denis D'Cotta. on behalf of the Official Assignee, said that the debtor
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    Tea party for Indians
    80 4 The Indian community in Singapore will entertain 300 men and officers of the 50th Indian Field Ambulance Unit to tea at the Indian Associa- i tion in Balestler Road on Sunday. The unit will be arriving on the Santhia from India on Its way to Korea.
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    MAJOR CREPT UP TO WIPE OUT BREN UNIT
    171 4 MAJOR CREPT UP TO WIPE OUT BREN UNIT KUALA LUMPUR. Friday. WHEN his men, outnumbered four to one, came under heavy rifle and Bren gun fire. Major R. S. R. Carr of the 2nd Battalion the 7th Gurkha Rifles crept forward and killed the Bren gunner and two other bandits.
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    Off to Britain
    37 4 TAIPINO. Frl— lnche Hassan bin Hajl Moh. Noor has come here on transfer from 3rik M flr^ Assistant District Officer succeeding Raja Zalnal Abldln wno Is going to Britain for a Devonshire I eouiw
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    '$3,600 PUT IN MY POCKET— DETECTIVE
    223 4 DETECTIVE Staff Sergeant Wong Ah Kai. of the commercial crime sub-branch of the C.1.D., yesterday told a Singapore court that, while he was seizing 24 bottles of brandy suspected to be adulterated, in a Smith Street shop on July 13. the proprietor shoved $3,600
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    A FIRM GOVT.— COUNCIL REPLIES
    324 4 A FIRM GOVT.— COUNCIL REPLIES SURELY a government should strive to look respectable before It seeks to be firm, said a Council of Action spokesman in Singapore last night. The spokesman was renlyins to "Pro Firm Govt." and "Pro Firm Qovt. II" whose letters appeared In the Straits Times on
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    New home for Land Office
    130 4 New home for Land Office SINGAPORES Land Office in Empress Place will move to the Fullerton Building by the end of this year. With it will ro the photographs of 200.000 deeds refci*lerad during the past 30 vf-ar.s The Commissioner for Lands. Mr. J E. Pepper, said yeaterday that the
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    'CO-OPERATE WITH CHINESE SCHOLLS'
    186 4 'CO-OPERATE WITH CHINESE SCHOLLS' rTtHE Singapore Governments JL education problems could largely be solved by closer cooperation with the Chinese schools. Mr. Homer Cheng Hui Ming, president of the Singapore Chinese V.M.C.A.. told the StraAts Times yesterday. Mr. Cheng was commenting on a question in the Education Department's annual report
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    MAN FOUND DEAD ON CITY ROAD
    55 5 I Mnhamed. 36. a carpet maker was found dead on Tanjong KatonK Road, Slnga- rday. Traffic police tound him lying in the middle of the road with head injuries. People who m.iy have information .should tell Inspector V K Chong at the Traffic i
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    Party forms study groups
    46 5 The Sinnapore Progn formed UN .sub-com-'nittrrs at a meeting last uight The first will deal with labour trade union study. The other will consider the Party's draft bill on working hours for shop assestants to be introduced in the Legislative i Council
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    OLD MALAY FORT FOUND
    268 5 Evidence of Chinese trading before 16 th century VU II AT is believed to be the first discovery of a stone fort built by Malays has been excavated at Kampong Johore Lama, a Malay village about 15 miles from Singapore on the right bank of the
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    TEMPLER ORDERS HG MOVE
    117 5 TEMPLER ORDERS HG MOVE PENANO. Fri. ryilF. headquarters of the Int General of Home Guards. Fecit ration of Malaya. will move to Bluff Road, Kuala v at the end of this L L Brighton, Staff Offl>i r (Admin) said today that the removal had been ordered neral Templer. It is
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    Transferred
    18 5 KOTA TINOGI, Fri Inche J.ifTar bin Mohammed, headmaster of the Malay Schol here is transferred to Penng.
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    MILES GETS A BIG SEND-OFF FROM PALS OF ALL RACES
    205 5 KIALA Ll'MPl R. Fridas MILES 'lempler. the hoy who wants to he a soldier like his father. General Sir Gerald Templer, is leaving the Federation tomorrow. Ho cors to Singapore to hoard the Dutch liner Oranje in which he will
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    McNeice says the answer is asbestos
    227 5 IT is impracticable in Singapore to b.iild fire lanes" to eliminate fire risks in attap kampong.s Mr. T.P.F. •he president of the City Council, told the Straits Times. The .suggestion to provide fire lanes was made at the June meeting of the Legislative Council
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    $252,176 IS OUT ON LOAN
    120 5 $252,176 IS OUT ON LOAN THE committee of the Singapore City C<mncil's Coouerative Thrift and Loan Sohas found it difficult this year to grant loans to clerks. This is stated by the secretary, Mr. M Mohan, in the .-ociety's annual repor: He says: 'In their decisions, the committee had to
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    2 charged with posing as police
    54 5 Yeo Song Heng and Sim Kenp Chuang were charged in the Singapore Sixth Police Court yesterday with impresonatlng police officers to attempt to search a house in Bajerai Lane. They pleaded not guilty. The case was adjourned to August 28 Bail of $1,000 on
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    Had two wrist watches: gaoled
    48 5 Ali bin Ahda'j was sentenced to six months gaol yesterday by a Singapore magistrate for fraudulent possession of two wrist watches He was stated to have seven previous convictions. The magistrate ordered Ali to undergo six months police MiDervLsibn on release from prison.
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    Woman robbed
    37 5 Four Chinese broke into a house in East Coast Road. Singapore yesterday and robbed a woman of $300 worth of ieweller:/. A CltD. spokesman said that one of the men was armed with a pistol.
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    Council move on schools
    64 5 Mr. John Laycock will Introduce a motion at the next I I meeting of the Singapore Legislative Council urging a I 1 speed up of the education proi gramme in 1954 The Progressive Party last I risht unanimously supported I this motion. The motion also asks
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    | Indians told to use RIDA
    66 5 Indians told to use RIDA KUALA LUMPUR. Fr i The Rural Indian population I of the Federation is to be encouraged to make more use of Rural and Industrial Develop-' ment Authority aid. Indian leaders today wel- corned the statement by Datu Sir Onn bin Ja'afar. chairman of RIDA, that
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    MORE FOOD CONTROLS IN KEDAH
    76 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Frtd tv Ji n tried,. n s arc to be imposed vi the Kiiliin and Bandar Bahni districts of southern Kedah. It was announced today From Aukum 29. no adult may be In pos- session ii more than llvr kutis of rice No
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    ON PARADE TODAY
    80 5 Lieutenant I'ngku Ahmad bin Abdul Rahman of Johore lialiru. one of the four first Malayans to receive the «Jueen's Commission. He and the others will be prese-nted to the Governor of Singapore, Sir John Nicoll, by the General Officer Commanding Singapore Base District. Major General A. G.
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    TEACHERS WILL WATCH HEALTH
    104 5 Learn to spot sick pupils IPOH, Friday. TEACHERS in English and vernacular schools in A Perak are to be trained to spot signs of approachin? ill-health among their pupils so that they can be given prompt medical attention. A series of lectures and de- I monstrations
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    HE'LL LIVE UP IN THE SKIES
    100 5 I HIS BLOCK of six rooms is four storeys above the road atop the roof of tli«- Singapore City Hall. The spire of St. Andrew's Cathedral is seen in the backeround. The rooms cost ,S.':{.ooo to Imild and are for the Council's office keepers
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    2 PORT UNIONS PLAN ACTION
    152 5 2 PORT UNIONS PLAN ACTION THE Singapore Harbour Board Staff Association and the ooard's Labour Union, representing the office and industrial workers, plan "joint action" to get the board to accept their demands for increased wages and better working conditions. The staff association secretary. Mr. P. C. Filial, said that
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    Built houses, no plans: $500
    50 5 Neo Kuan, of Jalan Eunos Singapore, was fined $500 in ithe City Police Court yesterday for erecting a block of four plank shop houses without submitting plans to the authorities. Mr. J. M. Devereux-Cole-bourn. the magistrate, oroered the houses to be demolished by Sept. 25.
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    Court warns photographer: Pay up or go to gaol
    338 5 Court warns photographer: Pay up or go to gaol DETER Robinson a photogra--1 pher>failed to maintain his 17-year-old daughter living in I England ror almost three-and- a-half -years. Mr. Tan Ah Tah. i Singapore Criminal District j Judge was. told yesterday Robinson appeared on a j summons to show cause
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    ROBBERS ACTIVE
    72 5 Two Chinese women were I held up by two Chinese men lin Lincoln Road, Singapore, and robbed of their gold rhains worth $500 on Hari Raya Haji. m In Teo Honf Road. off New Bridge Read, a Malay girl celebrating Harl Raya was robbed of a gold chain
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    Village theft
    34 5 IPOH. Fri— Thieves broko iito the home of a 70-year-old .squatter. Mok Thun Mooi at Die Lahat new village early yf.storday. stole a ring, a pair of earrings and 15 rgg.s to
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    He had no licence to mill rice—fined $300
    106 5 He had no licence to mill rice— fined $300 PARIT BUNTAR, Fri. I Khor Choon Seah, of Parit Buntar Pial. Kuala Kurau, was fined $300 here for illegally operating a ric c mill. Police Constable Matsum bin Sldek told Inche Sallon bin Eskhardt in the Bagan Serai Court that on
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    51 6 A KIKDBROARTBN SCHOOL IIUHHIi r on W Rrptemher fjnnd For ne «2270 ur s iheacpk flvlnir Room" at the 27th 2«ih. tftk 9 p ci. Bookii, I lintr THF.ATRF Pt.AYBRS orldnal thrtllrr "The Rn.H 20th Aiikm<» es Theatrr. Aver Rajah it i in for A:m«i BarrleM •lon Bookin-7* in*
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    35 6 F'FH (MAI KfXil and k all «hn attendi i at the funeral a nee Madame \far\ Trng Bin Nee i al the Rt Mlchael't h Inoh In the ,>\enlnß of the l«th Auc U
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      Brighter News From L.S.
      739 6 Brighter News From L.S. Two American decisions on rubber and tin announced yrvterday will bo warmly welcomed in Malaya. The first, and in the circumstances the most important, is American ncreemc nt t.> the reconvening of the Geneva tin conference. The StMte Department's letter to the Tin Study Group does
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      Singapore Finance
      282 6 While the Colony's finances wear a more attractive appearance than the Federation's, optimism ought now and again t.> be tempered by a reference to growing expenditure. At this week's meeting of the Legislative Council a number of small new votes wero reported by the Finance Committee, a total
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      Moroccan Dangers
      202 6 Th» French seem to plunge themselves in trouble whatever they do. But the Islamic world ought to have a better grasp of Moroccan affairs than other critics of France who are iering taking the case of the deposed Sultan to the United Nations. Last week Sultan Mohammed V
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    As I was Saying
    989 6  -  CYNICUS mSm THE naval test of Singapore's seaward defences, unlike the air exercises of two weeks af?o, was all-British, and there is lacking this time the independent American account which made the air "battle" so enjoyable. Both .sides claim equal success reported <he StafT CM Operations,
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    FIFTY YEARS AGO
    118 6 From the Straits Times of August 22. 1903. "THE general garrison manoeuvres commenced on Thursday morning and by j yesterday afternoon Singapore \va.s practically in a .state of On the first niitht the enemy's fleet marie an attack on (he cct.il .shed.s at Tanjong Paear. but the
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    A MALAYSIAN NOTEBOOK
    736 6 A MALAYSIAN NOTEBOOK OFF DUTY J HAVE just been reading an extract from Lady B ley's book, "A Voyage in (he Sunbeam" quoted in the annual report of the Colony Marine Department It does not exactly show her ladyship as a very observant traveller. But the reference to Singapore Ls
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    MENTRIS STEAL MARCH ON BIG TWO'
    116 7 MENTRIS STEAL MARCH ON BIG TWO' KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. T"HE NATIONAL conven- j »n sponsored by Federation Mentris Bewill publish its constitutional blueprint on Sunday, a spokesman of the convention's worktag party said today. only 1 the rival mwta at •to the w )rkins the ilan will con<>f unexpected Complete
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    War play in Singapore
    33 7 A Dr K Indian who n a (goodwill mi tn China during the civil war riran: :ht by the pap" ::;llhi. The perform, i li ,n the miriionre ol
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    Owner fined
    21 7 PORT DICKSON. Fr: im. who pleaded guilty In* his private car for ■:<.' pa.vsenccr.s on hire or 5 finer! $50
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    Divorce decree made absolute
    31 7 A decree nisi granted to Mrs. Mary Wlk! dissolving her marriace with Mr. Ronald Stanley Wild last February '.va.v made absolute yesterday n the Pincapore High Court.
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    Wounded terrorists lay six months in a dugout
    336 7 POLICE FLUSHED OUT UNDERGROUND REDS KI'ALA UMPIR, Friday. i M\N who said he had lain wounded in an under- ground hideout for six months admitted in the suprrmf Court here today that he was a terrorist. i Ah Hoi. with five others,
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    SOLDIER AND HIS GODDESS
    49 7 i ORPOK \L Alan Picklord, if the Koyal Arm* P. i\ Corps. \«-e Soon. Sineaporr. is seen leaving tin Singapore ReKistr\ oilh. \rstrrdav after marrying Miss Ho Lei Nhinnu ((ioddess of thr Moon*. The bride was formerly danre hostess in HniiE Runt. Straits Tunes picture.
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    VILLAGE GETS BETTER BUS SERVICE
    79 7 VILLAGE GETS BETTER BUS SERVICE People of Yio Chu Kang village. Singapore, will soon I better bus service Thi> ta the result ot petition they Nent to the Registrar of Vehicles about Uo months :mo. complaining that they had to wait long hours for public transport. The Acting Registrar of
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    Caught twice in month: gaoled
    55 7 Ng Sim Vat. who was already under a $5(1 bond for unoklng opium, was caught within a month smoking at ame place. Inspector A. D. Jacobs told a Singapore court yesterday. Ng was gaoled for two i and ordered to pay $50 or another two
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    THE PORT DICKSON EXPRESS
    122 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. U"N('OURAGING public sup•Erf port i.s expected when the Port Diekson express" makes it-; first run thus Sunday. We hav> had countless Inquiries .since the express was announced last week," a railway official told the Straits Time.s Tickets will b. on sale at i
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    DYNAMITE EXPLODED IN BOAT: ONE DIED
    200 7 A DINGHY carrying dynamite exploded j off Pulo Bukom with j four men aboard. One I of them. Teo Am Pay, 53, received fatal injuries. Thus was stated in the SniI papore Assistant Coroners I Court yesterday at the in- i quest on Teo
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    C.I.D. men's trial date fixed
    77 7 The trial of three Singapore C.I.D. officers in the Second Criminal District Court on a joint charge of causing hurt to Lim Siong Choon. 20. will be resumed on Aug. 27. Tin- oAcera Mohamed Jai bin Kassim. Abu Talib bin Mohamed and Hussein bin Ibrahim
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    New Advocate for Singapore
    32 7 Mr. Hubert Gray HanburySparrow yesterday was admitted to the Singapore Bar by the Chief Justice, Sir Charles Murray-Aynsley. Mr. J. c. Cobbett appeared in support of the application.
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    Boys' clubs appeal for cash, helpers
    157 7 Boys' clubs appeal for cash, helpers T-IE Federation of Boys' Clubs. Singapore, is appealing for funds and voluntary helpers to expand its activities The Federation, with a membership of over 3.000, alms to establish a club in every district In the Colony. At present there are ten 1 boy.s' club*
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    Queen's Scholar returns
    44 7 Mr. Aminuddin Baki. Malayan Queens Scholar for 1951. returned to Singapore by Qantajs-BOAC yesterday after a year's post-graduate course en education at London University. He was accompanied by hi.s wife and daughter Azlaui who was born in London three months an"
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    THE MAN WHO TAUGHT IKE TO FLY IS HERE
    184 7 THE MAN WHO TAUGHT IKE TO FLY IS HERE A FORMER Filipino fighter i\ pilot who taught Preslden* Eisenhower to fly is in Singapore T. A. Villamor is bet* on survey of Far I civil aviation ■errk Be t.mttht the President t i fly when he was stationed .n the
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    LINK TO BANGKOK, SYDNEY
    95 7 LINK TO BANGKOK, SYDNEY A RADIO teletype circuit ■<■"» will be opened between Singapore. Bangkok, and Sydney on November 1, the Colony's Director of Telecommunications, Mr. J. C. Dallow, Mid yesterday. Mr. Dallow was addressing 22 civil aviation experts from South-East Asia and the Pacific at the closing session ol
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    They blame the Asians
    62 7 SEREMBAN. Fri Nc^ri Setnbilan division o! the Malayan Trade Union Council today charged that Asian employers were opposing elementary labour regulations which had the support of European employers. The Council said that when large properties changed hands recently from expatriates to Asians, senior workers were replaced
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    STUDENT. 17. IS ORDAINED MONK
    417 7 QBVBNTBBN YEAR- OLD Tan Sa Wat. a Singapore student, achieved his ambition yesterday whni he was ordainrd g monk at the Siamese Buddhist Temple in Silat Koid Tan, shavrn-iteaded and >ellow-robrd, told the Straits Times after the twn-hour ceremony: "I just cannot say invthinir now
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    Rubber: The worst is over'
    143 7 Rubber: The worst is over' ONE of New York's b rubber brokers L. W. Dumont and Co considers that "the worse has been of the rubber price' decline. In their August bulletil copy of which arrived in Kuala Lumpur today, L.W. Dumont and Co. says: "There is every prospect of
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    Speed limit
    29 7 Vehicle* travelling through Bukit Panjang village, Sincapore. between the 9 1 md the im 2 milestones, .should not exceed 20 miles an hour, it was cazetted vrsterday.
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      123 7 iJW W* HIDE OF WITZtttAND SUPER-UJPTERPROOF PUTOITinTIC Ifi.OdO aircrew* of tlir K.\.K. and the XC.At rw>. inrcessfully tented the Omrta Srjin.ister. Further, Mlence confirms the facts: After a 7? hour* ilar in a 120° F. oven followed by a sudden immersion In an ice-cold hath, the Seamaster's accuracy remains as
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      125 7 The Weather Minimum trmprraturr (7.30 p.m. on Aug. 20 to 7.30 am. on Aug. 21 Singapore <77 degrees), Penantj <75>. Kota Bahru 7:i Kuala Lumpur < TT* ipoi. »7;{». Kuantaa '72». M iximilin tiniixi.iturr (7JO .i in to 7.30 pm. on Aug. 21 1 Singapore 1 89 > Penan* 89
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    5 union men accuse Mr. Raj
    320 8 5 union men accuse Mr. Raj FTVE leading trade unio-; r nlsts in Singapore—! whose unions represent more than 20.000 workers yesterday declared that Mr. C. R. Dasaratha Raj, Labour Legislative Councillor, had broken faith with them by a "low-down, double-dealing piece of political dishonesty." They were referring to the
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    Squatters make way for seaside resort
    122 8 T-IE re-settlement of 597 Chanel squatters a problem which has held up the development of 20 acres of Changi orach into a $1 million seaside resort may bo carried out soon. Iho Commissioner for Lands, Mr. J. E. Pepper, said yostcrdav that the squatters
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    Four fires in 4 hours
    85 8 Six fire engines answered lour calls in four hours, in Singapore yesterday. Shortly after ten o'clock, a I lallang fire broke out in East Coast Road. Ten minutes later, two engines were called to deal with another lallang outbreak in the Bukit Pasoh area. At
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    Wells to speak on Free China
    31 8 Mr. Carveth Wells. «xplorer. author and lecturer, will speak on Free China at the Tiong Hin Club in Cecil Street, Singapore. at 4 p.m. today.
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    New secretary
    31 8 JOHORE BAHRU, Frl— i Inche Mohd Said bin Tahlr of the Johore Establishment Office. Johore Bahru, has been transferred to Muar jus Secretary of the Muar Town Coun- ell.
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    R.A.F. MEN WILL SET UP MODERN JET BASE ON COCOS ISLANDS
    141 8 AIRMEN from RAF. stations In Singapore, will help to transform the Cocos Islands into a modern. Jet bomber base for the. October air race from London, to Christchurch, New Zealand. Fifty ground-crewmen from Bomber Group will set up a
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    30 PLOTS OF BUILDING LAND FOR SALE —AND IT'S CHEAP
    197 8 rtO you want to rent land cheaply in Singapnrr to build a small house for yourself? The Commis- sioner for Lands, Mr. J. E. Pepper, has 30 plots to lot immediately. The plots are at Kirn Chuan Avenue, in the
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    Gurkhas back from London
    144 8 SCiT. Major Mai Tulbahadrar. above, holder of the Victoria Cross, was one of the Gurkha contingent of 1? officers and 62 other ranks who returned to Singapore \rMrnlav from the Coronation rHrlirations in London. As the troopship Bunrra moved into d.ock. the Gurkha pipe hand. seen
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    Co-op starts big move to build houses
    129 8 A SINGAPORE Urban Co- operative Union sub-com-mittee meets on Thursday to '.ike the first step towards the formation of a society to build houses for sale to members. It will draft by-laws for a co-operative investment and development society, then the union will
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    Survey team wants list
    75 8 The Sincapnre diagnostic urvev team has asked rural district committees to give it a schools, post offices. markets and kampongs oil the main roads. This will enable the team t 1 identify them when it visits uremi \n rural land use survey. Mr D. H. Komlosy.
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    RUBBER REPORT Prices go up slowly; tone good
    170 8 RUBBER REPORT Prices go up slowly; tone good qiHERE has been a gradual X improvement in rubber I oricc.s this week Trade and factory interest has continu led and. al'hough buyers are Mill very cautious, the undertone is good, says Lewis and Peat's report. There Ls som< talk of another
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    SINGAPORE DANCING CONTEST
    89 8 Entries for the Singapore Dance Association's annual professional and amateur championship to be held on (Sept. 26 at Raffles Hotel. dOM on Sept. 15. Mr. Dan Judah and Miss Joan Curtlss. professional dancers who arrived from Kuala Lumpur yesterday, after :i Malayan tour, are giving demonstration dances
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    DESTROYERS ARRIVE FROM KOREA
    58 8 DESTROYERS ARRIVE FROM KOREA Four United States warships from NO 241 Destroyer Division anchored in Singapore's Man-of-War anchorage yesterday afternoon. They will .stay for mo days. The destroyers Erwln, Pod- < ger. Preston and Picking are v' under the command of Captain H Farrow. They have come from Kore? i
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    S'pore Assizes
    21 8 The next Singapore Assizes 3 will be held In the Supreme Court at 10.30 a.m. on Sept. 1. 3
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    CITY DAY ACTS PICKED
    97 8 CITY DAY ACTS PICKED THE programme for the Singapore City Day show on September 21-23 will be decided on at a meeting on Monday. An audition of the acts chosen will be held later. In the selection of acts, preference will be given to loral young amateur artistes. The City
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    RESETTLED PEOPLE LOSE LAND
    136 8 rN people, resettled at Bedok. early this year, under a Singapore Government •nod production .scheme, have lost their land. The Government has taken back the land and Riven it to i othrr people. The reason, according to the I Commissioner lor Lands, I Mr. J E.
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      491 9 Factory owners 'know theii business' SYXTHETMr r. \ATiRAL VO U R correspondent Young Planter, was rather vajjup In some of his statements and wrong conclusions may he Jnwn from thrin There are .several kinds of synthetic rubber, some superior for certain purposes others equal to hevea rubber and a few
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      292 9 AS a Singaporean, I r< that thr Straits Times does not hrsitatp to speak the truth without fear of Councillors and other .such met. rat of authority I refer ir editorial. Prp. To quote your editorial: A chrck of 4.000 names in .^elected localities revealed
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      Danger on the bus
      107 9 SOMETHING must tv done to chock Chlnesr buses running along Tiong Bahni I Apart from home rude many conductors eive th" signal for thr bus I" move on without 12 surr that all the pa--Kncr.< h»ve boarded or aliKhtnumber nntiod 'hat nn thr n1 moving r"
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      81 9 SPBCIAI iticii Comi for school children only, are provM However, thr No 10 routf (Tanjong Pagar to Thompson Pnar' I has apparently been overlooked As I am a regular bus user. I frequently witness school children trying to eet Into the buses tha' arp already parked ti>
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      'Enough for a school'
      98 9 I READ with interest that IDOO children may have to leave school and that the Khoo Kongs: had asked clansmen for money to re-npen the Sin Kang 4 to an article apneanni; on May 2. the assets of the Khon Kongsi totalled ">0 and the cost
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      92 9 A: ICANTS for driving licence* have to prove themselves proficient in three sectioi Mg. road manual traflk signals. Failure in any of the three diaquallflea the candidates, themselves in one month's time. When they do. they will be iiniiiec' all over agan. in all three sections surely
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      Thugs or police?
      110 9 PEACEFTL and law-abid-ing citizens have recently fallen victims to robbers who pretended to he members of the police Koing round the highways and private dwellings checking identity cards. (Jiiite often these incidents have resulted in heavj losses. The authorities should enlighten the public on its rights through
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      380 9 'Be sensible about civil rights' r AGREE wIUJ "Ardent i ■I npmocrat" when hp says: "Wr in Sinjrapore frrl thai we have v lot to, lrnrn from Wes'f m Democra y But I am at a lass to understand what he means by saying that a lot of emphasis has
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      154 9 Tees but no games' P A RENTS of boys and girls ting (MM Of our schools have rn-cn paying yearly games fee* of ?A tor each pupil. Bi.t there are no games provided for the puplla of this KhooL I eiivlng out some 40 girls, there are some 21)0 boys.
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      THANKS FOR SERVICE
      101 9 rTHE O. C. Palau Tekong Police, who graciously allowed oa to travel by police patrol launch from Palau Tekonc Besar to Singapore last week when Mr wore stranded on the island after curfew. WONG (JF.OK SF.AM and VIM WOH KMG, Singapore. rpo THE nspector and constables who
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      136 9 MUCH comment has recently centred around the i-ntences imposed on the twenty Chinese women du--1 l.ing washers who were given ar'l imprisonment each by the Ipoh Sessions Couit for unlawful possession of tinore. An offender is liable to impiLsonment of not more than five
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      Power was cut
      70 9 I HAVE a deposit of $10 at the Central Electrical Department in Kuala Lipis. to cover the supply of eelclrlcal current at my quarters. By bill for July was $3 90 I which I failed to pay within ,the stipulated time of 7 days. The supply was
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      'No rush to unite'
      153 9 THE Singapore Urban Cooperative Union. Limited, plans to form one big union of all Co-operative Societies in the Colony. Mr. Andrew Ben Pinto, the Union Secretary, is reported to have said that on the advice of Mr. R. C Gates, the Federation's Commissioner for Cooperative Development,
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      230 9 POINTS FROM LETTERS ALTHOUGH nearly one thousand undesirable dogs were destroyed in the anti-rabies campaign in Singapore. I therr- are still too many filthy dogs roaming the residential and rural areas. This menace should be periodically checked -(SLEEPLESS, Singapore.) RESIDENTS of Malacca are now taking advantage of the Malacca Reclamation
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      219 9 I AM surprised to read the alleged views of two officials. Mr. K. Ramanathan Chettiar. AMCC and of Mr K L. Devasar. MIC They should know that in 1951 and earlier, the impending "economic clash" between the two sections of the Indians was foretold
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      THE GRAND PRIX DE BUSES
      223 9 THE GRAND PRIX DE BUSES SOMK of the Changi bus drivers are *till speeding in spite of a complaint made recently in the Straits Times by a "regular pa«.s^ntier" against that dangerooj practice. It seems the complaint had no effect other than brtngIng forth an excuse from a driver and
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      33 9 If Mr Chan Ah Chye. who r#remlv vroU to tht BtralU Ttm«n abnu: lIHIK— for privntely-owned outboard motor boat*, will fonmrrl his rorr< t ;irtrir«w. It will b# p«*wlbl» to answer his query
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      296 9 Si rails Time* Crossword "*~l I I 3 I I 4 I F~~] [ft~"| H I |g i i i mi lit i _s ih 1 ~B'° I "iZEiziziiiiZlz AGB4W a hundred and one 1 Bankers' tales of to-day? 14 >. 8 7. Clospr ih«n the rmt 1 7 >
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    INVESTORS WAIT AND SEE' ON THE SHARE MARKET
    449 10 INVESTORS WAIT AND SEE' ON THE SHARE MARKET Kampar 34/: Kuchai $2.02): Kundang 24/-: Lower Pera.; 11/6; Petallng $3.fio. $3.55. $3.50. $345.53.50. RarKau $2.27 J. $2 25. $2 20; Thabawleik 37/-. Riverview 3 The Association made the following changes in quotations at its 3.30 p.m. meeting yestprrtnv THKRK was a
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    Singapore shipping
    206 10 Ships lying alongside the Slnga- i pore Harbour Board wharves or expected today are: re Halladale 1 2. Astyanax 45. Panekor C.P Chyebnaam 87. Kteldrecht 89. Modjokerlo 11. Star Alcyone 13 14. Drente IR. Sambnn 19. Sedenak N Wall 6. Rengam N Wall 8. Darvel 21 22. Tilwangt
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    WALL STREET
    73 10 NEW YORK. Fri With the volume adherine the pattern of oxnanding nn declines and tanerinp nn rallies the feelinz nn the Stock Market yrstordav wns that any nearby rebound would not proceed far beforo encountering renewed liquidation. TVnv Jones «verßce* on Wednesday nnd Thursday were Wed Thurs. M
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    TIN PRICE
    18 10 Thr price of tin In Sincapnro vrvterrlav was declared at PN.TI a nicul. down SS» R
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    RUBBER PRICES
    141 10 Singapore rubber market I opened yesterday with a fair demand for off grades but when these rrders were filled the market eased. September first grade which was done at up to 66' 4 cents I a pound, closed at 6S 5 8 cents which was one-eighth of a
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    Australian stocks
    140 10 MELBOURNE. Fri. rE upward trend of «hare prices wai fully maintain- 1 ed on the Stock Exchange today. 3ale,s covered a wide range of investment issues. Price rises easily outnumbered falls. Closing prlrm or selected stock* lodny compared with Thursday v err 1955-59 £93 IB 9 ,oan3\', 1955-59
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    Produce prices
    124 10 Sin^aporf Chinese Produrr Fxrhange: Noon prices pfr pirul wrre:— Copra: Easier; August $32* 2 buyers, $33 sellers; September $32' 2 buyers. $33 sellers. Coconut oil: Quiet; $54 sellers. Pepper: Quiet, small business passing: Black up $10: Muntok white $325. Sarawak $320. Lampong black $285 I.rwis and Peat: Closing
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    SINGAPORE SHOULD WIN FOR FOURTH YEAR
    588 11 27th Malaya Cup final today By SENTINEL MALAYA (up Final Day ...and this year .Mala ya n soccer's greatest event has gripped the imagination of fans more than ever before. Can Singapore win for thp fourth year in succession, a feat never yet performed?
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    HOW THEY nor mi hi
    48 11 HOW THEY nor mi hi THIS \vv< THF. PATH TO TKr FINAL: PENANG brat Pahanc 1-1; brat omhinr-rl Servirrs (Forlrralioin 4-1. brat Kedah .".-1: m .o. Srlancor: rlrow n-f) with Perak: h«at Kelantan I-"" SINGAPORE beat .lohorp '!-(>: beat Malacca 7-1: heat Nerri Semhilan heat Combined Ser\ irrs 1-0.
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    New talent for Perak rugby
    412 11 IPOH. Fri. II'ITH much of last .season's talent still available and the addition of .some outstanding newcomer* from Singapore. Solansor and Malacca. Prrak.s hopes are hieh for another H M S. Malaya rueeer final f-ar. The State baa v of Sinjjapore.s H. Handcock. and Selaneo:
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    Horses doped says A.J.C.
    138 11 SYDNEY. Frl. 'T'HK Auatrattail Jockey Club today dismlsseo an appeal by the owners of Tarlen. the favourite .\hl( li won ;he 15.078 Dc: np last April hiul «v disqualified because the siewari loped. It :i!m> dl^inl.' sed an a|>pe:tl against the .stewards' disqualification hi Crania, nn
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    Labis Police win 3-2
    19 11 kAMAT, PH. I-abl* Police lj»Mt MM I ..iljk Fstnte 3-2 In a le;iuue fixture yesterday.
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    THE OFFICIALS
    28 11 Referee for today's final is Capt. H. F. Stoeker, of Singa- pore. Linesmen are M. Muthucumaru tNcriri SembUan\ and Warrant Officer G. W. K Watts iSelangor*.
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    THE FINALS TO DATE
    147 11 I. I IX list of Malay* tup final l>-Ml|N j,, 1921 Singapore bral Srlanfor J-l IttJ Srlancor bral Singapore 3-2 ltd >iii«a|>orr bc-at Prrak 2-1 l'l.'l Siiicjpnir bral SH.tn(or 1-0 IS!."i Singapurr brat Srlatifor 2-1 I.". Pri.ik v,|. lllgor |.0 Iftl SrUiifor bral Singapore 8-1 IS!K
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    Aussie Nos. 1 lose in U.S.
    106 11 BROOKLINE. Mass.. Frl tIsiRALIANS Ken Rosrwal! and Lewx Hoad. Wimbledon champions, were beaten by an Americ.tn pair. Straight Clark and H Burrows, by 5-7 14-12. 18-16. 9-7 ywtirday in the quarter-finals of the Amcriciin Lawn Tennis double cuaniplon.ship. In .iiiu;her qiiiirter-flnal ina'ch lOardntr MuUoy
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    World title fight for Peter Keenan
    69 11 SYDNEY. Fri— Peter Keenan. the British champion, and Jimmy Carruthers are to meet here for the latter's world bantamweight championship on Nov. 13. The announcement of the fight says that though Kccnan is regarded as No. 3 contender, it had not been possible to
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    BAILEY CAPTAIN
    33 11 LONDON. Fri —England Test player Trevor Bailey has been chosen to captain the M.C.C agaiast Yorkshire on Sept. 2 and Ihe Gentleman against the Australians at a later date -A P.
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    FERGUSON IS HONOURED
    47 11 FERGUSON IS HONOURED 'PHI lnd»iir>lan Kuotba.il Av<>riation. which la l« j>l*t a YuK«Mla\ tour i iik tram In JakarU on Sept. h»« asfcrd Ihe Slnfaporr A.I- A. L.i pruvide tirM claw rrfrrrr to cunlrol thr nuiU-h. I _«-l nulil S I dr. idrd to rnummnid John KrrßUioii.
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    New world swimming records
    290 11 NIMK.IKN. i Holland i. M. 'T'WrNIY-SIX unrld sulmmliiK records acromplnhed stme last iVceinber. have been nfllrlallv reincnUed by the Executive Committee of 'he International Swlmminc Association at a meeting here. The new records are: 100 \.irris backstroke 5« lsec by Statesi at Columbuv Apr 1 1953.
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    Terry Allen in training
    122 11 LONDON. Frl. rRRY ALLEN. British flyweight champion, is already in training for his world championship contest with Yoshio Shirai in Tokyo in October. The contract calls for Allen to be in Tokyo three wrrks before the contest, the date nf which has not been definitely settled,
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    U.K. soccer
    66 11 LONDON, Fri. Ye«ierda\s C.K. soccer re.sults were: -t o\|> DIVISION Fulham 4 Bristol Rovers 4 Roiherham 1 Blackburn R. 4 THIRD DIVISION (Si Colchester 3 Torquay Utd 1 Crystal Palace 2 Northampton 2 Newport 4 Reading 1 GLASGOW (IT Queens Park 0 Celtic 1 I I.STfR IP Ballvmena
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    IT'S SHOW SHOW FOR THE TOP MILE
    263 12  -  EPSOM JEEP By Watch Limpopo who has class s^flOW SHOW has lost no marks because of his two defeats at Hukit Timah in July and I am confident this useful four-year-old will do splendidly in the (lass '.I, Div. 1, Mile handicap (Rare
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    Mata Hari II better since Penang wins
    108 12 iiie and Improving Hari II won both hr r in Prnane In a trot" and iirr timr of 1 mm. 7 4 5 for thr vas a splendid perform- rl'inre She has definitely stepped up on her Penang from and l! op her
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    Always has big chance in sprint
    585 12 II'ITH Na/akat and Palio withdrawn. Always has a wonderful chance in tho Class 3. Div. 1. 6 F sprint (Race Six). This speedy three-year-old prey has hit his rip.ht form and a bright future can be predicted for him. A- onth hr our up
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    Today's race card
    1372 12 Kace 1—2.15: Class 4, Div. 4— 5J Furs. 1 02S I)ina r Ward $M Bcimont Stable Spenrer 2 576 (lolden Sands Woods 813 Ttga Lima Kon^-si Ko\ 3 Diplomat II Hudson 8.12 Mrs Pesuy Wee Heddle 4 Young Alec Straker 8.11 Dr. U M Thom]\snn ynj 5
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    206 12 I WOW "I ll' i I 41 Ml IN I roi\ IKK Rare L DINAR 2.15. (.oldtn Sanda Large Srolrh Race 2 DKNI I 2.15. \lnniii lIT Dim/rlla Race 3. Kll'll l\(, HIM K 3.15. Kim\ Pet Temiijin I \K«.I M <il( II Dinar (.cildm S.uiK LARGE
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    KeeFong helpless agains Ong Poh Lim's dazzling form
    270 12 KeeFong helpless agains Ong Poh Lim's dazzling form KUALA ll Ml 1 K. Frklmj TIIK Singapore champion and Thomas (up star f)ng Poh Lim today handed l.im Kee Ponff, "'"r of Selangor's leading players, his worst beating In a national championships when they met in the Malayan badminton campioships (his
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    j Leicester top -County table
    228 12 LONDON. Fri. Leicestershire became leaders in the county cricket table today when they beat Essex by two wickets at Leicester. They took over the teadei ship from Middlesex who were beaten by an innings ami 82 runs by Gloucestershire at Lords today. Middlesex had to
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    PERAK PLAYERS ARRIVED LATE
    77 12 Xl VIA 1.1 MIM R I li. rpoi i~ \mi i it. < iiK or ihc Mai.-- in lia<lminloii (h.ini pionsiups had headache UUx miniiiii; becvHe al Ike a— anlial of TMi.il Perafc alßjrera, ateae <•' whom »(n- si liidiiltil in pla\ dining the iiK.inini; aiaalaa.
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    SRC beaten 5-2 in last league game
    209 12 SRC beaten 5-2 in last league game CINOAPORE Recreation I playing their last safa first division uamr of the .Mm, went down b-2 to Pul.iu United at Jalan) 1^ iay. Xi c ktarted kas|jraaalval] ■ii then Pulau BranJ cam. p ominence, with de siur c man\ dan though badly hai
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    TENNIS TIES FOR TODAY
    74 12 ion TftinLChimpionsnip ties for today a:..1 tomorrow are Today: Hajj Ibrahim v Bhabarln Osaaan; H. m Mahfui iiir^iu^ Ka.s.Mm. Boatan v Hamid BUal; A. Su.tak v A. Rahniun; Taman S A Diiwood. l..m,irrow: ll.aiid Bilal V 11 Hamid. Abu Nairn Said Bulalman: Abdulh-ii Aliiiuid v Bbahaiin
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    BASKETBALL
    75 12 \1: 1. 1 n Biak Keu, president ol the Chinese Chamber o; Com:; .Sinsaiiore. will open the Malayan ite basketball competition a! the Hppy World stadium tonight. 'I he -imes are in aid ol the N.mrang i i niti. Twent-one teams limn the 1«-<1--eratlon, Singapore, North Borneo and Sarawak
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    OVERSEAS BOYS WIN BY 6 WKTS.
    42 12 OveiMMs Bchoolboyg Ijeat Army School by six v.ickets at the RKMK iroond on Tbundajr. Beores: Army School 4fi >E Carr\ 11; Miller 3-!t. Stead 3-2 1. Overseas Schoolboys: 47 for 4 < Johnstone n.o. 14; .Sa\er.s 2-151.
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    SINGAPORE TIDES
    34 12 TODAY High, 1002 <7 4i and M3l 8 7> Low. 0257 (2.5) and 1445 I TOMORROW: HiKh I OSS 'ft 0 > and 2129 .93); Low. 0349 <1 8 > and !.">4-< f 5.2».
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    THE RESULTS
    394 12 Mm n -ni^li s til -I iuiiiml I'dll Lllll bL LIU 10-O, la-o; Lee Kit iPk); A. Plrut bi Tan Lai C'nouiiK (.Nbj 16-1, 15-1. M. Saduli (S pi i Cbooi VOIIK i Joh, 15-9. 15-7. Mm's doulilis <''>( miiiiil Inn Kaa 1-'i>ilk 'i»'i imi Koon JTau bi
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      42 12 SHUTTLECOCKS me hint: EXCLUSIVELY USED in THE MALAYAN BADMINTON CHAMPIONSHIPS 1953 Also adopted In the following St for all Championship 'inmos. Singapore Perak, PcnanK Mid Maktrca AVAILABLE AT ALL LEADING SPORTS STORES. REINFORCED SHUTTLECOCKS LIMITED 2 BOW LANE LONDON E C. 4
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      149 12 TODAY Mill XX BAPA UCACiI E. IHV. I: Police v WMM Aihlrlicv "A" at Jalan Br-*r; Kola Kala "A" I lI. M Uwkvard al (;evlaiiß. ltl( XXI MCNIOa lOIKN \Mf V I •ami: s< u( r<>i!cr at s< pi dane: I rirndlv tMjCA I si Joseph's liim M niCA rronnd;
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