The Straits Times, 7 May 1954

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    13 1 COMPLIMENTARY The Straits Times Estd. 1X45 SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, MAY 7, 1954 15 CENTS
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    GANG SNATCH $110,000
    90 1 ring daylight swoop in intfaoore ft ESCAPE WITH XfflS AND CASH mii \\ith (pins, held up four na Company, an importn Mi(lii:' I v »:tcl. Singapore, about Ti.'M) $1 00,000 north of watches In' between '2.') and 30, ers were passing the want hie to buy \vatshop
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    PlaMe lands on three engines
    27 1 HI A Pakistan Airlines Con. with 60 passengers le i n unscheduled hen one flight from London. the plane .i: ciampino air-:.-ines.—A.P.
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    THE MILE IN UNDER 4 MINS
    58 1  - THE MILE IN UNDER 4 MINS Bannister by LONDON. Thurs. R(t(. BANNISim of Britain today became Hie tir>.t man in the world to run the mile i» under four minutes. Running at Oxford, he did the distance in ."> mm. .V). 4 sec. Phf prevtoM best was 4 mm. I
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    HENRY'S BONES
    26 1 How( ver. a hospital intrrn qo Injuries. Wat kins was vend lar. bones home to his dng he walked into the side ir A.P
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    Higher pay for pilots
    42 1 LONDON. Thurs. Salary incrrasoG for pilots employed by BEA and BOAC have been awarded by the Industrial court. New basic scales are about ten per cent higher for lowrrranking pilots and eight per cent for senior men. --Reuter.
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    Two to die for having ammo
    51 1 KOTA BHARU. Thurs.— Two men were sentenced 'to death today for illegally having 25 rounds of ammunition. Ismail bin A wans. 38. of Kampons? Brick. Kot:i Bhani. and Ahmad bin Senik, 22. of Kampong Bansj^ol chlcha. 1 pleaded guilty before Mr. JusI tice Abdul
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    14 planes hit back at terror gang after Johore ambush
    395 1 WORE THAN 2U toni of t terrorists on Wednesda into action immediately aft i Dombs wore dropped on 30 v when the Air Force went ter a police party had been, ambushed. A police Lieutenant and three i! constables, two
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    Air analysis
    27 1 LONDON Thurs London's air is to be analysed to *ee it fumes from diesel driven vehi- cles may be increasing risks of developing lung cancer.
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    French India
    27 1 NEW DELHI. Thurs Talks will begin b-tw.cn India and France In Paris on May 14 on i th. future "i rreneta UniMm In India. Renter.
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    Phyll (sweet 18) joins Miss Malaya Quest
    158 1 I NOTMtt entrant in the MIh Malaya Quest is Miss Phyll VVestirhout. aced 18. of Singapore Mir height is .> ft. 3 in., weight 104 !!>.. bust 34 in. waist M in. and hips 34 in. Ml Singapore pntrants foe the contest are
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    PRINCE (on honeymoon) GAOLED
    52 1 PRINCE (on honeymoon) GAOLED LEGHORN, i ltaly). Thurs. PRINCE Vittorio Massimo, who last week married British-born film starlet Dawn Addams. was sentenced here today to four months' gaol for insulting a policeman. His lawyer gave notice of appeal. That prevented. at least for the time being. a break in the
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    Citation for Adenauer
    44 1 BONN, Thurs. The West Gnman Chancellor, Dr. AdenKtier, yesterday became the first German to get a citation from the World Brothernood, a croup that combats religious, racial and national prejudice. The citation praises Dr. Adenauer's political courage and Christian faith— A.P.
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    Govt wins by 3
    47 1 LONDON. Thurs. The Government mustered a ma- jority of only thre when a clause in its controversial commercial television bill was pat to the vote in the House of Commons early today. It was the lowest majority for more than a year. -Renter.
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    Gift for India
    21 1 NEW DELHI, Thurs. India yesterday got US$lOO,OOO from America to buy special equipment for a research institute. A.P.
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    Chwee Kok first in his heat
    204 1 Chwee Kok first in his heat From ANG I AM HOCK MANILA. Thurs. ]^EO CHWEE KOK today won his 100-metrr heat by a touch from Japans Teijiro Tanigawa and a Held of five others in 58.7 seconds— his best ever time in a fresh water pool. In the other heat
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    Kidnappers executed
    42 1 MANILA. Thurs— Three men, including one Chinese, died on the electric chair today alter their families failed to win executive clemency for them from President Ramon Magsaysay. They were electrocuted for the kidnap murder of a Chinese businessman in 1950.
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    Marines cheered
    34 1 MELBOURNE, Thurs. One hundred thousand Australians cheered U.S. Marines who led a parade here today to commemorate Japan's defeat against American and Australian ships and planes In the Ccral Sea battle.— Reuter.
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    Quake wipes out village
    47 1 ATHENS. Thurs Fresn earthquakes yesterday wiped out a village in Thcssaly. central Greece, it was reported today No casualties were reported. The tremors, which followed those which killed 25 people in the area last Friday, also severely damaged buildincs in another village Reuter.
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    Party in cave
    38 1 LONDON, Thurs.— Miss Cavina Wakeman held her 13th birthday party in the prehistoric Chistlehurst, Kent, caves 150 feet underground where she was born in 1941 during a German air attack on the London area. Reuter.
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    Roof goes
    29 1 GRAZ, Austria, Thurs. A storm last night overturned tents at the International Trade Fair here, tore off the roof of the railway station and uprooted trees —Reuter.
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    Ceylon to keep China pact
    47 1 COLOMBO, Thurs. The Minister of Commerce. Mr. R G. Senanayake told the House of Representatives last niaht that he will not end Ceylon's agreement with China providing for the export of rubber. The treaty is due to be reviewed this September.— A.P
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    Reds wound two in ambush
    38 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. A policeman and a special constable were wounded yesterday when a police personnel carrier was ambushed by five terrorists armed with Sten cuns and rifles in the Yonc Peng area.
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    IKE LIKES JOHN FOSTER
    72 1 WASHINGTON. Thurs.— Presl- 1 dent Eisenhower yesterday declared his unqualified support for Mr. John Foster Dulles in his handling of Indo-China poliry. Soon after conferring with hLs Secretary of State just back from the Geneva Far East conference, Eisenhower told a press conference Mr Dulles was
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    'POOR' OLD BEGGAR WOMAN HAD $2,800
    139 1 4 N ELDERLY woman beggar was found with $2,800 on her when she was arrested in High Street, Singapore. The cash was concealed in a specially-made cloth belt which 69-year-old Lam Ah Tien strapped round her waist Lam :old the police that she hoarded
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    Treason trial
    40 1 DAMASCUS. Thurs. Expresident Adib Shishakli ol Syria, ousted from power in February this year, is to be tried for staging a coup and violating the constitution, the Minister of Justice, issat Sakkal, announced in parliament last night. Reuter.
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    INDO-CHINA TALKS START TODAY
    242 1 INDO-CHINA TALKS START TODAY Eden anti Molotov make the final arrangements GENEVA. Thursday THE Indo-China peace talks will start tomorrow afternoon in Geneva, authoritative sources hero said. Final arrangements were understood to nave been agreed between Mr. Eden, the British Foreign Secretary, and Mr. Molotov, the Soviet Foreign Minister, wherv
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    CASHIER GETS 4 YEARS
    135 1 CASHIER GETS 4 YEARS LOO WEh WAN. tormer cniet cashier of the Overseas Chinese Banking Corporation, was gaoled for four years In the Singapore Assize Court j yesterday on each of two charges of falsifying bank documents The charges concerned $200.--000 The sentences are to run concurrently. The jury retired
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    Another Red flees
    43 1 OSLO. Thurs.— A soviet citizen who fled oyer the frontier to Norway has been granted political asylum, the police said here today They declined to confirm reports in an ev< ning new>paprr that the man was an intelligence officer. Reuter.
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    4,836 th winner
    19 1 LONDON. Thurs Sir Gordon Richards rode hi.s 4.f36th victory yesterday on his 50th birthday -A P.
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    STOP PRESS
    28 1 OlttNtl I Mis XCCKLASD. Thin Prime MmiMer Hollai ■>jid today .N>u ll<*d diMHMfd po>^il> military deffmr talks >int»t*it with I Slate- triUin PfeMM v <t<->. r
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    Teenage gangsters talk to a padre
    221 2 Teenage gangsters talk to a padre LONDON. Thurs. 4 5f,-YEAR-OLD Mctho- dist Minister met one of London's notorious teenage "Edwardian" cangs in secret here last night as part of his crusade to stamp out their violent gang warfare. The Minister, the Rev. Douglas Griffiths. Prdre of a television youth programme,
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    London brightens up for Queen
    110 2 LONDON. Tues.— Britain ,t r tIghtenins ud its ready to 2-n the Qu^en a Rl mmp. Workmen were out early pr^parin 1 decorations for the streets throuah the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh will drive on a triumphant return from onths world tour. Thr
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    No plans yet for S'pore talks on S-East Asia defence!
    267 2 GENEVA REPORT SETS PUZZLE FOR HOUSE OF COMMONS MINISTER REPLIES TO LABOUR QUESTIONS LONDON, Thursday. THKRE was some confusion in London last nijjhti about the South-east Asia collective defence talks between the "Bip; Three" Western powers, Australia and New Zealand,
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    Army row has lost us face—Ike
    93 2 Army row has lost us face Ike WASHINGTON, Thurs. PKKSIDINT EISENHOWER I said yesterday that the Mi arlhv-Army feud had lost the Initcd States international prestiße and national self-respect. The president told his weekly press conference that he hoped the results of the Senate Suh-committre s instigation of the controversy
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    H-bomb debate
    28 2 LONDON. Thurs.— Church of Fr.elnnri lenders will debate the hydrocrn bombs next week v.wi decide whether or not to call fnr .1 limitation on armaments.- Renter.
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    PARENTS CABLE TO REDS: FREE OUR SON
    171 2 PARENTS CABLE TO REDS: FREE OUR SON NEW YORK. Tues. rnHE PARENTS of Rirhard Applegate. National Broadcasting Co. correspondent, sei/rH more than a year ago I along vvith two other men by the Chinese Reds, said yesterday that they have cabled the Chinese Communist delegation at Geneva asking for his
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    Odile is French but she stars in a British film
    50 2 FKKM H UTKKS* IMHi Versois relaxes in jersey and slacks on board a boat during the filming of her new British picture "The Young Lovers" on location at Xewhaven, Sussex. Odile stars with the American newcomei David Knight. Rruter picture
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    Six study gifts
    30 2 NEW YORK. Thurs. The Institute of International Education announced yesterday that the Italian Government la ofTcring six fellowships to American students for a year's study in Italy.—AP.
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    No agreement, so no arbitration
    245 2 MINISTER REPLIES TO AWBERY LONDON. Thursday. THE strike of .Malay deck hands in Singapore could not he referred to arbitration without the agreement of both parties, said Mr. Henry Hopkinson. Minister of State for the Colonies, in the House of Commons today. 1 Mr. S
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    'Bring back whip' plea
    45 2 LONDON. Thurs. Village postmasters, often the victims of robbers, yesterday a.vked the Government to restore flocginfc a.s a punishment for criminals. The resolution was passed ac.lln.st the advice of the leaders of the conference of the National Federation ot Subpostmasters Reuter.
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    Ike's promise
    36 2 WASHINGTON. Thurs. Pre- Mdcnt Eisenhower yesterday promised that the eases of I US. soldiers charged with collaborating with the Communists in Korea would be Judged on the basis of justice tempered with mercy. U.P.
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    10 years to revive Jap Navy
    82 2 10 years to revive Jap Navy NEW YORK. Thurs. ADMIRAL Chi^aburo Nomura, of Japan, said in News Week magazine today that it would take at least 10 jjpars for the Japanese Navy to be revived He said that Japan would need at least 250.000 to 300.000 tons of destroyers, destroyer
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    Last trip till November
    66 2 The 24.000-ton P. and O. liner Chusan, bicscst passen- ger ship dVi the Europe-Far j East run. leaves today on her last Voyage from Singapore to Britain before starting her 1 i Mediterranean cruises. She will return to the Europe-Far Bast service in November. Nearly 500
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    For whom the boll won't toll
    74 2 LONDON. Thurs The R^v. John S. Tucker, mathcrrwtics master <>f Sir Winston Churchill when he was at Harrow. asked In his will that no blinds be pulled, no bells tolled and no mourning worn at nil funeral. Mr. Tucker, who died in January, aged
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    Trading again
    21 2 YOKOHAMA. Thurs. Fifteen Indian tlrms have reopened ollire.s here and another: live are expected to open by midsummer. UP.
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    Now Juin must watch his tongue
    144 2 PARIS. Thurs. MARSHAL Alphonse Jutn will keep his post of Comman-der-in-Chlef of the Central European sector ot SHAPE, a North Atlantic Treaty Organisatton spokesman announced 1 here last night. The Marshal was dismissed trom iiis national French pests last month for making an unauthorised
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    The 'Florence' Dien Bien ph gets another aw
    91 2 The 'Florence' Dien Bien ph gets another aw HANOI Thurv rjENEVIEVE Dcgalard r. n tn^ Vf raube— thp Flor.-n, >„ h tingale of brsir?rd Dl( Phu— has hern warded tl French Military Cross with Palms. 2u.-( urdinn to Mends in Hanoi today. Nurse GesMvteve*-onl y woman in the fortress Mirn
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    MINISTER TAKE SHA
    201 2 Executive Council fej the various dc m l SPECIAL meeting of Uir A Council will be called Rovernment departments under h tri)||> proposed in the Rendel constitute The date of th, Governor. Sir John N with the Seen ta Oliver Lyttelton. flit The Rendel Comn recommended a
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    Now it happens in Mexico
    39 2 VERACRUZ. Thin —Local newspaoers ttj that a Veracruz boy known family ha< chanced his sex after >ix operations. The boy. now a gl taken the name ol Oimos Romero, it v a ed— AP
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    Protest to U.S.
    25 2 VIENNA. ThU] Prague last night 1 Czechoslovakia had pi to the United Stares at balloons tlia- have cai lions of anti-Commui UP.
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    ROBBERS TIE UP WATCH DOS
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    Their fruit will sell at ANY price
    66 2 \i ok n n t mi ITS on displiv in r>k» m. inn ißipi v Mm v! ran br hi.ucht il XN> PRICK tomorrow. This ofTer. «hiih holdfor three da>v. Il I :I efTort by fruit vendors to htlp the v .mt I
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    Traffic plea
    16 2 LONDON.Thur. I men! wai m consider n and shoppfl Increasing problem hour traffic Ri
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    OERA HOPES BRIGHTEN
    298 3 South makes a concession over elections GENEVA, Thursday. I>KOSPh< TS lor the Korean negotiations here brightened today after South Korea was reported to have agreed in principle to elections throughout Korea under United Nations supervision British Commonwealth sources said today' they understood that the agreement had been
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    Asians will stand no interference'
    149 3 Asians will stand no interference' RANGOON. Thurs T NU. the Prime Minister of Burma, said today that the fnlombo conference of Asian i mns hid shown that the concerned would not interference either om Communist or anti-Cor-n• powers. Hfl toifi a Dress conference he tld little to the final inique
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    Vigilantes fight locust swarms
    31 3 ador. El BahraTwo ureat .-warms m Honduras were the itates of Chalaanrt San Vicente in El Salvador yesterEmernency brigades have •it out to combat the A P.
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    England has sun and showers
    42 3 LONDON. Thurs. Englar.d and Scotland had a typical May day yesterday with sunshine. showers and warmer weather. But experts warned that a belt of rain 4CO miles long and 200 mllea wide was comi-.c from Ireland— Renter
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    Five buried in landslide
    30 3 BOGOTA. Columbia. Thurs. Five people were buried alive. three were reported trussing and six others were in.iured. several seriously, when a landslide crushed four houses. A.P.
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    Gift horses
    24 3 RIO DE JANEIRO. Thurs Two purc-'ored Arabian horses to be presented to the president- of Brazil and Argentina arrived here yesterday.— UP.
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    Banker ieads revolt
    46 3 BUFNO3 AIRES. Thurs. i The Paraguayan President. Benor Federico Chaves. hns been deposed by a military coup, according to unofficial reports reaching here today. The head d *c Paraguayan Bank. Benor Monde* Fleitas. has taken over the presidency. the reports added. Reuter. I
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    War on insects
    33 3 LONDON, Thurs. Chemist"? agriculturists and Insect experts are fighting an invasion of caterpillars at Brighton believed to have been spread by moths flying across tnP English Channel lrom France. Renter.
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    ademy down don's rdians
    45 3 ademy down don's rdians a ol < n i M ,rrn reKoyal thibition hich m h ll,r ild liout llir h.sr '"'!> 1/ VI 1 I ni in ibitrd onlj Iwicr 'said li«n« 'I"''" win me the mchron ,i .in d kinu^ red in nl tin I'
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    Just leave it to Rosie
    46 3 FOIv a really rlot«e look at the blossom in the Zoolociral (iardens in Bristol, (list sit tiifht and let Rosie. the helpful elephant, provide a boueh side seat. Mrs. PecK.v Hill is seen here taking advantage of Rosie's services. Reuter photo
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    Israel betrayed, says premier
    146 3 'as powers seek Arab allies' TEL AVIV, Thursday. MX. MOSHE SHARETT. the Israeli Prime .Minister and Foreign Minister, said yesterday that the Rreat powers were trying to win the friendship of the Arabs at the expense of Israel In an independence aay broadcast, he said: "They
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    Big hunt for 35,000 forged $100 notes
    130 3 LONDON. Thursday. OOLICE here began an intensive search for a cache 1 O f 35.000 for S rd $100 American banknotes last nicht after arresting a man in the West End of London. The man was questioned by fraud squad detectives and thru
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    PAID FOR 2 YEARS IN ERROR
    163 3 PAID FOR 2 YEARS IN ERROR LONDON. Thurs. A ROYAL Air Force officer who was paid by mistake ior more than two years after leaving the service must refund the money, a British court ha. decided. Ex-Fiying Officer Frank Saxon Rivers, a Londoner, was invalided out of the service at
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    Meat king dies
    39 3 LONDON. Thurs. Lord] Vestev. leading director of the c 12.000,000 meat and cold storace concern, Union International, died at his London home on Tuesday nitrht. aped 71. He had been il) for about a week— Rsuter.
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    Home buying easier in Britain
    180 3 Home buying easier in Britain LONDON. Thurs i HOME BUYING in Britain Is to be made ca.sior for the lamily man with a limited Income, ondet a new Govern ment plan. He will have w> put down a much smaller deposit when buying a house through a building society. The
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    Airport the attraction
    45 3 LONDON. Thurs. London Transport Corporation yesterday claimed that London airport was the capital's biggest attraction for sightseers. The corporation will run special long distance non-stop busi s there and to other feature spots in the area at cheap nitps durjnc summer.— Reutcr.
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    'TRADE IS A BETTER REMEDY'
    163 3 PARIS, Thurs. BRITISH Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr Butfcr. vMterdai called on Europe to itß intra-contlnental '..i: Vathor than its gold, [XXaction, to brtdw ft«W between debtors and creditors -Wo want more trade not Lold payn.ent.s.' he tod V, Mlnlst< rli l Council ol the
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    LONDON STOCKS
    317 3 LONDON. Thurs. r i OOU company statements con- tlnued to abound among industrials thr latest being Duniop which showed a sharp rise in the y< jr.. i profits. The full report of Babcocks and I Wilcox particularly the reference to its atomic interests also pleased .hr market. Rubbers
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    LONDON TIN
    27 3 LONDON. M;>\ Cash Buyers £"l\. Sellers M'lH: Forward Bu>»rs V: "J l 2 i- Sellers £W; Settlement BTlt|. Turnover J.m !t0 tons; p.m M tons
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    LONDON RUBBER
    43 3 LONDON M.iv K- Spo 1 18 June 18', d.. July-S*pt. 18 .d Oct Dec 18 -d Jan. -Mar. 18 ,d.. Apr Junr 18 T .a.. May c.i.f. 17 T ..1.. Juno c if 17 7 »d.. July c.:.f. IBd. lor.c Quiet.
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    Not forgotten
    40 3 LINCOLN. Thu.vs.— Relatives of the 55.500 men of Bomber Command who died in Work! War II will attend the unveiling and dedication ol a memorial stau:.-ri ':ias> indOV next Saturday in the Airmen's Chapel of Lincoln Cathedral Reuter
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    New air service
    24 3 STOCKHOLM. Thurs. Scandinavian Airlines will open a new route over tae North Pole from Stockholm to Tokyo on May 24 -Renter
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    'Hello' boxes
    27 4 KLANG. Thurs— The Telecoms Department has rejected the request of the Klang Town Board to instal telephone boxes ior the Malay settlement near Port Swettenham.
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    Collision—S100
    30 4 Collision— S100 N. S Jeremiah, of Wallich Street, was fined $100 in Singapore yesterday for negligent driving and colliding with a car at 71 milestone. Thomson, Road, on Christmas Day.
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    A DISGRACE TO THE QUEEN, SOLDIERS ARE TOLD
    252 4 Three gaoled for robbery K. LUMPUR. Thurs. MR. B. V. RHODES, president of the Sessions Court here, told three British soldiers today that they were a disgrace to the uniform. the army and above all i i to the Queen. 'You are
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    VILLAGE SCHOOLTEACHERS MEET THE TEMPLERS
    44 4 KIGHTY TEACHERS from Chinese schools in N>w Villages in Srlanuor. Tre.inmiu uti Kelantan who are on a 19-day Department of Education course in Kuala Lumpur, \isit ed King's House recently. Picture shows them with Sir Oerald and Lady Templer.
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    Jockey had no L plate (on a car)
    81 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. B. J. FAGGOTTER. an Australian jockey racing in Malaya, today appeared in the First Macistrate's Court, accused of driving a motor rar along Market Street. Kuala Lumpur, on April 5 without consideration for other road users, and. as a
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    Basin thief is sent to gaol
    45 4 Toh Chwee Kan. 28. who had a previous conviction, was sentenced to two months' gaol in Singapore yesterday for theft o:" a wash-basin valued at $29. The basin was stolen from a shop in South Bridge Road on Tuesday
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    BOSSES TOLD: MAKE EVERYONE SKILLED
    149 4 THE Singapore Labour Department yesterday urged all employers in the Colony to start their own lpprentice training schemes to overcome the short- ape of skilled workers. The Chief Employment Officer. Mr F. G. Tyson, told the Straits Times yesterday: The .scheme, il started by all.
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    Red supplies charge
    69 4 FAMILY ACCUSED JOHORE BAHRU Thurs A WHOLE family living In the Ulu Choh resettlement area wa« charged in the Police Court with having supplies intended for t* rrorists The supplies were said to include rice kerosene oil bewraees tea and flour. Tha arrested people were T;i\ Kirn
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    140,000 want to vote in Johore
    30 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Thura. In Johore 140,000 peonie registered as potential voters *n the .-tato elections. Registration closed yesterday All returns are not in vpt.
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    Penang's town hall problem
    63 4 Penang 's town hall problem PENANG, Thurs. Penang Municipal Council will meet soon to decide the fate of ihe Town Hall which will be vacated by the Federation Medical Headquarters next month. The hall Ls not suitable for public entertainment because it does not have a fire resisting I floor
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    DISTRICT OFFICER GETS M.B.E.
    38 4 TIIK UK. II OOMmSUONn of Brunei, Sir Anthony Abell, pins the MB K on Prhin OranK Kaya Shabbandar Haji Ahmad bin Mnhamrd Oaud. District Orficrr or Kuala Belait at a ceremony in Brunei Town.
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    They shot 25 pigs and two guards
    131 4 BOAR INVASION SCARES VILLAGE fEKAN. Thursday. HOME guards went hunting near here yesterday. They shot 25 wild pigs and two home guards, Bakar bin Busu. 28. and Ngah bin Mohamed. 44. About 6 a.m. kampong people at Pulau Manis. 16 miles from here,
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    SHE'LL SHOW THE WAY TO RAISE $$
    49 4 SHE'LL SHOW THE WAY TO RAISE Miss Elizabetn Palmer, world finance secretary of the Y.W.C.A.. will arrive in Singapore on Saturday She will visit branches in Singapore and the Federation and give advice on methods of raising more money for the YWCA Miss Palmer was last here in 1951
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    The YWCA is teaching 500 poor
    85 4 yHE Y.W.C.A is now teaching English. Chinese, mathematics and handwork to nearly t 500 under-privileged women and girLs in Singapore. This week a new YWV<\ school opened in the PrinseD Street Children's Social Centro and 52 girls enrolled. This school has room I i
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    Ex-newsman gets gaol
    67 4 JOHORfc BAHRU. Thurs. Charles Bertram Campos, a former newspaper reporter, vai sentenced to three months uaol here today and ordered to pay S5OO compensation, in default another four months' eaol for cheating Mrs G Stevens with a cheque for S5OO when he knew be had no funds
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    ANY TIME NOW A WHITLEY FOR ALL
    172 4 ANY TIME NOW A WHITLEY FOR ALL 'THE Singapore Governx ment yesterday decided to hasten fon of a sintrlo Whitley Council for all its employees—local and expatriate. The Assistant Secret, ffotiationsi. Mr. J A donaid. said that Oovi officials dealing wltl matters would meet th to consider amendmeiv council's constitution,
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    hungry Reds ate toads—died
    218 5 hungry Reds ate toads died SO FOOD— IT MEANT DEATH THE JUNGLE CURTAIN GIVES UP A SECRET MALA LUMPUR, Thursday. WHAT goes on behind Malaya's "jungle curThe junule may or may not be neutral in the anti-terrorist war but it keeps more secrets than it jfives out. The n Limber
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    TION— S TWO RIPE WAS
    31 5 TION S TWO RIPE WAS l pori s ,i(l on nuUl•r;.;" intentated 11 i- ith his derson lied up some 15 irt thai I that i r allowing when stopped I
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    British may aid Alliance, says Sopiee
    103 5 British may aid Alliance, says Sopiee BUKIT MERTAJAM Thurs Thairman of" the Panyan Labour Party. ihd Sopiee, said today Labour le;io>r.s in Britain (i for his party's views institutional proposals ii the recent White •i Malaya. I believe they arc planning i :tion In .support of the 10-MCA Alliance delega-
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    Air Force sends a band here
    37 5 i! Air Force No. 2 Band will arrive in rap Empire Orwell in today. nd of 25 players un-i-ommand of Flight \V. G. Newman will n inently with the r Force.
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    MAN DISCHARGED DOCUMENTS CASE
    19 5 IfCYJdI'IKT steal the docu>wj told the prosecuthe case could be i U fresh evidence is
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    Four accused of trespass
    85 5 IPOH, Thurs.— Four women, Tham Yee Moy, 56. Ng Mooi 24, Ng Ah Kan. 26, and Ng Mook, 21, were allowed $100 bail each when they were charged here today with committing house trespass with intent to assault another woman. They were alleged to have entered
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    Three owners of cars fined
    44 5 Three car owners were fined $150 each in Singapore yesterday for failinu to jive partlcuI belt drivers to the The*- were Madam 7« Wai I.cng, 'of Boat Quay. Tan Herr Song, of MacPherson Road. Eng Mcng. of Pcnggol Road.
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    VISITOR LOSES $1,750
    33 5 PENANG. Thurs. A TanMalim vi.sitor, Ahmad bin Meah, has reported to police the loss of $1,750 in cash and jewellery. Ahmad missed them while spending a holiday at Tanjons Tokong.
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    Concert to aid boys' home
    73 5 IPOH. Thurs The choir of tho Salvation Army Boys' and Gins' Homes here will sing at •i concert by the band of the 12th Royal Lance, in St. Michael's Institution Hall on June 16. Thi- concert, conducted by Mr. E. A. Moon, bandmaster of the
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    Yacht to leave aboard ship
    51 5 The first yacht to be built in Singapore for an American, the 48 foot luxury cruiser. Bintanp:. will be loaded on the American President Lines car-go-liner President Fillmore today. The Bintang was ordered by Dr. D.K. Acton, while in Sin- gapore recently on a world
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    Concert to aid boys' home
    40 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. The Now Village of Kuala Sawah. nlnr miles from Seremban. gtit its flist police station yesterday. The brick building was opened b y the Chief Police Offlcer, Negrl Scmbilan. Mr. V. PowellEvans.
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    Feast for them
    42 5 PENANG, Thurs. Home Guard commanders in the Settlement will leceive a dollar per head for every man under their command for a feast on Hari Raya' Puasa, the Settlement Home Guard Offlcer, Lt. Col B- J. Ringrose, announced today.
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    'PLAY LESS MAHJONG' WOMEN ARE TOLD
    195 5 'PLAY LESS MAHJONG' WOMEN ARE TOLD PENANG. Thurs. Council- lor Mrs. Oheah Inn Kiong today asked the women of Penang to sacrifice some of their leisure hours and serve the public. "We do not necessarily have to give up all our mahjong games but let us play les; and work
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    TheTemplers say goodbye to Taiping
    77 5 TheTemplers say goodbye to Taiping TAIPING, Thurs. rE High Commissioner, General Sir Gerald Templer, and Lady Templer said goodbye to Taiping today. At Aiilong new village they met local councillors and women's institute members and posed with them for photographs. Sir Gerald went to the police headquarters and the district
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    Club social
    21 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. The Young Malayans Club will hold a social and dance at the Hotel Majestic on Saturday
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    SUGAR TOPS OLD CONTROL PRICE
    179 5 Don't fay this, Govt. urges T^HE retail price of sugar in parts of Singapore has gone up during the last few days to a figure more than the prire before decontrol. Retatten have quoted 30. cents a kaji two cents higher I than the Government
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    Court clears barman in death case
    104 5 rpAN MENG TIN. a bar steA ward arrested on the orders of a Singapore Coroner aftor the inquest on Abdul Manap bin Abdul Gafur. 55. a cyclist, was acquitted of causing death by a negligent act yesterday. Mr. T. Kulasekaram. the First Traffic District
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    Crash probe notices
    62 5 Arrangements tor the public inquiry into the crash of a Constellation at Kallang airport are still being prepared and notices to witnesses are now being sent out. Evidence of eye-witness and officials is being sorted and prepared for the inquiry which begins on May 31. The inquiry
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    Flood falls on Bernam Road
    35 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. The flood on the Bcrnam Road from the 36th to the 37th mile in the Kuala Selangor area is now only four inches deep and i.s subsiding.
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    Beauty for fund
    34 5 TELUK ANSON. Thurs. Madam Goh Siew Ying, owner of a beauty parlour in Canal Road here, will donate six days of her takings from May 10 to the Nanyang University Fund.
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    The big six-year padi irrigation drive is lagging
    320 5 The big six-year padi irrigation drive is lagging LACK OF SECURITY AND STAFF Xl ALA LUMPI'R. Thursday. T<HE Federation's six-year drainage and irrigation A plan is behind schedule, the director of the department. Mr. P. McNee. said today. This, he said, is due to: (1). Lack of security in certain
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    Two gaoled for theft
    54 5 PENANG. Thurs.— Two boys returning from a dip in a s-ream in the botanical gardens here found one of their bicycle lamps missing. In the magistrates court today Yeoh Keat Huat (18* anu Lee Soon Kee (18t were sentenced to a menth and six months' gaol
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    16 are chosen for college
    38 5 PENANG. Thurs. Sixteen Malay School pupils 14 from Province Wellesley and two from Penang have been selected for the training college in Tanjong Malim. They will start a three year course in June.
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      217 5 SINGAPORE DIARY rOLK'E BAN)>: Public concert ters. Pfrkumpulan Kebylkan Islam at Katong Park 5.30 p.n\ to 6.30 H' milestone Karaji Road, 7 p.m. p.m I'.S.I.S.: Free film show Leave TELOK AYEJl M.Y.F.: Bible- Evil For Oood Ready For Flight study course on •Acts Of The air-conditioned theatrette, 26 Rafflrs Apostles"
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    DEATH
    30 6 2fi H otti.s >//< tnimtttuiti FORSYTH. Albert William «.ay peacefully on 6-5-54 a: ei a lons illness. Cortege leaves fmm 39 Spottlswood Park at 330 I 7-8 :">4 for Binadari.
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    27 6 2(1 WorH\ $10 (minimum l ]UF. FAMILY of ihe late Mr. Brencan Wons Cheonjj Wong, all friends and relatives for oeM|M of ronriolenre. kinrl nssistan< e.
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS
    136 6 ;ii Words HO (minimum) FOLLOW PECANT Every day In J the Malay Mail if you want to win .100 wovd puzzie. .-HOWING AT MADELINES. A beautiful display of Artificial d Cortagt. UK. PATBTT. We seeJ your Book dust coven, Prints, pictures with [Die plastic sheeunc renderIng damp pioof and
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Friday. May 7, 1954. Too Soon For Pact Talks
    803 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Friday. May 7, 1954. Too Soon For Pact Talks If the "diplomatic sources at Geneva in their comment on probable military talks in Singapore mean to imply thrit there is already agreement\on the nature and scope of the proposed South-East Asia defence pact then they are
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    Root Cause Of Accidents
    467 6 Root cause of most road accidents is lack of consideration for others. Accidents do not happen: they are caused by some human fault. That is why the introduction and enforcement of more and more regulations to control traffic in tho Federation and Singapore will never reduce
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    Political confusion is new danger in Japan
    1020 6 By A Special Correspondent TOKYO. POLITICAL confusion •I which threatens to bring about the fall of the Yoshida Cabinet, and perhaps also a dissolution of the Diet, now overshadows Japan's economic crisis. The Government, which is seriously compromised by recent scandal allegations, is
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      PROBLEM OF AIDED SCHOOLS
      156 6 TIE DttvC* of Education Singapore, was reported I to have said n>• ntly. "Every aided school built during the period <slx years will correspondingly reduce the Government commitment". Aided schools— there arc now about forty-five of them— are dolns excellent work. They are, indeed, a great
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      The pantun singer was a surprise
      159 6 The pantun singer was a surprise PASSING a house in Curpmael Road. Sinnivporo. in 19V2. I stopped to listen to vcral Malay music romine, from a Chinese home. The singer, to my surprise, was a middle-aged Chinese woman, and it was either her husband or brother who was beating the
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      He wants time scale for army clerks
      191 6 T<HE Command Secretary's decision to reconsider the revised salary scale for Army employees is appre- ciated Clerks In the three existing grades are doing identical work, so the big difference in their salaries is not warranted. The revised scale is still t'>o small
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      Passenger lists by airlines
      196 6 Passenger lists by airlines IN view of the fares charged by most international airline* today and the speed and efficiency of modern communications, wuuld it not be de- arable for these airlines to send passenger lists in advance to the office of the company concerned in this city and at
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      The European drove him home
      73 6 AT about 1.30 a.m. recently I found myselt at Alexandra Road I was unable to get a taxi. Though several cars parsed, not one stopped to offer me I lift. A European then drove by. i He stopped his car and offered j me not
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      'Fictitious member'
      127 6 THE fact, that the present t.iry general of the Singapore Labour party was it the inaugural meeting of f 'ne Singapore Socialist party proves, to mo at least, that the Labour Party is defunct. Mr. E. S. Moorthy. by hi.s pre- '< scnee at its first meeting, auto-
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      Trust tenants and city rates
      217 6 YOU reported a statement by the acting president of the City Council: "Mr. Rea replied that before 1952 Singapore Improvement i Trust properties were assess- i ment free. This meant that the great number of people living in Trust flats enjoyed City services without paying
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    COUNCIL'S ROBE
    28 7 wes sober samples i member of the com- -he material selected would be suitable for the local c!imate. The colour be sober though not r;ly black.
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    Aid for fund
    18 7 ement, staff and tors of the Pin Limited ha. 54.697 to the Lady Tuberculosis Hospital
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    Drive ends against bandits around capital
    376 7 MORE_GIVE_JJP^THAN ARE KILLED IN YEAR-LONG PUSH MANY CAMPS, FOOD DUMPS DESTROYED KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs THE HUGE ANTI-TERRORIST operation which has been carried out on Kuala Lumpur's doorstep for the whole of the past year has ended is was revealed in an official announcement todaj.
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    Monty's grandson christened
    133 7 HENRY DAVID, grandchild of Field-Marshal Montgomery and son of Mr and" Mrs. David Bernard Mont- gomery, of Ipoh. was christened at All Saints Church in Taiping yesterday. The ceremony was conducted by garrison chaplain the Rev. W. Ives. God parents are Sir Gerald Templer. Lady MeGrigor and
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    GEM RAID: $1,700 REWARD
    94 7 GEM RAID: $1,700 REWARD KUALA I.IMPIR, Thurs. a Xl ALA LLMPIR insur t incr firm has offered a u.ird <>f up to $1,700 for information leading to the covery of four pieces of the lewpllerj stolen in a $40,000 robbery at the home of a Kuala l.umpur businessman. Mr Chna
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    Man who tried to overtake fined
    25 7 in Leng was fined ire yesterday for wertake a car an oncoming of which had rakea violently id-on collision.
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    BREACH OF TRUST ALLEGED
    88 7 BREACH OF TRUST ALLEGED KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. A. Arulnathan. former .secretary ol the Assam Relief Fund Comn.ittee. was charged in the Kuala Lumpur First Magistrates Court today with criminal breach of trust regarding three sums of money. The prosecution alleged that he had received $62 from N. Knshnan. $134 from
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    Land case settled in High Court
    277 7 'VERY SENSIBLE,' SAYS THE JUDGE KUALA LUMPUR. Thursday. 4 CIVIL suit brought by a Japanese woman Madam Kitty van Tooren. also known as Tono Toku. against Jan Mohamed. who allegedly claimed to be her adopted son. was settled in the Kuala Lumpur Hieh Court
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    Aid for families
    19 7 Over 100 Union of Fire Services iPer.ik Sl5O for the five Singapore ho were killed on
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    FULL HONOURS FOR OFFICER
    40 7 1 iki TFNANTS carry the body of Police Lieut. "Tommy harlton to the SIX niUW ith full military honours at Bidadari emetery yesterday. Lieut Ch a ariton c was kUlId by bandjtsjnjmambush at^PenKeranjr Struts Times picture
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    RIDA centre for women by December
    85 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Ihurs THE Rural and Industrial Development Authority's first training centre for women in Kuala Lumpur may be ready by December Tenders havp been Invited tor building the $200,000 centre at Lornie Road, designed to accommodate 100 trainees with three teachers. The training
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    Escapee fined
    26 7 Tan Lian Huat was fined $200. or two months' gaol. In the Singapore Eiuhth Police Court yesterday for (scaping from police custody, on Tuesday.
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    Sugar, sodium, water—strike a light!
    158 7 Sugar, sodium, water —strike a light! KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. SMOKERS who find themIS M selves continually running whirl, no. "eri at the V.ctoria institution here today. Th? .how oruan.M-d by mrmhers of the m hool's S, .en.c and M.ithcmuti.-s Society, in- cludes a demonstration of how to make fire from
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    GIVE US GRATUITIES, SAY SACKED MEN
    129 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Thursday. THE Federation Government should immediately consider granting gratuities to dismissed temporary officers. Mr. T. R. P. Dawson. president of the Non-Pensionable Officers' Association, said today. At an i mersency meeting ot I the working committee of the ■tOflttlcf today it was
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    Shop break-in
    25 7 A thief broke lnti a watch dealers shop in Joo Chtat Road. Singapore, on Wednesday night and stole $388 worth of watch straps.
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    Committees get heated on a cool topic
    213 7 Committees get heated on a cool topic A KOT point of dissension among members of two Singapore City Council committees is how cool i "the City Hall should be made for the proposed City and Island Coun- i cil. The committees are expected to decide at a meeting this month
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    Four monks for talks
    60 7 PENANG. Thurs. Four monks will be among seven delegates representing Penang at the International Buddhist Council to be held in Rangoon on May 17. Mr. Khoo Soo Jin. president of the Penang centre of the World BuddhLst Fellowship, and Mrs. Khoo will be making the trip.
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    TAXI SET ON FIRE BY ROBBERS
    88 7 TAXI SET ON FIRE BY ROBBERS T*HREE Chino.se robood A a Sikh taxi-driver of $75. then set fire to the taxi, Singapore Police were told yesterday. The robbery occurred at Sungei Gjdud. off Woodlands Road, at about 2 a.m. The driver aald tl.e three men hired the taxi in Hokkien
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    $1,350 fine in dope case
    65 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. Leon- Chee Chlcw. 46. of Hi^ti Street wa.s today fined 11.350 by Mr. B. V. Rhodes, dent of the Sessions Court, for three offences under the Dims Ordinance. He was fined 5250 for navlni opium smoklns utensils. $mo for having 16 packets
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    Ceremonies in temple
    61 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. The Selangor centre World Fellowship of Buddhists. ir Buddhist Association and Sasara Wardhana 8 nolding religious ceremonies in tne Buddhist temple in Temple Road. Kuala Lumpur, from May 16 to 18 to celebrate the birthday of Buddha Highlißht of the celebrations will be a
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    Two to stand in on Council
    56 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. Mr. H< nry Burt Hussry and Mr. James Whyte have been ■d temporary unofficial members of the Federal ell. Mr. H issey takes the place 0| Mr C. Thornton, who is on home leave and Mr. Whyte substitutes lor Mr. W.
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    FRENCHGOVT. TO GIVE STUDY AWARD TO A MALAYAN
    108 7 FRENCH GOVT. TO GIVE STUDY AWARD TO A MALAYAN The French Government is i sponsoring through the Alliance FrancaLse of Singapore a scholarship tor a Malayan student I for a year's study in France during 1955-56. The applicant must have sufficient knowledge of French and be below 30 years of
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      180 7 The weather MINIMI M TIMPKRATIRK: (7.30 p.m. on May 5 to 730 ,im on May 61 Singapore 74 decrees, Pcu.im; 7S Kota Buhru 7«. BIMuVI umpiii 73. Ipoli 74. Ku. intan 7'i MAXIMIM TKMI'KK ATI Xl (7.30 am. hi 7.30 p.m. on Way I): Singapore 87. Penang 90. Kot 1
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    Long Long Trailer is one long long laugh
    339 8 Long Long Trailer is one long long laugh says GEORGE EDINGER T11H! Long Long Trailer, would. 1 feared, when 1 saw' the opening, turn out us broad as it was long. Hut I was agreeably surprised. Alter a few slapsick sequences that rather spoilt the effect of Clinton Twiss' novel
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    SO WHY NOT BEGIN A FILM REP?
    181 8 SO WHY NOT BEGIN A FILM REP? SINGAPORE Cmemagoers are getting a brief encounter with some films that give them a taste of what the art of the screen can afford if only the public had greater chances to enjoy it. Cyrano de Bergerac. an American mutilation of Rostand s
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    149 8 CORINNE IS RINGING THE CHANGES HOLLYWOOD has lost one blonde but found another. Lan* Turner has Xune brunette but French stir C'orinne Calvet has joined the list of fairhaired lovelies. C'orinne has made several other changes too. "1 have got myself a new agent, a new car. and a new
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    470 8 SINGAPORE has hoard— and enthusiastically approved —the four European singers brought out by the Musical Society for the music festival this month. It must be some years since a Victoria Hall audience, pronounced only a fortnight ago by de Groot as "rather cool", has boon as happy
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      114 8 I TO KEEP YOU IN I THE PICTURE ROMAN HOLIDAY. ONMf Pec k and Audrey v Hephurn in a delightful variation of thr Cinderella thrme Runaway print-rss enjoys one crowded day of glorious life with an American journalist in the Rome of l!i:)3. <lood BBCAPE FROM FORT BRAVO Colour film
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    1667 9 Urchin became a millionaire, then built racecourse T/MES s^cto/ FEATURE E elite of Iroy, New York State, raised their eyebrows one day 1868 at vans unloading on a vacant site close to the town's choicest res,dential area. When it became clear that some common was erecting a factory, Troy urged
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      92 9 tMifii True if Sttatjf tin th<> win* I fcEMERAL ALARM 7D ALL CITY f STAY ON TWE WIRE. MR. rTUERE YOU ARE. MR. PLENTY— "I KJATIONAL BANKS-STOPTTMO TRACV. WE'LL WAVE AN A ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND TUEVRE ENTERI^ ONE OF 1 MEN ENT EJ?ING ONE OP ANSA-ER^FOn YOU. AM Tmrr^ DOLLARS.
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    570 10 AT their 4 p.m. merting yesterday members of the Malayan Share Brokers' Assocation. in Singapore. Issued the following list of quotations:— Aim Tncks Prrf» 2.00 uro* ;m <t..v Ha J 8.8. Petrol 38 i ,-trr. j> Con Tin smelt i»ref 1»/Ords 25/EasUrn United 13 50 ffu UMPMMM7
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    161 10 A nervous market sent rubber down by 1 cents to clow .r cents in Singapore yesterday. The better political sttiskttnn coupled with o\ernii;l.t advices lrom London and New York caused the pnet to open at BO 1 ceir.s and nne itage It was down to 59 cents, improving
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    Coal to Korea
    32 10 YOKOHAMA. Tlii.rs The United States &rMjr*| !.ip;ucurement .c:rr.c\ h., „u.,it' rn;i! contracts Jo Indian (Iran Thi >• worth m 4 noo.ooo and call tor thlpmtnta ni 'bituminous coal to Koreu.
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    121 10 RUBBER AND PRICES Moderate trading ()NLY. a Mdentc volum, reported on th< yestcrda, and the prices declined locally. The biggest droi which closed at 60 This is a 1'. wcrk and is due to f tair.tv of the Ind I situation. Tin still under fluence fell away i by $1,371
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    120 10 The Mall yan Sh re B soctatlon rcpo. .ec were s'.cadif; go th< with Tins T easier. There i*,s a n llime of tr.i- business yesterday Brick prefs s.\ H H Pel odd lot Peder i ID overnight: I' $2.01 ovimlpht Oamir overnight. W. H.^' Henry W.nvh -1
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    188 10 KUALA LUMPUR I The Federation "lack of industrial poll criticised in a submitted by the Rub Manufacturers Kuala Lumpur to th national Bank mission. As a solution the called for setting up du^triai advisor advise government in In trial mar The memorandum out "the immediate term solution for
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    12 10 On the lie> Hotig Knti dollar Sterling arai one t.n
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    24 10 April rubba i R tb Hit. .1 Rl N I 11) Jer.mi K Ltd. ***** tt> K Rubber i Tanjoni 53.600 Ib
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    18 10 Bukit Katil Runt). I Ltd. producd 23.525 Ib \pril while I i month. dueed 22.795 Ib
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      1431 10 NOTICES INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS OF MALAYA 1954 The next series of examinations will be held as follows: Preliminary 'A..J une 21st and 22nd. Preliminary 23rd and I 24th. i Singapore candidates may now apply for Application Forms which, when completed, must reach the undersigned by Saturday, sth Junp, 1954. Flrshman,
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      353 10 TENDERS CITY COUNCIL 0T SINGAPORE TENDERS WATER DEPARTMENT: Supply of Brass Stop Thps. Tender Deposit $5.1. Close n00n— 14.5.04; and (b) Supply and Erection of Chain Link Mesh Wire Fence and Gates. Tender Deposit $150. Close N00n— 19.5.54 P.W.D. TENDER NOTICE TENDERS from Contractors rot below Class "D" will be
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    630 12 TILE BUSINESS BOOMS THK boom in the building trade in Malaya and Singapore and the expansion of Hong Konj? concern in Malaya, during the past two years, is reflected in the growth of China Engineers Ltd. This company which was established some years
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    MALAYS, CHINESE UNITE IN BUSINESS
    144 12 MALAYS, CHINESE UNITE IN BUSINESS rE Bukit Kepong Producers Company, probably unique in the Federation, la a business partnership of 41 Malays and 21 Chinese nearly all of whom are small men resident in the Bukit Kepong area of Muar. With their own capital of $32,000 they have established a
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    New chief has faith in rubber
    278 12 IN Mr. Saw Seng Kevv, new president of the Penang Chinese Chamber of Commerce, Malaya's rubber industry has one of its staunchest advocates. Mr. Saw is not only a leading exporter, but also a firm (h<-""vor \r, the future of natural rubber A past
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    33 12 India Imported from Pakistan *****0 000 lbs. of raw jute during the 11 months ended Feb. 28. Indian Jute mills consumed during the same period 1.537.--600.000 lbs. a iiarhamentary announcement added.
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      BORNEO ORDER FOR U.K. CYCLE ENGINE
      337 12 Fitted to standard machines BORNEO. Japan. India. Pakistan. Fiji and Hawaii are among the many countries from which orders have been received for the new small cycle engine shown for the first time at the Cycle and Motor Cycle Show In London by a
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      U.K. nylons are cheap
      162 12 BRITISH nylon textile y.irns noted tor their quality, are now the cheapest in tinworld, following the announcement of substantial price ret ductions for both homo and export delivery. All fine denier nylon yarn> have been reduced by approxi--1 mately 15 per cent and the prices of
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      153 12 Malaya makes 15 million daily VI R. M. L. Bauer the export manager of Ecusta Paper ITI Corporation of America. manufacturers of ciparettp and cellophane paper, who is on a Far E ist tour, spent the week in Singapore surveying the local market. He visited his
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    331 12 Malayan wo are part of U.K. Prefa A PREFABRICAIi rx and keruing features of tho pr< fabi British Industrie It has been plai British firm, M es Ltd Kensington specially for the I marshy areas of Guiana and .seven been sent out there a types. The ba.sLs of construct new
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    42 12 Four ma^nr Japanese companies are rej Cblfl to mer<re on J was broken up by An occupation auth< I Japans fair trade c ■ton has ruled that moved from the n 10 per cent of all Jap xport bus::.
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    heltic records broken 90 times at Games
    86 13 vfOUR DELHI IKS SURVIVED il N( K AM HOCK MANILA, Thursday. itmll of the athletic event* which |(il fifth day of the Asian j v likened l<> the I'nited Sent in the last Olympics. The "played times when the 30 rtS m p|oted
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    The pass that led to first goal
    73 13 \V K8 I KKM.MMU II left ■rtaagcr (•(■orge I.cc (right) Mail the hill across the field for Ko:inie Allen to st-ore the Bnt RroniMifh coal against I'restt.i, North Knd in Satur- I day*a I'A (up I'inil. I.cc is assisted by his inside left
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    Indians lose for second time in week
    148 13 B ed week when I >r« "A" in a friendly Jalaa Besar stadium eni down 3 v to tin on ''.'ue.-~d.u-. were well". served by H irith, who is still v RO od warn much I idlans, while Yang Palanlappan rrylng the Indian
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    117 13 MANILA, Thins. HIROSHI Necami, coach of n'a 12-member wo- ming team, said would be "serious if people in Japan he Japanese eirls to I p In the H jrdee Coloso, tlv Philippines, will 100 metres M Coloso was ni i -;ht a record
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    Gifts for t-t champions
    112 13 CINtiAPORES outstanding table tennis players in Oils year's ptonahlpi will be presented nrlttl >i>oi r.il til's l.'cim America to their trophies. The P;ij)er Mate Company of Calmer City. California, will send the :i:oukli Mr Milt Forrest, at I re of goodwill by American table tennis plajran.
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    373 13 TROUBADOUR vs. PROSPERITY RA CE THE HIGHLIGHT By KPSOM JEEP JROl BADOI R and Prosperity, who wore taken out of their engagements on Wednesday, showed plenty of galloping zest on a heavy track at Kuala Lumpur yesterday morning. Rli*llH wide out Trouba-~ lour, with Sawyer astride, •lni'kcd :i8 for 3f-
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    60 13 RAF Clianui Increased their lead in the United Services first division •ncrer hOfUO whni they beat thell' closest riVBl, Flying Boat Wing. 3—o .-it Mctai c-ii-i ti.i> Scorers for CbaOgl were Collins i2> and Thompson. In an it her Dlv. 1 tame, RAMC beat R.N AS.
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    IBF WILL CONSIDER REQUEST BY BAM
    113 13 IITHEN THK Inttrna- tional Badminton Federation meets in London at the end of June, it will consider an application from the lladnunton Association of M.ii.iva for increased representation on the Council. The committee of management of the Thomas Cup competition has approved the following
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    JAPS TO ENTER THOMAS CUP
    41 13 TOKYO. Mr i,n H-.id-minton A.sstKi.iilon today unnounced the selection of a KJ-member team fur the Asian zone elimination round Of the Thomas Clip tournament. The team Ml .mnounced at the close of the nation.! 1 championships
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    TOMORROW'S WEIGHTS
    328 13 It.lll- for all T sr\rn race* at Kuala l.umpur tomorrow, concluding day of the MMM Turf lub May inniins .nr (1,. 2. DIV. I— €l. i hi. .Miii-iii ii s.oo Cargo Rice Ul Prosprrity X.IO Suprr Picture Vlil Alpini- Knight Mi Kohin Hood X.OX Percussion X nX Swrrl
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    159 13 BEATEN 2,000 FAVOURITE WINS TRIAL STAKES SURREY. Thurs SIX Malcolm McAlpinp'a Infatuation, who started tuvourite for last week's 2,000 Guineas won the Trial Stakes over 10 furlongs here yesterday, defeating four Epsom Derby entries. Infatuation ran on gamely on easier going than he encountered at Newmarket last week to master
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    99 13 LONDON. Thurs. RAIN pre\ented any play in me five first class cricket matches which were due to begin yesterday. The Krtmes were: At Lords. MCC v Surrey; at Oxford. Oxford University v Yorkshire; at Southampton. Hampshire v I"he Army, at Ilkeston, Derbyshire Royal Air Force;
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    PAKIR ENTERS SINGLES FINAL
    143 13 A O B Pnkir entered the open 1 singles final at the V.M.C.A. tenni> thampionships. hen he beat H. Kamis 2—6, 6-3. 6— 2 at Bras Ba.--.ili Road yes!erd;iy. In the quiirter-liiiiUs of the YMCA ■kwHa, Kamis beat. ID Fraaer 6— 2, 7—5 and Lim Hee
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    51 13 Cosmos he;* 1 In«n Rangers f In a SAFA Dlv 3C frame at CYMA ground yesterday. Jaffar. Amir Slnch and Watson scored for Cosmos and Francis for Raneerx. In another Dlv. 3C came at the BODCA ground, FKrrer Juniors unct Kaiong SC. played scoreless drsw
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    57 13 i poh Ttaun ci^iss iin mt V\.\^ Five horses will be catered for nt the ne;t meeting of the Perak Turf Club on June 12. 1« and 19. There will be two 'rophy races one for Class 3 hor. w over 1' 4 miles ii nd one
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    435 13 The dr.i aad s'.'MHin times of tlie Eu Torg Sin Cup competition at the I.sland Club on Sunday are: FIRST rCBI 800 am 8. T. Stott il«). A. A. Evans (18), W'Cdr R. I JV Scott (8i; 805: L. A. Franken US'. Cpl.
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    652 14 Neo beats Jap in\ record heat From ANG EAM HOCK MANILA, Thursday. SINGAPORE'S chance of an Asian Games goldj 1 medal, which did not come in the athletic events, have bepun to look brighter than ever after; he results in the water-polo, swimming and box-,
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    173 14 nXJTJL Cll SOCCER PENANG, Thursda> PEXA.M; hinese, who lost the MCFA (up tv v pore Chinese last year, started their campaign regain the Cup with an impressive 5-0 flctorj Kedah Chinese on Victoria Green today. Penan! Will now Chinr.se in thr tecond hero on
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    54 14 The Singapore Business Houses side to meet Royal Navy in a riendly soccer match at Jalan 3esar stadium today Is: Van Chi'ig Chee: Ho Fook Kee. Arifln: Ahmad Omar. Van Walsum. Davidson: AH. Yang Huat. Stevenm, Suparin. Van der Meij. RManw: Omar Alsree. Ali Samijan'. Kirn
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    129 14 MANILA. Thurs. IX ATTIMIM hv led *irirkland to get badminton included t<" future Asian (lames competitions was defeated at the third Asian Oimn iniiKK'ss which was con-tinut-d \csleida\ at .Manila Hold. Singapore s proposal receivrd a majorit) of \otes but failed tv situm- ihr iHo-lhirds majority
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    163 14 TWO WORLD RECORDS BY WT-LIFTERS mam: a Two v. tMM D n brabn in Urn j m.ui Games «eicht--iit. Ho Yu In of Sou'il Kon world record in the two-band and jerk with 28.=>-ib alter winning the bantamweight championship. Ho. who weighed 122 ,-lb. took the tttla with .1 total
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    578 14 BwnmiNG Ml N 100 M IBUSTIUtt HKAT 1: Neo Chwee Kok iS'porei M.IMC, (recordl; Teiiro Tanicawa (J»|ii ■M) Bertulfo I aehero (Phil) 6>.t: Mm Shan l.in i China) OJ$; Yec Mag l.i« (China, ttA lIX I I: Iliroshi Suzuki i.lapi 58.9apCH; lln inu Kin Man lIX till. I;
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