The Straits Times, 17 July 1954

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    15 1 The Straits Times tie***** I stcl 1845 SINGAPORE, SATI'RDAY, JILY 17, 1954 if 15 CENTS
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    RLOW TO PEACE HOPES
    280 1 BLOW TO PEACE HOPES fS TO GO fi?] (ys\ fijfl SM Franc ftad tho «c **lv with Dulles L—J L-J L2J in Paris have hardened Soviet attitude tolotov the unyielding like a wall' GENEVA, Friday. K mecs <>l M. Pierre .Mcndos' France I hi Indo-China peace by his deadline v
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    UOOO in French attacks
    61 1 10,000 in French attacks fthowaad 11 ln «»n troop, two drirea -1.r.1.iv U Vietminh regular "'.">> had infiltrated it t and Ihr ,Uj ontinued to- il. iy. tlir French Hißh I omiu;ind -aid. The attacks are near Sont-«v. !"> miles north-west of Hanoi, and Phulang Thuoinc. 40 miles north-east of
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    He 'took a shot' at the new boss in letter $1,000 damages
    334 1 He 'took a shot' at the new boss in letter $1,000 damages LIBEL, SAYS JUDGE IN MANAGING DIRECTORS CASE UOLDING that there 11 was libel in one of the issues raised by M. R. Swain, managing director of Hume Industries (Far East) Ltd.. in his action against C. H. Unbehaun
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    THEY CAN'T FIND 'Miss VENEZUELA'
    241 1 And a couple of the other beauty queens arc bickering already LONG BEACH. California fnday. THE "Miss Universe" contest is navina its usual troubles, with one contestant missing two quarreline and a fourth involved with public health authorities •Miss Venezuela" la missing "\\> do not
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    Ammunition dump attacked
    28 1 HAVANA. Cuba. Frt.- Armed men attacked an arnoy ammunition dump near Santiago de Cuba but were driven off by troop.s. Two soldiers were wounded. A.P.
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    Templers at the palace party
    22 1 General Sir Gerald Templer. Lady Templer and their daughter Jane were guests at the palace Rarden party.
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    QANTAS, BOAC drop the rupiah tax
    196 1 JAKARTA. Fri. The British and Australian airlines BOAC and Qantas announced today that they will no longer! charge fifi p«t cent tax on fares paid In rupiahs. Tho aniioiin'cment was a major blow to XI.M. the Royal Dutch Airlines which also operates out of
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    AN ATOMIC ALARM IN EVERY U.S. BEDROOM
    184 1 WASHINGTON. Friday. THE United States is planning an alarm system to warn every home in case of atomic attack, Mr. i Val Peterson, Civilian Defence Administrator, disdosed today. Mr Peterson said one device under experiment was "a little thins one could put in
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    The Goode CD. boys
    40 1 The flr.st croup of National Servicemen in Singapore for civil defence traii'ne will be documented and issued with their kits at 5.30 v in. on MonThe Colonial Secretary, Mr W A C Goodo. will be present
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    Population of world doubles
    52 1 P\RIS Fri. The population of the world has more than doubled in the last century and is increasing by aonnn.non a year, tccordtng t() BgirM published by the national statistics office here today. There are ISDOJOOOJXH people in the world today compared with about 1.160.000.000 in
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    Customs men go on strike
    39 1 ROME. Frl.— Italian customs men at frontiers, ports and airfields walked out yrsterriay in four-day strike, for better wacea. Men of the Qoartfla Finanza stepped in. and eustomi inspertions continued as usual I A.P
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    |Pit*liir«»*
    121 1 Pictures you must see fFHERE is a strong emphasis on picture stories in The Malayan Monthly, the new Straits z Times magazine. The Ausust issue In- eludes features on "Main Silat," the Malay kns dance, in full colour; the coconut-picking mon- ke\s of the East Coast; the new Indonesian Army;
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    WORKERS SA V IT AGAIN: WE QUIT MONDAY
    309 1 WORKERS SAY IT AGAIN: WE QUIT MONDAY 'Strike if we don 't get pay from last June: Well face worst 9 THE Singapore City Council Labour I'nions Federation derided last night to stand by its derision to go on strike on Monday. The decision was made a few hours after
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    Visit by Princess attacked
    221 1 Visit by Princess attacked WHO APPROVED? UEVANITES ASK LONDON. Fri. TRIBUNE. the weekly newspaper of the Bevanite group. today demanded to know who was responsible for arranging Princess Margaret's three-day visit to review British forces in Germany Tribune said Dr Konrad Adenauer thr West German Chancellor, was able to turn
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    Off SUGAR CONTROLS and cheaper too
    153 1 Off SUGAR CONTROLS and cheaper too KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. 'THE Federation's nine- year price rontrol on sugar will bo lifted on August. 3. The import trade In granulated BUg&r Will be returned to private traders in September. The Government will also reduce the ex-godown price of its sugar from $38
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    STOP PRESS
    33 1 n"v i I V' LOMMNI I MSi tiuii sri fn i" lirifr if t Conift I from UAN I I tuting (m rrui^rs for I ni* tnrhn-ipi n p, I 1
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    PREFERRED GAOL TO RAIN
    48 1 STOCKHOLM. Fri Two prisoners escaped from Lansholmen state prison here m Wednesday nicht. but chanurr! their minds when they got over the wall. v to opt in threv st<->: the wlndovi to make the warp Said one of them: "It rained too much." AP
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    Trip to Africa
    23 2 WASHINGTON. Fri The US. Air Force will send 90 aircraft on training flights to North Africa next month— A P.
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    Two all-for-love seamen nearly sank their ship
    398 2 Two all-f or-love seamen nearly sank their ship COURT TOLD: GIRL IN THAT PORT WAS THE ONE, SO— BRISTOL, Friday. yWO IS-year-old British seamen risked the loss of their ship and its £1,000,000 cargo because they wanted to stay in a British Columbia port to see a girl, it was
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    AMERICA'S ANSWER TO COMET
    175 2 AMERICA'S ANSWER TO COMET $45m. plane makes Us first flight SEATTLE. Frl. rE first U.S. jet transport planr yesterday made her maiden flight landing after an hour and 24 minutes. Thr plane, the 95-ton swept wing Boeing 707. took to the air without trouble after a comparatively short run. It
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    Comet experts to probe Victor crash
    98 2 Comet experts to probe Victor crash rANFIELD. Fri. The men who solved the Jft age mystery of why Comet airliners blow up In the air were asked today to help discover why the Victor. Britain's revolutionary crescent wing atom bomber crashed. The ultra secret four-jet monster plummeted on to Cranaeld
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    Ex-Miss America seeks divorce
    41 2 RENO. Fri— Marllvn Buford 'Miss America" of 1946. has filed a suit for divorce aealnst Italian film producer Ancesco Barnaro The suit alleges extremp mental cruelty. They were married In 1951 and have one child —A P.
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    THIS IS THE LIMIT
    113 2 Girl soldiers raid Sandhurst and 'capture' two swords SANDHURST. Fri. rE young gentlemen of the military academy here, used to being ragged h cadets were clum today they had been ragged by sirls To maKe it worse the girls, officer cadets frnm the Women's Royal Army
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    MILLIONAIRE FREED -THEN HELD AGAIN
    168 2 MILLIONAIRE FREED THEN HELD AGAIN KATMANDU. Friday. DOLICE yesterday rcarrested a millionaire. Major General Mrieendra Shamsher. and his two sons here a few minutes after they had been released from custody under a writ of habeas corpus. The Ma mr General and his two sons Bharat and Jagdlsh are leading
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    Fliers saved from sea
    53 2 SEOUL. Frl. Tun British airmen were rescued uninjured yesterday after they had balled out of their crippled aircraft over the Yellow Sea and floated in life jackets for 20 minutes. Thr men. flying from the British aircraft carrier Warrior, were rescued from the choppy sea by
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    TRUCE BREAK SCARE AFTER A BOMB MISHAP
    154 2 SEOUL, Fri. An accident during hand grenade practice in a South Korean frontline division yesterday in which one South Korean soldier was killed and sis injured, created a night long anxiety amongst top army officers here that an "incident" had taken place which
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    Priest will speak with signs
    82 2 Priest will speak with signs NEW YORK. Fri. /IWE Very Rev. Canon William J. Hayw ird. of Manchester England, described as one of the only two Catholic priests in the world who were ordained despite deafness plans to deliver two addresses here next week in sign language. He told a
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    PICK OF WORLD'S BEAUT; Some of Margie's opponent* 11 "it
    83 2 PICK OF WORLD'S BEAUTY Some of Margie's opponent* 11 "it SO.MX OF' THE entrants in the "Miss I'niverse" contest line up on a New York hotel roof before flying to California. It ft to right: Mona Storm-, '\oru.iy). Gloria Lttcisns (Chile). Anita Moreno (I'rucuav). Ivana Kislinser < Argentina). Rceina Krnst
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    An ostri feather si off strik
    14 2 An ostric feather off strike V I and hi I to the I The
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    |ALL CLEAR FOR THE H-TESTS
    305 3 ALL CLEAR FOR THE H- TESTS Trustees give Washington the go-ahead NEW YORK, Friday. JHK I mted Nations Trusteeship Council yesterday approved by a 9-3 vote a three-power resolution approving United States' continuation of nuclear tests in the Marshall Islands if it considered them necessary "in the interests of world
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    ABY SUSAN'S 50,000 LUCK BRINGS A LEGAL WAR
    159 3 BABY SUSAN'S $50,000 LUCK BRINGS A LEGAL WAR in i?i IN, i ri. rWO W vl! oll> pl.yrd ouUUta here yest«- H 'Ch I :ltt I Inside Vl r ;l "'7\ bfn >n Irish carb l«s« h niirt is df--111 s.i-.m when !•»>«■ tee Of fa dp „.t- and an
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    I Fret' to wed
    14 3 Free to wed I The Snvir* lifU d ;i nmiand are now marry anti-C'ommuni.-t
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    Threat to peace, says Ali
    122 3 Threat to peace, says Ali KARACHI. Frl rpHE Prime Minister. Mr. Mo--1 hammed Ali. yesterday called India's diversion of Sutlej River waters from Pakistan a uotential threat to peace on tbe subcontinent. He accused India of violating an international agreement and said that it threatened "the existence of millions of
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    Homo on leave
    32 3 LONDON. Fri. Sir Robert Hnwr. Governor General of the Sudan, arrived here yesterday by air from Khartoum on lravr Hr is expected to be in for ;i month. -Reuter
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    More oil soon
    24 3 TEHERAN, Fri— Persia's oil industry will be back in full .mention by Oct. 1. an informed source said yesterday. -A P
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    Sailors to be caned
    65 3 HONG KONG. Fri Two; i sailors. Peter Wilkinson and i John Joseph Flynn. both 19. were today sentenced by Mr. A. D. Scholes in Victoria District Court to be caned and to serve three years' gaol for robbery with violence. The two men. from the British
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    7,500 Red planes in Far East'
    42 3 TOKYO. Fri. The Communists have an armada of 7.500 warplanes in the Far East outnumbering U.S. combat i planes three to one. General Earle E. Partridge. U.S. Far 1 East Air Force commander. isaid today -A.P.
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    The worried look_b> Hi la
    60 3 The worried look by Ri ta ACTRESS RITA lIWUOKTII and her husband, crooner Dick Haymes. take ;i drive at l.oake ahor. Nevada. If this is no cheerful holiday snapshot, there are reasons. Haymes is awaiting the outcome of a deportation hearing. Also, two of Ivis former wives have taken out
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    Wealthy widow is accused of theft
    332 3 SHE WAS ONCE A PRINCESS SCHI.OSSWIL. Switzerland. Friday. 4 FORMER princess, Mrs. Benjamin Guinness, 68-year-old Italian-born widow of an Irish millionaire, was accused here yesterday of obtaining I 5547,000 (about Malayan $141,000) insurance money by presenting false evidence. She was also accused of forgery
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    BID TO DRIFT 2,200 MILES IN SEA FAILS
    112 3 BID TO DRIFT 2,200 MILES IN SEA FAILS SAN FRANCISCO. Fri. Five Americans were rescued at sea yesterday, six days after they set out from here without food or water in a bid to drift 2.200 miles to Hawaii on a small raft. Soon after the start of the expedition
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    3 more join
    23 3 VENICE. Fri. The Soviet Union, the Ukraine <md ByeloRussia have joined thr United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation Reuter
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    Composer hit right note—then beat it
    133 3 Composer hit right note then beat it LONDON, Friday. POLAND'S top composer-conductor has fled to free- dom in London after putting his Communist bosses off guard by making a party line speech j aeainst the European Defence Community. The British Home Office con-| firmed that the composer. Abdrcizj Panufnik, 40,
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    Locusts lay waste 700 villages
    94 3 Locusts lay waste 700 villages NEW DELHI. Fri. NEW DELHI yesterday had its first invasion of locusts this year. Twelve swarms darkened the afternoon skies as they flew eastward in one of the heaviest locust attacks in recent years. Officials said that 700 villages in the Punjab wheat fields have
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    New Italian liner sails to U.S.
    45 3 GENOA. Fri Italy's newliner, the CrLstoforo Colombo, yesterday sailed on her maiden voyage to the United States The 20.100-ton vessel, which reached a speed of 26 6 knots during trials, will arrive in New York on July 24 -A.P.
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    Handing over
    33 3 TELLICHERRY. Madras. Frl. --The French administrator of Mane settlement on the west coast of India was to hand over his powers today to an administrative council composed of people's representatives. Reuter
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    Merger opposed
    30 3 NICOSIA. Cyprus. Fri.-The Cyprus Turkish National Union Party yesterday cabled the British Colonial Secretary, Mr. Oliver Lyttelton. Mat it will not accept union of Cyprus with Greece A.P
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    QUEEN ENTERTAINS 8,000
    192 3 LONDON. Frl. rE QUEEN Rave her first garden party of the seaIson In the grounds of Buckingham Palace yesterday. Among the 8.000 guesU Invited were many from the Commonwealth and Europe. Mam CWTled raincoats and umbrellas us a precaution, but by the time the Queen, the nuke
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    LONDON STOCKS
    234 3 LONDON. Frl Closing middle prices of selected stocks, not Including stamp duty, were LOANS Consols fiH Funding 4' IMS War 3'»% 90»i BANKS I Mercantile i£l2',i 39 Eastern fIS) B T Chartered (£1) 436 —/S Hongkong ($125) 93 INSURANCE Com. Un. (UU.) 3 7 —1/16 Royal 15. Prudential
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    LONDON TIN
    27 3 LONDON. July 16 Cash Buyers C 769; Sellers £770; Forward Buyers C 759; Sellers €"60; Settlement C 771. Turnover am 65 tons: p.m. 40 tons.
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    'o»<noN RUBBER
    41 3 LONDON RUBBER LONDON. July 16. Spot 20 \d Auk 20 yd. Sept 20*.d Oct. -Dec 20 id. Jan-Mar 20',d.. Apr-June M ,d.. Jul&gt; elf 20 9 16d. Aug. c.l f 20 9 16d Sept elf 20 9 l«d Tone: Fully steady.
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    De Castries in secret gaol
    50 3 HANOI. Frl.- General Christian De Castries, commander of Dien Bien Phu. who was i-aptured when the fortress fell, has been taken to a secret prison on the Chinese frontier because the Communists feared French attempts to rescue him. a returned prisoner-of war reported today.— U.P.
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    Ministry ends
    18 3 LONDON. Fri.— Sir Winston Churchill yesterday announced the winding up of the Ministry of Materials.— Reuter.
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    THE FOUR GAMBLING STOOGES
    326 4 They were only 'pretending' in den, court told KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. pOUR witnesses testified here today that they were "stooges" in a gambling den. They told a preliminary inquiry that their dutirs ranged from pretending to be Rambling to keeping i watch. They were not to
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    PROTEST TO CITY COUNCIL
    114 4 TIIK Singapore Ratepayers Association has dr'-Hed to protest the City Council about what it considers unrealistic rates for installing electrical appliances in consumers' houses. It will siiKce-t that the Council inyitp., contrai carry out the work, an official of the association told the Mr;. it.. Tunes.
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    4L" ignored traffic ban
    67 4 'L' ignored traffic ban Poo Mln Chiew. a learnt r. c! .Talun B &gt;r u :i fined $20 in a Sim trafl within the City limits fiurin^ r&lt; -tr:rt ed hours on May M t:&gt;id. drove Honrii r. K 12 5.S p.m Note: Th.' restricted hours j within City limit*
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    Murder charge
    43 4 KUALA LIMPIR Fri. A Yong. 28. of Sunsci iduced today before Irche Ismail. Kuala Lumpur First Magistrate, on, a churce of murderins Quak Ah Joon \esterday afternoon at Suncei BeM Road He \vn&gt; rr:r:inded till Sept 6 for a rrdimlnary inquiry.
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    Girl missint?
    22 4 Girl missing An 18 year-old R.r.. Pi Poll i n missing from hi r house it. Amoy Str ii.i;t tti sinci Thursday
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    In—a famous pianist
    59 4 In— a famous pianist The world famous pianist Jan Smeterlin flew into Singapore yesterday on his way to Hong Kong. Smeterlin. who has Just completed a tour of New Zealand and Australia, is returning here to give recitals at the Victoria Memorial Hall on July 28. He leaves on Sunday
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    MORE AND MORE WANT TO GO BY BEAVER NOW
    67 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Frl. The Government-owned Bea\rr air service is to Increase its flights to the East Coast nrxt month. Malayan Railway official slid today that the additional flights would be to Trengganu and Kelantan. "More and more people are wantlnc to
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    Motorist charged with negligence
    61 4 Flight Lieutenant J F. Langcr. of Oranse Urove Flate. claimed trial in a Singapore traffic court yesterday to a charge of necliger.; ai-v;ng at 9 am. on Mar. 7 Langer. It was allied, arove negligently along Bukit Timah Road and collided with a lorry at the
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    Guides back from Britain
    60 4 TWO SIMiAPOKK (iirl Guides. Miss llelene Chiang (of the 11th Singapore Company) rijht. and Che Wan Noor liinte Daud (Scott's Road School Company) returned to Sincapore yesterday by air from Britain. They have been away on a four-month (tuide training course. They were the first Colony
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    NO FENCES HERE-AND THAT'S A PROMISE
    118 4 THERE will bo no "Keep off the grass" notices on Singapore's show-piece Esplanade when the final phase- "turfing, planting and drainage"— is completed in a few months' time. Givinc this assurance yesterday, the City Architect. Mr. W I. Watson, said that the third and
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    All this and rainbow chicks too— at the fair
    176 4 All this and rainbow chicks too at the fair TK( HNICOLOI R" thickens hitrhed from eggs treat rd with special dyes will be one of the novel attractions at the forthcoming Singapore Trade Fair. Between 100 and 200 multl coloured chickens will be hatched out each day in the \ustralian
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    Let's settle Ritson bad pay row first, City Council tells workers
    605 4 ALL OTHER DEMANDS MIST Wait SINGAPORE City Council, with two members dissenting, agreed yesterday that a settlement of how many months Ritson back pay their 10,000 daily-rated employees should get must precede consideration of the men's other demands. The
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    Farewell v I to Alor fol
    8 4 Farewell Visit to Alor Star i I Sund.r.
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    NO PAY IF 10,000 GO ON STRII
    115 4 NO PAY IF 10,000 GO ON STRIK AT a private session yesterday. Singapore City Council unanimously agreed that if its 10.000 daily rated employees go on strike on Monday they will get no pay. The money may be used to pay people who help the Council during the strike or
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    Rice traders to set up crisis stockpile
    251 5 THEN GOVT. WILL STEP ASIDE "pHE Singapore Government will step out of the rice trade as soon as it has made arrangements with traders for maintaining a permanent emergency stockpile. The stockpile will be held by the Government in its own godowns. "The
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    Two sets of twins in baby show
    122 5 Two sets of twins in baby show r r O sets of twin girls are among the 137 entries i that have been received for the Singapore Chinese Y.M.C.A.'s third annual baby show. Most of the entrants are boys and Chinese babies predominate. There are also In- j man. Malay,
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    Passengers for Penang
    84 5 The following pas.xrngers from Britain will di.vmbark from the liner Canton when she calls at Penang on July 20: Mr. J. H. Cleary. Mrs D. E. Hastings, Mr. S. A. Morrison, Mr. E D. W Mitchell Mr W J K Mandy. Mr. E. T. Pike. Mr. and
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    Woman stabbed
    26 5 A Singapore housewife. Low Ah N;an. 39. was stabbed in the thigh last night at Balestier R&lt;_ari. She was taken to the General Hospital.
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    Two bands at soccer game
    54 5 TAIPING Vrl.— The Band &gt;1 the Malay Regiment and the pipes and drums of the 2nd B.ittalion Malay Regiment will play before the start of the &gt; Malaya Cup soccer match between Pcrak and Perils here tomorrow and also during th»Interval. After the game, the
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    LOYAL SERVICE REWARDED
    86 5 MALACCA. Fri. Mr. Yap j Eng Tee, the first Asian cxc- j eutive of the Malacca branch of Guthrie and Company, Ltd.. wu feted at a dinner to mark his retirement last night. Mr. A. F. Taylor, the com- I pany's managing director who came from Singapore,
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    CUSTOMS SCARE THE DRUG MEN AWAY
    141 5 SINGAPORE Customs men seized more than 1,000 lb. of raw and prepared opium in the last six months, Mr. J. McKnight Hart, Assistant Comptroller of Customs. (Preventive Branch) told the Straits Times yesterday. Mr. Hart said that the "ex- ceptional" capture of more than
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    Thanks for Margie, says the Mayor
    134 5 Thanks for Margie, says the Mayor rE Mayor of long Beach, California, where the Miss Universe beauty contest starts next week, has sent a message to the sponsors of the quest for Miss Malaya the Straits Times and Shaw Brothers thanking them for sending Miss Malaya, Miss Marjorie Wee, to
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    Labis fun fair nets $2,00U
    44 5 The fun fair organised oy the Labis Welfare Committee netted over $2,000. which will be used to start a subsistence fund for the aged and infirm The fair was generously supported by the local rubber estates and leading firms.
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    THE 'BUMBLE' BOSSES
    114 5 A touch of Dickens has this unionist worried PENANU Cri rfXHERE are still many em--1 ployers In Malaya, who resemble Tie Bumble of Charles Dickens," said tfr Loh Ah Chun chairman of the Penang anch of .ne Malayan Technical Services Union Mr. Loh, who was addressing the
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    THEY ASK FOR MORE PLAYING FIELDS
    124 5 THEY ASK FOR MORE PLAYING FIELDS T*HE Singapore Progres- sive Party will ask the Government to convert the old football stadium area in Telok Ayer into playing fields for schools in the neigh- bourhood. 1 A party councillor will move this in .he August meeting of the Legislative Council. This
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    He wants to sell more to us
    63 5 Mr R. B. Gray. Director of Commerce in the New Zealand Department of Commerce and Industry, arrived in Singapore yesterday by Qantas-BOAC airliner to sell more of his country's goods to Malaya. Mr. Gray, who was accompanied by his assistant. Mr. C. B.
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      439 5 Today's Radio SINGAPORE A.M. 7.15 Time Signal and News: 7.16 Morning Star; 7.30 News; 7.3S Melody Mixture; 8.00 Time For Music; 8 30—9.00 Calling All Hospitals: P.M. 1.00 Hear Them Again; 130 Time Signals and News; 1.50 Dance Interlude; 2.00 Raring Commentaries: 5.00 Sports Hour; 6.30 Soldiers of the Queen;
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    DKATH
    37 6 DEATH 2» H«rdi lit (minimum). GOON SIAH SEN Beloved father I of Goon Kviong Ming, on 16.7.54 Funeral on 17.7 54 at 10 a.m. from 14 Lee Chuk Kal Street. Ipoh. to I 6am Poh Tong Temp&gt;
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    A( KNOW! K.IMiMKM
    46 6 A CKNOWLEDGEMENT H'orW&lt; tin I minimum) OPERATION TERMITE Thomar Cowan Co. Ltd. 1 ***** 1 wish to i thank their many Clients. Admirers •nd well wishers for their congratulations and offers of assistance but regretfully deny any connection with the Operation taking plare In the Federation
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    AXNOI N( EMKNTS
    334 6 ANNOUNCEMENTS. It H«r« til I minimum) FOI lOW PIDANn K.r:\ Day In the Malay Mall' If you want to win that $5,000 word puzzle. 1 01 LI-POP IT IN Ecstasy and Reallsatlon--lts a Fullers Idlt-Pop. ToM everywhere! Sole agents— Roh:nson s. niSCERNINO RACEOOERS ran select their Binocular requirements »f P.
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    (Die jStraitH (Tunes Singapore, Sat. July 17, 1954. The Backpay Dispute
    963 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Sat. July 17, 1954. The Backpay Dispute There is still a chance that tho strike called by the labour unions of Singapore Cityworkers will be averted. The men will bo making a mistake if they come out. They are in no position to remain out for
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    In The Jungle
    390 6 A sorely puzzled man is Mr Andrrev. chief of the Students Department of the youth organisation of the Russian Communist Party. Komsomol takes life very seriously. But not quite seriously enough. In the lapse towards liberalism after the death of Stalin a captured Tfcrzan film was shown
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    15 6 MAI WAN KAII.WA\&gt; Bill IMN(. KIAI.A II Ml'l I! Straits Times photoaraphc- Kok Ah Chong.
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    925 6 As I was Sayings SINGAPORE City Council put control of the highways in the hands of the police months u?o. It is control which apparently is disputed by the Registrar of Vehicles. That Htnu to be the explanation of the lIIMMUMW which some car owners have received lor parkin? on
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    83 6 FIFTY YEARS AGO Taken from the Straits i Times of July 17, 1904: rE fatuous project of horinu the tamou.N Kalians Tunnel for the waterworks there has been abandoned alter $2f&gt;n.non had been burled I In the .slush In the past MM 1 and a half yrars. THE RESIDENT-GENERAL has
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    Venture into th| interior *
    761 6 Venture into the interior Malaysian Xoiebotik IT IS a twelve-hour journey up river from Miri, "the new capital of the fourth division of Sarawak to Merudi. the old one. At least, it was twelve hours for me, for I was allocated the Govment launch which can in normal circumstances achieve
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      599 6 CLASSIFIED ADS. •0 Ward. $1* (minimum). TO NAN. wife of V E. Stewart on 15th July. 1954. at Batu Oajah. a daughter 21, H ..'•(&gt; ill) (minimum) CHEW-TAN: The encagement is announced between James Chew I Nk» Kok. second son of Mr. Chew Pu.ni Chuee and the late Madam Tan
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    Master Plan to be ready in October
    73 7 Master Plan to be ready in October Master 1;;;;.-- Will o tober rlier i Bin- I M;isB&gt; .ird &gt;&gt;f S :._:iporc 0 ,r'y In flexible .pppivrd It. b&lt; submitted r In Council. SI iibllc B v ap- made suit Of it is dirla unlikely :y flexible. delay in vj Land
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    |Ho/Mff/i remanded in custody
    52 7 Woman remanded in custody Charged with r a 15--!i;»' ndinc to use &lt;! trial ired In I sions court before Mr. A P Jack. The woman, living in Kamponu Lovit. Suncci Siput i. North i wa.s said to have committed the alleged offence on June 21. She was remanded In
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    Heyzer pleads guilty 'to save witnesses ordeaP
    680 7 Heyzer pleads guilty 'to save witnesses ordeal' DOUBLE MARRIAGE CASE MAN DESCRIBED AS A 'NATURAPATHIC JUDGE POSTPONES HIS SENTENCE LMIWARD PERCIVAL lj MrC'ARTHY HEYZER, described in court as a •homeopathic and naturupathic." pleaded guilty in the Second Criminal District Cour*. Singapore, yesterday to intentionally signing a notice ■if marriage, where
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    FLASHBACK to November 1953
    414 7 FLASHBACK to November 1953 Mr. Braga then referred to their evidence and the statement of Heyzer. which were made at the preliminary inquiry, held before I Mr. R. B. I Pates, the magistrate, two months ago. Of Augusta Ng, Mr. Brasa ■said that she had testified that she saw a
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    GAVE HIS EVIDENCE THEN WENT ON LEAVE
    182 7 THE evidence of an Assistant Superintendent of Police was recorded in the Singapore Second Traffic Police Court yesterday about six hours before his departure to Japan on holiday. A S.P. C- W Greer.a\,av of D Division. gave evidcni-e against Paul Robert Lin:ield Wilson,
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    Stabbed after a mahjong game
    38 7 A 29 year-old labourer N* Kirn Poh was found stabbed in the back in Amoy Street, yesterday evening. Ng who was critically wounded was involved In a fight i alter a mahjong game.
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    Jewels stolen from home
    53 7 IPOH. Fri While an Indian woman was washing clothes at the back of her house in Birch Avenue. Ipoh. this morning, a thief entered the bedroom and stole Jewellery worth $500 from an almeriah. The woman's husband, a clerk In the telecommunications Department was at work
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    Shouts foil robbers
    61 7 A woman living In Thomson Road. Singapore, saved her household from being robbed by slipping out of the house during a hold-up and shouting for help. Three men armed with knives had tied up her husband to a chair and were ransacking the house, when the woman
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    Ten men in search for a method
    304 7 -TO REVISE FEDERATION PACT KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. DETWEEN now and the end of September the nine Malay Rulers and the Federation Government will go into the question of how best to review the Federation constitution Thly follows the decision taken at their conference
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    Rules forced man into crime: Judge
    155 7 Rules forced man into crime: Judge Ar TEK SENTENCING L I m Kirn Tone, a 53-year-old trisha rider to a day's «aol for using a rorged trisha licence. Mr Justice Whitton ■id in the Singapore High Court yesterday that he would like to see Urn's licence restored. He said that
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    Fake licence of one-eyed trisha man
    105 7 |f|TEO ENG SOON. 38. blind in JL one rye. was found gui'.ty at Singapore Assizes yesterday of using as genuine a forged trisha rider's licence last Nov. 10. Mr. Jv.stlce Whitton postponed sentence until getting the aid of the Social Welfare Department. Teo said
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    SHORTER HOURS FOR ALL
    65 7 SHORTER HOURS FOR ALL so no sackings KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. T»HE 120 workers of the Hume Industries' factory here are to work shorter hours to prevent general retrenchment. This was agreed upon a* meeting between the management and representatives of the Mill and Factory Workers Union today. As a result
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    Milk bar burgled
    27 7 Thieves broke into a milk bar in Kirn Pong Road. Sinfjapore. on Thursday night and stole $150 and cigarettes and tinned provisions worth $75
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    High Tides
    79 7 TODAY: Singapore 12 23 a.m. &lt;8 V 6 In.) 11 32 p.m. 1 10 It. 1 In i Port Dlcksnn 7.20 am. -it ft 5 In i 750 p.m. 1 9 ft); Penan* 1.43 a.m. (7 ft. I 1.36 p.m. (8 ft. 4 In). TOMORROW: .Singapore 1251 pm
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    Life of an Empress goes on the stage
    321 7 ••fiHE Motherly and Ausplcl- ous a dramatised life of the Empress Dowager Tzu Hsi. the last Empress of the Manchu dynasty, who died in 1908. is being presented tonight and morrow niiiht at the Victoria Theatre by the Arts Theatre Though the
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    DRIVER TRIED TO RUN ME OVER, SAYS AGED SIKH
    196 7 Court is told of 'bad blottd' KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. AN aged Sikh, who had obtained civil judßjempnt nf $3,887 from another Sikh in the Suprrmr Court, alleged in the Second Magistrates Court hrre today that the man tried to run him
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    Land award doubled
    62 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Frl. Judgment for $213,608 in favour of the Layang Layan& Rubber Company for the compulsory acquisition by the Johore Government of 143 acres, three roods and 12 poles of its property has been awarded by Mr Justice Storr The Collector of Land Revenue awarded the
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    TIGHTER CONTROL OFHOTELS
    135 7 TIGHTER CONTROL OFHOTELS A BILL for stricter control of all hotels and lodging houses in Singapore will be introduced In the Legislative Council on Tuesday. It will recommend that ali such e.stabh.shmpnt.s. with thr&gt; exception ol pilgrim* 1 and teamen lodging houses, be registered and their managers licensed. Provision is
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    S.H.B. member
    28 7 Mr I. O. Balmond has ber; appointed a member of th&lt; Sln«aporp Harbour Board foi a threi -year term. He sue cerds Mr. C B. Collince.
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      125 7 BICYtLES SPECIAL OFFER B.S.A. "Streamlight" Sports Roadster Model 622 AC fr*\\ Endritk. XVRES: I) unl o p Sports If HANOLEBAR Chromium-platrd on U V U adjustable stem. BRAKES: Sidr-pull W I H ialiprr GKABCASI D.-ia. li.ililr ki: hath optional Ml DOI'ARDS: l.isht &gt;g\ II ll M steel enamelled FINISH: «lr.-.ii
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      92 7 The weather MINIMI M TEMPER ATI RE (7.30 p m on July 15 to 7.30 a.m. on July 16) Singapore 75 degnfs P*nang 73. Kota Bahru 74. Kuala Lumpur 73. Ipoh 73. Kuantan 71 MAXIMUM U Mill; M 1,1 (7 30 a.m. to 7 30 pm. on July 16 &gt;
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    3 set a riddle on call-up for 1955
    260 8 3 set a riddle on call-up for 1955 By a Straits Times reporter. WHAT are the Singapore Government's plans for National Service next year? Yesterday I spoke to three National Service chiefs and got three different answers. Here are the answers from Mr. A. C. Loßßln, National Service Officer; Mr.
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    The Premium Bonds draw
    70 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri— The Federal Government Loan (Premium Bonds i Board announced today the numbers of prize winning redeemable bonds. First prize bond number *****7. will be redeemed for $5.614 90 Second *****9. and *****0 for $1.130 98 each ana third *****0 and *****5 for $570
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    Laotians get war lesson
    61 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri— Four Laotian senior police officers have completed a four-day study of methods of training and conduc ing operations against Communist terrorists in the Federation. They visited the Police College at Kuala Kubu Bahru. the photographic branch in Kuala Lumpur and the Jungle War-
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    $100 FOR VARSITY HOSTEL
    59 8 Latest Malayan Rift towards International House, the proposed residential centre at Melbourne University for Asian .students and Australian students from outside Melbourne, Is $100 from the Australian and New Zealand Association •Peraki. The aim of International House is to create more opportunities to develop mutual understanding
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    Sky's the limit in this job, youths told URGED TO JOIN AIR FORCE
    148 8 Sky's the limit in this job, youths told URGED TO JOIN AIR FORCE KUALA LUMPUR. Friday. At ALAYAN youths were assured today of a "briph iTI future" in the Malayan Auxiliary Air Force Squadron Leader OS P. McGaw, former commander of the MAAF, told the Straits Times that the force
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    Ship with Red cargo leaving
    41 8 The 4.504-ton Finnish freighter Arabella which arrived in Singapore to take on water. provisions and bunkers, is scheduled to leave tomorrow The Arabella is carrying a mixed cargo of iron-ore and bamboo from China to Antwerp
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    THE JUDGE WONDERS WHAT EX-MANAGER OF AIRPORT MEANT
    931 8 THE JUDGE WONDERS WHAT EX- MANAGER OF AIRPORT MEANT Crash inquiry is told about adverse report TVfE precise meaning of part of a report written by Mr. K. L. Milton, a former man Kof Kallanr Airport, questioned yestern Singapore, the court of inquiry &gt;stik a t i n g the
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    Bandits slay civilian
    28 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri—.Terrorists murdered a Malay civilian In the Gurun district of Kedah last night. Earlier, the bandits destroyed a two-storey house and a smokehouse.
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    BANDIT SHOT DEAD IN NIBONG TEBAL
    166 8 NIBCNG TEBAL, Friday. AN ACTIVE member of the Mm Yuen Armed Force Kee Kheng Boon. 25. was shot dead last night in an ambush laid by security forces in the Changkat area of Nibong Tebal. Another terrorist |a believrd to have been wounded. Hr
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    Admitted to Bar
    25 8 Mr. Roy Earle Redrup. advocate and solicitor, was admitted to the Singapore Bar by the Chief Justice, Sir Charles Murray -Aynsley, in
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    Accused of trespassing
    88 8 KUALA LUMPUR Frl K Arumugam. 36, of the PWD labour lines at Loke Yew Road waa charged today in the first Magistrate's Court here with entering into a woman's house at dawn to outrage her modesty. He was also alleged to have trespassed into Nallamas hou.se In
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      287 8 ?.*TMy..°!!.i*NiM^. M ..M?*!?M!!.? ALHAMBRA OPENS t &lt;&gt; da y til COIDMIOIU JHOHI 6909 m&gt; 1M S4&gt; p m THE MUSICAL JAMBOREE Oft "p-roormg ihow of fftoi* donce-holl doyi! f^^H'-w I RHONDA FLEMING irH^ J lAGNESI AGNES mo °™d fWllli f^M TERESA BREWER,^, BJI c *'&lt; *li i«« lm Morninc Today.
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      328 8 1, j^SHAW BROTHER^ ALAN LADD s "O'ROURKE I of the ROYAL MOUNTED tJ m lililwiTH SHELLEY WINTKhS .....AN ADVENTUROIS EPIC -w^ THE NORTHWEST MOr\TKn%Mtf gjjjPOLirE IN SPECTACILAR TECHNiroiTJ! M PLUS "QUEEN OF Bl II I', Jfi M (MISS I'NIVERSE l'T.Ji jfl "™MHT «r«i MIDNIGHT lv """MM* buuq I "OKINAWA" KT|{
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      310 8 The Straits Times Crossword 31 ZSSUSm m tly |Ss Tnmp taking hi an Indian city 8 '0 3 piht«rs may take them up I^l v H?i 4 Scho"' rr| ns"m«l. »c hear (4V LJI iT 1,. kv i And his love. This be very i-&gt; n mirth" cA Mld-«ummer Night*
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    founded the city of Adelaide
    1952 9 The Malayan who founded the city of Adelaide TIMES special FEATURE I VI AISiY pioneers from the West founded settlements and cities in I Malaya. Their praises have often been told. But less justice has been done for the memory of the Malayan who founded the city of Adelaide in
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      86 9 am^^B^afli rJt pHr You get more i money and r your beauty plil tTEX UOitm DAINTIEST PINKS ,oui &lt;ingcrtip» H long wcarinK n the amnint &gt; ,niooth. creamy th.it ncvar I r.nt UATNA SPORTS. DLE ROAD &gt; ORE *****. lALISTS Tennis Badminton Racket Stringing i ltd Nylon Guts H K.,fkcl
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      223 9 Come tonight The and enjoy ivOYAL/ yourself BALL in aid of the SINGAPORE WORLD YOUTH ASSEMBLY FUND under the distint'uished patronage of His ExrsiUncy the Commissioner -General the Rt. Hon. Mr Malcolm Macdonald. P. C. at the Island Club TONIGHT From 9 /&gt;. m. t'i 2 a. tn. Tickets 58.
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      117 9 Hivli IWfff; squad in ihv tilh&gt;9j! |*SUS I ft- Uttl I LOOKED OUT W IiAVBI 3-D. REMEMBEQ OUR v I' t J i/IHT THE WALLWINOOWB TWEVtJE JLT^r OATM? WE SVOPE Wf'D r m( 3-D.' COME MERE J I *»55!., wOF' TWERP'S A DIE TOGETHEC WE EVEC^ WUATS Ti^ QUICK^ ILi
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    MARKETS ARE MAINLY DULL
    380 10 Atlas Ice new capital PXCEPT for the tin market trading conditions in local market yesterday were generally on the dull side again. For the sixth suocesive day the tin price advanced and yesterday's rise was a sharp one of $3.12J to $379 .62i a picul. Rubbrr
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    RUBBER PRICES
    161 10 August first grade rubber c!as&lt;r: ln Singapore yesterday at II a tb. half a cent above Thiuatlay'i closing pnoe It was a quiet day wrh a price fluctuation between 69\ cents and 70' s cents, with no selling pressure but traders not willing to buy at the price.
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    83 10 The Malayan Exchange Banks Association made the following changes in its rates to merchants yesterday. Canada: buying. T.T. 3mail. O.D. 32',. 90 days I dit bills. 32 9 16 trade bills Selling rates T.T. or O.D. read&gt; were: Canadi. 31 13 16; French Francs *****. On the free
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    OFFICIAL PRICES
    16 10 SINGAPORE. July 16. TIN; S37n.fi2} lupS.H.'lj KIBBRR: 70i tents lb. (up half a cent).
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    Rubber nJ is uncertl
    21 10 Rubber man is uncerta THE &gt;.■ CO., Li away at lack nl on nr v. since done export o| June 7&lt;.i I
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    PRODUCE PRICE
    15 10 4 H I. II 1 $30 v p m $31 I seller-- tembf
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      130 10 I The Finest 1 11 1] On Earth B! i! HENRY WAUGH CO LTD INCORPORATED IN SINGAPORE MODEL BY 184 7^ A EKCO f£+Mj Britain 's x^^/ finest RADIO! Sole A*rntv: MACLAiNE STOKVIS (M) LTD. SINCAPORE KUALA LUMPUR IPOH PENANC Jk »w^ f Jts a goodjo6-its (ROBBIALAC) VJMULSION PAINTS X)
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      855 10 PUBLIC APPOINTMENT APPLICATIONS are invited for the post of District Home Ouard Officer, Selangor. Salary' scale $39(1--12-516 plus COLA and Allowances Quarters available. Previous Mllltaiy or Police experience desirable but not essential. Minimum educational qualifications Standard VII. Applications should be forwarded to the State Home Ouard Officer, Brockman Road. Kuala
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      604 10 NOTICE DENNIS GREGORY CO. LTD. Wholesale Diamond Merchants, Penan*. I Please note that the abovenamed firm Is registered only ln the Feder- a ion of Malaya and has no business, associate company or representative ln Singapore. NOTICE Notlre is hereby given that I. the undersigned, hs.ve left the services of
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      704 10 TENDER -RIDA Tenders are ln ited from reliable Contractors for the Erection of a Training Centre it Petallng Jaya. Selangor. Tender documents may be obtained on application before 22nd July, 1954. D*nosU $10(1 returnable upon receipt of a bona fide tender and all documents. There if no guarantee that the
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      250 10 SINGAPORE RED FUNNEL LIKE HEAP ENG MOH SS CO., LTD. SOON BEE STEAMSHIP CO., (^jg 33 35. Teluk Aver Street— Thorn Passenger 6c Freight Services M -OIANG Sl\(. HIKK I BAILIM I" llr.Klß&lt;l\-H&gt;i: r\U A. B'pore appr. luh M M.V. "SOON BEE"— &gt;\ILIN(.S lit PWI.KM P TANDJONG PAXDAN L. Spore
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      955 11 MANSFIELD CO., LID. ££&gt; BLUE FUNNEL LINE D «P«» „,j „n nth" port* to lood and dlteharat csran 5" GLASGOW. LONDON CONTININTAI POUTS P Shorn Ptmn, July U/11 H G 33/34 July II July 19/20 July 21 July IS July 2a/2B July 29/30 July 21 Auq 4 Aug 1/ a
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      1091 11 EAST ASIATIC LINES SAILINGS TO CONTINENT/SCANDINAVIA Fer Aden, Pert Seid. Genoa, Antwerp, Rotterdam, Homburq, Gdynia. Copenhagen, Gothenburg A Osla S'PO'« P. S'hom Panang i WSf-r jsffiis :?:-z w a :^T-.,,::.&, 5. ftS Tfi a Calls London (passengers only). Cells Kerlshemn Cells Beyrouth Omits Gdynia ««i c°m' &lt;&gt;n&lt; iP«"««*" only) and
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      1104 11 BEN LINE STEAMERS LTD. SAILINGS te U.K. and CONTINTENTAL FORTS Spore P. Sham Penong I BenvorMck far Liverpool, Glasoow, Rotterdom, Hull G. 14/lf 21/21 July 24/21 Jury Benmecdhul Inr Lorwlon, Antwerp, Rotterriom, Homburg GIS 31/22 Jury 2J/24 Jury Bennevh) for Genoa. Avonmouth, Liverpool, tJubhn G2S/24 21/21 July 24/25 Jury Bewevon
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      1084 11 McALISTER tfc CO., LTD. TEL. No. ***** EIXERMAN BUCKNALL KLAVENEM LINE LONDON, HAVRE, ROTTERDAM, LOS ANGELES, SAN FRANCISCO, HAMBURG PORTLAND, SIATTLE 4 VANCOUVER ond tor USA, North Attor-t.c Tor:. Accepting corqa tar Central 4 South ond Cnr.orto via Colombo Am.ricen Ports CITY OF SYDNEY tniif iiuvmi Spore P S'hom Penana
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      273 12 TF one wishes tn take a recognised qualification in accountancy, there is no alternative but. to ko overseas. Until recently, it was quite possible to take a recognised qualification In accountancy locally without having to serve articles. But for some unknown rea- 1 son.
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      This house should be preserved
      162 12 TJECENTLY an advertisement appeared offering for .sale thr freehold land and builriinc at fiO. Telok Blangah Road. Singapore. It wa.s described a.s having 28 rooma and spacious grounds, mast .suitable for mess, hoste] or maternity home Thus building waa the Temencßonc Lstana. it should be
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      Police appeal and courtesy
      67 12 \JOBODY likes to be hailed rudely. &lt; specially Ilk at ai So will the Singapore r I D. men &gt;top calling the public in this manner, especially when they need our help. This happened recently when I was called by .some C I D. men. with
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      Contrary to union principles
      112 12 THAT the Deputy President Of the City Council should make a Press statement threatening to dismiss workers' vho may co on strike while last minute negotiations were taking place is amazing. Surrly this is threatened victimisation? This is quite contrary to trad^ union principles i and
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      WHAT THE TEACHER WROTE
      189 12 WHAT THE TEACHER WROTE A FEW days ago. I watched a gang of City Council labourers metalling the Tanjong Pagar Road. It seemed ,to me a very hard way of earning a living. But imagine my eonsterna- tion when I was shown a composition by a Singapore school teacher, a
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      HIS LONG WAIT
      81 12 I DISAGREE with Mr. Padmanabha Menon about the Indian customs officers at Madras. Most of them there are rude. I disembarked at Madras on June 1 at 9 a.m. and was lucky to get out of the customs shed at 5.45 pm. a wait of eight and
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      THE INDIAN TEACHERS
      79 12 REGARDING local recognition of Indian qualifications. I think the fault lies n^t in their .standard but on the prevalence of corruption in fie educational establishments in India A common occurrence in India is the leakage of examinat..m papers. According to Prrsreports, in one recent instance, printed copies
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      The rubber tapper and scrap for firelighters
      456 12 pERHAPS you are not awarr that most smallholders ire at the mercy of their rubber tappers, and that the acquittal of the Indian tapper by a Penang court might be misconstrued by all other tappers that pilfering: of scrap rubber is approved by
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      Brainy ideas and the manager's sidelines
      264 12 fHAT idea of Mr. Lionel van Geyzel to set up a board to protect authors of ideas for the development of Malaya from exploitation by others is good. mis Doard snould also protect the intcrrsts of those who eivo brainy Mna to the companies
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      Kelantan and Kirkby
      69 12 REGARDING the .selection of candidates for training at Kirkby and the Teacher's Training College at K.&gt;ta Bahru. I would like to congratulate Mr. Woods and others tor thtiir good work. Some candidates were chosen for both eoDei cept— l believe that all four candidates chosen from Kelantan
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      HE PREFERS ARMY LIFE
      67 12 AFTEH belli:* a lance corporal in the .school cadet corps tor three years, my son prefers to lead an army life. He registered tor training in the army corps under the "national service scheme." Recently, he received a "call up" notice to join the Civil Defence
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      Revival of Carnatie music
      124 12 Revival of Carnatie music fiARNATIc music is actually V/ witnessing a revival and rejuvenation in India and among well-inlormed Indians, modern and old. If any testimony la needed Mr. N. B. Krislinan should turn his eyes and cars towards the Music F-stival of South India hold In Madras yearly under,
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      Pirate taxis and horn nuisance
      115 12 Pirate taxis and horn nuisance PIRATE taxis in the TionK Bahru area have with impunity plied their trade for the past several yeai.s and apparently make no secret of it. Every morning at about 7 15. residents there are rudely awakened by the blasting of horns over lonn periods. The
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      SOME POINTS OF VIEW
      222 12 KUALA LUMPUR S one- way traffic is a failure, and I think it is time that Mr. Haxworth. the Singapore one-way traffic specialist, should be called to lend a hand I.A.M FAIR Kuala I ninpu i rE new post office at the Cold Storage Arcade Is
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    Easy Street to improve on first run
    274 13 MKKKT. foui -year-old Honcjrwa] creatid a favourable Impression In h.ls first r«c« In Malaya last week when lie ran the smart .S. s. Commando to 6f. up on thai form. :n&lt;M be a good thin« in ihe CUaa 2 Dlv 1. It. handicap
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    CAMPUS BELLE GOOD BET IN STORE CUP RACE TODAY
    398 13 CAMPUS BELLE GOOD BET IN STORE CUP RACE TODAY By EPSOM JEEP. QAMPUS BELLE, a anme and genuine xtayer who is right back in form after a nice let-up, looks a good bet in the Singapore Cup over 1 |M. (Race Six) at Bukit Timah today, concluding da&gt; of the
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    PICTURE TIP
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    {■^^^NBaT^F^BJV^^nBsHHB^HF^IB^VIM^PVBJBBjBHj
    146 13 Straits Times Selections •&lt;&gt;,! jm 41.1 BO) ...MtR K»r- 1. ZIS GBAND LEADEB Ivernla Muffin Man MANAHIKI (irand l&gt;r*d*r rhnwrnnon gband iMiim iTernk* Star Sapphlr* Race 2 141 NAZAKAT (•rerlan Knlfhl Malekrmdeh NAZAKAT Malratlr Hlfht l,rrn&gt;n Knlfht EASY STREET Pink Trmrarc Forest Duke GBE. ENIGKT Nacakat MHhur, &lt; nurt EASY
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    SOVEREIGN NAPPED IN RACE 7
    257 13 SOVEREIGN NAPPED IN RACE 7 V Cup day nap is Sovereign In LIL the Class 1 Dlv. 1, 6f. gprtnt (Race Severn. 'I hi* nandsome three-year-old by Stardust U certainly the best of the good batch of new horses and may yet develop into the fine.-: .sprinter we have had.
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    Fairy Tale if the going is good
    764 13 LMIKY TALKS best efforts have been over 6f. but I r shall be very surprised indeed if he proves unable (o eet at least 7f. This sturdily-built Fairy Prince gelding came with late rush to finish fourth to Cinecolor over 6f. with 8.6
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    1293 13 Today's Race Card i ACCEPTORS and probable Jockeys for today's races, con- A cludlnr day of the Singapore Turf Club July Meeting, tare (Wen below. Double Tote will be held on Races Four and Seven. Big Sweep will be draw n on Race Eight. Race 1—2.15: Class 2. Div. 2—
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    NAZAKAT A SOUND BET
    190 13 "^AZAKAT liH.s hit hrr peak form. 111 and I think nhe W worth following again In Rare Two. This Hyartnthu* mare put on a sparkling display agalrwt a bright lot of Claw 2 horses over a mile last week In the leud at the top of
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      41 13 'Til. Hi vi.iv r 1111 vestiTilav Inn it the weather keeps fine Unlay the Koin? should be Komi. RADIO MALAYA will hroadirtst commentaries on .ill eisht rufv TODAYS NAP: Sovereign in Have Seven. BEST I.OXOSHOT: s&lt;^krr II in the Sinrapore flip
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    Austrian s to play foij games in Singapore
    337 14 Austrian s to play for games in Singapore gINGAPORK AMATEUR Football Association has arranged a special August Bank Holiday treat for the fans four matches for an Austrian team against Singapore sides. The Gratz Austrian Amateur Football team of 16 players and two officials flew into Singapore yesterday from Saigon
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    WEEKEND SPQft
    162 14 WEEKEND SPORT TODAY s'Hit.R Krlenrtlv: Hon(tkonj Bank Mercantile Bank, Jalan Besai SAFA Piv .1A: Buklt Timah B.&lt; v SeleUr F.&lt; Jalan Besar. i p.m. Junior (up: Radln Mai Ram blern v Rovers "A", Jierlanj. Rl( KKT Singapore "A" v &lt;omhinrcl &gt;&lt; h0..1». IA ground; *&lt; &lt; lon S C padanc
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    Yorks short by 19 runs: Watkinss-12
    274 14 LONDON. Frl. I |&gt;AIN ll Se.'-n caused the m.rch between Glamorc:in and Yorkshire to be abandoned this mornine when it was in a mo-st hMOTMUnc ■tag! Yorkshire then needed 19 MM win »l:h Mirt-e On a micket that was a bowler.--Yorkshire necdine only fiR
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    PAKISTAN PASS NORTHANTS
    57 14 NORTHAMPTON. Frl -Paktetat) made a spltiidid recovery today and .■r.tri prising battin- saw them pass Northamptonshire s first innings total of 359 for 6 de&lt; 1. shortly after lunch. The match whs dmn Waqar Hassan 5T Imtiar 4rt. Mohammad Aslam 4ti. W;i/.ir Mohammad 69 were the chief
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    GENTS BE A TEX
    38 14 GENTS BE A TEN LONDON. Ftt.- Players bent Gentlemen hy 49 nins at Lord s today. Players 144 and 131 Gentlemen 126 iW. Ednch Sfi loader 7 for 37 1 and lfiO (May 53, Appleyard 4 for 24 &lt;.
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    Entries for AAAM meet close July 26
    180 14 KUALA LUMPUR. Frl. L""NTRIES for the 33rd annual championships of the Amateui Athletic Association of Malaya, to be held at the Selancor Club padanc on Friday and Saturday Auk. 13 and 14. close on Monday July 26. For the firs' time ttM AAA
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    IIAIKOWYI CET OFF TO i-0 WIN
    36 14 HAIKOWYU GET OFF TO 4-0 WIN •i the SAFA Junior Cup ornpefinn l:v beatinc Town Ranecr^ 4-n at M FA. around yes'erday. V Klas- P Peterv X" Samv and S.imrl were the scorers J I^vnrld rcfereed.
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    AH CHYE NETS 2
    44 14 Young Companion A. A. beat s r A 3-2 in n SAFA Dl\ 3A u:mie at Oeylang yesterd.iy I.ei.ng Ah Chye 2&lt; and Quek Hock t ng scored for Young Companions. Hamiali and Falay for SCSA. Cbua Ban Hock ref«reed.
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    SOCIALS GIVE W.O.
    22 14 Social AP. gave I wdko-n tn shr Recreation Club m SAFA Junior Cun tie scheduler! [or Parrer Park yesterday
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    POLICE WILL REMAIN IN DIV. ONE LEAGUE
    281 14 rill.XX S.A 3 IR.C 2 I&gt;OLICE SPORTS ASSOCIATION made certain of thrlr v'.iy m the SAFA senior division toagua next season when they defeated Indian Recreation Club 3-2 at .lalan Besar stadium yesterday Police now have rilne points from U matches, with two
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    McConnon plays in third Test
    265 14 LONDON. Friday. ENGLAND'S team for the third Test ajjainst Pakis*J tan at Manchester, starting on Thursday July II shows two changes from the side which won thr second Test by an innings. The K :\m was anrvunccd today as follows: Datid Shrppjid v iplaini. Trrvnr
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    WET PITCH KKP PENANG TO 2-1
    117 14 WET PITCH KEP PENANG TO 2-1 AI.OR s| m I \FTFK beinjj MK-all at the intrrv.,l n of the Matejn (up. K«Kd anotl minute to win their vit.il North Kedah here today. The only Statp kit I Iran the champions in this section arf 1 Srlancor. who must brat Federation
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