The Straits Times, 10 August 1954

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    14 1 The Straits Times He****' 1 Estd. 184;> SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, Al'Gl'ST 10, 1954. 15 CENTS
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    BETS PLAN STARTS ROW
    746 1 .lIIIIIIHIIMIHIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIiIIIIIIIIHIIIHIIIIIIIItIIIIIIIIII I If I Mill 1 11 1 11 FOR— It will go a long way to improve the standard off racing in Malaya j AGAINST— More money on the tote means shorter odds ".........I Illegal bookies rill still operate' I |l MITK, Mon. tin Xl
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    MY WALKED 'ARMIN ARM' BEFORE SHOTS
    110 1 Ire, Mon. is- rar-old showand Mr.s. Mary nappy ai Icing itii anna .i shooting ottage told today. Mrs, Wheeler. it to murder 1 seriously ill a huilrt wound h drnied storiea Pting to commit s'licide by cutting her wrists as completely astonishing' Ho claimed
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    MARJORIE'S DEBUT
    59 1 I She goes on I stage at Moulin Rouge HASJOWi WKF. makes her first itan appearance at tin' Moulin Rouse nightrluh. Hollvuiiod. ThU picturr. t.ikrn durinc a rehrarsal. shows. Irft to richt. Iv^na Kislincrr (Mi*s \rtrntinai. .Marjnrip. Aviva Pe>r (Mtai Israel), and .lover I.andrv (Miss Canato). Thr cirl
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    Rhee for home
    22 1 SAN FRANCISCO. Mon. Presideni Rhce of South Korea left by plane for hnmr by way of Hawaii yesterday. Renter.
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    Attlee and Co. off to meet the Reds
    245 1 THEY'RE OUT TO MAKE FRIENDS LONDON, Monday. j LMGHT members of the British Labour Party inj*^ eluding former Premier Clement Attlee and Mr. Aneurin Bevan— said today they were going to Moscow and Peking determined to improve relations with (he Rod regimes.
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    MYSTERY OF TWO CORPSES
    135 1 1 rpWO corpses wre found in a 1 lonely spot at Tanah Mci :*h Kechil Road off thr Bth mile Changi Road. Singapore. I yesterday. The bod<"s were thnsr of a I man and a woman. The man i wore khaki shorts and was dangling from
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    Falling tree kills girl, 16
    48 1 A 16-yrar-old trirl was killed I by a falling trrr at Yeo Chu Kane during a storm yesterday. The girl, Leone Mun No. was watching a wayanc when a branch of the tree crashed on her Shr died before an ambuli ance arrived.
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    Murderer loses death appeal
    46 1 LONDON. Mon. William Sanchez dp Pinna Hepper, Spani-sh-speaking English artist of 62, today lost his appeal against the death sentence for murdering Margaret Spevlck 11. Hepper will go to the gallows at Wandsworth prison. London. at nine o'clock on Wednesday morning— Reuter.
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    Duke in Yukon
    27 1 VANCOUVER. Mon. The Duke of Edinburgh arrived at Whitchorse. the Yukon, Canada this rveninn after a fliaht if 878 miles from Vancouver.— Reuter. Rev
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    Aid for fugitives
    21 1 WASHINGTON. Mon. j America will help South ViPt- nam to move 100.000 evacuee* from North Vietnam. Reuter. 1
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    Kinsey in Peru
    21 1 LIMA, Peru, Mon Dr. i Alfred Kinsey arnvrri hrrr I yesterday to atudv Prruvtan I Indian life. AP.
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    5,000 file past the dead quin
    301 1 5,000 file past the dead quin pALLANDER, ONT., Mon. fpROWDS stretched tn i^ long lines yesterday as 5,000 mourners filed past the body of Emilie Dionne in the big house built in this remote area on the fame of the quintuplets. It had taken death to recall the crowds which
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    They remember
    31 1 NAGASAKI. Mon —Nagasaki, the second and last city to be hit by the atomic bomb, yesterday observed the ninth anniversary of the 1945 attack with prayer and peace ceremonies.—A.P.
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    Invade China NOW, urges ex-envoy
    170 1 NKW YORK, Mon. Mr. William Bullitt. former I mini States Ambassador In HM Sovirt I mon said in an article in Look magaiine today there should be an immediate Inrarion of China. Such an invasion would involve a minimum of American troopn and "Korean and
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    Whale oil fire
    31 1 BUENOS AIRES. Mon- Two thousand drums of whale oil were destroyed over the weekend by a flre which swept the storehouse of the Companla Argentina de Pesca.— A.P.
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    PRITT ARRIVING TOMORROW FOR SEDITION TRIAL
    99 1 V| R. D. N. PRITT, Q.C., who will be the loading eouniTl sel for the defence of eight University of Malaya students accused of sedition, will arrive in Singapore tomorrow from London. I has already filed at the pore High Court Rprlspetition to the
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    A bee sting kills farmer
    68 1 OREENUP. Kentucky. Mon— This sting is about to kill me," Samuel Jones told his brother yesterday whtn stung by a bee. Ten minute., later he died Coroner Louis Wright said the 41-year-old farmer died from anaphalactic shock, brought about by toxin in the blood stream.
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    INDIA REJECTS BRITISH 'NO FORCE' NOTE
    348 1 INDIA REJECTS BRITISH 'NO FORCE' NOTE Portugal sends troops but points way to peace in Goa dispute NEW HKI.HI. Monday. INDIA today emphatically repudiated the "unwar- ranted implications" in last week's British nntr asking her not to use force in her dispute with Portugal about the latter's settlements in India.
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    'France will clear out in 24 hours'
    115 1 'France will clear out in 24 hours' BOMBAY. Mon. INDIA and Mancc have reached agreement on the future of the Krench possession in India. according to a Press Trust of India report from Pondicherry. The report said an official announcement of Frances agreement to transfer power to India in these
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    CHOPSTICKS FOR A CHIMP
    103 1 HONG KONG. Mon.— J. Fred Mug2S, the ■.•himpanzer trio- vision star from Now York, arrived here today from Bangkok on another Ipc Ol hLs world tour with 300 .suits I in fix bags. He flic* to Tokyo tomorrow. Mupgs. who hates banana.s and prefers spinach was
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    Peking talk of plot
    61 1 TOKYO. Mon. Poking Radio yesterday charged the United State* with plotting to use Slam "for the control of Cambodia and Laos and sabotage of the cease-fire agreement in Indo-Chlna A broadcast heard In Tokyo asserted that General Donovan. U.S. Ambassador to Siam is planning the instrument
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    20 miss crash that kills 30
    175 1 20 miss crash that kills 30 LISBON. Mon. THIRTY proplr died whrn a Colombian National Airways Constellation airliner trashed and burst into flames on a mountain in thr A/orrs today. Rescue teams found the wreckaga 1.000 feet from fhr top of the mountain. Tht plane was carrying 21 passengers and
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    STOP PRESS
    44 1 IKE HUM >riZL SHIPS I \V\s||lN(.lciS \|,,n Preoielctil Ijs.iiliow i i Indisigned new li« wliit h c»r> I (mvi nun nl inrniHii ent Irt.il powii In lake omt ships nf fouuii ii.iiiiins in AmriK .«n nlen in ereat nf national inicruint > AP.
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    Malaya: Why Reds won't win—by Petersen
    286 2 Malaya: Why Reds won't win— by Petersen MANY COMRADES ARE ON OUR SIDE NOW LONDON, Monday. ]y|R. ALEX PETERSEN. first Director (Jeneral of Information Services in Malaya, said in a broadcast here last night that there was now no j possibility of a Communist victory in Malaya. Mr. Petersen, who
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    Youth leaders meet in Peking
    53 2 LONDON. Mon— The Council of the World Federation of Democratic Youth opens In Pelting this afternoon, the New China news agency reports. The agency said about 170 delegates from 41 countries had already arrived for the meeting and that delegates from a further 13 countries
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    —SKULLS— OF BLOOD IN THE LAND OF CHOCHOS
    83 2 —SKULLS— OF BLOOD IN THE LAND OF CHOCHOS ROME. Mon. AN Italian expedition i« befog prepared to penetrate dangerous. unexplored regiona of South America never before seen by Weaterners, it was learned today. The expedition will pinner into remote, unexplored regions of •nuthern Panama, upper Colombia and Venezuela in an
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    RUSSIANS: LET US HONOUR ATTLEE FIRST
    318 2 RUSSIANS: LET US HONOUR ATTLEE FIRST So embassy dinner comes second MOSCOW Monday. 2IR WILLIAM HAYTER. the British Ambassador. has arranged to put back by a day the dinner party he is riving for Mr. Attlee. Leader of the Opposition, because the Russians said they wanted to be the first
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    BEAUTIFUL SHARMANI MODELS A SAREE
    64 2 BEAUTIFUL SH ARMANI MODELS A SAREE MISS SHARMAM TIRU- CHELVAM, described m London as "one of the SO s most beautiful women of our time," models a saree 5 during the Ipoh women's B presentation of "One Night s of Glamour.'' The show z was in aid of Lady Tern
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    The barrack-room lawyer
    95 2 LONDON. Mon A man who saw an N.C.O. of the DukP of Wellington's Regiment marching a private soldier handruffpd in the street wrote to his M.P. Hp pointed out that trip N.C.O. was breaking a regulation originated during Victoria's reign a mln could dp takpn handcuffed only
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    15 DIE IN MOROCCO WEEK-END OF RIOTING
    134 2 PORT I VA- 1 Thousands' I Europran o' L thrrr-hnur H ypstprrlay killed. More th I S thp hflplne Prenrh rrmnvp thf), I the native part n "f^'J '-^fcl «nr| lir.d H bulldins nrma a Fr.nr h W,. j H>' S raV Man\
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    NEHRU SCORNS SEATO SET-UP
    300 3 But Pakistan is willing *x to go along muc o COLOMBO, Monday. fHh Prime Minister of India, Mr. Nehru, has said that a Rangoon meeting of South-east Asian powers to discuss the creation of a Southeast Asian Treaty Organisation (SEATO) would be premature and inopportune," according
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    r. Goodwill flies to Singapore
    101 3 LONDON, Mm. V Kill IK I) Dodds•arkrr. British Joint Par,rnUM I nder Secretary Mrrien Affairs, left dnn airport today for a iolll lour of Soulh-\-ia. i Karachi. New Rangoon. Bangkok. .ipnrr. Jakarta and iinlii' lliliidr of the countries >,uith-Kasi Asia to the „,v( defence organisaM
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    Two ships for Formosa patrol
    46 3 TAIPEH. Mon -Rear Admiral Jam? Shao Hsu. Commander-n-Chlef of thr Chines* Nalonallst Navy, said In Kaohiiung. Southern Formosa., iresterday that two American irstroyers transferred to the hlnc.N.' Nationalist Navy would be put Into Immediate >peration along the China ■nainland coast. Reuter.
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    Dog dies, 1,500 at funeral
    36 3 TURIN. Mon— Febo, believed to be the oldest dog in Italy, has died in the village of Ceres, aged 26 Most of the 1.500 inhabitants went to the funeral yesterday. -Reuter.
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    Doctors meet
    27 3 DAMASCUS. Mon An interArab medical conference openrd here yesterday. It will study rtisrasps specific to the Middle East as well as cancer and others. -Router
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    TRIO ARE NOT AMUSED
    48 3 KKKNDA WOODMAN, aged 17. smiles, but the three month-old Nile crocodiles, latest additions to Bristol Zoo. are not amuivd. It seems from their expressions that they would prefer to be admired from a distance, an arrangement that suits most of the visitors. Reuter picture
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    U.S. won't let us fight, says Rhee
    224 3 ATOM BOMBS WOULD BE USEFUL' WASHINGTON. Monday. PRESIDENT Syngman Rhee of South Korea said in a copyrighted interview with the magazine U.S. News and World Report today that the United States was restraining him and the Nationalist Chinese leader. General Chiang Kai-shek, from
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    Tito signs to keep Russia out
    93 3 Tito signs to keep Russia out BLED. Yugoslavia. Mon. YUGOSLAVIA. Turkey and X Greece signed a military i pact today aimed at welding a Balkan wall against any aggression by Russia or her Cominform satellites. The move implements the Balkan Friendship Treaty which Marshal Titos govern- J ment signed in
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    Angry over church aid
    53 3 GUATEMALA. Mon. Police yesterday broke up a demonstration of about 200 women in front of the Papal Nunciature. The women were protesting against the granting of asylum by the Nunciature last Friday to two accused revolt leaders. The women were told asylum was granted as a
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    A King returns
    21 3 AMMAN. Mon. Kine Hussein arrived here by air last night from his three week visit to Europe. Reuter.
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    Nylon goes to heads
    45 3 COLOGNE. Mon —West German fashion designers announced here last night a new contribution to masculine comfort—a men's hat weighing only two ounces. It is made of berlon (German version of nylon > overlaid with fine felt. The manufacturing process is patented— A.P.
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    Salad sends 60 to hospital
    37 3 BERLIN. Mon Sixty workers In Osnabrueck Labour oepartment were taken to 1 hospital lr*n night with fowl poisoning. Doctors blamed potato salad I which had been served from a zinc cvp A.P.
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    Shift work
    30 3 LONDON. Mon. Prague Radio has reported that hundreds of Prague citizens helped with the harvest in a "national shift" yesterday, together with factory workers from the provinces. -Reuter
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    10,000 may strike
    31 3 PUSAN. Mon Some 10.000 Korean employees of the US. Army's largest port in Korea went on a 24-hour strike today, demanding a 130 per cent pay Increase. —A.P.
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    LONDON STOCKS
    344 3 LONDON. Mon. SELECTIVE buying in another markets brought widespread sains. The big event was the substantial advance of oil shares in early heavy dealings but profit taking made Inroads Into the gains, including those of Anglo-Iranian and Burmahs. Qiltedged prices eased fractionally on the prospect of new issues.
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    LONDON TIN
    25 3 LONDON Auk. Cash Buyers C 729; Sellers *73i; Forward Buyers K7U, Sellers C 729; Settlement £730. Turnover a.m. 70 tons; p.m. M tons.
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    LONDON RUBBER
    32 3 LONDON. August 9 —Spot 20.d SeiH. JT-«d Oct -Dec. 3Od Jan Mar. 19", d.. Apr -June 19\d., JulySept 19vd.. Auk c.l.f 19 T ,d. Sepi c.l.f 19"* d. Tone Quiet
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    The first church
    49 3 BONN. Mon The Titular Bishop of Aachen Dr F Huenermann. yesterday dedicated thr new Roman Catholic chapel to St. Boniface at the Royal Air Force station at Bruesßen. It Is the first RAF Roman Catholic Church in Germany to be dedicated by a Gorman Bishop -Reuter
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    Ingrid likes style
    45 3 ACTKKSS iiun.i Bergman, si. line, centre, watrhei a model at the luqur, Fath show or hi«i autumn tnd winter collection*. She admired the ncr Ktorktnf*. which their creator nay* have top* of golden fi*>hnet and 'usprnder* encrusted I with diamonds. Popper picture
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    HEALING SERVICES FOR IPOH
    50 4 IPOH Mon The Rev. Alwin R de Alwis. faith healer and head of the Pentecostal Church of Ceylon, is expected in Ipoh this week. He will conduct healing services on Thursday. Friday and Saturday at the Pentecostal Church of Malaya. Ountonc vlllace near the Glory Theatre
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    Troops Toam kampongs to assault youths'
    151 4 FEDERATION REGIMENT SOLDIERS ACCUSED MANY AFRAID TO GO OUT, SAY ELDERS BUTTERWORTH, Monday. UI TTERWORTH Malay ciders have petitioned the Senior District Officer, Mr. J. L. H. Davis, to protect Malay youths from "unjust assaults" by men of the Federation Regiment now stationed here.
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    TAXI MEN GIVE A DAY FREE
    162 4 TAXI MEN GIVE A DAY FREE Varsity gets fares i NOTHER 1.400 Singapore taximen will drive for charity on Sept 12. They hope to collect a lot of money for the Nanyany: University. The taxi-drivers Chinese Malays and Indians will cruise from dawn till midnieht They will get free petrol,
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    New houses for gatekeepers
    37 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Mon Three blocks of gatekeepers quarters are to be built by the .lohore Government at the Istana Bukit Serene at a cost of 534.000 The Sultan now live, at Bukit Serene
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    WORKERS IN KAMPONGS TO GET AID
    129 4 IPOH. Mon. rE Malayan Workers Welfare Society is to extend Its activities to new villages and kampongs. A Perak branch of the society was formed yesterday at a meeting here. A committee was elected to i call a meeting later in the month to
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    SINGAPORE WEDDING
    24 4 MR. TAN IITCK CHEOW and Mil* Patience Lee after their wedding In Singapore. The couple were married at the Registry of Marriages.
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    MASS TEACHING OVER THE AIR
    149 4 Community lessons in Malay PENANG, Monday. 'THE Federation Adult Education Association's latest move to wipe out illiteracy In Malaya will start on Wednesday evening, when a series of lessons in Malay will be broadcast over Radio Malaya It is the nrst time this met- 1
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    CORPORAL DIES IN ACCIDENT
    145 4 CORPORAL DIES IN ACCIDENT constables hurt A POLICE lance corporal was! killed and four constables' were Injured when a station wagon overturned after crash--1 Ing into a tree in Watten i Estate near Duneam Road Junction Singapore, yesterday morning All five were with the Orchard Road Police Station and were
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    New member
    23 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Man Dato Abdul Rahman bin Mohd Yassim has been appointed a temporary official member or the Johore Exrcutive Council.
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    COUNCIL QUIZZED ON AIR RAID SHELTERS
    128 4 TTCE progress of research work on the type of air raid x shelters to be introduced in Singapore is expected to be made known at next Tuesday's meeting of the Colony Legislative Council. Questions on this have been raised by Mr. M P D
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    Family save home in blaze
    69 4 Family save home in blaze PROMPT action by a family j saved their attap house in Yio Chu Kane Road. Singapore, from belnn burnt out yesterday A member of the family was baking cakes when sparks from a stove set the roof on flre The family fought the flre and
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    Fighting Fijians kill Red No. 150
    250 4 BATU PAHAT. Mon. 'THE flprhtinß Fijians of Johore have brought their score of terrorist kills to 150. j No. 3 Platoon "A"' Company of the Ist Battalion the Fiji Infantry Rrgtmont killed a terrorist on Chamclc estate seven miles north-west of Kluang. Another terrorist
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    Temple elects new committee
    51 4 Officials of the management committee of the Sri Senpaga Vinayagar TemtiW. Singapore, are: President. Dr Thillainathan; secretary. Mr. P. Valuppillai: treasurer. Mr. P Nadarajah; committee members: Messrs K Vyravanathar. S C Somasundaram. V Kanagasaibai. S. Slvalingam. C Rasanayagam. T Raiaratnam. A Markandu. K Ramanathan and S.T
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    Birds will give meeting the right atmosphere
    173 4 PRIZE canaries and birds from several Singapore homes will be exhibited at a meeting at Robinson's Cafe next Wednesday. The meeting has much to do with birds, for the owner* sponsoring the meeting will discuss the formation of a Care Bird Society in
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      139 4 Today's Radio SINGAPORE AM 715 Time Signal and Openi ing Announcement. 716 Morning Star; 730 News: 735 Melody Mlx- ture. 8 00-8 30 Musical Comedy Me- morles. P.M. 1.00 Programme Summary, 101 The Week'i compo<fr; 1.30 tmjmt; 1 45-2 00 Hot Rhythm; S.OO Time Signal and Programme Summary 502 Take
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    60,000 BACK THE BIG UNION
    260 5 plantation men's leaders to plan all-Malaya link KUALA LIMPIR, Monday. irllK propoied national union of Malayan II plantation workers now has the support of at HIM) organised workers in the planting idiH' 40.000 are represented by the Plantation Union. Malaya, and 20.000 by the Malayan
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    Hi will icatch youth talks for the U.N.
    29 5 Hi will icatch youth talks for the U.N. II a reprrth< t niNrl NaBanglMk, wh:> arvn:..iporr vesterdaj in observer at \xsrmhl> of nfercacc which ..ipeirr on Sunls Times picture.
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    Ceylon Tamils fete M.B.E.
    21 5 IM Thevathasan f the Angloiat:nn School is entertained to jlon Tamils' As:t;ra:ulated Mr. n his recent MB.E
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    Y.W.C.A. meeting
    31 5 The national council of th<» V W.C A. in Malaya will mm at Mrs Loh Poon Lip's home at Trnah Merah Besar. Changl. Singapore, at 10 a.m. on Friday.
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    110.000 GREET ALLIANCE CHIEFS IN TAWING
    76 5 1 10.000 GREET ALLIANCE CHIEFS IN TAWING I Mon. The I Alliance leaders. Rahman and I r.c-lock Tan. had a rousing reception at an Alliance rally held at circus ground here yesterday. A crowd of about 10.000 greeted them with loud cheers as they stepped on to the dais. The
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    New officials of Ceylon Tamils
    71 5 Officials of the Ceylon Tamils' Association. Singapore, are: President. Dr P Thillainathan: vice-president. Dr. T. Balaslngham secretary. Mr. S Ratnasabathy; treasurer. Mr K V K Singham: literrarv secretary. Mr. T. Kandasamy: sports secretary. Mr S K Moorthy. Committee members: Messrs. S.C. Somasundram. A. Eliathamby. V.
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    The golden grain makes a Sultan gasp
    68 5 A PRIZE-WINNING basket of padi won praise from the Miltan of Selangor when he toured the Malayan Agri Horticultural Association exhibition. which opened in Kuala Lumpur <ivrr th* weekend. With him (left to right) are: Lady MacGUlivray. Mr. O. J. Voelcker, Director of
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    INDIANS TO TRY AGAIN
    94 5 INDIANS TO TRY AGAIN Scats question KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. THHE Malayan Congress will again approach the Federation Government on the question of reservation of seats for Indians in the Legislative Council. This decision was reached at a meeting of the working committee of the Congress last night Mr K L
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    Morning prayers for 5,000 Muslims
    129 5 CELEBRATIONS WERE QLIET 'THOUSANDS of Muslims in Singapore yesterday x celebrated the festival of Hari Raya Haji in honour of all who have made the pilgrimage to Mecca. More than 5,000 Muslims gathered at the Sultan Mosque for prayers which began in the morning Other
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    Tell the people —Sopiee
    110 5 Tell the people Sopiee BITTERWORTH, Mon. IN CH F. MOHA M E D SOPLEE. former chairman of the Pan-Malayan Labour Party, today called on the Member for Education to "tell the people more about the country's future educational plans." "It would be Interesting if he could take us into hb
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    STUDENTS PRODUCE MacBETH'
    67 5 KOTA BAHRI Mon. The Sultan Ismail College Literary and Debating Sdfirty last night presented Shakespeare's "Macbeth." It was directed by Mrs J.M.B Hughes, wife of the headmaster About 30 boys and girls, mostly from the school certificate class, took part Husain YusofT was Macbeth. Hashah Suleiman was
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    2-day course for officers
    57 5 KOTA BAHRU Mon Twenty-two District Officers and Assistant District Officers in Kelantan attended a twoday course on representative government and electoral procedure at Kota Bahru during the weekend. The course, sponsored by the British Council, was opened by Mr. D Headley. British Adviser. Kelantan. Films on
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    New ship No.4 sails in
    76 5 The 7.860-ton Lycaon. a Blue Funnel passenger freighter, arrived In Singapore yesterday on her maiden voyage to the Far East. The Lycaon i s the fourth new ship belonging to Blue Funnel, to be put on the Britain— Far Ea.st run this year. The other
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      289 5 SINGAPORE DIARY HOIUI ASMBMBLT or TOI TH <r.. flini Spm badminton Ipn A>ian i*minar op»n« at An»lo-Ctiiw»» i vmtlini Ipm to a p n srhio! Barker Rnad T.M.C A (Orrkara \ri asj»V roi.icf tI*XD: Pubhr rnncert, Kmf bition lam lo 7 pji rnchu prartior c,rnrt* V Par ,slO p m
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    122 6 7U W rdn S/0 i irtinittttim MR 1 B SHELDON family wish to tha.ik all friends who rendered ■—**tir* »nd those wbo ent flowers message* of condolence and attended at the funeral of Mrs I C sheloon Many thanks are rendered In apirerlatlon to the Doctors. Sisters, and Nursing
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    109 6 2a Hi.rrf. yln (minimum) HOI lOW PEOANT Every Day In the Malay Mail' if you want to win that $5,000 word puzzle COCKTAIL PARMESTICKS .iehshiful cheese appetizers by Romary'j. makers of biscuits for j the Connoisseur Agents Robinson's j THEODOLITES. Precision and Dam Levels. Delivery ex stock; from The
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Tues. Aug. 10, 1954. Labour in China
    635 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Tues. Aug. 10, 1954. Labour in China Trade agreements which the Communist Government of China is seeking in South Asia, and with the British Government, throw a little light on economic conditions in China, more especially perhaps on Peking's evident dissatisfaction with its trade relations with
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    Ten to One Against
    400 6 In their quest for control ofj off-the-course betting the Federation and Colony Governments are going to find it difficult to escape a charge of hypocrisy Both have claimed that money is no object, although naturally neither government likes losing good revenue. It is desirable. says the
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    World Youth
    205 6 The World Youth Assembly, which opens formally in Sinew- pore on Sunday, gets off to a modest but important start today with a three-day Asian seminar. It is being attended by representatives of India, Ceylon, Pakistan, the Philippines, and Federation and Singapore youth leaders, and it is hoped
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    Attitude of Red China to overseas Chinese
    731 6  -  Fred Hampson By iow much good faith can the world expeci f the Communists in the ndo-China peace agreelent? Most Western obervers here think the teds will keep faith a.« >ng as it pays them v o so. There is a sort of
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      302 6 The first steam road truck FE YOUR special feature on Karl Benz and Mr. J. C. Thomas letter on the first horseless carriage." If you happen to be penni- less in Paris, call at the "Arts et Metiers" Museum, you will see the first self-propelled steam road truck built by
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      Pay rise means more jobs
      91 6 I^CONOMIC fallaciously I-i states that double pay to City Council employees would result In a rise in the coat of living. An Increase in public expenditure results in inflation only after conditions of full employment have been reached. In Singapore, where there are still unemployed
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      Sir George Pepler on his 'omissions'
      303 6 DR. WITHERS PAYNE suggests that In writing to the Press. I have, in effect, wilfully withheld relevant information This is quite untrue and may 1 remind him that I have not initiated correspondence in the Press but have simply replied to statements that appeared
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      Nothing to lose except a tin of cigarettes
      291 6 YOUR timely editorial on working hours in the Colony did not mention the employees in those motor-boats-cum-towing launches that work about 18 hours a day. and then have to "stand by" the draft for the other six hours— without a single day
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      The cost of fruit in Singapore
      273 6 The cost of fruit in Singapore HOW many of us ?n r a thought -to the price of fruit in Singapore? The further away thp fruit Is grown, the longer it has to travel to reach our market, the greater thr handling, processing and packing, the cheaper it is when
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      'ive these teachers better scheme'
      137 6 IT is most disheartening to read of the costly failure to recruit teachers of English for Malay schools In Negrl Sembllan. This Is true of vernacular schools throughout Malaya. Teachers come and go. They get Into these schools because there Is a shortage of teachers
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      87 6 IITHATEVER the future poliT? tical structure of Malaya one thing is certain, babas Malays, Eurasians, and Mala-yan-born Indians will remain loyal to the Queen. Since Penang and Malaec.i have been forcibly "wedded to the Federation it is our bounden duty to be loyal also to the Sultan".
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    On the Margin
    258 6 On the Margin ancient amih •^o power ti oetu 11 thr horn India anri r tain. Impretrioß i to India, which out, werr suit by the shrev a Qermar n< i to me last ffK are so pro r if I did not r family at all With Port s
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    Miners ask an entire town to join in protest
    317 7 SHOPKEEPERS, WOMEN AND cmr.n»KK vrn r ATTEND BIG MEETING SEW MOVE TO SAVE BATU ARANG |AT IRANG, Mon. ,nii workers of H thr Malay*" Colripv todaj decided to S, masspuMk meet- hrn on Sunday to Ld MffAimt the f rnmnit s
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    THEY'RE SIGNING ON FOR THE BIG CAMP IN SINGAPORE
    100 7 ABOVE ARE some of the 200 youths from all over the Federation who came to Singapore to attend the Malayan Anglican annual Youth camp. Picture shows Miss Ann Huang of Penang enrolling for the camp. From left to right are: Miss
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    Traders seek royalty cut
    60 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon More than 40 timber trade delegates from Singapore and thr Federation met here today to consider a letter to be sent to the Federation's Director of Forestry asking for a reduction of the royalty on log wood because of the trade depression. Thr
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    Found hanging
    22 7 Too Hianp Joo. 56. was found hanging from the branch of a mangostcen tree In Jurong Road. Singapore yesterday morning.
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    'WE NEED DRASTIC TRAFFIC ACTION'
    131 7 SINGAPORE If ietharqic" about traffic j dangers. the Traffic Branch Superintendent. Mr. W. R. M. Haxworth, told the Straits Times yesterday. "People wander about and don't worry until they are Involved In an accident themselves." he said. "Only drastic action will rouse the public." Mr.
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    Rotary talks
    31 7 Mr Outhrle Moir. president of the World Assembly of Youth, will be the guest speaker at tomorrow's luncheon meetine of the Singapore Rotary Club at the Capitol Blue Room.
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    Man poisoned
    25 7 Chan Poh Leong. 27. was found suffering from poisoning in a house In Henderson Road, Singapore, yesterday morning. He was admitted to hospital.
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    3 PROVIDENT FUND EXPERTS ARRIVE
    138 7 THREE experts of the Ministry Pensions and National Insurance arrived in Singapore yesterday by air from Britain to help organise the Singapore Central P-ovident Fund scheme. They were Mr. K. B. Malcolm Mr. H. S. Robinson, and Mr. C. E Green. Mr Malcolm will be
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    They'll discuss Asian affairs
    280 7 THREE-DAY YOUTH SEMIN A R YOUTH leaders from seven Asian countries will attend a three-day seminar, opening in Singapore today, in preparation for the World Assembly of Youth. Representatiye* of India, Ceylon, Pakistan and the Philippines have already arrived for the seminar, which will also be
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    YOUTHS TALK OVER THEIR PROBLEMS
    133 7 PROBLEMS faring Malayan youths will be discussed at a seven day camp which started in Singapore yesterday. More than 150 Anglican youths from all over Malaya are taking part. Mr. Guthrie Motr. president of the Second World Assrmblv of Youth, opened the camp at St,
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    Annual meeting
    32 7 IPOH. Mon. The annual meeting of ti e Association of Visiting Engineers. Federation of Malaya, will be held at i n. Hale Street. Ipoh. at 230 p.m. on Aug. 17.
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    Make every shot count, says the general
    155 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon 1 Quick accurate shooting is vital in the jungle war. the Director of Operations. Ueut-Oen. 81r Oeoflery Bourne, says in a message printed In the programme for Malays. Command's annual rifle meeting. The message says: 1 "The aim of the
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    Back again
    21 7 TAIPINO. Mon. bi« A^ance members of the North Perak District Youth Council who resigned recently haw withdrawn their resignations.
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    THIS CURE WAS THE CAT'S WHISKERS
    98 7 THIS CURE WAS THE CAT'S WHISKERS KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. AYOUNO Indian last night approached thr Game Department exhibit at the Dig agricultural show here. He was apparently a believer in the old Tamil tale that say* a cat's whisker has powerful healing properties. Possibly deciding that his state of health
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    Off to Britain
    41 7 TAIPING. Mon. Mr Leow Khoon Fong. 22. an old boy of the St. George's Institution, has left Penang to study civil engineering in Britain H. Is the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs Leow Khl Lin of Taiping.
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    New officer
    27 7 ALOR STAR, Mem. Mr. Teoh Bng Keat, until recently research assistant (emergency > has been appointed Information officer attached to the Department of Information Alor Star.
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    'Injustice,' teachers complain
    172 7 CALL TO GOVT. KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. yHE president of thr Malayan Graduate Teachers' Union, Mr. Trerath Ram. today called on the Government to remove what he called an injustice to graduate teachers in th<- Federation. At the union's annual delegates' meeting here he .said they would like
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    TIME-LIFE STORE BUREAU
    89 7 rE American magazines Life and Time will set up a j permanent Singapore bureau In the next few months, the managing director of LifeTime International, Mr. Edaar R. Baker, said when he arrived in Singapore by air yesterday Mr. Baker, who was accom- panied by his wife,
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      86 7 ANNOUNCE NON STOP SKYMASTER SERVICE SINGAPORE BANGKOK LEAVING KALLANC AT 2.45 P. M EVERY TUESDAY CONNECTINC WITH SERVICES TO TOKYO. TAIPEI. RANCOON CALCUTTA. SINGLE FARE $210 RETURN FARE $378 PHONE ***** PASSAGE ENQUIRIES SIME DARBY S MALACCA STREET. SINCAPORE. V A microbt whost great ago amatat, Sal* 4 One ml*
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      164 7 The weather XINIMIM UMPIKUIKI 7 30 p.m. on Auc. to ?30 mm on Aug. 9 1 Singapore 77 degrees Penang 72, Kota Bahru 73, Kuala Lumpur 72, Ipoh 73. Kuantan 71. MAXIMI'M TEMPERATURE: (7 30 a.m. tn 7.30 pm. on Auc 9' Singapore 87 Penang 17. Kola Bahru 89. Kuala
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    WHAT A LIFE!
    667 8  -  Christine. »y MONDAY WE ro to the Trade Fair this evening where we see some friends from Australia gazing with nostalgic excitement at milk products from their home town. Husband says that some chickens In Technicolor are being hatched In an Incubator, and it is not until
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    The spoken word-about MIDNIGHT
    164 8 The spoken word-about MIDNIGHT NO ONE KNOWS BETTER than a woman those sudden friendships that spring up at a good dinner party. So when she read that "There was a cordial and relaxed atmosphere throughout the dinner which Mr Molotov stood Mr. France that "the two parted with a feeling
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    Growing old? Try dignity and poise
    283 8  -  MAXINE RAKICH By rjROWING older need never be a frightening KM thought to the woman in her early forties. It would be facetious to tell you that life begins at forty, but the important thing to remember is the fact that you ARE growing
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    15 years in wilderness and now...
    361 8 1 5 years in wilderness and now... 4NiV£ EDWARDS and DRUSILLA BEYFUS visit a once-famous star f\FF we went into I the English coun'S tryside the other 55 morninß to see a wo- man about the trick- iest problem of all: How does it feel for =5 a beautiful woman
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      195 8 HI UJESTf fhrcc mm l.\. I ~~|m miidc. ouM,dr br>i% I HI Hyuicn.cillv C f(l) Wf jttlll Will fflAfS I Hill ill I njtuMlly "*'••< Bl' t —^gy roorttbrinli m^r I otheri H L. D. SEYMOUR CO. NC J3. Mcdeiroi Building. Smgjpo. I Sub-Oi«tribu»oM.— lOSEPH TR AVERS Sol, K«jla Lumpur
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      353 8 Straits Times Crossword »■%?*••»—>» 30. Couplet rewritten eight times 11| T~ 2 3 4 b 6 7 31 They wound up v drudgw (7. J. lil s h area— or notlilng but itony •r— SS« —r- rr* mass (7». 9 3 One old law refers to holly MV ijl.. <«m
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    STRAITS TIMES SPECIAL FEATURES Hectic career of Capt. Porter
    1868 9 STRAITS TIMES SPECIAL FEATURES Hectic career of Capt. Porter ONE August day in 1814, Captain Joseph Underwood, sailing off the New South Wales coast in the brig, King George, saw a large ship with tattered sails drifting aimlessly and flying distress signals. Fourteen bearded, ragged men waved from the rigging.
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      132 9 The same 1 lunounf oHuel^ I con take you I up to 10% farther ii H too v^^^^* I i -d.iple Cham- I v up to I :or Oirnpioni I produce a I putt every drop I delivers all the suf engine. IHAMPION ■spark plugs < CO S TRADING SOCIETY
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      67 9 /4§ I over 50/^ more Americans prefer CAMELS to any other cigarette Soys Harry M. Wooten, (^^L leading Americon Amirica't tmokert hove tpeken! Again, Americo't confidence in Cornell growt! And you deterve to know why. There's nothing like Cornels' unique combination of genuine mildness and rich, full flavour t hon
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      189 9 Shvriovk Hohius Si>l us usluu <> C«f£C Uf I -m/'*iL;.:-£. VS BUM- VSO CC? EXP^\4"";C^ SET \J f m 4\_ '^MY LJj rV4TSOrV.' IV£ N— j7 'NG FIZE ALL ABOUT, U<> ASHORE AT OHCE T«£ AUTUOto- U I V .y-^i s*~ CZ^KDA I, V #.Z HCLME6? AND HOW T E$
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    OFFICIAL PRICES
    23 10 SINGAPORE AUGUST ft. TIN: fM3 per pirul (up $2.50). All other markets were closed yesterday for the Hari Raya Haji holiday.
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    141 10 MELBOURNE. Mon Market.* wtre variable on the Stock Exchange today. Industrial.' wen In demand, but speculative* were weaker with both uranium* and oils marked down. Loans 3,- 1958-59 £9«> 3 9 Loans 3 195(1-59 £96 13 8 5. Aust. Consol Ind 51 1|A.P.M. mew)i new) I»5 Bank or
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    SINGAPORE SHIPPING
    81 10 Shipa lying alongside thr Singapore Harbour Board wharvea or expected today arr: Patroclus 1 2. Monkay 45. City ol Ottawa S7. Benmhor 8 9. Lycaon 11. Java 13 14. Alzu Maru 15 16. Asphallon 18. Montor 19 20. Senggarang N. Wall 5 Rawang N Wall 8, Okhla 25
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    40 10 On the free exchange marke' in Hong Kong yesterday the U.S. dollar *«s quoted at 5 ***** for cash and 5.7975 for TT c terllng was quoted at 15 59 md one tael uf gold *t 251 2S.
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      1125 10 NOTICES SIME, DARBY 4 CO., LTD. Kuala, I.ompor The telephone numbers of our new office building In Ampang Road aa from August 12th will be 5283/5 as previously with the addition of 52M and 5381. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE INDUSTRY (SUPTLIES DIVISION) MNGAroRF. TENDER NOTICE Government Is prepared to accept offers
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      501 10 D. I. D. TENDER NOTICE TENDERB will be received from Class E i Buildings i Con tractor* and above, at 'he Office of the State D s I Engineer. Johort. Johore Bahru up to 12 noon on the 21st: August. 1954 for the Construct on ot 4 Blocks of Artisan
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      265 10 CRAVEN A FOR SMOOTH CLEAN SMOKI\ G Largest-selling cork-tipped cigarette ..ff^jf in the world. I I Imported from London <"^fVfl THE BANK OF TOKYO LTD. TOKYO JAPAN Announce! itt Trantformation tffaetivt at from Auou»l 1, 1954 into a FOREIGN EXCHANGE BANK Licensed under Tha> Foreign Exchange Sank Law enacted on
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      1109 11 EAST ASIATIC LINES Per Aden P^Hu"?* T0 «>NTINENT/SCANOINAVIA r Ad.n. Port Sold, Gone.. Antwerp. Rott.rd.m, Hamburg, Gyydm.. Cspenbegew. Ootnanbwrg 4 Ode. "SIIANniA". S'pora P S'hom Penang -songVhla- i 0 r«i Xx ii B. Sailings FROM SCANDINAVIA/U.K./CONTININT < *%"sC2. ro r in •«> S P8 Jham -^.Zl^ IVH Am u/u Am
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      1082 11 BEN LDfE STEAMERS LTD. SAILINGS to U.K. ond CONTININTAL PORTS Spore S'hom Penong ■♦•twffal#Cll fof L i v#rpool u*OIQOW, m Rotterdom. Hamburg P» rt Rotteraom. Hamburg. Antwerp 11/17 Am 21/20 Am SO Ac«/ 1 Sept Beneßtenetb for Genoa Liverpool, Dublin, Hamburg 24/10 Am Am/ 2 Sept 1/ 4 Sept "^'^WllsJCfc
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      1071 11 McALISTER <Sc CO., LTD. TCL No ***** ELLBRMAN «k BUCKNAI I KLAVENESS LINE LONDON. HAVRE, ROTTERDAM, LOS ANGELES. SAN FRANCISCO, KAMPURG 4 HULL PORTLAND, SfATTLE t VANCOUV.s ond for UJ A Nnr.h AMgnHc r rM Acc.ptmq f., c.ntr.l ft South ""eiriMßf mm*' Am#rk S'pgre P Sham P.nang SUNNYVim IWU "Tft3
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      NOW SOYA SAUCE IS CURING FOWLS
      257 12 NOW SOYA SAUCE IS CURING FOWLS DISCOVERY of a new group of drugs called |nitrofuran ha.s resulted from the observation of the fact, that soya sauce, used in Chinese restaurants, never went bad. In finding out why, scientists isolated the new drugs. One of tne new drugs is I neftin.
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      New American drugs coming
      133 12 AN American tlrm which recently flew a quantity o{ the new dniK strycltar to Perils when it was plagued with an intestinal disease is shortly sending larger quantities of the drug and others to the Malayan market. Mr. Charles Dennlson. a representative of the firm. E.
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      Two more banks will open soon in Singapore LOCAL, KOREAN CAPITAL
      611 12 Two more banks will open soon in Singapore LOCAL, KOREAN CAPITAL QINGAPORK'S growing importance as a financial centre is emphasised by the proposal to open soon another local bank and the branch of I foreign bank, which will bring the number of banks operating in Singapore, to double the number
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      CHINESE ASK MALAY HELP FOR BUS FIRM
      260 12 Reaction is cautious VfALAY business circles in Kuala Lumpur have reiTl acted cautiously to an offer by a Kuala Lumpur Chinese bus company to open its shares to Malays. The bu.s company oporatiriß f bet«cpn Segamat. Yong Pen* and Aver Hitam. in Johore.
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      Business gallery
      128 12 MR. MM SIKW fOII. Him formerly w*s a Chinese broker with Lyall and li.m the Singapore share broker*, has joined H. H. Day and Co. Ltd., rubber brokers. He took up his new appointment on August 1. .Mr. I im is a vice-president of the Singapore Junior Chamber
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      Four giant U.S. ships to call at Singapore
      301 12 Four giant U.S. ships to call at Singapore By Our Shipping Rrporlrr EKX7R giant Mariner class ships, will call in Singapore next year on the American President Lines round-the-world service. Part of ALP.'s shlpbiilldine and buyine programme, estimated at Malayan $200 million, the Mariner class cJaai freighters are reported the
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      New planes
      49 12 Pan American World Airways has purchased 15 lonjsrange Douglas DC-7Cs. an improved version of the DC-78. and deliveries will begin in early 1956. The new Clippers will iniise at 36!S miles an hour and havt a ranjse of 5.000 miles The contract total is approximately US 553.000.000.
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    Peters 13 min ahead of record when he collapsed
    308 13 Peters 1 3 min ahead of record when he collapsed VANCOUVER. Mon. IIM PETERS the English long dls- tance runner, was on the verge of bettering hi:; own world record when he collapsed 220 yards from the nulsh In Saturday's epic marathon in the Bnilsli Empire and Commonwealth Gumes here.
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    Landy had a sore heel
    94 13 VANCOUVER. Mon. JOHN I.ANDY. Australian world mile record holder, ran with a slight h Injured right heel against England > Roger Bannister In the Empire Games mile final. It was >li.m losed today. I .uiuv cut his heel a few days He kept tli* :njurv
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    ROSEWALL BEATEN IN STRAIGHT SETS
    80 13 ROS EWALL BEATEN IN STRAIGHT SETS SOUTH ORANOK (New Jersey*. ligfl I.ewis HoHd beat his Austrs- li.m Davis Cup tenmrnaie Ken Rowwall b straight sets to win the men's <lngle« title in the Eastern grass eoorts lawn tennis championships here yesterday. Hoad won 6 3 6 4 6 3 I
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    BANNISTER TEST GIVES HIS SECRET
    367 13 Abnormally high intake of oxygen LONDON, Monday. RO<;KR BANNISTER, the English doctor who became the first man to run a mile in less than four minutes and won the British Empire (•ames "mile of the century" in 3min. 58.8 sec. at Vancouver on Saturday, has
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    48 13 KM OKI) BKKAKKKS: Lorraine r.ipp It, and Jon Henncks. 18. both of Australia, art all smiles after smashing thr men's and women* record* for the UK yds. frerstyle swimming events at the F.mpire Games. I>orraine's time was Imin. s.B*rc. and HenrickV time was 56.6* ec. A.F. pho to.
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    India offered five Tests
    54 13 CALCUTTA. Mon.— The Pakistan Cricket Board of Control has tentatively suggested that India's tour of Pakistan this wlnnter should Include five five-day tests." Venues proposed are Bahwalptir 1 ahore. Pmhawar. Karachi and Dacca. The suggested tour itinerary allows for a total of 15 matches In East
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    MALAYAN SIKHS SPORTS AUG. 2829
    69 13 SEKEMBAK. Mon: The AllMalayan Sikh atheletlc meet will be held here on Aug. 28 and 28 A committee with Mr. T. Mahlnia Singh as chairman. Mr. Santokh Singh as vic« -chairman. \lr T S. Panshl as secret iry and Mr Ourbachan Singh as kISaW have
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    BEST 800 METRES TIME OF THE YEAR
    55 13 BEST 800 METRES TIME OF THE YEAR HHl's.-Els Mon -Roger Moots of Belgium, returned the fastest world time this year for the 800 metres when he clocktd lmln tt IBM In the Belgian athletics i hampton.thtps here yesterday. The world r«vnni stands at lmln M tNC held since 1938 by
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    Singapore again polo champions
    271 13 Xl Al A I I MII H Monday. SINGAPORE Polo Club gave a superb display of accurate hitting and good riding to beat Selangor I'olo Club "A" by 44—1 goals to retain the Sultan of I'erak Cup on the Selangor Turf Club ground today. Royal Pahang
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    Malaya will play to new Rugby laws
    862 13 Xl -XI..X lIMI'IK. Monday. SEVERAL important changes in the Rugby laws will be introduced in Malaya in the coming 1954 55 season. The changes, which have been approved by the English Rugby Football Union, were announced at the inaugural meeting of the Malayan
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    Chinese retain cricket title
    74 13 1 PENANO, Mon Penang snd I North player Knajr Khonn Leong took six wlrktv* for 18 runs ilun Chinese beat Fiiropexru by 116 runs In the final of the Corminl'y league cricket tourney at We«tern Robd today Chinese thus retain the championship for the four'h successive
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    Mrs.Blackbourne in S'gor final
    93 13 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. Mrs Blarkbnurne entered the women v handicap xlnglea final of the Selangor Oolf Club a tennln tournament today when ahe beat Mm. Salmon 10-8, 6-3. She will meet Mr*. J. Rochester In the final. Mm. Blarkbotirue also meets Mrs Rochester In the women's
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    PEREIRA IN THREE FINALS
    243 13 BY beating Umv 8 2. 6 2 In the li.imlii x\> mniileii mi Sunday thr vrirran A I Perelra ha.i quullfted foi three flnaLs .md une semi-final In the handicap double* J R Kappoor and H Ouuesan extended Inspector Mathews a:id Balan to third net In
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    CHOONGS BACK IN APRIL
    283 14 Will help Malaya in Thomas Cup challenge round PENANG, Monday. THE CHOONG BROTHERS of badminton fame. Eddie and David, will both return next April (o help Malaya defend the 1955 Thomas Cup. Eddie. 1953 and 1954 All-England singles champion, and David, his partner in three All-England
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    Penang take Telecoms meet title
    129 14 SEREMBAN. Men. I OENANG became the champion unit in the men's section o: the fourth All-Malayan Teltcoms athletic sports which ended on the N S Club pariang over the weekend They scored 26 points Last year's champions Negrl- Malacca" were runners-un with 24 points But
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    FED. CRICKET KhoonLeong 94vDewRC
    211 14 FED. CRICKET KhoonLeong 94vDewRC PENANG. Mon. North allrounder Knay Kh«on scored 94 runs when Penang CRC beat Dew R C of Teluk Annon. by 1«3 runs here over the weekend. Chinese scored 107 anr! 20J for s dccl iKhoon Leong 94 Cheah Boh Eve 37 Eu Hong Lay 27. Tai
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    PAOANG FOR J.B SOCCER LEAGUE
    68 14 JOHORE BAHRU. Mon -The I rown Council of johore Bahru has efused ;.n application from the loliore Bwhi v District Amateur I ■"ootball Association for the lmso the Teornu padang which wa.s ccentlv completed by Governmen The Council is however, prepared allow the Association the
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    Wins 3 events
    48 14 KLANO. Mnn P. Kathlrgamoo »ho won the three miles at the Clangor AAA meeting in July, hr■ame champion athlete at the <lang Anglo Chinese School MMMod Jubilees athlr'ic meeimi: CMFIdMV He «'>n the mile 88(1 yds jinrt UKh jump and was third In 440 yds
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    Chinese are placed for soccer 'double'
    423 14 KUALA LUMPUR. Mnn. rpHE Football Association of 1 Selan?or lrapur Is wrll be- hind srhedule brcar..-r ol several postponemrnts in thp past few weeks. The delay is in the first and second diviMons which are only half way through. There have been many cases
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    Sonneville, Yusof here for experience
    584 14 By THE SPORTS EDITOR. TWO TAI-L. gangling young men from Indonesia. 24-year-old Ferry Snnneville and 22-year-old Eddie V'usof. arrived by air in Singapore yesterday to pit their badminton skill against Malaya's best at the Selangor open championships, which start at Kuala l.umpur on Friday, and
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    Azlee clears six feet
    81 14 KOTA BAHRU. Moil. Aflee MaWtNam, Kelanun schoolboy hich mmp rhmnpion. who on liiurad.n set the Mat* record Ml llln. .it the Ismail College meet last week jumped Ml, yesterd.iv in his first attempt al the 'nter-school athletic meet between Sultan Ismail College and Sul'an S-.ilcim.tu School
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    YORKSHIRE ARE 22 POINTS AHEAD
    185 14 mrkM rh«mpion«hip t«hl» «l tti» i nntllHtlHi "I frirtnv m»trhr» »r» V W 1. PTIMI NOni.Pt-|-nr»»llll» 2:1 I I 3 1 J 0 «IM Drrbjruhln II I i 1 I tit'm irrrv Jl t 1 1 3 II m Si. s 5s x j iJ
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    Move for a Hasset team to play in Malaya next yea
    221 14 By JOHN MARKS ■> 4 MOVE has just started la ti Australian Test captain. Lindsay M~ out a representative team to Malai I'wo Singapore cricketers ar< sibilities. One of thorn h;i. Australia to talk over the [t is frit
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    SWIM RECORD SET IN TOKYO
    56 14 NAGOYA Mon The I Universttv swimming 'earn of Tolcvn today bet ered the world s record m winning the 400-metif rr.'V I in 4mln 23src in a meet wt-h h> Nagoya all-stars The existing record of 4 i was made by the Russian national team
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    Rain ruins all Country matches
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