The Straits Times, 26 August 1954

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    13 1 The Straits Times $o**** Estd. 1845. SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, AUGUST W. 1954 15 CENTS
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    VANAJA
    14 1 'Miss Federation* FLASHBACK: A kiss from father after winning the "Miss Federation" title.
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    AIRPORT STRIKE DRAMA
    174 1 Lifted to aid Spore boy's race with death fS HIS LAST CHANCE \lii)N AIRPORT, closed by a strike, was n open to a Singapore airliner yesterday to save an eijjht-year-old Singapore boy ith. boy, Edwin Ec, left Singapore l>\ i Monday for an urgent brain operation s
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    British ship shelled off Formosa
    101 1 British ship shelled off Formosa HONG KONG Wed. rE 967-tc n British freighter Inchkilda was fired on last night by a shore battery on one of the islands in the Formosa Strait, the agents said hero today Capt. G. V. Bloom, marln" superintendent of Williamson and Company, the agenta. said
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    London fares up again
    34 1 II cd. Fares on md railways are B< pt 26 for the :ig in a £4.400.- ty for increased In January to ay strike. In- from a halfpence a journey.
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    8 aided Reds allegation
    47 1 BANGKOK. Wed Police sources today said that eight Chinese had been brought to Bangkok from Yala Province. mar the Malayan border, and soon would be deported for llli gedly being Communists and assisting Malayan terrorists by sending them food, money and equipment. —A.P.
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    WEDS HER 'IDEAL MAN'
    161 1 WEDS HER 'IDEAL MAN' PENANG, Wed. MISS FEDERATION" of l'i-,l Vanaja Madhavan of Teluk An.son was mar- ried in Penang today to her "ideal man" a school teacher with whom she "fell in love at first sight." In the Hariaman Temple in Queen Street, she became the bride of Mr.
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    HUSSIES EXPECT TO GARRISON MALAYA
    113 1 JttlM Wed. Mithori--lus here today tastnliftii delejjatlinlhf Manila conference 4 t month to discuss the Mjuth-East Asia J»J urbanisation would a plan for the setting fofan Australian girrison c m Malaya or other *»< of South-East Asia. M>lan woulfi he in general nly. \ustralian armed
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    The call-up rebels get a WAY snub
    145 1 SINGAPORE Chinese High School students, who earlier this year demonstrated against National Service, yesterday tried to win the support of the World Assembly of Youth delegates. Shortly after dawn, hundreds of copies of a'memorandum" from the students askin? WAY to "consider our case"
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    Pact extended
    24 1 BUENOS AIRES, Wed— The Arßontin.? trade agreement with Russia, which lapsed on Aug. 5. ho s been extended for 60 days. --Renter.
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    Japanese gift
    23 1 BUENOK AIR2S. Wed.- Presidf nt Peron yesterday led the planting of 150 cherry trees sent to Aigentina by Japanese* schoolchildren. A.P.
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    Mr. Philip at home to Mr. Atleus
    476 1 OR A TALE OF CLEM A 'CELESTIAL SUCKER' AT THE GATES OF HEAVEN CANBERRA Wed. ARIGHTWING Labour Member. Mr. J. M. Mullens, made up a mock "classical fable" in the House of Representatives last night to attack the visit of the British Labour
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    8 FREED STUDENTS DRINK TO PRITT
    48 1 For two of them it was birthday present AT THE CELEBRATION {from left): Messrs. Thomas Varkey, James Puthucheary, Edwin Thumboo, M. K. Rajakumar, D. N. Pritt, Q.C. Lee Kuan Yew. Lam Khuan Kit, Poh Soo Kai and P. Arudsathy— Straits Times picture.
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    Q.C. says: Tremendous victory for freedom of speech
    258 1 WHIN the eight Iniversity of Malaya students accused of sedition were acquitted vesterda? they went straight from the courtroom to a hotel to drink a toast to Mr D. N. Pritt. Q.C.,— who came 8 000 miles to defend them and cot
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    NEHRU PLUMPS FOR CHOU
    191 1 REPORT OF THE CASE— PAGE 7 Calls SEATO a blow to peace NEW DELHI Wednesday. \MH. NEHRU me Indian Prime Minister said today that India had refused to Join next month's U.S. sponsored talks on South-east Asian defence because she felt they were likely to reverse
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    Sister goes to aid sister: Both drown
    88 1 TWO sisters, Zaiton binte Abdul. 17. and Nginah binte Senawi, 10. were drowned in the Jelutong River, near the 18th milestone. Lim Chu Kang Road, Singapore, yesterday. The sisters, together with a Chinese boy and a Chinese girl, were collecting shells when Zaiton
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    Templer party
    35 1 BELFAST. Wed. Gen. Sir Gerald Templer was guest of honour of the North Ireland Government at a dinner at the Parliament building here last night. Gen. Templer'g home Is in County Armagh. Reuter.
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    Children eaten
    27 1 NEW DELHI. Wed— Hyenas and wolves prowline in the hills and ravines of Uttar Pradesh State have devoured 29 children since the end of April.
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    Israelis seize Lebanon boat
    50 1 TEL AVIV. Wed —A Lebanese boat with 34 people on board was seized yesterday by an Israeli patrol boat inside Israeli's territorial waters an Israeli Army spokesman said today. The Lebanese boat entered Israeli waters on its way to Btirut and was taken to Haifa. —Reuter.
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    Mercy plane snatches crash victims from jungle
    220 1 SERIA. Wed-An amphibian plan*- owned by the British Malayan Petroleum Comnanv here figured In a meriv flight into North Borneo yr«.terday to fly three men injured in a road crash in the remote Kllas Peninsula hr men were oil company rmployefs who were
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    GIRL LOST IN FOREST ALL NIGHT
    75 1 A FRIGHTENED girl of 14, Heng Siew Fat, spent a hectic night lost in a forest. She was taken to Singapore General Hospital yesterday with thorns in her legs and bruises all over her body. She left her home in Sembawang Road on Tuesday
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    Plane runs off runway at speed
    39 1 GANDER. Newfoundland. V7ed. An Air France Constellation ran off the runway at high speed while landing here today, slightly Injuring one of the crew and severely shaking passengers. The aircraft was badly damaged.—Reuter
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    New 'phone link
    27 1 HONGKONG. Wed A long distance telephone service between Peking and Ulan Bator Mongolia has been started, the New China news agency said today Reuter
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    They stay idle
    22 1 HULL, Wed. Dockers on strike here last night voted to continue the stoppage which is crippling the port. Renter
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    Wanted Greek faces death
    273 1 TTOE GREEK sailor, Eliaa A Skantzos, who nas applied for political asylum in Singapore, haa a death sentence awaiting him in Greece for atrocities he is alleged to have committed as a partisan leader during the Greek civil war. This was stated in Manila yesterday by
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    STOP PRESS
    46 1 WATT WILL 1.1 |O *h U(> Ml 1.1 <\ i [ON IYDNCT Wi-cl \u*iralian Commissioner 111 Ma U>.i Mi IhMi WMA "ill IfAll Ills (OtlllltNi tlrlP^*tion lo pn limm.ii v si 111 Ulk in M.inila next W>dnf.iUv Prim' Miin U r Merme. ,aid toni^lit —AP
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    Spring early
    13 2 SYDNEY, Wed. Spring has started in Sydney two months early.— A.P.
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    Now it's 3-D television
    48 2 LONDON, Wed. Three dimensional television was shown to the public for the first time here yesterday at a preview of Britain's annual radio show. It will be a long time before It is available for home entertainment.. But It will help atomic research. Reuter.
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    Token strike postponed
    59 2 KARACHI. Wed. A oneday token strike by more than 250.000 West Pakistan communications. Industrial and municipal workers fixed for tomorrow has been postponed for six weeks. The West Pakistan Federation of Labour said that the strike had been called to protest against the government's labour policy and
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    Gift of books
    39 2 LONDON. Wed. A valuable gift of several hundred Russian books to three British libraries was announced at Cambridge last night by a member of the Russian delegation at the 23rd International Congress o f Orientalists.— Reuter.
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    TALK, TALK, TALK —3 HOURS OF IT WHEN ATTLEE AND MAO MET
    392 2 TALK, TALK, TALK —3 HOURS OF IT WHEN ATTLEE AND MAO MET RENE MieCOLL In the hall of the emperors, Mao —with a fringe —gave the Britons audience PEKING, WEDNESDAY. MAO TSE TUNG last night received Clement Attlee and his delegation in a talk-packed session lasting three hoars. In the
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    Novelist Greene gets an archbishop's rebuke
    117 2 PARIS, Wed.— Graham Greene, the Roman Catholic novelist. has been publicly reprimanded by Cardinal MauriceFeltin, Archbishop of Paris. The dispute between them centres round the church's refusal to give a Catholic burial to French novelist Colette. The Cardinal refused a Catholic burial because Colette
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    This, Mr. Attlee, is Mr. Chou
    50 2 ZAfR. CHOU ES-LAI greets zMr. Attlec at the airport on zarrival. Doing the introducZtion is Mr. Chang Hsi-jo. zprr^drnt of the Institute of z Foreign Affairs. Note Mr. zChou's tico-hand grip and zthe directness of his smile zinto Mr. Attlee's eyes- Camera Press picture.
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    What labour can do for mac
    108 2 TEKING. Wed.— .Mao Tse Tung chairman of the Chinese People's (iow-rnmetii. raised three points in his talk with the British Labour delegation yesterday evening. These points to accomplish which Mao would like the Labour Party visitors to exert their influence were: Withdrawal of the
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    IFAILED, 'MR. FRANCE' ADMITS
    333 3 Je couldn't win one concession at E.D.C. talks PARIS, Wednesday. rpHK French Premier, Rt Pierre Mendes France, 1 ((C |.i\ told 132 Deputies the inside story of the Brussels negotiations at which he failed to get the treaty drastically 'hanged in order to preJJve France's control
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    BIRDS HIT PLANE LIKE A-A BARRAGE
    103 3 LONDON Ur A BRITISH airliner cut iii touch a swarm of while landing at Scotland on meht. killing jtont 300 of them, and irlv going out of with dead birds into its fuselage. ll.r twin-engined plane, earning passengers from London, was about to much
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    Sentence is varied
    46 3 NAIROBI. Wed. A court--rntence that Capt. Lionel French, of Lon!ri be cashiered for •jetrol has been remissal from the adjutant of the 23rd of the King's Afris at Nyeri. was constealing nine gallons d that he used the visit his colonel in Router.
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    'Wax model' on fire was body of a woman
    323 3 'Wax model' on fire was body of a woman LONDON. Wed. A WOMAN strangled her sons wife and then placed the body on I a funeral pyre in the I backyard of her London suburban home, a court here was told. A neighbour saw the para-ffin-waked body blazing in the
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    Tunisia terror chief killed
    41 3 TUNIS. Wed.— Tunisian terrorist leader AH Ferchichl was shot dead yesterday by police in the Ferry ville region Ali Ferchichi, who headed Tunisian terrorists in Northern Tunisia, was the r.rst important leader killed by security forces. Reuter.
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    CONSPIRACY AGAINST ME. SAYS EVATT
    135 3 SYDNEY. Wed. fi bert Evatt. Australian upposition leader. U day that there had rate conspiracy to njure him by detaff. 1 been done in dobv naming Alan cretary, and Alm his assistant .informants of the .^aid ■mission's chairman. said: "Please renber, Dr. Evatt. you are
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    They want to dhobi modern way
    60 3 KRISANA Sitarhit, right, and Phaibul Busaban. women ratings in the Siamese Royal Navy, on their arrival in London. They are there with seven sailors to learn English and then the mysteries of the modern wishing machine They will return to Siam after a year
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    Outlaw-the-Reds bill: Ike signs
    133 3 THREE MORE COMING HE SAYS DENVER. Colorado, Wednesday. PRESIDENT Eisenhower yesterday signed the bill 1 outlawing the Communist Party in the United States and designed to put pressure on Communistinfiltrated labour unions. Mr. Eisenhower signed the bill in his holiday headquarters in the Lowry Air Force
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    Riots follow the Vargas suicide
    173 3 RIO DE JANEIRO, Wednesday DEMONSTRATORS roamed the streets of Rio yester- day storming opposition party and newspaper offices after President Getulio Vargas had shot himself. His resignation had been demanded by the air force and navy. President Vargas. 71. who was found shot through the
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    Touring Russia
    21 3 NEW DELHI. Wed. A 25--member Indian cultural mission left by air yesterday on a six-week goodwill tour of Russia.—A.P.
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    Key islands included in defence plan
    125 3 WASHINGTON. Wed. BOTH State and Defence Department spokesman yesterday made it clear that the United States 7th Fleet Is now under orders to defend the Pescadores Islands as well as the neighbouring island of Formosa from Chinese Communist attack. The Pescadores Islands are 100
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    Entire state cut off by flood waters
    141 3 BOMBAY, Wed. ITtLOODS from the rising Brahmaputra River today cut India's big tea-producing state of Assam in the northeast from the rest of the country. Rail and telegraphic communications were disrupted. Crops, cattle and property suf- fered heavily, and some loss of life
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    LONDON STOCKS
    245 3 LONDON, Wed. ORIGHTER condition* returned to the stock market* with the opening of the new account today i and extensive gain* were established by the close Closing middle prices of selected stocks, not Including stamp duty, were: ConsoU 68 V4 Funding 4% 1O4',» War 90\ BANKS Mercantile (£12V»>
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    LONDON TIN
    26 3 LONDON, Aug. 25.— Cash Buyers V; 732 Sellers 1 732 Forward Buyers V73IV, Sellers €732; Settlement £733. Turnover a.m. 60 tons; p.m. 50 tons.
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    LONDON RUBBER
    36 3 LONDON. Aug. 25— Spot 19"» d., Oct. I9\d.. Oct.-Dec. 19- 4 d.. Jan.Mar. 19<,d., Apr-June 19\d., JulySept. 19»d., Sept. c.i.f. 19 k d.. Ort r.i.f. !9 -d.. Nov. c.l.f. 19 >,d. Tone Quietly ftcadv-
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    1,400 angry guards set out on vengeance hunt
    388 4 'THERE ARE SO MANY OF US THAT THE BANDITS CAN'T RUN AWAY 9 THEY SEEK REDS WHO TOOK THEIR GUNS BUKIT MKRTAJAM, Wednesday. QNE THOUSAND four hundred an^ry Home (•uards left on a bandit hunt this morning to "redeem the good name"
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    PAT COME THE ANSWERS TO THOSE SO AWKWARD QUESTIONS
    72 4 rVO WAY delegates from Sweden yesterday visited the Family Planning Association clinic in the Kandang Kerhau Maternity Hospital at Singapore. Here Miss Rirgitta Larrson interviews an Indian mother at the clinic. The nurse, Mrs. Ong Kay Sung was interpreter. Behind Miss
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    2 THUGS BEAT UP HAWKER
    65 4 A hawker. Tan Soo Teck, 31. was punched unconscious by two gangtcrs when he refused to pay protection money yesterday afternoon. Tan said he was hawking near a wayang performing in Upper Serangoon Road when the two demanded money. They struck without warning when he
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    Today's Radio SINGAPORE
    104 4 Today's Radio SINGAPORE AM. 15 Time S.gnal and Op«nine Announcement: 7.16 Morning Star; 7.30 News. 7.35 Melody Mixture; 8 00 8.30 London Studio Meloil:es; P.M. 1.00 Programme Summary; 101 Luiuh Time Music; 1.30 lime Signal and New.= 1.45—2.00 Dana Musicians; 5.00 Time Signal and Programme Summary; 5 02 Calling All
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    NO HANDCUFFS—BY ORDER
    91 4 NO HANDCUFFS— BY ORDER When Special Constable Mohamed Hanafla bin Ismail brought two men handcuffed into the Singapore City Police Court yesterday morninc. he was rebuked by the magistrate. Mr. J. M. Devereux-Colebourn. After taking down Ismail's name Mr. Devereux-Colebourn told him that no prisoner should be broupht handcuffed lr.to
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    FELT 'INFERIOR'—AND CUT HIS THROAT
    102 4 FELT 'INFERIOR'— AND CUT HIS THROAT A SHOP assistant. Tan Bak Ton, 21, cut his throat with a vegetable knife because he had an inferiority complex, the Singapore Eighth Police Court was told today. The prosecutor. Inspector M. C. Jacobs, said this after Tan had pleaded guilty to attempted suicide
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    Coffee shop raid
    37 4 IPOH. Wed. Two Indians and a Chinese boy early this morning broke into a coffee shop in Theatre Street and tried to take eight cartoons of cigarettes and about $7 Police made three arrests
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    Indians dance
    23 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. A party of Indian dancers has been performing betore troops in the Federation during the last few day*.
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    Lawyers get $1,000,000 estate quiz
    78 4 SINGAPORE City Council will consult its lawyers on what sieps to take on the houses in a private $1,000,000 estate which have been occupied without certificates ot fitness. Two committees which discussed the matter vtsterday. made this decision. Several hundred hoi: *s are affected They
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    Methodist youth party
    38 4 Bedok Methodist Youth Fellowship. Singapore will hold a farewell party for Mr. Richard Vim in the Bedok church social hall at 8 p.m on Saturday Mr. Vim leaves for England on Wednesday to study architecture.
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    SINGAPORE NURSES SAY: TRY OUR SHOES
    93 4 SINGAPORE NURSES SAY: TRY OUR SHOES SINGAPORE nurses can recommend their regulation shoes to Federation nurses who are grumbling about theirs. The two pairs of shoes issued annually to Singapore nurses are of strong quality ■mvas with leather soles and rubber-based heeLs which are three-quarters of an inch thick. Two
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    Theatre Club
    22 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed The Theatre Club here will present three one-act plays at the Town Hall at 9.15 p.m tomorrow-
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    IT'S LEND A MILLION TO SAVE A MILLION DOWN ON THE FAR]
    120 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed— Thr Rural and Industrial Development Authority has lent 51, 145.000 to four cooperative banking unions in North Malaya to hrlp farmers light the "padi kuncha" system during thr coming padi planting season and so save
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    Men made a threat 'to skin me'
    114 4 SAYS A FORMER DANCE M pOH YAM CHNG, once a dance h Singapore Assize Court yesterd robbed her of cash and Jewellery to thi $498 in a totel, and warned her that identify them they would "skin ho: In the ri Liv Seng
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    Short cut leads to court
    89 4 Short cut leads to court FOUR Singapore Cold Storage clerks attached to thr office at Gate No. 5 of the Harbour Board took a short cut through a railway line near Gate No. 2to go for lunch on Tuesday. They were charged in Singapore yesterday with committing trespass by entering
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    Customs men found distillery in blukan
    171 4 A CUSTOMS party surprised I a man distilling intoxicating liquor in thick blukar off the 10" 4 milestone. Jurone Road, and arrested him as he tried to run away, a Singapore court was told yesterday. In the dock stood Tan Siew; Siar.c. 25. accused
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    ALL SET TO TAKE OVER
    291 5 Progressives ready with 'Cabinet 9 If they win polls *pHE Singapore Progressive Party is organising a "shadow" Cabinet which will take over the six Ministerial posts in the new Legislative Assembly if the Party wins the elections next year. It is practically certain that, if
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    Court meets man it had waited for
    91 5 Court meets man it had waited for rE City Police Court magistrate. Mr. J. M. Devereux Colebourn. yesterday told Yap Hock Lim: "You are the type of person the court has bron waiting to meet for a long time." Yap pleaded guilty to depositing red earth from the wheels of
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    To aid crippled children
    55 5 Liberty Musical and Dramatic Association. Singapore will donate proceeds from its anniversary ball on Saturday to the Red Cross Crippled Children s Home Fund. The ball, under the patronage of the Commissioner General. Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald. will be held at the Victoria M»-"rial Hall from
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    Back come 149 Indians
    40 5 The Jalagopal arrived in I Singapore from Madras yes- trrday with 149 Indian passengers returning to Malaya. I One hundred and six of I them who travelled deck were i quarantined on St. John's Island. I]
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    LABOUR GROUP IS ALL SET, TOO New front full of fight
    220 5 LABOUR GROUP IS ALL SET, TOO New front full of fight SINGAPORE'S new political alliance the Labour Front announced yesterday that it was getting ready for an all-out fight in the next Legislative and City and Island Council elections. The announcement came three days after the Joint body, consisting of
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    Gaoled for card offence
    52 5 1 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed— Tan Keng Hoor. of Singapore, was sentenced to 10 months' gaol at Pontian for abetting the offence of using some one else's identity card as one's own. The sentence is to take effect from Dec. 7. Tan has been a tuberculosis patient
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    Driver gets $1,000 bail
    50 5 Ang Swee Kiam claimed trial in Singapore yesterday to causing the death of a cyclist. Chong Ah Sien, in East Coast Road on the evening of June 30. this year, by driving a car negligently. He was offerrd $1,000 ball in two sureties till Sept. 2.
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    ALL OF THIS -PLUS A 'DEADLOCK' COMMITTEE
    168 5 ALL OF THIS -PLUS A 'DEADLOCK' COMMITTEE THE Singapore Government and its employees' unions will set up a tribunal to settle disputes which cannot be solved through the Whitley Council. The staff side secretary of the Whitley Council, Mr. V. Raja Gopal, told the Straits Times yesterday: "The Government has
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    3 months more to change stamp
    55 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed.— The Postmaster General, Malaya, today announced that three months grace from Sept. 1 will be given to holders of unused Malayan ten cent and five dollar Royal silver wedding postage stamps to exchange them for current stamps. These stamps will not
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    'WE DON'T TRUST UNIONS'
    173 5 'WE DON'T TRUST UNIONS' Say 57 seamen FIFTY-SEVEN Pakistani seamen yesterday resigned from three unions in Singapore and told the Seamen's Welfare Officer. Mr. T. A. White. "We have lost faith in the present unions and their leaders." The unions from which the men resigned were the Indo-Malay-Pakistani Seamen's Union,
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    They want singers
    62 5 IPOH, Wed. Ipoh Choral Society are to produce "The Pirates of Penzance" early next year and will start rehearsals on Sept. 8 at 7 p.m. In the Weslev church. New members are urgently needed, particularly for the choruses of "Pirates." the police and General Stanley's daughters. Those
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    POLICE HUNT FOR 3 WHO ROB TAXI-MEN
    185 5 SINGAPORE police are on the hunt for three men responsible for three armed robberies in Bukit Timah area in the last 20 days. The victims were taxi drivers. Two of the hold-ups were in a lonely lane in dementi Road and the third
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    Son stole mother's jewellery
    174 5 Son stole mother's jewellery NOW SHE PLEADS FOR HIM A WOMAN 8 report to the Singapore police on Aug. 16 about loss of Jewellery, worth $2,504, from hei Hertford Road home led to the arrest of her son. Tan Sa Wat, a student. When Tan was charged in the I
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    Friends fought in public
    66 5 PARIT BUNTAR, Wed.— "We were not fighting; we were only having a verbal argument over some mnney matters and this has been settled and we are now friends. said Muniandy and Chelhah when they appeared before Inche Abu Bakar bin Ha)i Husin in the Parit Buntar
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    Collision—$75
    25 5 Collision $75 Tan Tho Seng was fined $75 in Singapore yesterday for driving a car negligently and colliding with another car In Upper Perak Road.
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    Joke after night out leads to court
    165 5 A FTER a night out. two men. played a Joke on one of the party, who was sleeping in a car, by removing a hub cap at 4.30 a.m.. the Singapore Fifth Police Court was told yesterday. But thr police did not view
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      261 5 SINGAPORE DIARY •iiibi.ii tSMEMRI.V OF VOITH: BRITISH RED CROKS SfMIETT: rVIVMMTY OF MAI.AT* SOCirTT: tnn 5 p.m bodybuildinj Spa. Pubiir lerturf nn 'The i*t%\ Bv»tein r.M.r.A. 'Orrh.rd Ro.dl: Crl<-ket in the Soviet Onion" by Mr D N. pri ,rttre «t B»le»uer Ho.d Oround S Pritt ,lf Arts The«lre. Cl'inv H«ad.
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    ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
    25 6 10 HorW« Sl* (minimum) MR MRS TAN JAKE HOOI thank all friends, relatives for their good uishe. Qd kind at-( tendance at their wedding
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS
    148 6 M "«r4i fill I minimum) MUICHANDS Sale Starts on Monday. rOLLOW PEDANT Every Day in Malay Mall" If you want to win 000 word puzzle. JACK STRAWS—Ior Makan Ketchil. a Cocktail Party favourite—an Appetizer for all occasions. At all good stores Agents—Robinsons'*. r :OH SOON TIOE QUARTET will i
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Thurs. Aug. 26, 1954 A Charge Of Sedition
    619 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Thurs. Aug. 26, 1954 A Charge Of Sedition Sedition may be de>cribed as incitement to disaffection, attempts by words or acts to disturb the tranquillity of the State. There are other laws.' more frequently evoked, which control what a newspaper may publish. A newspaper and its
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    The Outlawed Red
    435 6 Presidential assont to the bill i passed by the American Con- 1 gress outlawing the Communist] Party does not mean the im- i mediate death of the party in the United States. Any individual Communist, and the party itself, can appeal to the courts, and it may
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    Vote For "X"
    254 6 The former director of the World Health Organi-ation has advised all voters to investigate the mental state of candidates before they cast their votes. "Is there anything more suicidal," he asks, "than to elect psychopaths, neurotically anx- ious, violent egocentric or pre- J judiced people to legislative
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      'STUDENT PRINCE' FINDS IT TOUGH
      262 6 'STUDENT PRINCE' FINDS IT TOUGH YOUR leader "The Stux dent Prince" gave the Malayans In Britain a shock. It was obvious that some of your remarks were based on facts which were wrong and unfounded. Let me give you an account of the minimum monthly expenditure of a scholarship stu-
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      The cost of living in Britain
      236 6 The cost of living in Britain YOUR leader 'Student Prince" which was re- printed in the Straits Budget <is based on wrong Information. No student to mv knowledge, receives from the Government of the Federation an allowance of £500 a year. Allowances for students in London range from £372 to
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      Conditions in the Ipoh hospital
      123 6 Conditions in the Ipoh hospital MANY of the third class wards in the Ipoh District Hospital are gloomy and stuffy. Patient* ln these wards, uni less they go out themselves, do not have much light and fresh air. Each ward is so packed that beds are placed on the i
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      'It is not a sport in Malaya'
      160 6 'It is not a sport in Malaya' 1 AGREE with Mr. C. R. Dasaratha Raj that horseracinp is a great social menace. In Malaya, horse-racing is not looked upon as a sport but us a form of gambling. The Royal Family. Sir Winston Churchill, the Duke of Norfolk and Lord
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      Plan to aid incurables, sick, aged
      105 6 I FEEL sorry for Chow An Boey who could not bw cured in the hospital. An incurable patients' hospital for the poor should be built at once. All communities lin Malaya should collect a* much money as possible lor this important project. Then we
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      Put on Malay show earlier
      86 6 MAY I suggest that the programme of the Malay way of life be included in the first half of the WAY party on Saturday. The reason is that many of the foreign delegates have never seen the Malay way of life. After 2 a.m. I
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      Malaya needs such an outlook
      118 6 Malaya needs such an outlook GOD be praised. At last their has arisen in this British and therefore Christian colony of Singapore a Christian minister whose outlook seems to be extra-ecclesiastical To Judge from his letter, the Rev. Frank Balchin belongs to the order of preachers who feel their mission
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      Their ideas are free
      92 6 rpHANKS for exposing this 1 farce of 40-year-olds attending our youth assembly. In future we can get all the youthful ideas of this world by sending down to the docks for the deck boy.s and youths that serve on the various ships. And we can get
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      MahaUna Gandhi memorial fund
      52 6 WHAT is this hush-hush about the Selangor Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Fund? What is happening to it? Nearly f.ve years have elapsed since this fund was started, yet the public do not know the actual position of the fund. They have the right to know. TANICK. Ku.ii
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      Fair competition and oil prices
      172 6 WITH reference to the letter by Mr. D.H. Palmer, general manager. Shell Co. of Singapore Ltd.. I would like to say that I do not associate myself with the attack by •Anxious" on the oil Industry. I would, however, like to refer to fair competition
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      'Profiteering' in books and the year 1954
      324 6 WHEN my boy, who is attending an aided English school, was buying his text-books from a well-known bookseller, he had to pay 60 cents a shilling. The profit goes to the shareholders. Would the Education Department call this "profiteering?" Now my son buys
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      Alliance merger 'only temporary'
      265 6 STATISTICS on the recent town council elections in Perak shows that had not the UMNO, MCA and PPP (the latter's strength, perhaps, could be counted on one's fingers) merged, their chances of winning any of the seats were remote. This must encourage the supporters of the
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      Why not put it into practice?
      126 6 Why not put it into practice? MR. LEONG YEW KOH said that one of the reasons for the Alliance success at the recent Perak polls was that their propaganda was noncommunal. He appealed to the small I minority who voted for the National Association of Perak ito join the Alliance
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      His request
      33 6 WITH the advent of floodlit soccer, chances of hearing commentaries of the football games over Radio Malaya seem to have gone Will Radio Malaya rearranc their programmes accordingly n JALALDEF.X. Singapore.
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    On the
    273 6 Inconsistent ideo]:/ ODIOAPORE M Mallal. shell amoi vociferous remarked any colonla lin the ci not noticed That then ploitation m there is in Cl j or Jakar':, my reading i tory" bpars that it was fought expj start, o- d Swettenham ah' very In M .\s one ol
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    Eight university students freed: No sedition, the judge rules
    1817 7 f^MM-lIMJ »*Y TRIAL ENDS ABRUPTLY WHEN MR. CHUA DIRECTS DISCHARGE OF ACCUSED WITHOUT LEAVING THE BENCH RITT: This is a most appalling attack on public rights of controversy SHANKS: Statements were calculated to arouse discontent and hostility i uiversitv of students
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    ike man who wasn 't told
    91 7 I IK. Wed— Mr imdaram. former the Malayan InU working eomxl.i> protrstid n.innrr in which i in h\ thr inn inoiinced in the I -pension bcc.uix I -dur even bel ivrd the order. i nit >rt receiv Ed any official letter from the conuress
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    CHILD CRIPPLES 'LIKE ANIMALS IN MALACCA'
    249 7 Some worse off than Ah Boey MALACCA'S incurable eh iTI animals in the corn< Welfare Officer. Mrs. K. M. Id cripples were often Just ■r. the Settlement's Social Cansdell. said yesterday. Mrs. Cansdell will establish a trust fund for six-year-old kampong cripple Chow Ah
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    Officer back after study
    72 7 After attondinn a thrrtmonth Army course in signals, at Hythe in Kent. England. Lieutenant Hajl Omar bin Edin returned to Singapore by BO AC Argonaut yesterday. Lieutenant Hajl Omar i> attached to the Malay Regiment iti Port Dlckson. He served with the Royal Lincolnshire Regiment in
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    Liquor laws beat that 5 a.m. party
    266 7 Liquor laws beat that 5 a.m. party THE Singapore Youth Council yesterday met a fatal stumbling block to its plan to give World Assembly of Youth delegates an all-night farewell party on Saturday —the Colony's liquor laws. Madam Emily Tan, licensee of the bar and restaurant at the Singapore Badminton
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    Flung porridge says charge
    45 7 Tan Moy Nee, a 26-year-old woman claimed trial In the Singapore Fifth Police Court yesterday to causing hurt to another woman. Llou Peng Choo. by throwing a pot of hot porridge at her Tan was offered $250 ball till Sept. 1.
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    Oh, yes, Johore DOES get fair share of the cash
    289 7 XI ALA LUMPIR. Wed—Federation Treasury officials and Finance Committee members today refuted a Johore State Councillor's allegation yesterday that Johore was not getting its fair share of Federal allocations D*to H. E MacKemie had told the Johore State Council that
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    A BEARDED GHOST MOVES INTO THE CAPTAIN'S CABIN -THROUGHA WALL
    194 7 A BEARDED GHOST MOVES INTO THE CAPTAIN'S CABIN -THROUGH A WALL rpHE captain's cabin on the derelict 1. 180- ton Asha, anchored In Singapore Roads, is the most comfortable on the ship. But no one will stay in it. The four Malay watchmen on the vessel prefer to rough it
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    20 million leaflets— one gives up
    78 7 20 million leaflets one gives up KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. rpHE 20 million leaflets 1 dropped in the first three weeks of this month caused one terrorist to surrender. It cost more than $20,000 to print the leaflets. Five R.A.F. planes were employed in dropping the leaflets which told the terrorists
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    Reunion dinner in barracks
    64 7 The fourth annual reunion dinner for all former and present ranks tn Mrborne Fores will be held in the gymnasium Tanglin Barracks. Singapore at 8 p.m on Sept. 17. Those who wish to attend should tell Major PA. Porteous. "Q" Branch. GHQ. FARELF not later than
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    $6,500 fraud alleged
    82 7 Than Kirn Chung claimed trial in Singapore yesterday to thrrr rhruges of cheating two businessmen of green peas, soya beans, tine roofing and wiring valued :it Sfi.soo. It w:is alleged Chan cheated h Road merchant of zinc roofing and wiring anri a buslne: sman In Malacca Street
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    TRISHAMEN TO AID FUND
    58 7 KUALA LUMPUR. WedAfter the decision of Muslim taxi-drivers and owners in Singapore to contribute a day's earnings to the proposed Muslim College of Malaya Malay tnshamen in Krlantan arr planning a .similar scheme. The college which needs $150,000 to cot started is scheduled to open at
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      116 7 09k IN MALAYA means /Oeautti^. The pure, centle lainet ni uirby bkauty •rltb v s delicate perfume, will eive Aji II skin and a lovely complexion <is\ apiji joy to use Buy 1 i today V\ Everywhere in the world jf BEAUTY SOAP A B'bby Beauty Soop rt^A. distributed yj
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      173 7 Preserve the SHOWROOM SHINE of your CAR with KELVEX! ft ...THE SENSATIONAL PLASTIC DISCOVERY THAT MAKES I Sg£3 Pl*4tic*te yL THE PROUD yt OWNERS <£ PREFERENCE M ft Si "(2 ft -U A product of U.S.A. orijiin. "PI today not only the most economical but al»o trt* most ■flactlve Mlto
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      133 7 The weather MINIMI M i I Mil i: li lit (7.30 p.m. on Aug. 24 to 7.30 a.m. on Aug. 25 1 Singapore 73 degrees. Penan* 74. Kota Bf»hru 74 Kuala Lumpur 73. Ipoh 73. Kuantan 72. M I M I M TIMI'HMII IU (7.30 a.m. to 7.30 p.m. on
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    Abuse charge
    35 8 KLANG. Wed.-Nalna Mohamed 24. was charged in the Magistrate's Court here today with using abusive language against a policeman at the Klang lock-up on Aug. 10. The case was postponed to Sept. 27
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    Captain putclub's $1,900 in own account
    571 8 FAMILY DIDN'T KNOW HE FACED COURT MARTIAL CASHIERED, GAOLED FOR 9 MONTHS KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. A GENERAL court martial today cashiered a Royal Artillery captain attached to a signals squadron in Kuala Lumpur and sentenced him to nine months' imprisonment for fraudulently misappropriating $1,900
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    Sister ship arriving for coastal run
    77 8 rE Perak second of three sister ships to be built for the Straits Steamship CornDa nys coastal run —is expected to arrive in Singapore on her voyage of delivery on Saturday. The Perak is to be followed by the third sister, the Perils, which
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    HOUSE FOR SULTAN IN CAPITAL
    45 8 HOUSE FOR SULTAN IN CAPITAL JOHORE. BAHRU. Wed. The Federal Government has reserved a house in Kuala Lumpur to be known as Johore House. It is for the use of the Sultan of Johore. Johore will spend $32,000 for renovations, alterations and furnishing the house.
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    THE DATO TOASTS THE NEWLY-WEDS
    64 8 DATO K. Tilt RAISIMiHAM Member lor Education, calls a toast to the newly weds. Mr. and Mrs. A. Anthony at the reception at the Eastern Hotel Ku.iLi Lumpur, on .Monday. The marriage took place at St. Joseph's Church. The bride was formerly Miss R. Elizabeth,
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    Johore provides for a regency council
    218 8 THE SULTAN'S TELEGRAM JS FINAL JOHORE BAHRU. Wed. PROVISIONS for the appointment of a Council of Regency in Johore, have been introduced into the amended constitution which was passed by the Johore Council of State yesterday. The 81 -year-old Sultan, Major-General Sir Ibrahim, leaves
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    COUNCIL STAFF MAY GET LAND OFFER
    121 8 T*HE Singapore City Council is considering making an 1 offer to its employees of building sites at $1.10 a square foot. Mount Vernon and Woodleigh Park land, which the council has agreed should be used for housing, would be divided into 106 and 27
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    GOVERNMENT CONSIDERS FUTURE OF RICE TRADE
    137 8 GOVERNMENT CONSIDERS FUTURE OF RICE TRADE rE Singapore Government is considering proposals for the future handling of rice. Mr. J. B Clegx, Director of Commerce and Industry, told the Straits Times yesterday. Last month, the Government announced its intention of stepping out of the rice trade as soon as it
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    ACCUSED CINEMA MANAGER PROTESTS
    358 8 ACCUSED CINEMA MANAGER PROTESTS AT his resumed trial in Singapore yesterday, j Thomas John Davies objected to William Tame, secretary of Shaw Brothers, sitting near Mr. Kenneth Seth, prosecuting counsel, and "passing notes" to him. "Is all this proper as Mr. Tame gave evidence yesterday and I might apply for
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    THIS GAME WOUND UP IN COURT
    100 8 rpHREE youths who entered L the playground of the Haig Road Boys and Girls School on Tuesday evening to play football were charged in a Singapore court yesterday with trespass. They were Muhammad bin Maun. 23. Jumat bin All, 18. and Abdul Rahman bin
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    Party Negara
    28 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. Party Nrgara members living in Imbi Ward. Kuala Lumpur will meet at 10 a.m. on Sunday at the party offices in Market Street.
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    'They sing Britain's praises louder than Britons'
    345 8 Mr. Inamullah Khan, leader of the Pakistan delegation to the World Assembly of Youth, said yesterday that protagonists of British blessings in the Colony appeared to be trying to "outdo their masters." Mr. Khan said he wanted no misunderstanding; but there appeared to
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      William Russell— first war reporter
      1844 9 William Russell first war reporter GH the bitter Russian winter of 1854-5 an Englishman sat scribbling angrily in a hole outside Sebastopol. Officers of the i army besieging the city shunned his miserable dugout. They had rders on no account to provide William Russell with rations, clothes or better accommodation.
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      223 9 Shvrtwk ili*i.itti*s />/ ruilt4>r tttilL! /THANM-BUT TUE6E SOLITARY UN- T>OU MEAN T| WE HAVE INDEED! TUI4 "^v I'D RATHER CHAPERONED WALK* WE'VE HAD Q SCURRILOUS NOTE CAME /ELIZABETH /HV DEAR WALK.' "1 ARE MOST UN6EEMLS- J ANOTHER TJ BY THE AFTERNOON L^ CECIL HAS COME TO DRIVi Y^ ISIJPJfI, rV
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    BIG JUMP hi RUBBER CROP
    380 10 BIG JUMP hi RUBBER CROP Highest for 18 monk 1 T<HE Federation of Malaya produced m in July, than in any previous January last year, the actual output v lons. In January 1953, 54,868 tons Official statistics show, however production for the first seven months' nftw th *w 317,876 tons
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    BROKERS' REPORT
    267 10 The Malayan Share Brokers' Association reported On a very poor turnover the local share market had small fluctuations with a steady undertone. Tins were easier with a marked lack of buying support and rubbers were almost, totally neglected. 1 Member.; reported the following business done yesterday. Gammon $3
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    120 10 Singapore Chinese Produce Exchange: noon prices per picul were: Copra: easle; September yy. i buyers. $28 sellers October $27 i buyers. $28 sellers Coconut oil: quiet; $49 sellers. Pepper: steady continued local buying; black pepper up $2<<.,: Muntok white $230. Sarawak $227',, Lampong black $177' H.C.B. Ltd closing
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    U.S. OUTPUT UP
    37 10 WASHINGTON. Wed —The sum total of America 's production of goods and services has started to climb for the first time since the second quarter of 1953. the United States Department of Commerce reported.
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    23 10 ■IN: 5362. fi 1 > 3*ll <U R| h BR 1 h 1 Ib. <up on^.»j.' h f *«t i cpnt,. leh
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    62 10 AUSTRALIAN STOCKS MB A quli Stock trials r« gains nlurru were firm Loans 3' Loans Ausr. Bank ol Bradford B. Hill Pro Carl* on B Colonial Con Zinc Courtaulr Dunlop Elec. Zin Felt anri Tn G. J. CokM Z Goldsborn:;ch v Herald Time. Herald inei Hii: .in ICI I Mount,
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    RUBBER PRICES
    79 10 September er.i f.o h day a' w a cen: above The markf nrices and fi^ and \e: part of buyers The clo.;e i Closing pi per lb buyers R.S.S. Sept buyers 66 N 66\. Singapore Chamber of Coo Rubbe: terday Wer.r' cents pc- pnmd nrt BuTfn N No.
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    SINGAPORE SHIPPING
    48 10 Nhip» alnncirlr thf Harbour Board whai today are: 13 14 N.W t Brande: Jalaeop.i! 29 M Ben\e riento 38 39 42 43 Outer Road* Harpatnion, Sivu b S«*^ Gome: Oler.s.< B df ™"JJ vac Canoer Lam, I t Innrr Ro»d> Dukat Labuar t Lee H. Paneki
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    18 10 On the frer I Hon B K. I I Sterling one tad of gob) J 5
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    Jap textile probe ■
    33 10 Jap textile probe londo: I Japan to n I into the to be vi from the lr. I Textile W I a 18-nal './■> "1 shire's 29 I ane.se Ft I era t ion
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      869 10 NOTICES NATURALISATION Notice Is hereby given that Thunng Quee Hoon of No. 4-A, Martla Road. Singapore Is applying to the Oovernor for naturalisation and that any person who knowg any reason why naturalisation should not be granted should send a written and signed statement of the facts to the Colonial
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      1562 10 NOTICES INDONESIAN INDEPENDENCE CELEBRATION AT MEBSING A PUBLIC Meeting was held by the Malayan Indonesian Association on 17. 8. 54. at its Headquarters No. 33. Enda;i Road. Merslng to celebrate the 9th Anniversary of the Indonesian Independence. SEHNH CHUA BURIAL GROUND NOTICE is hereby given that at the Annual General
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      791 10 NOTICES NATURALISATION NOTICE is hereby given that j AVIODOR AMAN of No. 2, Kllburn Estate Singapore, is applying to the Oovernor for naturalisation, and that any person who knows any reason why naturalisation should not be granted should send a writ- ten and signed statement of tht facts to the
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      95 10 MAircADt MESSAGERIES MARITIMES ETA lAJTBOUND So. in-; rTA WISTBOL-O itAnf SONG II to Saigon 31 Au* 27 Aufl MEKONG JO Auf IRAOUADDY to Saigon, Monila, Hongkong, Japan 31 Ayfl j, Au<) •la w* c I 10S««* VIIT NAM to Saigon, 13 S«P« lAOS Manila, Hongkong. Japan 10S»p» CHARCBURS REONIS 2
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      1125 11 fEAST ASIATIC LINES SAILINGS TO CONTINENT/SCANDINAVIA Aden, Port Sold, Genoo. Antwerp, Rotterdam, Hamburg, Gdyn.e, Copenhagen, Goth.nburg I Olio KIN A 11/11 c«at «««> "SONGKHLA" J7S.pt/ 2 0.? 2*/2* 24/2? Sept «■> o»l*t. N ad^'." d K lh Coll. KarUhamn «K»«) Calli Beyrouth, Korl.hemn and Helsinki. SAILINGS FROM SCANDINAVIA/U.K./CONTININT "urrtuii- <
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    LADIES, THE NEW DIOR LINE-AND EITHER YOU LIKE IT OR YOU DON'T
    127 12 LADIES, THE NEW DIOR LINE-AND EITHER YOU LIKE IT OR YOU DON'T PARIS COUTURIER Christian Dior his dropped the iraist line to the hips for his new autumn 'H' line. 'H' seen in the pi'turc on the left is a black woollen afternoon ensemble. The jacket falls from sloping shoulders
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    MIRROR, MIRROR WALL...
    423 12 MIRROR, MIRROR WALL... ALL of us remember the story of Snow White and her wicked stepmother who isked the magic mirror •Mirror, mirror on the wall, who's the fairest of them all?" Which of us does (> t Vkk that our own mirror could truthfuliy answer: ''There i-« none so
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    It's all over—bar the friendship!
    482 12  - It's all over— bar the friendship! SYLVIA LAMOND By pAN a couple once happily married remain the best y of friends when the marriage is all washed up? I heard many people ask this question last week when Richard Greene saw his ex-wife. Patricia Medina, of! at London Airport Both
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    WIDE SCREEN WINS WITH EASE -MINUS A SHOE
    2387 13  -  EPSOM JEEP By Fine double by Bougoure \yiu& fc^KktvN (Mulley), backed down to odds-on favourite on the totalisator, chalked up his third win in his last four starts over his net distance, 51 furlongs, at Kuala Lumpur yesterday, second day of the
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    If Big Sweep
    67 13 TOTAL POOL ($261,164) FIRST: *****5 ($70,515) SECOND; *****» ($3537) THIRD: *****1 ($17,628) STARTERS ($2,203 each): Nos: *****3. *****0. *****9. *****1, *****9, *****9, *****6. 33(>27!( CONSOLATION (51.567 each). Nos. *****5, *****5. 3105)80. *****?. *****9. *****8. *****9. *****5. *****8. *****2. FORECAST TOTE: Race 3: 10 tickets (SB7 each): Race
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    PICTURE TIP
    21 13 STRAITS TIMFS'S picture tip for yesterday's races at Kuala Lumpur was Good Manners, who finished fifth in Race Three.
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    RUSSIANS SHOULD SWEEP BOARD
    371 13 EUROPEAN GAMES BERNE, Wed OOVIET Russia are fully expected O to carry off most of the honour* ,n both ho menu and women _sevrnts n the European track and field 'hnmp.onsh.P* which be«ln In the Neuflelri Stadium here today. Represented by over 100 competl- the lamest
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    ARSENAL FAILURE
    51 13 NEWCASTLE I'nited goalkeeper Simpson, supported by a teammate, prepares to catch the ball to end a determined attack by Arsenal centre-forward Hoi ton durine the First Division league match at Highbury. London, on Saturday. Arsenal inside-left l.ishman watches (ex treme right) the attack fail. Arsenal lost 3-1. Reuter
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    Sonneviiie to meet Piruz in K.L exhibition
    100 14 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. rl Indonesian badminton stars. Ferry Sonneviiie and Eddie Yusuf, will play in an exhibition hrrc on Monday in aid of the Sclangor Badminton Association Hall fund. The exhibition will start at 7.30 p.m. Sonneviiie, who is the new Selangor champion,
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    Captain's Prize goes to Smith
    43 14 The Captains Prise (Stroke) competition of the R.SG.C was won by L.C Smith (86-16—70) Other cards returned were: Llm Bo Yam (77-6—711. F. C. J. Moore (89-18 71 >. M. J. Shafler (82-10— 72 < C R. Bax (90-18 72).
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    WONG IS STILL THE WIZARD THE OLD MASTER
    510 14 By Ang Earn Hock. JHE WIZARD, The Old Master— all those superlatives must again describe Wong Peng Soon after his display last night at the Singapore Badminton Hall when he beat the Indonesian champion. Ferry Sonneviiie, by 15-5, 15-7 in an exhibition
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    SURREY ARE CHAMPIONS
    115 14 LONDON. Wed CURKEY are English county crlcket champions for the third successive year They needed four points to clinch the title when they starttd their game against Worcester today, and got them quickly by dismissing Worcester for 25. Lock taking five wickets (or two runs Surrey then
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    S.T.C. finish with unbeaten record
    476 14 SINGAPORE Traction Company, champions of the Singapore BuMnt.vN Houses F.A. Reserve League, completed their fixtures with an unbeaten record when they beat Cold Storage by 3-1 at Seranzoon tuiiui yesterday. Moiid. All (.2) and Naslr scored for Traction, and Dollah for Cold Storage. Mr. Dun
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    YMCA & SCRC SHARE CUP
    100 14 YMCA SCRC SHARE CUP The Kllney Cup tennis competition was shared by V.M.C.A. and Singapore Chinese R C this year. Both teams went through the tourney unbeaten, winning six of their seven matches and drawln: the game against each other. Singapore Cricket Club were third while PWD Bports Club mere
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    U.K. SOCCER
    88 14 LONDON Wed.— ¥esterd«ys mceer remits. SECO i> DIVISION Bury I, Luton Town I. I THIRD DlVlSlON— (Southern) Southern! Ltd. 2, Querns Park Ranger* K. Watford S, Swindon Town 0 THIRD DlVlSlON— .Northern) Carlisle I'M. 1, Wring ion Grinuby 1, Scunthorpe 4. Old ham 2. Tranmrrr Rovers 1. Southport
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    BUSINESS XI PLAY POORLY
    153 14 EVEN with all their star players, the Singapore Business Houses FA XI failed to shine against a depleted S'ngapore Malays XI and a tame I—l draw was the re.-ult In this friendly" at Jalan Besar stadium last night. The game was dull on the whole. .Some
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    JUNIOR S-FINAL
    43 14 Singapore Harbour Board Police entered the semi-final of the S A F A Junior Cup competition when they defeated Radin Mas Ramblers by a convincing 3— margin at Jalan Besar Mad Him but night bmall (2) and Jalll were the scorers
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    Marjorie would have made our best male performer run like blazes
    1190 14 Marjorie would have made our best male performer run like blazes By THE SPORTS EDITOR JUST HOW stupid it is slavishly to follow a set of figures which bear little relation to Malayan standards has not been better demonstrated than it was during the Malayan Amateur Athletic Association's 33rd championship
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    64 14 Aboul Aziz bin Ahmad won the SALSU singles badminton title for the third year In succession when he beat Lim Klan Guan 15—7, 15—8 In the final Aziz then took the doubles title with Majld HanlfT beating Quek ChUp Soon and Er Wee Kuan,
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