The Straits Times, 28 August 1954

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    13 1 The Straits Times fie**** Estd. 1845. SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, AUGUST iH, 1954. 15 CENTS
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    REDS RAID CHIANG ISLE
    336 1 Opening of Formosa offensive? WASHINGTON, TAIPEH TAKE IT CALMLY HONG KONG, Friday. ■HE announcement today of a raid b) Chinese troops on the Nationalist island of (Juemoy, gposite Amoy, set off speculation about whether ii> was the first step in an assault on Formosa, licials in
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    WINSTON GREETS 'MR. FRANCE'
    38 1 SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL greeting the French Premier M. Mendes-France, on his arrival at Biggin Hill R.A.F. aerodrome. Kent, for urgent talks following the breakdown of the European Defence Community conference in Brussels Reuter picture
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    Bomber missing
    32 1 SACRAMENTO. Fri.— A B-25 U.S. Air Force bomber with eight men abroad has been ng since the early hours ol yesterday while on a training' fiißht over Central California.— AP.
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    EDC 'a menace to unity of France'
    252 1 ADVISORY BODY REJECTS PACT PARIS. Fri.— The Assembly of the French I'nion (a consultative body) today voted by 100 votes to 65 against ratification of the European Defence Community treaty. The Assembly had debated two reports unfavourable to the EDC drawn up by
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    IT'S JUST A PLOT, SAYS DE GAULLE
    222 1 AND AN OLD MILITARY EXPERT SEES A 'SHIPWRECK' AHEAD PARIS. Fri— General Charles De Gaulle yesterday issued a manifesto against the Kuropean Defence Community which he described as "a plot to deprive France of her independence and of her army and to separate
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    Diver on crutches sues for $357,725
    425 1 AN Italian diver, who claimed that he was paralysed in the legs while on a diving Job on a sunken submarine 12 miles off Singapore in August last yaar claimed $357,725 damages in the High Court yesterday He was Man ho Vasta, 6b who
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    Typhoon may hit Formosa
    62 1 TAIPEH, Frl. Typhoon "Ida" with winds of 100 miles an hour at its centre was reported here today to be 660 miles south-east of Formosa moving at 16 miles an hour in a west north-westerly direction. Weather Bureau said if the typhoon continued its present course
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    Shelling protest
    34 1 LONDON, Fri. Britain will protest to Nationalist China against the shelling of the 967-ton British freighter Inchkilda by a Nationalist Chinese warship last Tuesday, a Foreign Office spokesman said here today. Reuter.
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    Nerve specialist visits Edwin
    137 1 LONDON. Frl.— The case of eight-year-old Edwin Ec, the Singapore boy who was flown l to London earlier this week, is in the hands of Dr. MacDonald Critchley. one of the i leading neurologists in Loni don. Dr. Critchley. who ha» con- suiting rooms at the
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    Libel, says film star
    75 1 ABOUT MARRIAGE LOS ANGELES. Fri.- James Mason and his wife. Pamela Kellino. are suing a film magazine and a Los Angeles newspaper here for $1,000,000 damages for printing "false and libellous statements" about thrir marriage. The Masons alleged that an article by writer Ersklne Johnson said
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    Household goods on show
    56 1 COLOGNE. Fri. About 1.000 firms from nine countries I including Japan will display household equipment and iron i goods at an international fair I here from Sept. 5 to 7. the organisers announced Exhibitors will also come from Belgium. Britain. France, the Netherlands Italy. Austria West
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    SPY PAPER A FAKE, says DR. EVATT
    254 1 SPY PAPER A FAKE, says DR. EVATT A 'person like Petrov' might put it forward SYDNEY, Friday. J)R. HERBERT EVATT, Australian Labour Party leader, said today that a key spy document before the Royal Commission on Espionage was "concocted and fabricated." He was referring to document "J." handed over to
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    Man of 50 set on me, says girl
    145 1 Man of 50 set on me, says girl UOUCH are -eeking an 1 elderly tnsha rider who left a 14-year-old Rirl passengei unconscious in a flela ofl MrPherson Road Singapore, on Thursday night. The girl was found stagger ing out of a iane about 8 p.m after regaining consciousness Her
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    A bed under the trees for Ah Boey
    169 1 A bed under the trees for Ah Boey MALACCA. Fri fHOW AH BOEY. the slxv/ year-old Malacca girl who has been pronounced 'Incurable" oy doctors, is to spend every day in the open under the trees near her home at Kampone Banda Kaba. The Malacca Social Welfare Officer. Mrs KM
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    Curtain lifted
    24 1 MOSCOW E^rl.— The Soviet Union threw open the gates of the Stalin Motor Works for a tour by western correspondents yesterday.- A.P
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    Huk No 1 won't die for murders
    184 1 Huk No 1 won't die for murders MANILA. Fri. I UIS TARUC former chief of the Hukbalahap. pleaded guilty today to chargei of rebellion with murders, robberies, kidnappings and arson— but he will not die. The former rebel leader, who surrendered to the government last May asked the court for
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    STOP PRESS
    54 1 TBBASOM SEN 1 1 M I (is row <>i uwi i> NKW YOKK I Court of Appe.il ti>d.i\ (■ashed conrtel and life sentenced far treason p.< Md on John l).i\ ill I'ik voo. formei Stall Serin ml on durgea o[ coMabm h ma \<iih lapMMflc while i>nvmrt of
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    Only 3 days more...
    30 1 |5 ONLY THREE DAYS are left for sending your in the Malayan Monthly's 520.000 Crossword =scontest. That first prize of $15,000 can hr i/ours—so =DO\'T DELAY
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    The day Clem Attlee drove up Broadway by way of old Shanghai
    713 2  -  RENE MacCOLL INSIDE CHINA p with SHANGHAI, Fri. WHO called Shanghai the Paris of the East? The accent here is American despite the politics and growling of the past five unhappy years. Yes, Attlee and company found themselves
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    New York's answer to Dior—the ruffled look
    66 2 New York's answer to Dior the ruffled look i A CASCADE of fluted nylon tull* ruffles from the -oaistIme to the ground is the striking feature of this blue E peau de soie gown, designed by Ceil Chapman, of New York. The bodice of the dress, which is photographed in
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    Floods threaten 20 million people 11 RIVERS IN FULL SPATE
    206 2 Floods threaten 20 million people 11 RIVERS IN FULL SPATE CALCUTTA Friday VfORE THAN 20.000,000 people were threatened in aTI north-east India yesterday by one of the worst floods of the century. The line of destruction stretches 1.000 miles along the fertile Ganges and Brahmaputra valley from Sadiya, in the
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    Vietminh explain that delay
    48 2 PARIS. Frl. The Vietmlnh have blamed a shortage of secretarial staff for a delay in the return of French prisoners-of-war, according to a report reaching here today. The French High Command complained to the Vletminh yesterday about their slowness In repatriating French prisoners. Reuter.
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    Bartlett better
    41 2 LONDON. Fri. Mr. Vernon Bartlett, 60, journalist and broadcaster, who is ill in hospital here after an abdominal operation last week-end, spent quite a good night and was reported by the hospital today to be making steady progress. —Reuter.
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    U.S. $250,000 stolen
    39 2 NfcVV YORK. Fri— Thieves yesterday took a small safe holding nearly U*****,000. mostly in securities, from a house in New York City The burglary was discovered by a maid when .-he returned from an errand. A.P
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    Man killed in ship blast
    45 2 YOKOHAMA. Fri. A member of the crew was killed today in a boiler room explosion in a South Korean freighter. Tenko. three miles out of Yokohama harbour Japanese officials believe that the explosion was caused by an old pipeline.— UP.
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    'Use troops' call
    32 2 BOMBAY. Fri— Goan nationalists today joined the military Hindu "liberation volunteers" In demanding that India use armed action to force Portugal to withdraw from her settlements in India.— Reuter.
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    RUBBER FOR TIFFIN
    105 2 This sort of a diet bounces Jap into life of crime TOKYO, Friday. IT was an uncontrollable urge to eat rubber that Rot 1 Hideo Minegishi in trouble. To eat it he first had Hideo, a 21-year-old labourer, told police he first got the urge four years
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    Swedish civil defence 'best'
    49 2 NEW YORK. Fri. Sweden has the most comprehensive civil defence organisation in the world, said Mrs. Nathaniel Singer, of New York City's Office of Civil Defence. Mrs. Singer recently completed a two- month study of civil defence In England, Sweden. Denmark, Germany and France. A.P.
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    Give them more room to walk Haxworth
    333 2 PARTING ADVICE ON TRAFFIC PROBLEMS MR*. W. R. M. HAXWORTH, retiring Superintendent of Singapore Traffic Police foresees "great pro gress" in the future planning and development of the City's streets and roads On the eve of his retirement, after 25 years in the
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    Mountbattens in Tripoli
    66 2 TRIPOLI, Fri. Admlra Earl Mountbatten, Comman der-in-Chlef of the NATC fleet In the Mediterran can. arrived in Tripoli by air j yesterday with Lady Mountbatten and their daughter, on la two-day visit to the acting Governor of Tripolita.iia The British cruiser Glasgow, the destroyers Constance and Comet,
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    Ambushed police chief's £11,000
    127 2 LONDON, Fri. Two Brockenhurst children, whose father was killed in a terrorist ambush in Malaya in May. will eventually share a fortune of more than £11.000. This was revealed in the £11,889 will of Mr. Charles Godwin, chief police officer of Kedah, Malaya, published today. He
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    PAULINE HELPING MUM AT HOME BROKE OFF TO DIAL M-U-R-D-E-R
    175 2 PAULINE HELPING MUM AT HOME BROKE OFF TO DIAL M-U-R-D-E-R- CHRIST! HI K( w DAULINE PARKER, 16, happily dota, 1 her mother, broke off to discuss b\ trin u nrk her school friend how they should kill the next day, it was stated in court her. The defence is seeking
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    US$535,000 extortion bid foiled
    118 2 NEVY YORK. Fri.— Three men i were seized yesterday in an alleged *****5.000 extortion plot against Serge Rubin- 1 stein, millionaire draft evader. One of the trio. Emanuel I i. berman, .10, wa.s arrested in Mr. Rubinstein's apartment, after detectives from thr District Attorney's office had
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    Grandmother is remanded
    57 2 LONDON. Fri— Mrs. Styllou Pantopiou Christofls 53-year-old Cvpriot grandmother, wa.s remanded here yesterday in custody until Sept. l. charged with murdering her Germanborn daughter-in-law. The prosecution has alleged that she strangled her son's wife, Mrs. Hella Christofls. and placed the body on a funeral pyre in the
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    Destroyers ma leave soon
    35 2 Destroyers ma leave soon OTTAWA Fri. Can;would probably t drawing her threi from Korea in tl month*, defei yesterday. They wore comn Washington repi U.S. Navy waits Pacific Fl stopped in Indo-i i Korea. K
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    GIANT MAY SWALLOW INDIA
    56 2 NEW DELHI, Fri— Dr B R. Ambedkar a former minister in Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru's cabinet, yesterday called Russia the "biR giant of liberation" and said it might one day consume India. Sevcrrlv crittdl Nehru's forrign warned bin "blunri' r rmrr Rv. Prime v behrf in
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    VARGAS STRIKES FROM GRAVE
    282 3 VARGAS STRIKES FROM GRA VE 'Loyalist 9 chiefs of army, navy quit the cabinet M *H9 4 E JANEIRO, Friday. MARSHAL MASCARENHAS DE MORAIS, hief of Staff of the Brazilian forces, resigni>rn idUI.? v CC yeste r da y in a of loyalty to colonel Paulo Torres, chief of police
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    A CALL-UP CUT IS THE PLAN IN SPAIN
    154 3 A CALL-UP CUT IS THE PLAN IN SPAIN MADRID. Fri. Spanish Army J Minister. General Grande*, said was intended hanpes in the h army which reduce the length •rnpuisory military vice now U for nch, if conditions „re released 3 month*. i said the rofessional officers would be reduced Grandea
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    Calm now, ready for changes
    30 3 Mi. Christian ter f>r Tunisian Affairs, told the mWy last night tad been restored in the time was ripe instructive poii■vithin a frame'■ratic Morocan R'niter.
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    Massacre skull for Canada
    116 3 Massacre skull for Canada LONDON, Fri. A HUMAN skull nearly 7,000--r\ years-old, unearthed at Jericho last year. Is to cross the Atlantic to Canada in a British Overseas Airways Corporation Stratocrulser tonight. The features on the skull havr b-cn restored In plaster It was found with six others when the
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    Harvest puts off tests
    51 3 BONN. Fri.— The British Army of the Rhine yesterday cancelled its exercise "mailed fist" in north west Germany after protests that it would seriously interfere with harvest mc work. Between 12.000 and 15,000 1 troops were to have taken part in the one-week exercise beginning today-
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    Earth tremor
    26 3 LOS ANGELES. Fri— A slight earthquake was felt early yesterday in the Los Angeles area out there were no reports of riF.mage. U. P
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    Princess has secret drive
    61 3 MONTREAL. Fri. Princess Alexandra. 17-year-old daughter of the Duchess of Kent, went for a secret midnight drive in an old time carriage while she was in in Quebec, it was learned here today. With Lady Moyra Hamilton, lady-in-waiting, the Princess fulfilled a longstanding wish by driving
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    Mossadeq laws abrogated
    44 3 TEHERAN. Fri— The Majlis i Lower House of Parliament > ve.sterday abrogated all laws decreed by the former premier, Mohammed Mossadeq. At the ssa c time, the Foreign Minister, Abdullah Entezam. announced that the British will open a consulate at Khorramshah. U.P.
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    THE ROYAL GESTURE FOR SIR JOHN
    117 3 NGTON. Fri. The :>stponed sittings 3'Ttrait painter. Mr. illiday, so that he come to Christ•ober to paint a p irtrait of the Zealand benefactor. "<■ nzie. 1 '.ahunt. convenor committee of businessmen to Mmonial to Sir re yesterday. bequest by and Lady McKen/te nnounced
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    New ship law
    25 3 WASHINGTON, Fri. President Eisenhower yesterday signed legislation requiring that at least half of U.S. Go-vernment-financed cargoes be carried in American ships. A.F.
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    Strike ends
    26 3 LONDON, Fri. A 10 -day strike of 4.000 Hull dockers which has held up work on mor*. than 80 vessels ended last night. Reuter
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    It's over—and all are glad
    36 3 It's over— and all are glad PAGE boys gleefully scatter torn bills a s Speaker Joseph Martin, of the United States House of Representatives, noses with his Ravel at the end of the session. A.P. picture.
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    EMPRESS GOES TO LISBON
    49 3 EMPRESS Nam Phoung. 39-year-old wife of Emperor Bao Dai of Vietnam, arrives in Lisbon from BUrritz to visit the shrine of Our Lady of Fatima. With her are her mothrr. Duchess Long-Ny. right, and Dr. Brae Mimosa, of the Portuguese Foreign Office. A.P. pi. tu
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    AMERICAN LN SECRET TALKS ON ATOMS FOR PEACE PROJECT
    187 3 AMERICAN LN SECRET TALKS ON ATOMS FOR PEACE PROJECT WASHINGTON Friday. 'THE State Department announced that the United 1 States was in secret consultation with its allies on a plan for an international atomic energy pool to use nuclear fission for the good of mankind A State Department spokesman. Mr.
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    Ceylon will stay on West's side
    110 3 Ceylon will stay on West's side CHICAGO. Fri. fEYLON S Ambassador to the United States, Mr. R. S. Gunawardene, said yesterday [that his country "always 'would stand with the Western nations. Speaking to the Exchange Club of Chicago, he said that of the 101 members of the Ceylon Parliament only
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    Reparations talks to resume
    82 3 Reparations talks to resume MANILA. Fri. rE Philippines has set up a new panel for the reparations talks with Japan which have been suspended since April. The action indicated that resumption of the negotiations was impending. Minister Felino Neri has been appointed to head the panel. Appointment of the other
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    Report on money 'steam rolled'
    47 3 MOSCOW. Fri. British, French and Canadian students yesterday protested at a council meeting of the International Union of Students in Moscow against the steamrolling of the financial report. They asked for a detailed account of membership and subscriptions country by country.— Reuter
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    Nonsense—U.S.
    36 3 Nonsense— U.S. WASHINGTON. Fri.— United States officials yesterday dismissed as nonsense the charges of former West German legislator Karl F. Schmidt Wittmack that the United States had secret plans for a big West German army.— U.P.
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    'MOLEMEN BEAR A-ATTACKS BEST'
    137 3 MOSCOW. Fri. —The Soviet Defence Ministry newspaper. Red Star, said yesterday that trenches, earthworks and shelters offered the most reliable •neans of defence against atomic attack for troops. In the second of a seiies of articles designed to show the Soviet Army how to take ade-
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    LONDON STOCKS
    234 3 LONDON, Fri. Closing middle prices of selected stocks, not Including stamp duty, were: LOANS Consols M% Funding 4% 104% War 3 .4% BANKS Mercantile (£12%) 35 Eastern (£5) 9 Chartered i£l) 41/9 Hongkong ($125) 98 INSURANCE —14 Com. Un. (utA.) 4 4 Royal 16>4 Prudential 43 1/16 '.4
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    LONDON TIN
    24 3 LONDON. Aug. 27.— Cash Buyers t73O'_; sellers £731; Forward Buyer* «730; Sellers £731; Settlement £731. Turnover •"i 40 tons; p.m. 45 tons.
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    LONDON RUBBER
    40 3 LONDON. Aug. 27— Spot 20 id. Oct. 20 d.. Oct. -Dec. 20 >»<!., Jan.Mar 20 Nd. Apr-June 20 .d July--B*pt 20d.. Sept. c.U. 19 15 16d.. Oct. c.l.i. 19 15 16d.. Nov. elf. 19 15/18 d Tone: Very steady.
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    Prince to wed
    35 3 BEIRUT, Fri. The engagement of the Emir Talal Saud. brother of the King of Saudi Arabia. and Mouna Solh, daughter of a former Lebanese Premier, Riad Solh, was announced here yesterday. A.P.
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    Big $100 m. pay-out begins in Brunei next year
    264 4 if WIDOWS, ORPHANS AND EVERYONE OVER 60 GET PENSIONS EXPERT STARTS OFF WELFARE SCHEME BRUNEI TOWN, Friday. THE payment of old age pensions (without a means test and without payment of qualifying subscriptions by recipients) to every Brunei subject over 60,
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    NEGRI RULER AND HIS CONSORT LEAD BIRTHDAY DANCE
    38 4 THE YANG di-Pertuan Resar of Nrgri Sembilan and thr Tengku Ampuan lead the dance at the celebration party at Seremban in honour of his 59th birthday. K. S. Kong picture.
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    Girl bandit hit—but she escapes
    85 4 Girl bandit hit but she escapes KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. A GIRL TERRORIST dropped her rifle and a basket of vegetable.-, and fled. clutching her shoulder, when a patrol of the 2nd King's African Rifles fired at her in the Kuantan district of Pahang yesterday. The patrol found bloodstains and followed
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    WAY teams book 332 tours
    94 4 WAY teams book 332 tours WORLD Assembly of Youth delegates meeting in Singapore have booked 332 tours of the Federation for next week. Most popular tour is the one of SrUncnr. organised by the Malayan Youth Council. One hundred and forty-six delegates will go on it. Sixty-three delegates will tour
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    Hotel-keeper is fined §500
    55 4 A hotel-keeper. Ding Ec Huen. of Kian Guan Hotel at Butterworth Lane. Singapore, was yesterday fined $500. or three months' gaol, in the Fourth Police Court. He pleaded guilty to falling to register the particulars of a man and a woman, who occupied a room at
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    Due on visit
    28 4 Dr A. M. Ballantyne. the secretary of the Royal Aeronautical Society is due in Singapore in the second week of September for a six-day visit
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    The runaway Greek is promised a full probe
    238 4 The runaway Greek is promised a full probe 'THE Singapore GovernA ment is understood to have assured the Greek sailor Elias Skantzos. of a complete investigation Into the merits of his plea for political asylum in the Colony. It is also understood that Colony authorities have the power to decide
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    Soft drinks will be 'harder' now
    231 4 FRUIT IMPORTS FROM U.S. FREED By Our Market Correspondent If ALAYANS are eating more fresh apples and oranges iTI and drinking more soft drinks than ever before, so the Singapore Government is allowing the free import of fruits and fruit Juice concentrates from the
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    PC must go to gaol
    80 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. Mr Justice Wilson in the High Court today dismissed the appeal of Corporal Mohamed Yousef bin Maaya who had been sentenced in a lower court to three months' gaol for corruptly accepting a dollar to register a new born baby. He said
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    WO NEWS OF MARGIE' SAYS PAGEANT MAN
    98 4 MR. FORTLNAT BI'RONAT (right), publicity man for the Universal International film company's Miss Universe pageant, flrw into Singapore from Tokyo last night with the company's Vice-Presid-ent. Mr. Amrrico Aboaf. Asked if hr had any information a limit Miss Singapore Marjorir Wee now working
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    Vietnamese seaman eludes police
    127 4 WALKED OFF SHIP 22 DAIS AGO SINGAPORE Police have tailed to trace King Vai Sing, a Vietnamese seaman, who missea his ship, the 803-ton Song-Be, when she called here on Aug. 6. An island-wide police hunt has been going on for the seaman for the last
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    Youth club fair
    32 4 Mr. T. P. Cromwell, Secretary for Social Welfare. Sincapore, will open the Bukit Panjang Youth Club fun-fair at the Bukit Panjang community centre at 1 p.m. on Sept. 4.'
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    Car stolen
    15 4 A car was reported stolen from outside the Adelphl Hotel, Singapore, yesterday afternoon.
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    Police officer injured
    37 4 FC. Henson. aßed 35. an Army Depot police officer, sustained head and shoulder injuries in a motor-cycle accident at the 10th milestone. Bukit Timah Road. Singapore, yesterday He is In the General Hospi- tal.
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    Council meeting
    19 4 KANGAR. Frl. The Perils I State Council will meet at I Arau Balal Besar on Brpt. 3.
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    AN HOUR IN COURT FOR $10
    79 4 Mah Ah Kow, a woman with a child in her arms and three others around her. was brought to the Singapore City Police Court yestorday. She had failed to pay a $10 fine on July 9 as promised. Mak said she still could not
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    When a still isn't still—back it goes
    242 4 When a still isn't still— back it goes pML.M posters should conform with the film they advertise and are as carefully scrutinised for censorable material as the films themselves, Mrs. Cynthia Koek said yesterday. Mrs. Koek, the Film Censor, was commenting on an article in yesterday's Straits Times alleging that
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    Gurkha wounded in clash
    50 4 KUALA LUMPUR. FriRifleman Padambahadur Sunwar of the 2 10 Gurkha Rifles was slightly wounded in the i right upper arm in an engaeement with terrorists in the Gcmas area of Nesri Sembilan on Auk. 21. HQ Malaya Command said today. He was evacuated to Kuala Pi!ah
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    ALONE Hr CAPTURE 15-FOOT PYTHON
    147 4 ALONE Hr CAPTURE 15-FOOT PYTHON A SINGAPOhF yesterday 15-ioot-ln ntr v f i by himself* npar High 81 The snakr Xl up in living in th« alarm, bugathered, no-,,, raise a flngrr fearsome creature! Then akma who Ured f v After lung U p he |O1 made a noo He
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    20,000 may see the show
    50 4 KUALA LUMPUR I Twenty thousand people irexpected to attend tl agricultural showopens tomorrow. The two-day shnw j elude Sakai traditional iiaIng, Malay and Ens. ing competition?, a ba demonstrations by Defence Fire Brigade and Si John Ambulancp. Trie show will open at I a.m. tomorrow.
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    New water works almost ready
    33 4 KLANG. Ftl. the Klang Town B spect a water plant at North Estate, about four here on Wednesday. The plant will be put I operation early next BMBtk
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    THE JOVIAL WORKER DROWNS HIMSELF
    83 4 IT is better to die than to live." Tan Toon Huat told a fellow-worker at the Kalian? Gas Works, Singapore, in May. He said it in such a jovial mood that a fellow-worker. Foo Ah Sah, did not take seriously, the Singapore As- 1 sistant
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      111 4 Today's Radio SINGAPORE 7.15 a.m. Time Signal and OpenIng Announcement: 7.18 Morning Star: 7.30 News: 7.3S Melody Mixture; 8.00 Time for Music: 8.30--8.00 Calling All Hospitals: 1.00 p.m Programme Summary; 1.01 Hear Them Again: 1.30 Time Signal k News: 1.50 Dance InUrlude; 2.00 Raring Commentaries: 5.00 Time Signal Followed by
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    IT ENDS A ROWDY WAY
    523 5 HOWLS AND CAT-CALLS TAKE THE PUCE OF RETICENCE AS THE YOUTH DELEGATES ENTER THE LAST LAP OF THE CONFERENCE WITH AN 'ELECTIFYING' RESOLUTION J THEY DECIDE BY 36-10 THAT THEY'LL OPEN DOOR TO POLITICS DELEGATES to the World Assembly of Youth in Singapore last night
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    $800 fine on chandu man
    58 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Fri— Yong Peng Low, a taxi driver, was fined $800 in the session court i yesterday for possession of 800 packets of leaf chandu. Yong told the court that he was taking the chandu to Kota Tinggi at the request of a friend.
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    $1,729,145 now
    30 5 KUALA LUMPUR Frl. Kuala Lumpur Rotary club's recent dance, fashion parade and beauty show netted $2,074 for Lady Templer T.B. Hospital Appeal Fund, which now stands at $1,729,145.
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    1,400 REVENGE MEN FIND 8 SKELETONS
    49 5 1,400 REVENGE MEN FIND 8 SKELETONS BUKIT MERTAJAM, Fri. The 1,400 Home Guards of Province Wellesley who set out on Wednesday on a revenge hunt for bandits have found eight skeletons in Bukit Mertajam and Bukit Seraya Hills. New tracks and deserted camps were also discovered. The operation continues
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    SACRED SYMBOL OF MARRIAGE FOR MISS FEDERATION
    71 5 a SCHOOLTEACHER, Mr. A. Vasudavan. ties a sacred thali (symbol of marriage) round the neck of Vanaja Wadhavan "Miss Federation" of 1954 at their marriage in Penanr Mariamam Temple. The couple, both from I'elok Alison, met two years ago at a school fun
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    Aid for strikers —from the boss
    214 5 MONDAY IS BACK-TO-WORK DAY KUALA LUMPUR. Friday. II'ORKERS who lost their Jobs in the strike at the Kuala Lumpur Lever Brothers' Soap and Marianne Factory, are to be helped through a special "hardship fund to be set up by the management. The company would
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    Polio in Perak but not fatal
    52 5 IPOH. Frl.— One case of dollo and three cases of urban typhus were reported oy the State Medical and Health Officer. Perak. last week. The polio case was in Batu Gajah while the urban typhus cases were in Trong. Kuala Kangsar and Ipoh. None
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    Fasting man walks barefoot to mosque
    128 5 V|R. M. M. ISHAQ. a Slngax^* pore Indian Muslim who fasted for 121 hours and later lived on a handful of dates and water for five days, yesterday walked barefoot two miles to Katijah Mosque to pray. At 7 o'clock last night. Mr. Ishaq
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    HE'LL OFFER TO HELP VIETNAM
    115 5 HE'LL OFFER TO HELP VIETNAM AN Australian Red A Cross chief arrived in Singapore yesterday in a Qantas-8.0.A.C. airliner on his way to offer help to Vietnam. He is Mr. A. O. Brown. Chief Commissioner of the Australian Red Cross, who leaves this morning for Saigon. Mr. Brown said he
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    MISS CAVE FINDS A PEACEFUL JOHORE
    145 5 'Emergency not so serious at all 9 PENANG. Friday. T*HE Emergency in Malaya is not as serious as what Americans have been led to believe. Miss Pegjjy Cave, a Journalist and radio commentator from America, said in Penang today. I had gathered from the
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    A tummy ache set off a race
    151 5 -FALSE ALARM A MERCY dash to Singapore yesterday by the 10.000-ton American Tanker. Californian to land a sick seaman, had a happy ending when the doctor who boarded the ship, pronounced him not ill enough to be a shore case. The Californian was
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    They drank to him, too
    73 5 PORT SWETTENHAM, Frl. Members of the local Civil Defence and Tenants' Registration organisations learned today at a tea party that their guest of honour, Col. E. S. Orpwood, was unable to attend owing to illness, but decided to carry on with the party. Col. Orpwood,
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      405 5 THE SINGAPORE WEEK-END DIARY IdliW RAM\KKI>HN\ Ml>M<>\: Rental nf mini II »«<«fMIII.V OF VOITH: T««on song«. 9. \nrr#. Roiid. SlO p m s,nV»n.'i. M»i»v Union bill. Budminton BRITIn, KM. R..-s XKItTV: H»n. Ki ii (iuillrmard Rnad. 9pm dirnppr-d rhildrrn's ruling, Katong iintßTv Ml«lf'\l A nK\MATIC Park. 10 am tn noon
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    CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENT
    32 6 !t> Wordt >:.j« (minimum; CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY Singapore. 8, Orange Grove Road. Pingapore-10 loff Orchard Road) Services and Sunday School 10.30 am. Testimony Meetings Ist and 3rd Wednesdays 6.30 p.m.
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    ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
    53 6 TO Wort* H0 (minimum). MR. AND MRS A. MOMIN thank all those for their valuable presents and their kind attendance t their daughters wedding. MR AND MRS BRUCE 102 Bophia Road Singapore wish to thank Relatives and Friends for the many Expressions of Good Wishes received on the occasion
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS
    209 6 ANNOU NCEMENTS 20 H«rtfj 110 (minimum) MII.CHANDS Sale Start* on Monday. Dresses Gowns. Prices Slashed. FOLLOW PEDANT Every Day In v Mall' if you want to win thHt $.i.noo word puzzle. lOI.LI POP IT IN— Ecstasy and Realisation- -its a Fuller's I.olli -Pup. Fold everywhere! Sole agents Robinson's. WHY PAY
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Sat. Aug. 28, 1954. The Task At Baguio
    710 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Sat. Aug. 28, 1954. The Task At Baguio The South-East Asian defence conference will open in less propitious circumstances than its organisers had hoped. The supreme irony of Geneva was that acknowledgement of Communist victory in Indo-China made far harder the task of creating a mutual
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    Factory Safely
    258 6 The criticism that "music while you work" adds to the i danger of factory accidents is a novel one. It is made, however, by a Federation official whose experience commands respect. His theory is that musicdistracts the worker, and distraction is no doubt the most potent of all
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    This Open Door
    229 6 Malaya has certainly had its share of attention lately. Parliamentarians at large. WAY delegates assembled, have come and are goinj. -we trust a trifle wiser. And now the Leader of Her Majesty's Opposition is due for a three days stay. Just how will he spend it?! Will
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    Fifty Years Ago
    75 6 Taken from the Straits Times of August 28, 1904: THE Penang Volunteers, accompanied by the Malay i Btates Guides, had an excellent field day on Sunday as far as the actual practice was, concerned, but unsatisfactory indeed from an attendance point of view, half of the members
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    SEARCH FOR 'BLACK GOLD'
    13 6 SKKIA OIIHKI I) Straits Times photographer Kok Ah Chong
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    As I was Saying
    1030 6 ss IT IS a stimulating thought that in the ordinary course of things Mr. D. N. Pritt, Q.C.. might nave found it as difficult to get into Singapore as ihe rest of us would to get into Russia. Certainly that would have been so had he
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    The strangers within our gates
    1071 6 The strangers withi n our gates Malaysian Notebook TH E "EMERGENCY" has disrupted, if not our lives, at least our pleasures in Malaya. We can no longer take our picnics by the wayside, for the simple reason that we must not take picnic baskets. Even on Singapore island itself, the
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      108 6 Knchanling llall<»t Music on -His >Ijis|<t*s VtjfetV Long Play ll«M*ords t LARLESIENNE (Bizeti THE SWAN LAKI iTcha.k^ Sir |"h n Barbiroftl conduct'ng tne HjMe Orchestra FLP 1004 CARNAVAL (Schumann) LES SYLPHIDES (Chopin) Robert Irving conducting the Phifn,Orchestra CLP CAITE PARISIENNE (Offenbach, crch I Arthur Fiedler conduct mj the F -if
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    J.P. charged with cheating army of $5,000 for doing laundrj
    802 7 r[pTMN SAYS: HE GAVE ME $150 AS INDUCEMENT TO SHOW FAVOUR (01 RT IS TOLD OF MONEY GIFTS 4 K MOHAMED A- SHARIFF, 10, a |> ;in H I'ahanjr state n() executive connSir, "hs today rfwrjred before the (resident «»t
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    A STROKE OF THE PEN-AND 18,000 ARE HAPPY
    87 7 REPRESENTATIVES of the Singapore Government and ils employees' unions yesterday signed the constitution of the newly-formed Singapore Civil Service Joint Council in the Colonial Secretariat. Picture shows Mr. VV.A.C. Goode the Colonial Secretary, who signed first as chairman watching Mr R. Ramalingam.
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    The Perak sails in
    41 7 I -he Straits the 1.000-ton in Singapore 'day. D the Sin- papore-Kuala Belait run with a sister ship, the Perlis. which is expected in the Colony on Sept 10 They will replace the Lipis and the Bidor.
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    Bicycle thief gets 12 months
    41 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Frl.— At Kuala Lumpur today. M. Ramasamy. aged 22. was gaoled for 12 months, to be followed by 12 months' police supervision, for stealing a bicycle In McArthur Street. He had two previous convictions.
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    GOVT STUDIES TYSON PLAN FOR JOBLESS
    112 7 THE SINGING WAS DONE AND THE COUNCIL FORMED-THEN THE NO. t SAID: TEACH ME THE Singapore Government is considering a plan to deal with unemployment, drawn up by the Chief Employment Officer, Mr. F. G. Tyson. It proposes how unemployed people can be trained
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    Back to school it was for Mr. Goode
    360 7 SINGAPORE'S Colonial Secretary, Mr. W. A. C. Goode, yesterday sat with 39 representatives of Government staff unions and associations to learn how to work a Whitley Council. Mr. Goode. who will be chairman, toid them he was completely inexperienced in working this
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    So he goes to gaol for 6 months
    111 7 So he goes to gaol for 6 months ALL that Ec Mun paid for a $1,437 refrigerator, which h' bought on hire-purchase, was a down-payment of $200 and a belated first instalment of $52. And when the next instalment fell due, the dealer's representative called at his house in Boon
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    Youth must go to gaol
    75 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Frl.— The Selangor Criminal Court of Appeal today dismissed the appeal of Leong Ying Yuen, 18, who had been sentenced to nine years' gaol for an offence under the Emergency Regulations. Leong. who appealed against sentence, had pleaded guilty to having a terrorist
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    Accused of drunk drive
    48 7 Ng Seh Beng, 29. of Telok Kurau Road, was charged in Singapore yesterday with driving while under the influence of drink at Jalan Besar at 12.30 a.m. yesterday. He claimed trial and was allowed $500 bail. The case will be heard on Oct. 21.
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    Lunch to WAY
    37 7 Singapore Jaycees (Junior Chamber of Commerce) will entertain the president of WAY. Mr. Guthrie Moir, and heads of the various WAY delegations to a luncheon party at the Capital Restaurant at 12.30 p.m. today.
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    A reward awaits mystery informer
    345 7 A reward awaits mystery informer A $1,000 REWARD awaits a mystery man who gave valuable information to Singapore's Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau. The bureau's director, Mr. R. B. Corrldon, disclosed this to the Straits Times yesterday The man wrote anonymously from Siam to the bureau and helped in trackIng down
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    6 months for stealing 5 coconuts
    109 7 6 months for stealing 5 coconuts KUALA LUMPUR. Frl. MR. JUSTICE WILSON in the high court here today sentenced a labourer. D. Raja, to six months' gaol for stealing five coconuts at Oadong Estate. Kuala Langat. on June 27 Raja had been fined $50 by a Klang magistrate The Deputy
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    The weather
    176 7 MINIMI M IMinilMl 111 <7.30 p.m. on Aug. 26 to 7.30 a.m. on Aug. 27i Singapore 75 degree*. Peruing 74. Kota Bahru 73. Kuala Lumpur 71 Ipoh 72. Kuantan 71. MAXIM I M llMl'imil 111 (730 H.m. to 7.30 p.m. on Aug. 27 1 Singapore 82 dexrees. Prnang
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    Row over $1 cost husband an eye, court told
    166 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Frl A labourer. Llm Boon Kwee. allrerd In court here today that his wife threw a bottle of caustic soda In his '-u-e causing him to lose an eye when he refused to glvp her more money to buy
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    BANDITS KIDNAP TINDAL IN NEW RAID ON RUBBER ESTATE MEN
    271 7 BANDITS KIDNAP TINDAL IN NEW RAID ON RUBBER ESTATE MEN IPOH, Friday. TERRORISTS struck again today only four miles 1 from Dovenby Estate, where they yesterday disembowelled two tindals while 50 horrified tappers looked on. This time eight armed and uniformed bandits stopped a lorry carrying tappers from Kamuning Estate
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    This would have sunk the enemy
    131 7 SINGAPORE'S Secretary for Defence, Mr. 1, H. N. Davit, last night watched flrine practice on Blakan Mati island against a target representing an rnrmv torpedo boat. This would have been sunk. Mr. Davis said the exercise! w*s highly satisfactory. He told the Straits Times
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    PATROL CARS, RIOT VANS OUT TO FIRE
    84 7 PATROL CARS, RIOT VANS OUT TO FIRE Ten radio patrol cars, two riot vans and about 80 pottee* men and detectives surrounded the area between Lorongs 13 and 15 in Oeylang, Singapore, last night when a chimney flre i broke out In a three-storey shophouse in a back lane A
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    Club night
    23 7 SITIAWAN. Frt The nr>t club night of the Sitlawan Recreation Club will be held tomorrow A cinema show will be given
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    DEATH
    33 7 HOMES: Clarice Ida. wlff ol I ifincl Hrnry Ontnn, at Gen-Tal Hospital Singapore 27-8-S4 MTOM at St. Paul's Church. Uppei Serancoon. .i pm. 28-8-54 by cremation at Crematorium. Tn Chu Kang Rn-»ri
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    EXIT THE COLONIAL WAR
    455 8 Politics are the new battleground, says ex-information chief LONDON, Friday. DECENT events in Malaya are one indication that political manoeuvre may be replacing bloody battle in the pattern of colonial development, the former Director General of Information in Malaya said today. Mr. Alec D. C. Peterson,
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    M.P.s VISIT SARAWAK OIL FIELD
    128 8 MIRI. Northern Sarawak, Frl. r'O of the five British M.P.s who are touring Borneo under th P auspices of the Ccmmonwealth Parliamentary Association, visited the oil field and oil refinery here yesterday before leaving today to tour North Borneo. They are Sir Roland Robinson, Conservative
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    17-gun salute for Raja
    79 8 KANGAR, Frl— A 17-gun salute will be fired at 7.30 a m on the Raja of Perlis' 36th birthday this Sunday. Police and home guards will mount a guard of honour at an official ceremony at the Arau Balai Besar. At 9 a.m. the Raja will
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    Police concerts
    57 8 Singapore Police Band will play at the following places next month from 530 d m to 6.30 p.m.: Sept 1 King George V Park. Sept. 7. Farrer Park Sept 9 Katong Park: Sept 14. King George V Park Sept 15.. Farrer Park: Sept. 21. Katong Park: Sept. 23.
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    KIRKBY EXAMS NOT MADE EASIER
    212 8 Education chief's denial KUALA LUMPUR fnday THE Federation Director of Education Mr L. D. 1 Whitfield. today denied hat standards were 'conveniently lowered" to enable every Malayan student at Kirkby to pass automatically after two years. He was replying to allegations made in a letter
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    Klang sportsmen to aid varsity
    46 8 KLANO. Frl- Klang District Basketball Association Is to raise funds for the Nanyang University. It will run a basketball league, gate receipts going to the university funds. Cheng Yew Athletic Union has voted a gift of $1,000 to the university funds.
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    $20,000 gift
    25 8 JOHORE BAHRU. Fri. The Johore branch of the British Red Cross Society has been given a grant of $20,000 by the Johore Government.
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    THAT'S A GOOD ONE, GENERAL! LAUGHS MAN WITH 'SIX WIVES'
    120 8 LIEUT. GENERAL SIR GEOFFREY BOURNE askrd Mr. Kow Chirt Nam (left) how many wives he had. He replied six. The General burst out laughing and so did everybody else, including Mr. Kow. Then it was discovered it was all a
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    Perils of music while at work
    205 8 Death often calls the tune KUALA LUMPUR. Friday. A WARNING that "music while you work" amenities could be a danger to industrial workers, was given today by Mr. A. Neilson, the Federation's Acting Chief Inspector of Machinery. "My own theory is that distraction is
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    A Causeway welcome for the visitors
    90 8 JOHORE BAHRU Fn JOHORE will welcome 220 WAY delegates on Sunday The visitors will be met at the Causeway at 8.15 a.m. by representatives of the Johore Youth Council They will conduct the delegates on a tour of the town. brgtnntnt with a visit
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    Branch meeting
    24 8 PORT SWETTENHAM, Frl. A meeting will be held here on Sept. 5 to form a branch of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce.
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    MOTOR CYCLIST LOSES HIS LICENCE FOR A YEAR
    103 8 in a report published yesterday under the heading "Testing a motor cycle for sale," It was Incorrectly stated that the Penang High Court judge revoked the sentence or one years disqualification imposed by a lower court on a motor cyclist. Ahamad bin
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      333 8 C m T» 129I 29 Worr y perceived about this Straits Times Crossword Stttt «>*«*,.* I j 3 4 P5 I 6 I™ I 'I ;iI Mlslake lil DOWN I ii 8 SSl~l~teß L nenta v Iclearl M H 1^ 2. I cant be i.nai.l (7) 9 3. It is
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    How the British lost Bantam STRAITS TIMES SPECIAL FEATURE
    2049 9 How the British lost Bantam STRAITS TIMES SPECIAL FEATURE I-J OLLAND in 1679 was the undisputed mistress of the seas. She isted 900,000 tons of shipping while Britain could only assem- and the rest of Europe 600,000 tons in all. But the wealth of Holland's navy no longer rested, as
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    Rubber has difficult week
    534 10 Rubber has difficult week rpRADING has been difficult 1 this week as the uncertainty still overhanging the market Is restricting normal operations and making what should be intelligent antici- 1 pation pure guess work, states the weekly rubber report of Holiday, Cutler, Bath Co., Ltd. On a normal market the
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    The Burmese Government to mine tin
    134 10 THE BURMESE Government plans to enter the tin- i mining industry. In his annual statement to share- j holders of Tavoy Tin Dredging Cor- poration. the chairman (Mr. JR. Farquharsoni says that shortly after the last annual meeting the company had notice that the
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    SIN6APORE SHIPPING
    127 10 Ships lying alonrside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves or expected today are: Ruys 4-5. Kajang C.P Samoa 6-7. Orestes 8-9. Plancius 13-14. Indrapoera 15-16. Hong Tat N Wall 6. Soon Bee N. Wall 8. Tozal Maru No. 7 25-26. Benalbanach 27-28. Sunnyvllle 29-30. Ulysses 31-32, Benvenue 36, Olenorchy
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    Two dividends
    50 10 Pnsirur Rubber and Tin Ltd. announce a dividend or 15% for the last financial year, payable In England on September 10. Pertfkalen Ltd. has declared a wrond interim dividend of 15%. on both classes of shares, payable In England on September for th» year ending September 30, 1954.
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    New U.S. factory
    25 10 An American engineering company plans to open a branch in Indonesia for the manufacture of dlesel engines It la reporud from Jakarta.
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    BROKERS' REPORT
    277 10 The Malayan Share Brokers' Association reported: "The turnover declined even further on the local share market with Industrials again irregular. Tins were dull and slightly easier while no transactions I were reported in rubbers.' Members reported the following business done yesterday: Con. Tin Smelter ords 28s. 4'id. x
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    SHARE MAR) VERY QUIET
    304 10 Industrials irregul ar BUSINESS was far from brisk on the < Share Market yesterday and indiNi were irregular for the second laccessii Sime Darby. Straits Timos. anr) Metal marked down while Fraser and \v,, Gammons and Georgetown Disprn quotations. Malayan Collieries again I pa&sed at 58
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    60 10 The Malayan Exchange Banks Association made the following changes in Its rates to merchants yesterday. French Francs: selling T.T. or i O.D. ***** ready. On the free exchange market In Hong Kong yesterday the US dollar was quoted at *****5 for cash and 5.81 for T.T. Sterling was
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    OFFICIAL PRICE
    10 10 S,M.,P,, R 1 (nnchancnrt, r>M cent," I J
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    66 10 AUSTRALIAN STOCKS A HUD! prices the Stork K uncertaii toral group Loans :iU Loans 3>, AUM COl A.P.M. mew, Bank i N Bradford B. Hill Pro Carlton Brr [Colonial 1 Con. Zinc Courtauld Drug Hou-e Dunlop Elec. Zinc Felt and I> G. J. Coirs iGoldsborou-: Herald TimHerald tnew; Hill 50
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    RUBBER PRICE
    88 10 Septembe: buyers f.o.b. dos* yesterc I quarter of a closing pri( r First contract 1 67 crnt.«. b I cents and then c enU Steac-.r. co\erlng for» tlcal nptts or. Closing pr-.oe ymtt per lb we;? loose buyer- 1 RSS Bff 68; No. 2 dt No. 3 buyer.
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    PRODUCE PRICE
    51 10 Singapore Chin* change: n Copra q ber |31 October Cocor. quiet. varieties dowi $220 i black $170. H( B Ltd. Omlm nut oil; dull H( B. Ltd rop tember: II 01 ctlicrv tone buyerv 4 pm 121 tone rtead} $27". sellm 11 arr I noon p.m. $28K tv.j\er^
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      282 10 NOTICE CENTRAL ELECTRICITY BOARD OF THK FEDERATION OF MALAYA NOT II t IPOH TOWN CONSUMERS are hereby adusert that as from Ist September. I •nt of Electricity Bills will be rereivrri at the C-E.B. Office. Lfthal Roar., during ihe following hours dally: Monrlnys to Fridays: 8 3(1 am. to 12
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      370 10 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS POLICE LIEUTENANT APPI ICATIONS are invited for contract appointment as Police Lieutenant in the Federation of Malaya Police Force. Applicant! •.e had recent the Armed Forces and must be physically and in every other way .suited for active operation^ duty in the field. Conditions of Service may be
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      425 10 NOTICES ESTATE OF S.L.S. CHETTIAPPA CHETTIAR, DECEASED THE undermentioned creditors of the above insolvent estate are entitled to receive a first and final dividend on their admitted claims. The.^e creditois whose last known nddre-v.es nre believed to have been in Ipoh are requested to communi--1 cat* with the Official Administrator.
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      828 10 NOTICES In The Matter Of EU PROPERTIES (MALAYA) LIMITED At an Extraordinary Oeneral Meeting of the abovenamed Company, duly convened, and held at No. 9 Malacca Street, Singapore, on the 19th day or August. 1954 the following resolutions were duly passed as Special Resolutions viz: Resolved:— That the Company be
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      659 10 TENDERS TENDER NOTICE TENDERS will be received from Class "E" and above Contractors at the office of the State Engineer, PW.D. Perak Ipoh up to 3.00 pjn. on 31st. August, 1954 fT the Construction of a Rest House at Selama. All particulars and tender forms can be obtained at the
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      196 10 SINGAPORE RED FUNNEL LjNg. HEAP ENC MOH SS CO., LTD. SOON BEE STEAMSHIP CO., j SS/S5. Tcluk Avrr Street— 'Phoiie Passenger 6c Freight-Service. SXII.INr.S TO DIAKARIX (HUtllU'N "hTM'" MONTH i < j m.T. "Gianr Seng" S'porr »pi>r1.. S'porr »»P r l SAILINGS TO P\NOKAI. PIN \MI Bl IVMI s.s. "IndragirT
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      Positive approach the best way
      259 12 "R in India criticising Mrs. Pandit's speech In 13 Singapore, appears incapable of grasping the moaning of her address. She said: "We are on our to a destination which la unknown to us." To her. destination means Peace or War. and wr have left everything
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      he Robe of Peace
      113 12 look af si.rfj/ facets of f /;«> ten Related each fo ench by thread as And v "substantial as the tried Within cocoons, before r/ie silken Ime Is iormed and joined in visible army. From all these icorlds a pattern 1101 c is set. The makers
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      Use of cane good at times
      242 12 Use of cane good at times AS a probationer. 1 have to go from class to class to observe and teach. From observations. I think that corporal punishment is sometimes inevitable and necessary. Here is an example: 1 was observing in a class when the form master (a third-year probationer)
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      Education is answer to bad driving too
      385 12 I HAVE noticed a growing tendency amongst people who consider themselves to be good driver? to retaliate if innoyed bj another's discourtesy 01 faulty judgement. Nc doubt this is intended tc teach others a lesson, but I would ask them to considn the
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      Is MAN a human being or not?
      290 12 IyHY did the World Assembly ol Youth id bingapore 1"" discuss whether a woman Ifl a human being or I not Perhaps the delegates telt in their bones that women are not treated like human beings In that they were probably right The
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      Chance for rich to aid incurables
      126 12 k H BOEV la discharged from the Malacca General Hospital because she is incurable and room Is needed for cv rabies. Ah Boey is but one ot MOtca of such crippled incurable children in Malaya Their silent sufferings deserve the sympathy of the public,
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      POINTS OF VIEW
      233 12 MORE than ninety thousand immature tobacco plants were destroyed by the authorities in an action against farmers for contravention of land laws at Changkat Jong, Lower Perak. The farmers assessed their loss at over $30,000. The crop should have been allowed to mature and then confiscated and
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      Govt. housing allowances
      63 12 INHERE seems to be a disi on nancy in the Government circular on housing allowances. Why is it that Government workers in one station do not get the same allowance? For Instance, those working in Ipoh get one and half the standard rate, but those Staying outside
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      Satellite town needs amenities
      170 12 Satellite town needs amenities MUCH has been said about the new town of Petalini; Jaya I live there. Apart from the cheap housing project, little encouragement ll given to those already there to stay on If the Government intends to expand the town, as stated, to accommodate 80,000 peopk? it
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      Great need of youth is leadership
      96 12 Great need of youth is leadership AGREE with what the Rev. Frank Balchin "titled "Stop denounclnt He has raised a question of vital importance, not only to the entire democratic .vorid. .Ned to be ideal: hetoricaJ rather than practi•a! and realistic. \V! more than n< v speeches amidst h today
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      155 12 Earthworms and mud in water DURING a heavy downpour, the Kulim water supply from the reservoir la very turbid and undrinkable. It c dlment as earthworms. Odp has to filter it before it can be taken Somethins should be done CONCERNED. Kulim c/na reftd L/ pga nee "%M" ,:ONSU< <dpa^t^innf^tfotmaricje
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      204 12 \^BBBBBHBBe9^BBbI BBBBBBBB^kM^BBBBaV *&>v^ Obtainaole at all leading watch dealer PA. 47 1 Most peop'e lose h»l« of before they're 40 and thu >r;e> SB^SK caused by the decaying action c 1 fl IF^^' I Mouth acids. Such Bacterial acids «-i 9M mPs^^Si jKr* caused by food panic es that rer*i«
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    CEYLON'S STARS GET THROUGH: PINTO WAS STRETCHED
    347 13 CEYLON'S STARS GET THROUGH: PINTO WAS STRETCHED Mrs. Bradley takes Mrs. Chua to the third set KUALA LUMPUR, Friday. PEYLON'S B. L. Pinto, partnering Miss J. Gomm of Selangor, came near to bringing off the first upset in the opening day of the Malayan lawn tennis championship* which began today
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    THE GENERAL TAKES A VOLLEY
    58 13 GENERAL Sir (ieoffrey Bourne shapes up for a bickhand volley in his first round doubles match in the Malayan tennis championship* which began at Kuala Lumpur yesterday. Partnered by Col. J. Clynton Reed, the General wv> beaten by I. V. Stemson and A. H. S.
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    First day's results
    597 13 MEN'S SINGLES HRST ROIND: B L. Pinto (Ceylon) bt Abdullah Llncha (Mali 7—5 5 7, 6 l; Lim Hee Chin < Spore i bt W S Mun.o Sell 6—l, 6—o; Goon Kok Lea iPg) bt J. C. Cordy Sell 6—l. 6—2. SECONU ROIND: Ong Chew Bee (Spore
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    C.A. BILLIARDS TOURNAMENT
    43 13 The Billiards championship* and A and "B" handicaps of the Chtnest- Association will begin at 8 pm tomorrow and will continue every night at the same time Competitors are asked to look at the Club Notice Board for thrtr fixtures.
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    SOSC aims at 70 for Melbourne
    101 13 .im.M'iihi Olympic f .«<i rts <> n l lv J rir h -tart «.th oni for thr IStfe iro es to be held Novembrr Un| hrld afa jretHer- decided: i Sin- to nt will pnihihh tballen. athlrtcv. i.arr-pnln P' L hi lifteri "'I Kajah.
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    UK team kept Oregon busy
    18 13 74-6: The:. i night red M :.e leu 'he end of I olose
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    pom: P.W.D. SOCCER TEAM
    9 13 pom: P.W.D. SOCCER TEAM II Oman M Gan: the
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    Malays were fitter in rousing game
    223 13 Malays Royal Navy 0. A 1 AI.AYS scored a signal victory at Jalan Besar last lfl night to win their first match in the SAFA Community League by 2-0 in a (fame that was for the better part full of rousing, good soccer by
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    Recs start hockey with a 3-1 win
    144 13 Recs start hockey with a 3-1 win OINGAPORE Recrtation Club began their hockey season yesterday mtth a 3-; win over Wandererlast year's second division league champions or. the pariang. The match was fast throughout in spite of the »c ground and botr. teams soon settled down to an evtn struggle
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    Fieldingwins matches—& so say Surrey
    164 13 Fieldingwins matches— so say Surrey LONDON. Pri. WE have all pulled togrther in T fine style with no weak spots in any department", said Stuart Surridge. captain of Surrey who I won the County cricket title for thi third successive year when they beat Worcestershire by an Innings vtsterday. "Catches
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    U.K. SOCCER
    52 13 LONDON. Frt \*I»TERnAY'S league soccer re- salts: DIVISION ONE harimn 3 Leicester 3 DIVISION 3 SOI'THERN Brentford Shrewsbury t Leyton Orient 1 MtUwall Newport ountv 1 Norwich Cit> 1 Northampton T. 1 YtsUl Pal. I Glasgow Cup first round replay: ratrirk Thiotle 1 Uucrnt Park I (after evtra
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    ENDS TENNIS BAN
    30 13 MILAN Pri— The Italian Lawn Tennis Federation today lifted the suspension imposed la«t May on Fau<to Gardini 24-year-old Italian champion and one of Europe's leadins players Reuter
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    LEACH AND BERGMANN WILL PLAY HERE AGAIN
    180 13 SINGAPORE table tennis fans will be able to see the *3 world famous British players. Johnny Leach and Richard Bergmann. in action again when they pass through Singapore on Sept. 16. on their way to Hong Kong from Australia. Mr. Choo Kwai Low,
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    EUROPEAN TITLE
    34 13 LIVERPOOL. Prl. WALLY THOM Britain's welter- weight champion last night won the European title when he beat Oilbert Lavoine of France, the holder, the referee stopping the flght in the 10th round.
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    PLAY J. BAHRU
    28 13 Singapore Corinthian* will pl«y a friendly soccer match against Johore Bahru FA. at Johore Bahru tomorrow in Aid of the Johore Bahru District F> fund.
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    Don't look for records from Chwee Kok today
    260 13 T EO CHWEE KOK. Lionel Chee x^ Ong Choon Llm and El*te Llm. the Chinese S vimming Club's star quartet will dominate the finals in the club's 38t.h annual championship* at the Amber Road pool today, I starting at 3 30 p.m
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    JEAN'S RECORD EARNS FIRST BRITISH 'GOLD'
    590 13 JEAN'S RECORD EARNS FIRST BRITISH 'GOLD' BERNE, Friday. t^OVIET RUSSIA took two of the five gold medals awarded on the second day of the European athletic championships here yesterday when Leonid Scherbakov won the hop. step and jump and Galina Zvbina the women's shot putt. Both Russians set new Games
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    RESULTS OF FINALS
    149 13 RESULTS of the five finM.- on th» second ciay nf -he European Games at Berne were: HOP. STEP AND JIMP: 1 I Scherbakov i Russia' IS 90 metre.--(s2ft. l"»in >; 2 R. Norman 'Swedem 1517 metres < 49ft. fl'.in I P Rehak (Czech i 15 10 metres
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      151 13 WEEKEND SPORT TODAY TOMORROW UTttil SWCKR (HIDAMBARAM (IP; Indian FtITH IT: SBHFA v nmR.C. v Rovers S.C., Farrer Park. hinrd Fnli. r Jalan Besar; R.M FRIENDLY: Jarks T RAF ChU p.m Kane Ba»*. Farrrr Park; Rajaji FRIENDLY: Arronauta x RAF B.C. v Chinese Athletic. Farrer han»i, hanxi P'rk. CRICKET SWIMMINf.
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    SCOTS GREY TO COMPLETE a DOUBLE
    650 14  - SCOTS GREY TO COMPLETE a DOUBLE KPSO.M JEEP By pictSljpJ Last week's win his best to date gCOTS GREY has won three of hi, and has won them so well that I hesitation in picking him to win the lj-mile event (Rate Four) at Kual today, final day of the
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    Straits Times Selections
    160 14 ».»•>«;>! JfcfcP AIL BUY •i n i I K Bare 1 2.30 PRKMKH II (iood Manners M.ilmii II i. noli MANNERS Preview II Jacobin MATINEE II Jacobin (.nod Manners Race 2 3.00 FILM FAN Pinner Half Moon lIALK MOON Film Fan Pinner FILM FAN Brown Eyes Producer
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    Projector, unlucky first time, best today
    378 14 Projector, unlucky first time, best today PROJECTOR (Race Seven) stands out as the best hot In today's card at Kuala Lumpur. This thrre-year-old by Persian Gulf was unlucky to go down by ha>f-a-length to Strong and Free over s*f. on Wednesday. Drawn wide out in a Meld of 10. Projector
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    Today's race card
    1059 14 ACCEPTORS and probable jockeys for todays races' v at Kuala Lumpur, last day of the Selangor Turf Club August Meeting, are given below. The Treble Tote will be held on Races Four. Six and Seven. Forcast Tote on Races Three. Five and Seven. The Big Sweep will
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    LORD GARFIELD FOR 9-F. RACE
    184 14 ORD GARFIELD (Race Five) came out after a lon* spell to run a splendid race over It. last week Slowly away, he was a back marker right up to the straight but a furlong out he was well placed on the outside and for a
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      514 14 CLASSIFIED ADS. VEHICLES FOR SALE :</ »»nrrf, ti iMmA—Bax >• r«» fXtr. I9.in FORD Stake Bed lorry Condif.ons of Sale as is where Ls may br inspected Saturday Morning 900--1200 Hours Lower DrivewaSI Granee Road Bids to be suh:t-. BeaWl Envelopes >and to NT.irke' 1 h'.r 1 for Truck) to
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      26 14 TODAY'S GOING BARRING further rain the going: at Kuala Lumpur today will be good. Radio Malaya will broadcast commentaries on all races at Kuala Lumpur today.
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