The Straits Times, 7 September 1954

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    12 1 The Straits Times Estct 1845 SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1954 15 CENTS
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    THE 'S' (school fees) BOMB
    359 1 Up 400 per cent if new scale is I accepted THE STORM MOUNTS KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. IjCHOOL fees In the Federation w\\\ be raised by in li ;i> I<M> per cent if recommendations 11 -man committee on education appointed j,; the Government are accepted by
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    A MAN WITH AN UMBRELLA WAITS FOR HIS WIFE
    22 1 IN DRIZZLING RAIN, Mr. Attlee yesterday watched hit wife's aircraft land from London
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    HASHISH BOAT IN 2a.m.CHASE
    83 1 HASHISH BOAT IN 2a.m.CHASE SINGAPORE Customs men seized 650 lb. of hashish (aanjai following a 2 a.m. chase after a sampan in Kallang River on Sunday. The Customs launch wao on patrol when the sampan was spotted sneaking in from sea. During the cha>e. the sampanman dived off the boat,
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    Young Chiang gets the job
    36 1 TAIPEH, Mon.— Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek todaynamed his eldest son. Gen. Chiang Ching Kuo. as deputy Secretary General of the National Defence Council, the top-level war planninp board of Nationalist China -UP.
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    MRS. ATTLEE KEEPS CLEM WAITING IN THE RAIN AT AIRPORT
    180 1 BRITISH Opposition Leader. Mr. Clement Attlee. ■ho arrived in Singapore last Saturday, was joined yesterday by his wife. Mrs. Attlee flew from London and will n> on to Australia today with her husband. Mr. Attlee waited nearly an hour at
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    then a kiss of welcome
    17 1 END O? A LONG SEPARATION: Mr. Attlee greets Mrs. Attlce at Ka'.ang.
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    MALAYA HAS A PART IN MAKING PEACE'
    144 1 MALAYA has a special con- I tribution to make to world! peace. Mr. Attlee said in I broadcast over Radio Malaya. Hi feiTtal to the common i de.siie of all people wh;it their race, colour or creed to I live in harmony, Mr.
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    Marines v. police
    41 1 VALETTA. Malta. Mon. —A street fight broke out between British Marines and city police yesterday and 30 persons had been injured before it ended five hours later. The casualty toll: 26 Marines, two policemen and two civilians.— A.P.
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    In tonight Bevan and the flying six
    209 1 In tonight Bevan and the flying six MR ANEURIN BEVAN and six other members of the British Labour Party's goodwill mission to Russia and China will arrive in Singapore from Hong Kong by Cathay Pacific Airways at eight o'clock tonight. They include the Labour Party chairman. Mr. Wilfred Burke the
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    Fire at the wicket—it's not cricket
    83 1 Fire at the wicket it's not cricket KLUANG. Mon STUMPS were hastily drawn in yesterday's cricket match between the Under40s and the Over-40s on the town padang in Rengam when fire broke out on the matting. Flayers beat the blaze with boer as there was no watrr on hand. The
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    Girl bullfighter injured
    53 1 CUIDAD AENNA. Mexico. Mon. Patricia McCormick. 24- year-old blonde bullfighter. was impaled on the horns of a charging 1.3501 b. black bull here when she turned her back on him to acknowledge spectators' cheers. After an operation and three blood transfusions. doctors said today she was "holding
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    Three bandits wounded
    39 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Three terrorists were wounded last night when an area security unit exchanged fire for 10 minutes with five bandits in the Serdang district of Kedah. All the terrorists escaped Blood trails were found.
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    9-nation talks
    25 1 LONDON. Mon— Britain to day proposed Sept. 14 for a nine-nation Allied foreign ministers conference in London to consider rearming West Germany. A.P.
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    TEST YOUR BRAINS, JOE TOLD
    82 1 NEW YORK, Mon. A wellknown psychologist has called upon Senator Joseph McCarthy, "In his own interest as well as that of the country he professes to defend," to submit to psychological examination. Dr. O. Gilbert, who examined the Nazi leaders during the Nuremberg war crime
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    SEATO TALKS HIT A SNAG RIGHT AWAY
    638 1 Pakistan and the West don't see eye to eye on aggression MANILA. Monday. FIGHT nations opened talks here today aimed at J forming a South-east Asian alliance against aggression and headed straight for trouble. Pakistan set off a diplomatic H-bomb b\ declaring that
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    CASTRIES TOO ILL TO ESCAPE
    95 1 CASTRIES TOO ILL TO ESCAPE SAIGON. Mon BRIGADIER General Christian de Castries said last night he had thought of trying: to escape from his Red captors during his four months imprisonment. *'hut I had dysentery and escape was difficult, almost impossible "Some prisoners tried to run away, but could not
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    Buddhist rites for Mr. Aw
    41 1 HONOLULU. Mon. Simple Buddhist rites were held today for Mr. Aw Boon Haw. millionaire Chinese publisher and philanthropist who died here yes terday Tonight members of nls family will fly his -ashes to Hong Kong— UP
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    New G.O.C.
    31 1 Major-General Peter St Clair-FOKd, 49, former Training Adviser to the Pakistan Army, has been appointed General Officer Commanding. Ist Federation of Malaya Division, with effect from January next year.
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    Chiang bombs the Red guns
    130 1 Chiang bombs the Red guns TAIPEH. Mon. /CHINESE Nationalist bombers today hammered Communist guns which have been bombarding Quemoy. And more ■'unidentified" planes appeared over Taipeh Anti-aircraft guns opened up against them. Formosa was blacked out for three hours, but air raid sireas remained silent. The Defence Ministry said several
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    STOP PRESS
    47 1 rHIN\ ADMITS I I ODD <>< loh>«> M OT „n i muni-t Mm < In- b npvtr h.i«- mentioned h lri>m lli. .(I .ilnrs the I '"(-I |hi ■Wl .uimniiK rr| 1110 l -I inn ft f limit 1 hillnin yuan USS million) f"r flood rflipf \P
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    Red invitation
    29 1 BERLIN. Mon. The Com-munist-dominated East German Trade Union Federation has invited th^ BnM.>h Trade Union Congress 'o send a delegation to examine "peaceful reconstruction" in East. Germany.—Reuter.
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    Just how secret should a top secret paper be?
    734 2 NOT VERY— PRESS GOT IT GRATIS j RENE MacCOLL BEFLOWERED MANILA WHERE "MAP" IS I A DIRTY WORD TODAY AND THE ONE j THING YOU MUST NEVER, NEVER DO IS I PINPOINT AN "AN AREA OF CONCERN." j m MANILA, MON
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    GONE WITH THE WIND' STARLET IS A BIG GIRL NOW
    10 2 GONE WITH THE WIND' STARLET IS A BIG GIRL NOW
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    She played Clark Cable's daughter in film classic
    85 2 REMEMBER THE little girl who played Clark Gable 1 screen daughter in the film classic "Gone With The Wind"? Carmine King's th« name. She's a big girl now as you can see in the picture above and a theatre-arts student at the
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    A 2 a.m. KNOCK ON MADAME'S DOOR
    245 2 A 2 a.m. KNOCK ON MADAME'S DOOR Then a trip to detention MELBOURE Monday. MADAME Rose Marie Oilier. French diplomat accused of spying for Russia, was awakened at 2 a.m. at her cottage in Canberra and told to proceed to Noumea in New Caledonia, where she was placed under arrest,
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    Sacred cows campaign: 200 arrested
    71 2 Sacred cows campaign: 200 arrested BOMBAY. Mon. T>OLICE yesterday arrested 1 hundreds of Hindus campaigning for a ban on the slaughter of cows, which they regarded as sacred. Demonstrators had crowded around the slaughter house at Bandra. The police rounded up 500 people .including 13 women. Police said they were
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    Won't pay fine, sent to gaol
    65 2 OEOROETOWN. B r i tl s h Guiana. Mon— Adjodha Singh, former member of the House of Assembly, has been arrested for refusing to pay a flne for holding an illegal meeting. He lost hLs appeal against a US$3OO flne imposed under the Emergency
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    BRITAIN SHOWS 93 NATIONS HER SECRET PLANES
    117 2 LONDON, Mon.— The pick of Britain's newest and latest aircraft, many of them secret performs lire supersonic liuliters. were on show at Farnborough today. About 80 types of planes were being exhibited in the British aviation industry's annual display. Guests from 93 nations,
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    Russian fleet slips quietly out of port
    122 2 A Russian fleet of ten ships slipped out of Singapore harbour at dusk on Sunday bound for Vladivostock. Five of the vessels, which had been anchored In the outer roads since July 29, were the two mother ships, the Gomel and Olensk. both
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    TWO MAYORS GAOL THEMSELVES
    97 2 TWO MAYORS GAOL THEMSELVES s Said the Mayor of Bedd--5 inqton and Wallington s {Alderman F. G. Bryant) s to the former Mayor of Nairobi {Alderman Harold Travis) '•Come and have a E look at our police cell in 5 the basement." Doum they went to the cell in the
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    GEAR WAS DUTY OF DIVER CAPTAIN
    157 2 GE AR WAS DUTY OF DIVER CAPTAIN I C APT w ft I Towa W Lt d i cin f e sued r, Vasta. an equipment. "Whrn Va danSs for C iS2 lysis of his T l, of bends onAuu While nr w ,v on Sinsjannr 120 ft. Capt. Dou-t
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    Never out of touch
    60 2 DENVER, Mon. Pres:-»-Elsenhower and Sir Winita Churchill have berr. in stant touch' 1 .Mnep J?.r.-.--1953. when Mr Eisenho*?: came president. Mr J— Hacerty. the president'! secretary, said here today He had been a>k*>d br porters whether the P"" 1 Minister had been in with President F.:
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    Russia at fairs
    27 2 LONDON. Nesterov. chairman si h Soviet Chamber cf Cnrr..T"-' said that Russia i cipatc in 12 Internal and exhibitions according to Tass yesterday Reuter
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    No warning as MiGs shot down U.S. plane
    184 3 UR HANK. j ipan. Monday. N. |N I nr\ \cirs v Navy patrol ;m sb M imm b> MIG .id today how attacked withiln| about >U i the Siberian n lj warning they i. mint; in vfr our lail and shoot.,nl aircraft
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    River 'eats' a town—ls feet a minute
    158 3 River 'eats' a town— ls feet a minute CALCUTTA. Mon. M. SULTAN. Deputy A Commissioner for Assam State, yesterday announced: "The battle of the Brahmaputra is lost. We must beat a itratceic retreat His dramatic announcement coinciding with a visit to the Assam tea centre of Dibrugarh by the Prime
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    THE RED BOMBER-KILLERS
    79 3 Mon.— Russia has the West with bo make the atomic warheads urcraft •odav. Gatland save i book published 8 intorma- cerninf Russia's proßress in rorket weapons. The verdict is: "Various rethat have come to hand picture of rocket b. tratcßicallv placed for the de- I lence of
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    WOMAN SAVED 28 IN PLANE
    321 3 She prevented man lighting cigarette in fume-filled cabin ANAMFRKAM SHANNON, Monday. A* I AMhRICAN woman's action in preventing a rashod ill S pe r< <>"«tellation airliner Triton rashed into the River Shannon yesterday saved odav thOSC StiU n board < was d is *l°*ed todaStoShv^r^ty
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    Tracker dogs in Mau hunt
    52 3 NAIROBI. Mnn— Police with tracker dogs today pursued an armed Mau Mau gang, which last night attacked the Strathmore police post about 15 miles north-west of Nairobi The gang threw a grenade and fired a fusillade of shots at the post, but there were no
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    Herr Doctor dies
    27 3 BERLIN. Mon Dr Eugen Schiffer. 94. former Vicechancellor of the Weimar Republic, died at his West Berlin home yesterday of a heart attack.— A.P
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    Reply this week
    26 3 LONDON Mon- The Bl* Three Western Powers will reply to Russia's recent proposals for new East-West conferences by the end of this week
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    Monique is well suited
    30 3 BATHING belle Moniqur is nut cheating at cards at Cannes. But if the suits on her body distracts her partner she'll win hands down.— Popper pitoure.
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    12 YEARS'GAOL-AND A KISS
    57 3 1 2 YEARS' GAOL-AND A KISS LL'IS TAKL'C, surrendered leader ol the links is embraced by a relative after being sentenced, in Manila, to 12 years' imprisonment and fined I'SSIO.OOO for rebellion. Taruc, who is 40. once led 12.000 armed rebels. The pro secution had asked for life imprisonment because
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    SIR WINSTON HARKS BACK TO THE FEW
    257 3 and tells airmen: Be prepared BIGGIN HILL. Kent. Monda;. WINSTON CHI'RCHILL tnld the champion squadron of the Koyal Auxiliary Air force here \esterday that the West could not be sure of having the same interval between a declaration of war and the supreme
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    Atomic pool without Russia—Ike
    101 3 Atomic pool without Russia Ike DENVER. Mon PRESIDENT EiM-nhouer announced today that a number of nations had agreed with the I'nited States to form an international aeenc> to foster peaceful development of atomic energy. In making th<- announcement while launching construction of the first atomic generated power works in the
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    Swiss bid on peak
    53 3 KATMANDU. Tue.s.— A Swiss expedition left here yesterday to try to conquer the 23.440- ft Mount Gaurl Sankar, one of tho highest peaks in the Himalayas. It will be the first assault on the mountain, often confused from a distance with Mount Everest. 36 miles to
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    Suspects held
    36 3 CARACAS. Mon. The National Security Police yesterday announced the arrest of 20 people suspected to be part of a gang illegally shipping scrap Iron and metals from Venezuela to Iron curtain countries— A P
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    TEN INCHES OF RAIN IN THREE HOURS
    94 3 TEN INCHES OF RAIN IN THREE HOURS SURAT, Bombay. Mon. Ten Inches of rain fell In three hours yesterday at Surat. floodine low lying areas and dlsturbine communications at this cotton trading centre on the coast 150 miles north of Bombay Fifty families were evacuated by boats in one locality
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    MENZIES: NO MISTAKE THIS TIME
    200 3 MELBOURNE. Mon. Mr. Me'nzhs, the Australian Prime Minister, said yesterday that If a third world war came the free nations would be found "standing together armed to resist." He defended the principle of nations Joining to withstand possible Communist aggression and added: "If we don't
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    LONDON STOCKS
    298 3 LONDON. Mon. A LTHOUOH the tension In the Far Ea«t caused operators to proceed cautiously the undertone ol the stock i markets today was satisfactory. There was a certain amount of end of acrount profit-taking In those .shares where big gains have been t.ibli.shed but new business was
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    LONDON TIN
    24 3 LONDON. Sept. 6. Cash Buyers t731'.-; Sellers £732; Forward Buyers £731; Sellers £731-; Settlement £732. Turnover a-m. 60 tons; p.m. 55 tons.
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    LONDON RUBBER
    38 3 LONDON. Sept. 6.— Spot 20>,d. Oct. 20'4d.. Nov. 20V«d.. Dec 20> t d. Jar-Mar. 2O' t d.. Apr-June L'O'.d. July-Sept. 20\d.. Sept. c.l.f 2<i 1 16 d., Oct. C.l.f. 20d.. Nov. f lf unquoted Tone. Steady
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    23 BULLETS GET A RED DEATH
    53 4 23 BULLETS GET A RED DEATH Xl ALA 1.1 MPI R, Mon. A 2ri-year-old terrorist. Kong Ah Fonc. pleaded cuilty before the Federation Chief Justice. Sir Charles Matheu. to having 23 bullets at Sekinchang in the district of Kuila >elan){<)r. Kong arrested on Aus. 20 in a maize lield was
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    At 6 a.m.—a cry for help
    267 4 At 6 a.m. a cry for help SAID MR. PRAGER: LETS GO TO THE RESCUE SO MR. LEE AND MR. LIEW JUST JUMPED IN 3 MEN IN STORE RESCUE FROM SEA rE manager of a Singapore import-export firm and two shopkeepers teamed up yesterday morning to rescue a man from
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    A day they'll always remember
    127 4 OMR. VICTOR LOW and his bride. Mi»> Ruth Nah. a teacher, rutting their wedding cake after their marriage in Sineapore (in Sun day. The reception was at Robinson's. O.MR. J.D.I). Lee and Miss Daisy Ponnudurai smile as they are driven from Penang Wesley Church after
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    CAKE WAS A 'GLOBE'
    127 4 PENANG, Mon. A cake designed in the shape of a globe travelled 5,000 miles from Australia for the wedding of a Penang teacher Miss Daisy Ponnudurai. daughter of a Settlement Councillor, Mr. N. Ponnudurai, and Mr. Desmond Lee, Ipoh Air Control Officer. Mrs. V. Coomarasamy. sister
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    The WAY visitors weigh up Malaya
    401 4 The WAY visitors weigh up Malaya WHAT impressions of Malaya will WAY visitors carry away to far parts of the world? A Straits Times reporter yesterday interviewed departing delegates. These were the Impressions confided to him: MISS LUCY LAW (U.S.), a university student: 'I was struck by the enthusiasm I
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    Many thanks from WAY
    49 4 Mr. Guthrie Moir. president of WAY. yesterday sent a message expressing the "heartfelt thanks and good wishes" from the delegates to the Singapore Government and the peoplp nf the Colony for their "unlimited kindness patience and generous hospitality." Mr. Molr will leave for Britain tomorrow.
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    Missing boy back, down to lessons
    92 4 A Singapore scnoolboy. S. A Jahbar Sathik. aged 14. missing from home since Aug. 23, was back at his school desk yesterday. He returned home on Saturday. Sathik. who disapeared after a scolding for quarrelling with a neighbour, said that he had been working
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    £500 a year is not enough, he says
    184 4 rpilp; Queen's Scholarship; X grant of £500 a year i.51.250 > is inadequate to maintain a student in Britain and should be substantially Increased. Dr. A. A. Sandosham said yesterday. Professor of Parisitology at the University of Malaya. Dr. Sandosham recently met
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    Food offence
    28 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Mon. Heah Bak Cheng was fined $100— in default. 10 days' gaol -in the Sessions Court, Pontlan. for having food in a prohibited area.
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    THE GET TOGETHER 'A MUST
    311 5 Boothby plump, for that Confederation of Malaysia And one day Burma too should be in it, says Sir Robert Should be ultimate j aim of everyone I Vast potentialities ■n Borneo Night with the Sea-Dyaks B u I TREVOR. 1 1 1 1 kf: Confedera-
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    YVONNE, 8, HAS A DATE WITH MOTHER IN LONDON
    144 5 YVONNE, 8, HAS A DATE WITH MOTHER IN LONDON F^OR Yvonne Ho (above). yesterday was a very, very busy day. It was the busiest day in her life, in fact. Vvonne. aced eight, spent the day writing to her friends in school. She also did a great deal of packing.
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    'V' roads lead to Ipoh
    66 5 Three representatives of the Slnpapore Chinese V.M.C.A will leave for Ipoh by air on Thur.sdav to attend the Malayan V.M C.A. Council meeting and the opening of the new Ipoh V.M.C.A. buildine by Bishop Raymond L. Archer of the Methodist Church. They are Dr. Chen
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    Stamp auction
    32 5 ihe Mamp Corner of th< Cnvi Members' League, Singa^ x>re. will hold a meeting and t tamp auction at the club louse. Prinsep Street, at 9.3( l m. on Sunday.
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    'Billy the Kid' and gang raid the docks
    196 5 'Billy the Kid' and gang raid the docks By FRANCIS WONG. DOLICE of the TanJong Pagar and Singapore Harbour Board areas are after "Billy the Kid." leader of a notorious band of goats For months. Billy's gang ha.s preyed on growers of Mornine Glory and held up traffic Recently, they
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    500 Indians go home
    64 5 Five hundred Indians from Singapore sailed for India yesterday in the 8.000-ton 8.1 sl-ip Rajula. Four hundred of them travelled as deck passengers, and were seen off by a big crowd of friends and relatives at the wharves. Local agents for the Rajula said that the
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    Flying visit
    38 5 Sir Gilbert Laithwaite. Britain's fnrmer High Commissioner to Pakistan, arrived in Singapore yesterday in a Qan-tas-80.A.C. Constellation from Calcutta on his way to visit Australia and New Zealand before taking up a new post in Britain.
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    Woman's peep
    37 5 Mrs. Elizabeth Choy, Legislative Councillor, will speak on "A Singapore Woman Looks into the Future" at the lun- cheon meeting of the Singapore Rotary Club at the Capital Blue Room at 1 p.m. tomorrow. I
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    THE PROGRESSIVES COMPLETE LIST
    127 5 THE Sine;aporo Procre.s.sive Party last night, com- pk'tcd its list of candidates for the Legislative! Assembly elections next year. At lca-st IS candidates have been allotted definite areas, while there Ls still uncertainty as to where to place the reniainine candidates. All the present six in
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    Speech contest
    26 5 Singapore District Methodist 1 Youth Fellowship will hold its annual oratorical contest at Wesley Church Hall, Fort Canning Road, at 7.30 p.m. on Friday.
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    Taxi drivers: We were taken for a ride ONE MET BAR BILL—COURT TOLD
    302 5 Taxi drivers: We were taken for a ride ONE MET BAR BILL— COURT TOLD TWO taxi drivers said in the Second Criminal District Court yesterday that Elias Mushai Ali took them for a ride on Aug B—and8 and left them the poorer by $54. Elias was charged with cheating Ang
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    Pirates grab $3,000 coffee cargo
    78 5 Pirates grab $3,000 coffee cargo PENANG. Mon THREE armed men from a motor boat boarded a junk 10 milos south of Penang on Saturday and grabbed $3,000 worth of colTce beans. The piracy was reported to Bayan Lepas police by four tired Indonesian seamen who walked into the village police
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    $3,000 for shooting box
    49 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Mon. —I The State Government Is to spend $3,000 for furnishing the Sultan's shooting box at Segamat. Shortly after the Emergency began, the building was used by the Special Branch of the C.I.D. The Sultan stays at the shooting box when visiting Sogamat.
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      393 5 SINGAPORE A.M. 7.15 Time Hpttl ainl Oi>op.inu Announcement. 7.16 MormnK Star; 7.30 News; 7.35 Melody Mixture; 8.00 8.30 Muilcal Comeoy Memories; P.M. 1.00 Programme Summary; 1.01 The Week's Com- j poser; 1.30 Time Signal News; I 1.45—2.00 Hot Rhythm; 5.00 Time Signal and Programme Summary; 5.02 Take It From Here;
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    40 6 M »r<Vt J/» (minimum) MRS. D A. ROZARIO relatives and Friends for the Valuable Presents and Best "in to them on their Wed\D MRS. EDWARD LEE VOON FATT Thank all Relatives and Friends for their valuable on the irrtage.
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    124 6 ii .rf< till (minimum) CHANDS Sale Now On. i fc Gowns. Prices Slashed. nw PEDANT Every Day In I IfaJT If von want to win i 000 word puzzle. iwnra at MAosuma \lon petticoats. Pi km US.M. Open till 6.30 pni IE MARY LTD.. 2nd Floor. Road. For the
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Tues. Sept. 7, 1954. Tension In China Sea
    685 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Tues. Sept. 7, 1954. Tension In China Sea While a Communist invasion of Formosa is unlikely, frrsh activity in the Formosan Straits has increased the tension to an uncomfortable degree. The South-East Asian conference in Manila may be one reason for this Communist liveliness. The Colombo
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    Rubber Report
    356 6 Before he left Malaya, Sir Francis Mudie gave the press a brief preview of what the rubber industry might expect to find in the report of his fact finding mission. This report has now boon circulate! to the Rubber Producers' Council. Whether it will be made publicis a
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    Speed The Day
    223 6 Malayans, and not Malayans only, will acclaim Mr. Duncan Sandys' pronouncement at the Farnhnnuißh air display that the Comet will soon bla/.r its t -nil across the skirs again To us in Singapore, the terminm of a great Comet run. the wift silent passage of this tine
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      546 6 I CANNOT remember reading anything in the last few years that I like better than Vernon Bartlett's broadcast printed in the Straits Times. He is coming with a humility strange in Occidentals, and a desire to learn about this, land that he has
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      New Malaya will have place for everyone
      323 6 UP THE GARDEN PATH" must strike a sympathetic chord i amongst true Malayans. The wicked expressions of a few of our pseudoleaders against colonialism, expatriates. British exploitation and the imperialistic yok^ are not only contemptible but un-Malayan. We. the Malays, thr Eurasians and
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      Help for ex-convict in new life vital
      372 6 IF the need for the reform of prison administration in Malaya is urgent, the necessity of giving the exconvict a chance to start life afresh without unfair handicap Is no less immediately desirable. It would indeed be a strange conception of public duty
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      Where does he find the money?
      121 6 Where does he find the money? rE Member for Education has announced iwith the glee of someone discovering treasure trove t the acquisition of a teachers' training college in Staffordshire. This was a surprise as only a month or two ago we were told that in view of the present
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      Post office shocked depositor
      110 6 I HAVE been a depositor in the post office for over 15 years. It was not until Tuesday, August 31. that I had a shock. I arrived at the Sentul Post Office at 4.32 p.m. to deposit some money. I was told by the clerk who
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      Town council for Kulim plea
      54 6 KULIM is the third largest town In the third largest district in the State of Kedah. It has a population of 10,000. The population is growing. Alor Star. Sungei Patani, Padang Serai and Lunas has each a town council. Is Kulim unfit to have one?
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    IT WOULD MEAN HOPE FOR MORE
    94 6 IT WOULD MEAN HOPE FOR MORE A FEW brave men who want I" to win votes say they will oppose the raising of school fees. Do they know that thousands !of young boys and girls are paying very high school fees in badly run private schools? If the lucky children
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    Praise for police
    101 6 T"HERE have recently been adverse comments on po- lice lieutenants. Since the Emergency started, my work has taken me to many dangerous areas, where it is essential that I make use of escorts of police or jungle squads. My experience of police lieutenants Is that they have
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    Film request
    52 6 A DOCUMENTARY film "The Voice of India," based on the life of Mahatma Oandhi is being shown in India, and is praised by the Indian Press Usually no Indian documentary films are shown here. Will those concerned pleas* try to bring this film to Malaya? V. SYAMA KRISHNAN.
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    Higher fees a blow to parents
    109 6 Higher fees a blow to parents HPHE increase in school fees. X if carried out, will be a great blow both to the parents and the children. Most of us are not as rich as the Seremban Town Councillor Mr. S. Ponniah. who said. "If the people want education. they
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    'Revive classical Malay music'
    173 6 ALTHOUGH there is proof A that the present Malay generation Is not faithful In preserving their proud Inheritance. I cannot understand how "Dondang Sayang." the outcome of Malay genius and manj many years' labour could be so easily forgotten and neglected I am all the more
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    On the Margin
    191 6 On the Margin Don't wnrrv tourist thus pn> sentri, ornament ed such in Si!i'. no authoril ROin c n 0 that Anyhow sentries Sing;. about neighbourii ccuid unilom to wea, calculated visitors an power anri Comnioi <■ i U it (ii,.-. S£ Fast colours OBSERVATION V* Road ""I me memory
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    Was that blackout sabotage?
    172 7 TERRORIST?— POLICE HUNT POWER-CUT CULPRITS OHTS OUT'BECA USE OCKSAW CUTS LET \W\TER INTO CABLE Mt \|'()KK police arc looking for a Kanjj o f r^abotcurs «»r thieves who tried to saw off a main cable carrying electric supplies to cas tern part of the island and
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    Woman's meeting
    22 7 Little Women's Club of the Singapore Y.W.C.A. will moet at the association prerm.-p.v Raffles Quay, at 11.30 am. on Saturday.
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    Union celebrates
    5 7 I! '-orate Cafe
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    AH BOEY TO SLEEP 'ON AIR'
    153 7 AH BOEY TO SLEEP 'ON AIR' Spore firm's gift MALACCA. Mon. pHOW AH BOEY. Malaccas six-year-old cripple, will soon be sleeping on a foam rubber mattress specially made for her. It will be the Rift of a Singapore firm which ha., asked for information to make a suitable mattress for
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    Rand in park
    18 7 The Singapore Police Band v Kntonc Park from 530 p.m. to 630 p.m on :\V.
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    THE MONEY-MAKER
    79 7 year*' gaol is the minimum, says the Chief Justice F ;ns is harles istice. said Appeal M, that it been c him for T and 10- cent coin? in a house at Ipoh Kuala Lumpur. Tune, who had been sentenced to five years' gaol, .said that i to
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    THE ROUTE OF THE CABLE
    104 7 THIS STRAITS TIMES PICTURE shows where the damaged feeder-cable lies it begins from a point where the oil drums are to a point diagonally across to where the third attap hut Is. THE DAMAGES leeder-cable is dragged out from the river hrrl cm to the
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    Talks now in sacked watchmen row
    149 7 —BIT STRIKE THREAT REMAINS 4 FOUR-MAN delegation from the Singapore Departr ment of Civil Aviation Workers' Union will meet Mr. F. H. Pollock. Operations Officer (Administration). of the Civil Aviation Department tomorrow to discuss the fate of the seven retrenched watchmen of Kal- lana:
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    JUST AS A JOKE-HE 'LOST' HIS PARENTS
    222 7 JUST AS A JOKE-HE 'LOST' HIS PARENTS KUALA LUMPUK Mon ILTHOEVER wrote to the High Commissioner, asking his help In tracing "lost" parents, was just playing a Joke. The "boy* 1 who signed the letter, A. Balan. 15. cannot be found A man who believed he was the boy's step-father
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    Planter dies in crash
    70 7 2 S.Cs. INJURED IPOH. Mon.-Mr. W.S. Stewart manager of Heawood Estate. Sunget Siput. was killer, when an armoured Jeep in wMic 'i lie wa.s travelling with two special constablr-s overturned near Chemor. The cniistabli I were injured, one seriuiu-y. Mr. Stewart. :i bachelor. came to Heawood
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    $3,450 for death of his wife
    99 7 $3,450 for death of his wife A MAN whose 34-year-old wife was killed in a motor cycle accident in Dunearn Road on February 13 last year, was awarded damages totalling $3,450 and costs in an action which he brought against the motor-cyclist in the Singapore High Court yesterday. Yap Kee
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    Man on suicide bid charge dies
    49 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Mon. The Caae against Tan Kai Tuan. of Sir.Rapore, charged with attempting to commit suicide on July 4. was struck out today in the magistrate's court. The prosecution withdrew the charge. Tan. it wus announced In court, died on July 20.
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    Dad out for justice was cut in leg
    175 7 A COMPANY director, who chased a boy because he •slandered" his daughter, was rut in the l*g by the boys elder brother, a Singapore court was told fetter**?. Wong Chik Klew. the director this when Lim Sim Chew 17, was charged in
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    STUDENTS IN COURT FOR CALL-UP CASES
    122 7 fTHE Singapore Second A Criminal District Court was packed with Chinese School students yesterday when two youths were charged with offences under the National Service Ordinance. Both youths claimed trial. Yee Kian Meng, a 19-year-old student at Chung Cheng High School at Goodman Road,
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    3-minute parking cost him $10
    45 7 Karikkodin Mammo, who parked his car in a taxi-stand at Katong was fined $10 in the Singapore City Police Court yesterday. Pleading euiltv to occupvlnjt taxi stand he told the court that his car was there for only three minute*.
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    THEY ALL AGREE SET RADIO FREE FROM CONTROL BY GOVERNMENT
    440 7 THEY ALL AGREE SET RADIO FREE FROM CONTROL BY GOVERNMENT SEVERAL Singapore Legislative Councillors yesterday expressed unqualified support for a suggestion that the control of broadcasting In Malaya should he transferred from the Government to an independent public corporation. They said that with a party system of Government to be
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    Govt. will free rice trade soon
    120 7 DICE supplies in Sinjja- pore may be decontrolled in the "very near future." Agreement on basic principles of de-control has been reached between the Government and the rice traders represented by the three Chambers of Commerce, the Director of Commerce and Industry. Mr. J.B.
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    Union meeting
    30 7 The Segamat branch of tru Johore Indian School Teacher?' Union will hold its general meetlnp at the India-Ceylon Association Tamil School Hall. Segamat. at 1030 a.m. on Saturday.
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    CLEM CAN READ ALL ABOUT IT NOW
    182 7 CLEM CAN READ ALL ABOUT IT NOW A copy of the book "Brain Washing in Red China' was given to Mr. Clement Atlicr in Singapore yesterda by the author. American newspaper correspondent Edward Hunter. The British Opposition Leader had gone out when Mr Hunter arrived at Government House with the
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    THE BOY IN A HURRY...
    77 7 Charged with u-sing an unregistered bicycle, a schoolboy Mohamed Salimah. yesterday pleaded with the City Police Court magistrate, Mr. J M Devereux-Colebourn, for mercy. "I was in most desperate circumstances. My father had just died and 1 had to inform my relatives and friends. Not
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      57 7 Ifa'M*M#£ 0 ANNOUNCE NON-STOP SKYMASTER SERVICE SINGAPORE BANGKOK LEAVING KALLANG AT 2.45 P.M. EVERY TUESDAY CONNECTING WITH SERVICES TO TOKYO, TAIPEI, RANCOON CALCUTTA. SINGLE FARE $210 RETURN FARE $378 PHONE ***** PASSAGE ENQUIRIES SIME DARBY 5 MALACCA STREET. SINCAPORE. 4 LIVELY TASTING wk Del Monte ifIKA because it's made HINRY
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      163 7 The weather MIMMI M II Mil i: I I 1.1 1 7.30 p.m. on Sept. S to 7.30 a.m. or Sept. 61 Singapore 73 degrees Peiiane 72. Knta Bahru 72. Kuala Lumpur 74. Ipoh 69. Kuantan 73. MAXIMI'M 1 1 mci 1: 1 1 l;l (7.30 a.m. to 7.30 pm.
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    WHAT A LIFE!
    591 8  -  Christine »H MONDAY MARK is a reluctant correspondent, not only in his letters to me. but to everyone else. This afternoon I forced him to write to his Grandma and his unwilling effort ran: Dear Grandma. I have arrived, i A fact of which she has been
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    LATIN LOOK FOR MEN
    83 8 In Britain WHITE feather caps and ff hats are going to be seen this winter The Duchess of Kent is including several in her Canadian tour wardrobe. Something new in permanent waves is the yeast process There's life in yeast and the idea is that it
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    To be in the swim you MUST have the right suit!
    404 8 To be in the swim you MUST have the right suit! Says MAXINE RAKICH THK time WHi of course, when a swim suit was mere cloak of conventionality, worn, in thickness and in Ihin. with all the fashion flair of a pair of long v.oollen undies! Then happily, and almost
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    Time to revolt against fashion designers
    253 8 Says HAL BOYLE WHY don't Western women go into purdah? It is about time they adopted this fine old Butern tradition under which no woman appears on the street except wearing a long gown and only her eyes showing through two holes I believe
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      200 8 Soft Soluble s0 unobtras^e rht toft. taf« w,» ro feminine h y? c •ndt that flatten to neatly and cxtri abjoihcnc waterproof back for confidence. Be turc to rht tolublt tanitary towels that hive ill th e no e«tra cost. Try thorn vot Entirely British made at ST. AN 2
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      375 8 SO. Industrial saboteur, about 1812 Straits Times Crossword m^ n f sr mmM 32. Really peach-tint («nag.) (IS). d—^— i■■ i ill DOWN 2 I 3 4 5 8 I 7 1. Happiness be Iht»! (8). I I I I 2. Some mtives of Kent? (7). |S|j§ |SS|S kSSKSj 3.
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    STRAITS TIMES SPECIAL FEATURE The great triumph of Cyrus Field
    1756 9 STRAITS TIMES SPECIAL FEATURE The great triumph of Cyrus Field (i m Id haw rvtirvH major roU* breaking r Thanktt front Congress IN a hissing summer storm on the night of August 4, 1858, a boat grated ashore at Heart's Content on the Bay of Bull's Arms, Newfoundland. A thin,
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      63 9 I v^ Con tcke you H|o% farther „nd g n ona HAMPION PARK 'C. SOCIETY (M. LTD. 1 'HiLLIPS' W OF MAGNESIA Uttn ram n is uju.ii!-, ndi|(< -.non. ict on Guf Milk of It relieves S'vci you more Ul Phillips' tSc best buy. little mustard H -1 and I
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      10 9 i TOMOHKOfI 5 I .linn mho killed j liis mother
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      102 9 in the WORLD L^_J i|jßl!M|y v.s.o.p. m f mmm MACLAINE WATSON CO., LTD. CRAVEN A' FOR SMOOTH CLEAN SMOKING Largest-selling cork-tipped cigarette j£t r in the world. -y Imported from London v f of a Bargain _^\mM BtHtk Service FIRST CLASS BOOKS XT SECOND HAND PRICES! i Write note for
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      155 9 Shvrlovk itotntos Spirited uwuu? I M 166 LUZABETU A VOUW© LAPV NO VAN WOULD BE PEC .484 I T4K£ IT WA* IN COUZJ ATTIRE miTTEO WIDE BUCKIN6- M /YOU MEAN ELIZA&ETH OA6COMB, Y'V* *<-6O PHE66ED IN j AND FEATHERS HAM COURTYARD ON A M I DAU6U<TEJIOZ HELLFIZE &ASCOMB, COURT ZE6AUA?
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    PRICE JUMP FOR RUBBER
    409 10 Mew tension ur ns rpHE international tension retail sian-lnited States incidents uS'iN alist China clashes had a boosting price of rubber in Singapore vest, J The price firmed throughout ber first grade buyers f.o.b and < w at 68i cents a lb.. thirteen-sixteenth, the Saturday closine
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    BROKERS' REPORT
    373 10 The Malayan St are Brokers Association reported: "A better sentiment continuing from the weekend resulted In a wider spread of business »n both tint and Industrials on the loc«l share market ■•Turnover was only slightly Improved due to reserve of sellers holding the counters in demand.' The following
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    AUSTRALIA STOCKS
    104 10 AUSTRALIA STOCKS U&ft 1 change -nc^v annourremnr eov by Au»tr« »t 400 feet dril ,i ?-,^^H Queensland that gas prf. by Aon '<^H Is not ku>»r. while ir,du«: recent rates. p Wl)i and b< '^BJ BE Loans 3,, M Aust. Consnl Ir.l ARM Bank of Bradford I B Hill Pm
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    RUBBER PRICES
    110 10 September first tntt ers fob. closed in Stntp K> day at ffl K sixteenths of a cent abovjSi^B close and th« W steady, quiet. I The price opened il level and flrmi I wi'h 'he pot was small with -?.>•< r- H Closing pncw yesti I per lb
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    SINGAPORE SHIPPING
    59 10 Ship* Ivlnc I I Singapore Harbour BMrt or evpeclrd loda> Pierre Fernbay CP. Tb»l Fillmore 8 9 13 14. Gerardmer 19 18. Ellen M>- MM 5 Rawang N WbII 8 to 10 R'-««^-"| vannoch 2" i Hal Lee 3! 32 G'BWJ I 38. Surat 38 TJiwangl 44 ;iJ
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    PRODUCE PRICE
    44 10 Sintaporr rhan*' Copra d;ill: at %~!£m ers. ouici with goon $48 buyer.' reoverseas commune down $5: Muntok wak »207' i ump«*°" ;oll "duh. m:.-.""-H.C.11 I" 1 tember: 11 V m "L" 0 sellers: ton' dv 128 r, 131 Kllen: p__ |>3<%ieUsn i
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      86 10 NOTICE CHANGE OF ADDRESS E. I. PARRISH CO. umoi v< i the transfer of their business to (round floor ihow-rnom A office* at tin It, South (anal Road, (Adjoining ChuliA Street) BINGAPOBB-1. telephone Telegram* 805»55 "TECHMED" For SI R(.l< A TECHNICAL SIPPI.IKS. w yg with UNBREAKABLE W SPRING WATERPROOF ANTI-MACNETIC
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      980 10 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS i MUNICIPALITY OF GEORGE TOWN, PENANG APPOINTMENT OP ARCHITECT TOWN PLANNING ASSISTANT Applications are invited for the above post in the Town Planning and Building Department. 2. Applicants must be Federal clttsens or British subjects preferably between the ages of 30 and 40 years and must
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      349 10 NOTICES NOTICE This Is to notify that Ng Seng Huat and Ec Swee Kum, both Salesmen, are no longer In Our Employ from 1.9.1954. HAOEMEYER TRADING CO. (M) LTD.. Kuala Lumpur. NOTICE NOTICE Is hereby given that MALAYAN FARMS LTD. Share Certificates Nos. ***** to *****. Scrip No 64 Issued
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      670 10 NOTICES McALISTER COMPANY LIMITED (Incorporated in Singapore) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual Ordinary General Meeting of the Company will be held at the Company's Registered Office, Gresham House. Battery Road. Singapore, on Wednesday, 1 5th September 1954 at noon to transact the following ordinary business: •1) To receive
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      620 10 TENDERS P.W.D. TENDER NOTICE The closing date for tenders for the construction of New Government Offices at Baling. Kedah has been extended to 30th Bept«nber, 1954. P.W.D. TENDER NOTICE Tenders from Class "C" ana above reglstm-ed P.W.D. Contractors will be received by the StaU EnTi neer. Pahang up to 9
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      59 10 *4A.cAot MESSAGERIES MARITIMES ETA lASTIOUNO Soiling ETA 10 S«* VIIT NAM to Soioon, Monila, Hongkong, Jopon 10 W 13 $«f* LAO> 2SUpt FELIX ROUSSEL to So.gon MUfH 2S MIMO to Soigon, Monila, Hongkong Jopon JJ S«o» .rc S«*t 6ERARDMER to Suez Dokor, Bordeaux Mar»tili» Moi'boo" MITSUI pE] LINE C. F.
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      925 11 MANSFIELD «c CO., LTD. »«i2 jnpore) CO lines) BLUE FUNNEL LINE De'pt" Du. Soil, p. Shorn penong Sept 7 5«Pf 7/ 8 Sept 10/11 Sept 10 Sept 13 !.ept 14/14 S, P t 12 Sept 14 %m Srnt 11 Sept 18 Sept 19/20 Seat 22/Ji S.r-f 19 Sept 25 Sept
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      1102 11 EAST ASIATIC LINES SAILINGS TO CONTINENT/SCANDINAVIA or Aden, Pert Said, Genea, Antwerp, Rotterdam, Hamburg, Gdynia, Cop.nh.gen, Gothenburg ft Oslo Spore P. S'hom Pming »!iui,u, V. 13/21 Sept 22/23 Sapt 24/25 Sept ..5° 1 N MLA 22/27 Sept 28/28 Sept 29/30 Sept K'NA" 24S.pt/10ct >' r*!!-"* K orll A.b. (Turku). Omits
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      1058 11 Su^ng THE BEN LINE STEAMERS LTD. W SINGAPORE (Incorporated in the United Kingdom) 5 LINES SAILINGS te U.K. and CONTINENTAL PORTS Spore P. S'hom Penang Benvennech for Avonmouth, London, Hull 17 10/12 Sept 13/14 Sag* Benattew for Liverpool, Glosgow, Hamburg 11/21 Sapt 22/24 Sept 25/24 Sept Benarty for Hovre, London,
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      1304 11 McALISTER tfc CO., LTD. TEL Ne. ***** ELLERMAN «k BUCKNALL KLAVENESS LINE LONDON HAVRE, KOTTERDAM, iMrtltt HAMBURG L HULL LOS ANGELES, SAN FRANCISCO, ond for t"" f "rTh Atlont.c Po PORTLAND. SEATTLE ft VANCOUVER ond Conodo vta Colombo I Accepting cargo far Control ft South CITY OF POONA American Port,
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    WHITEAWAY CHIEF GOES ON LEAVE
    46 12 MR. J. 11. M. SIMMERS, general manager of Whiler.i i\ Laidlaw and Co. Ltd.. in Malaya, who left on the Willem Ruys for six months leave in Britain. Mr. Summers who is 65 has hern w'th Whiteauays for over 40 years.
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    South African clothing will now sell in Malaya UNION'S EXPORT DRIVE
    420 12 South African clothing will now sell in Malaya UNION'S EXPORT DRIVE THE huge industrial expansion which is taking place in South Africa is reflected in the fact that hand tailored tropical clothing made in that country will be on sale in the Malayan market for the first time at the
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    SINGAPORE FACES A BIG FUTURE
    230 12 SINGAPORE FACES A BIG FUTURE A GREAT luture for Singapore as long as "she keeps politics out of it" was foreseen by Mr. P. B. Purvis manager of W. Hammer Co. Ltd, before he left Malaya on retirement. Mr. Purvis, who iolned Hammers in July, 1926 and saw it crow
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    FLOATING YUGOSLAV TRADE EXHIBITION
    180 12 Plastics, chemicals on show \JANY Singapore traders visited the exhibition of Yugoslav chemicals and olastic products on board the liner Romanija when the shtu anchored in the Colony last week. The organiser of the exhibition, Mr Mlso Pecnlk of Hempro Chemical Import and Export Corporation, who
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    MALACCA TRADE FAIR IS GREAT SUCCESS
    266 12  -  GEOFFREY BOLAND iTTT^T'TrnHTrT^^ rE first Malacca trade exhibition, to be held after a lapse of seven years has proved a great success. The exhibition which was held at the City Park and which was declared open by Mr. F. R. C. Fowle acting Resident
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    Japanese aluminium must be cheaper
    286 12 LOCAL importers told a visiting Japanese Aluminium Mission last week that if Japanese aluminium was to successfully compete in the local market with European manufa ctured steel, it must be cheaper. Malaya preferred western manufactured goods said the importers and at the lower price, the
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    Malayans abroad
    34 12 Malayan. Belgian. Egyptian New Zealand. Australian. Kenyan and Canadian businessmen were among the visitors welcomed to the Scottish Industries exhibition which opened recently. The businessmen discussed how Scotland could meet their requirements.
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    Keeping Test men fit will be Hutton's big problem
    430 13 LONDON, Monday. QNL of the biggest problems facing England's cricket captain, Len Hutton, in Australia this winter, will be to keep all his players assuming Denis Compton will be fit to fly out and join the main party— mentally and physically
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    OTEC KEEP 100 P.CENT RECORD
    332 13 OTEC KEEP 100 P.CENT RECORD QRIENTAL Telephone to Electrl' w Company completed then fixtures In Group A of the Bustne&.< Houses League «z Cup competition at River Valley Road yesterdpy with a rare distinction— ten wins in ten matches, with a goal score ;o: 27 f->r and eight against. I
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    KUMAR SCORES ALL FOUR FOR RAJAJI
    35 13 Raiaii Sport, Cub beat Ttong Bahru Ringers 4-1 in a soccer friendly nt Farrer Park on SaturK. Kumar scored all four goals for Rajajl; Kirn for Tiong Bahru Rangers.
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    DID NOT TURN UP
    37 13 The Business Houses I.eagut- and Cup competition Group A match between Shell and Hongkong Bank iled for Shell ground ytsterd.ty was no' played, as the Hongk( he Bank team did not turn up.
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    SOCCER 1-1 DRAW
    37 13 SOCCER 1-1 DRA W Rochore Youth Club and Sprint Bportl Club played a one-all draw In a soccer friendly at FarrcT Park yesterday. P K Samv scored for Rochore and Ah Chow for Sprincdaie i penalty I
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    CSC-SCC HOCKEY
    43 13 The Ceylon Sports Club team to meet Singapore Cricket Club In a hockey friendly on the padang foray win he: EN. Pillal; N Ponnudural. 8 Nagaiah: S. Murutrw E Dorlsamy. Balasundram: F Fernandez Kulni.slngam icapti. W Poanlah, M, Thtllienltncam. J. Mahinda
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    SHB Police go to Junior Cup final
    149 13 SHB Police go to Junior Cup final A FINE hat-trick by lnslde-left Jalll enabled Singapore Harbour Board Police to defeat Haikowyu S.C. 3-1 in a semi-final tie of the SAFA Junior Cup competition at Jalan Besar stadium last night. SHB. Police thus became the first team to qualify for the
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    GOLD MEDAL JUMP
    48 13 WINNING JIMP: Thelma Hopkins of Belfast gainrd Britain her second fold medal at the European Games in Berne on Aug. 30 when she beat Balazs of Rumania after a thrilling duel. Thelma is seen here making her winning jump of sft s]ins. Paul Popper picture.
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    HUNGARY WIN 2 MORE 'GOLDS'
    276 13 TURIN. Mon. 'THE European fwlmmlng champlonshlps came to an end in>re yestprdny with Hungary taking On more gold medals and Russia one. Genrcv Csordas won the 1.500 metres event. Hungary took the women's 4xloo metres relay and Roman Braner won the high diving (men's 1
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    Early season rush of games tells on U.K. footballers
    567 13 Early season rush of games tells on U.K. footballers LONDON. Monday. THE new English soccer season is we|l under way unfolding in its path an ever changing picture of thrills and suspense, elation and disappointment. On each oi the first two Saturday's a million or more spectators have attended the
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    HARTWIG AND SEIXAS MEET IN U.S. FINAL
    252 13 FOREST HILLa. iN. York). Mon OLX HARTWIO (Australia) wtl) v meet Vie Selxas lU.S.A.) lasyear a Wimbledon champion In the nnal of the United State* singles iawn tennis championship* here. Hartwlg beat fellow Australian Ken Rosewall. runner-up at this years Wimbledon. 6-4. 6-3,
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    EURASIANS HELD
    21 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon .—Selangor Chinese Recreation Club held Selangor Eurasians to a scoreless draw at hockey at Pudu Road.
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    CRICKET DANCE
    16 13 The Singapore Cricket Association ?nnual dance will be at Raffles Hotel on Sept 17.
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    Engine trouble stops Moss
    425 13 MONZA. (Italy), Mon. EMPTY thousand Italian «pect«tor.~ r leapt to their feet and screamed last night m Stirling Mom. Brli iln raclnjr driver In an Italian Ma.veratl. made a desperate effort to WimH vlrtory In the Italian Grand Prix from Juan Manuel Farutlo. Argentine world champion
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    S.H.A. WANTS ALL-MALAYA XI PAKISTAN
    366 14 League games to be 60 minutes A MOVE is to be made to field an \!I-M;il;i; ;m hockey team against Pakistan during the Pakistan team's three-week tour of Singapore and the Federation in February next year. The Singapore Hockey Association, at a committee meeting held
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    Another blot on S'pore's record v Tourists
    511 14 Another blot on S'pore's record v Tourists CINGAPOBE have lost again to a touring football team. The new entry in the record book will be Singapore 0, Banka BllUton 3. And now the Indonesians will go back with a poor impression about Singapore football. But who mere the men who
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    Rogers gets his hundred
    109 14 HASTINGS. Mon. AX EXr.I.A.\D Xl— lB2 PAKISTAN 93 lOR 1 AT I INCH Pakistan dismissed the last man of the England XI team ior three runs when their match vias contlrued here thL- morning and then scored 93 for the loss of one wicket before lunch.
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    HARD FIGHT FOR DROBNY
    53 14 BADEN BAUEN (Germany. Mon. Wlmbletion champion Jaroslav Drobny ytMcrday »on the men's singles of the Baden-B.iden International tennk tournamr hir he took three hour;, and twenty minute* and five atta to young Italian ace Guiseppe Meiio. Drobny e\ ntually came out on top 6-2. 6-3. 9-11.
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    MUAR WIN TENNIS
    27 14 BATU PAHAT. Mon Muar beat Johore Bahru 5-0 in the Ahmad Cur tennis competition. They will now meet Segamat Batu Pahat are thr holders.
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    WHY PAY TO PLAY, ASK PENANG HOCKEY MEN
    222 14 PENANO, Mon. I OCAI hockey rircles are against the Penang Hockey Association's latest ruling requiring players to pay a dollar registration fe« each to be able to play this season "The whole principle of having to pay to be able to play
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    STUDIES COME FIRST EDDIE
    80 14 STUDIES COME FIRST EDDIE From Our Own Correspondent LONDON, Mon. EDDIE CHOONG, Malayan holder of the AllFngland men's singles badminton championship, has turned down offers to tour India, Australia and Scandinavia this winter. The reason is that he icants to get on with his lair studies. Eddie, however, may take
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    Tomorrow's S.B.A. ties
    141 14 The 8.8.A. fixtures for tomorrow's Junior championships, at the Badminton Hall at 7.15 p.m., are: Court No. 1: Maurice Khoo (St. Andrews) v Llm Wei Lou (Methodist); N. K. Devan C. T Ma thews v Heng Boon Lee. I.irr Whye Geok; Winners Charlie Seah Llm Wei Lon
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    English XV made £A 65.000 in Australia
    322 14 English XV made £A 65.000 in Australia SYDNEY. Mon. THE English Rugby League football team has returned home with more than 1A65.000 from the takings of £A 102,00 record for any football tour in Australia. Although England lost the "Ashes" to Australia, they played hard, tough and on many occasions
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    Colony took it easy and Banka net 3
    443 14 Banka-Billiton 3; Singapore 0. BAXKA-BILLITON scored the second victory of their Colony soccer visit when they beat a Singapore Selection 3-0 at Jalan Besar stadium last night. Singapore, with six members of their Malaya Cup final team apparently intent on playing a
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    Federation horse may take S'pore Gold Cup again
    360 14 iiiiMiiiiiiiimim JEEP JOTTING* POUR out of the six (iold Can 1 Timah since the war hive beer, tion-trained horses Longcharnns n Street (1950), Red Carnation (1953). This year again then- k f and K try "invasion," headed by Thie, r; and Golden
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