The Straits Times, 11 July 1955

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    13 1 The Straits Times Hot*"* Estd. 1845. SINGAPORE, MONDAY, JULY 11, 1955 15 CENTS
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    JAIL ME, TOO, SAYS LIM
    58 1 0 CHALLENGES Government I share beliefs of latest detainee r tar) of the pore Factory md >N"P Workers' ir. Lim Chin isl night thal- Government in. .ilenge for the Kok Kirn. on F:nerand of Bus tamed month's Action -aid he If more of trade 1
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    Why not arrest ail unionists?
    52 1 thousand* of people in the same demo- wards the class Kirn and does the rrest all liefs and l ng Swee K Kirn I thi Govtoo. :.ment trade release ther delay. th( G iv- too." neither ■d comaning. added that not artrade r.zaged. by this
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    Communism enemy of religion
    97 1 Communism enemy of religion COMMUNISM IS THE ENEMY OF RELIGION. Two distinguished visitors to Malaya agreed on this yesterday. IN SINGAPORE Professor E. G. Homrighans,en, Dean of Theology at Princeton University, said Communism was a "challenge to Christianity, and Christians all over the world must unite to proclaim their faith
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    Lock icon Sydney without newspapers
    38 1 Sydney without newspapers SYDNEY, Sun. Sydney lost its three Sunday newspapers today. Latest casualties in spreading labour strife were the Sydney Herald, the Sunday Telegraph and Truth, which have a combined circulation of more than 11 million. —A.P.
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    Life on Mars
    29 1 MOSCOW, Sun. Soviet scientists have established that there is vegetation on the planet Mars which resembles that on earth, Tass, the Soviet News Agency, reported here.
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    Lock icon Follow the leader-and six racers bite the dust
    183 1 AF S8 MILES THEY CRASH 150 YARDS FROM THE FINISH 1 nrwib spectacular spill in a ■L Singapore cycle race occurred yesterday morning at the Anson Road traffic circus, only 150 yards from the finish in Shenton Way, where the 58-mile round-the-island
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    For a happy Malaya...
    259 1 MR. CITIZEN'S 8 PRECEPTS IPOH. Sun. 'THE new president of 1 the Ipoh Rotary Club. Mr. Harvey Paterson. last night commended to the people eight precepts for a happy Malaya. Here are his eight precepts, given at the installation dinner: If a citizen demands wise government
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    Lock icon iEmperor' leads revolt against Mao
    137 1 i Emperor' leads revolt against Mao MORE THAN 100 FOLLOWERS KILLED HONG KONG, Sunday. SECURITY police have arrested 16 members of a religious sect, headed by a self-styled "Emperor," for alleged revolutionary activities in Hunan Province, South China, according to reports reaching here. The reports said "Emperor" Teng Chung-yuan, leader
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    But the show came first...
    56 1 Mr Oliver Baudert, one of the stars of the Singapore Arts Theatre's presentation of "St. Joan." broke a leg playing tennis yesterday afternoon. With his leg in plaster Mr. Baudert went on with his role as the Dauphin in last night's first performance of the
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    BIGGER PRESS
    79 1 BIGGER PRESS THE FREE PRESS today and every day will contain 20 pages of news and lively local features. There is a complete short story and a new serial. Three times weekly Adelaide Eastley's lively column, "Singapore Spotlight," will appear On race days there will be an extra four pages
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    Lock icon New clues: Ruth Ellis reprieve?
    106 1 New clues: Ruth Ellis reprieve? LONDON. Sun. SOLICITOR for the convicted murder-ss Ruth Ellis said today he has found new evidence which might save her from hanging on Wednesday. Mrs. Ellis, 29. blonde mother of two children, was sentenced to death last month for shooting her lover. David Blakely. Since
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    Lock icon Four buried alive
    16 1 TRENTO, Italy, Sun. A landslide buried four men alive near here today.— U.P.
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    COUNCIL UNION WANTS ACTION
    179 1 'Speed talks 9 call: Deadlock may mean strike rE secretary of the 10,000--strong Singapore City Council Labour Unions Federation, Mr. O. S. Rengasamy, yesterday warned against "prolonged negotiations" over its wage and other demands to the City Council. The Federation, which has had a number of
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    AGE AND EDDIE BEAT PENGSOON
    139 1 AGE AND EDDIE BEAT PENGSOON KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. WONG PENG SOON, All-England champion and formerly world's No. 1 player, lost to Eddie Choong in the men's singles final of the Selangor B.A.s Gold Cup badminton tournament here tonight. Eddie won by a margin of one point 15-7, 7-15. 17-16. Peng
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    Lock icon Death is better..
    83 1 HONG KONG, Sun. Three American soldiers who chose to stay in China at the end or the Korean War but later asked to be repatriated said here today: 'Death Is better than Communism." The three men, Lewis Griggs, Otho Bell and William A. Cowart, crossed the border
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    Lock icon Howzat?
    37 1 SADBURY HILL, Middlesex, Sun. Boris Karloff, Hollywood film star, will be one of the two umpires in a cricket match between theatrical teams here on Sunday, July 17 in aid of the National Spastics Society. Reuter.
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    500 at show see youth stabbed
    146 1 500 at show see youth stabbed WHILE 500 people watched an open air show in Singapore last night, three men stabbed a Chinese youth in the chest after hitting him on the head with a bottle. The police are asking a taxi driver, who picked up cne of the man
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    Lock icon STOP PRESS
    31 1 R.UING DRIVER KILLED CORTINA DAMPFZZO. Italy. Sun. Italian racing driver Piero Valon/.ano was killed when he crashed today during a road racr here. He was driving a Mascrati. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Diana weds
    34 1 PRINCETON. New Jersey, Sun.— Miss Diana Pai Sin-wai, daughter of General Pai Chung-hsi. ex-Minister of Defence of Nationalist China, was married here yesterday to Mr. Henry Hsieh Lien-pao. formerly of Shanghai. A.P.
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    Lock icon MURDER OVER THE PHONE
    49 1 NEW YORK, Sun. While his sister listened on the other end of a telephone line after hearing a scream, a man strangled his wife, police said yesterday. Monty Samuels, 63. picked up the telephone and told his sister: "She's dead". Then he called police.— A.P.
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    Lock icon Last lap in bid to salvage sunken Spanish treasure
    268 2 Last lap in bid to salvage sunken Spanish treasure THE SECRET OF TOBERMORY BAY TOBERMORY, (Scotland), Sun. YEARS of search for a Spanish galleon which sunk in Tobermory Bay in 1558 with, it is believed, a treasure hoard of 30 million pieces of silver, may end in the next three
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    Lock icon H.K. FILM CRISIS
    162 2 May be forced into bankruptcy HONG KONG. Sun. THE China Mail .said in an editorial yesterday that if Houg Kong's Chinese film industry collapsed because of new severe currency remittance regulations imposed by the Nationalist Government in For-! masa, the vacuum could only be filled for South
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    Lock icon 'Mercy' killing
    43 2 NEW YORK, Sun. A 15--year-old boy in Augusta. Georgia, confessed today that he wounded his neighbour with a shotgun blast and then put him to death with a mercy shot in the neck "to get him out of his misery." U.P.
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    RUBBER PRICE CEYLON IS WORRIED
    92 2 RUBBER PRICE CEYLON IS WORRIED COLOMBO, San. THE fall in the price of rubber on the Singaoore market is causing concern here. The Ceylon-Communist China rubber agreement is based on Singapore prices, and lo* cal rubber interests fear that their negotiations with Peking for a revised price will be affected.
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    TALKS ALL DAY JUST CAME TO NAUGHT
    262 2 TALKS ALL DAY JUST CAME TO NAUGHT Changi warders pot off strike throat TALKS to end the strike by 170 Indian labourers employed by a Singapore building contractor, Mr. K. K. Mohamed Abdullah, collapsed last night after a day of talks between the union and the employer. "All our discussions
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    Aid for blind
    20 2 The Singapore City Council will present a $500 cheque on Saturday to the Association for the Blind.
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    Changi play
    20 2 The Changi Theatre Club of Singapore will stage the play "Trespass" at the Astra Cinema oh July 20.
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    Lock icon In his pyjamas
    34 2 LONDON. Sun. Mrs. Catherine Litter, 79. of Allostock, near Knutsford, Cheshire, was buried at her special request wearing the socks and pyjamas In which her husband died 20 years before. Reuter.
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    REUNION IN LONDON
    51 2 THE COMMISSIONER-GENERAL, Mr Malcolm Mac Donald, has been Joined in London by his wife, who flew in from Canada. Mr Mac Donald will be in London for several weeks for discussions concerning: his new nost as Hifh Commissioner In India which he takes up in September. AT.
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    Lock icon ATTLEES IN CAR COLLISION
    46 2 LONDON. Sun. Mr. and Mrs. Clement Attlee, In their small saloon car, were in collision with a bus here last night. Damage was very slight, and after exchanging addresses both vehicles went on their way. Mrs. Attlee was driving the car— Reuter.
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    17 REDS CONFUSE KALL Am OFFICIALS—fNO ENGLISH'
    10 2 17 REDS CONFUSE K ALL Am OFFICIALS— f NO ENGLISH'
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    Australian editor on world tour
    67 2 MR. T. C. BRAY (above), editor of the Brisbane Courier Mail, said in Singapore yesterday that many more Australians will visit Malaya now that Australian troops are to be stationed in the Federation. Mr. Bray is on a fourmonth world tour. He will spend two
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    Lock icon Polio in Formosa is spreading
    40 2 TAIPEH, Sun. More than 100 cases of polio have been reported in Formosa's northern port of Keelung, it was reported here today. Public health authorities in Keelung said 30 of the cases were serious. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Bite kills nurse
    26 2 NEW YORK. Sun.— A nurse at Albany Hospital has died of complications following an infection caused when a child patient bit her. Reuter.
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    One rule, 2 versions
    96 2 THAT'S WHY Tins WAS HELD UP rE Singapore Schools Parent- tion has only itself ti for the delay in t ment's consideration application for r the Straits Times Wat terday. The Registrar ol has found discrepancic Chinese and English con the constitution sent b Tann Wee
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    Birds on f show
    67 2 Birds on f show Forty local and birds of different varii drew a crowd of 450 yesl when the birds, belc Singapore Cage Bird members, were displayed four hours at an ass premises in Rallies Quay. Many of the visitors were.* impressed by the display th they signed on as
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    THEN THEY SPOKE FLUENTLY
    244 2 HITCHES and delays snarled Kallang airport immigration and customs procedure in Singapore yesterday when 17 publicityshy and serious-faced members of a Communist Chinese trade promotion mission to Indonesia arrived from Hong Kong. Like a uniformed army, the mission filed into the airport's Customs Hall for two
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    Lock icon CHILDREN BELIEVED HIDING HOUSE-BUSTER BOMB
    109 2 SKIPTON. Yorks. Sun. Police are searching the Yorkshire town of Skipton for somebody believed to be hiding a bomb that can kill at ten yards or destroy a house. The missing anti-tank bomb Is so dangerous that military experts refused to move it when It
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    Lock icon General on tour
    37 2 HONG KONG. Sun. Gen. Augustin Guillaume. Chief 01 the General Staff of the French Forces, who is touring SouthEast Asia to gather informa tion about the military situation, arrived here today from Singapore.— Reuter.
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    'We want union', Cypriote tell Boyd
    40 3 'We want union', Cypriote tell Boyd sun. S Mr' is, Mr. Greece) closelywing of a relay. 17-mrm- sauting Ity dur- ;im<>ng pulation ri ;nto md Demonstrations through Fumai- I I proCyprus s del In rnnscrlpt one do- 1941 nd the
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    HOW INDIA IS ACCUSED OF IMPERIALISM
    32 3 HOW INDIA IS ACCUSED OF IMPERIALISM Portu-' Mr. India rics of its spec- r world I a press it by Mr Nehru, be In- answer r PorBritain for i the y force.
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    Lock icon Supersonic woman
    29 3 Supersonic woman JACQUELINE AURIOL. daushter-in-law of the former French President, set a new women's world air speed record at 715.186 m.p.h. re.cently in a French turho-jet fiehter. A.P. picture.
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    Lock icon THE CHOICE: RENOUNCE WAR OR END HUMAN RACE
    940 3 Einstein's^leathbed plea brings world scientists to an atomic conference LONDON, Sun. SCIENTISTS from all over the world will meet in London next month to discuss the perils of nuclear warfare in response to the deathbed plea of the late Albert Einstein. Following
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    LOYALISTS PUSH REDS BACK
    119 3 LOYALISTS PUSH REDS BACK SAIGON. Sun. LOYAL LAOTIAN paratroopers have recaptured positions seized in a lightning raid by Communists in the Sam Neva jungles and the Laotian Government announced today that it will make a formal complaint to the International Armistice Commission. The Premier. Mr. Ka Tay Sasorith, charged that
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    Lock icon Strike a light!
    31 3 OTTAWA. Sun.— A man stood on the railway line and stopped a train near here to ask the engine driver for a match, railway officials reported today. Reuter.
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    Lock icon SIR ROBERT IS IN LONDON TO SEE THE QUEEN
    59 3 SIR ROBERT HO TUNG, 92, arrives at London to see the Queen and receive a second knighthood. Sir Robert, one of the wealthiest men in Hong Kong, was accompanied on his flight by two nurses. He had oxygen equipment, a collapsible
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    Lock icon Malenkov praises West newsmen
    141 3 Malenkov praises West newsmen MOSCOW, Sun. FRMER Soviet Premier, Mr. Georgi Malenkov, yesterday praised Western newsmen in Moscow as brave people who tell the truth. The unusual tribute came at a party at the Argentine Embassy attended by the Premier Mr. Nikolai Bulganin, the Foreign Minister Mr. V. M. Molotov,
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    Lock icon War on smoke
    38 3 PARIS. Sun. The Paris police chief, M. Andre Dubois. who has won his war against noise in this city by persuading French motorists to stop using their horns, is now organising an anti-smoke week. Reuter.
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    Lock icon TOKYO MENACED BY ARMY OF POISONOUS MOTHS
    125 3 TOKYO, Sun. Tokyo, the world's third largest city, was today threatened by an army of poisonous moths, city authorities reported. The months, which have given an estimated 250,000 people in western and central Japan skin rashes similar to nettle rash, have begun moving
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    Lock icon Lancashire Robert becomes a monk
    60 3 -AND RECEIVES A GIFT AND HOMAGE ROBERT ALVISTON. 25, from Rochdale, Lancashire, receives a gift and homage from a lay worshipper after being installed as a novice Buddhist monk at the Buddhist temple in Knightsbridge, London. His mother was among those who watched the installation.
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    UMNO CHIEF: WE NEED OUR CHINESE PARTNERS
    281 4 'Malays might not be strong enough to fight alone' Amnesty offer still stands MALACCA, Sunday. THF. MALAYS must not ignore the other races in the Federation and hope to fight alone for independence, declared the president of the United Malays National Organisation, Tengku
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    Denial and acquittal
    51 4 RAUB, Sun- -Because of conflicting evidence, the president of the Sessions Court here yesterday acquitted Lashan Singh, 29, on two charges of voluntarily causing hurt. Lashan Singh was alleged to have stabbed two taxi drivers in Mason Road on the night of April 22. He denied both
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    Boys Brigade at church parade
    43 4 The Singapore Battalion of the Boys Brigade yesterday hold a church parade at the Katong Presbyter'an Church In Koon Seng Road. The Rev. Frank Balchin and the Rev. Sia Kah Hui addressed the congregation of members and friends.
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    CHANDU GETS 4 MONTHS
    98 4 KUALA LIPIS, Sun. WHEN Salleh bin Ahmad, a 30 year old b v s inessman from Kota Bharu. Kelantan, stepped off a train here on June 21. two detectives were waiting for him. They searched him and found six slabs of chandu wrap ped around his
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    'Special' stole from comrade
    54 4 IPOH, Sun. A special constable, Endut bin Kassim, 30 pleaded not guilty in the Magistrate's Court here today to stealing $95 from another 'recruit, Jfassan Nordin bin Saad. at thf Federal Training School on Thursday night. Hf was allowed bail of $300 anrl the case was
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    Fined $25
    26 4 JOHORE BAHRU, Sun. Via Hui, who was found in possession of housebreaking implements on June 23, was fined $25 in the Magistrate's Court today.
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    Changi wedding
    36 4 CPL. ROBERT STURDY, of the R.A.F. Police, and Miss Shirley Jackson, a Leading Aircraftwoman, who were married at the St. George's Church in Changi, Singapore, on Saturday. Both are from Birmingham. Straits Times picture.
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    Prison for peon who cheated squatter
    118 4 JOHORE BAHRU, Sun. All bin Re jab, a peon in the Land Office here, was sentenced to 12 months' jail, to be followed by 12 months' police supervision, for dishonestly in- ducing a squatter to pay him $40 on Dec. 1 last year. Khoo
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    DRIVER JAILED
    261 4 His reactions were dull so 5 people died JOHORE BAHRU, Sun. Zainal bin Alma, of the RASC, Kluang, who drove a military lorry on April 21 which overturned on the Kota Tinggl road killing five Malay passengers, was sentenced to four months' jail In the Sessions Court here
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    Bandits injured in own ambush
    161 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. A GANG of 10 terrorists which ambushed and killed a special constable and wounded an Indian assistant estate manager in Negri Sembilan yesterday, shot themselves up as well. A patrol which rushed to the scene after hearing the shooting found bloodstains in
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    MARSHALL AT SHOW OF PHOTOGRAPHS
    92 4 MARSHALL AT SHOW OF PHOTOGRAPHS The Chief Minister, Mr. David Marshall was one of the 150 people, who saw an exhibition of photographs by members and friends of the Menorah Club at 22-B, Bencoolen Street, Singapore, yesterday. Mr. Leon Shiu Hung, a photographer of the Straits rimes, judged the photographs
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    No rice permit
    40 4 JOHORE BAHRU, Sun.— Yeo Beng San, a rubber tapper who was found in possession of cooked rice without a permit in a prohibited area, was fined $500, or four months' Jail, in the Pontian Sessions Court today.
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    GURKHAS LEAVE FOR HOME
    144 4 GURKHAS LEAVE FOR HOME —but 17 will be back again IPOH, Sun. OIXTY Gurkhas of the Second Police Field Force left here today on the first stage of their journey home to Nepal. They will sail from Penang. Forty-tr<-ee of them have completed their four-year contracts with the force. The
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    Shell agrees to union 'in principle'
    107 4 Shell agrees to union 'in principle' THE newly-formed Shell Employees' Union last night released correspondence from the company's assistant manager, Mr. E. C. Hubbard, stating that in principle the employers were not against the formation of a responsible union. The management, however, said that no staff employees in confidential >r
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    Chinese teachers reject rises
    157 4 THEY WANT BIGGER INCREASES KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. THE KUALA LUMPUR ASSOCIATION of Chinese School English Teachers today rejected new Government pay scales which have been offered to them The association will seek the support of other unions and associations representing teachers of English in vernacular schools
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      Lock icon Fighter for Irish freedom shook hands with firing squad
      1397 5 Fighter for Irish freedom shook hands with firing squad A SHARP-FEATURED, emaciated man was led from a cell in Beggars Bush Barracks, Dublin, at dawn in November 1922, and placed with his back to a wall before a firing squad of eight. Before the execution could proceed, he stepped to
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    DEATH
    31 6 M Wm4t HO (minimum). IjOPK/ Mr- Sarah A. Lopez on Tuesday the sth Trlvandmn a requeim hij:h •ung at the Church of I Holy Family. Katong. Ist August at 7am
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS
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    Reluctant Dragon The Straits Times Singapore, Mon. July 11, 1955.
    736 6 Reluctant Dragon The Straits Times Singapore, Mon. July 11, 1955. The nationalist leader in a colonial territory builds his t reputation and his following primarily as a leader of the I opposition. The object of his I unfriendly and undivided at- 1 tention is what he calls the colonial power.
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    Chance For Statesmen
    572 6 Time was when politicians in the Federation eyed the money in the coffers of peaceful and prosperous Singapore with an eager eye. The idea of unity between the two territories was an attractive one from every point of view for them, but Singapore's political leaders, apart from
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    The barricades go up as Beria's troops seal off Moscow's main streets
    1546 6 The barricades go up as Beria 's troops seal off Moscow's main streets But he was not strong enough to rule by himself, says HARRISON fc. bALiiBUrtT, in ms j>cia> v jr j A FEW minutes before 6 a.m. on the morning of March 6, 1953, I left the Central
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    Peking wants simpler written language
    827 6  -  WALTER BRIGGS -By HONG KONG. SEVERAL leading Communist newspapers and magazines recently began publishing 57 common Chinese words in the simplified way most Chinese write them, rather than in the more complicated way they always have been printed. With unrevolutionary caution, the Peking regime thus
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    Vice must be checked
    176 6 MRS. LEON SOH advocates that brothels should be Governmentsponsored. It in effect means that. Government should patronise prostitution or to put it precisely, Government should nationalise brothels. She asserts that it would help to eliminate prostitution in Singapore. This sounds strange for if the Government protects
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    The HA WKERS'SATURDAYNIGHT
    437 7 The HA WKERS' SATURDA Y NIGHT r iPrhtainasters crack the whi]>-and up go 1,000 hands to foil Mr. Mak The aim: A peddlers' paradise— NO police and NO restrictions B o politid ddtsed 1,000 ia'ker* and Associa- urday me of which The others are the Singapore Hawkers' Union (about 3,000
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    OFF TO CAMP FOR TWO WEEKS
    50 7 toun;l at Beach Koad. fiiaf»JTf. was a yesterday morning a* 170 members of nit of the Malayan Auxiliary A'r Force lial two- week tamp at Telok Paku time airmen are shown drilling before t> The campers include M.A.A.F. members ie Federation. Straits Times picture
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    WAILED. HE WANTS MORE
    56 7 I- >■ ssions Git. 62. a rubber tapper, asked ir a longer jail term. He wa s charged with having dried fish without a permit in a food restricted area. 7 ic ■J %'of 5J J» I 5" ■J ll > I •j 5 I f
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    VARSITY CLUB
    151 7 Five named to organise KUALA LUMPUR. Sun /GRADUATES of the Uni\J versity of Malaya. Raflies College and the Medical College met here today and ■■appointed a five-man organIslng committee to plan the formation of a central branch the University of Malaya Society. The central branch will consist of
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    Old clock—a gesture
    66 7 Old clock— a gesture I* The Nanyang University in Singapore, has been presented with a Chinese grandfather 2 i clock worth $600. It was given by a Colony > businessman. Mr. S.P.H. de ■J Silva. as a "fond gesture to the "I university." I" Mr. de Silva is now holiday-
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    Oh, ours is a lovely house ours is
    142 7 Fronts at the front* ...—not this time KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. pEOPLE living in a new block of Government quarters 1 in Cochrane Road complained today that their front doors don't shut "The wooden doors, badlyfitted and too broad, jam on the concrete
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    Dr. Ambedkar delays trip
    54 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. The proposed federation tour by the former Law Minister of India Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, has been delayed for a month. Dr. Ambedkar was to have arrived here in early August. But now he has been asked by local Indians to postpone his
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    More join trade unions
    50 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. Trade union membership in the Federation has increased by 5.048 since the end of March. The increase is centred mainly in the plantation industry. At the end of June there were 24 registered unions in the Federation and 29 waiting to be registered.
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    $35 for jobless war hero
    44 7 The Straits Times has received $35 from two readers for Mr. Ho Kam, a resistance hero in Malaya during the Japanese Occupation who is without a job. "A European well-wisher" sent $25. and Mr. H. S. Tan gave $10.
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    Crane crashes near a canal
    110 7 SIX- TON WEIGHT SLICES THROUGH 12-INCH PIPE AT noon yesterday, an 18-ton crane belonging to I'nited Engineers toppled over on its side in Geylang Koad, Singapore, opposite the police station. Nobody was hurt. The heavy metal object, weighing d tons, which was being j lifted
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    Lucky Miss was really Mrs.
    112 7 Lucky Miss was really Mrs. MISS Julia Koh of Elliott Road. Singapore, the only winner in the Straits Times $5,000 Word Puzzle "I", turned out to be a married woman. Asked why she decided to become a "Miss" for the contest, Mrs. Koh said: "Ever since the contests began, I
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    Sam Spiegel going on secret Malaya trip
    316 7 Sam Spiegel going on secret Malaya trip ...AND 'ALICE' MAR IS SEEKING A CAST FAMOUS Hollywood pror ducer Mr. Sc m Spiegel is going to "disappear" somewhere in Malaya. Mr. Spiegel, who produced "On the Waterfront", is in Malaya to shoot "Bridge Over the River Kwai." He leaves Singapore today
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    Cemetery is blessed
    73 7 The Singapore Buddhist Union yesterday held a dedication service at the new Buddhist cemetery at the 121 milestone. Chua Chu Kang Road. Formerly Crown land, the new 50-acre burial ground will be used by all Buddhists in Singapore, irrespective of nationality. It is the first cemetery owned
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    Rotary gift: A T.B. cottage
    59 7 IPOH, Sun.— The Ipoh Rotary Club has decided to present a $5,000 cottage to the Perak Anti-Tuberculosis Association at the association's rehabilitation centre in Batu Gajah. The retiring president. Mr. Tan Cheng Phor. said at a:i I installation dinner last night that this was to
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    Gifts for college
    32 7 The Muslim College of Malaya has received a gift of $11,053 from the subordinate staff of the Federation Police Force. Another $250 came from the Malayan Agriculture Union. Serdang.
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    SHOPMEN UNITE—TO GET BETTER DEAL
    136 7 SHOPMEN UNITE— TO GET BETTER DEAL PENANG, Sunday. /CHINESE shop assistants here today decided to form a union to fight for better working conditions. Mr. Ooi Thiam Siew. secretary of the Penang division of the Malayan Trade Union Congress, told the inaugural meeting: "It Is no secret that most of
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    He takes over
    37 7 Mr. Leo Thomas, Senior Timber Inspector, has taken over the post of Assistant Timber Purchase Officer in the Forestry Department in the Federation from Mr. Chan Gin Ghee, who is on leave in Britain.
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    High tides
    86 7 TODAY: Singapore 1.58 a.m. (9 ft. 3 in. i 2.52 p.m. (8 ft. 6 in.t; Port Diclcson 956 a.m. (8 ft. 5 In i 10 09 p.m. (7 ft. 7 In.); Prnuug 3.58 am (6 ft. 9 In 3.45 p.m. (7 ft. 4 ln>. TOMORROW: Singapore 245 nm
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    UP GO PICKET CAMPS AT 22 SAWMILLS
    189 7 UP GO PICKET CAMPS AT 22 SAWMILLS Bosses: Why this rush to strike SEVEN HUNDRED workers in Singapore's 22 sawmills yesterday set up camps at factories which they were picketing for the second day "The strike has taken the managements completely by surprise," a spokesman for the Singapore Sawmillers 1
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    Malays in Army: Call for inquiry
    104 7 rpHE Singapore Government i 1 may be asked to set up a commission to inquire into service conditions of Malay soldiers. The Singapore branch of the United Malays National Organisation is now considering a request from its Teluk Blangah sub-branch to raise the matter
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    Women's club
    19 7 BATU GAJAH, Sun. A branch of the Women's Institute of Malaya will be formed here on Tuesday.
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    Memorial unveiled
    68 7 The Memorial East Window In St. George's Garrison Church. Tanglin, Singapore, was unveiled by General Sir Charles Loewen, Commander-in-Chief. Far East Land Forces, yesterday. After that it was dedicated |by Rev. R. Yale, assistant Chaplain General, FARELF. The window is a memorial to all those who have given
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      82 7 The weather MINIMUM TEMPER ATI RE: (7.30 p.m. on July 9 to 7.30 a.m. on July 10); Singapore 76 degrees, Penang 75. Kota Bahru 74, Kuala Lumpur 74, Ipoh 73, Kuan tan 72. MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE: 7 30 a.m. to 7.30 p.m. on July 10 1: Singapore 86, Penang 83. Kota
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    Some confidence back BETTER OUTLOOK
    528 9 Some confidence back BETTER OUTLOOK .tii By Our Market Correspondent THE outstanding feature of the Singapore Share Market last week was the steadiness of all sections, which would suggest that operators have regained a large measure of confidence which waned from the beginning of April to the fiasco of the
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    BUSINESS DONE
    151 9 I .j n ess done Share s reported ;n r the SiBorneo Brit. ecutor Co ;-d. and: [j $170 to i and I park Hotel i Hongincan. £974. ::npsi. ..layan i llli rtea Box $33. Darby Il.Tl'i Straits I Ur.;on In- I We r v.e Bros.! ,5 cents.
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      Rubber settles down
      593 9 Rubber settles down AFTER the exitement of the week there were many signs on Saturday morning that the Singapore Rubber Market was returning to more normal trading. At the beginning of the week shortage of nearby rubber for July shipment sent the price rocketting to $1.30. However, the practical filling
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    SINGAPORE SHARE LIST
    862 9 'FHE Malayan Share Brokers' A Association, Singapore section, issued the following full list of revised quotations following their last meeting on Friday:— INDUSTRIALS Ale, Brick. 8eU Pref ;.9O 1.9S Or *>- a.ao j.so BM. Trustees 860 7.00 Con. Tin Smelt £™t o/. a/. ■»*«rn MM*'.'.' «TBO MX.
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    DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED
    163 9 THE following dividends were announced last week by companies operating in Malaya:— WILLIAM JACKS CO. (MALAYA) LTD.: An interim dividend of 10 r i> less 30 tf income tax, for year ending September 30. payable on July 25 to shareholders on register on that date. Books close July
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      875 9 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS PRINCIPAL SINGAPORE POLYTECHNIC Applications are Invited for the post of first PRINCIPAL of the SINGAPORE POLYTBCHNIC now being established under an autonomous Board of Governors to meet the Colony's needs for higher technical and commercial education. Candidates should have good degrees or equivalent diplomas and high-grade professional qualifications
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      818 9 PUBLIC APPOINTMENT APPLICATIONS are invited from Federal Citizens to nil vacant poets of Technical Cadet/Technical Assistant on the permanent establishment of. the Federal Town Planning Department. Age below below 30. Salary scale: $324-14--352/419 -14 545/562 -18 652 with C.O.L.A. at current rates. Qualifications. Diploma of the Government Technical College or
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      572 9 NOTICES TENDER NOTICE TENDERS from Class "C Con- tractors and above will be received at the office of the State Engineer. PWD, Perak, Ipoh. up to 3 p.m. on 25.7.55, for the Extension of English School at Sungei Sumun. Lower Perak District. All particulars are obtainable from the Executive Engineer,
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      493 9 TENDERS P.W.D. TENDER NOTICE The rloslng drte for the purchase of ONE unserviceable Steam Roller lying In the P.W.D. State Workshops. Alor Star is extended to 20th July 1955. PWD. TENDER NOTICE TENDERS from Class E' and above registered Furniture Contrac'.ors will b e received by the State Engineer, Negri
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      257 10 MY application to join the T.T.C. early this year was rejected because I was not 18 then, even though I have Grade I Certificate. On reading the advertisement some two months back published by the Education Dope, Negri Sembilan. which reads: "Applicants must have attained their 17th but
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      Are the unions to be a refuge for Reds?
      413 10 ARISING out of the PAP annual meeting, I would like to ask the following questions: Resolution No. 1: Mr. Chan Chiau Thor calls on all political parties to fight for the repeal of the Emergency Regulations. The Emergency Regulations were taken
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      THE AIMS OF NEGARA
      264 10 SIR Onn bin Ja'afar has no reason to be alarmed as to the fast rising birthrate of Chinese and Indians if he would only refer to the voters register of the Federation, the statistics of which shows 84.20 per cent. Malays. 11.16 per cent Chinese, 4.64
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      BRIDGE
      324 10  -  KENNETH KONSTAM by "nUP^CATE Bridge," by J. C H. Fox (Edward Arnold Ltd. 10s. 6d.) fills a long-apparent need and gives players an insight into the realms of competitive bridge. Club secretaries and others interested in the promotion of tournaments will be well advised to procure a copy. The
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      THE HIGH PRICE OF FRUIT
      103 10 THE HIGH PRICE OF FRUIT .rMtLTr is one of the r essential diets. Prices for Australian apples and pears have gone up since the establishment of the Australian Apple and Pear Importers' Committee in Singapore. This monopoly ensures steady selling prices, which at times reach a level beyond the reach
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      LITIGANTS ARE CHASED AWAY
      68 10 /CHINESE interpreters of the v^ supreme nad sessions court at Alor Star do not behave as public servants. When these officers are asked to explain any matters or statutory declarations they are not courteous at all. They always chase the litigants to the magistrate's court, whereas
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      328 10 Straits Times Crossword t™ mm 5"" r* m e~ r~ 5™ 1 10 «SS| 11 ZiZIZiIBZIZIIII 12 in 13 1* is $m 16 17 is ||i 75" 20 21 22 25 |H 2* "25" m "26" ACROSS 8 Picture opposite to starboard 1 Out of print for at least 455
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    BENNETT STOPS ROUT BUT IS OUT AT 99
    522 11 Middlesex lose three for 10, then go on to 206 LONDON, Sun. F|ON BENNETT, the young all-rounder, saved Middlesex from a complete collapse in their county cricket championship match against Warwickshire at Edgaston yesterday and was then dismissed needing only one run
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    Selangor and Penang tie rained off
    181 11 STATE CRICKET PENANO, Sun. T»HE Penang and Selangor interx state cricket match, continued on the Western Road ground today, was abandoned 45 minutes before tea because of rain. Selangor were leading by 20 runs on first innings and had dismissed two Penang players for
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    Eng Cheng to lead North
    110 11 PENANG, Sun. QELANGOR'S captain O Chua En ff Cheng will lead North against South in the annual Malayan cricket "test" at Kuala Lumpur on July 30. 31 and Ail*. 1. The North side, announced immediately after today's Seiangor v Penang match, will be: Chua Eng
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    Lock icon LATE TRY
    24 11 NEWCASTLE. Sun. A last minute try enabled Newcastle, New South Wales, to beat the French Rugby League touring team 17-15 yesterday. Reuter.
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    K.L. WEIGHTS FOR WEDNESDAY
    210 11 WEIGHTS for >ll TT six races on Wednesday, second day of Selanfor Turf Club July Meeting. are: Cl. 4, Div. j-6 Furs Record Time 9.00 Shoeshlne Boy 8.13 Freedom Train II 8.12 Barracuda 8.11 Fay's Harvest 8.09 Davenport 8.08 Sybil's Pride 8.07 Bncentanr 8.05 Counsel IV
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    KERRY LAUGHTER HAS EARNED CHANCE FOR A PROMOTION
    304 11 Jeep's Jottings DACK from a brief spell up the hills, Kerry Laughter scored one of the easiest wins seen at the Kuala Lumpur course this season when he pulverised his opposition by six lengths in the Class 4, Div. 7f. handicap on
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    SONNEVILLE OUT AFTER KEEN DUEL
    405 12 PENG Soon's semi-final battle with the Malayan and former Selangor cham- pion, Ferry Sonneville, will be long remembered by Kuala Lumpur fans. Peng Soon was at his sparkling best and mastered th(> Indonesian in 58 minutes> with a 14-18. 15-12. 15-3 victory. But there was
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    Upset in the Mixed final
    113 12 IN the mixed final, Abdullah x Piruz and Miss Chia Pik Sim surprised the Malayan and Selangor mixed champions. Chan Kon Leong and Mrs. Samuel in a three set affair, winning 15-10, 5-15. 18-16. There waa a surpri.se in the men's doubles final when it
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    Eddie makes amends for All England defeat
    770 12 MALAYANS WIPE OUT INDONESIAN CHALLENGE PENG SOON BEATEN IN 3 SETS KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. TN one of the most thrilling badminton finals Eddie Choong avenged his All England defeat by Wong Peng Soon when these two topranking Malayans met in the final of
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    ALL THE RESULTS
    246 12 MEN'S SINGLES Semi-finals: Worn; Peng Soon (Spore) beat Ferry Sonneville (Indonesia) 14-18, 15-12, 15-3; Eddie (noons < p ng.) beat Olich Solchin (Indonesia) 15-7,, 15-12. FINAL: E. Choong beat Wong Peng Soon 15-7, 7 13, 17-16. MEN'S DOUBLES Semi finals: Eddie hoong (Png.) and Ong Poh Lim
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    GOLD CUP CHAMP
    35 12 EDDIE CHOONG, former AH England champion, who beat Wong Peng Soon 15-7, 7-15, 17-16 to win the men's singles championship in the Selangor international Gold Cup tournament in Kuala Lumpur last night
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    Army and SCC batsmen fail
    641 12 By Our Cricket Reporter THERE were two great surprises yesterday in the senior cricket tournament. The two leading teams, Army and Singapore Cricket Club, were beaten by Indian Association and Singapore Recreation Club respectively. These two upsets have thrown the tournament more open and now
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    CYCLE TOli TO MANSOoI
    44 12 CYCLE TOli TO MANSOoI Twenty-tun-Sawi, captain ol C.C. won the "Tom o 1955." Dr. Chan Aii Kov trophy, from X) r His time for the 58 34min. 39.sec. Second Teng (Choni: H and third Low Hwa> two length^ f Trent y eight ■lie course.
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    .Senior tourney Scoreboard
    799 12 SRC v SCO SINGAPORE Recreation Club beat Singapore Cricket Club by 11 runs on the S.R.C. padang. STORE RECREATION CLUB J. Martens c Cobley b Kirkham 0 Galistan c McMullan b Kirkham 24 Schubert c Armitage b Kirkham 10 Le Mercier c Armitage b Wood house 10
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    GLADYS WINS 9th TITLE AND IS 0N WAYTOONEMORE
    488 12 GLADYS WINS 9th TITLE AND IS 0N WAY TO ONE MORE MRS. GLADYS LOKE CHUA won the won title in the Singapore lawn tennis open j ships for the third year in succession wh< i Mrs. P. F. de Souza 7-5, 6-3 in the final Tanglin Club yesterday. Mrs. de
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    Hong [(on were weal before got
    177 12 UONG KONG Chi, beaton 2-1 yan Chinese nual Ho Ho c Saturday, v 1-1 by a Mala selection at Jals stadium yesti Hong KonK. ai the 10th minute chances to cor position but they front of goal Chinese, thoug] well, were abli the 47th
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