The Straits Times, 26 July 1955

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    13 1 The Straits Times He***** Estd. 1845. SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, JULY 26, 1955 13 CENTS
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    SELF-RULE SHOCK for BOYD
    5368 1 Surprise move by Progressive* leads to new Singapore constitutional crisis Give it to us now —Assembly APORE Legislative Assembly yest ;i message to the Governor, Sir ick, that it was the opinion of the there should be immediate selfnd a new constitution, and that i ld
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    THE CROWD FOLLOWS GORA
    26 1 j ...and upsets his scheduled one-sheep makan I A SECTION o/ the crowd of 4,000 who gathered to see Gora Siiigh cat
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    'How can I eat when you kick me around like a football?'
    376 1 A542-lb. wrestler, Gora Singh, yesterday began his challenge meal of a barbecued full-grown sheep at Empress Place, Singapore. But he did not finish it. Policemen and an overenthusiastic audience of 4.000 prevented him. He began his monster meal
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    CRUNCH....THE BIG EAT
    11 1 CRUNCH. ...THE BIG EAT Gora takes a bite off a rib,
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    $200,000 RUBBER LOST IN FIRE
    193 1 It started near side door of S.H.B. godown AFIRE which raged for half an hour last night destroyed about $200,000 worth of rubber in a Singapore Harbour Board godown. The rubber, which was stored in Godown No. 147. near Gate 3, belonged to Messrs. Harrisons
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    FONG IS BACK: IT'S A BIG SURPRISE
    303 1 FONG IS BACK: IT'S A BIG SURPRISE Released union chief is fatter pONG SWEE SIT AN, secretary and general affairs officer of the Singapore Bus Workers' Union, who was arrested under the Emergency Regulations 45 days ago, was released yesterday. His reappearance in Singapore caught many trade union officials by
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    Lock icon Quit India note to envoy
    100 1 Quit India note to envoy NEW DELHI, Mon. rE Portuguese legation here would close on Aug. 8 following an Indian demand Mr. Nehru the Prime Minister announced in Parliament today. He made the announcement as the campaign for a merger with India of Goa on the west coast reached a
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    Lock icon RED CHINA FOR THE SUMMIT
    75 1 WASHINGTON. Mon.— The United States and Red China will send ambassadors to Geneva next Monday to discuss "repatriation of civilians" who want to return to their own countries and "certain other practical matters now at issue." The U.S. State Department said Mr. Alexis Johnson, ambassador
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    Baby's body exhumed
    51 1 Was it strangled? SINGAPORE police last night exhumed the body of a day-old child buried two weeks ago in the backyard of a house in West Coast Road Police believe the child was strangled to death. They have questioned the child's mother but no arrests have been
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    Lock icon Stone dead
    32 1 LONDON. Mon. Timothy Rex Pointen, nine, went to the cemetery yesterday to place flowers on his father's grave and was killed when the headstone tumbled over on to him.— UP.
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    Lock icon Bomb in cabaret
    26 1 NICOSIA, Mon.— A bomb exploded last night in an open-air cabaret in Famagusta. The 80 occupants, including some British families, escaped injury.— Reuter.
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    Boat sinks
    31 1 TOKYO. Mon.— A 26-ton Japanese fishing boat with a crew of 12 sank in heavy seas 30 miles oft a Soviet-held island in the northern Kurile chain.— U. P.
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    Lock icon U.N. to debate Cyprus
    39 1 NEW YORK, Mon. Mr. Christian K. Palamas, Greek permanent representative to the UN., said he would ask that the Cyprus question be put on the agenda of the General Assembly session starting Sept. 20.— AP.
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    Murder probe moves to Malaya
    287 1 Murder probe moves to Malaya INVESTIGATIONS into the murder of a Singapore man, William Nelson Miller, in a Rangoon hotel in March, have moved to Singapore and the Federation. An inspector from the Burmese C.I.D. has visited the Federation and is now in Sin- gapore seeking Information about the murdered
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    Lock icon STOP PRESS
    55 1 CEYLON MADL S'ilM. OUT OF CHINA C OLOMBO. Mon— rvlon Diade a profit of 111 snil- ID ruprrs. (alniiit S*» l million) on her rubbrr-ricp. jsirt with China In tlir two years IMi and i:t.l Mr. i'.niibokkp. aii'p. Minister «>f fommrrrr. Trad- and I i hrnrj told Ih*
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    MARSHALL ACCUSES NEWSPAPER
    433 2 I rpilh SPEAKER, Mr. G. E. N. Oehlers. will rule whether a report in the Singapore Free Press of I the first day's debate in tin- Legislative Assembly on the constitutional crisis amounted to a breach of privilege. The request for a ruling was made by the
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    Lock icon SINGAPORE CRISIS 'GROTESQUE'
    348 2 Temper partly to blame newspaper LONDON, Mon. HP H E MANCHESTER Guardian today stated that Mr. David Marshall, the Chief Minister in Singapore. is probably right in thinking that the present type of constitution in the Colony cannot have a very long life. The constitutional crisis has
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    LONDON STOCKS
    272 3 LONDON. Mon. (CONDITIONS akin to a slump hit the stock market today when, with operators extremely cautious In front of the Chancellor of the Exchequer's statement on the economic position, prices rased sharply right from the outset. Closing middle prices of selected stocks not including stamp duty were:
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    Lock icon OSTRALIA SAYS ASIA WAS BYPASSED
    199 3 qaves to settle Pacific problems likely-including recognising China fhreat less in Europe but not in Far East CANBERRA, Monday. instralian Prime Minister, Mr. R. G. ,nd the Minister of External Affairs, fin Casey, said yesterday that the Big h\ passed Far East problems at Geneva.
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    Lock icon U.S. CALL FOR TALKS WITH CHINA
    97 3 U.S. CALL FOR TALKS WITH CHINA WASHINGTON, Mon. SI.NATOR Walter F. George (Democrat) suggested on ;i television programme last nieht that a "face to face" meeting between senior United States diplomats and the Chinese Communists should be held within six months. An American indication of willingness to sit down with
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    Lock icon An end to 'never never' land
    167 3 An end to 'never never' land FROM NOW ON IT'S ONE-THIRD DOWN LONDON, Mon. ]i|R. R. A. BUTLER, the iTi Chancellor of the Exchequer, today announced stricter hire purchase measures in a drive to curb Britain's spending spree which is threatening inflation. He told the House of Commons that people
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    Swimmer quits
    21 3 won a Mexican I iomcz Valight to be to cross the yes. 1 Rave ■■> n by the A P.
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    Lock icon Leave tip to airmen: Avoid tourists
    61 3 Leave tip to airmen Avoid tourists BEMJN, Mon. Members of the Sect Mid Allied Tactical Air Force in Germany, most of them Royal Air Force men. have been warned to "steer clear of spots catering for American tourists' when visitinß France on leave this summer. Such places were "scaled to
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    7 die in fire
    28 3 OTTAWA. Mon. Seven children, all members of one family, were burnt to death in a fire that destroyed a small house at Hull. Quebec.
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    Lock icon RUSSIANS GIVEN BANNER
    63 3 Three Hu.srs. touring Eng-I presented with a which once I Durham village I Moscow."' i which bears the Lenin, Marx and the British socialist Keir Hardie. was used by miners of Chopwcll during the 1926 General Strike. Last year, they bought a new banner and the old
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    Lock icon Duchess tries her hand at show of Singapore art
    83 3 THE DUCHESS of Kent tries her hand during her visit to the exhibition of paintings by Singapore artists at the Imperial Institute in London. The philosophy of Chinese art has four moods, said the Singapore Art Society president, Mr. Ho Kok
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    Lock icon SAME MAN, SAME SEAT
    242 3 Sinn Fein plan to upset by-election BELFAST. Mon. Defiant members of the Sinn Fein Party have decided to endorse again as a candidate for a seat in the British Parliament a man already disqualified because he is serving a orison sentence The Su.n Feiners -who are
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    Lock icon YOUNG DUKE DENIES DRIVING BAN
    161 3 Three crashes still on the road LONDON. Monday. rpHE Duke of Kent has denied that the Queen has banned him from driving alone. The 19-year-old cousin of i the Queen was involved in three crashes in the last 13 months and it was reported that
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    Lock icon 16 hurt in Irish border clash
    105 3 16 hurt in Irish border clash BELFAST. Mon. A DOZEN civilians and four police were injured in a pitched street battle over Irish partition in the streets of Newtown Butler, County Fermanagh, late yesterday. Eleven men, six from across the border in the Irish Republic, wert arrested. The fight occurred
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    Lock icon Ship is released after shootings
    52 3 SUEZ. Mon. Egyptian port authorities have released the troopship Anna Salen, after guards fired on deserting foreign legionnaires, killing one and wounding two. Most men who deserted from the Anna Salen are reported to have been court martialled in Indo-China for having deserted to the
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    Lock icon Yes, we'll have those bananas
    63 3 KINGSTON, Mon. Jamaica's Chief Minister, Mr. Norman Manley, back from Britain, said that the price support scheme for the banana industry for the next five years would ensure it functioning profitably. "It is the first plan of this sort ever agreed on between Britain and
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    Lock icon The 'caretaker' Cabinet
    61 3 JAKARTA. Mon.— The Cabinet of Dr. Ali Sastroamldjojo, which resigned on Saturday night, will carry on a "caretaker" administration until a new government is formed. The vice president, Dr. Hatta. who is acting with full powers while President Soekamo is absent on a pilgrimage* to Mecca, asked
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    Lock icon $5 mil. hotel
    34 3 CAIRO, Mon. Premier Nasser yesterday laid the foundation of the new U555,000,000 "Nile Hilton" Hotel being erected on the site of the old Kasrelnil barracks, which once housed British troops.— AP.
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    Lock icon GIRLS CHOOSE 'UGLIEST MAN'
    64 3 ROME, Mon. Casanova had a shock yesterday he was elected "The ugliest man in the valley." Just to make a change from women's beauty competitions the people of the Alpine vil- lage of Luserna, San Giovanni, decided to honour the most unsightly male. A Jury of
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    LONDON TIN
    24 3 LONDON, July 25. Cash Buyers £766: Sellers £768; Forward Buyers £758: Sellers £760: Settlement £768. Turnover a.m. 60 tons. p.m. 70 tons.
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    LONDON RUBBER
    33 3 LONDON, July 25 S] it 39d Ancr. 39d.. Sept. 38' id Oct. -Dec. 37 'id., Jan. -Mar. Apr-June 34',d., July c.l.f. unquoted, Aug. c.i.f. SSUd., Sept. c.i.f. 37? id. Tone: Steady.
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    Specials rise to rank of inspector
    93 5 Specials rise to rank of inspector eernment recruiting ,i a with a Ol opfor early nen of all who join be bail for id previous lorces in spokesman 1 Times last rary inspected from trmporary .id boon mute- i ■re la a. romotton to rporaJ and Age limits ted In
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    CITY MEN FACE BRIBE CHARGE
    39 5 CITY MEN FACE BRIBE CHARGE il cleanalmed trial Fifth Magis--<rday to 1 was charged from Wong Chlat Road nducement »n of two summonses Kok Sang B- nedict was abottlng the and J.iiy 19 I bail and ned to Aug.
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    Man stoned at park
    25 5 table broke up men while they in outiide the k on Sunday 0 Lai Pao. wa^ «pital with :nes. been arrested.
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    GANGSTERS BEAT YOUTH TO DEATH, INQUEST TOLD
    554 5 Three boys were pali until two joined a secret society A YOl TH who refused to go out with two boyhood friends because they had joined a secret society, was beaten to death by the other two, a Singapore inquest was told yesterday.
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    New lawyer
    23 5 Mr. Joachim Yeck Poh Chia. barrister at-law, was admitted to the Singapore Bar yesterday by the Chief Justice, Sir Charles Murray-Aynsley
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    IRANIUM SURVEY IN FEDERATION SOON
    70 5 I KUALA LUMPUR. Monday. the Federation's uranium resources is fried out soon. Wed following "i uranium by Hockin, the Mines chief research an abandoned tin ten miles of in March. d mines a few also believed ranium. be carried gicaj Survey ■over hilly n the
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    BUSTLE IN PORT AGAIN
    108 5 Innocent victims of strike called back PORT SWETTENHAM, Mon. ONE HUNDRED daily paid dock workers who were sacked here last month will get their jobs back in a few days. The workers were dismissed because the London dock strike held up shipping bound for Port Swettenham.
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    More gang arrests
    61 5 Loot recovered Singapore police yesterday arrested three more Indians believed to be members of a housebreaking gang which has been operating in the Gillman Barrack."; area in the last two months. On Saturday, eight of the gang, were rounded up. With the arrest of the three yesterday,
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    'Good luck to you'
    47 5 Air Marshal F. J. Fressanges, Commander-in-Chief, Far East Air Force, has sent a message of congratulations to No. 1 Bomber 1 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, which today celebrates the fifth anniversary of its first operation against the Communist terrorists in the Federation.
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    'Death case' remand
    71 5 Yip Kai Chong wa s chrrged in the Singapore Fourth Magistrate's Court yesterday with causing the death of Wong Fatt on the night of June 16 at Lorong 23. Geylang. He was alleged to have been with seven other persons at the time of the crime. No
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    ASP accused of traffic offence
    16 5 ■HRU. Mon. wag charged Court here raffle sign. d the case
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    School concert
    12 5 Mon -The School will rt at the ment park .11
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    Harrow bom who play cat-and-mouse in an alley
    138 5 I •hoJ MB the 'hange a big Tul Police Time. en made they keep Mr p. j. OfTicerBtation. "It has been a cat-and--1 mouse game with them au I along." hP added. Police raids on those hawkers, sometimes as many as five
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    Art show
    26 5 The Singapore Art Society will hold a "black and white" exhibition at the British Council gallery in Stamford Road from Friday to August 7.
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    HIDDEN IN CAR—2 DAGGERS
    67 5 HIDDEN IN CAR— 2 DAGGERS JOHORE BAHRU, Mon. Two daggers were found under the floor board of a car when it was searched by the police on July 18. In the magistrate's court today Tan Ah Khoon was charged with retaining stolen property, namely the two daggers which belonged to
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    126 Hume strikers plead guilty and are discharged
    372 5 126 Hume strikers plead guilty and are discharged ODD MAN OUT WASN'T IN COURT— BECOUSE OF RAIN ALL but one of the 127 men arrested on May 10 A ata strike at the Hume (Far East) Industries Ltd., were discharged absolutely yesterday, by the Singapore Fifth Magistrate, Mr. R. B.
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    A dragon convicts a robber
    141 5 AN 11 -year-old schoolboy told a Singapore court yesterday that he identified the youth who had robbed him and his classmate in Neil Road by a dragon-head tattoo on his left shoulder. Chew Choy Seng, of Trafalgar Afternoon School, said he later identified the youth
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    MALACCA TO RELIVE 500 YEARS OF HISTORY
    133 5 MALACCA TO RELIVE 500 YEARS OF HISTORY MALACCA, Mon. rE Resident Commissioner, Mr. H.G. Hammett, will portray a British settler of the 18th century in a cavalcade of international costumes which will be the highlight of a Ball at the Kubu Stadium here on Friday night. Wearing square cut brocaded
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    FLOOD—HERE WE GO ONCE AGAIN
    77 5 FLOOD— HERE WE GO ONCE AGAIN LOW-LYING areas in Singapore were flooded yesterday after the morning's torrential rain. A Meteorological Department spokesman told the Straits Times that 4.32 inches of rain fell since 4 a.m. About two inches fell in the first hour. Several roads were flooded and traffic had
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    $50 signal
    27 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Mon. Kadir Mydin, a taxi driver, was fined $50 here today for failing to stop when signalled by a constable to do so.
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    Rotary meeting
    27 5 The Police Secretary, Mr. Peter Claque, will be the guest speaker at tomorrow's luncheon meeting of the Singapore Rotary Club at the Capitol Blue Room.
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    7 HEARD 2 PLAN ROBBERY,' BOY TELLS POLICE
    104 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon— An Indian youth today told detectives he had overheard an Indian and Chinese sayin? to each other in English they would "clean out" an office they planned to break into. This information was given when the detectives began investigating
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    IN MEMORIAM
    37 6 20 Word, flo (minimum). McCOHMICK. J. passed away at Chatswood. Australia on 26.7.1954. Thou art gone but not forgotten 1 ed In our hearts thou wlfl always be. Inserted by D. A. J. Malim Nawar."
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS
    133 6 20 Wordu $10 (minimum). FOLLOW PEDANT Every Day in I <\:iy Mail' if you want to win' t noo word puzzle. CAN YOU SEE That Girl? Yes, the one In brown. You can tell right Madeline Gown." DOING -IO SMITHS Party? tke a clothes-pen or better! SMll bottle of
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      Time For Thought
      630 6 Time For Thought It is not at all surprising that the Governor of Singapore, after receiving the motion on self-government passed by the Assembly, should have said that he must have time to study the implications before he could give a reply to the House. There has been a radical
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      Reporting Mr. Marshall
      539 6 Reporting Mr. Marshall Whether or not questions of privilege are involved, the press of Singapore has a clear duty to I report fairly and accurately proceedings in the Legislative Assembly. This is fully recognised and accepted as responsible newspapers do recognise and accept and the aim of fair reporting is
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      IDEALS OF THE ARTSI THEATRE!
      559 6 IDEALS OF THE ARTSI THEATRE IHAVE read the two letters, inspired by Enid Quitzow's earlier letter, with a certain chagrin, since neither of the writers seem to have grasped the point of the Singapore Arts Theatre and neither have even bothered to get their facts correct. For example, it may
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      DIET OF CULTURE!
      142 6 1 don't doubt that "Singapore knows a good thing when it sees it". But first you have to get Singapore to see it. So many people in so many other, parts of the world see so many good things in their theatres because so many people are
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      Wrong people
      81 6 I SHOULD like to close the E correspondence on the E amateur theatre by answer- s ing T.C.s comment that "we E have helped to produce, by s sheer argument alone, the best audience the Stage Club has ever had for their next z production." E This is
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      University's part
      485 6 T was very pleased to read x Professor Parkinson's most learned criticism of the Singapore constitution. On a subject of such importance and political controversy, discussion on the merits and demerits of the case should not only be confined to the proceedings in the Assembly House alone, but
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      DEMOCRACY IS TO BLAME
      225 6 PROFESSOR Parkinson, in his article on "The Flaw In The Rendel Constitution," blames (1) the City Council for stealing away the available talent from the Assembly, (2) the recommendation that each constituency should have but a single member. No doubt there arp flaws in the Rendel
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    Sincerity alone not work the Federal constituting
    1470 6 Sincerity alone not work the Federal constituting By A Political Correspondent I TOMORROW is E-Day in the Federation. Some eighty per cent of j the 1,250,000 electors I are expected to go and cast their votes in the I 1.500 polling booths throughout the country. For the 129 candidates j
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    NO MONEY FOR MILK FOR TRIPLETS
    115 7 USSIS KIN MAT KAJI, mine labourer in I'.li.ini. Selangor, hi* wife told iother bahv was i n.hlv five chil- i timiU and his j O nh s.\4o a day. however, that j '.i Found for an ith if be save up ttes and after-
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    SULTANAH TO BE CROWNED
    119 7 tyctacular Johore ceremony \HKU. Mon. I ircella Ibrahim, :iah of Johort rowned In the here on during the liamond Jubilee will be the In the State yrars. mbers of Royal every State crowding in room of the i overlooking the Straits of Johore. Community leaders and
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    WERE? THEN REFUSE THIS
    53 7 P. P. Nara-| the Mala- 1 n Council. nation to itive Conn- to the trade Mr. K. R. R Choudhary. president of the Labour Party (Perak Branch; said today. Mr. Choudhary said: "The president of the Trades Union Congress in England does not sit in the
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    Now 'famous last words,' final rallies
    325 7 Now 'famous last words,' final rallies HELICOPTERS, MOTORBOATB, BICYCLES STAND BY FOR THE POLLS SIR DONALD WILL TOUR STATIONS 24 hours to go to Federal election day, most candidates held their final rallies and made their final speeches last night. By tonight leaders of political parties and campaigners will be
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    The Tengku's election bet is accepted
    176 7 The Tengku's election bet is accepted PENANG, Mon. PENANG officials of Party Negara today accepted Tengku Abdul Rahman's offer to "bet 'with anybody" that the Alliance candidate, Inche Suleiman bin Dato Z Abdul Rahman, would I defeat Dato Sir Onn bin Ja'afar, Negara's secre- tary-general, in the Johore Bahru constitu-
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    154 7 THEIR LAST SAY 'Beware the hymn of hate' KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. rfiENGKU Abdul Rahman, I th c UMNO president in an all-party broadcast tonight, warned the people of the Federation against propaganda aimed at fostering inter-racial suspicion and hatred. Speaking for the Alliance, he said that in the course of
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    86 7 'We're men who'll make a state' BROADCASTING for Party Negara. Mr. R. Ramanl said that to Negara first things come first. "The first thing that we require and yearn for," he said, "is complete political freedom, in the wake of which will come, as they must, every other freedom." Party
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    NO SUN FOR 'ALICE'
    194 7 NO SUN FOR 'ALICE' and lots of trouble T*HE filming unit of "A Town Like Alice" had another unlucky day yesterday —on Sunday director Jack Lee and producer Joseph Janni got only three minutes of sunshine and then stopped "shooting." It rained all day yesterday and the sky was dark
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    Iron rod in stomach
    56 7 Majid bin Haji Mohamed, living in Anson Road, Singapore, woke up at 3.45 a.m. yesterday to find an iron rod sticking in his stomach. It is not known whether he was stabbed by someone while asleep or that the rod fell off a shelf and struck
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    Magistrate refuses to hand her over
    313 7 Magistrate refuses to hand her over RUNAWAY GIRL CHARGED WITH $670 THEFT TTHE Singapore Fourth L Magistrate, Mr. J. M. Devereux Colebourn, yesterday refused to accept a warrant authorised by the British Adviser, Johore, for the extradition of Lou Kid Lio, 17, who was arrested on a China-bound ship on
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    Man stabbed in debt quarrel
    41 7 A 41-year-old .shopkeeper, Tan Kai Kee, was stabbed in the chest in Chua Chu Kang Village, Singapore, yesterday morning. He was wounded in a fight with a man over a debt. Tan was admitted to hospital.
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    Bitter kampong fight for Timor seat
    172 7 KUANTAN, Mon. TTOE hardest fight in the Federal elections in Pahang is for the Timor constituency. Inche Abdul Rahman bin Talib (Alliance) and Tuan Sheikh Kadir bin Sheikh Omar (Independent) have conducted intensive campaigns, especially in the outlying kampongs. On Saturday night, Inche Rahman
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    A late arrival gets good rallies
    126 7 KOTA BHARU, Mon. A POLLING day landslide may carry an independent candidate, Nik Mohammed bin Abdul Rahman, to victory over the Alliance favourite, Inche Abdul Hamid bin Mahmud. in the Kelantan Central constituency. Nik Mohamed- did not start his campaign until last week, although
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    Mufti denies 'vote for Muslims' story
    152 7 PENANG, Mon. THE Mufti of Penang and Provine Wellesley, Tuan Haji Abdullah Fahim, said today that Muslims could vote foi non-Muslim candidates in the Federal elections. "For a Muslim to back a non-Muslim is not forbidden." he stated in a circular to voters here.
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    MacDONALD FLIES IN FOR TALKS
    224 7 First he meets Marshall then Black HPHE Commissioner-General, Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald, had separate discussions on Singapore's constiturionai crisis with the Governor Sir Robert Black and the Chief Minister Mr. David Marshall soon after he returned from London yesterday afternoon. Looking grim and agitated, Mr.
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    $100 robbery
    19 7 Two men robbed the proprietor of a coffeeshop in Mosque Street, Singapore, of $100 on Sunday morning.
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    HUNT FOR SEX ATTACKERS
    57 7 Police are on the hunt for two men who raped a 14--year-old Chinese girl in a forest reserve near Mandai, Singapore. The police were told of the l attack on Sunday, three days after the incident. The girl was abducted by the two men while she
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    Diphtheria need not menace your child
    483 8 MOTHERCRAFT IN MALAYA Sayt j I IURBE BRIDGET IT IS with great l thankfulness that we read of the progress which is being made towards protecting our i children from polioE myelitis, and it is to be hoped that before E many years have
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    WARM TRAVEL WEAR IS CHEAPER NOW
    524 8  -  MAXINE RAKICH By rrHE trend toward good A quality, well styled and reasonably priced winter suits and dresses is proving a boon to travellers to Europe. For too long have these clothes been priced "sky high." There was a time when a wool dress
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    Clip -on comfort
    124 8 Clip -on comf ort Here it list, says EILEEN ANDERSON FRUITS of a very welcome idea are lying on my desk— in the shape of two tiny pads of foam rubber. They mean real clip-on earring comfort. The tiny pads have adhesive backs. You stick these backs to the inside
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    What A Life !
    397 8  - What A Life Christine mrar *r Crisis solu4io n MONDAY JOE invites us J out for a picnic in his boat and takes us to Pulau Sudong, where as usual we are greeted in the most friendly manner by the islanders. I think they must recently have seen a period,
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      334 8 Straits Times Crossword 8 H ij li~ >8 .9 ill 20 m 77 Hi 25 24 r ACROSS 13 Copper is after Mrs. Schmidt 8 Contest In which we are ex- deception (5). pected to play the man (5, 10). 16 Co 1 of oil scattered in May. 9 Quite
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    Pioneer Channel flyer crash-landed, shot into fame
    1593 9 Pioneer Channel flyer crash-landed, shot into fame IN the summer of 1909 a London newspapei offered, in view of later happenings perhapi rather rashly, a prize of £1,000 for the firs' aeroplane that should cross the Channel. As the committee of Imperial Defence wen at the same moment debating the
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      154 9 Sherlock Holmes Merciful man iHck Trucg Encouraging illusion HH| I r CIVE 'EM A THOROUGH 1 [MEANWHILE, CHIEF. ASK THE 1 fRUOHEACfe MEN UNDOUeTTEDLpT I EXAMINATION UNDER THE AMBULANCE SQUAD TO SEND FIGURE. A FEW OF THEIR I COMPARISON MIKE, W.LL NOU. UP SOME GAUZEBANDA^S: I SUJQS HTT ISP r&WT
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    31 11 ,t KNK. Mon. ,c. a strong ::n? artlve in d were Oils were nlum were Loans were 9/16 11% buyer buyer i 29 10 Ifl 3 9 21 3'i
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    57 11 'i.unr Banks I'.llowing merchants Irani] T.T. iya 33 credit I T. 32%, 32 i < redlt bills, OX), ready: New d;i 31 13 IB; Swiss caeh rrancs *****; I Deu'soho lln|l..nd (ildr. 123 U l>.ini>h Kroner in Kronn 2:«3 '-j Xdrn Shillincs te market in lay, the U.S.
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    U.S. pepper imports
    39 11 be Depart- I report. 1 United I pepper t :irr:oci January/ ludva totalled :::pared with j in the correspond- j Indonesia I poui i Malaya 10 078.897 and unds. for 'he same 2v; and 970.300 I
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    RUBBER PRODUCTION IN FEDERATION IS UP 15 PER CENT
    447 11 RUBBER PRODUCTION IN FEDERATION IS UP 15 PER CENT By Our Market Correspondent RUBBER .production in the Federation of Malaya in the first^six months of thin year rose by 15.4 per cent to 304,573 tons compared with the corresponding period last year and was the highest total produced in the
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    BROKERS' REPORT
    411 11 The Malayan Share Brokers' Association. Singapore aection, reported: "The- local share market opened the week with most industrials inclined to eaae while tins and rubbers continued to be in demand." Singapore brokers reported the following business yesterday:— Praser and Neave ords •1.72H; Gammon $2.60 (odd lot) W. Hammer
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    RUBBER PRICES
    143 11 August first grade rubber buyers' f.o.b. closed in Singapore yesterday at $1.33\ per lb., half a cent above Saturday's closing price. The closing tone was barely steady. Closing prices In cents per lb. No. 1 R.S.S. Spot f.o.b. buyers 133' i sellers 134: No. 1 R.S.S. August buyers
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    99 11 Singapore Chinese Produce Exchange: noon prices per picul yesterday were: Copra: quietly steady; July $27 2 buyers, $27 3|4 sellers; August $28 I|B buyers. $28 3 8 sellers. Coconut oil: steady quiet; bulk $41 12 sellers, drum $44 l! 2 sellers. Pepper: quiet with no business reported; Muntok
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      172 11 SHIPPING NOTICES T.S.S. "STATE OF MADRAS" Sailing August 8, 1955. DECK Tickets to Negapattlnam and Madras will be on sale on August 1, 1955 and may be had at our office on production of valid travel documents. B. JUMABHOY SONS LTD. Agents: Eastern Shipping Corp- Ltd. FERN VILLE LINES M/S
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      821 11 NOTICES REPAIRS T6 BRIDGE 28/3 KUANTAN— KEMAMAN ROAD To effect repairs, the above bridge will be closed to all traffic from 8 pjn. to 6 a.m. from 30.7.55 to 18.8.55 (Inclusive). GOVERRMENT OF THE FEDERATION OF MALAYA BURSARIES students from the Federation who wish to apply for Bursaries for courses
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      819 11 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS THS CSNTRAL PROVIDENT Fund Board Invites Applications for the combined post of Secretary and Legal Aaatetaot to the Board at a Salary of $1,500 x $25-11,750. Applicants should write to the Secretary (E> Central Provident Fund Board. P.O. Box 3060, Singapore, not later than 4th August. 1955. stating
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      768 11 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS APPLICATIONS are invited from Federal Citizens for appointment of Storekeeper. Department of Agriculture at Bnjtneer/ Workshops Store, Serdang and Kelantan. Age 17 to 23 years. The salary scale for Std. VII English is $100 x A 7.50 US/ 137.50 x A 7.50 182.50/197.50 X A 7.50 295 and
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      Indians to fight Japs for Malaya's textile mart
      661 12 JNDIA will make every effort to maintain her supplies of textiles to the Malayan market despite the stiff competition offered by textile exports from Japan and Red China. This was stated by Mr. T. P. Barat, a senior member of the flve-man
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      HE VISITED TWO FIRMS WHICH SELL HIS PRODUCTS
      186 12 HE VISITED TWO FIRMS WHICH SELL HIS PRODUCTS A DIRECTOR of two British' companies whose products are represented by two different firms in Singapore paid a "courtesy" visit last week to make a study of sales progress in Malaya. He is Mr. Alec L. Keeble of Permacem Paint Co. Ltd.
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      MILLION DOLLAR FIRM SPEEDS CONSTRUCTION
      400 12 MILLION DOLLAR FIRM SPEEDS CONSTRUCTION Concrete is ready mixed 4 NEW company with a registered capital of <* $1,000,000 has been established in Singapore for the supply of ready mixed concrete for all kinds of construction work. The firm is Ready Mixed Concrete (Singapore) Ltd. which has brought into service
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      NEW LACE NET FOR TROPIC CLIMES
      358 12 NEW LACE NET FOR TROPIC CLIMES ANEW lace net which, because of its remarkable strength and its resistance to temperature extremes is ideal for tropical climes, will soon be coming off the looms In full production, at Nottingham, the traditional "home" of English lace. It is a Terylene product and
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      Rubber springs for mines
      185 12 ANEW type of rubber suspension tor mine cars is i being made available in Britain for the home and export market this month. Designed and manufactured by the world's largest makers (jf rubber springs, George Spenc?r. Moulton' Co.. Ltd.. Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire. England, the development is -said
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      354 12 av.rf»."T«v>-^, .1 §w£ A WATERBURVS -*Sw COMPOUND r^^f quwqea dtfKOHUc rtwe...fety n.il, u>k> dnnan4 r.-.. •rtt— H Mi l id, mtoilTrl fvTr^ i fmtixnc nmgra and roMa. Ami for nrw moth, T "V»w^l 1 for the cvnvatascing. Walerbury'i (ompntiml >• wMBd b«»Hh. arm happfpr woman wtlh Waterhary't Com- J pound
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    SALUTE LOLA FROM TEN FRIENDS
    303 13 SALUTE LOLA FROM TEN FRIENDS rpEN young Singapore 1 musicians got together last night and gave a farewell benefit concert for the well-known pianist, Lolabelle Wong, who is sailing to Britain for further studies next week. The proceeds and they should be considerable, for there was a very large audience
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    Row breaks up meeting
    79 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. A meeting of the Selangor Indian Chamber of Commerce was held last week to nominate members to the Associated Indian Chambers of Commerce. This meeting broke up after angry moments and was postponed to a date to be fixed. The Associated Indian Chambers
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    LA. president
    18 13 BABAK BERNAM, Mon. Mr. V. Thomas was elected president of the Indian Association here for 1955-56.
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    Chamber puts up a schools plan
    173 13 IT IS BACKED BY 503 BODIES rpHE Chinese Chamber of Commerce yesterday said the Singapore Government should scrap all its previous policies and plans on Chinese education. It then suggested: Six years* free primary education for children of all races: Instruction should be In
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    BRAVO! PAT ON BACK FOR NINE MEN
    157 13 BRA VO! PAT ON BACK FOR NINE MEN KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. VJINE Chinese business- men from Banting;, who risked their lives to denounce the Communist terrorists openly, Deceived top-level congratulations here today. They were received by the Director of Operations, Lt.Gn. Sir Geoffrey Bourne, the Sultan of Selangor, and the
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    NOMINEE WITHDRAWS IN FAVOUR OF MR. LEO
    83 13 PENANO. Mon.— Tuan Haji All Rouse. Penang division representative on the Malayan Trade Union Council, has withdrawn as a candidate in the MTUC'S Government group for nomination to the Federal Legislative Council. M I feel Mr. G. Leo, chair- man of the National
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    Still one hope to put off strike
    224 13 COUNCIL MEN MEET COUNCILLORS REPRESENTATIVES of 11 the 10,000 strong Singapore City Council Unions' Federation will meet the Finance and General Purposes Committee tomorrow in a bid to avert the threatened strike on Aug. 3. The meeting has been suggested by the Minister
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    'DEAR COMRADE' LETTER ANNOYS LEE
    192 13 'DEAR COMRADE' LETTER ANNOYS LEE PEOPLE'S ACTION PARTY Assemblyman, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, last night warned those who addressed him as "comrade" that they be could be detained under the Emergency Regulations as Communist suspects. Mr. Lee, was referring to a letter, from Mr. Ameer Jumabhoy, leader of the Progressive
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    School plans operetta
    57 13 PENANO, Mon.— St. Xavier's Institution will present a three-act operetta, A Royal Jester" by W. Smyth Cooper, in the school hall on Aug. 4 and Aug. 6. It will be the first operetta ever staged by a Malayan school. Proceeds will be divided between the school building
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    Adult school —no ban on seamen
    70 13 Adult school no ban on seamen SEAMEN are not prevented by any rules from attending classes run by the Singapore Council for Adult Education or its affiliated organisations, the Ministry of Education announced yesterday. This clarification was made after the Chief Minister, Mr. David Marshall, had called for a report
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    Talk on India
    39 13 Professor Mariadoss Ruthnaswamy, lawyer and until recently Vice-Chancellor of the Annamalai University, Madras, will give a public lecture on "India and World Affairs" at St. Joseph's Institution hall, Bras Basah Road, Singapore, at 6.15 p.m. tomorrow.
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    MINOR BOOM IN SHEELITE
    65 13 iPX>H. Mon Improvement in the market price of scheelite, a metal now fetching about $400 a picul, is causing miners to show new interest in this ore. A Chinese company has started preparatory work on the production of this metal near Ipoh, working some old tailings
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    Lock icon Hoad beaten by unknown Brazilian
    176 14 Hoad beaten by unknown Brazilian LOUISEVILLE. Kentucky, Mon NINETEEN-year-old Ronalri Moreira. a native Chilean who plays for Brazil and attends college in the U.S.. scored an amazing upset over Lew Hoad of Australia today by 6—4. 6—4, 6—4. in one of the two concludinc singles matches of the North American
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    38 14 UTRECHT. Holland, Mon Dutch swimmer Lenie De Nijs yesterday set a new world mark for the 1.500--metres freestyle. clocking 20:46.6 to win tl'.e Dutch national women's 1.500 -met re championships here. All contestants were Dutch. U.P.
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    Tony Trabert was too good for Vic Seixas
    216 14 PHILADELPHIA. Mon. Tony Trabert outclassed U.S. Davis Cup teammate Vie Seixas yesterday to win the Pennsylvania lawn tennis j men's singles championship In straight sets. 6-1, 6-2. 6-3. Canada made a clean sweep of their Davis Cup tie with West Indies in
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    524 14 INJURED ADCOCK BATS TO HELP ENDEAN SCORE UNBEATEN TEST CENTURY MAY, INSOLE TAKE SCORE TO 115-2 SCOREBOARD SOI Til AFRICA Ist Inns— l7l KNGI.AM) Ist Inns— l9l SOUTH AKRIt A 2nd Inns Mrrfitctt c May b Wardle 133 i. iii!. i
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    Civilian 'A' XI to meet Services
    68 14 The Singapore Civilian "A" team to meet Combined Services "A" in their annual cricket fixture at Nee Soon on Saturday at 2 p.m. and Sunday at 11 a m. will be: S. M. Hope icapt i, A Anthonlsz, A. Jansen. G. Woodford. N. Pereira.
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    Lock icon THOMAS LORD IS REMEMBERED
    52 14 THIRSK, Yorkshire. Mon. Len Hutton. Maurice Leyland. Harbert Sutcliffe and other tricket personali--1 ties yesterday attended the unveiling here of a plaque commemorating the birth at Thirsk 200 years ago of Thomas Lord, founder of Lord's cricket ground. Lord Cobham. president of the M.C.C. unveiled the
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    SCRC TENNIS MEET
    38 14 The Singapore Chinese Recreation Club will hold a handicap tennis tournament for members from Aug. 12. The events arc singles and doubles. Entrance fee is $5 per person per event. Entries close on Aug. 7.
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    RUGBY MEETING
    21 14 The Singapore Asian Rugby Union will hold their annual general meeting at the Singapore Chinese Recreation Club on Thursday.
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    WEBB DROPS OUT OF SOUTH TEAM Negri claim inclusion of Barker is illegal
    184 14 WEBB DROPS OUT OF SOUTH TEAM Negri claim inclusion of Barker is illegal TH E Negri Sembilan Cricket Association are protesting against the choice of a Singapore player, R. G. Barker, to replace H.E. Webb, who is unavailable, in the South team to play North at Kuala Lumpur during the
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    Marines get 10th victory, all set for title now
    282 14 Marines get 10th victory, all set for title now VfARINE Department S. C. lfl took a strong step forward towards the S.A.F.A. first division league championship when they beat Rovers S.C. 5-1 at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday This was Marines" tenth' win from M many games and all they have
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    COLONY GOLF FIRST ROUND
    128 14 Match play in the Colony golf championship will begin with the first round ties to be played off at Royal Island Club on Saturday. The draw Is: 2.30 p.m. J C. Stirling v. G. H. Addison- 2.40 C. H Beamish v. D. Jones; 2.50 D. I.
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    SHB withdraw
    65 14 A goal scored In each half enabled Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers Civilians to beat Junior A. A. 2 0 in a S.A.P.A. Dlv. 3A league match at Geylang stadium yesterday Ibrahim Pattah and T. A. Weller scored for the Civilians. Singapore Harbour Board Recreation Club have withdrawn
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    REME beat Athletic 2-0, will stay in Div. One
    286 14 pRESH from their upset victory over the Police a week ago, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers added two more points to their tally when they defeated Chinese Athletic 2-0 in a floodlit SAFA first division league match at Jalan Besar stadium
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    Surrey and Yorks lead on Ist inns.
    203 14 SURREY and Yorkshire easily gained first innings points in their county cricket championship games today. Both counties enforced the follow-on. Tea scores today are: At Brentwood: Leicestershire 206 and 168 (Smith 63, Greensmith five for 50). Essex 183 (Jackson four for 33) At
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    AUSSIES ARE ON RIGHT TRACK—JOHNSON
    247 14 AUSSIES ARE ON RIGHT TRACK— JOHNSON CANBERRA. Mon. DEITERATINO his claim on return v from the West Indies, that Australia will beat England next year in England. Australian captain lan Johnson says all Australia have to do to regain the Ashes from England Is for their batsmen to play with
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    COLONY'S HOPES REST WITH THE GIRLS
    1525 14 Spore AAA selectors name Games team today TODAY the Singapore Amateur Athlete Association Committee will sit behind closed doors and pick the team which will strive to win the Malayan Championships for the seventh successive year. Looking at the talent available to represent Singapore
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    SENIOR CUP SOCCER TIES
    60 14 The second round of the Singapore Base District inter-unit soccer competition for the Senior Cup will be played on Aug. 6. The ties are: Dist. Workshops REME or 30 Bn. R.A.O.C v Base Workshops R.E.M.E.; H.Q. Singapore Base Dist. v 3u Bn. <N> RAOC 221 Vehicles
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    JACKS SPORT
    39 14 Jacks Sport-s Club. Singapore, will be going up to Kuala Lumplr during the August Holidays. Two football matches have been arranged, against the Selangor Indians on Sunc'ay. July 31, and against the Selangor Club the following day.
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    3 Austria Olympic men in Salzburg X
    97 14 3 Austria Olympic men in Salzburg X ran •occer te amorm tourists Sinßapoi Their fir i noodll, en Malays at tomorrow, i Saturday Slntap they mccl team. Salzh'i: defeated victories over the Ei The Olympic p ed In tli. irr ar,- goalWeei mer. centi inger. an I mann II Outside
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    Rangers take off St. John's
    51 14 Kinta R i S.C. 5-(1 in B SAI at P N gTOUI (2). Bak B i scored tor H Serancoon M.Y. I 6-0 in a Div. 3A n Park Woodlai j j walkover to T V: Kern S.C fe other Div. 3A garni the MFA
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    SCHOOL SETS 22 RECORDS
    25 14 Twenty-iv and three equ i Sulaiman s annual athleti Be-^t Perfo went to Tun I who w. champion wi Best Perfonnei
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    CLUBS MEET
    27 14 On Bund Sports Club. K I Will play S M against the Selai tractors' As night, Jai will take on tl I X.L at tabli
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