The Straits Times, 7 August 1955

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    14 1 THE SUNDAY TIMES i I#H No. 1,041 SINGAPORE, SUNDAY, AUGUST 7, 1955. 20 CENTS
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    ILL KILL THE LAND MARKET
    379 1 Marshall introtluces man tvho will make survey 9 recommend *freese 9 legislation The speculators can yell if they want to, he says THE SINGAPORE Government will introduce measures, apart from the Land Acquisition Bill, to "freeze" land values in the whole island and "prevent land
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    Cynthia from Singapore is Golden Voice'
    22 1 PEREIRA gets a kiss from a friend after icing cnoscn Miss Coldcn Voice of Malaya 1955"
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    SHE WON FROM 79 OPERATORS
    86 1 IPOH. Sat. year old Periera was Goldi 1955 from Sinßaporc's Theresa Pethe Singapore I month. Prreira was Singapore cotin final took place hon e House In I did not rxpect to win," :o:ra said were an- Second place went to Irene Van Buerle of Bukit
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    Singapore trade fair
    28 1 The Happy World will hold Its ninth Singapore Trade Fair Exhibition between October 1 and 17. Last year more than 260.000 visited its eighth fair.
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    Tuva to share 5.J.000
    57 1 Tuva to share 5.J.000 i THERE are two winners of Straits Times i Word Puzzle "M." Each II I will receive $2,500 They are: Mr. Aroxoo, 227 C Jalan Hock Chye, SINCAPORE-19: Mrs. Lee Teng Khyc. j 217-H Burmah Rd. PENANC. Each will receive i 52.500/-. See Page Nine for
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    FILM STARS CARMEN, SUSAN DIE
    220 1 FILM STARS CARMEN, SUSAN DIE HOLLYWOOD. Sat— Death came yesterday to two film stars Carmen Miranda, the "Brazilian bombshell." and Susan Ball. whose fight against cancer won her the admiration of Hollywood. Carmen Miranda, who hit the American entertainment world with flamboyant impact in the *****, died of a heart
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    Delegate to T.B. talks
    62 1 Dr N. C. Sen-Gupta of the Royal Singapore Tuberculosis Clinic will be the Colony's official delegate at the Asian Tuberculosis Conference to begin in Sydney on Aug. 13. Dr Sen-Gupta, who has been elected chairman of one of the scientic sessions, will visit tuberculosis Institutions in
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    Lock icon Newspaper ads. monopoly
    49 1 KANSAS CITY. Sat. The Kansas City star was fined $15,000 in the federal court today on a charge of monopolising the dissemination of news and advertising in Kansas City. The Star's advertising manager. Mr. Emil Sees, was fined $2,500 on a charge of attempted monopolisation. Reuter.
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    Cup Final 'repeat'
    38 1 A Singapore selection soccer team will play Kelantan who lost 3 l in yesterday's Malaya Cup final at Jalan Besar at 8 o'clock tomorrow evening. The two games arranged for tomorrow evening have been cancelled.
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    Diethelm workers charged
    110 1 Diethelm workers charged ONE HUNDRED and thirty seven workers of Diethelm and Co. were charged in the Singapore Seventh Magistrate's Court yesterday with besetting the company's premises in Alexandra Road on Friday evening in a manner calculated to obstruct the approach to the factory. They were charged under the Trade
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    Lock icon 19 KILLED IN AMBUSH
    33 1 RANGOON. Sat. Nineteen people were killed when 350 rebels ambushed a bus on a road about 240 miles northeast of Rangoon. Seven military police Wv.re amonc the killed. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Indonesian survey
    46 1 MEDAN. Sat.— An intensive postwar survey ol Indonesia's agriculture is being made tor the. F6rd Foundation and Ya^e University of the United States. The study, to last 13 months, is under Prof. Karl Peizer and Mr. Clark Cunningham, a Junior student at Yale.— A.P
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    Lock icon Murder tec's son on charge of murder
    183 1 Murder tec 's son on charge of murder LONDON, Sat. THE pipe-smoking son of the late Chief of Scotland Yard's murder squad was charged today with the bathtub murder of his wife and year-old daughter. Mrs. Irene Chapman, 30, and her baby Corinne were beaten to death with a hammer
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    100 LB. "MOUSE-SPACE STATION OF THE FUTURE
    81 1 mKTIST'S impression of I space sf ition of the future m outlined by Professor S. F. Singer of the University of M.nyhnd. who has christened Hie station "The Mouse." Recently plans were announced in Washington for an earth-circling satellite to be used for
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    THE TENGKU IT AGAIN
    213 1 ...But my opinion is not shared by Mr. Marshall' TENGKU Abdul Rahman, Chief Minister-designate for the Federation of Malaya, again referred to the controversial subject of union of the Federation and Singapore when he opened a women's section of the Singapore branch of UMNO at Kebun
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    THOSE DISCUSSIONS have no secrets'
    221 1 THOSE DISCUSSIONS have no secrets' MARSHALL /COMMENTING on the V headline "Out: A Marshall Secret" in the Straits Times* yesterday morning. the Chief Minister stated in a Public Relations handout last nlcht: "I have no secrets from the people of Sin Kapore. During my continuous and friendly p c r
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    Lock icon SAYS Flooding river disaster
    55 1 SAYS Flooding river disaster New DELHI, Sat. The| floods on the Bramaputra, which have brought disaster to thousands of people in Assam. today spread to the state ol Kaziranga. The Times of India reported from Shillong that Kaziranga. was swamped when a 160-mile rhinoceros sanctuary was hit i by the
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    Music examiners
    29 1 Two external examiners in music for Singapore Dr. Allan Bunney (Grades and Mr. Michael Head i Diplomas) are expected to arrive in the Colony on August 16.
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    WINGATE 'ARMY' RESTORES AN EMPEROR TO HIS THRONE
    2530 2  - WINGA TE 'ARMY' RESTORES AN EMPEROR TO HIS THRONE Leonard Mosley I By— IN earlier instalments Leonard Mosley has shown how Wingate sowed the seeds of his future greatness. Between 1936 and 1939 the man who was to become the hero of the war in Burma was a captain in
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    NEWCOMER WAS AMAZED
    471 2 I ANGLING hj Satfai A NEWCOMER to Malaya, who has done a lot of sea i fishing around Britain, went out for the first time In i Malayan waters on Sunday. He had been told of the i variety of flsh to be taken In I tropical
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    Mind your own business, Marshall shouts
    440 3 Mind your own business, Marshall shouts STUDtNTS TOLD: DQNT GIVE ME ORDERS -GO TO YOUR LESSONS H E Chief Minister, T [jjvid Marshall. ,nHy shoU J cd f C roup d Smgaporc rh.ncsc school students yesterday to n( j their own business 3 nd not try to ?|¥C orders to
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    Health week display
    43 3 Sat —The end to- display schoolti n with -petition reConvent) h Col- Chan iConJ tender Daud 'ConManan, Cecilia Ang n < rls School i Yuen Hong Keek I Abdul 2 Thng li bin RuhRegina Inte Aciam, Choon -hook i Sultan. oong
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    Dope addict: S5OO
    13 3 Sat Ooh |ob labour- >pium "r four Sessions 1 chandu
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    THE LAND EXPERT
    53 3 Dr. J. V, N. Murray (left), a land expert whom the Singapore Cwhimil invited frnm Australia to help it introduce laws for an island-widr "freeze" of land values. With him are lnche Abdul Hamid bin Jumat. Minister for Lacal Government. Lands and Housing, and the Chief Minister.
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    Dispute on oil used by liberation army
    306 3 A DISPUTE over war damage claims by three Dutch oil companies registered in The Hague, Holland, over large stocks of oil used by the Crown forces following reoccupation of the former Netherlands East Indies territories. is listed for hearing in the Singapore High
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    280 come back from India
    44 3 Two hundred and eighty Indians returned to Singapore yesterday in the State of Madras. Two hundred and twentythree who travelled deck were to the quarantine station on St. John s Island when the ship anchored in the outer roads.
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    Collision victim
    24 3 KLUANG Sat.— Wong Sung Sip, 16, was killed when her bicycle collided with a lorry In Jalan Yap Tau Sah here today.
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    Woman accused off having still
    45 3 A woman, Lee Wong, 60, was charged in Singapore yesterday with having an unlicensed Mill and 71 gallons dutiable liquor in Yio Chu Kang Road on Aug. 5. Lee, who pleaded not guilty, was released on bail until Aug. 20.
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    GOING TO SPACE ROCKET TALKS
    362 3 A TOP Australian radiologist who will be among a batch of scientists to launch rockets, into the ionosphere in man's first step towards the conquest of space arrived in Singapore yesterday. l™~^~" I The scientist, Dr. G. H. Munro. has just spent a month in
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    Bribe bid by job seeker
    108 3 KUALA LIPIS. Sat— Kwok Mun Moon. 24. a shop assistant, tried to make sure of a job with Police by sending a 532 ring to the wife of the acting Superintendent of Police. Kuala Llpls. And yesterday Kwok was fined $300 or two months' jail
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    Variety concert
    57 3 The Ceylon Sports Club of Singapore last nisht held a variety concert at the Beatty Secondary School Hall under 'he patronage of the Commissioner General. Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald. The concert was to raise funds to enable the Club to invite people of various communities, domiciled in the
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    Charm contest
    43 3 BATU PAHAT, Sat. Rohayah binte Mansor of Batu Pahat was first in dharm contest held last night at Kirn's park in connection with the agricultural exhibition. Second was Hapipah binte Talib of Muar and third Atkah binte Abdullah of Batu Pahat.
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    THE DOG IS INDIA BOUND
    96 3 PENANG. Sat. A mongrel dog and its mistress will be reunited in Madras next week after a month's separation. The animal was parted from its owner. Muniammah. a rubber tapper, on July 5 when she left for India. She kissed her pet's picture before sailing.
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    The 'Eastern' beauty
    55 3 This "Oriental" beauty is Ava Gardner at the appears 3 new film, "Bhowani Junction" being made in England. In it, she plays an Anglo-Indian girl whose loyalties arc torn between East and West. Now. Miss Gardner is house-hunting in Spain. She says she likes Europe so much,
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    The fish fight fan is fined
    100 3 A POLICE constable on beat duty on Aug. 5 found a crowd behind the Singapore Harbour Board quarters watching a fishfight in a glass jar. The constable watched the duel for about 10 minutes. At the end of the combat the owner of the
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    Shop burgled
    22 3 Thieves broke Into a shop in Middle Road. Singapore, on Friday night and stole 12 fountain pens worth about $100.
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    "Frogmen" at fete delight children
    150 3 rPHE aquatic feats of four Naval "frogmen" in a swimming pool at Nelson House. Singapore, delighted I hundreds of service children yesterday. The frogmen members of the H.M.S. Terror and Newcastle garbed in heavy rubber underwater swimsuits gave a 20-minute underwater display. It was one
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    DYAK MAIDENS AND I—BY MR. MACDONALD
    319 3 DYAK MAIDENS AND I— BY MR. MACDONALD "THE DUTIES of a Commissioner-General ranged from midnight water ski-ing to playing blind man's buff with Dyak maidens, Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald said yesterday. Speaking at a Singapore Badminton Association farewell lunch to him, Mr. MacDonald. a patron of the Association, said his
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
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      83 3 High tides TODAY: Singapore 12.22 a.m. (10 ft. 1 In.) 1.09 p.m. (9 ft. 1 In.); Port Dickson 8.30 a.m. (9 ft. 4 In.) 847 p.m. (8 ft. 7 In.) Penang 2.39 a.m. (7 ft. 6 in.) 2.34 p.m. <8 ft 1 In. i. TOMORROW: Singapore 1.01 a.m. (10 ft.
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    Graduated? He wrote your diploma
    377 4 Graduated? He wrote your diploma UNUSUAL JOBS No. 14 pVFR uondt\e l who writes all the diplomas for the J hundreds bl tea* hers, bachelors, doctors and dentists who graduate each year from the University of Malaya? No? Well I did and it took me two days to find him.
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    DON T BLAME A-TESTS FOR BAD WEATHER
    120 4 ATOM tests have been causing tornadoes, drought, heavy rains (floods in Malaya) and abnormally cold weather. At least that is what the uninitiated are saying. Officially these ideas are rejected U.S.A. Weather Bureau study shows that fewer tornadoes have occurred in areas of
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    WAR AGAINST TB IS BEING WON
    1392 4  -  I Leonard Engel r- By-- A VICTORY FOR MEDICAL SCIENCE fROM all parts of the United States word has come of vacant tuberculosis hospital beds. In late autumn of 1954 the City of New York closed its sanatorium. The last private tuberculosis sanatorium in
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    No money: Jail for a day
    101 5 \MAN. who could not pay a| fine imposed on him was| i ailed for a day by a Singa- 1 pore court yesterday. Sultan Arif was charged in the Eighth Macistratc's Court with fighting with P. Parujnal In North Boat Quay on Aug. 5.
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    Cathedral memorial to heroes of Malaya war
    298 5 Cathedral memorial to heroes of Malaya war THE PRINCE OF WALES AND THE REPULSE ARE REMEMBERED A MEMORIAL TO Admiral Sir Tom Phillips, and the officers and men of the Prince of Wales and the Repulse, will be presented and dedicated at St. Andrew's Cathedral, Singapore, today. Among the subscriptions
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    IN HONOUR OF THE SULTAN
    170 5 JOHORE. BAHRU. Saturday. A NEW town hall which blends Malay and Chinese architecture will be built here in honour of the Sultan's Diamond Jubilee next month The hall will be built on an I acre of land at Jalan Ayer Molik padang. The Sultan will
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    Tanker for scrap yard
    68 5 The 3.300-ton Dutch Shell Company tanker Adinda has been sold to Harbour Line Ltd. Bermuda for $250,000. The tanker will be towed by the electric tug Golden Cape to Hong Kong some time this month for breaking up. Scrap from the Lex Maersk. which caught fire
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    Poll victory tea
    29 5 SEGAMAT. Sat. The Alliance held a tea party at the Segamat Club yesterday to celebrate the recent election victory. Chief guest was Inche Sardon bin Jubir.
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    Oh, for an j expert...
    114 5 A Singapore magistrate, Mr. J. M. Devereux-Cole-bourn. yesterday said that if puliri- experts on chap-ji-ki werr certified it would save much of the court's time in dealing with gambling cases. Mr. Devereux -Coir bourn made this remark when (Miff Inspector Ramdzan All. prosecuting. claimed Detective
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    Film Society officials
    91 5 Mr. P. F. Kinsey was reelected chairman of the Singapore Film Society at the annual general meeting. Mr. R. W. Baxter was elected vicechairman. Mi. A. J. Thomas re-elected treasurer and Mr. Keith Payne secretary. The committee for the coming year is: Mr. V. Bickley, Mr. J.
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    Little Fugitive' to help children
    386 5 CHARITY ftlm shows are often a painful duty for those who organise them and for those who are cajoled Into buying tickets and attending them. But the Singapore Children's Society is rejoicing because thanks to the generosity of General Amusements, Ltd.. and United Artists, they
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    BIG DROPS IN X-RAYS PLANNED
    188 5 BIG DROPS IN X-RAYS PLANNED HPHERE IS to be a drastic reA duction in the number of routine x-rays performed by the Singapore Government's Diagnostic X-Ray Service. The reason is a shortage of radiologists. In a circular to all private doctors in Singapore, the Health Department has asked them to
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    Dodged duty: $280
    35 5 Leo Teck Chye, 41, pleaded cuilty in Singapore yesterday to havine: 5.200 dutiable cigarettes on a motor-boat in North Boat Quay on Aug. 5. He was fined $280 or two months' jail.
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    Kramat's visit
    433 6 Kramat 's visit IT was past midnight. Mr. D. was still busy in hi.« studio putting the final touches to a coloured advertisement signboard lor delivery the next day to a customer', according to ordei. Many orders had betn placed which would he attended to by the studio assistants during
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    Mystery of the old house at Geylang
    875 6  -  DO YOU BELIEVE MJV GHOSTS? %1/HETHER the shocking experience I went through some years ego could be ascribed to the work of a ghost, or whether it was just the effect of pure imagination or that of the tonic I took before I
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    STRANGE AS IT MAY SEEM 6$ tf $m» mm
    562 6  - STRANGE AS IT MAY SEEM 6$ tf $m» mm K.S.KONG b M THE RAGGED BRIDAL DRESS I wonder if any of my lady readers would like to don a dirty, torn and ragged dress a dress that has been bought from a beggar as a bridal outfit. Well, this is
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    Malaya's durians are as good as any!
    658 6 T AST Saturday night the Lj first durian fell, and in a few days' time the Cook I could spare some for sale in town. Owing to his age the Tuan dare not eat much of the fruit. It is difficult to get
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    Record Playtime
    297 6 MANY people who may not care deeply for the architecture of music can nevertheless be stirred by "colour the employment of many different instruments and techniques to create atmosphere and excitement in pieces of a descriptive nature. Perhaps the greatest of all "colour" composers was Rimsky Korsakov ("Scherezade,"
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    CANNOT SPEAK Of HIS LOVE
    592 7 1 AM In love with a girl, but do not know how to tell her. We haie only been out In a group, and I do not know j whether she luces me. I am a I very popular type: but no Romeo. Can you
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    'LIM-PING' -MY FRIEND
    1459 7  - 'LIM-PING -MY FRIEND FREDDIE D'AGEIN COURT BY "I IM-PINC was my friend's nickname. He was born in Singapore at the turn of the century and was not many months old when he developed a tubercular hip He suffered excruciating pain from it and when he was seven he could barely
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    The step-child of fashion is at last growing up
    614 8  -  MAXINE RAKICHE u v >TEVER before has so 1 much attention been paid to sports wear. This step-child of fashion has at last come into its own and there are designers devoting their exclusive time to turnine out a and better
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    NEW LIFT FOR YOUR OLD DRESSES
    277 8  - NEW LIFT FOR YOUR OLD DRESSES NOEL COLOURED undies are the latest bright underlining to fashion. Give your dresses a new lift and nvest in a gay coloured petticoat. They are inexpensive and in many ways are more practical than the pastels and whites we have been used to, though
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    Dulcie makes a carpet
    121 8 Dulcie makes a carpet MICHAEL DENNISON is at Startford just now. Dulcie Gray is in London. Anything unusual about that? There certainly is. This popular husband and wife acting team have always tried to do plays and films together. The Stratlord season means one of their longest separations except perhaps
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    SLIM WHILE YOU SLEEP
    287 8 SLIM WHILE YOU SLEEP r1 i i *yi f.i 1 1 *i I >S^^3 MOST painful beauty problem for most beauties Ls overweight. That's partly because the No. 1 remedy, dieting, is equally painful. Now Sue's found a slimming aid which promises to be practically painless. LAST year Sue told
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    Exercise IS\u000d\u000aimportant
    338 8 Exercise ISimportant Exercise IS important A LTHOUCH we have brought science to our aid in every activity of our lives, we have failed as a whole to grasp the great possibilities of scientific exercise for both the mental and physical worker. The physical worker may be surprised at the suggestion
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    Smart ways with cord
    127 8 WHITE or coloured cord Is used for up-to-the- minute ideas for your home, j Use it to hold together shelves for books or ornaments. Pass the cord through holes bored I in the wood, knotting at convenient Intervals for the shelves to rest and splicing after
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      308 8 9 ff& UOUP TStfH I" THE WISDOM DENTIST TELLS YOU Ho* 9 P 4^^ NOTHING OF THE DANGERS J yNo wonder you're ir^j /^JSoirf daily X low health! You ye neglected your mouth- cleaning and V the gums are very massage, gums badly infected. v become soft I* and liable
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    Mystery of the unfinished temple
    50 9 Mystery of the unfinished temple Road r\' rhinese i of what Singapore's nese temsticky red I Tomple touched by February .< ;old the rday that mttu havr the day cha- tern been ipore arching M r Timea bed his I "The ost an A dispute The ItJ le Institracton the
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    Governor to speak to journalists
    20 9 Governor to speak to journalists II Dover- ..nd Lady I of the lunch i the Capitol .relay Auc i q
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    Interest in competition as strong as ever
    941 9 By THE COMPETITION EDITOR JHE ENTRIES for Straits Times word Puzzle Contest "M were well maintained and showed that interest in the competition is as strong as ever. A printer's error occurred in the clue for M 4-6, but the |udges considered that
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    BOY'S WATER RUSE TO STEAL
    91 9 BOY'S WATER RUSE TO STEAL A boy asked a man for a plass of water and when the man went to fetch it stole his wallet containing $51. a Singapore court was told yesterday. Salim bin Ali, 19. was jailed for nine months to be follow- j td by two
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    Theft from home
    34 9 A woman. Ng Wee Seng, llv- inu in Orchard Road. Singapore, reported the theft of $86 trrim her room yesterday. She said she returned from market to find her room ransacked
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    READERS GIVE $1,800 FOR TRIPLETS
    174 9 The All-Malaya total of the Straits Times Readers' Fund for the family of Hassan bin Mat Kaji. of Ulu Yam Bahru. Selangor, whose wife gave birth to triplets, now stands at $1,800.54 This amount is made up of $1,547.64 collected at the Straits Time.s office
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    A WIDE BOY, 3 INNOCENT BOYS AND A SUING WIFE
    265 9 A WIDE BOY, 3 INNOCENT BOYS AND A SUING WIFE A MAN lured three Federation youths to Singapore with a promise of jobs and. ransacked their belongings to pay his wife. who was suing him for maintenance, a Singapore Court was told yesterday. In the dock, head bowed, stood Wah
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    CLERGYMAN WEDS
    54 9 The Rev. W. F. Norton and Miss Mary Tnh Sau Wah who were married yesterday at St. Andrew's Calhrdral. Singapore. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Toh Xi Chin of F/igaporo. while the groom is the son of the Rev. and Mrs. A. W. R.
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    A.T.C. annual camp
    39 9 KH ALA 'LUMPUR. Sat— One, hundred Federation Air TVain- ing Corps Cadets and seven of officers left Kuala Lumpur tonight by the mail train. They are holding their twoweek annual camp at the R.A.F. Station Changi.
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    $5,000 fire in workshop
    70 9 A FURNITURE polisher. Lum M<ng Tuck. 17. was severely burnt when fire 'broke out in a workshop on the first floor of a shophouse in Joo Chiat Road. Singapore, yesterday. Lum was admitted to hosoltal. He was working when spillnd polish spirit started the fire. About
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    The soloist
    39 9 Kathleen (.oble.v. who will sing the soprano *-ol«s in Haydn's "The Seasons" being presented by the Singapore Chamber Ensemble at the Victoria Memorial Hall on Wednesday. Miss Cohlev has won prizes at several music festivals in England
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    Concert: Students appeal again
    193 9 T^HE Singapore Chinese High Schools' Graduates of 1953 Arts Association, which is organising the August 20 concert in aid of the Nanyang University fund, decided yesterday to make a further request to the Commissioner of Police to withdraw the ban on seven of the 13 items
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      96 9 M in nitty answers to Ward Puzzle "M" "|"HE $5,000 prize tor Strait* Times Word Puxxlc Contest "M" is shared by *v „4* J- B Aro **7-C Hock Chye. Singapore 19. and Mrs. Lee Tent 217-H Burmah Road. Penang. Each will receive $2,500. They submitted r answers which corresponded completely
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      206 9 KING'S: Soo So Chem. Sum Desire 145. 4. 6.30. 9.30; morning t";i:uonese> 1.15. 3.30. 7 9.30. i show: Duel at Silver Creet 11a.m.; ;r.ornlnjt show: Radar Patrol vs. Tel 6903. Sp- Kinc— lo a.m Tel. ***** ALHAMBRA: Arrow in the Dust OARKK'K: Halla Gulia (Hindi) —11. 1.30. 4. 6.30. 9.30:
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      WE think BETTER EVERYDAY
      311 10 WE think BETTER EVERYDAY Some years ago a popular song making the rounds E had as its main jingle the words "Things are looking up no matter what they say; things are getting better. better, better every day." If you stop to think about it, s this is true of
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      | FOILING THE WRECKERS
      118 10 FOILING THE WRECKERS Singapore trade unionists should rally to the call E of the T.U.C. secretary, Mr. Chew Seng, who appealed E to the workers to join the Congress "so that the aims E of the trade union movement will not be sacrificed." E Mr. Chew assailed the wreckers whose
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    THE LETTER COLUMN WITH A PUNCH Drop us a Line
    1307 10 THE LETTER COLUMN WITH A PUNCH Drop us a Line THE book of Genesis is a book of facts. Adam and Eve are not imaginary figures. Though the Bible did not state definitely who Cain married, it is quite probable that he married one of the daughters of Adam. Ns:
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    Cities In Eclipse
    1852 10  -  C. Northcote Parkinson AN ARTICLE TO MAKE YOU THINK... HOW OUR GREAT COMMUNITY CAN COLLAPSE j*y THE total eclipse of the sun which took place on June 22 was best seen, it appears, from Bang Pa-ln in Siam, where Professor C. H. Smiley had such a view
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    Billy Budd
    430 10 Billy Budd IT is gooo. news lor Sine, that Sir Sydney cZ*» been appointed frr, nn i7U viser to the Chiel \r v Sir Sydney l> a 0 ,7> and humlnatana;.. an admirable combina i: planning the a complex Singapore Before he left for the r bean, where he h
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      873 10 CLASSIFIED ADS. ANNOUNCEMENT 29 Words tit (minimum). OYMKHANA at Singapore Polo Club. Thomson Road, starting at 3.30 p.m. YOU MAY ALREADY Haw •ufflclent protection for your family and a (rood pension plan, but what flbout Education and Buying a House in the U.K.? An Endowment can help you to »olve
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    Broken walls gave estate staff no privacy
    321 11 MANAGER FINED $5,000 jOHORE BAHRU, Saturday. JEET Kow Soo, owner-manager of Kok Ann Estate, Pontian, was. fined D in the Sessions Court for housing 90 labourers and their dependents in buildings which endangered the health of the occupants. his was the first case
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    The sinking road sinks again
    82 11 The sinking road sinks again LUMPUR, Sat. ng the mystery p^ cave- m on I -ear Kuala engineers had .er a*iain to,vy rain again a miles south BI aru. The t«d at the samt mile. ,«>day afternn road for v s opened traffic yesterday r< still busy which fell yesand
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    "Paglar Cabin' opened
    52 11 built in meDato C. J. Scout Coun- cli opened by the Singapore n Canon R. K. il Jurong Park. c -relay and scoutwere many Mr. F C. >ut in Madent of the Association. Chief Com- [nee, open8c tr rs Wood r will be uteri drawn jX -Ps
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    I COMPENSATION FOR CRASH VICTIMS' KIN
    46 11 I COMPENSATION FOR CRASH VICTIMS' KIN I KHRV, Sat. r Com;he next of kin Aziz. Mohamed A Aziz bin Yusof bin Sajak. who motor acclago, have S.-.BBC. I who were bi FARELF IHu Tiram, way to work which they vrrturned on road and they HEALTH DANGER:
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    OPIUM ON FIRE
    86 11 About $20,000 worth of opium pellets and smoking pipe* were burnt in this fire at the City Council disposal ground in Beach Road. Singapore, yesterday. The opium jnd pipes were seizures made by the C.I.D. Anti-Narcotics Sub Branch in raids on smoking dens orcr the last two
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    3 REDS KILLED
    96 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. Three terrorists two Malays and a Chinese— were killed in the Temerloh district ol Pahang this morning by a patrol of the Northern Rhodesia Regiment They have been identified as t Hitam bin Ibrahim, alias Puteh. who went underground in Temerloh in 1948. Hashim
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    Leniency? Not for this man
    73 11 Mr. J. M. Devereux-Cole-bourn. a Singapore magistrate, told Koh Kirn Mong. charged with dealing in second-hand gcods without a licence: "It is quite obvious that leniency does not appeal to you." Chief Inspector Ramdzan Ali prosecuting, told the court that Koh had two previous convictions.
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    'NOTHING TO STOP TRANSFER OF POWER'
    260 11 'NOTHING TO STOP TRANSFER OF POWER' LONDON, Sat. There seems no reason why Tengkd Abdul Rahman's Government should not progress rapidly towards the orderly and amicable transfer »f power, in the opinion of Mr. A. D. C. Peterson, former DirectorGeneral of the Federation Information Services, in the weekly Spectator. "If
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    HIS EIGHTH CONVICTION
    49 11 Hamid bin Jai, 20, was sentenced to nine months' Jail in Singapore, yesterday for trying to sell a stolen bicycle worth SI OO at Java Road on July 22. Hamid, said he could not find work to earn an honest living. He has seven previous convictions.
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    ST.C. MEN SET UP A FUND
    272 11 AMID shouts of "merdeka." 800 members of the Singapore Traction Company Employees' Union decided last night, by a show of hands, to set up a strike fund with each member contributing $1 a week, starting tomorrow They also decided at a three-hour meeting which
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    New K.K. wing
    34 11 Lady Black, wife of the Governor of Singapore. Sir Robert Biack. will official^ open the New Wing and Outpatients Department of the Kandang Kerbau Maternity Hospital at 5.15 p.m. on Wednesday.
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    Found hanging
    23 11 KLUANG. Sat— Foo Sin was found hanging in Layang Layang New Village to-day. He is believed to have com- mitted suicide.
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    YOUTHS ACCUSED OF CAUSING RIOT DEATH
    163 11 rVDUR youths who were earF Her accused in Singa- I pore of causing the death of Chong Lon Cheong en May 13 will now face the charge j In the Third Crimnal Dis- trict Court. Tan Ah Chuan. Chiam Sam Long. Lav Kirn Hong
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    A stronger union—then teachers may strike
    218 11 A stronger union— then teachers may strike IPOH. Saturday. AN annual general meeting of Perak teachers was, warned today that it way useless talking about a Fede- ration-wide strike of teachers unless their unions were at full strength. The warning was given by Mr Chelliah Navaradnam. D resldent of the
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    Rubber takes a s|c. tumble
    278 11 By Our Market Correspondent DUBBER took a tumble in Singapore yesterday and closed at $1.48 per Ib. for August first grade, 51 cents below Friday's closing price Although the market was generally easier throughout the morning the big fall came in the. closing minutes of
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    STUDY TOUR TO SINGAPORE BY IPOH TEAM
    95 11 IPOH. Sat. Seven teachers and 40 students of the Ipoh Anglo-Chinese School Geogra- phkal Society will go by bus to Singapore on Tuesday for a four-day visit. They have asked for a special permit to see the Van Kleef Aquarium on Aug. 13.
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    'Rich and rare exotics' lin the garden
    716 12  -  Donald Davies VERY soon after the founding of the settleI ment of Prince of Wales I Island, the residents began I to take advantage of the i cooler climate on Penang Hill, or the Great Hill as i it was then known. I
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    CAMERA CONTEST: A PRETTY GIRL WINS THIS WEEK'S PRIZE
    184 12 CIRST prize in the Camera Contest this week is awarded to Loot Eng Hai of 12 Aboo Sittee Lane Penang. for his study of the girl and the tree (right), txposure 1/125 at f.ll. Second prixe to C. A. Chew of
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    WARNING: DON'T MIX 'EM
    111 12 WARNING: DON'T MIX 'EM A SCOT is ni'ire likflv to become an alcoholic than, an EnfUttONl says a doctor who is an expert on drinkers Explained i>r Harper, of Criehtoi fries (Scotland I .Mental Hospital drinkers ;irr Mum in danger. l>ut irh( start mixing it Dr. Harper is helping run
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      152 12 Popular Crossword I A<ROBS: 1. Expression (6). 5. i> Compus (ft), 4. Mitisatr (4) I jOot up (6) 9. <lms s (5). 11 l.ookln K Took food (3). 6. Happen again (5)! xbaok (13). 12. By m»n« ..f (3). 13. 7. Sparkle (13). K. Rwiuirrd (6) 10 iWood (5), 16.
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    MRS. HOWERDS BOY CAN BE SMART
    802 13 fRANKIE HOWERD was late. An hour late. He came into the London West End restaurant full of apologies. "I've been down to the East Coast for a concert," he explained, "and the car broke down. It would, just when I'm feeling famished I had
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    25 years on the screen
    230 13 25 years on the screen WALTER PIDGEON is one actor who has continuously held his place in feminine hearts for the past 25 years. He Is one of the few top stars with a following among the teenagers and the adults. He is the screen favourite of women from their
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    Putting the dolls in Guys and Dolls
    200 13 IULDWTirS Guvs and Dolls acquired a pair of real dolls Sinned for the CinomaScope production In colour for (tarring Marlon Brando. Jean Simmons. Frank Sinatra and Wttt Sandra and Soma Werner, attractive twin sisters, who in Hollywood nightly at Frank Sennes' Moulin Rouse
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    jßlack and! white v colour
    322 13 Black and white v. colour WHY are most colour films with beautiful scenery and costumes al- ways given such light I I stories? Once in a while I 1 you need something gay but it would be pleasant to see a more serious film in j colour. So writes reader
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    564 answers without the questions
    282 13  - 564 answers without the questions Id myself, a streak of midsummer madness s make-up? I was reliably informed idol of "Red Shoes" had turned down film offers of tens of thousands of pounds. rah thr lull .it lur elegant d in If Moira it right out of i is amazed;
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    BALLERINA HEADS FOR :|LM FAME
    40 13 BALLERINA HEADS FOR LM FAME Paris bullet and tht <l now is hi. She Pei ft batSlipper and < "'.c as an m Moon- Stewart Granting new aaciHer dancing •■''l her and peran vut- ure. is uppernnd 'l ure. her r.
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      448 13 B-55-2 H o» CAN *>o it makes a delicious im^^^^m drink llpP^ either hot or Icy ccHd. Bovrll Is the concentrated, essence cf prime, lean beef. It builds energy, strength gives new vigour and vitality. A little D VI iC I \m goes a long way T Singapore. Kuala Lumpm,
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    SIGN OF LEADERSHIP
    259 14 T ONG «fo 1» the dawn of time some wise men chose the symbols lj/ for the Signs of the Zodiac. For the celestial area through which the San is passing at the present time they gave the symbol a lion. If you go ever mentally the
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    THIS WEEK FOR ALL
    292 14 TODAY.— Tackle Hfe on original lines and you will be happy. Strangers could make all the difference to your plans this afternoon. Don't worry about family matters or over-critical friends. FOX LUCK TODAY WEAR OR USE: Royal blue. 4. Diamond. TOMORROW. Certain delays this morning would
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      380 14 BOM MOW It is io easy to do with Anchor embroidery threads. Anchor embroidery threads, tuch as stranded cotton, pearl cotton and coton-a- broder, g/ve you all the different types of threads for all kinds of embroidery designs... and their wonderful range of colours, whicfi jre all fast, give /ou
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      224 14 Rheumatic, and Backache Gone in 1 We Youll ,„,>'•' nI Cy«t»*_ tho prwrlniu. faulty k,.| «i«m. Sci'itlr.,' Back.ich,. N,,. D.«,n,<, quent Health., Burning. 5m., j In ynui f<■ tool h»' i vet rontali rlnnc-r..-, tho^r 1 a I ••ticking voiii and i rinar) v-l l| „1. man tli vi J.
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      955 14 Edgar Rice Burroughs PT"! JT~I I /y t\ a«V i .aaV^aV i ■a»»»»»»»»»l^^^^^a7al5a»»»^ TAI?ZA^ WAS KIING A.LBEET MUeeiEPLY PISMISSCP S'R. SOGEE Mfl Ir^c^Bl^ MiAjV V^ V J SO TMAT WE COULP WAVE A PRIVATE IKJTSeVigW WkJll lllMft^^^HPirife^l'll l\jl^ f^~^W I *SO VC AXE A STKANCEK/ SAIC? <IN& ALBERT I I
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    DEATH-KNELL DF LONDON'S CHINATOWN
    763 17  -  Tmile in London's Chinatown because like 3lmg. eating fried rice and dried fish it is a .Kteristic. But old Choy Chin, who keeps the hop in Britain, plump Mrs. Vi Tai, manageress c Seamen s Club, Lee Fook. the chop suey iteur. Sum Kok, of the
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    While mother's away kittens will play
    234 17 TW/S is a tale of the sea the sort that old salts tell i x to while away the watch. It's a true tale o) Psijche, a black-and-white cat, mascot of the 10,142--ton Ben Line steamer Benreoch. Six months ago in London, she took
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    The limits of human endurance
    736 17 The limits of human endurance A SWAYING body rocks hopelessly in a roped ring. It is white in the glaring lamps, save for the deep red gash on the forehead and lighter blots of blood punched on to the face as if with a date-stamp. One thing alone keeps it
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    JOHORE IS PROUD OF THIS SCHOOL
    549 17 AN Institution of which Johore is proud is the Princess Elizabeth School for the Blind, an attractive modern building in which blind children of both sexes and any race or creed are cared for and trained to take their place in the world as
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      ...But what about mother's handbag?
      822 18 ...But what about mother's handbag? WHAT a pity every highway, every day, isn't the Holiday Road. How different driving would be. How hard you seem to drive on the congested city streets. Have you ever noticed how not only your driving changes but also your car as you set off
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      Colony drivers for? Colombo races
      659 18  -  Christopher Page By I ACK of motor-racing circuits in Singapore and the Federation has been commented on more than once, but to date there are no signs of progress in this matter. Fortunately for the sport, some other Eastern countries have more roads available for
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    NEW HOPES OF A K.L. STADIUM
    583 18  - NEW HOPES OF A K.L. STADIUM Crusader |//M/i^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ By THE advent of the Alliance Party Government in the Federation has raised the hopes of those sports officials who have for long been agitating for a modern stadium for Kuala Lumpur. It will be recalled that recently the Municipal Council decided
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    RUSSIANS FEAR HEAT
    97 18 T*HE Russians are worried about their chances in the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne. It's not the other competitors they fear but the heat They fed that their athletes ran only find their best form if they have three .months' on-the-spot training before the Games begin. And
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    NEW SYSTEM FOR HAPPY CHICKENS
    474 18 AN Assistant Veterinary Officer in ipoh has a secret to impart to all potential poultry farmers. Mr. Lim Seang Chye reI commends the Deep Litter System to those, especially Oovernment servants, who have very little space but who would like to have a ready supply
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    EARLY SHOCK FOR SINGAPORE
    1649 19 But Kelantan fail in a gallant Cup bid liy THE SPORTS EDITOR ■gIM.APORE beat Kelantan by three goals to one in the 29th H.M.S. Malaya Cup football final at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday and thus lor the 16th time btva me holders of Malayan soccer's premier
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    A wedding present for Omar Awang
    234 19 \VI K who could hide his .i<>> as Vwalked off thr Held i, i in Besar stadium I( r( la>\ Mala- cup Bnal was Sinfa- n rifhl winm-r miir Iwanf* IM(1 just completed f tut »f «»ir most u.-.krnd of his m IBlUllll^i M
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    Crossword solution
    91 19 ACROSS. 1 Phrase. 5 Arisen. 9 Castle. 11 Retrospective. 12 Per, IS drove, 16 Tee, 18 Sage, 21 Bind,: 22 Trait. 23 Smelt. 24 Reel, 25 Airs, j 27 Ass, 30 Snarl, 31 Lit. 33 Inimit.iiiiiiiy. 35 Matin. 36 Exempt, 37, Stance. DOWN. 2 Retrogressive, 3 Scope, 4
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    Selangor schoolboys win triangular meet
    400 19 MALACCA. Saturday SELANGOR were champions in the boys section of the schools Inter-state triangular athletic mert here today. Negri Sembilan were second and Malacca third. The girls championship went to Negri Sembilan with I Selangor edging Malacca for j second place. Six records were broken
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    ELSIE HAS BIG DAY WITH 3 RECORDS
    606 19 SINGAPORE'S schoolgirl Asian Games swimmer. 15--year-old Elsie Lim, was the star performer at the Singapore Chinese Swimming Club's championships held at Amber Road yesterday. Elsie Lim not only won triple honours by winning the wo- men's 100 m freestyle, 100 m backstroke and
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    Lock icon Aussies take 2-0 Cup lead
    100 19 GLEN COVE, New York. Sat. —I Australia took a 2-0 lead over Japan in their inter-zone final In the Davis Cup tennis competition here yesterday, but they won only after hard battles. Ken Rosewall beat Atsushl Mlyagi 6-4. 6-4. 6-1 and then Rex Hartwig was
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    TWO FIFTIES AT SEPOY LINES
    47 19 Two half centuries were scored at Sepoy Lines yesterday when University of Malaya and V.M.C.A. drew their cricket fixture V.M.C.A. 134 iMonteiro 50 ret. Newling 29. Harcharan Singh 24 A DeUlkan 3-42, K. A. Rajan 5-27) University 129-4 CX. T. Retnam 62.
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    SIIAMESE CHAMP TO FIGHT HERE
    49 19 Nal Sanong. bantamweight champion of Siam, will fight in Singapore on Ausuot 18. Sanong. who arrive.on Wednesday, will meet Don Razali over ten rounds at the Happy '\orld Stadium. Nal Opas. second ranking Siamese flyweight, will fight Chua Gim Chiang on the same cerd.
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    REF. ASSAULTED
    53 19 KLANG, Sat.— A Klang District football league match today between Shell and Dravidians was abandoned ten minutes from the end when the referee. T. Kumaran w-as as.-aulted by a spectator. When Dravidians unsuccessfully appealed for an offside, a spectator rushed on to the field and punched the referee
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    KEDAH MALAYS
    29 19 IPOH. Sat.— Kedah Malays were 56 for four at tea In the Rulers' Shield oemi-final cricket match against Selangor Malays on the Coronation ground here today. I
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    ZABAGLIONE WINS GOLD CUP RACE
    2719 20 Technicolor ($B6), Siapa Tahu ($9l) score upsets By EPSOM JEEP 7ABAGUONE, eamrtag the colours of Mr. T. H. Menzies, triumphed in tho Penanu (>old (up over 1] miles (worth about $12,250 to the winner) alter a keen tussle with Josker II at Penang yesterday, concluding
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    SPORE WEIGHTS FOR SATURDAY
    410 20 WEIGHTS for all eight races on Saturday, lirst day of the Singapore Turf Club August Meeting, are: Cl. X, Div. 1-iM The Bosun 9.00 Rigoletto 9.00 The Milky Way 8.13 James Aitch 8.11 Border Scot 8.10 Golden Melody 8.10 Bright Eyes II 8.10 Captain Valiant 8.09
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    Jobore Police enter final
    71 20 JOHORE BAHRU, Sat. Johore Police entered the final of the Hannlgan Shield soccer competition when they beat Trengganu Police 3-0 here yesterday. Johore led 2-0 at the interviil with goals by AH Tambl and Uzli. Trengganu put a strong fight in the second half but Johore.
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    SINGAPORE ALL STARS WIN 3-2
    93 20 IPOH. Sat. Sngiipne All Stars gained their third successive victory when they bea» Ipoh Little Stan, team of schoolboys, 3-2 at the Perak j Badminton Hall '.ast night. Results: Loh Heng Chew bt Wan Yew Kong 21-14. 21-13 21-12: Loh Kum Soon lost to Cheany
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