The Straits Times, 24 August 1955

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    15 1 The Straits Times t fait*" 01 Kstd. 1845 SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 1955 IS CENTS
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    AMNESTY NEXT MONTH
    639 1 Alliance Government wUI make offr to torrorif in Mrrt w— k of September 4COSDITIONS LAID DOWN Call-up if the bandits refuse X.1.1 MITU, Tues. iflE Federation (iovmmenf will offer iht- Communist terpritits an amnesty in |c first we c k of September. stated tonight i •'< deration
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    'Bravest mother'
    96 1 dies at birth CAPETOWN, Tues. Mrs. Rachel Swart, known as South Africa s bravest mother, died today »hi|«. Rivinu birth to her second child, a daughter. Mrs. Swart was horn without arms and legs but learned with remarkable perseverence to d<> su<h things as sewing and knitting— and
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    Holy smoke!... what goes on here?
    83 1 JOT I NOVEL way ol savins welcome to the retiring (nmmisMnner-drnrr.il. Mr Malcolm Mac Donald. Instead of the tnual solemn greeting at the doon. members of the Straits Chines* British Association waited at the entrance of their president's home with firecrackers and "opened Are*'
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    BOYD LISTENS TO RULERS
    338 1 Three-hour talks: No decisions KUALA LUMPUR. Tuesday. "THE Colonial Secretary. Mr. Alan Lennox Boyd, met the Malay Rulers for three hours this morning. They discussed the workina of the Federation Agreement but reached no decisions. An official statement said the discussions covered a wide field and
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    Union leaders see Boyd
    56 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. The working committee of the Malayan Trade Union Council held a two-hour meeting here tonight and drafted a top secret memorandum to the Colonial Secretary. Mr. Alan Lennox Boyd It Is understood that the council will urge Mr. Lennox Boyd to fix a
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    Malaya's future capital
    121 1 Malaya's future capital r)ATO Sir Chenß-lock Tan. president of the Malayan Chinese Association, made his first trip to Singapore yesterday after his recent illness and said that the Colony would most likely be the capital of the new Malayan nation. 'I am convinced that nothing In the world can stop
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    Lock icon Shipped home
    26 1 SOUTHAMPTON. Tues. Mr. Cedric Belfrage. a British Journalist deported from the Unit«d Slates, arrived at Southampton today In the Dutch liner Nleuw Amsterdam. Reuter.
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    92, weds again
    28 1 BENEVENTO. South Italy. Tues. Carmine de Luca. 92--year-old peasant who has outlived four wives, married for the nfth time at Pletralcina near here yest< rday.
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    MacD gives $5,000 for youth sport centre
    241 1 MacD gives $5,000 for youth sport centre 'THE Commissionrr-Gen--1 cral. Mr. Malcolm Mar Donald. yesterday gave $5,000 to launch a sports centre tor the youth of Singapore. He said he vlsuall.Md a spe-cially-designed clubhou.se surrounded by playing fields, a gymnasium and a swimming pool for the use of young people
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    'I didn't say that'—Mr. R.
    54 1 'I didn't say that'— Mr. R. The secretary of the Singapore City Council Labour Unions Federation. Mr. O. 8. RcnKasamy. last night denied a report which quoted him as saying that there was a possibility of a general strike to support the federation's strike In the Colony. The strike enters
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    'Elephant boy' MacD.
    245 1 THAT WAS MY BOYHOOD AMBITION, HE REVEALS THE Commissioner General, Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald, who leaves for India soon to be High Commissioner, said in Sinßapore yesterday that his boyhood ambition was to ro to India as an elephant boy. Speaking at a rarewell tea party Riven
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    Lock icon COLOUR BAR—SO OUT GOES AN ENVOY
    98 1 COLOUR BAR— SO OUT GOES AN ENVOY HOUSTON. Texas. Tut*. INDIA'S tmhuudor to the t'nited Mate* and his secretary were asked to leave r public dining room at the international airport here yesterday because the mana- geress thought they were negroes Houston newspapers reported today. The ambassador. Mr. Ci.A. Mehta.
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    GUN GOES OFF AT FILM SHOW: TWO KILLED
    167 1 Villagers dive for cover KUALA LUMPUR Tuesday. AN INDIAN tapper and a Chinese schoolboy killed and two others wounded when a Ch:. Home Guards shotgun went off accidentally at ;i lilni show at Damansara new village, eight miles southwest of here, last
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    Lock icon Canberra late in record bid
    43 1 NEW YORK. Tues. The Canberra Jet bomber attempting a flight to New York and back to London in under 15 hours arrived here 20 minutes later than scheduled It took off again an hour later alter refuelling. -Reuter
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    Lock icon Coal: State grab?
    32 1 NEW DELHI. Tues. The Indun Oov«rnm«nt is eoartdiring nationalisation of the nation .s 834 coal mines, thr Minister ol Production. Mr. K. C. Reddy. told Parliament here today. Reutrr.
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    Mr. M plans trip to London
    400 1 Mr. M plans trip to London j Chief Minister, Mr. David I Marshall, said yesterday that ho plans to fly to London in November to I prepare the way for next T|f Iltg'f. self-governmert i talks there. Mr Marshall told the Straits Times that he anticipated I goinc to London
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    Lock icon Princess catches up with her partying
    347 2 SPECULATION ON ROYAL ROMANCE ANNOUNCEMENT FADING AND- BARBECUE PLAN HIT BY RAIN, SO ITS AN INDOOR DINNER KALLATER, Tuesday. DRINCESB MARGARET, who was 25 on Sun day, caught up with her birthday celebrations at Balmoral Castle last night. But she had to settle for
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    Lock icon $300,000 jackpot
    37 2 NEW YORK. Tues— A television show with a prize of US$lOO,OOO ($300.000 i will po on the air in October rivalling the present .show with the bijigest audience in America— "the U5564,000 < $192,000 1 question."—Reuter.
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    Lock icon SOLDIER MURDERED GIRL, 18
    145 2 Death sentence but jury recommends mercy HONG KONG, Tues. JAMES RICHARD BECKER, 22-year-old Eurasian driver of the Royal Army Service Corps, was today sentenced to death for murdering an 18-year-old Chinese girl, Evelyn Fung. last May 20 The jury, who retired for 35 minutes, made a
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    Envoy to move
    18 2 MOSCOW. Tues. Mr. Nikolai Pavlovich Firiubln. Russian Ambassador to Czechoslovakia has been appointed to Yugoslavia.
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    Lock icon $3 million inquiry
    31 2 WASHINGTON Tuea. Th* army U starting a US$l million (S3 million) study of the behaviour (if hurricanes. Thu aim is to lessen lo^ of life and property. —A.P
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    Lock icon Women told: Become tormentors
    183 2 Women told: Become tormentors -UNTIL GOVERNMENTS SUPPRESS VICE COLOMBO, Tues. BRITAIN'S delegate told u a congress of 100 women from 35 countries here today that the world's women must torment their governments until they agree to suppress prostitution and the "white slave traffic. Thumping the table. Miss Collusion said at
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    Naughty pictures in the vicar's files
    182 2 HE BOUGHT THEM THROUGH THE POST LONDON. Tues A DETECTIVE looked In a village vicar's filing cabinet. Hidden under sermons he f«Mid books and photographs "of the highest degree of obscenity." a court was told yesterday. The vicar, the Rev. Wilfrid Hall Jackson, aged
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    Lock icon 50,000 ITALIAN RIFLES
    240 2 Indonesian officers want the Minister's buying quizzed JAKARTA, Tuesday. THE INDONESIAN Officers' Association, which speaks 1 for the Army, yesterday publicly raised the question of the purchase of 50.000 rifles from Italy, which was handled by the former Finance Minister. Mr. Ong Eng Die. The association said
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    Lock icon HE'LL MAKE A MILLION FROM A FILM
    82 2 HE'LL MAKE A MILLION FROM A FILM Tills MAN has turned down offers to star in Hollywood films in ortlrr to take a leading role in a British film. He is t'antinflas, a .Mexican comedian, who will star in Michael Todd s "Around The World In so Days, based on
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    Lock icon PILOT SACRIFICES HIS LIFE
    66 2 LONDON, Tue.s A Roya! Naval pilot sacrificed his life to avoid crashing amor.,: women and children as he flew over a beach at Ferring. Sussex, yesterday An Admiralty statement said that he was trying to reach an airfield but. finding that he could not mi to
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    Albert did me, says Jack
    126 2 Albert did me, says Jack 'GANGSTER r W COURT LONDON JACK COUr falls himseli No. l, pm Albert I).:: both nil. tody nomi v- Ing a st earlirr this mi the hi ar> ol Soho. Comer, alia Dimes were i to dram.. Au? n wit of passers-by. Comer leading gai
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    Lock icon Press problems
    16 2 LONDON month:; i Soviet Presi I problems cf j first appearance Moscow K.. Reuter.
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    Lock icon FRENCH HIT REBEL LAIRS
    247 3 Faure and P a ha talk n froops starf dean UD fanksand planes in big new drive isABLANCA, Tues. rp\\!\ and air-support- ed French troopa lodaj launched a gea(r;l l offensive ■gaikwt irih(- responsible for t(l( North African daughter in which ihoul l||l(l peopk died, ol
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    Lock icon GUNS AT THE READY FOR CLEARING UP
    48 3 The debri aoen after rioting in which 12 were killed 1 RMECI troops stand guard a, debns ,s cleared from the streets of the Derb Chalet tnct of Casablanca after a not ,n wh.ch 12 people were killed.— A. P. p.crure
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    Lock icon 17 die in crash
    48 3 Children victims NEW YORK. Tues— A Rood* train crashed Into a school bus at Spring City, Tennessee, yesterday, killing 17 children, pas.sibly more, and injuring many others. The bus. carrying more than 40 children, was struck broadside. The bus driver received minor injuries AP,
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    Lock icon Moscow-bound
    18 3 OSLO. Tues. The Norwegian Prime Minister, Mr. Einar Ocrhardscn. has accepted an Invitation to visit Russia. Router
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    THE HANDS THAT CURSED
    40 3 I Malta. Tues. N who is imb, was brought today- chan-ed blasphemous The complaint, said Nicola threatened his cousin in public and interspersed his thrr;it.s with some lurid blasphemy, all in the sign language- A. P.
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    Lock icon Tories told: It's all your fault
    235 3 LONDON, Tues I I Mil Kn of Britain's 8.000. Mr. hi- trade union movement yesterday critirisrd the Conservative Governments economic policy, blaming it for the rountry's "deteriorating" position. The attack came in the report of the general council of the Trades I'nion Congress, in
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    Lock icon IKE TO SURVEY FLOOD AREA
    230 3 All Americans told: Aid victims NEW YORK. Tuesday PRESIDENT EISENHOWER yesterday asked people all over the United States to help flood victims and announced that he would make an aerial survey today of the six hard hit north-east states. Mr. Eisenhower told re- 1 porters
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    Bath boys get backs up
    97 3 Bath boys get backs up TOKYO. Tues JAPANESE women are revolting against an ancient Institution the scrub-boy at the public bath. Japan's 19.000 public baths patronised by 70 per cent of the population are divided into men's and women's sort ions But 38.(XX) men. mostly yi»utiß and robust, are entitled
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    Lock icon Cyprus curfew lifted
    69 3 NICOSIA. Tues— The curfew on the village of Agros. imposed because the peeple would not co-operate with the authorities, was lifted last nlßht. Incidents leading to the rurfew. which was Imposed la.st Wednesday, Included poisoning of a constable's hor.se and .shooting of a sergeant. The village power
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    Lock icon U.S. is ahead
    43 3 DENVER. Tues. Mr. Lewis Strauss, chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, told President Elsenhower yesterday the outcome of the Geneva atom conference Indicate that the United States was ahead of Russia In development of atomic power for peaceful uses. Reuter.
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    Lock icon BETTING WENT WITH THE BOATING
    246 3 BETTING WENT WITH THE BOATING LONDON. Tues. L^ACH summer Sunday. the steamer Royal I Prinress chugged out of I Greenwich laden with passengers who had paid 4/- (about $1.70) each to cruise down the Thames and sec rowing races. The rowins was arranged by a reputable club, the Globe, but
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    Lock icon Youths storm chamber
    51 3 MEXICO CITY. rue.v—Supporters of Right and Left opposition parties stormed the Chamber of Deputies yesterday where election fraud charge* were being debated More than 50 youths were ejected from the chamber by secret service men, the riot squad and regular police Six were arrested and 12 injured
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    Lock icon Red spies at Australian rocket range
    171 3 BYDNEY. Tues. Russian military Intelligence was operating In Australia early this year and was mainly Interested In the rocket range, according to testimony given to the Royal Commission on Espionage by Vladimir Petrov. The Commission today released a transcript of the evidence which was
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    LONDON STOCKS
    437 3 LONDON Tue* > AT THE opening London stork markets were ntcafiler In the abvnre of any retWtiHon of went Mlllng and price* Iri'lim-t) harder on appreciation of th« Improvement in the terms of trade dliflosed by the full July trade ng"rev Later the abitenre of any supportln« buxlne**
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    LONDON TIN
    25 3 l ONDON Ail* 23 Omh Buyer* 1751. Seller.. £753 Forward Buyer« £7.W Sellers £751; Settlement £751 Turno\er am 10 tonx pm 25 ton*
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    LONDON RUBBER
    35 3 tONDON Auk 23 Bpnt 41' 4 d, (V t 41 .rl Ort -Dec 41 .d Jan Mar 38. d Aor -June 37. o Bept If 40 id. Ort rlf 40', rt T<nip Firm
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    Telephone wire sabotage goes on
    233 4 Telephone wire sabotage goes on BUT THE FORCES DOITT SUFFER LAYANG LAYANO, Tues. TELEPHONE wires In 1 this area are being cut almost nightly by terrorists. They cut the wires to Ulu Remis Estate last night. The estates engineering manager. Mr J. Twitchln. today said. "Sometimes the terrorists take the
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    HGs wound a terrorist
    59 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues Home Ouards in ambush posit ioni opened fire on three terrorists and wounded one of them in the Jasln district of Malacca last night. The terrorists returned the flre and then fled. The Home Ouard patro. followed blood trails until these were lost
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    STRIKE THREAT BY CUSTOMS MEN
    214 4 STRIKE THREA T BY CUSTOMS MEN 'Equal pay with other departments demand —delegation to see the Chief Minister PENANG, Tues. THE Asian Customs L Service Union of Malaya is prepared to take strike action to press their demand for equal pay with other Government depart merits. "This vexed question has
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    Gun in the hands of 2 children
    96 4 EVELYNE, 6, GAVE IT TO I BROTHER IT KILLED PBRANG THE six-year-old daughter of a del today told the Penanu Coroner. Mr that she used to play with her father's f- i Jul--Trom an almi to her two-l nrother, Richard •He thr.'u anfi
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    Provident Fund will cost more
    117 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues FT la going to cost the Employees Provident ""und administrators more from now on to run the fund For the thousands of printed forms and regulations they send out each month to employers of the fund are now Ijelng printed both in
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    STUDENT HERE FROM U.S.
    117 4 STUDENT HERE FROM U.S. JAMES NEAL BLUE, an editor of the Yale University Daily News, flew Into Singapore from Bangkok yesterday on a stage of a world-girdling tour which has taken him by air and car through Europe and Asia. Mr Blue, a 20-year-old history student at Yale University, travelled
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    Two burglaries
    24 4 PENANG. Tues Ca<h. jewellery and other articles amounting to $813 were stolen lr two burglaries In Telok Bahang and Tanjong Bunsah yesterday.
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    BUDDHA'S BONE FOR TEMPLE
    127 4 BUDDHA 'S BONE FOR TEMPLE From Bangkok for statue in Ipoh IPOH. Tues A SMALL piece of Lord Buddha's bones Is to be brought from Bangkok and laid In the giant $***** statue of him which is now being constructed in the compound of a Siamese tem- pie in Kuala
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    Hunt for 2 petrol kiosk robbers
    79 4 SINGAPORE police are look ing for two men, who in the last seven days, raided two outlying petrol kiosk* and batted a total of $W5 The two walked Into a kiosk In Meyer Road on Monday afternoon, pounced on the proprietor, who was alone
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    Villagers get land
    55 4 KUALA MUDA, Tues.— Forty five villagers tn this Province Wellesley North nshin* village whose home* were destroyed by flre last December today sinned land tenure agreements with the landowners of Bertam Estate, entitling them to occupy the land for 15 years^ RIDA has lent $21,500 to help
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    'Fertilisers from mud' scheme
    46 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues -A Malacca business man has SSned a factory to produce fertiliser from seashore mud which Is collected at low tide and dried. Ammonia and other chemicals are then added to It. and the whole lot Is ground to powder.
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    7-MAN MISSION
    140 4 Pendng drive to raise money for Muslim College IPOH. Tues. A SEVEN-MAN mission; left Ipoh for Ponans last night to raise funds for the Malayan Muslim College. The mission has already raised $500,000. The College needs $500 000 for a capital fund and $5,000,000 for endowment. The mission
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    Accused of enticing a wife
    27 4 bin Sulanr.i monrd for away a mar. her husband He ticed S:v ■ttddin iron; Tons I I 13 Mr claiir.in Sept 2
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    Islamic protest on languages
    26 4 I'FNANO Malayan I vince w circulai of all Mala* oi the Fedei asainst the Chtnesi rial lan Tin part; n Ai'k! -3
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    Jockeys v. wrestlers—at soccer
    73 4 Jockeys v. wrestlers at soccer THE JOCKEYS, who will meet ihe wrestler* in the main .uin>«>rtii\j: •><'" (up charity soccer match bet»rr:i .i Business Houses Irani .met Besar stadium tonifht. «r r picturrd after bcinj introtlutrd i<> «'-»'h »tiui Tavern yeilerday Tom Mnrtnnrr. skipper of thr Jufkns. N«W !<• on
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      160 4 jr Hie 7th day of the 7th moon of each Chinese year is Bk^^M^jj the day when the Weaving Girl Star and the Cowherd Star s?^^^^^ are said to enjoy their one and only meeting during the year. _>\I7V I^S___» I I_X 1 ■_m_]_4s _r __r_rll After (heir marriage, this
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    Death for bandit Galahad
    169 5 HOR YEE STOPPED TO m»tp WOUKPED GIRL-IT COSTS HIS LIFE COMMUNIST OVALRY IS ISISIAL, ;s JUDGE jOHORE BAHBU, Tues. r of chivalry A |„f) icrrorist Hor Yoe t he H<»ck of the [i,ffi Ourl here, where was sentenced to death today. ssinß sentence v, c. Mr.
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    SAYING IT WITH FLOWERS— THE GOOD OLD INDIAN WAY
    41 5 INK ommisMoner-(;-neral. Mr. Makolm Mat Donald, is i" .miii'd h> Mr. hurcadas Sarhdev. president of thr Indian Association, at a farewell tea party Rivrn by the association yesterday evening.— Straits Times picture.
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    SON SAILS AWAY IN SHIP OF DREAMS
    110 5 I tkort, mother pleads: 'Stop him' E AH OH. 26. of Upper Serangoon Road. Singapore, remained hidden in the 1.600-ton Islander while old mother. Mrs. Lee Kern Moy. searched stcrday. fitter, had been untwo years and ard that there Ing on ChrLstmas •piled
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    Rare books to museum
    50 5 Rare books to museum The German Commercial Secretaiy in Singapore, Mr Rudolph Mock, yesterday prerented 22 German books, now OVI of print, to Raffles Museum. There are six volumes on the history of art and 16 on prehistory, which is the history of man before any written records were made.
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    Jobs survey
    24 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Tue.s. The Labour Department is to make a survey to find out the number of people employed in the Federation.
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    Food firm opens wage talks
    230 5 FIRST DUTY TO SERVE PUBLIC yHF Singapore Cold Storage company yesterday 1 opened negotiation! with representatives of its workers, who are membt rs of the Singapore Factory and Shop Workers' Union. The union, which Mibmitted 12 demand*, claims to repreMOl SM members In the company's
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    No jobs for those who marry
    92 5 KIAI.A I IMP! R Tues. A CHINESE-owned estate in Selangor has inmosed a ban on young married women workers, reports the Federation Labour Department. The headman has hern told not to enlace young married women in future. Those now employed are to be sacked,
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    Theft at hotel
    27 5 Whilp a lodeer at a hotel in Guillrmard Road. Singaporr. was asleep on Monday night, a thief broke into hLs room and stole $341
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    Released from quarantine
    48 5 Eighty seven Chinese deck passengers who arrived In Singapore from Communist China In the Ttiluwah three days ago were released from the quarantine station on St John's Island yesterday. Nearly 80 per cent of them were wives of Chinese living in Singapore and the Federation
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    Riot charge man remanded
    60 5 Koh Ah Chal was charged in a Singapore court yesterday for being a member of an unlawful assembly which attempted to cause the death of a detective. Ho Yee Meng, near the junction of Tiong Bahru Road ;ind Lent? Kee Road on May 12. Koh was
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    Deaf school gets $8,441
    39 5 Gift from Tokyo The Fedefor 'he Deaf has r $8,441 during its $303 from Dr Truelsen, ol Tokyo. Mr. Onu Ec Urn, Sr>oo from Dr Penan?. ng combined laired $1,362 organised by the Dana Association
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    Flat robbed
    21 5 I of a flat in Rise. Singapore. house locked up 'turned on Ing to find the I $30 ring.
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    Fund suspension no concern of courts
    220 5 1 "'VKient Fund law July l could not iii court now, v challenge by the 1 Mr. David so the Sccre- ngiport A.isocia- I Lloyd, said "in had alleged Pension of the the Provident 1 the MinLsand Social welim Yev, Hock, p? l°, ne
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    HE WROTE MCP REPORT: JAIL
    224 5 Shop Factory Workers Union president gets five years yHE President of the 1 Singapore Shop and Factory Workers' Union. Yong Koh Kirn 43, was Jailed for five years yesterday for having a document entitled "Report of work for the past three months" an account of
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    City Council gets a reprieve
    179 5 City Council gets a reprieve 1,500 MEN SAY: WE WILL WAIT 2 DAYS THE 1.500-STRONG Sin--1 jrapore City Council Services Union, which threatened to stop its members carrying out abnormal duties during the strike of council labourers, decided last night to defer action for two days. The union had protested
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    WAGES OF JEALOUSY, HE SAYS
    152 5 WAGES OF JEALOUSY, HE SAYS 'Friend tried to get my job* A FALSE charge was brought against a watchman earning $200 a month because his friend who was only getting $80. was jealous, a Singapore court was told yesterday. Mehna Singh, who was alleged to have stolen a bag of
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    Council worker charged
    53 5 A City Council striker Arif bin Abdul Aziz was charged in Singapore yesterday with preventing workers from working, and vehicles from leaving thr garages at the MacKenzie Road depot on Saturday between 6.15 am. and 8 a.m. Arlf. who pleaded not guilty, was granted bail of $1,000
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      438 5 BFaIHHBWHBMHHIHHHBHiHIHHHHHHI^SBHHHNiH b.nrel Iliuw 10 00 Take It Prom Here; I' 3o— lloo Dance MuMr RADIO MALAYA Hpup. 'Prorrmmmca thux nuirkrd ran br I r«>rri\rd by listrnm In Malacca (Short wave 4t A ttm. Mrdium SJJIG AFORE wave 4: Km 343. SMm. and is7m (Short war* €tm. Medium win %'Hm P.M.
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    DEATH
    38 6 ;ti 4, rrf. |N 1 minimum). BRAGA: Sucidenl on 22nd Augu Kuala Lumpur. (Coonle) Bra«a, n a Pimcral Boi let will be the Good ore, at 4.15 p.m. %UgUSt, 19S. r >. Interment fit B: :>wply Barret tad
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    76 6 N II „rrf. JfO < minimum). •I hanks<;iyino to Sacred He:i:i of Jews f'>r favour granted. M: Rosen, AND ■TH- D. C. HASI.AM all Friends .md Relatives who ..Mended their Wertdinc on 20.8.55 Ntf Presents, t and RenMRS A F CORNELIUS and Family Mncerely thank Relatives and Friends who
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    Singapore, Wed. Aug. 24, 1955. The Eighth Day
    590 6 Singapore, Wed. Aug. 24, 1955. The Eighth Day T.e strike of Singapore City Council daily-rated labourers, which today enters its eighth day, has caused much less in- j convenience than was feared. At no time have the essential scrvk-r-s. water, electricity, and gas been interrupted. Hundreds of newly-engaged men have
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    Another Guest Coining Up!
    673 6 Another Guest Coining Up! The guest room is being made ready for another distinguished visitor to Moscow. This time it is West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer whose visit to Moscow begins next month. Russian hospitality should be at its best for Hcrr Adenauer is a man who will nood a
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    The future of the worker in the Robot Age
    1044 6  - The future of the worker in the Robot Age GEORGE TANSEY By i T<JE Robots are going to throw the workinß lives of mil- lions of people Into the melting pot very soon. The advance guard is here now. The rest will come. The challenge is whether we can prove
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      TODDY AND THE LABOURER
      85 6 TODDY AND THE LAB OURER IT is pleasing to hear the words of the Minister for Labour during Indian Independence celebrations that Indiana in Malaya could And their richtful place in society only if they rave up their drmkini; habits. I hope thr gentleman who controls thr Labour Ministry will
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      Admission to the university
      202 6 Admission to the university THE Federation Government's method of awarding pre-University scholarships to the sixth form students is very unsatisfactory. In previous years this scholarship was awarded to the students before the School Certificate results were out. As a result, more deserving students were deprived of the scholarship. This year
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      SERVICE WITHOUT SALARY
      130 6 INDIA. Indonesia, the Philippines, Burma and Ceylon achieved their Indepenence the difficult way Many of their politicians fasted, were Jailed, or exiled during their fight for Independence, and afterwards M>n.r served their country without aalary. Our politic-iana have gained from the experience of other political leaden In
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      THE LABOURER MUST PROVE HIMSELF WORTHY OF HIS HIRE
      527 6 THE LABOURER MUST PROVE HIMSELF WORTHY OF HIS HIRE \|R. RENGASAMY. the fl secretary of the City Council Labour Unions Federation is alleged to havt stated that the City Council "had deliberately imiored the reasonable Krievances of their employees who sweat to keep the City clean and that the strike
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      Food denial at K.L.
      254 6 A 6 every resident of XL. will undoubtedly hope to see the Federal capital, declared a White Area', so do I. We understand that, but for the few terrorists operating In the Ampang area and the Puchong/Klang Road areas, Kuala Lumpur would have been declared 'White.
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      Very bad conduct
      66 6 I THINK tho.se Assembly mm who .staged a walkout last Thursday behavrri In a very irresponsible manner. I wonder tf they did It out of spite or jealousy. Do they really think that Singapore should have selfgovernment right now and nine months Is too long a tlmr
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      Housing scheme
      45 6 HAVE siened S..M B enmp'.un;: nf quart- n r G men: I riaMl attention to thr houxr where which W( r January. II So ablr to selling pr:i' vants I rrpaymi Dl |OM mm .Munurr and i llousi' PMnaMaa h m Kuala Lumpur
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      847 6 CLASSIFIED ADS. ;n Wnr<l> tin (minimum). LEWIS To Muriel and Hush a *on Michael, nl Kandane Kerbnu Hosp.iiil. on Monday 22 August. 1955. MORGAN OILES: On Aur. 22nd to Pamela, wife Of Captain Morgan Giles Royal Navy, a son iRodney). BERINOER: AuRUst 12th. 1955 »t the BnlL^Ii U1UUO HO^JlUl .Singapore
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      18 6 MALAYAN RAILWAY TRAVEL IN COMFORT ALL FIRST AND SECOND CLASS BEDS ARE NOW FITTED WITH FOAM LATEX MATTRESSES
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      95 6 a\ JfffF *T*? 5 MORTO\ J5 F am ,rites Oak Smoked KIPPERS' HERRING ROESCOI AGENTS C E MORTON (Malaya) LTD Nin&iporv Kuiiln l.uinpur I STOCKTAKING CLEARANCE SAL \M\/IM. BAMAIN* "HI HVKIM' M( Balh TowrU IS x 14" Aatartran Night Gowns Encllah Poplin Bannri Shir Is I' reach hifToiu 44" rurnUhlnc
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    A let-down for Boyd
    194 7 0 2MLB- WAS JUST TOO MUCH FOR THE CHAIR IN SQUATTER'S HOME KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. -HK COLONIAL SECRETARY, Mr. A. Lennox Boyd, mU on a home-made chair in a tiny after hut here today and it gave way under L- s >iiii II). plus weight. yd.
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    Extortion bid — man remanded
    32 7 Extortion bid man remanded 1 v charged 1 ore Fourth Ma- Court yostcrday with 1 > extort $10 from i YfoK in Al.junied Vug. 2 minded for two j ling further investi- t
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    High tides
    73 7 TODAY- Slnßsporf 237 am 18ft. Sin 1 2.32 p.m. (MM; Port Dirlcson 10 02 a.m. 18ft. lln.i 10 06 pm 7ft. 2m 1 Penang 3.51 am < 7ft I 3.45 p m. 16ft. 3tn > TOMORROW: Singapore 3 22 a.m. 1 7ft Bin 1 308 pm 18ft. 71n.i;
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    HE SPEAKS FOR MALACCA
    52 7 COM Mr. Van has been apr ■n| the SetMalacca nn the Council. (■"mmissloner d the roUowini official members of thr Malacca Settlement Council: Mr. F. C. W. Edge. Chief Education Ollicer: Mr. H. D. Mat hi son. Settlement Acricultural Officer: and Mr. B. H Catchpole. Sen:or
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    A CUP OF TEA FOR THE C-G – IN THE STRAITS CHINESE STYLE
    12 7 A CUP OF TEA FOR THE C-G IN THE STRAITS CHINESE STYLE
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    Breakfast at Bukit Rose—a lot of fun
    296 7 Breakfast at Bukit Rose a lot of fun F>R the nmn.i hrlpinc the little boy to strvr thr traditional Cninrtr cup of tci to thr ommiNM.inrr (jrnrral. Mr. Malcolm MacDonald, yesterday was hrr bisirrst day. Madam Ah Brr. who has hrlprd to makr-up and dre«» (hiiiiv.inris of rhinrw brides in
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    OIL? 'GOLD IN LAKE' CRY GOES UP IN GAS
    172 7 OIL? 'GOLD IN LAKE' CRY GOES UP IN GAS KUALA LUMPUR. Tues OIL STRIKE! A tiny villaee on the coast of Sclangor thrilled to this prospect this week. It all began when a smallholder found a pool of water on his land with a peculiar sheen and a strange smell.
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    THIS CLAIM: IS IT CHEEK? ASKS LAWYER
    210 7 WAS the Crown guilty of effrontery in claiming from the U.S. Army in Japan compensation for the tin and rubber taken by the Japanese from Malaya o Were the owners of the tin also guilty of effrontery in asking the Crown to pay
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    10 are told: Give up your guns
    68 7 10 are told: Give up your guns KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. ¥>OLICE have made 10 young I men, mostly sons of wealthy people, give up their licensed firearms A police spokesman said: "We found they had no need for th* weapons One young man who was carrying a revolver caused a
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    WEEK IN JAIL FOR STRIKE PICKET
    122 7 A CITY COUNCIL A striker, Llm K;<y Huat. was yesterday Jailed for a week by trie Singapore Magistrate. Mr. J. P. Tralnor. for preventing a nlcht soil van driver from worklne at I the MacKenzie Road depot on Saturday. He was acquitted on another
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    Coconut falls on boy's head
    39 7 An 11-year-old boy. Tallp bin Abdu] Aziz was charged in head by a falling coconut in Kampong Wak Tan Jong. Singapore, yesterday afternoon. He was treated at the hospital and allowed to go home.
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    Funeral of Malay Regt. commandant
    116 7 SEREMBAN. Tues. LIEUT -COL. C. FORD. 48. MB E Commandant of the Malay Regiment Depot at Port Dickson since 1947. died In hospital here last night. He had been in poor health for some months and was admitted to hospital on Sunday He leaves his
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    $312 theft
    18 7 A thief broke into a flat in McPhereon Road. Singapore on Monday night and MoV $312.
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    Teachers call on Minister
    38 7 Forty-two Chinese Kbool taMhen ir"m Lovet i >•■ sterriay paid a courtesy call on Singapore's Minister for Education. Mr Chew Swn Kee Many of them were known to him when Mr (hew I:\.<l :n Perak.
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    Mr. Lim of Middle Road, Singapore, steps in
    240 7 Mr. Lim of Middle Road, Singapore, steps in on a strike 250 miles away ABOUT 1.300 employee. Of the Hume Industries in Sirmaporr want the company to settle the claims of their 78 striking colleague* in Kuala Lumpur. The Federation work' •nke on Monday when the management refused to meet
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      145 7 Refreshes you *i-^ while it does you good Eno is a mild but surprisingly efficient antacid never cautea an upct, but gives quick, posiu\c relief from acid indigestion, flatulence and heartburn. That's because of Eno's special buffering antacid action. VThen someone overeats or cats something that doesn't "agree" Eno helps
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    BOOM KILLS RUBBER TREES
    334 8 Smallholders rush for big money; New estates open: Higher pay for workers Slaughter tapping to get last drop of latex and July output soars KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. COME smallholders have delayed replanting and resorted to "slaughter" tapping to extract the last ounce of latex from near
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    ON FLYING VISIT TO COLONY
    78 8 ON FLYING VISIT TO COLONY rpilE DEPI'TY PKKMIIR of Egypt, Wing Commander (..imal Salem, is expected in Singapore for a day visit on Friday. Wing Commander Salem has spent the past fortnight touring Indonesia a guest of President Soekarno. He is due here by air from .Medan at 9.30 am
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    Goodwill men from Japan
    39 8 Twelve members of a Japanese goodwill trade mission to Indonesia passed through Singapore yesterday. Twenty more members of the mission arc expected through today. After a three-week tour of Indonesia, the mission may visit Singapore.
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    Riot death: 6 charged
    84 8 Six youths charged with Doing members of an unlawful assembly which caused the death of a volunteer special constable. Andrew Teo Bok Lan, near Alexandra Circus in the May 12 riots were produced in the Singapore Seventh M i" ist rate s Court yesterday. •<ere Lim
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    SHOT BOY: POLICE SEEK THE FULL FACTS
    291 8 SHOT BOY: POLICE SEEK THE FULL FACTS AFTER THAT INQUEST WILL BE HELD A CORONER'S Inquest will be held on Gunner Liew Lee Yuen, 21, of the Singapore Military Forces, who died in Kluang General Hospital last Thursday, two days after he had been injured by the accidental discharge of
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    He will study in England
    40 8 Chla Wai Hon. of Palme? Singapore, has tv-en awarded a five-year scholarUllp oy tne Education Depart-■n-nt to study art in England A teacher at Pearl's Hill School, he will study for a diploma in design.
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    Geology pass
    19 8 Fan Pow Foong. of Goodman Road. Singapore, has graduated from Wheaton College. Illinois. USA He studied geology
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    A feast of magic for charity
    241 8 ILLUSIONS BY 8 TOP TRICKSTERS EIGHT Singapore magicians will put on their latest tricks and illusions in a •Festival ot Maßic" show at the Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus Hall on Friday night. They are members of the International Brotherhood of Magicians, who
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    Malayan films at festival
    35 8 Malayan films are among those from 38 nations now bt ing shown at thr Edinburgh Film Festival. It will be three weeks before the screening of the selected films is completed.
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    HE IS OFF TO STUDY PLANTS IN BRITAIN
    82 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues Mr B S. Rao. assistant entomologist of thr Rubber Research Institute hrre, is leaving for Britain on Saturday oW study leave to do postgraduate training in plant pathology at the University of Bristol for one year. Mr. Rao. 34.
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    Matilda turns her back on world to follow in sister's footsteps
    113 8 Matilda turns her back on world to follow in sister's footsteps IPOH. lue<». MISS Matilda Leong, youngest daughter of Mr. Leong Yew Koh, the Federation's Minister for Health and Social Welfare, left by train today for Singapore to Join the Franciscan Order an a nan. Three years ago her elder
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    1,500-year pomp in the Cathedral
    228 8 ANOTHER ASIAN BISHOP WR MALA YA MEMBERS of the Roman Catholic hierarchy of three countries will attend the consecration in Singapore on Sunday of the second Asian bishop in Malaya. Msgr. Francis Chan will be consecrated as Bishop of Pen- I ang in a solemn
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    Youth dance
    37 8 The Wesley Methodist Youth Fellowship will hold its annual barn dance at the church hall. 4. Fort Canning Road. Singapore, at 744 pm. on Frirlav The programme will include square dancing and a satay treat
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    Art exhibition
    27 8 An exhibition of paintiim Iby Lv Chong Mm. who i("shortly going to Paris to study was opened in Singapor. day at the British Council Gallery.
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    TAX MAN WARNS. NOW NO MERCY
    78 8 TAX MAN WARNS. NOW NO MERCY MOPLE J} I liable to inrr, expect no the Sim partmeni This v Mr. J partment when for hi. him.splf chai 1951. 1952 Th< of Brightoi $250 on eon-it Brokerage Mr Tjoiu a clerk he h in-.; s^ pawnbrokln 53.000 in bi He income
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    Kohler recital today
    13 8 Iron Urta cot re-it. tho-lisi 530 are I Jjeinpore M
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      140 8 FEDERAL AND COLONIAL BUILDING SOCIETY LTD. Established 1950 nnoMoriox of HOME OiI WXKRSHIP TOTAL ASSETS: Exceed $27,000,000. GENERAL RESERVE: $700,000. SINGAPORE MavDonald House KUALA I IMPI R V 17 19, Old Market Square PENAN (i Fort Cor' all's FEDERAL AND COLONIAL BUILDING SOCIETY LTD. paris] in Comfort 1 *j and
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      75 8 attractive coral novelties.., artistically created Branch C^ral trnm S*i 9wl Scenic D WE INVITE YOUR INSPECTION IN OUR CHINA GLASSWARE DEPT •LF STORE WITH A TO OF y THE WATCH OF /T A ufi time J wATi«»toof >n 1/ S»-OCK PHOTICTID |Hj^ jft UNIRIAKAILI MAiNSfItINC J^Htaa* ir^^^^ TH| WATCH fOR
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      284 8 11. Struggle in th* r*d (or rrcocnlC+|**»j+c Tinri£»c i rncc\A/ftrn m. a n«p m» n*, mv i» m Jl IdllD I II I It? 3 22 Ancetlc wear. *omemhat oldla&hloned! i 4 •>. 24. Burh .\plntA are unra>tralnrd g 1 n N 3 K. >f i 7 B^9 DOWN j
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    Lock icon Set off with gun and mandolin— returned a rich author
    1702 9 Set off with gun and mandolin— returned a rich author IN a beautiful, white farmhouse in Florida one of the world's most prolific and successful novelists faced death. He was 6 ft. 3 inches tall, weighed 17-stone and was vigorous-looking for all his 71 years. His popular action romances wore
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      185 9 IT w o drops quick relief -ps of Murine in r re d eyes and it to»Hnfl of rei matter of mere ;s as gentle at I and soothe I oeneath the mi tears do. 1 ng cf annoy» «rr.s to float I t. a ices fIIRINE OWI X I
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      203 9 LLOYD TRIFSTINO til WIT. 4 ADVANCE RAIL tv RISERVATIONS riinnnr to london LUnUr L AND PRINCIPAL EUROPEAN CENTPES express UONTHLY SERVICE V. MODERN LUXURY Ll^ fj ft AIR-COHDIHOHID N^s THROUGHOUT Bo«»k through Qajaj AsniU: HARFEk, GILFILLAN CO., LTD. M*cOofijld Hra»c Orchard Rd Singapore Tel: *****/3 HZH^ZZZZZI The car of a
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      71 9 Shvrlvrh Holmes Cyprus U*ruU>d Uivli Trucy Afior dark P»M»^»MeMeMMr r^E-LLSTAPTUeREAT Tl MEANWHILE |K»4ATnoV tATFINn* 1 TRACV AND SAM TRVTO Z^Z^Bj^ZZS**™ LOOK BUJCKSTONE lV« P« UMEAN -4 EVENING -TUATJS LOCATE TWE LATE 'WAPPV" AC *^*T!?%s!^™^- W *^d fiSw TOGETCO3NV P-^ *W? I WANT LAPSONS PLAT FROM A SNAP- U&« TUAJ^TUS RELEASED
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      1464 10 Tal: 2405 MANSFIELD 6c CO., LTD. T«l: MM (18 lines (Incorporate in Singapore) (12 llnet) h o. p .t7 THE BLUE FUNNEL UNE D f w SAILINGS to LIMhnOL, GLASGOW, LONDON 4 CONTINENTAL PORTS Singapore Due Sails P. S'nom Penong Atrcus for Liverpool Glasgow G.IS/14 Aug 25 Aug 24/2* Aug
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      1237 10 EAST ASIATIC UNE SAILINGS TO CONTINENT/SCANDINAVIA For Ad.n, Part S.id, Sanaa, Antwerp, R.tt.reem, Harnkwrg, Cepenkepen, Gothenkurg 4 Osl. Spore P. S'hom Penong -kin a- 9/12 Sap* 13/11 Sap* 14/ IS Sap* "ERRIA" 22/23 Sap* 24/2S Sap* a) Colh Gdynia, KaHekaata. Call* Beyrouth SAILINGS FROM SCANDINAVIA/UK /CONTINENT Spore P. Shorn Penong
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      960 10 Mm. the ben limb steamers ltd. Tfer SINGAPORE (lneorporot«l in the Unrtad Kifsgdom! LINH SAILINGS TO U.K. ANO CONTININTAL PORTS Spora P. S horn Panong Bmhwui for London 27/» Aa« '*~RitTlro?m U)Od00 2S Au«/ 3 Sept Wra«t arrfva. UsWa* 2SS.pt i-^tr.rdrr n Li A^r^!' P 2B W 4 Up* 1
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      765 10 MeALISTEfI CO tTll -M "L: No: 283.1 L *D. EIXSRMAN BUCKNALL LAVENE«. LONDON, HAVRE. ROTTERDAM, 10 tr., «am.urg T t/^",!;,;' end tor \i S.A North Atlont.-: Portj Accepting t 10 y »<{J orvl Conodo end v.o Colombo '-hw j CITY OF OTTAWA CITY Of POONA 1 S-ijOf P Shorn Prmrvj
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    OFFICIAL PRICES
    13 11 h hill a c-pnt). > Tl^-5.5.. r^r Picul ."IVkX SMI prr Picul
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    48 11 jOURNE. Tues. •ne and irre--mUs on the Minings on moderate ■■,<dy. B £95-29/32 ;.8 £97-5/32 68/6 seller cm 27/IOH 96 bui-er 52/4H 28/8 7/64 n/6 bbßbt r 20/2 5/114 53/10',, 23'0'i 41/9 teller 49/1 17/7H 34 4* I 28/2 f 20/1 44 '6\i I 9/1 19/2H
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    RUBBER MARKET HAS YET ANOTHER DAY OF UNCERTAINTY
    742 11 RUBBER MARKET HAS YET ANOTHER DAY OF UNCERTAINTY By Our Market Correspondent SINGAPORE Rubber Market had a nervous and uncertain day, again yesterday, with traders susceptible to reports circulating throughout business hours. S??£E3 Z&VlliX™' of the 11 Rumours that the pro- f durtlon of rubber in the Federation in July
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    RUBBER PRICES
    141 11 September first grade buyers' [on cloaed In Singapore yesterday at 1 40>« per lb up half a cent on Monday's close The closing tone was steady Closing prices In cents per lb. were No 1 R.B 8 Spot fob. buyers 139. sellers 139Vt; No. 1 R.B 8. September
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    BROKERS' REPORT
    291 11 The Malayan Share Broken' Association. Singapore irrUon. re- I ported "All sections of the local share market experienced another quiet day with very small price changes." Singapore brokers reported the following business:— Consolidated Tin Smelters ord» 295. 6d Fet'eral DtsMKrjr $3.07.:, $3.10; Fnuier and Nen\e ords $1 70;
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    SHIPPING
    118 11 Ship* lying alongside ili r >ln purr Harbour Board whaiif. or BEprcted today are: Nleuu Holland 1 2 AmagUan Mtru 45. Lucas Trader CP Else M.iit k 8.7. Loir.- 8 9 Benmhor 1 1 Roybank 13 14. Atreus IS 10. BUllton 18. In dub Mini 10 30 Segamat N
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    166 11 Singapore Ckineae Produrr Ex rhange: noon pncea per plcul yesterday were: Copra: quiet August 126 buyers. S26', sellers. September $26\ buyers $27 sellers October $27 buyers. seilers. Coconut oil' quiet. hulk $3i sellers, drum 142 sellers. Pepper: quiet with no bu*lne-v. reported; Muntok white 5162. Sarawak 1161. special
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    Jump in U.S. holdings
    81 11 WABHINGTON. Turn I he US Commerce Department report* that I earnings on U.B. private Investments ..broad reached a new high! of 2't billion US dollars In 1054 This was a gain of tome MS million U8 dollars over the year before and wa» about 100 million
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    TANAH DECISION
    68 11 The board of Tanah Estatrs does not recommend acceptance of the offer, now stated to be l.s lOd per 2s share, made for the company* Issued $77,211 one-class capital. Receipt of the bid was noti.ied last week. Holders of the majority of the shares have been consulted and
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      459 11 SHIP MAERSK KNUTSEN LINE Fast and Regular Service FROM CANADA/U 5. PACIFIC PORTS— 3O DAYS Sailing Arriving Sin Francisco Singapore P. Swot Penang Frcmantlc |aa Eikk, 13 Aug 12 Sept 14 Sept 15 Sept 22 Sept Sept 3 Oct 5 Oct 6 Oct 13 Oct kk< 1 Oct 31 Oct
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      496 11 TENDER FOR THE SUPPLY OF COOKED FOOD TO THE ■MUM COLLEGE HOSTEL. JOHORL BAHRU. Tenders are invited for the cookIng and serving of Muslim food to about 50 students at the English Coliege Hostel. Johore Baiu-u, beginning In Septei.iber 1955. Tander> >h>UiU provide for 4 meals dally a> under BrrAlwi
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      1014 11 NOTICES THE UNITED MALACCA RUBBER ESTATES, LIMITED i Incorporated la the Federation of Malaya). NOTICE IS HEREBY OIVEN that the Forty -Plriit Annual Ordinary Oeneral Meeting of the Shareholders of The United Malacca Rubber Estates, Limited will be held at No. 96. Ptrst Croas Street, Malacca, on Tuesday. 6th i
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      576 11 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS 1955 SINGAPORE Ql KKN S SCHOLARSHIPS PKLLOVVSHIPS POR (iRADUATES OF, THE UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA APPLICATIONS for 1»55 Queen's j Scholarship* and Fellowships should be submitted to the Director of Education. P O Box No. 746 Slnga- I pare, before 15th September 1955 an forms to be obtained from
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      362 11 NOTICES L J. HERMAN CO. PTY. LTD. c/o The Cbmrnerclal Bank r.( Australia Ltd.. Head Office. MELBOURNE We are well established as repre sentatlve of Australian and overseas manufacturers i.nd are prepared to act aa Australian Agent.' for ovcrva? i Importers of Australian product* NOTICE 'WE, the uno»r-Mgned partners of
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      166 11 NOTICES I KUPANC ESTATE T.J.I SELFS The fall this year U unbeliever v prolific, so that our conservative laattaate ha/t already been reached. We are In a position to i many more orders. U.vrs ml«ht. '>r using this year'a «crx'to establish stump nurseries for 1957 planting Price. unchanged since 1937.
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    Holiday By the Sea
    939 12 Holiday By the Sea TEDDY SITS ON A ROCK AND SEES A MONSTER Teddy, Golly and Rnscmnri/ arc on' holiday by the sea. Teddy has a fray man suit, and one morning Golly produces a tank of air for xmderwater diving. He put* it on and got* into ttic \cu.
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    THE APE DID NOT HAVE TO USE HIS WITS
    254 12 THE APE DID NOT HA VE TO USE HIS WITS KWEK KENG HIANG. of Singapore has two questions for me this week. He says: "If I want to write a book of my favourite things should I cal 1 it 'My Book Of Favourites', or: My Book Of Favouritisms'? Mv
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    IN A TEMPER
    41 12 MM sjjM Bill show a flash of jungle temper at the London Zoo. They are two month old genets, members of the African wild cat tribe, and were born at the zoo. I wonder what has upset them?
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    What has Rosemary hidden in the big box?
    406 12 What has Rosemary hidden in the big box? Dear Boys and Girls. Thousands of entries poured in for our Hidden Face* contest The six winners are: K Ammalukutty. I -A Siang Kuang Avenue, Sennet kstate, < Singapore 13. Smi Song Pof. 22 Valley Road. Singapore 19. Lee Ngah Boon. i6-B
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    HOW UNCLE OLLIE ONCE SAVED HIS LIFE
    332 12 4H CHAN and Uan Soo went to Uncle Olhc's house to tea last Thursday and the first thing they wanted to know was if he had been able to decipher the letter Ah Chan had sent him. "Of course," said the Wise Owl.
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    Don't forget the Selangor stamp club exhibition
    348 12 rERE an several important happenings in our own particular realm of stamps, the exhibitions, new Issues. and First Day covers. On September 4. a completely new set of 15 pictorial stamps will be Issued in Singapore. From 1 cent to 50 cents, the
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    Pen Pals
    134 12 lIERE are the names knd addrrssfts of somr overseas pen paLy A. R Nax. aped 16. Block C, Street 3 House p. 179, Montgomery Baiaar, Lyallpur. West Pakistan Sandra Morlcv aßpd 15. P.O Box 73. King Williams Town. Cape Province. South Africa. Vera Osterloh. ascd M P. O.
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    CHEW BEE WILLED HIMSELF TO WIN
    706 13 Ailing Ip gets sympathy for defeat but... It was best display of his career By Our Tennis Reporter IPOH, Tues IPOH maintained its 1 reputation for first class organisation at the 24th annual championship meeting of the Lawn Tennis Association of Malaya, which ended
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    Lock icon Devlins lose at tennis
    194 13 BROOKLINE. Massachusetts, Tuts. THE Devlin i-ister*. Judy and Susan, leading world women badminton players were beaten In the quarter final* of the United States women', doubles lawn tennis liMinpion.--liips here yesterday They lost S-7. ri-0. 0-1 to the British pair of Miss A Mrirt.mer and Mi-*
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    WALLA WALLA, STAGE SHOW II PROMOTED
    343 13 Clti.l stHUW II and WaUa Walla. both of whom scored doubleu at the Singapore Turf Club August Mo'iiiK. and Oular II n.i\e been promoted to Class Two from Class Three, according to latest amendments In the Straiu Racing Associations classification list. Other tr.nk.lers Clau
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    Lock icon Cockell wants to visit Russia—Worker
    140 13 Cockell wants to visit Russia— Worker LONDON. Tues. DON COCKEII the British and Brltl«h Empire heavyweight boxlni; cham.uon. was yesterday quoted by the Daily Worker a, »aying that he would like to visit Kussia One of this Communist newspapers reporters Mick Beni.ett •a rot i •Don Crxkell thlnts It U
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    INDIA INVITES ONG POH LIM AND 001 TEIK HOCK
    163 14 IF negotiations succeed in the next few WCWfcl, Malaya's world doubles cham- pion.s. OnK Poh Lim and Ooi leik Hock, will take part in the Bombay Cricket Club's open invitation championships from Sept. 12 to 25. The Colon] i hampion and
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    SERVICES LGE
    38 14 Royal Army Ordnance Corps I failed! to turn up for their Singapore United Services League Div. 1 soccer i match at RAF Seletar yesterday Instead Seletar "A"' met Seletar "B" in a friendly, winning 5 1.
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    Badminton chief takes action
    424 14 Wynn Rogers must answer to US association SINGAPORE HOSPITALITY WAS 'OUTSTANDING', HE SAYS r rilK Thomas Cup Man- agement Committee yesterday released a letter from the President of the American Badminton Association reRiettiriß the statements made hy Wynn Rogers, a member of the IS. team, shortly
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    Compton's knee may bar him from Tests
    229 14 Compton's knee may bar him from Tests LONDON, Tues. DENIB OOMPIOM r"ay never play in air ncr cricket Test. F.s right knee, inlured five years ago. cave him trouble In the deciding Test .iftainst South Africa and it is doubtful if it will stand up to the rigours of future
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    Spore name 16 v South China
    62 14 Mateen players have been invited to represent Singapore ai;nn>; tin South China tourinc soccer team at Jalan Bcsar st.idium on S'lndu at 5.15 p.m. They at*: Ki»)k len.- Skiuner Yonu Kant, Aman KiU-tawi, Kok Sene. Osman Johan. Klin Beng, Boon Khim. Omar A*an_- Rahla
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    R.A.F. SCORE 9
    27 14 Royal Air For:e Deat Royal Na\y 9-6 at H.M S Terror in the interServices water-pnlo championship j On Auk 29 they play the Army.
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    AUSSIE BOXERS PAID THEIR OWN PASSAGES
    331 14 AUSSIE BOXERS PAID THEIR OWN PASSAGES A USTRALIAS two-man team for the South-East Asia boxing championships, to be held in Singapore next week, arrived by air yesterday afternoon. So kt en were they to come that they paid their own passames when the national body announced that it ;-ould not
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    Footballer King Kong's plan to get goals today
    318 14 WRESTLERS will piay jockey.-, m a novelty .soccer match preceding the annual Fcith Cup chanty game tonight at Jalan Br.sar Stadium no Sino-Malays meet Combined Business Houses at 8 15 pm Out the novelty match at 7 30 p.m. promises to be
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    US swimmers for Colony next month
    151 14 A TEAM of four American .swimmer- will pive an exhibition in Sincapore at the end of this month, the Singapore Amateur Swimming Association dLsclosed last nieht. T7ie Amerlcan.s are headed b\ Ralph Casey, the coach of the University of Carolina I hey mill arrive
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    U.K. SOCCER RESULTS
    98 14 I.ONIXJN. Tuey |>ESUI.TS of the second round of maiciirs In the English soccer iraKUe yesterday were: IMY. ONE Burnley 0 Blackpool 2 Sheffield U 0 Charlton 0 DIV. TWO Bristol R. 4 Stoke 2 I*ed« U. 1 Bury 0 Leicester C. l Notts Forest 2 Plymoutli 2
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    AHMAD WATAM BEST AT WOODBRIDGE MEET
    261 14 \HMAD WATAM w ..v the individual champion .it the Woodbridge Hospital Recreation Club's annual athletic championships held at Ylo Chu K.mr Ahmad scored II points In winning three events and fln!*hin,( second In another. Thong Kmn Weng was rupner-up with nlnr points. Six records
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    TWO-MAN TEAM
    44 14 Australian boxers .Max i arm-, deft) and Le? Harrod. pictured at thr South Ka.st Asia championship* t rai nine camp ittrr their arrival in Singapore yesterday. They will represent Australia in thr tournament from Aug. 29 to Sept 3— Straits Times picture
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    Weekend ties for SBA junior meet
    295 14 Weekend ties for SB A junior meet T«IES lor Siiturtlay and Sunday In thr KuiKiipore Badminton As-MK-iiition'v mi. lor chumploiK'iipß MartlnK at 645 on both day.s tire: ■ATI KItAY Junior In!., i hi-, lit round): Swift v VMM A; MeiTytime Buklt Tlmah (Blue); Mayburt v Jacques. Rex Orntlr HI'NDAY Men'i
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    SIAM CUP GOLF
    62 14 Mr^ Purnell and Mrs Ro.m «ith "3 1 le:id the "ichi qua! Into the final Mases o' the Slam Cup compel ion «t the R"\al Club The draw tor ihe flm round is Miss O K Biiirett I Mn J kiru-oo Mrs Puinell v M:> R 1
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    Big send-off for Colony athletes
    294 14 SINGAPORE S advance party of three officials and 1G athletes for the Malayan championships at Ipoh on Friday and Saturday were Riven a biR send-ofT at the Railway station last nmht. The Colony s contingent of lour officials and 52 athlete.* ravelling to Ipoh in
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    SPORTS DIARY
    69 14 ■Ml ik I i Hi S.R.H.t SiaaMaU>v Jalan Hroai. H.'Mi SBIII I.eafUr and «up «.ruop II RrrorrirN Malayan \ir»a>» FAN (round. <>i«up I. i jblr and Win Irs, v Borneo I*., pudang. Besrt\ r l.racur Strait. Tradint t Simr l)arh«. larrer Park Rl( Xl Singapore iimlmnil >< ho.iU
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    Rajas get points on walkover
    80 14 Kota Raja gained theii not points in the 8A FA r.r.-t cluumoii league when they were iw.irdid a walkover by Btar Sixi entes at Jalan Be»ar stadium yesterday. Twenty minute.- aitei thr >rhedultd start So< crritrs MM only muster 'oceth.T eeht players while Kota Raja
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    Lock icon SURREY STAY ON TOP WITH EASY NINE-WKT. WIN
    375 14 I 01 SURREY and Yorkshire ;irc still the English county crlcki f a result of their victories tod Worcestershire. But Surrey, clinging tenaciously to their four points load over Yorkshire, are overwhelming favourites to win the pennant for the fourth sue cesslvp
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    Tayfield's 14 wickets is a record
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    SELETAR BEAT ISLAND CLUB
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    PROFIT FOR SPRINGBOKS
    42 14 LONDON Tue. SOIIH AFRICA S :-.(k« take hi«nw I record pn brtween C 35 000 and Ml their tour of England The prt be>t profit for a South A; in Encland was ElTii'n •fO. Thetr share ot profit from
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