The Straits Times, 25 August 1955

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    13 1 The Straits Times. tstd. 1845. SINGAPKOE, THI RSDAY, AIGLST 25, 1955 15 CENTI
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    CRISIS RULE to END SOON
    515 1 Singapore Emergency Regulation* will lapse in October: Covt. to revUe the law 7 BILLS WILl^SETJjPjJEW SYSTEM Present powers to stay where needed ■:.MERGEN< V in Singapore will end offit-ial-rdfl the end of October Ithouirh the Communist activities >.t>\ exists in the [olony. the effect of
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    The kiosk thieves at it again
    64 1 The kiosk thieves at it again TWO petrol kiosk robbers whom thr Sintaporp police are seeking, .struck acain >e«.terda\. f"he> rr-visitrd a lonel\ kiosk i n Holland Koad. which thr> had rohhi-d a week aco. held up thr same attendant, and cut "!T with Hit, In thr first hold-up they
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    Assault on hawker
    50 1 Two men last nicht assaulted a hawlter. in Johore Road Sincapore. and left him in a .somi-con.scious .state. The hawker Tan Ah Nik. 26 wil detained at the General Hospital with head and face .oa. Tan is believed to be a victim of a protection money pans.
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    Hooded men clean the streets THEY HELP BEAT STRIKE
    102 1 Hooded men clean the streets T HEY HELP BEAT STRIKE SOMI ol 111l labourer, engaged by the Singapore l il v ouni il it.ulx in place of its s nun striking rmplot rc\ an- "shy" to have their pictures taken while at work. They do not wish lo i>identified Many
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    STOP-the-STRIKE MOVE BY REA
    200 1 Decision day for 184 union men \BOUT 184 representatives of 12 unions, affiliated to the Sinira- pore City Council Labour Unions Federation, will meet this morninp to discuss the strike of their 8.000 colleagues and decide what action to take. The Federations MWll tecretanr Mr. O
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    $16,000 THEFT
    99 1 600 Swiss watches vanish from air shipment to Singapore \BOUT $16,000 worth of watches wore missing from two boxes opened at the new Sinpapcre International Airport yesterday morn.nu The v.itdu- were part of a consignment which arrived by KLM airliner from Switzerland on Tursday afternoon Of the 720
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    Quiet day
    26 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. It v.is all quiet again today on M;,lava.s lungle warfront. No casualties to cither the rist* or security forces were reported.
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    Lock icon Hell, the Devil and girls in shorts
    42 1 KERNERSVILLE. 'North Carolina i Wed The Rev Pan Carpi nt"r doesn't think womci should wear shorts. ArtdresfclnK mr nth annu:< camp meeting of the Pilgrin Holiness Church, ne caller them "hellish, devilish anc damnable A.P.
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    Lock icon 2-gun amok kills 3
    87 1 Seven idtunded BROADSTAIRS I i. -land. Wed American. Rojral Air Force and civil poltec today combed bcache.v and cliffs between thr crowded holiday resorts of Broacistalr.s and MarKate on thr .soi:th-< .i.'t coast for a coloured airman who had run amok with a gun First reports
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    Lock icon Moscow holiday
    36 1 MOSCOW. W-rt \«r >up of 28 tourists 26 B:;ti.sh and two Australian thr tir-t to ruM tt'i ila since th> war arrived lrom \a ningrad total by train i six-day stay In Moscow Reuter.
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    20 WHISKIES in 2 MINUTES
    67 1 SYDNEY Wed Two Australians. Victor Raban and Jan Slran.sk v. held a contest to ii who could drink 20 whlaI kic.s thr quickest Raban. 25 won In two 1 mlnutM lat anri died ten hours later of acute alchololic (Mil oninc City Coroner F MrNjmara
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    Amnesty
    711 1 'AYES' FROM MANY— BUT THE FRONTLINE MEN WANT MORE DETAILS KUALA LUMPUR. Wed PLANTERS in the Fed- oration— the civilians *ho have been in the front-line throughout the seven years of the Emergency— today welcomed the assurance b> the Federatiori's Chief Minister. Teneku Abdrl Rahman, thnt h:s Gov- rnment
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    Cream buns: Just a Marshall slip
    784 1 DON'T GET UPSET, Mad). TELLS BUSINESSMEN rHE retiring Commissioner-General. Mr. Malciin; Mac Donald. spoke of < ream buns and politics ;it yesterdays lunch meeting ol the Smuapore Rotary Club and nave thi.s advice to Mr. Bin Businessman "Don't get too upset cv« ry time
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    French call-up
    33 1 PARIS Wrd Premier Edear Paurr today ennfirnvd that between M>ooo and W.onn ■uld be called to tlv colours a>> soon v IMMStbk to rHnfOTM the French Army in North Africa Rrutrr
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    Lock icon Hunt for London barrack raiders
    126 1 LONDON. Wed. I^ROOPS and police were r;i)l<d out in London early today to hunt for men who trice to enter two military barracks within halt an hour. The alarm was raised at K B.irrack>. i.it about 3 15 am tried to hold ;:o 'a vntry
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    Riot death toll
    15 1 AI.GII Inc in Out tl 7< n. ::rlud:nE 21 children and bat.
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    Lady Luck became his companion
    503 2 TOM TOOK DUKE'S CHALLENGE TO TRA VEL WORLD ON $42 By WILLIAM FISH AN Englishman who took up the challenge issued by the Duke of Edinburgh last December to travel round the world on £5 ($42) has arrived in SINGAPORE. During the past Hunt months
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    Lock icon Prison may give men leave
    125 2 Prison may give men leave WINNIPEG. 'Manitoba. Wed. THE Manitoba government is proposing to give 48-hour home leaves once every three months to good conduct prisoners at Heedingley jail, ■eene of two riots in the put nine months. Permission to try the "vaca- 1 tion" plan has been asked of
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    Lock icon Dog watch
    43 2 NEW YORK, Wed— Patroi dogs employed in one of the largest department stores here have stopped a spate of thefts committed by people who u.«ed to hide in tne store at night and leave next mcrning when the store re-opened —Renter.
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    Lock icon $PELL NOW
    157 2 Gloria, 12, has a week to make up her mind: Take $16,000 or compete for twice as much NEW YORK, Wednesday. 4 12- v _AR-OLD Negro girl, Gloria Lockerman. last ni- at reached the $16,000 stage of the '$64,000 Quezon" television show, which has the biggest audience in
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    Bang goes Mr. Green's £8.000
    69 2 Bang goes Mr. Green's £8.000 BISHOPS WALTHAM Hamp. I .shire. Wed— Official Royal Air Force spotters watching the effect of near supersonic Hiehts over Bishops Waltham s •jet bang alley today saw 45 greenhouse windows shattered by planes flying at ...bout 4 000 feet. A local nurseryman, Mr Leslie Green,
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    Lock icon LOOK WHILE YOU TALK—ON THE PHONE
    88 2 LOOK WHILE YOU TALK— ON THE PHONE SAN FRANCISCO. Wed —The Mayors of San i Francisco and Palo Alto, one mile away, picked up their telephones last night and saw each other on a ten-inch screen as they talked. The two mayors were taking part in the first public demonstration
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    Lock icon Danger in headlong dash to win peace
    305 2 iMEETTEttKU HALFWAY -PAPER URGES LONDON. Wed. THE Dally Telegraph 1 suggested today that the members of the new Federation Government are more moderate than they seem. This Conservative newspaper said that if there is one overwhelming danger. It is that the new Government's
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    Lock icon A BACHELOR
    187 2 That also means a divorced man judge LONDON. Wed. A judge consulted three dictionaries during a case at London Sessions yesterday to help him define the word "bache'or." Robert Peters. 38. was before the court charged with having caused to be entered In a marriage register a false
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    Ashes of envoy for U.S.
    171 2 Ashes of envoy for U.S. BANGKOK. Wed. SIAM paid its final tribute today to the late US ambassador. Mr. John E. Peurifoy. as his ashes and those of his son Daniel were placed aboard a U.S. Air Force hospital plane to be flown to the United States The Siamese Premier.
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    Gospel series
    40 2 Youth gos[)el meetings an> being held dally at 6 p.m. at the Rethesda (Katongi Church 17 Pennefather Road. Singapore, with Mr. E Poulson as guest speaker. The series will end with a rally at 5 p.m. on Saturday.
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    Lock icon IRON CURTAIN WENT UP FOR A-SHOW
    109 2 B LONDON. Wednesday KIIAIN has learned "quite a bit* from the recent atoms-for-peace conference in Geneva and nioM of the useful information came from America Sir John Cockroft. chairman of the British Atomic' Enerßy Commission, said this 1 when he arrived at London airport
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    Hotel man fined
    37 2 Tay See Soo, proprietor of the Pah Siah Hotel in Teiok Kurau Road, was fined $200 in SinKapore yesterday for allowing a couple to occupy a room in the hotel without registering their particulars.
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    Lock icon NOW HE HAS TO WAIT ONE YEAR...
    60 2 NOW HE HAS TO WAIT ONE YEAR... NEWMARKET. Ontario. Wed —Clarence Williams. 23, .stole r and drove it to work every day for week- pa the service station from which U \< as taken Magistrate O s Hollinr.ik. asked him: What made you steal the car?" "I Rot tired of
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    Green light
    15 2 The Singapore LtglslaUvi A tinblv yesterday passed th< School Crossing Patrols Bill i
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    MR. TEN PER CENT LEAVES HIM
    49 2 MR TEN PER CENT LEAVES HIM Danny loses his shadow new yoi DANNY KAYE comedian more tha.". million pound split wi'h hi curt. i.: at the Pa Then- partni In I But a rontr.i bonoui extern: prlvati H< c lowly ance he no nnore But Duk in the- shadi
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    India accepts a British offer
    22 2 N!\V DHJ dlan 0 announced British 1.100 million rup steel prod« tdlls .1 The Briti have I.OIMMX'i
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    Heart surgery with aid of dog's lung
    124 2 Heart surgery with aid of dog 's lung MINNEAPOLIS. Wed The blood of a three-year- old girl flowed through a lung uhu h had been removed from a dog yesterday aa doctors operated to close a hole between the chambers «>| ht r heart Doctors at the University jf Minnesota
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    Lock icon MOROCCO: 100-MILE WAR FRONT
    396 3 French troops and legionnaires drive against rebellious tribesmen TANKS. JETS COVER REPRISAL RAIDS premier Faure orders reserves called up CASABLANCA, Wednesday, rplli; French today hurled troops and Foreign J ...jnmiiairos into reprisal attacks along a l() m j| fighting front against rebellious North ifrican tribesmen. th
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    Lock icon SHE DIED BECAUSE SHE WAS MODEST
    129 3 I ONDON, Weil \MODI ST, !4-> car-old tripped, fell uni-s .i ml «;h .ic.tuse she refiivcil ''H er skirt, an jnqursl \\.i~ l"lil Inn- >esIfrd.i' Miss (lladya Margarel H,...k »as lr>int to step f r ,,in i in (aafwaj in,lo ht-ii she lost >tin(
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    South-east Asia safe
    28 3 i leut Gen Australian Chief .■i here to- li fence of Scuthlotni alone ll iuLs been attendI coiifercnce of 1 irnmonwealtt) mili- in Eiißland. Rev-
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    Burmans sack British estate
    22 3 Wed. A band inlsi rebeU I ;i Bnt:shettatc SM of Rangoon wooden bunr inu taken mm later re-
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    Two nonchalant airmen
    189 3 LONDON, NEW YORK AND BACK IN 14 HOURS don. Wed alani British breakfasted In rday mornd over to New inch and. flew to dine with ivea the w Canberra jet the whole thing 14 hours. Pilot John Hackett and Navigator Peter Moneypenny averaged 481 52 miles an
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    Lock icon Mrs. Sispera finds a new happiness
    132 3 SHE WEDS MAN WHO FOUGHT FOR HER FREEDOM MKS. PHYLLIS SIMM It 3'l-vear-old lormi-r wiir of a Cscch, aftrr her w il at a l.iiniliin register office to .Mr Jaromir liudv. 31. who tii-liH-il to obtain In r release from I'iechoslovakia. With thrm are
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    Lock icon Ambassador gets U.S. apology
    92 3 Ambassador gets U.S. apology WASHINGTON Wed IN APOIOOY sicned by tIM A U S Secretary of State. Mr. John Foster Dulles, was made to India's Ambassador U Uv United States. Mr. G. L >!ehta. because he Ml Insulted n Houston, Te>..«s DntDl a c *op between fli Mr Mehta was
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    Lock icon Spies arrested
    31 3 HELSINKI. Wed Two Finns, a man and a woman, have been arrested on a charge of i aptoaaf* for an unnamed foreicn power, .security police here said today. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Peace at last
    25 3 BAGHDAD. Wed. tvaq'l .stat- of war with Japan declared in January. 1943 ended officially on Aug 18. it was announced today. A.P.
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    Royal sorrow over floods
    53 3 WASHINGTON. Wed The Queen has asked President Eisenhower to express her sincere sympathy to the flood victims In north-eastern .states. I am deeply grieved, Mr. President, to learn of the tracic .suffering and havoc re- sultinir from the hurric iit Qoods. the Queen said in mi
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    Talks called off
    23 3 CAIRO. Wed LKVpt today bmke off talk> with Un*l aimed at reducin« tension in tin Otta border area Reui r.
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    Lock icon SUDAN PLAN APPROVED
    188 3 7-nation umpires for vital polls LONDON. Wednesday. Lgmirti:* is reaay 10 approve suaan s suiißesuons lor a seven-nation body to umpire Sudanese elections later this year. A Foreign Office spokesman .said Britain and Egypt undertook to abide by the Khartoum Parliament's choice of observer-countries provided British. Egyptian
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    Their good deed: 4 saved
    112 3 Their good deed: 4 saved ONTARIO. W <i BOY SCOUTS attending thr nfihth world Jamborrr hrrr. l.isi M uhl joined in thr n-M in- of four Hiiinrii whosr car had pluncrd into thr Ni.ii:.ir.i Rivrr. The <-ar had »arrrrrd o»rr a 75ft. bank. Onr of thr four womrn inoidr m.inacrd
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    Lock icon My only love —by Anita
    54 3 My only love by Anita ROME. Wed Blonde Anita Ekberßen. former Miss Universe, flew in from Hollywood yesterday and announced. "My only romance is with my dop Holding her white poodle in her arm.N. the Swedish MtTMi was replylnß to Italian newsmens questions regardint, Hollywood reports of a romance with
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    Ali goes back to Washington
    53 3 KARACHI. Wed Mr Mohammed Ali. who resigned as Prime Minister of Pakistan culler this month, has been appointed ambassador to Washington it was announced today. Mr Ali held the post In Washington from January, 1952 until he was called home to form a government in
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    Lock icon Two chose death to home
    41 3 ST POEITEN. Austria.Wed.— I The bodies of two Russian ■oMieri have been found by, Austrian police near a Soviet army camp. The police said that the soldiers apparently shot themselves to avoid repatriation to Russia— AP.
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    New 'ambassador' is arrested
    62 3 ROME. WrD. An Bnflishspoakinc man walked it to tin IS Embassy here yesterday and told guards he was an American from Chicago sent tc replace Ambassador Clare B"o«hf Luc. who was busy upstairs worklnc in her office. Guards called Italian police and firemen. There »'M a
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    BOY DRIVEN TO MURDER—BY SCHOOLMATES' TAUNTS
    114 3 PAI.MDAI.E. (al.. U'ed "The hoys- al school kept < t ll in u me a »quare (old fashioned), brrausr I wouldn't steal or anything- I didn't want to be a sissy. I v.is tired of being a square." \nd so. xheriflT's deputies said M-st.-rii.i\
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    Lock icon Fine, better best—10 mil. got pay boost
    151 3 Fine, better best— 10 mil. got pay boost LONDON. Wed. More it in 10 million Bnton> have received pay Increasea this y. ar almost half the natio i i workinu population the M B i try "I labour dladOMd oThe Ministry', Btaette > tirl that ini-i January will i i
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    LONDON STOCKS
    412 3 LONDON. Wed rpiIANKB to ihe i«• .iMi.n rif rrX (fllt neHlliK i.ii.rr than to ..ir. miirxed lntre«.H» in l»uvinc thr stock m.irkeU put up a good pri- fnrmance today and man (-lofting pricey atiowed usrtul Oilledged* *'ere back in favour and finished with gain* extending t<> three-quarter!'. The
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    LONDON TIN
    22 3 IX>NIK>N Am. J4 C.i.-h Buvrr 17M); B*l!rr, £75! Kor-^in Buvr£T4fi sellris C7M; Settlement C7.M Turno\er «m t't tony pm 30
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    LONDON RUBBER
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    Court acquits Trainer Ellery
    239 4 HIS SPEECH WAS SLURRED, SAYS DOCTOR IPOH, Wed. £HARLES ELLERY, 31, an Australian racehorse trainer, who was found seated in the driver's seat of his car near a culvert at the bend of a road, was today acquitted on a charge heinu drunk while in charge
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    THIS WAS A REAL CANNON-BALL SHOT
    87 4 A TKNSK moment in yesterday"* eh" ity lontball match betwee jockeys of the Malayar turf and Singapore «re ders at Jalan Besar Stadium came when jockeys were awarded a penalty because sheep-eater (iora >>mt'h refused to move ou' of the way The wrestlers presented
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    BOYD IS BANG ON TARGET
    242 4 But he misses first two shots at clay pigeons PORT DICKSON. Wed. THE Colonial Secretary. Mr. Alan Lennox Boyd, tried his hand at clay pigeon shooting when he visited the Military College here today. His flr.st and second shots missed but the "pigeon" came tumbling
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    HAPPY LANDINGS FROM FILM OF AIRPORT
    71 4 MR. JACK KICK, a phntoeraphrr from Divisional Headquarters of Pan American Airways in San Francisco, is in i Singapore to film the new International Airport in colour and for the wide screen. The film and tape recording > of loral sounds and voices will
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    DEFENCE TEST TODAY
    181 4 DEFENCE TEST TODAY Three air forces will combine FIGHTERS and bombers 1 of three air forces the R.A.F., R.A.A.F. and R.N.Z.A.F.- will Join American B-29 bombers today in exercises designed to test Malaya's defences i The B-29 s will simulate attacks on Singapore and the Federation Venom and Vampire jets
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    Provident Fund plea rejected
    54 4 The Central Provident Fund Board yesterday told the Chinese Education Council that the Councils application for deferred payment of contributions from Chinese schools towards the fund could not be granted The board said the contributions should be made by the 21st of every month as laid
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    Plea: Let him leave his home at night
    81 4 Plea: Let him leave his home at night THE MMM I M .no Youth Section will ask the Alliance Government to lift the house curfew impound o n Ahmad Boestamari (above) former leader of the banned A.P.I, movement who was released from detention this year, at Us annual conference on
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    $450 fine for two men
    58 4 Two mm pleaded guilty in Singapore yesterday to possessing dutiable tobacco and brandy in a tungkang off the reclamation art* on Tuesday ■MM Kir Kirn Juo. who had 13 Ib. of tobacco, was fined $300. Soon Van Toon was fined $150 :<>r having half a
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    THE PIGS THAT WON'T STAY AT HOME...
    93 4 KLANO. Wed— Malay families living along the Batu Tlga Road here complained to the Town Council that pigs were roaming around their kam- pong This, they said, was against their religion and could th>' council «cc that the pigv were moved away. A
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    Home Guard (he killed two people) told: Your plea can't be accepted
    123 4 Home Guard (he killed two people) told: Your plea can't be accepted Kt'ALA LI'MPIR, H>«l A HOME Guard of Damansara new village, Chan Sam. 25. was charged today in the Sessions Court here with causing the deaths ot P. Vfllasamv and Tan Sin Teng hv a negligent act not amounting
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    Mother's plea to Indian Red
    115 4 SHE IS GOING HUM) WANTS TO SEE s.i\ SEGAMAT. yWO top-ranking Indian terrorists who .v 1 jungle in 1948 have surrendered a leaving only one Indian terrorist op tegunat o. Today over the urging the I up in ord< r i mother, who i The
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    Inspector is accused
    73 4 A police inspector. Dm Kam Choon pleaded not guilty In the Singapore Fifth Magistrate's Court yeste-day to three summons charu> accusing him of causing hurt to Ho Beet Nyan. Lew Kam Plew and Ho Fook Yoon on the night of Aug. 4. Llm was alleged to have
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    Clock stolen
    20 4 A wall clock worth $60 wax sto>n from the control tower at the Kallang Airport Singapore, jn Tuesday.
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    Acid accident
    18 4 Tv labour': I Hock .md Nadar ceivtd bi:r: acid bai I Eng«> r Stn I ftern
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    Hygiene lesson in court costs boy $300
    300 5 STUDENT KEPT BANNED PAPER IN BED-AND FORGOT ABOUT IT HE DID NOT TURN HIS MATTRESS FOR ONE AND A HALF MONTHS PENANG, Wednesday. \S not the intention of the police that harsh sentence should be passed on a Chunjj iuh School student detained
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    Drought holds up logs
    57 5 Drought holds up logs STRLAMS. CANALS ARE DRY IPOH, Wtd. r FHE DRY spell of the past two months has hit lumberjacks in the Kota Stia area of Lower Perak. making it impossible for them to float logs to the sawmills. Flu streams and canals that criss-cross this area their
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    Now they wait for rain
    84 5 Now they wait for rain Is a result, hundreds of logs arc lying in the forest where they have been felled, waiting for rain to fill up th<' stn MM and canals >umberjaiks have taken advances of several thousand dollars irom sawmlllers for ihe sale of logs whVh will be
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    WHEN ON STRIKE, CYCLE WITHOUT PEDALLING
    104 5 A< ITV Council worker, pleading guilty to holding un to .i moving lorry whilst riding a hicycle, yesterday (old tin smuaporr Second Magistrate, Mr M Karthi;t'^u thai he did so hMMM lit uas on strike. T- 1 i nun m told that J. \i\xr
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    BOYD MEETS BOY IN BIRTHDAY SUIT
    47 5 lIII.DKKN. one in his birthday suit, stood and -l.ir-d i> the < olonial Secretary. Mr. L*nnox Boyd. toured a squatter settlement in the heart of Kuala Lumpur yesterday. With Mr. Boyd is Mr. Man (iarling. Kuala Lumpur District Officer.— Straits Times picture.
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    HE'S JAILED FOR DEATH SHOT
    170 5 Soldier was cleaning rifle KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. -TWO YOUNG BRITISH soldiers were cleaning rifles 1 in the armoury of their unit at Kuala Kubu Bharu when suddenly a shot was fired. One of the soldiers fell backwards with a bullet wound in his chest. He
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    To see Sultan
    42 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed Incht- Abdul Karim bin Nawab Din the Fodrratlon Director of D<ntal Strvici s. has been called to Johorf Bahru to Ha the Sultan of Johorf who has been suffering from tooth trouble since he left England.
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    100 to get more pay
    74 5 Restaurant dispute About 100 workers employed in four Singapore Chinese restaurants are to get a pay rise of between $20 and $30 a month Thi» was the result of an agreement reached between representatives of the workers and the managements at the Labour Ministry yesterday
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    22 5 The management of the Slncapore Firestone Tire and Rubber Company yesterday continued negotiations with representatives of its 800 striking workers.
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    Sea search for murder weapon
    92 5 Sea search for murder weapon BUTTERWORTH. Wed. ATAIKONO. Yacob bin Kathar Mlna. was found slashed to death In his tongkang. tied up at the Old Jetty here today. A member of the crew found Yacob with severe head injuries lying on his pillow in a pool of blood at the
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    Thanksgiving service
    48 5 A re-dedicatlon and thanksgiving service will be held at the Wesley Methodist Church Singapore, at 10 a.m. on Sunday to commemorate the completion of the church's $8,000 renovation project. The guest preacher will be Bishop Raymond L. Archer, head of the Methodist Church in South-east Ast».
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    House burgled
    21 5 A house in Still Road. Singapore, was broken into on Tuesday night and 1300 and five sarongs were stolen
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    Two lose $108,000 gold
    80 5 An appeal against an order of forfeiture in respect of $108,000 worth of gold bars was dismissed by Mr Justice Whitton in the Singapore High Court yifterday. The claimants were Ong Ah Tee and Lum aluk. Foong. One hundred bars worth $60,000 were found In the
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    THE FIRST CATCH—A LIFEBOAT TROPHY
    265 5 THE FIRST CATCH— A LIFEBOAT TROPHY rpHE 280-ton fisheries research vessel Manihlne which arrived in Singapore from Britain 11 days ago to search for new fishing grounds yesterday made her first "catch"— a quarter-cen-tury-old trophy f<>i lifeboat crews. The Manihinrs lifetvmt rrew beat lifeboats from t'nrer Straits Steamship vessels M
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    He routs 3 robbers
    45 5 A cycll*t. Osman bin Ibrahim, fought of! three robbers In Llm Tfrk 800 Road. Singapore, on Tue.sd.iy niuht. In the fi<;ht one of them .stabbed htm with a screwdriver In the shoulder. They fi^d when Osman eot hold of the screwdriver
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    Seriously ill
    28 5 JOHORE BAHRU W'<] Dato Haji Mohamcd Said. 80. who has been private secretary to the Sultan of Johore for the last 40 years, is seriously ill.
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    74 5 TODAY: Singapore 3 22 am. (7ft Bin i 308 pm. lift 7m i. Fori Duavson 10.37 a. m < 7ft I'm > 10 40 pm. (6ft Tin i; Penang 4.14 a.m. 1 6ft sin i 4.04 p.m. lilt 6m TOMORROW: SlnK'pore 4.19 am (7ft llii i 3 a.'
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    LAND GRAB MEN PUT OUT OF BUSINESS—BY LAW
    1860 6 LAND GRAB MEN PUT OUT OF BUSINESS— BY LAW Assembly freezes April 22 prices to pave way for planned dewfopment ■JPJ i^B^BIB^BIBHB^BI This is not a restriction on the right of free trade. Rather, it is a restriction on the right of highway robbery.— Mr. Marshall. This UN savours of
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    BANK CLERKS WANT MORE PAY
    101 6 1,500 ask for 44-hour week TPHE newly- formed Singapore Bank Employees' Union 1 wants more pay and better conditions for 1,500 clerks working in 16 banks. The union wants a new pay .sr heme from next month, a housing allowance, a month's annual lrave, two
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    Tamils to meet
    36 6 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. Tamil delegates from all parts Of the Federation will meet here on Sept. 25 to discuss ways to improve the status of their community and create greater harmony among themselves.
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    Music award
    30 6 The Federation has been offered a scholarship by the Royal School of Music. The scholarship, worth $1,700 a year, l.s for music ■tudlea in Britain lor three years.
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    Opening of hall for Indians
    46 6 PENANO, Wed— The Indian community hall in Sungel Olugor will be officially declared open on Saturday by Mr. H. W. Watts, manager of Olugor Estate. The Srec Veerama Kaliaman temple in Olugor Estate will hold a fire-walking ceremony on Aug. 31.
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    The Deputy Speaker takes over
    102 6 The Deputy Speaker takes over r|{ 15 minute* during yesterday's meeting of thr Singapore Legislative Anvmbly. .Mr. ft. C H. Mm Nominated) acted for thr Speaker. Mr. V, C. V <>. h lera. It was the first time that Mr. I. mi (Deputy Speaker) had Uken over the Chair. The
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    135 6 But thLv had rrnt rfT' had doubii He I would no before p Sw han R n urn nontl THE 10-CEXT BREACH IT lI A! 1 1 ONLY HERE, SAYS A JUDGE IS BREACH of tnist of 10 r. tit and 2 1 offence peculiPi to Sim Mr
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    10 6 An elect p.- I fmm ;i Rnad n
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    Sportsmen praise Mac Donald's gift
    160 6 Sportsmen praise Mac Donal d's gift gINGAPORE sportsmen were all full of praise yesterday for the CommLs-sloner-Oeneral. Mr Malcolm Mac Donald. for his $5 000 gift to start a youth sports centre. "A very nne gesture in a very worthy cause," said Mr. W McOregor Watt president of the Singapore
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    THE GUILTY MEN—THEY don't CARE, SAYS DATO
    141 7 THE GUILTY MEN— THEY don't CARE, SA YS DA TO mi: (;rkat fund flop-he raps thr university chiefs lI'OII, Wednesday. ,M\ ERSITY OF MALAYA authorities have been >(d of indifference and partly blamed for apathy to the Iniversity's Endowment lirman of the lunris Perak appeal commitiglima Hukit Qantang, la so
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    Festival plans ready
    22 7 I.UMPUR. Wed— i Samajam, SelanI arranged for the n at the Hall SentuL at 2.30 the .innual I Malayaieei.
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    WORST PAID PORT IN MALAYA
    108 7 WORST PAID PORT IN MALAYA I 1 O K I S WHITEN II AM. Wed— Wajtrs and working conditions of harbour workers here wer,. tod.i> desi rih<(i !>\ union officials of d.iily-r.it.-d ana monthly-paid employees as "ihi- worst in any M ilajraa port." The romment was made by a delegation
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    Water siders pick officers
    60 7 PENANO, Wed Officials of tho Prai Wharf Worker*' Union ,">6 arc: President. Mr S Krishnan; vice-president. Mr. M. Raman; secretary, Mr. A. Ahilandam, treasurer. Mr. M. Sinnia; committee. Messrs T. R. Sabapathy. R Sakathevan, M. S Manlam, P. Aroki.tm. K Saminathan, M Kanda^amy, R. Vrngndasalam, R.
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    WE HAVE A COMMON FATE, SAYS MARSHALL
    372 7 WE HAVE A COMMON FATE, SAYS MARSHALL Singapore's greetings to the Fedention THE fate of Singapore is inextricably linked with the Federation, said the Chief Minister, Mr. David Marshall, in the Legislative Assembly yesterday. Mr. Marshall, who moved a resolution conveying good wishes to the Federal Lecislative Council on its
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    Mr. Tan quits a job
    72 7 Mil TAN I LAN BOON, chairman of the Selangnr branch of the Labour Party or Malaya, last night resigned from his post of nrrretary of the Selangor Division of the Malayan Trade I'nion Council. Mr. Tan said he was doing this to concentrate on expanding
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    6-day course
    35 7 IPOH. Wed —Miss Leta Oalpln. of the United States Young Women's Christian As.soeiatlon. will arrive from Kuala Lumpur on Friday to Rive a six-day course in youth leadership at the Ipoh V.M.C.A. bulldinß.
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    Married 'blackguard' seduced girl
    212 7 •I TREATED HER AS A FRIESD' A MARRIED man who seduced a 19-year-old girl was yesterday described as a "blackguard" by a Singapore magistrate. Y.i Sut Fatt was claiming maintenance from Ng Ah Bah lor his child Last month Yau told the court that she was
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    Civics at top
    35 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed Thirty villagers from the Temerloh district of Pahang who are here on a civics course railed in today for a 20-minute talk with the Chief Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman.
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    SPORTSMAN'S JAIL TERM APPEAL
    278 7 Counsel: Evidence inadmissible L^VIDENCE recorded at the public examination of Koh Hor Khoon. a bankrupt, was inadmis- sible at his trial on two charges under the Bankruptcy Ordinance. Mr. Kenneth Seth submitted, in the Singapore High Court yesterday. Mr Seth wa.s arguing the! appeal of Koh.
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    Man collapses
    26 7 BUTTER WORTH Wed. A P.W.D. watchman. Vithalingam. collapsed and died while cutting firewood In the comnound of his hou.se at Sungel Nylor Road yesterday.
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    EXOTIC OR QUEER, THEY ARE ALL HERE
    163 7 EXOTIC OR QUEER, THEY ARE ALL HERE TRANSPARENT anj?el fish, fish that look like flying saucers and whose home is 3,000 miles up the Amazon River, fish which erunt and others which swim upside down, are among hundreds of exotic varieties to be displayed by the Singapore Aquarists' Society. The
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    Farewell party for Whitfield
    42 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed —The SeianßOr Malay Teachers' Association save a farewell party la.U night for the retiring Federation Director of Education, Mr. L D. Whitfield Mr. Whitfleld will leave for Britain next month after 33 war* in Malaya
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    ARRESTS ARE DEFENDED
    171 7 Legal Adviser replies to critics of police PENANG. Wed. 'THE Settlement Legal 1 Adviser Mr. D. C Jackson, today defended the Special Branch for the recent detention of 12 Chinese students, including a girl, for alleged subversive activitives in schools Evidence of subversive elements at work in
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    RACE RATIO
    129 7 Rulers decide preference for Malays must remain KUALA LUMPUR. Wednesday. T<HE MALAY RULERS have decided that the quot.i 1 for Federal scholarships three Malays to one nonMalay— must br strictly enforced The decision was taken at the Rulers' conference, which ended here yesterday The three to one ratio
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    Clerk jailed for cheating
    53 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. printers clerk forged receipt* for parcels and claimed postal expenses for parcels thai never existed, the Magistrate's Court here was told today Abdul Oaffor. 24. a tlcspatcn clerk at the Caxton Press, pleaded guilty to cheating his firm of $72 and was jailed
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    NEW HOUSING ESTATE OUTSIDE K.L.
    73 7 NEW HOUSING ESTATE OUTSIDE K.L. KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. Three hundred homr.s are to be built on a new houatni c.state at Setapak. a Ku.il.i Lumpur suburb three miles from the town They are for member^ af the Forlone Co-Operative Bom me Society Ltd It h. members. Tenders are DeinK called
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    THREE COINS IN THE....
    68 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed Two Iriends quarrelled when one of them accidentally dropped three coin.- into the others soup while h^ was havine dinner. The quarrel resulted in one I n the other with an Chonu Ec San. 19. of Pudu Muind over for six by the
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    Diam, boy tells Lady Boyd
    190 7 Diam, boy tells Lady Boyd SNAPS HACK MALACCA. Wed. IfIVL- YKAR-OLD Foo r Tai San ("Tar/ today gave Lady Patricia 1/ nnox Boyd, wife of the Colonial Secretary, quite I shock when he told her: •Lv diam diam.' (You kti p quiff Patricia had internipt.•iioylnn his lunrh with ii! the
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    Prayer meeting
    36 7 SITI AW AN. Wed The Malayan Youth Fellowship Ol h y Church v.ill hold a prayer meeting at Mi I i houi on Friday ,it 7M> pin MLv, t. Mercer will conduct the meeting
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    IN MEMORIAM
    38 8 10 Hordn flO i minimum). RENTSF In Memory of AnKer Pentse. killed in action in Kelantan the enemle.s of Malaya 25th Aukusl, m.iO and of the members of the R A F. who died with him.
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    97 8 N <>"*» S/» i minimum). Km low PSDAMT F.-.irv Day in al to win OLmOMWfB In the know insist pedal Scotch V. Agent! RolniiMjn's. VKHA Recatfai. Glamor- U COttona by Mademoiselle. From $29. 5(1. Top Floor, loke Yew Buildla Lumpur. TOWN fc CO'JNI'RY (lUflei Place) baa an exilaM\e .selection
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Thurs. Aug. 25, 1955. Amnesty Test
    655 8 The Straits Times Singapore, Thurs. Aug. 25, 1955. Amnesty Test Next month the Alliance Government will formally oiler ■a amnesty to the Communist terrorists. This proposal has been on Tengku Abdul Rahman's lips since last January and for some time in the minds of the Director of Operations and his
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    It's Business As Usual
    589 8 It was business a.s usual when the Singapore Legislative Assembly met yesterday There was none of the restlessness presaging dramatic endings to I brief sessions of grim-faced Vssemblymcn. The members 1 looked more relaxed and some 1 of them distinctly amiable. From the tone of yesterady's
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    VERNON BARTLETT comments...
    238 8 VERNON BARTLETT comments... KUALA LUMPUR. \|R. LENNOX BOYD ifl has gone off on his tour of the Federation with no more cares than you or I, which is an exceptionally happy state for a Secretary of State for the Colonies to be in. His schoolboy son, in his last letter,
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    Red raids must be kept in perspective
    1160 8 Red raids must be kept in perspective 1 11 11 1 11 111 II tllllllllll *****1 l Ml *****1111 l II Illllllllt 111 l Illtlll 111^ Why this peisinism in Johore? asks WILLIAM FISH 1 T«HERE is un air of 2 pessimism in Johoro 2 today. It prevails among some
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    believe the K.L. talks were entirely successful
    536 8 member that In Singapore there was hard bargaining leading to definite decisions, whereas here there have been a couple of talk., about a memorandum to be considered at leisure. But, remembering all these things and resisting to the best of my ability the
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      The Progressive way to retrogression
      176 8 THE Procrcssives are excelling themselves in their progressive ret regression. When they were ruling the roost in the Singapore councils they could not tolerate criticism, characterising those who differed from them as seeking cheap publicity and attention. In spite of all their protests that they
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      292 8 VOW that Malaya is on the threshold of indepenA^ denre. Indian.s in Malaya should think seriously regarding the unity among their rank and file. It i* sad to rrflrct that nt-iUuT the incit p ■ndrruv of tljoir country nor thr cradua! of India's political lnllurnci-
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    Oh Mr. Lee, the things you say
    149 9 ASSEMBLY RECORDS COMMISBIOMEB-CEKERAI/S UMIQUE SERVICBB TO SINGAPORE 1/r MARSHALL RAPS THE $00 MAN WHO JUST {\\SOT SAYTHANK YOU I £ingtpore Chief Minister, Mr. David Marttacked Ihe leader of the Peoples Action Mr. U'C Kuan Yew, in the l^epnslative yesterday for criticising a resolution
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    HE GOES WITH ALL OUR GOOD WISHES
    228 9 recital of the charm and pracr with which Mr MacDonald moved among the A. inns, it would have had a completely smooth passage through the House "But. unfortunately, we are a^ked on behalf of the peopie of Singapore' to 'place on record' its
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    SIX PEOPLE INJURED IN HEAD-ON COLLISION
    197 9 Husband flies from Penang to be with critically ill family OIX PEOPLE were injured lhrrr seriously. when their two cars were in a head-on collision in Napier Road. Singapore, yesterday morning. The injured were Mrs Mignon Marsh, of Gallop Road, her two children. Peter.
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    SCHOOLGIRL, BOY DIE IN CRASH
    254 9 Death comes on way to picnic IPOH, Wednesday. A SCHOOLBOY and a fzirl were killed and four others injured when a car they were travelling in to a picnic went off the road and crashed into a bip tree stump today. The dead girl was
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    Electricians' claim
    58 9 Wage talks continue KUALA LUMPUR. Wed Xecotiations are still eoinc on between the Central Electricity Board and Its employees on wage increase demands, a spokesman said today. About 1.700 daily-paid workers are Involved In the negotiations. The main claim is a 16 cents a day wage rise for
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    Indians to unite
    56 9 KUALA LUMPUR Wed. Representatives of 200.000 Malayan-horn Indians are l meeting in Penan* on Bept I 10 to form a nntlonjl organi--1 sation. There are now four assoclaI tions representing local-born Indians the Malayan Indian Association. Kuala Lumpur; Malayan-Born Indian Association Penang: Malayan Indian Association. Penang; and
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    Crash was NOT cause of death
    100 9 Crash was NOT cause of death 4 lit MOM Us old baby girl. Chang Kok Peng, was being driven to the hospital for treatment by her father when their car hit a station ary bus in Thompson Road on July 4. little later Chans died. Yesterday it took Mr K
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    $1,170 theft
    32 9 Trueves broke into a shop in T&njong Pagar Road Singapore, on Tuesday night and stole 200 Ib. of copper wldf. a typewriter, ad three elctrlc Irons, worth altogther 51. 170.
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    ONE NIGHT ASHORE, THEN...
    141 9 ONE NIGHT ASHORE, THEN. TWO INDIAN businessmen from Saigon who were on their way to Colombo on th< French liner Cambose. found Singapore night !;Je ao attractive that they misted their ship yesterday, two worried-look-ing men *no Identified themselves only as Mr Habib and Mr. Beeraballl. spent a frantic day
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    District officers transferred
    53 9 DUNGUN. Wed -Inche Abdullah bin Dato Bejaya. Assistant District Officer. Dungun. was the guest of honour at a farewell dinner held at the Government Club h>re on the occasion of his transfer to Kuala Trengganu as AD O The new ADO for Dungun is Tengku Ibrahim bin
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    BOYD OFFERS TO HELP AN EX-RED
    497 9 BOYD OFFERS TO HELP AN EX-RED They first met 5 years ago MALACCA. Wed. Mr. Alan Lennox Boyd, the Corloii.il Secretary, today met 5» surrendered terrorist who half British and half S Chinese, the son of a plantE <r who some time ago left E Malaya. E Mr. Lennox Boyd
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    18 10 WHITE ermine and otprty /e<i//icrs uor by Elizabeth Rolling* at n London )ashioi show.—Rchtcr picture.
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    INTELLIGENCE TESTS ARE NOT ALWAYS THE ANSWER
    433 10 INTELLIGENCE TESTS ARE NOT ALWAYS THE ANSWER ADULTS who don't do well on the standard intelligence quotient test may be smarter than they think. The standard 1.Q., test comes a long way from being a good yard-stick of adult intelligence, says Dr. J. P. Guilford, a psychology professor who has
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    16 10 ACTRESS Eunice Gaj/soti. photographed at a recent London premiere— Paul Popper picture.
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    Cracked feet: A sign of health, says Cookie
    593 10 Cracked feet: A sign of health, says C ookie SEE in Burkill's "Die- tionary of Economic Products of the Malay Peninsula" that the 1-aves of the lantana have antiseptic properties. Lotions and fomentations are also made for rheumatism. Amah > husband believes in hema leaves for septic cuts. I came
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    Make-up for swimming
    558 10 IF you apply your make-up for swimming in the same wny you apply it for reeuiar wear, you are probably dashing for the bath house and your make-up kit after tverv dip. However, if you know how to apply your make-up for snimming. you will come up
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    237 10  - That first talk with the boss ESME BAPTIST/I By IF YOU are out to get, a good job, especially one in an office which employs men, you will do well to keep in mind a few hints. Yes, you may be pretty, which you cannot help, naturally. But you can
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      143 10 I dreamed I went 1 sailing in my qJ I maidenfbrm Pre-!ude Bra tV Ahoy there 1 See he* ship^hrip* I om my s:|hou«tte >o rounded, my I, net so tr,m in Moidenfcsrm'i I new figure praising Prelude* lts curved con'Our4>and gives Such (jottering seporotion, soc+i sensaHonol luppoft. V^^ And
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      293 10 What more can you do WHAT ARE GROWtNO CHILDRfs's SMI- Good foot and plenty of sleep. But that's not all. If t and keep well, you should gin t| IC m aomething Ribena. For Ribcnd— the natural traj t,. t ike itrong bonw and teeth. Stoutly lights iHnes, Provide* abundant
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      82 10 Straits Times Crossword i i i i' i p 10 H H H fl M_^_^ ACROSS 12. An »p!i a.i Bach* rlmiei ,8> 1. 'lo Hip purpOM with mif rn»l II. M.mi h! m;i to raUUal on .A > wpport i7. 15 OOom. Duh, laivoiy 5. Branch <>I knowledue in
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      157 10 23 Stral if). 25. In whlrh .»*<-urity U Put at premium 1 9. St. 28 Btres**s of little account with .■•m.ill change vi. 27. He .specialises in Internal exra vat lon* and rrmo\alj, (7t. DOWN 2 Made and Kiven to be krpt 7i. 3. Mostly a rt%er bird <5). 4.
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    Faraday brought electricity into daily use—but died poor
    1580 11 Faraday brought electricity into daily use but died poor twr at hi-fi srivntisi Ort/tinisiil torum* .....TOMORROW I «lin»r \rt %ljlr for n«»»s r«|M»rlin^ Ml I Tjmm i »JIII T I I 1 1 sJ a^B Ml' 111 118 L Si EIGHTY-EIGHT years ago today there died in one of those
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    59 13 AUSTRALIAN STOCKS tgm BOI'KNE. Wed. rosier although active on the ,«lav Minings were c turnover. Loe.ru 1956-M £05-29/32 £97- 3/16 67/- seller unquoted n/i»4 Z\ 28/8 seller 7/S', a baftt n 20/3 5 9>, lU J 48/6 Xd XT 23 10.. 41 9 seller 42 64 17/7'j 33'1'i 48, buyer
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    RUBBER PRICES
    79 13 grade rubber I <ri in Singapore per lb up one enta i>n Tuesday. 1 uncertain. in cents per lb. S spot fob. buyer; I No 1 I! S S. 141 .-oilers S 8 October buyer* N 2 September 138',; No 3 135 H. Climber of Commerce n noon
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    BROKERS' REPORT
    241 13 The Malayan Bhare Brokers' Association. Singapore section reported; •Buslnr.ss In all sections of the local share market war spasmodic with .small price changes but there was good support faMalayan Cement. Malayan Collieries and Metal Box." Singapore brokers reported the following business —Oammon $2 65 Mal.iyan Cement $1.67' 2
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    MALAYAN TRADE UP 25 PER CENT IN VALUE THIS YEAR
    502 13 MALAYAN TRADE UP 25 PER CENT IN VALUE THIS YEAR By Our Market Correspondent pAN-MALAYAN trade in the first seven months of this year showed an increase of 25.48 per cent on the correspond inj( period last year due to the better rubber prices now prevailing. Total trade in the
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    202 13 Sin<apore hinene I'n.iln. Exchange: noon prices per plcul i yesterday were Copra: dull; I August "»26 buyers $26 14 sellers: September $26 3 4 buyers. $27 sellers. October $27 buyers. $27 14 sellers. Coconut oil: steady, bulk $40 sellers. drum $42 3 4 .sellers. Pepper quiet with no
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    SHIPPING
    151 13 Ships Imhk alonjside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves or expected today are: Nit uw Hollaiid 12. Amaffisan Maru 45. Lucas Trader CP Idomtneas ft 7. Loksa.iK 89 Benhhor 11. Singapore 13 14. A'reus 1516. BlUltou 18. SUir Bptlegeufii- 19 20. Seng«ar<UMj N. Wall 6 1-asem N. Wall 10, Rajah
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    FILIPINO COPRA
    74 13 Manila Tues The Philippines exported 413.039 tons of copra during tin- llrst seven months of this year, urcordinu to statistics issued by the Associated Steamship Line*. Thls| compares with 3i»6.fi04 tons m the .-ame period of 1854. Corresponding figures for coconut oil were 38 684 and 33.606 tons
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    40 13 On the free exchange market In Hong Kong yesterday, the US. dollar ««s quoted at 5 81 i for <a.sh and s««'i tor T.T. Sterling wh.s quoted at 15 54 and one tael of gold at 252 -V
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      576 13 TENDERS CITY COUNQL OF SINGAPORE TENDERS ELECTRICITY DEPARTMENT I Ihe CLOSING DAT! for the 1 receipt of Tenders for the supply of Plastic Insulated Armoured 250 Volt Cables and Cable Glands has been extended to NOON— I-9-55. I SINGAPORE IMPROVEMENT TRUST TENDERS are Invited for (a> Carrying out certain minor
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    More wages and shorter hours 20 years on?
    865 14 More wages and shorter hours 20 years on? The second of two j articles on "The Worker and the Robot," by CEORGE TANSEY. biggest human problem of the Robot Afnis Rome to be the risk of a man finding that his work, to which hp is trained and accustom cd.
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      CIVILIAN POINT OF IN THE ARMY STRIKE THREAT
      399 14 CIVILIAN POINT OF IN THE ARMY STRIKE THREAT IF 'OLD SOLDIER" is, 1 in fact, what he calls himself, one can well understand his emotional outburst for that is what it seems to be— at the War Department Civilian Staff Association. I write this, not as a member of the
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      'Contemptible' to force creeds into children's heads
      261 14 I HAVE a young Chinese protegee who attends school. There is no reason for thinking that the child s mother wishes her to be brought up in the Christian faith Among the child s exercise books is one which bears the Miperscriptlon: "Subject
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      Opinions limited by the barrack walls
      231 14 rE views expressed by Old Soldier" on the War Department Civilian Staff Association ts typical of thost- of a man whose outlook is bounded by the four walls of a barracks. Let me a »u re him that the WDCSA is a legitimate trade
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      Interviewed, but he's had no news
      293 14 I SENT :n my application o r training as a teacher Somewhere in the first week of February I was called alone with some of my friends for an interview at Johore Bahru. A month later there had been no news. In the meantime
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      THANKS' FROM THE GENERAL
      201 14 I AM most gratified to hear of the gesture of friendship made to the Armed Services in Singapore by Uv management of the Raltle.s Hotel on Sunday. Aug. 7. It has always been a matter of concern to me. owing to the close proximity of the
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      The 'Old Union' at Penang
      162 14 YOUR issue of Aug. 11 said: "Penang, Thurs. The 169 th birthday of Britain's oldest settlement in the Far East passed off quietly here today A lone Union Jack fluttered on the grave of Capt. Light at the Northam Road cemetery This flag was flown
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    CIVILIAN POINT OF VIEW IN THE ARMY
    102 14 CIVILIAN POINT OF VIEW IN THE ARMY Troop s and trains M VifTHl- X]n> to th< p m.»t., lor then troopi allowed dTUlan him on ways. I n !lk< fellow ask td i ■I'ld in laya w< a mini rltj her obj monly kn terrorisi ther tnfi lority would wi
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    Eng Yoon may be first to run it under 10 sec
    777 15 THEN LIGHTNING JOE MA Y CUT IT FURTHER I 'TAN ENG YOON, Slnga--1 pore's sprint champion who has clocked 10 seconds for the 100 yards several times this season and once did 9.9ser.— at Malacca during the Bank Holidays
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    933 15 IPOH, Wfd rE Sultan's Gold Vase over 5' 2 f straight the richest sprint race on the Malayan turf has attracted a record entry of 38 horses. The Vase, which will be run on the last day on the Perak Turf Club Oold Vase meeting
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    SCHEDULE OF RACING
    114 15 T»HERE will be eight rices a dnv on the Bra! »nd day and (tic rwMa on the third d»v of t^e -^•rak Turf C'hih BuUon'« Ool "o.# Mertlng The achedule of ic.ni It: rIKST I>AV iHept 3i Class 1 OK 1. 2. 3 and 4-8f Dlvs. 1
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    628 15 Sium bin Dlau, I W. Pr.tt. D A Noden. L Cpl. I. Rokovosa. Pta. Gonerogo. Pte. N. Tauyavu. O. Rohe, W J. Armstrong, l*t Swi-e Khena. Kam Chenp Hoe. Chan Wai Hong. Sang.it Singh. 2Lt D E. King. Annusir bin H.iji Mc'hnmed EusofT. 4«S P.M —220 YARDS
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      412 15 OANCING 20 Word, lit (mimimmm). IMIt 1 month, JO Word. U.ll (Mm.) an^^^sh'o^nTWl^pT' EMBASSY HOTEL Enjoy your daiue at our Roof Garden nightly ADELPHI Grill Nightly Dancing Two Floor Bhows at 10 aid 11 p.m AN S? ta the °P en Air 8.30 to S!ft h Hotef 81 fOOd SlDBapore
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      448 15 FOR HIRE I* W*rd. %i (Mln.)— Box M rt.. tntm REFRIGERATORS of various I '•lies from $10 monthly. Alrcondltlonera alao available. Consult' Lee «i Fletcher. 102. Orchard Road VEHICLES WANTEIt Word. U (Mln.)— Box M tt: rxtrm. I 1049 1953 SALOON Tourer Morru Austin Hillman MO Rlnx Wong ***** or
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    Nine more boxers fly in for S.E. Asia tourney
    576 16 \\> CHARLES BRYCE I THE BURMESE team 1 of six, and throe boxers from Hong Kong, arrived in Singapore by air yesterday for the South Kast AI i a boxinn championships which start on .Monday. Accompanied by three offi- j cials,
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    MAAA EXECUTIVE TO DECIDE FOR WHOM YIP WILL COMPETE
    251 16 IPOH. Wednesday. 'pHE Executive Committee of the Malayan Amateur Athletic Association will hold an emergency meetinn here tomorrow to decide for whom schoolgirl Yip Nean Kiew will run this week-end at the Malayar. championships Yip lived in Ipoh with her parents
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    Tin for YMCA tennis meet
    107 16 Tin for YMCA tennis meet i Todays ;ies in the V.M.C.A. Autumn tennis tournament to be played at Bras B.c-ah Road are: 1i..iii.1. h .mli, i|i Tay Yew Wee •nd Charlie Lim i-3i v Koh Chit Meng and T. at Phav i-15>. Ong Swee Kent: and Chia Kirn Slang i-30.3i
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    GRAY'S 8-7 ROUTS DIST. SIGNALS
    52 16 A flue bowling spell of eight wickets for sfv^n runs by Lt. Oray enabled Singapore Regiment R a". to iw.it dim ric* Signal* by 111 run* at Blakang Matt >esterriav R A 149 for 9 iHarvey 56. Sumpter 4fi Proctor 39 1. Signals 31 (Gray
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    Traction are Reserve Lge. champions
    319 16 Traction are Reserve Lge. champions 11R ACTION COMPANY became champions of me Reserve Leasue when they completed their bMgM and Cup rixture> with a 2-1 o\er Chartered Bunk .it Seran»;oon Roaci ye.»terda\. They li.uc been unbeaten In the |n up Scorer., lor Traction yesterday were: Tonfl and Kerr while Nadarajah
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    Lock icon BRITISH XV HELD
    35 16 SPRINGS (Eastern Transvaal i. Wed. The British Isles tourinß I nicby union team were held to I IT-J1 draw by Eastern Transvaal, todnv after leading 12-0 at hall- I I Ume.— Renter.
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    BEAMISH LEADS QUALIFIERS
    144 16 \IAI.AYAN champion W.Cmdr.. iTI Hi .inn.)) led the qualifiers In, ihe Far Ejist Air Force Oolflng i I Society championship with an aKßre- kate of 154. liic other seven quallflers are LAC Jones 1165;. V? Cmdr Scott (166). KM Price (171>. 8«t. Mahrenholu 1174.. I.AC Wood (1141.
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    75 16 Ml MXI K> 01 ihr Kurmcs, doxiiik Iram. who Arrived wearing national dtrw in Singapore yeaterday. Thry will i.mprtc in thr South East Asia chaaapionships from \uc 29 to Sept. 3. Left to right: Back row: T. Ounc litht writer). S. Majid (welter), l.irat. Col. C. Tan Tin
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    Lock icon McGlew flays Kent attack for 150 n.o.
    186 16 CANTERBURY. Wednesday. AFRICA'S batsmen were in brilliant form against Kont on the flrst day of their three-day match here and were 302 for three at the tea interval after some delightful batting. The tourists, in fret->corlnn mood, put on 139 for tin 10.5.s
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    Lock icon Sussex make good start
    203 16 LONDON. Wed CI'SMEX midr a good start against the leaders. Burrey. on the first day of thrtr English county cricket fixture at the o Sussex had reached 209 for seven at thr tea Interval Parks topscored with M. It was good day for two former Singapore
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    RECORD ENTRY FROM NURSES
    53 16 A record number of 60 en trie* have been received from nurses of <U hospitals foi the annual Medical Service* athletic meet on Sept 10 at the Jalan Beaar Madlum Heats will be held on Saturday snd Sunday on the College ground at Sepoy IJnes starting
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    Weary trip to Ipoh for Singapore athletes
    452 16 Weary trip to Ipoh for Singapore athletes The amateur fortune-teller IPOH, Wed. SEVENTEEN weary athletes and four offlciala from Singapore, with a dozen supporters, stepped off the train at Ipoh at 135 p.m. today after 18hr. 20min. travel. They were the first batch of Cc forty athletes to the Malayan
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    British boys beaten by six wickets
    192 16 British boys beaten by six wickets SINOAPORE Combined Schools beat a British Schoolboys XI b. six wickets in heir cr* ut fixture ai Sepoy Line* >e>terda, The British schoolboys batted tatx. and were all out for 62 runs. Miller 1 39 1 was the only batsman to i stand up
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    BOONS & BAKAR WERE TOO MUCH FOR HOUSES XI
    390 16 BOONS BAKAR WERE TOO MUCH FOR HOUSES XI SINO-MALAYS, sparked by former i inside trio, Boon Beong, A Leonß, put up a dazzling display undti score a 4-0 victory over a gtroi Houses team in a thrilline chai II Feith Cup at Jalan Brsar v; Slno-Malays thus bfftmi the third
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    JOCKEYS RUN TRUE TO FORM
    29 16 JOCKEYS RUN TRUE TO FORM JUI. Kr at J.i. All Urn idea.* pn )\*< i < rtitie- goal k. was about lo be cai He could After a were e-.iter 0
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    30 16 LONDON Wed Results o! Rugby Leag..e matches playrc! yesterday were Blackpool Borough ti Wican 31: Dewxbury 8 Rochdale Hornets 5. Doncaster 5 Harriet 17: Keighlev B^tlev 15— Reuter.
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    21 16 -11,111. B "> l.iid.. il. I lutlliir (up I! I I MkMMMI I I Irimdh I |111 l HI. I
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