Malaya Tribune, 16 June 1950

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  • 63 1 Malaya Tribune ft, HQPLt W** fok THS PSOPLB S'pcm 1 LARGER SALES THAN ANY AFTERNOON PAPER U\ MALAYA Phone SSII/3 Nine Line* Pubhshed simultaneously at Singapore. Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh ana Penang. EIGHT PAGES. SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, JUNE 16, 1950 TEN CENTS THE MALAYA TRIBUNE LONDON REPRESENT ATI* B S. Maurice Oiover
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  • 381 1 Deputy President, 5 Committee Men Take Back Quit Notices Tribune Staff Reporter JOHORE BAHRU, Today. HATO Onn bin Ja'afar told the Tribune in an exclusive Interview last night: V "I am giving serious thought and every consideration to a possibility of resuming the presidency in the
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  • 100 1 Tribune Staff Reporter printers and distriDutors of any printed mat.cr wmcn not bear the printer's and the place of printing will get into serious ma C.r.D. chief Ifr. R. C. F». Wiltshire. Police are now demanding an explanation fiom certain who recently diatributed a pamphlet which did
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  • 154 1 Tribune Film Reporter AVER 1.500 feet of film has been censored from the American-made sex film "Because of Eve", now showing at the Pavilion. The film is one of the two banned productions passed by the Singapore Film Appeal Board on Wednesday night for public
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  • 71 1 -Another At The C athay Secrets Of Life" —the first th*; p-x-hvjficße fiton* San ■ci by th» Film Censor, and whoso decision was upheld by the Singapore Film Appeal Board —has now been red" by the Board and opens Its neaiotl at the Om* thav today. About &00 feet have
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  • 112 1 NEW HK- AREA RULES Tribune Staff Reporter Singapore's Foreign Exchange Control has issued a directive in line with new rules regulating payments between Hongkong and the rest of the sterling area. According to the directive, no individual, firm or banker can make payments or dispose of Sterling area securities on
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  • 20 1 A.P. ALEXANDRIA, Thurs. Sir Ralph Stevenson today presented to King Farouk his credentials as British Ambassador to Egypt.—A.P.
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  • 20 1 A.P. HONOLULU, Fri. The vast mysterious cloud that blanketed the Middle Pacific all week cleared away from Honolulu.—A.P.
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  • 185 1 'Onn: Leader With No Equal' C.G. Tribune Staff Reporter JOHORE BAHRU, Today. MR. Malcolm Mac Donald. Commissioner-General for South East Asia, last night referred to Dato Onn as "a leader and statesman without compare in con- temporary Malaya. Addressing 300 persons at the dinner given by the Johore Malay Officers
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  • 82 1 Three-year-old Peter and H-year-old Margaret boarded a Constellation at Kallarrj this morning bound for London unattended by parents or relatives. During the journey they will be looked after by the air hostess and on arrival in London will be met by a great aunt. An
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  • 31 1 U.P. LONDON. Thurs. The closing prices at this afternoon's session of the tin market were: Spot £602 buyers and £003 sellers. Three months 603* buyers and £604 sellers. —U.P.
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  • 84 1 A.P. NEW YORK. Thurs. —Mrs. Betty Cohn. 50--year old Brooklyn grandmother, said today that she is determined to swim the English Channel this summer. ohn. .variously known as "Americas swimming grandmother." "the lady of the lake and "the mermaid." is short, heavy with dark curly hair
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  • 143 1 A.P. PARIS. Thui's. Fears are spreading that political sabotage may have sent two Air France airliners crashin' into the stormed chopped Persian Gulf in two days, taking a total of 86 lives Forty people, including eleven children are believed to be killed when
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  • 258 1 Tribune Staff Reporter 4NY Government officer who leaves the Colony on vacation, study or scholarA ship leave or on transfer for more than a month will have to give up his quarters. This was stated in a circular issued by the Colonial
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  • 26 1 A.P. Low DON. lhurs. Britain, the U.S. and France asKed Russia today to join them in completing the long-delayed Austrian peace treaty.—A.P.
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  • 29 1 A.P. LONDON. Thurs. Harold Wilson. President ot tne Board of Trade, announced today that Britain's exports to the U.S. and Canada jumped to U5557,700,000 in May—A.P.
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  • 24 1 JAtt.Arf.TA, Fri. Chieftains of Bali Island presented Pandit Nehru a golden sword this morning in gratitude ior India's efforts on Indonesian freedom.
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  • 83 1 WASHINGTON, Thursday. CBI director J. Edgar Hoover tonight announced the arrest of Alfred Dean Slack at Syracuse, New York, on spy charges. Hoover said Slack had turned over secret information on a powerful wartime explosive to Harry Gold, the Philadelphia research worker accused of
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  • 133 1 U.P. LONDON. Thurs. The Giant Bristol Brabazon, the world's largest passenger plane with wings bigger than the main span ol the London Bridge, set down its 127 tons on a commercial airport for the first time today. Brabazon reversed the propellors on its eight 2,500-
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  • 34 1 Page 2: C ouncillor Hits at Housing Bill. Blow for Widows. 3: Accounts Bill Meets Opposition. Storm Blacks out B. Timah. Page 5: Youth Forum. Page 8: Malacca Assault Case. Track Notes.
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  • 47 1 A.F. LONDON, Fri.- The Labour I Government last night won its I 10th crucial vote on the j Finance Bill by 10 votes. It won the previous nlns j cha'lenges in a 16-hou' session by margins of 11 to 19. I A.P.
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  • 38 1 Reuter. LONDON. Thurs. Mr. Harold Wilson, President of the FJoard of Trade, told Parliament today that he would investigate suggestion* I that the Japanese were sendj ing to Britain shirt* marked' "made in Hongkong." Reuter.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
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    • 119 1 For Accurat* Eyesight ExaJni nation. Vogue f'n Consult PIN PIN OPTICAL CO., 91, tforth Bridge Rd.,. Spore. K Opposite to, Adelphi Hotel) mmm i I« a MP***! RIDE A I RALEIGH j THE. .A It- STS i t IC.Y.C V j j /1 ££ZTH? Cite M// AM) tt&R£ NEVER WILL
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  • 598 2 COUNCIL LOR HITS AT HOUSING BILL KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. A bill to set up a Housing Trust for the Federation of Malaya and to make provision for the development of land for housing and for the charging of development rates on land, which in the opinion of the Trust is
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  • 96 2 The special one-year pharmaceutical course in the University of Malaya for students who have served their period of practical training in dispensaries may not commence this October as scheduled. The students have received a letter from the Registrar of the University stating that because
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  • Article, Illustration
    76 2 Ink Ng Wah a young cook employed by Mr. Loke Wan Tho wa£ asleeo in his ned early yesterday morning when a ?ee uprooted by a freak wind-storm crashed through ?heroof "S Quarters i Gcllop BoacL scrambled out with injuries to his thigh and J" 0 room next
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  • 256 2 Mr. Jules Martin of Penang championed the cause of the widows and children of Government pensioners by suggesting that government give them relief possibly in the form oT "ex-gratia payments" to free them from their "present distress and tribulations." "The wAy these women
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  • 145 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. OOLICE opened three graves at Padang Siding, Perlis, recently. Two of the graves are believed to be those of the Malay girl and her brother who were abducted from Padang Siding at about midnight on March 28. police rained eight
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  • 161 2 THE Rural Board at its meeting yesterday accepted in principle the sewage disposal scheme for Changi to be undertaken with the co-operation of the RAF. The RAF originally proposed the sewage scheme to the Board, and simultaneously requested information as to the approximate number
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  • 32 2 The Singapore Teachers Training Association, will entertain the new hatch of trainee teachers to a tea party tomorrow at the Teachers Training College. A film show will end the party.
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  • 111 2 JOHORE BAHRU, Thursday.—Four of the five Seaforths tried on a charge of house trespass with intention to cause mischief were today fined $40 each in default 14 days' rigorous imprisonment. They were Robert Craig, 21, John Alexander McLeod, 21, John Fitzerald, 27, and Albert Calender 29. The
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  • 19 2 A total of $8,910.79- was collected during the last few days for the Singapore AntiTuberculosis Association.
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  • 66 2 ACCOMMODATION problems prevent more undergraduates being taken into the University of Malaya, especially into the Faculty of Medicioe, said .a spokesman in reply to "A Guardian" yesterday. He said: "At least twothirds of the applicants want to study medicine or science, and there is just not sufficient
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 275 2 I—.1 1 ICAT44 AYj TODAY and DAILY With Hollywood Star Cast Released by Eagle-Lion Note Times mj CATHAY 11 aA 1.30 4.00 6.30 9.15 p.m nffUßUllDfl H. 30 a.m., 2.00, 4.30 7 00 9.45 p.m. Same Price at both Theatres PERSONS UNDER AGE OF 14 NOT ADMITTED^ Midnight SATURDAY ffjdV^
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    • 83 2 SIMULTANEOUSLY FROM TODAY 5 SHOWS AT THE CAPITOL 11—1.45—4—6.30—9.30 AND 4 SHOWS AT THE ORIENTAL 1.00—3.15—7.00—900 "SINS OF THE FATHERS" A SINCERE AND FRANK ATTEMPT AT SEX EDUCATION TOMORROW AT AA'NITE "THREE CAME HOME" Plus! Exclusive Fight Film BRUCE WOODCOCK versus LEE SAVOLD Last day: 3.15—6.30—9.15 p.m. "DILLAGI" (Hindustani) Tomorrow:
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    • 323 2 COOKER C_' Modern. Kconom cai. j g w^ Prices from $250/. to ft)gj' i- 9 $50/ dewn!! 520/- monthly %m INDUSTRIAL APPLM NCF Prompt Deliverj-London ■HMjm-A Apply: COMMERCIAL TRADERS 17/18, Bonharn Buildinp. Sole Agents for Spore, Malaya 80,, Bolter Simon ;u 1 i3t Butterfly ffTZSV RAPID LAMP LIGHT WILL [OME
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  • 208 3 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. Mr. James Griffiths, Secretary of State for the Colonies, in a letter through his Private Secretary, has expressed his thanks for the hospitality which the Malayan Trade Union Council extended to him during his recent visit to Malaya. The letter, which was addressed to
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  • 67 3 Ve-lupillai Subramaniam. charged with cheating the Borneo Co., of 175 tins of paint worth $2,750 on two occasions was sent to prison for one year, to be followed by one year of police supervision in the Singapore Second Police Court yesterday. Subramaniam admitted that he had
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  • 42 3 Ine members of the com- 1 mittee for 1950 for the Singapore Film Society are: Mr. Tan Thoon Lip, Mr. Chua Teck Chye, Mr. C.W. Cox, Miss Nina Pilai. Mr. Quali Beng Chuan Mrs. B.E. Gibbons and Mr D.S. Marshall.
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  • 655 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. THE Required Records and Accounts Bill 1950 was referred to a Select Committee after it had passed through its second reading in the Legislative Council today. The committee will consist of the Secretary of Chinese Affairs as chairman, The Mentri Besar Selangor,
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  • 44 3 Last week's donations to the University of Malaya Endowment Fund totalled $8,682.54, a considerable tncrease on the previous week. Singapore and Kelantan. with $3,597.58 and $3 344.45 between them, top the list of donors. The total now stands at $2,743,917.41.
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  • 84 3 The Representative of the Government of India in Mala- j ya Mr. John Thivy has conferred with the Police Commissioner and heads of Departments of the Singapore Government regarding various arrangements connected with Pandit Nehru's visit here. He had a 1 so had discussions
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  • 185 3 MUNICIPAL authorities had a busy time yesterday clearing about eleven trees uprooted during the storm which swept the island during the early hours. Electric wires were snapped by falling trees in Raffles College compound which may cause a blackout for the next few
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 586 3 TUITION of Commerce (Autumn) Examinations. rntn»"' for the above exnmina- »r)]l be cloaUtt »»y the end of th. Those who are desirous sitting for the examination ire forms from the ot Studies. Mercantile inrtitut on. 209. Queen Street, Sinrapor«> FOR SALE THE BEST I»RA\VN( BACKERS i Currykurma, Curry-vendhally, Currypowder, nirrv-pickle,
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    • 551 3 NOTICES SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY TENDERS (For Particulars See Tender Room, Ground Floor, Municipal Office). ENGINEER'S DEP A R T MENT: Excavation, timbering and backfilling for Sewer Construction. Forms and particulars from Engineer's Office (Room No. 218). Deposit $50/--(refundable). Close Neon 26/6/50. EDUCATION NOTICE" Five new Regional schools will accept registrations for
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    • 304 3 MALAYAN RAILWAY VACANCIES FOR TRAFFIC ACCOUNTS APPRENTICES. Applications are invited for the following appointments in the service of the Malayan Railway Administration:— (a) Traffic Apprentices to be trained for appointments as Senior Assistant Traffic Superintendents in the Transportation Department. (b) Accounts Apprentices to be trained for appointments as Accountants in
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  • 556 4 CLOWLY but surely the Federation moves towards democratic Government. The unanimous adoption of the Report by the Select Committee on Elections is proof of the new spirit that is abroad. The report urges elections for the three Municipalities and for the nineteen towns which have populations of
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  • 242 4 A New Citizenship Question CEYLON. NEARLY 700,000 Indians -esident in Ceylon are expected to apply for Ceylon citizenship as a result of the decision of the Ceylon Indian Congress to change its policy towards the citizenship Until this decision was made recently by the Congress
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  • 259 4 SINCE the Act was passed last year, a comparatively small number of Indians has successfully applied for citizenship. They belong mostly to the small community of Indian merchants who have settled here. The great majority of Indians in Ceylon are estate If bourers many of whose families have
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  • 379 4 COXGRESS concedes I hut L/ the success or otherwise of an application for citizenship by descent would depend to a great extent on the attitude of the registration authority. If a severe inlrrpretation Is placed on »hr Act. then, t is claimed, n great many, possibly the majority
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  • 256 4  -  by MICHAEL MACDONAGH rE Ceyionese political leaders are, on the whole, in sympathy with, tne Indian community's desire to embrace Ceylon citizenship and they are willing to accept amendments to the Act 1 wiicrc csccssaiv. 0a ttie other hand, they strongly oppose Congress methods of achieving any modifications.
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  • 294 4 Reuter. THE Ceylonesc are not infrequently accused <>f being ruideJ in their attitu le towards the Indian minority community i > fear of Indian political pressure. not only from outside but from within. Undoubtedly, the registration of 700.000 new citizens would affect interna 1 politics to some extent
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  • 703 4 A.P. WASHINGTON. YOU can get into a lot of trouble by stealing a thin stiip cf air. You may breathe all you want, but if you try to send radio broadcasts on air space that does not
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  • 293 4 REVIEWING Sir Richard Winstedts' recently published book "The Malays," the Manchester Guardian critic writes: "The most eminent living authority on Malaya has now written in summary form a cultural history of the Malays. 'The Malay's is encyclopaedic and readable. There are original suggestions in the chapter
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  • 236 4 THE International Labour Organisation now in conference at Geneva are studying a world plan to prevent unemployment, submitted to them by the British Trades Union Congress. It was placed before the delegates by Britain's representative Alfred Roberts, who is a member of the General Council
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  • 60 4 WE WANTNEWER NICER BUSES SIR Why is It that many ramshackle buses are still allowed to be used on routes serviced by the Singapore Traction Company? r l liese vemc'.es, put on ♦ht road immediate y after the Hiberation. 1 ave "given trojin service cspo; ally during the period when
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  • 115 4 They are no longer ver v roadworthy and not inf, f*-' quently we see a bus or t M*° MHed by engine or tne road-side. I wondtr why our Commissioners s®l p«-' r mit such vehicles to runWere the oca! privt ~te bus companies to offer Vehicles in
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  • 89 4 It is very bewildering and disconcerting to wait at a spot which ycu know to be a 'fare ftage' and to see buses whizzing past without stopping. After a few minutes you discover the reason and you find that you are no longer standing at the 'fart stage' but
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  • 120 4 SIR -Through the good office of Mr. Ng Sui Cam and Dr. C. H. Williams, the C.M.O. Penang. Mr. Heah Joo Seang has presented a 16 millimeter Sound-Film Projector to the leper settlement of Pu'au Jerejak. Penang. The projector will enable us to give regular cinema entertainment
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  • 121 4 "KAUM MARHEN" (Kedah). SIR -Probationary Hospital Assistants in Kedah are being shabbily treated. These poor employees are not provided with any kind of accommodation. They have to find their own and pay for it out of their meagre salary and for them there is no such thing as
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  • 64 4 OLD LOOK STILL NEW LOOK (Singapore). SIR. Why is it that the Government Printing Office main building at Upper Serangoon Road has been given a "new look" and "facelift" by having the walls white-washed. while the extension building at the back seems *o have been overlooked and still retains its
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
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    • 52 4 UGLY HAIR REMOVED 1 from mSSf 14 face or r~ i> BODY i BY USING -r 3 TRICHO WATERS Tricho No. 1 for face use 52.50 No. 1 for body use $2.50 No. 2 to stop further growth $2.50 Postage 50 cts. extra. CHARI CO., (Post Box 123) 29, Robinson
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  • 9298 7 Last Day Of K.L. Races Class 2 Div. 1-6 Furs. Oil) MERIDIAN 9.03 triisD l<.sft. ll>oh. 7.09 (J. ivrak Vase. 1 m'le ,Yon by Vas. o Da Gama. Tirna 1 5f j h.n hi 2. 2- Going 111 Claps 2 Div. t 6 furs. CadS«w Glen.
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  • 217 8  -  Bv ALBERT SPENCER KUALA LUMPUR, Today. CANDIDATES for tomorrow, last day of the Selangor Turf Club June Meeting were confined to pace work this morning. Only six horses were set against the watcn, but none of them were out to make ■tyiiahly over three
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  • 92 8 Tribune Film reporter SINGAPORE which has welcomed Linda Christian will be able to say "hello' to her husband Tyrone Power next year when both stars hope to visit this territory as part of a Far Eastern tour they will undertake together. Linda said so yesterday in
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  • 44 8 A&.X/T, lteik.su.re, Th****. Supertel o. owned by wealthy puoiisher Wilfred Harvey. today carried off the £i2.n00 Gold Cup the premier rare 11 th* Ascot meeting, vnn ng this valuable two and a hfctf«BUie trophy in face of a strong French chal enge.
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  • 123 8 THE All-India Table-Tennis team, consisting: of four players and a manager, will arrive in Singapore daring the August Bank Holidays for a seues of games here. The team Id the same as the one which represented India at the World Table-tennis championship of 1949-50
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  • 41 8 r E Rural Board approved the construction of a new road from Holland Road to Bukit Timah Road. The new road, wi'l connect Holland Road near the five-and-a-half mile stone and Bukit Timah Road at the six mile stone.
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  • 55 8 Reuter. NEWCASTLE. Vh .irs. est Indies outplayed Northumberland today, winning the twoday match by an inn nj;s and eipht runs. The touring team trained a first innings lead of end then caused a eoHapsa when UM county side batted again, F nal scores were: Northumberland 187 anl
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  • 265 8 MALACCA. Thursday. AFTER leading by two goals to one in the first half, Malacca let up towards the end of the game and lost to the Sing Tao football Club of Hongkong by two goals to four at the Malacca Stadium yesterday. Mala
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  • 340 8 IF only their right inner Awang Gabos had been 1 more careful, Fraser Neave S.C. would have three more goals to their five-nil victory over Sime Darby in the S.A.F.A. Business Houses' Cup Final at the Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. Rp-iht tro-n the
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  • 50 8 Lt. General Sir E. C. Robert Mansergh. GOC Hongkong, irrived at Kallang Airport yesterday afternoon by Qantas 8.0.A.C. Constellation from London, en route to Hongkong. He was met at the airport by Maj. General J. M. Kirkman. Chief-of-statT. GHQ FARELF. He leaves today I for Hongkong.
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  • 629 8 Malacca Assault Case COURT TOLD MALACCA, Thursday. THE manager of the .Oversea Chinese Bank who was said to have been assaulted by a well-known local resident, told the Magistrate that his assailant sent three men with a pair of red candles to his house
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  • 108 8 Members of the Singapore Rural Board sadly admitted that the Board was not doing all that it should for the public. This was traced to the severe lack of personnel and funds. They stressed that the Board was anxious to meet public demands,
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 53 8 SITPEBMA* by Wayne Bori»g PROUD, VCXI SWAT ME /ME CUMB THAT <AFRAiO IM IGO ON BEING A HERO THE H I Ail Mill by Al tapp JW-d.oah course vo' didn't hear j pTMASS «©OD) W] L I RiGHT.r-yo'DiDN'T EMU FT WO j W > MAE/I'-YOWE is£ C^tST* r A ME//
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