Singapore Standard, 4 August 1950

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  • 18 1 Singapore Standard jfL n J. vol. 1. NO. 33. SINGAPORE. FRIDAY, AUGUST 4. ISSft. 12 PAGES TEN CENTS
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  • 309 1 Russia Faces 2nd Diplomatic Defeat In Security Council LAKE SUCCESS, Aug. 3 (UP) The Western powers poised today to inflict on Russia its second diplomatic set-back m the United Nations this week. The Security Council was set to meet at 1900 GMT with the West holding more than enough votes
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  • 201 1 Soviets Start Partial UN Boycott i^rvc fcUUVJKSS, Aug. 3: (UP)— Russia failed to assume chairmanship of the United Nations Military Staff Committee today, indicating that the Kremlin has decided to continue a partial boycott of the United Nations. Soviet Major General Ivan Skliarov was scheduled to take over the chairmanship
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  • 33 1 LONDON. Aug. 3 (Reuter)— Lightning killed two persons m yesterday's storm which damaged houses m widely scattered areas of Britain m a day of freak weather. BS^BSBSSfISJSSHS««P^SBBSSSSSBSBSBSSBSBSSBSBSBBasa»
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  • 48 1 photo. Here are the first two police officers of the proposed 150 officers recruited by the Colonial Office for service m Malaya to arrive m Singapore by (Juntas Constellation They are Lt D.C. Davidson f rvt <~i<rut\ a sn.. Commander R.D. Heanley. Standard
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  • 260 1 A VOW "to fight to the last sob" for the recovery of his 13-year-old daughter. Bertha Hertogh, who has just married a Moslem school teacher m Singapore was made m Bergen-Op-Zoom by her father yesterjday. "This is a forced marriage I and is not
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  • 105 1 NEW DELHI, Aug. 3.— (UP). I Premier Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru today vigorously defended his efforts to settle the Korean war and warned the Western world, including the United States, to take note of j Asia's heart and mind. In a 70-minute address
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  • 144 1 Standard Staff Reporter A SIX-FOOT-TWO former Army Lieutenant holder of the Distinguished Conduct Medal and an Air Force Wing Commander who served m China, were the first two police officers, recruited by the Colonial Office for Malaya, to arrive m Singapore yesterday.
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  • 50 1 AUCKLAND, Aug. 3 (AP) The National executive of the New Zealand Waterside Workers' Union on Thursday called a strike at all ports and by tonight workers will be idle. This is the first time since 1913 that all New Zealand ports will be idle.
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  • 251 1 LONDON, Aug. 3 (Reuter) Lord Beaverbrook's imperialist Daily Express said today that if Communism is not stemmed, India "will be among the first and fattest victims It criticised as "folly" India's action m supporting the Soviet Union move to unseat the Nationalist China representative
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  • 147 1 LONDON, Aug. 3 (UP) Britain called today for volunteers to fight alongside the 1 American troops m Korea. I The War Office opened the campaign asking veterans of last world war to volunteer for j a period not to exceed 18 months.
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  • 813 1 TOKYO, Aug. 3 (Reuter) J" U.S. and South Korean forces today deliberately ieil back to a new defence line on the Naktong River running north to south, giving ground at the rate of four to five
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  • 50 1 •JS**- American troops planted a good number of 155 mm X i, ?u new P° slt ons somewhere on the Korean front to f is r ns,au h of Reds, but despite heavy losses the North Koreans pushed up with great deter w in at?on
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  • 272 1 TOK\O, Aug. 3 (AP) U.S. Marines and the armys reinforcing 2nd Infantry Division troops rolled into the combat area with Pershing tanks tonight to join the showdown battle for Southeast Korea. They were assigned positions supporting American frontline troops, who had withdrawn up Ito
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  • 28 1 CANBERRA. AUSTRALIA. Aug. 3 (AP)— Navy Minister Josiah Francis today "emphatically denied" reports that foreign submarines had been sighted off the Australian coast.
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  • 58 2 Westerling Answers A Question AN EXCITED Chinese newspaper reporter dashed up to Westerling m the Singapore Supreme Court yesterday and said: -Mr. Westerling, I only want to aik you. one question. How do you like Singapore.'' Westerling: "Well, 1 haven't had much time to see the city. I've been m
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  • 552 2 the appropriate authority of the Crown," he went on. Mr. Butterfield submitted that if his statement was accepted by the court, it followed that the whole of Mr. Mas-, sey's argument on the treaty fell to the ground. Referring to the treaty
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  • 95 2 IN JAKARTA a spokesman of the Foreign Ministry tonight said the Indonesian government will "m all probability" appeal to the Privy Council. London, against the ruling of the Westerling extradition by a Singapore court. The spokesman told AP that the Indonesian government had anticipated this decision
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  • 74 2 NINETEEN-year old Tay Kok Poon claimed trial m the Singapore Second Police Court yesterday to two separate charges of criminal breach of trust of a total of |99 belonging to Fraser and Neave Ltd. Tay, who was a clerk with the firm, was alleged to
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  • 199 2 Standard Staff Reporter THE SINGAPORE GovernTn nt Administrative and Cleri- cal Services Union is holding an extraordinary general j meeting on August 10 to discuss 'the question of salary revision and all other aspects affecting the clerical services." In a circular to its members, the Union
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  • 674 2 Standard Staff Reporter MEMBERS of the Singapore Rediffusion Employees Union will picket before the office of the firm m Cle-j menceau Avenue tomorrow morning:, when they go on strike. They will hold placards asking the public to support them "m their fight for justice",
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  • 424 2 A CONSTABLE was described as "a hostile wit-! ness," by prosecuting officer, Chief Inspector C. W. j Such In the Singapore Second District Court yesterday, j The constable was a witness m a case m which three' j other policemen are on trial for allegedly
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  • 241 2 Standard Staff Reporter MR. M. A. MAJID, President of the Muslim Welfare Association, yesterday wrote to the Colonial Secretary, Mr. W. L. Blythe, requesting his intervention m saving the Association's premises at 34 Collyer Quay. Ihe Commissioner of Lands has started court proceedings against
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  • 233 2 Standard Staff Reporter A FIRE, believed to have been started by a fallen lighted joss stick, nearly set fire to i Chinese warehouses m North ißoat Quay m the early hours. yesterday. However, the fire only destroyed about $5 worth of joss paper when it was detected
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  • 91 2 FOR attempting to bribe a j police officer, a Chinese, Sze i Toh Kirn Chee, was fined $150 m the Singapore Second Police Court yesterday. Sze was detained by Inspec- tor Quek Mong Seng during a raid on a gambling den m Temple Street
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  • 30 2 SEE Toh Chong of Tanjong Pagar Road was fined $3 m the Singapore Third Police Court yesterday for fishing at the Empire Dock Wharf on July 10
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  • 385 2 Standard StaiT Reporter A FEATURE of the Singapore Municip il s (hfm the proposed public swimming pool to he built at t jong Pagar next year will be the addition <>\ a fu i ra children's playground with a paddling
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  • 42 2 St.nlird M ifl Rmn*~ THE r "sky, v its busy Miss R Red(: Sanr she 1... i She !o quiet the "ti Red v "Th< and p. ive i am tori ahe M' for Frig s ment.
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  • 98 2 Clenched Fists Held Fined FOUR Chinese were seen by an auxiliary police officer outside a godown m the Singapore Harbour Board, each w.th clenched fist as they faced one another. The officer Investigated and found money m the clenched fists. The four were staking money m a "guessing game." All
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  • 392 3 Borneo Sarawak Make Big Strides In Rice Production forests and silting up the rivers with the country's best soil must be made to give way to* proper methods of padi farming, states the report. The report adds that Natural Resources Ordinance, passed m November, gives the necessary powers to control
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  • 47 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— A Malay special constable, Yahaya bin Haji Ariffin was today sentenced to thr.ee months* rigorous imprisonment for deserting the Federation Police Force. He was stationed at Killinghall Tin Dredge, near Kuala Lumpur, and left his post on June 2.
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  • 29 3 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.— The inaugural meeting of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce will be held on Sunday. Aug. 6, at the Selangor Indian Association premises.
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  • 24 3 KUALA PILAH. Thurs.— An Indian estate conductor was fined $25 for not observing the curfew m Bahau. The fine was paid. photo.
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  • 253 3 TTuprc Standaf d Staff Reporter Sflmeth money m the animal business this is v Mr. T. Punyanitya, a Siamese advocate, and c r V, en managing director of the Boonvanit them of Ban 6 kok will readily testify. Between Si™ yteve brought hundreds
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  • 117 3 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— Bandits this afternoon shot dead a European mining engineer m Pahang. Two other special constables who were travelling with him m a jeep were also wounded. Yesterday, a bandit was killed by security forces during an attack on an occupied
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  • 60 3 SEREMBAN. Thurs. A motion by Tunku Azizah, Negri's only woman State Councillor, to erect a Malay school m Seremban Town sufficient for the accommodation of 350 students to absorb the pupils from th^ higher classes of the Temiang and Rahang Malay Schools was passed by
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  • 69 3 SEREMBAN, Thurs.— On the motion of Dr. J. Samuel, the Negri Sembilan State Council yesterday agreed to leave to each estate, the decision on whether or not toddy shops should be opened. It was stipulated that such decision has to be made by a
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  • 237 3 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— After listening to an address by the Secretary of Whitley Councils, Mr. G. Fricker, on the advantages of a Whitley Council as a negotiating body, the Government Printing Department Employees Trade Union m Kuala Lumpur, at its annual
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  • 53 3 Standard Staff Correspondent SEREMBa^N. Thurs.— Moved by the State Secretary, Inche Mohamed Salleh. the Negri Sembilan State Council today adopted the Report of the Committee appointed by the State Executive Council to consider proposals for instituting a system for the election of members of Town Boards
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  • 346 3 Nigfa* XHeheer To JEC Attache** Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— For the first time since the emergency, the two night mail trains, bound for Kuala Lumpur from the north and the south, were the targets for bandit attacks yesterday, resulting m the death
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  • 119 3 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— The first Federation Photo- 1 graph c exhibition will be held here from Aug. 31 to Sept. 2 at the Chinese Assembly Hall." Prizes will be awarded to the first three m each section. The exhibition, which is
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  • 74 3 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— Cheng Kam Peng, who was sentenced to death for carrying a revolver and two hand grenades, became the 102 nd bandit to be executed when he was hanged this morning at the Taiping Jail. Cheng Kam Peng
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  • 43 3 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.— Two police constables. Abdul Wahab bin Mohamed. of Chemor, and Ismail bin Bogok, of Kulim, have been awarded the Colonial Police Medal for outstanding leadership, courage and determination during engagements with the bandits.
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  • 70 3 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.— Free travel by train will be provided to the delegates attending the Malayan Youth Council general meeting here ;on Sept. 9 and 10 at the Victoria Institution Hall. The delegates, two from each State and Settlement Youth Councils will
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  • 20 3 KUALA PILAH, Thurs. Mr. Lee Heng Poon. an Inspector of the local police force, has been transferred to Seremban.
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  • Article, Illustration
    73 3 Lost Found IT IS estimated upwards of 40.000 people have been to -ne Happy World Park up to last night. Little ten year old Soo Kiang. seen m the above picture with Mr. Zakoo had her tears dried with presents of chocolates and sweets when she missed her parents on
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  • 127 3 162 British Subjects Deported Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA Ll MPCR. Thurs tp to the end of last month. 7,367 aliens and 16! British subjects were deported under the Emergency Regulations from the Federation. Last year, the total was Z.M4 aliens and 106 British subjects. In June and July of this
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  • 43 3 A SIKH and an Indian were injured m a fight war flueighth mile-stone. Bukit Timah Road, last night. Both were admitted to hospital. The Sikh had a stab wound at the buck and the Indian had a head injury.
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 142 3 p F EDE RATl^j^^y/y SELANGOR— Today ODEON: "Cinderella" 1.15, 3.15, 6.45 and 9.15 p.m. PAVILION: "Cinderella" 1, 3, 6.30 and 9 p.m. REX: "Buccaneer's Girl," 12.30. 2.30, 6.30 and 9 p.m. COLISEUM: "Tarzan The Mermaids," 3, 6.30 and 9 p.m. MADRAS: "12 O'clock High," 12.30, 2.30, 6.30 and 9.15 p.m.
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    • 153 3 REX: "It's A Great Feeling" 12.45. 3, 6.45 and 9.15 p.m. SUN CINEMA: "Vijaya Kumari" (Tamil), 2.30, 6 and 9 p.m. ODEON "The Tragic Queen" (Cantonese, Last Chapter), 1, 3.15, 6.45 and 9 p.m. GRAND: "Too Late For Tears," 3, 7 and I p.m. DINNER at ACS m honour of
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  • 29 4 Standard Staff Correspondent IPOH, Thurs.— The Perak Chinese Amateur Dramatic Association will celebrate their 4ath anniversary on August 27. The association plans to hold a grand dinner.
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  • 64 4 Standard Staff Correspondent MORE THAN 5.000 devotees from all over Malaya flocked to the modest little church behind a green hillock m Bukit Mertajam last Saturday to celebrate the annual feast of St. Anne. m A The church, named after St. Anne was
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  • 171 4 Use PR Dept. To Stir 'Up Eledion Interest' Standard Staff Correspondent PENANG. Thurs. A suggestion that the aid of the Public Relations Department be enlisted to educate the public and stir up interest m the proposed Municipal elections at the end of next year was made by Dr. Lee Tiang
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  • 119 4 Standard Staff Correspondent PENANG, Thurs. The Anglo-Chinese Girls' School's presentation of "Village Gossip," adapted from Bach's "Peasant Cantata" was shown to a crowded audience last evening at the A.C.S. Hall, Pykett Avenue. The operetta was staged m aid of the school building fund.
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  • Article, Illustration
    301 4 Stories of miracle cureswrought through the intervention of the "Patroness of Province Wellesley*' have spread far and wide, and not a few among the many that trudged up the peninsula were the sick, the lame and the blind. Below the church is the Grotto of the Lady of Lourdes. Around
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  • 68 4 Standard Staff Correspondent IPOH, Thurs. —As a result of a customs raid m Panglima Street, a 76-year-old Teochew, Cheng Too Koh, was produced before the President of the Sessions Court Mr. M. Garton, this morning on a charge of illegal possession of opium. Hearing was
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  • 49 4 Standard Staff Correspondent TAIPING Thurs.— The body of a Chinese woman, about 22 years of age, was removed to the mortuary yesterday. She is believed to have arrived from Sitiawan a few days ago. She had several wounds on the neck and chest. Foul play is suspected.
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  • 173 4 Standard Woman Correspondent SINGAPORE INNER Wheelers still hope to increase their membership this year, and at their first business meeting of the year, at the Adelphi Hotel yesterday, made a special appeal to mothers, wives and widows of Rotarians to join their ranks. Mrs
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  • 265 4 Standard Staff Correspondent i FEAR THAT the present high price of rubber will boost the prices of other commodities and foodstuffs m this country was expressed by Mr. Heah Joo Seang, President of the Penang Rubber Exchange. Today the Singapore rubber price
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  • 132 4 9 Malayans Due Back From UK Standard Staff Correspondent PENANG, Thurs. Among the nine Malayan students who are returning by the S.S. Canton from England is Mr. Eusoffe Abdoolcader, LLB, Barrister-at-Law, third son of Sir Hussein H. Abdoolcader, and Lady Abdoolcader, of j Penang. Others include three doctors, Dr. A.
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  • 243 4 Standard Staff Correspondent PENANG. Thurs The salary question has been uppermost m the minds of all clerks and the subject .has been the cause of considerable anxiety. Mr. Haji Ali Rouse. President of the Government General Clerical Service" Union, at the extraordinary
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  • 133 4 .Standard Staff Correspondent PENANG. Wed. UMNO. Malaya, should ask the Federation Government to teach religious subjects m all Malay schools m die peninsula immediately. This was one the resolution* which was unanimously passed at the representative meeting of the Women's Section of the UMNO.
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  • 139 4 Standard Staff Correspondent PENANG. Thurs.— The IYiang Co-operative Housing Society Limited held its First General Meeting yesterday. Mr. Tan Kiar Lew presided I and among those m attendance was Mr. R. C. Gates, Assistant Commissioner for Co-operative Development, North Malaya. Mr. R. C. Gates addr
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  • 50 4 PEaNANG, Thurs.— A taxidriver Pang Kuan Chong, was acquitted m the Taipini: Sessions Court yesterday without being called upon to give his defence Pang was charged with giving false information to a police officer and alternatively. with giving false evidence during a trial held m the Se>sions Court.
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  • 197 4 THE NAVaAL and civilian party which early this year went to the Arctic to undertake tests on survival at sea, will embark at Liverpool on Aug. 9. m the troop carrier Devonshire for Singapore to carry out survival tests m tropical waters. The
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  • 212 4 SOS.,. 'Johnny is Dying' 9ommm turn*' Baa 4 Uonoa t <»r». TIIFKr 1- Singapore tl tag to dir hu,lp.,, her temi>«.anvthinx t.. d i w,th Johnnn I lhi three .md ,i h 44 canine treated I.x Anti-Nardmd Serun n.n bnn? rushed i»ul 8.0 A < Her trmiH.ru Mrv. Ph>lhs h
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  • 81 4 Standard Staff Correspondent X U A L A TRENGGANU, Wed. The constitution of the Trengganu Youth Council was adopted at a recent meeting When the following were elected office bearers: Chairman F. Pri' hhard; Hon. Secretary, T. V. Nathan; Hon. Treasurer, Murad bin Mori amed;
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  • 321 4 Standard Staff Correspondent! PENANG. Thurs.— The Pen-, ang Harbour Board and the Penang and Province Wellesley Chinese Engineering Union have come to a complete settle- ment regarding the conditions 1 of employment of artisans m the Board's dockyards. The Board may now grant to a
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  • Article, Illustration
    21 5 I BY EVA j ,v sproaa arc now being nude m velvet even spattered with sequins and brilliants.
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  • 96 5 HOME HINTS S linoleum floors be successfully 'lied over i a strip of cellodown ihe full c crack. B I xhcV.ac over cc vill indefinite t. The shclwill prevent dirt tg through. II HOL is the best moving drrt •rom the comI of metal *urclean metal go over it p
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  • 347 5  -  Samuel G. Esther B. Kling By and A ho^t y u U nle T7 h er:r truly their romance Very oSn ti i ends ad venture to their secrecy tt*^J™ v^iie. young couple kept their KS*}*, sste <™t while they withfn .I
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  • 413 5  -  ALICIA HART by v* xoon esiac.***s Lv »et nut and get under the sun during the August vacation it s a temptation to disregard "ie warning to *'go slow" on the initial exposure of skin to sun. I've even heard girls say I dont mind
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  • 263 5 I>ANCAKES for breakfast, of course. But not just the same old shape Try making them m the shape of turtles. Watch them disappear! Here's a tested recipe for the breakfast surprise: TURTLE PANCAKES r TWO cups all purpose flour, 1 teaspoon baking soda, tablespoons sugar, teaspoon
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  • 233 5  - McKENNEY ON BRIDGE WILLIAM E. McKENNLV finesse Not Always Best Play BY "THERE are no statistics to g've us reliable odds on the success or failure of a finesse. With a combination like the one m the trump suit m today's hand, the automatic play would bo to lead the
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 116 5 Radio Highliphts RADIO MALAYA (Singapore):* Dance music is featured at 5 huichtime (1.45 pjn.) by* Russ Morgan's Orchestra. At* sundown (6.02 p.m.) the Ra-* dio Orchestra plays a pro* gramme of Orchestral Suites. 5 Friday Prom" (at 8.30* p.m.) presents Elgar's Cello* Concerto. Peggy Lee can be* heard as v
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    • 668 5 Your Radio Programmes KAOIO MALAYA SINGAPORE {HSS «-30 News m Cantonese DDL D 4") A l l TV\ a T ai ENGLISH PROGRAMME 15 ,.News French .BBC? an!? S P NCWS from Singapore Extern" tt^jfe? Iff and the Emergency News from (880 Snm'^ 1 !2KS° Kuala Lumpur; Ip.m. Light 81?
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  • 88 6 K. S. Chang. Editor-in-Chlel Published daily including Sundays by the Sin Poh (Star News) Amalgamated, Ltd at 128 Robinson Road, Singapore Subscription rates: 10 rents per copy, $3 per month and $7 80 per three months m Singapore and throughout the Feneration of Ma lava, postage extra. Advertisement
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  • 749 6 'PHESE are very anxious days for secretaries of Singapore's political parties. No sooner have they welcomed a new and enthusiastic party member through the front door than they have to rush to let out an old and disillusioned member through the back-door. The list of arrivals and departures
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  • 921 6  - THE QUEEN IS 50 TODAY DEREK *9 assCisW snear nurua coasaasssws* s^ssss* tsse apeninf erf ax aa»aa* ssaaattnry anaal Una eaenTnanss; of 19MAMME ELIZABETH Angela Marguerite, Her Majesty the Queen, is 50 today. She was born at the awakening of a new century. When on August 4, 1900, the Countess
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  • 568 6  -  Cassandra »r /of the Daily Mirror, London) Who "liberated" Cardinal Mindszenty? Who "liberated* Czechoslovakia and Jan Masaryk And what sort of freedom and light did they bring to the tormented Poles? O 1 ISTEN again to Ehren- J burg's other voice. Listen to the roaring, rasping
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  • 470 6  -  Woo Kyatang by TAIPEH (PAN A) PL^ITH the initial excite- ment of the Korean war and the Truman statement rapidly subsiding, Chinese people and government leaders m Taiwan are today soberly considering many of the problems which face this island stronghold m the light of
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  • 20 6 "Three suitcase*, four haf boxes, and a cabin trunk*, —and now we're here all she wears is that!''
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  • Review of Views
    • 44 6 COMRADF M round at the Nanyang > ycsterd c U* lost the Am predicted, he to failure r. The firs: the .c. f si into the C front door i cond is on f a A'l >n il current t, has ex,
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    • 63 6 THE dettit n not just streets, but ex work. ed m the Factory. "JoOr The appeal a., -^ksssV. by Chun* m jaaJnaa int Shun; s.id hard pn committed appealed ■M and WK) tervention Department .rom the Aik H., auSJ There should L turn c fr*?.* «.ouo peor,
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    • 44 6 THF Rw hat wet more decidi«d United Nat knows that it < f it (rom the Malays Hai -»an Ifaabaa aeata* rf i ta. 1 if r.. world power. 1 rican oet< i sl...u;d« r to«l Communist bring ih >r1 m tin
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    • 48 6 THE Majlii X rl v UMNO Ith not di*< duta toij!id«-d I > I ed U D to Onn j d.<\ M lgnot< a w\ rota v.. I. M oiis maim i but Said I ci alt had not their d fa Iss and. it A
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  • 385 7 WASHINGTON, Aug. 3— (UP)— The Atomic Enerev CommM^ an A t: t lt as contracted with the Dupont de Nemouw <^£l?£^ ants lor the production of the hydrogen super-bomb while^ Dressing sJ2P2J? J )Utp ut of atom .tombs. The s tc
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  • 116 7 Nuns Ask Prayers Be Heard IN THE NORTHERN SECTOR 4 OF KOREA. Aug. 3 r). A Korean priest and four Korean nuns, who had agreed to evacuate. prayed In a red-bricked Catholic church at Waegawan. i the battlefront as Red forces drew dose. 'Our church will be left with wpen
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  • 88 7 t NEW y/ORK. Aug. a (UP):— clear thai one 'haps the main why Russia returned Nations was to le propaganda inder way, particu- 1 a* trying to turn gainst America. Nations provides orm for a man Jacob A Malik, who the Communist line His words.
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  • 152 7 Australians Hit Ship And Bulldozer a J.? KYO Au < 3— (ReuterAAP): Australian Mustangs got "a mixed bag of kills" yesterday, ranging from a 300-ton boat to a bulldozer. m the Pochaiig-Chinju are. R.A.A.F. planes were supporting ground troops and harassing North Korean lines of communication with 500-lb. bombs, rocket
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  • 55 7 BERLLN. Aug. 3 .Reuter): East Germany will resume delivery of electric current to West Berlin on Aug. 7, after an interruption of over five weeks. This decision follows agreement between East and West Berlin city officials on the terms of payment for electric power
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  • 77 7 HONGKONG, Aug 3 (Reuter-AAP):— It is reported that a British sloop was fired on yesterday by Chinese Communist shore batteries on Lingting Island, a few miles outside British territorial waters here. Five shells were said to have fallen about 50 yards from the ship and a
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  • 31 7 LONDON. Aug. 3 <UP): Three hundred soldiers of the First Battalion of the Wiltshire Regiment have sailed aboard the Empire Trooper for service m the Far East.
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  • 80 7 AMSTERDAM, Aug. 3 (Reuter):— Australian delegates and several French representatives walked out of an international conference of teachers m Amsterdam m protest against rejection of a resolution on the establishment of ''world unity m the teaching profession." The Australian delegation had urged the holding of a conference
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  • 286 7 Britain m the Security CouncU yesterday challenged Russia to produce before the United Nations any genuine proposals she might have for peace m Korei The challenge was the West's answer to Tuesday's Z?T l r V *5 Sovie^^Wte, Mr. Jacob A Mahk,
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  • 89 7 Big 3 Plan Aggression Watch-dogs LAKE SUCCESS, Aug. 5 (Reuter)— America, Britain and France are discussing a plan to establish a semi-perma-nent "watch-dog" commission to inquire into threats of aggression anywhere m the world. The purpose of the commission would be to have a body ready to inquire into threats
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  • 26 7 Brazil and America are to "Pen talks m Rio de Janeiro and Washington on Brazil's contribution to the U.N. camtfaiim m Korea. Reuter
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  • 83 7 LAKE SUCCESS. Aug. 3 (U.P.):— lndia's chief U.N. delegate, Sir Benegal Rau, said India champions Red China's admission to the world organisation because she believes it might help m settling the Korean conflict and "we cannot afford not to explore all avenues."
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  • 38 7 PORTSMOUTH. Aug. 3 <Rev ter>:— Royal Fleet reservists recalled to the navy have begun to arrive here Recall of reservists to the Roya! Navy depots at <. natham and Plymouth beeins next week.
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  • NEWS IN BRIEF
    • 28 7 Lebanon has decided to maintain her candidature for a seat on the Security Council m place Of Egypt, whose term exDires at the end of this rear. Reuter
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    • 26 7 Spam has decreed that Spanish brandy be called "jerinac." derived from Jerez, the Spanish city which produces the most Spanish sherry and brandy— to nac. A.P.
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    • 17 7 Communists raising a rebel army at Wetlet, 35 miles north of Mandalay, have conscrinted Buddhist monks. A.P.
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    • 24 7 Genoa will mark the 500 th anniversary of the birth of Christopher Columbus with a year-lonu series of celebrations beeinninu on October 12.- A.P.
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    • 37 7 Three people were killed and one wounded by bandits m the village of Gibellia (Sicily) m the first outbreak of violence there since police trapped and killed the Sicilian bandit king. SalVatorp Oinli-inn aorlii m June A.P.
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    • 22 7 German police, seeking to break up a Communist resistance plan, ha.c arrested 71 West German Rml* m i )>.• thi»o*> Western rones. u.p.
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    • 76 7 The South" Australian Fishermen's Co-operative Ltd of Adelaide is carrying out trimethylamine tests m conjunction with bacteriorological tests to give an accurate check on conditions of fish before release to the public. Burmese Premier Thakin Nu. speaking at a cerem<>ny commemorating the golden jubilee of Bishop F. Provost. Roman C»*h~lic
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    • 61 7 Newspaper Correspondent Syed Mohamed Barakat, exiled from, Quail i (Aden Protectorate), said m Aden that the Sultan of Makalla had ordered his banishment for writing aricles criticising the Religious Committee for recently formulating laws that provide for imprisonment of anyone who fails to offer prayers and ior forbidding women to
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    • 37 7 Senior army, navy and air force, officers of the five Western Union countries are now attending a four-day staff exercise at Fontainebleu. near Paris directed by Gen. de Lattre de Tassigny, C.-in-C lanH f.tm*** Western Europe.- Reuter
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    • 19 7 The U.N. Conciliation Commission for Palestine plans to resume negotiations m Jerusalem with the Israeli and Arab uovernnments. U.P.
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    • 94 7 15 Nations Meet In 'Europe House STRASBOURG. Aug. 3—Foreign Ministers of the Council of Europe nations are meeting here today to prepare the way for .next Monday's opening of the second annual session of the European Consultative Assembly, nearest thing yet to an international parliament. German representatives will appear for
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    • 74 7 The British-owned North China Daily News, the sole surviving independent foreign newspaper m China, celebrated its centenary yesterday with a supplement tracing the growth of Shanghai from a mud-, flat to one of the worlds l»r« st cities. One of the articles is on "some of the firms and men
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    • 38 7 WASHINGTON officials, dis-c-losing that 200.000 tons of U.S. weapons and military supplies had been rtelivereC to friendly foreign nations during the past five months, said this total would be doubled or tripled In thy next few months. Reuter
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    • 27 7 Several persons are reported to have been killed or seriously injured when a Canton-bound express from Hongkong was derailed near Shek Tan, 70 miles from Kowloon.- Reuter
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    • 27 7 U.S. Secretary of State Dean Acheson declined to comment on a proposal that Western' Berlin be incorporated as a 12th state m the West German Republic. A.P.
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    • 26 7 A delegation claiming to represent 16.000,000 people throughout the world h,s petitioned the United Natioi.s to further the use of osnommn as a world language. Reuter
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    • 27 7 I Mr. Gowardhen L. Mapara general secretary of the Indian National Railway Workers Federation, is on a three -month tour of America MsMlwiss* inh.->n.- *«a ditions.- U.P.
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  • 137 7 SAIGON, Aug. 3 (Reuter) As ten more U.S. military officers arrived here to aid the visiting US military mission m re-evaluating the situation m IndoInina and other countries m South-East Asia. Gen Marcel Carpentier, C.-in-C. of French forces m the Far East, urged a
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    56 7 photo. President Truman signs the U.S.Sl.222,500,000 military aid bill to provide help for America's allies around the world. Standing (from left) are: Senator Millard Tydings: Secretary of State Dean Acheson: Mr. William Foster. Deputy F V Administrator: Mr. E. T. Dickinson, assistant to the Joint Secretaries of Defence: Senator Tom
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  • 314 7 'Big Push Will Be Across All Of Korea' ITO T 5 X YO Au J- 5 Am *d growing ta m k among ton U.S. defence officials about a turn'ng point being reached m the Korean war as a prelude to the mou ting of a massive counter-offensive, the South
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  • 127 7 PoW Tankmen Tell Of Red Suicides KORiuA, Aug 3 (AP):— An or -er said the three captured tankmen had disclosed that whe-.ever a Red tank is damaged, the commander, if unable to escape, shoots himself. The captured tankmen disclosed they have two great fears land mines and rockets from aircraft.
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  • 54 7 JOHANNESBI RO. Aug 3 (Reuter): Seretae Khama, banned Bamangwato chief, his London-born wife. Ruth, and their baby daughter have been ordered to leave Bechuanaland within a fortnight An official statement said the order was issued after it had been impossible lo reach an agreement over
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  • 64 7 I LONDON, Aug. 3— (UP)— The home of Prince Philip and Princess Elizabeth has been prepared for the birth, expected next wet':, oi their second child. Both parents are said to hope for a girl, and Princess Elizabeth is reported to be so confident that
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  • 61 7 PARIS. Auk .Reuter* Sardar H. S. Malik, Indian Ambassador to France. said the Indian Govei nme it would not accept a referendum on the future of French settlements m India inless the Fiench Government gave a satisfactory reply to a month-old Indian protest •gainst "harsh
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  • 253 8 Rubber Sold At $1.471/2 A Pound Standard Staff Reporter THE PRICE of rubber m Singapore shot to a new peak yesterday, business m first grade August shipment being transacted at $1.47£ per lb., a rise of 18$ cents per Jb. over Wednesday's quotation. This spectacular improve- ment m price was
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  • 104 8 Produce tu^KA IN the Singapore produce market yesterday opened with better advices from Europe but remained more or less at the previous night's le\el because of lack of sellers. Buyers were reluctant at around $411 with sellers at $43. Coconut oil hnd sellers at $66}. Prices
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  • 40 8 NEW DELHI, Aug. 3—(Reuter) India's economic situation was "difficult but not desperate," Finance Minister C. D. Deshmukh assured Parliament here today. The monetary field ''has shown a distinct improvement and there are signs of returning confidence".
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    111 8 few visitors to Singapore leave this Colony without visiting Change Alley, where small business is done on a big scale. There are fewthings you cannot buy from Change Alley. Before the war. Change Alley did roaring business from dawn to dusk. Goods of every description for everyday use are to
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  • 84 8 THE Siamese Ministry of Industry has purchased a bottlemaking plant m Singapore at a cost of USSfiO.OOO, says Associated Press. The plant will bo transferred to Siam iv September. The factory win be re-erect-ed at Bangyikhr.n, near the government distillery. Its output will be used
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  • 28 8 HONGKONG. Aug 3-<UP>— The following were today's quotations on the Honckong Mont--Exchange: HK56.315 per I' J dollar: HK515.60 per £.1 sterlUi^ HKS.J24 i>er tael of gold.
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  • 770 8 SirvJGAPORE, Thurs. A few Malayan rubber shares continued to attract moderate inquiries today, but tin shares were more or less at a standstill. Industrials were slightly easier. Closing quotations were: INDI STRIALS Bnver Selle/ Alex Brlcfc* Pref 195 203 ltd Ord 1 92J 200 Atlas Ire 11
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  • 232 8 Quotas For Jap Imports To Be Issued By A ug. 15 SKDJFIGJFIGJKF Standard Staff Reporter QUOTAS for Japanese goods, valued $24,400,000, are to be issued before Aug. 15 to Singapore importers. This represents the Colony's share of $36,600,000 Japanese goods provisionally allocated to Malaya by the United Kingdom. An additional
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  • 129 8 WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 [(UP)— Tha House Armed Ser- 1 vices sub-committee is putting pressure on defence stockpiling officials to spend mojiey more freely. j Sub committee members have urged Mr. W. Stuart Symington, chairman of the National Security Resources Board, "to buy what
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  • 191 8 TOKYO. Aug. 3— (ReuterAAP)— South-East Asian eoun- tries have been actively sending enquiries to Japan for sundry goods and silk rayon .textiles since the latter part of July, trade sources m Osaka said according to Jiji news agmcy today. The same circles is
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  • 57 8 WASHINGTON. Aug. 2 (UP) United States officials ■aid tint -the State Department) and other Government agencies! think the economic talks, at the State Department with Commander Robert Jackson and other members of Australian Pri-ne Minister Robert Menzies stall are to pave the way for an
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  • Commodity Prices
    • 36 8 The latest Singapore rubber price yesterday (Aug. 3) were, per lb. s.l Buyers Sellers L^ a Spot 1005e:.*..... $1.47* $1.48* No. 1. R.S.S. fob m bales Aug.:sl.47* $1.43* No- f $1.46* $1.47* I one Firm.
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    • 88 8 SINGAPORE, Thurs. Aug. 3. The price of tin today was $366.00 per picul.. Down $2. 12*. LONDON, Aug. 3 (UP). By the close ot the morning session, spot tin was quoted a pound higher at £7?5* per ton. Three months lost £2 per ton at £729*. The turnover was
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  • 340 8 YEARS of intensive research and clinical tests to meet the exacting demands both of chemists and physicians have now enabled Westminster laboratories Ltd. of London lo include Malaya among their SO world markets for their medical products. Westminster's skilled scientists have found gait and
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  • 126 8 NEW DELHI. Aug 3. Sovut Russia apparently i> getting applies of strategic Un and wolfram ore. which China formerly shipped to the United States and other world buyers. The Communist New China News Agency claimed that tin and wolfram production m South China had
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  • 41 8 Ml M( IP I 4~ JO2Y) 3j^ i»w 9000 now P«nan 41^ 1929 104 00 UMiuM 3% 00 MOO 3". 81 I ••B 88 00 9900 mi <« S I I v FMS v. M Union Singapor* 3% Rehab
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  • 58 8 SellinSelling Wave In NY, UK Market Firm '.dered f>\ Wall S London ftrmr.iAA lawurksj bj IKorea and th< 'Sta'.cs j. widespn id most of •seas i>> i Tin ahurc d"m and stockpile Aecte of ruhb. U\ 51 I nuu An ab OthAl.v a hint tl cluri< j Corp.; V.,. iea
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  • 317 9 AStandard Shipping: Reporter CROWDING the forard decks of the British India linei Tairea, 46.9 Gurkha officers and men, many of them accompanied by their families, returned to' apore yesterday after six months' leave spent m I n es m hilly western NeDal.
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  • 117 9 Signer is Single.. Standard Staff Reporter jNOR ->sk r lor Fatr.»"io. I' 1 rear old Maltese has .v>st n back to Malta from Australia. Ia Singapore yesterday after irrival by Qaatas BO \c telhtion, Si-nor Fario proudlj told The "My graaatfatbet children, my father 21 ■j eldest brother "it my
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  • 172 9 BHtth S r NGER TRAFFIC on British Commonwealth Pacific Airlines increased 38.5 ncr cent m the quarter ending June 30. compared with the corresponding period last year. B.C.P.A. carried 3,416 passengers on its routes between North" 1 3 New. Zealand *£d l\orth America m the second quarter
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  • 182 9 Russia has built up an extensive system of internal air transport, due to the length of communications within her boundaries and the paucity of railways and good roads. The Russian airways are run by the national line Aeroiiot. a his urbanisation not only J operates the
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  • 338 9 4^a____y_l___i_^^^^^^^2___S________i DURING her recent extSe rt C PPr^ r th n w timer Luxim, Britain's first motorshin n,?£L pan the Bank Line s stout oldfor South Africa ™torsn lp p.cked up a variety ot passengers and cargo who
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  • 48 9 Ships WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 (Reuter) —President Truman asked Congress today for $18,000,000 for the renovation of reserve merchant ships. I These funds will be used to repair and activate when necessary a portion of the high priority vessels m the national defence reserve fleet.
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  • 161 9 THE FIRST of the large ships to be launched from the reconstituted Yokohama Shipyard and Engine Works (East Japan HeavyIndustries) is the Sakura, which is under construction for the Panamanian Nortuna S.S. Co. Inc. To follow this vessel from the same yard will be
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  • 237 9 Steering Device Developed DETROIT (AP) Power steering for private ear may sound a bit fantastic, but it is on the way. American car makers are mot ready to admit it, but experiments with a mechanical aid for steering passenger cars (already are well advanced. I It will be expensive when
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    37 9 ON THE DECK of the Lot ml yesterday: (left to right) F. IYAFAKAYA. who la a South African Indian: 4th Engineer P. S. PRKTOKUS. and E KUZWYO. the M big Zulu." Picture by Michael Goh.
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    • 145 9 }*»B.^ tj Jt V Despatches I TODAY— South India noon by Raki; N. India and Pakistan I (letters only) noon by Raki; Palembang noon by Tosari; Trengganu (parcels only) noon by Sumpitan; Kelantan (par- eels only) noon by Sumpitan; Thailand 5.45 p.m. by Train: North Borneo. Labuan, Brunei and Miri
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    • 124 9 (AIR ARRIVALS} 'f 'i^s* I -—aa^^gss»s^'y'^ >^^^ I t-^MiVaiw f Arrivals KLM CONSTELLATION from Jakarta ETA 6 a.m. GARUDA INDONESIAN AIRWAYS DOUGLAS from Jakarta, Bangka ETA 6.25 p.m. MALAYAN AIRWAYS DAKOTA from Alor Star, Penang, Taiping, Ipoh, Kuala Ltjmput ETA 6.15 p.m. from Kuantan, Alor Star, Penang, Kuala Lumpur ETA
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    • 72 9 OF HARBOUR Arrivals YESTERDAY STEEL EXECUTIVE (Mc 1 Alister); MOORCOT (Islay Kerr); KUSTBRIS (Boustead); TAIREA (Islay Kerr). Ships Due TODAY MOORCOT (Islay Kerr) from Bombay. OPHIR (KP.M.) from Belawan-Deli BINTANG (East Asiatic) from Bangkok IANTILOCHUS (Mansfield) from U.K. and USA. I MAETSUYCKER (KPM) from W. Australia. TOMORROW VAN RIEBEECK (X.P.M.)
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    • 77 9 .G^oucJij: i.uck.enßa'\ch (Anglo-French Bendixi sens) |VAN HEUTSZ (X.P.M.) from Swatow and Hongkong TJITJALENGKA (X.P.M.) from Macassar, Surabaia. j Djakarta. |Aug. 7: ADMIRAL HARDY (East Asiatic) from Bangkok. LOKSANG (Boustead) from Japan, Hongkong. HANYANG (Mansfield) from Hongkong. Aug. 8: PERSEUS (Mansfield) from U.K. BATOEBAHARA (KPM) from Bandjermasin .SIRDHANA (Islay Kerr) from
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    • 117 9 lei Park, Steel Executive, Telemachus, Benveg. Talang Aker, M. Brander. Moorcot. INNER ROADS Mentakab, Landbris, Edendale, Kamuning Van den Brock, Rajah Brooke, Hong Ann, Sirusa, Tg. Pinang, Rimau, Kajang, Scudai, Sedili, Senai, Bongnara, Bentong, Hock Thai, Relau, Tosari, Merauke, Kustbris, Kah Poh. WHARVES Gdn. 45 Sumpitan. Gdn. 44 Belleville, Gdn.
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  • 297 10 New Charter Ensures Proper Care Of Children By Adults THE IMMENSE responsibility of adults for the proper care and protection of children for whom they are responsible, is one of the most important aspects of the Children and Young Persons Ordinance, according to Mr. Charles McCormack of the Department of
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  • 150 10 Standard Staff Correspondent TPOFT, Thurs. Ipoh will make a big drive for funds for the University of Malaya during "Varsity Fortnight" from Aug. 28 to Sept. 10. Plans include a goldfish exhibition, election of a "Varsity Fortnight" queen, dance by undergraduates of the University, and
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  • 91 10 Standard Staff Correspondent IPOH, Thurs. A debt of gratitude for the good services rendered by the Second Battalion Coldstream Guards who will shortly be returning to England was recorded at the meeting of the Perak State Council. The suggestion came from Mr. E. N. Griffith-Jones,
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  • 59 10 Standard Staff Reporter The Municipal Commissioners have approved the renting of additional radio equipment for the Singapore Fire Brigade. Rentals for one year for one main station will be $1,500, for one fire engine set $800, one telephone pair for Hill Street Paya Lebar at
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  • 162 10 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— W. J. Johnstone, a European soldier attached to the Gurkha Signals Training Corps, was fined a total of $75 by Raja Sulaiman. the second magistrate, on two charges of driving a motor car without a licence and for not having
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  • 28 10 Million Sweep Standard Staff Correspondent. PEN.\NG, Thurs. -The MCA. Penang and Province Wellesley, are In favour of the proposed special million dollar sweep suggested by their central office.
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  • 83 10 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— Candidates who wish to apply for Federal Government Bursaries for Arts and Science (not Medical) courses at the University of Malaya should send m their applications to the Director of Education,! Federation of Malaya. Kuala' Lumpur, not later than Aug.!
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    31 10 The members of the Seremban Chinese Reading Circle Music Party who assisted m the All Communities Singing Competition held m aid of the Negri Sembilan Welfare Week. Photo by Negri Studio.
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  • 61 10 A 46-YEAR-OLD seaman. Wong Ah Yuk, who was found at the Singapore Harbour Board with 14 packets of opium "tied round both his legs and waist," appeared m the Second District Court, Singapore. Wong pleaded guilty to possession of the opium which I weighed two pounds. He was
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  • 178 10 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Commenting on the 'chronic overcrowding" m all schools m the Federation the Director of Education, Mr. M. R. Holgate, states m his annual report, just issued, that this caused an overdilution of trained staff with untrained recruits He adds
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    61 10 Civilian staffs of Engineering Supply Base Depot. Singapore, gave a farewell party m honour of Officer Commanding Major J. F. Dwyer at the Tai Tong Restaurant. Happy World, recently. Pictured above are Messrs. Tan. Lim Soong, Lim Thian Kwang, Major Isley. Low Jiak Hiang. Henry M, Major Adams (new O.
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  • 153 10 Standard Staff Correspondent PENANG, Thurs. Although Chinese school teachers are usually offered quite reasonable salaries at the start, their prospects do not remain bright as their services continue. The result is that many of them are forced to seek employment elsewhere. t Thus states the
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  • 105 10 RACIALAMITY IN ENGLISH SCHOOLS Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.— "The English schools everywhere operate to create that feeling of cohesion between the different races of the Federation which is the best hope for the emergence of the Malayan nation which it is the declared policy of the Government of
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  • 66 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— Two Chinese. Kun Chew Tuck and Kun Sow Ching, proprietors of a firm of shop dealers m Kuala Lumpur were acquitted and discharged by the First Magistrate, Mr. A. P. Jack, on a charge of possessing 132 watches on which customs duty, amounting to
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  • 135 10 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.— A middle aged Chinese preventive outdoor officer of the Customs Department, Chin Soo Kiew, was charged before Mr. A. P. Jack, the First Magistrate, yesterday, on three counts under the Anti-Corrup-tion Ordinance. Chin was alleged to have obtained $10 from
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  • 69 10 Standard Staff Correspondent SUNGEI PAT AN I. Thurs.— Senior Inspector Ghazali bin Osman has taken over duties as Acting 0.C., C.1.D., Kedah Central Sub-Branch, from Senior Inspector Salleh bin Abdul Rahman, C.P.M. Inspector Salleh is now on a fortnight's leave prior to his departure for the
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  • 66 10 Standard Staff Correspondent KOTA BHARU. Thurs—lnche Bahaudin and Inche A. Rahman are organising a sarong, kebaya and beauty contest at the Biaritz Amusement Park, Kota Bharu on Saturday, at 9 p.m. The first prize will be j a golden crown for the "Kelantan Queen** of 1950. presented by
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  • 81 10 Malaya Gets Truth About Korean War MR. WILLIAM R. Langdon, American Consul-General here, has issued a message to the people of Malaya m a booklet called "Korea, The True Story.** Mr. Langdon says that the best way of finding out the truth of the Korean war is to look at
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  • 57 10 ROTARIAN A. A. Ewing. general manager of Singapore Traction Company, wilU provide free transport between Ponggol Point and town for boys visiting the Youth Holiday Centre at Ayer Biru. This was announced at the Singapore Rotary Club's weekly luncheon at the Capitol Blue Room. The
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  • 46 10 SEREMBAN. Thurs The Negri Sembilan State Council yesterday adopted a Proposal by Dato Raja di-Raja Mohamed Dom asking the Government to recommend to the Director of Postal Services of the Federation to make the Hari Raya Puasa a full holiday for the Postal Department
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  • 277 10 THE INTERNATIONAL Religioui < hoped to create greater mutual und co-operation among the followers ol said Mrs. H. B. Moorhcad, represental at the Singapore Rotary Club's weekly 1 Capitol Blue Room. Mrs. Moorhead was speaking on the work of the 1.R.0.
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  • 90 10 Standard Staff Correspondent PENANG, Thuiv A 2f.-ye.ir-old Chinese. Ho Ah Beng, wh<» pleaded guilty m the Sesai Court to use chereja of possessing a copy of a members' registration card of Penang Anti-British Alliance Society was sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment by the President
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  • 197 11  -  Mary Haworth "L^By Bi? s a iary Increase and Extensive Travel Are Included In Man's htw Job Offer. But His >vife l neasy; Asks Iniiurtial Slant. DEAR MABY HAWORTH: ban a has been offered a j ft a COinpenj the owners] a socially, and i Kera personally, i
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  • 110 11 SPLURGE SPENDING NOT IN IHE CARDS DLAR S K. I've censored Bgure and won't but if you or! money, big j c fur. at I sing personal' good life" of 1 then Pm that you don't! the value of money 8 taxea ana good basic: idLif health 10 it si
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  • 62 11 lENT, your sh, more profoundly famay-awtij ire, than time. It is not lously pleasureun- that he nation and U) 'he road to handle you'd ■a he got I 1 lament jrou. who to be in- infers he who has nd spon- i nolo" I action she
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  • 22 11 Cost of Gallantry Runs High in Doncaster Engl a n d gallantry comDonca.^ter to the girl who Qg fol- $S.4Q ho foi-
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  • 572 11 The First A-Bomb Exploded j By 808 CONSIDINE, (INS Staff Corresooiident. NEW YORK, July 281(^8)-^^"^™^ the history of the world veered into a sudden, violent change of course. A pale young man named Robert Oppenheimer launched the new and shocking era by
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  • 132 11 LONDON, (INS) -The British version of the famous American jeep has now made its appearance with the British army. This new, small general purpose vehicle, powered by a four-cylinder engine developed on the lines of the famous Rolls-Bentiey, has an estimated top speed of 70
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  • 87 11 MANCHESTER, (I aN S) 1 Ihe question is not WHAT is a wedding ring, but WHEN is a wedding ring. A judge m Manchester court who asked for a legal defini- 1 tion of what a wedding ring is was told by a
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  • 40 11 Mass production of paper Icupa started m 1911, about the: time that state boards of i health took up the campaign of Dr. Samuel J. Crumbine, of Kansas, against the common I drinking cuu m oublic olacea. I
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    224 11 to the explosion of 20,000 tons of TNT, at the source was still strong enough by the time it reached Oppenheimer's bunker to pick up and send sprawling two scientists who had rushed out to watch what had been, until the moment they were hit. only an
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  • 250 11 LONDON, (INS)— A 400--j year-old law that only one feI male dog shall live on the tiny island of Sark ia stringently observed. Ernest Rand, 150-year-old radio and bicycle engineer on the 1,035-acre Island which lies off Britain's south coast was ordered by
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  • 429 11 CTUTTERING is the most common type of speech disorder. The stutterer is constantly embarrassed and too often becomes anxious, abnormally shy and terribly self-con-scious. Since about 1,300,000 people m the United States are .believed to stutter, this is no minor problem. Stuttering is not inherited, but some
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  • 235 12 A.A.A. Meet To-day MALAYA'S second postwar Athletic championships start at Bukit Timah this afternoon. The Governor of Singapore, Sir Franklin Gimson, will make the official opening which will be preceded by an Olympic oath-taking ceremony first introduced at last year's tournament m Kuala Lumpur. The last of the contingents taking
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  • 298 12 HONOLULU Aug. 3 (AP) Dado MarinoY first defence of his new world flyweight boxing title may be m Manila B n,oJl WIG iS^ n I IV/ lg 1 def J nite but the new champion's manager said on Wednesday that Dados ancestral home
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  • 121 12 CLUBS affiliated to the Singapore Amateur Football Association are to be invited to apply for financial assistance for repairing playing fields they own. This action was decided by the SAFA council at a meeting last night following a debate on a request for
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  • 84 12 CALAIS. Aug. 3— (UP).— A storm whipping up over the Channel today forced Turkish student Mural Guler to postpone his attempt to be 1950's first cross Channel swimmer. Guler plans. if weather calms down, to start at 4 p.m. on Friday. Alcohol is the basic
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  • 671 12 Standard Special Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The 19th Malayan Lawn Tennis champion- ships took off to a disappointing start m spite of fine weather today. All the first round matches m the men's singles were completed. Rain had fallen on
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  • 322 12 THE RESULTS Men'a Singles: I. A. Alsagoff beat J. Ramage 0, O, Yau Meng Fai beat Chan Ah Bene 7—5. 6—3. 7—5, Syed Ahmad beat F.H Chai 6—4. 6—l. H. Kamis beat San Mun Kee 6 4, 6—3, Chin Kee Onn beat A.H.S. Reid 6—l, 6—o, Abdullah
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  • 123 12 Furuhashi, Marshall To Swim 3 Races TOKYO. Aug. 3 (A.P.H' Celebrated swimmers of Japan' and America will compete for three days, beginning on Friday, m a meet so eagerly awaited that the Japanese almost have forgotten the neighbouring Korean war. This is a series of three races between Hironoshin Furuhashi
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  • 88 12 BATH. Aug. 2: (Renter)— Jockey Gordon Richards was successfully objected to by an apprentice rider T. Carter after a thrilling finish for the Saltford Selling Plate here today. Richards rode 2—l October! Morn who passed the post a! short head m front of the 15—8
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  • 335 12 Women 's Games Were The Best AFTER watching a few other uninspired games by the men, it was a breath of fresh air to see the first women players take the court Mrs. S. De Vries Batten, the Sumatra champion, and last year's Malayan runner-up, and Miss M. Fawbert, of
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  • 168 12 Singapore Gold Cup Meeting INCLUDED m the official programme for the Singapore Turf Club Autumn (Gold Cup) Meeting to be held on Sept. 9. 13 and 16 are six special races —Gold Cup, (11 miles), liberation Cup (6 furlongs), Trophy (6 furlongs) and Trophy (1| miles) all for Class 1
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  • 144 12 BUUTH ORANGE, NEW JERSEY. Aug. 3 (A.P.)—Felicisimo Ampon, the mighty mite of international tennis bowed out of the Eastern GrassCourt Tennis Championships yesterday— but not without a mighty battle. nu A mpon the n et star of the i Philippines, was one of two seeded players
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  • 79 12 NAYAGAM was fully extended by Tay Yew Wee m one of the semi-final ties of the Class 4 B' Handicap singles of the V.M.C.A. Lawn Tennis Tournament, played on the V.M.C.A. courts yesterday evening. Results were Glass "B" Handicap Singles (semi-final) Lim Cheng Chuan (-15) beat Un
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  • 205 12 Athletes Beat BODCA CHINESE Athletes flnfshed their last game m the Senioi League with a three-nil victory over BODCA at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. Kota Raja Club are chamI pions and Rovers, who have i also completed the series, and CA have each a total of 22 points, but RoveFs
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  • 357 12  -  OLLIE DAVIES By MOST impressive of the horses that went fast on the outside of the first track at Bukit Gantong yesterday morning when the going was good but on the soft side was Grey Bloom. With Mickey Donnellv astride the grey English
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  • 98 12 THE Singapore Malaya Cup team will leave for Kuala Lumpur to meet Penang m the finals of the competition on August 12 by plane. Each player will be insured for $10,000*. Fourteen players will be selected after tomorrow's game when the Cup team meets
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  • 130 12 THREE overseas soccer tea.us will visit Singapore between the end of this month and early October. At the Singapore Amateur Football Association Council Meeting yesterday, tentative dates for the games were fixed. The three teams are the China Amateur Athletic Federation of Hongkong,
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  • 119 12 I FAMOUS British motor racing driver Mr a, .Bertram, who is now m Singapore D£' -tips- to competitors takin/ rj£t v Grand P yS Mr Bi twentiei be for many Eur- i He a- ma. it- on i cuit of tl 5 arlll tern.,-
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  • 73 12 IN a friendly game of cricket at Woodsviiie on Wednesday the R.E.M.E. beat the St. Andrew's School by five wickets. St. Andrew's batted first and were all out for 62. Ong Beng Bee making 13 and Wright taking 3 for 16 runs. The R.E.M.E. replied with
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  • 115 12 Standard start CaiTMaaßtßl KUALA I.UM St. Johl vt or* of their r> toria [i thi of the Thorn tion Bi k Until ten mil end. St John's foals t.i one I rally by them araxdj defence to foals and wresi i": 'm the
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  • 263 12 BORNEO'S two-man conting ent to the Malayan AAA championships which opens today at Bukit Timah, arrived by a Malayan Airways plane yesterday eager to show their friends m Malaya how much they have improved since last year. But the burly Dyak from Jesselton. A Sibidol, champion
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