Singapore Standard, 13 August 1953

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    Masthead
    15 1 SINGAPORE STANDARD Vol. IV. No. 42 SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, Al<;tST 13, 19r>3. TWEIA'E PAGES 10 TENTS.
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    MALAYA STILL IN THE WOOD
    64 1 EVER since the Federation's Deputy High Commissioner, Sir Donald MacGillivray, dashed to London on a hush-hush visit last month, there has been considerable speculation over Malaya's real finan- cial position And now, two days after Sir Donald's return from London, the Federation Financial Secretary, hAr.
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    Paris Public Trmnmpart At Standstill
    274 1 Paris Public Trmnmpart At Standstill Crisis Grips The Capitals OtThr^ Nations PARIS, Aur. 12, (Reuter)— Paris bus and metro i.und) train men decided last night to join ni evef increasing: strike which has already rt lvsecl many key public services. the public transend nor(Mid- [a alreadv most of '"phone workers.
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    3. Troops Fire On Tokyo Strikers
    117 1 I IFP)— liifi on the One strikwounded e slightcent, of fees wt U.S. numbering a nationmorning of its kind yees Common--1 American and Kyoto part in iL-mand a >\\V\\V\\VV\vvv\\vvvvv revision of the American dratt for the labour contract handed to the Japanese Government in
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    2. TERROR IN CEYLON
    202 1 COLOMBO. Ceylon, Aug. 12 (AP)— Ceyloa*i cabinet declare i a state of emergency today as a Communistcalled strike marked by outbreaks of violence spread across the island. The demonstrators are protesting a recent threet 1 increase in the price of rice following withdrawal of a government
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    Tourists In A Jam
    71 1 photo. Would-be travellers wait hopofully for a train on a platform at Paris' North Raiiway Station. Rail traffic stopped throughout the country as railmen joined the public services strike. All day yesterday the marble flagged halls and corridors of the British Embassy building in the fashionable
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    ALY RUSHES TO SEE AGA
    56 1 NEW YORK. Aug 12 (AP) Prince Aly Khan cut short his American visit yes'erday and flew to Paris because his father, the Aga Khan. summoned him on "urgent business." Aly said he had to postpone his visit to his daughter. Yasmin. He came here a
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    ..And So Does Prince Sadrudin
    33 1 DAR-ES-SAT.AAM. Aug. 12 (AP) Prince Sadrudin Asa Khan, the Aga Khan's second son. left Dar-es-Salaam today for Zanzibar enroute tr> South France after a four-day visit U Tanganyika.
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    Three Huks Killed By Govt. Patrol
    34 1 MANILA Aug. 12 (AP)— A government patrol killed three Communist Huk dissidents in a dash last night near Magalang town, north of Manila, the Philippine Army reported today.
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    QUEEN WILL MEET SALOTE
    76 1 MELBOURNE. Aug. 12 (Reuter Q ue e n Salote of Tonga vh o won all hearts when she drove smilin? in an open carriage through the rain in the Coronation procession, will entertain the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh during the Royal tour of Australasia
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    LESSON IN COURTESY FROM KOREA
    104 1 PANMUN.TOM, Aug. (Reuter) The language used between the Communist and Allied armistice teams in Korea is stifT and formal and thei» is »o casual chit chat. So when Allied members of j a joint truce observer team on the central front recently noticed their Communist
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    Himsworth: Crisis The Major Problem
    995 1 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— The Federation Financial Secretary, Mr. E. Himsworth, today squashed any optimism that Malaya will be relieved of her present financial crisis when the promised help from Britain arrives. He told a press conference that economies would still have to
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    The Lenin Of Berlin Hits In New Fury
    140 1 The Lenin Of Berlin Hits In New Fury BERLIN, Aug. 12, (AP>—Com- munist boss Walter Ulhricht stru -k down Red party lead- ers in four big industrial cities yesteiday as new East German labour troubles broke out. jThe Lenin-bearded Deputy Rtatiier pushed on with the most ruthless purge in any
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    BRITON KILLED IN PORT SAID
    67 1 PORT SAID, Aug. 12 (Reuter) The post and city area of Port Said were declared out of bounds today to British troops except on duty following a clash last night In which a British military policeman was killed. Another British military policeman was wounded in
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    Dulles: Another PoW Warning
    53 1 WASHINGTON. Aug. 12 (UP) Secretary of State John Foster Dulles at his news conference today said that if the Reds failed to return all the prisoners-of-war they hold it could be considered an open violation of the armistice and a basis for resuming the fighting on
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    Off To Hongkong
    41 1 photo. MK. AW BOON HAW (.overninjj Director of the Sin Poh (Star Newt) Amalgamated Ltd.. and Mrs. Aw flew to Hongkong yesterday. They are seen bv mrmlirri of their family and friends at Kallang Airport. Standard Stan dard
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    BOR Charged With Killing Of Hostess
    146 1 HAMMOND GILLON, a British soldier attached to the Royal Army Veterinary Corps, was yesterday brought before the Singapore Fifth Police Court Magistrate Mr. D. H. Chapman, and tentatively charged with the murder of Doreen Pereira, the Britannia Club dance hostess. He was remanded until
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    USELESS EUSTACE
    16 1 •'Sorry! No more. lady! The boat's well below the safety level as it is!"
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    Piccioni Throws In The Towel
    30 1 ROME. Aug. 12 (AP) Attilio Piccioni said today he has abandoned his efforts to form a middle-of-the-road gov- ernment and end U»« Italian government criaii.
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    THE 1st. HITCH IN THE 'BIG SWITCH'
    133 1 PANMI NJOM. Auk It (IT) Hip Communist? held up the delivery of It American and 25 British prisoners today in the first such hitrh in eight davs of operation "Big Switrh." I'm n ir.ri ;ui.i Briti th i i in toH;iv\-> thir I
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    Widow Goes As A Guest Of Tito
    47 1 nn i;h \dk. i r) Ml Whif-taki-r. I i M White Aeld. M.in. he tier, nho U n V' i u fun! .1 >i<l«'i»T 'I |to, lodl on the gravf <»f Ikt >.j n kilVd (luting the w.ir in Yufloslavii
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    PREFERENCE TREATMENT FOR ALL LOCAL TENDERS TO END
    309 2 Standard Staff Reporter THE Singapore City Council is to abolish the existing rulings on local preference for lenders from local suppliers of goods worth less than $5,000 and above on the recommendation of the Finance and General Purposes Committee. The present local
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    COMMODITY PRICES
    121 2 C L OS 1 N G rubber prices ((«nts per lb) in Singapore yesterday were. Buyers Sellers No 1 K.S.S. Six)t Umc 63 gl No. 1 K.s.s. 831 C3i No 'I K.S.S. 824 «l No. :i K.S.S. <ioi «1 Tone: ()uiot. TIN PRICE The price of tin yesterri.iv
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    Clerk Faces Theft Charge
    84 2 PETER SEOW. a clerk, claimed trial in the Singapore Fifth Police Court yesterday to a charge of stealing an instalment receipt book and a sales receipt book and with criminal breach of trust of 5243.88 belonging to the Singer Sewing Machine Company. In :he same court.
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    PINE MEN SEEK 'PEACEFUL' TALKS
    183 2 Standard Staff Reporter THE 450-strong Amalgamated Pineapple Workers' Union, Singapore, want their employers, the Lam Huat Hup Kee Pineapple Factory to re-instate 22 of their members working in the Kranji factory. With this purpose in view, the Union wants io open "peaceful negotiation" and said
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    Newspaper Queen Gets Free Air Trip
    118 2 Newspaper Queen Gets Free Air Trip A silver cup. a sash, and a free air trip by Cathay Pacific Airways to Hongkong and back, will be awarded to the girl chosen the Newspaper Queen for 1953. Entries for the competition must be sent to The Standard by Aug. 25. Competitors
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    Passes Through
    46 2 THE Mother General of the Order of the Little Sisters of the Poor arrived in Singapore yesterday by BOAC Constellation on her way to Australia. Sh w s me at the airport by Mother Maria, Mother Superior of the Little Sisters Home in Singapore.
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    150 Attend Institute
    70 2 ONE hundred and fifty Methodist youth leaders and Sunday school teachers from Singapore and the Federation are attending the Methodist Youth Fellowship Institute at the Geylang Girls* School, Singapore, which opened yesterday. Bishop R. L. Archer declared the Institute open. In his message he said, "Vouth must
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    Decision On Transport Policy Sought!
    282 2 C'ttee Wants City Council Mandate Standard Staff Reporter THE Singapore City Council will be asked shortly to give its mandate to the Public Possenger Transport Committee to proceed with work connected with the centralisation of the Colony's public passenger transport under one authority. It is
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    S'pore May Use Double-Deckers
    133 2 DOrBLK-DHCKERS may run in 5i,,..,,,,,,,, j, ;l recommendation to the City Council to < \|Mrim«nt uith them is approved. This suggestion Of a sub-commit!, and Traffic Committee of the City Council will CUSsed it today's mooting it was learn- I pany should attempt to introduce t%
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    Tests For Harbour Defences
    77 2 SINGAPORE'S harbour defences are to be tested this week in a large -scale combined exercise in which units of the Army, Navy, Royal Malayan Navy, Malayan Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. Singapore Volunteer Corps and Police will participate. The exercise is *o be carried out on Friday
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    Trains Will Halt At Sungei Way
    59 2 P KOM Saturday, a new Sungei Way village halt be- 1 twecn Petaling and Sungei Way on the Port Swettenham railway branch line will be opened for passenger traffic. All up and down trains between Kuala Lumpur and Port Swettenham will stop at this
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    Better Kampong Patrols Planned
    184 2 THE Serangoon Police Station has been closed so as to make the kampong patrols more effective, said Mr. B. Lewis, Superintendent, Area 3, Kandang Kerbau, yesterday. He added: "We are now utilizing former static Police personnel for active patrolling duties." The Serangoon Police Station situated at
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    BALLET LESSON
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    HK EXCHANGE
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      79 2 Weather MINIMUM TEMPFRATrRE: from 7.30 p.m. on Aue. 11 to 7.30 am. on Aug. 1? Singapore <79F>; Penan? <75F): Kota Bihru (7€F); Kuala Lumpur 174F): Ipoh (72F): Ku.iut.in (71F). Maximum Temperature: from 7.30 a.m. to 7.;'>o p.m. on \u K 12: Siajkpore (87Fr. Penanc <89F); Kota Bahru 191F): Kuala Lumpur
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    JUDGE HITS AT YOUTH THUGS
    76 3 JUDGE HITS AT YOUTH THUGS TMI incident ol young J? t i |e4taJB public t«day are H aid Mr. Brown in the SinM^ i/rs yesterday he tluee i;" commit. C ,rmed robbery. Eng Poh ■ars onv n. (17), i i9) and 1 I recars rous rob»wn, pretnu be >ple I
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    'Sakunthala' In English
    28 3 S kunplay. ber. n act poet itury in- ages -;it. tnemB i yon English pta. -t of him- i hat la las been the reMuties."
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    BUTTON STOPS TRAFFIC
    181 3 BUTTON STOPS TRAFFIC Stani,»rd Stjff Rep Ortpr A new traWt light foi tho benerit «f nedestrian! and motortsts has bron put ui> us an Eir^U! st Andr< s* Koad Sincapore and is Now pedestrian sisnals do not fum-tion ceasHessly They only operate whe n -a button i s pressed by
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    A Stage For City Concerts
    110 3 A $.{.OOO COLLAPSIBLE slazc f,r me on the City Hall steps for future official eelebra- will be constructed next year by *h e Singapore City Council. But for this year's City Day 22, Council has decided to erect the stage with the material used for
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    Pakistan Day Celebrations
    51 3 ALL Pakistanis in Singapore are requested by the president of the Overseas Pakistani League, to hoist their national flag on Aug. 14. Pakistan Day. Pakistanis are also requested to attend a meeting at 4.30 p.m. at the premises of the All Malaya Muslim Missionary Society. Lorong 12.
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    Youths Attack, Rob Spinster (60)
    296 3 Two Stories Or Violence TWO youths forced their way into an attap lean-to Z£* m ng Tio n S Bahru sin a Pore. on Tuesday, and held a 60-year old spinster by the throat until she was unconscious. After tying: her up they robbed her
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    Marriage Bill Takes First Step
    68 3 THE first step towards a Monogamous Marriage Art for the Colony was taken yesterday when the Executive Committee of the Singapore Council of Women met and elected a sub-committee to draft the bill. The sub-committee of three women. two Malays and one Chinese, with the
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    Excursion To Colony Planned
    44 3 THE Social And Cultural Section of the Johore Indian Congress is organising an educational excursion to Singapore on Aug. 21. Among the many places the party will visit are The Singapore Standard offices. The party will be limited to 25.
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    He Brought A Gril HomeAtNight:Wife
    217 3 MRS. Diana Maud Lim, nee Freeman, a stenographer, was granted a decree nisi in the Singapore Supreme Court yesterday on the ground of adultery of her husband, Mr. Lim Chio Leow, with a Chinese woman in his Tanjong Rhu residence. The petition wa s uncontestoi
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    Committed To Assizes
    82 3 A SINGAPORE student said :n the Sixth Police Court yesterday that the day after he and iii s girl friend were robbed, he recofnUed one of the robbers in a trisha and informed the police. Tang Lye Chye, was giving evidence at a preliminary inquiry in which
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    Thief Escapes With $1,390
    31 3 A THIEF stole $1,390 worth of jewellery from a room in Beo Lane. Singapore. on Tuesday. Police believe the thief used a skeleton key to get in.
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    He Will Advise On Aquarium
    88 3 THE Singapore City Council will invite the Bombay's Taraporevala Aquarium curator to visit the Colony ti> a<h i.-.e on the equipment operation itafl ing and training Of personnel in the operation of the Van Kleef Aquarium now bt constructed at the King George V Park
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    Rubber Men To Hold Talks Soon
    91 3 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. Employer groups in the planting industry consisting of the Rubber Groweri Association, the United Planting Association of Malaya and the Malayan Estates Owners Association will meet again shortly to discuss the setting up of joint industrial council with the workers. At
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    RICE SEIZED
    31 3 CHAN MOK LBONG (O) was finer! $L'iO in the Session-; Court Kuala Lumpur, yesterday for having rice in excess of a week's Mipply. The rice 284 katies, was confiscated.
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    'Sorry, But It Is A Matter Of Policy'
    246 3 'Sorry, But It Is A Matter Of Policy' Standard Staff Reporter AN UUW«r often given by Singapore Government officials when unable to comment on a subject is "It is a matter of policy and I can t comment." What is "matter of policy?' Yesterday, Mr. J. D. Higham. the Colony's
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    Tighten Up Colony's Air Raid Warning'
    379 3 USAF Capt. On Mock Raid THE recent mock attack on Singapore by American B 29$ from »m base showed that fhe Colony must "tighten up" its air raid warning system. Dinos h! r WaS J? ade y estPlC *a.v at CUrk Air Force Base,
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    New System A Success -Says RAF
    151 3 COMMENTING on th«above report, an R.A.F. spokesman said: "The exercises with the Superfortresses were very successful and of great value to both sides. A s a new system and organisation for effecting interceptions by the R.A.F. had been installed only a few days previously
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    He Spoke Of Vitamins At Luncheon
    136 3 Standard StaP Keporter IF a man Uv#d to »lu« i| of 70 ho would h iv,< t »uired but two tablespoon iil »i thiarnine or Vitamin Bl Yet. it.-> lack has Caused v) m.tnv U> suffer from beri-betl nrr\ i nc-s. Irritability fatigue and
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    No Tax Returns For Three Years
    62 3 TONG TIN POH of Delta Road was fined $1,500 and costs or six months' rigorous imprisonment when found guilty yesterday in the City Police Court on charges under the Income Tax Ordinance. He was found guilty after claiming trial to three charges of failing
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    For US Tour
    134 3 MR I.KK SIOVV MONO who ha* hern awarded a I »id«r Sprrtalist (rant by thr IS Staff llepartmrnl to visit thr I nilrd Statr*. 11. flirs to thr I S via London Intvinc on Srpl. 11. imi pltn> t<» nt'irn by \ra via thr Pit iWc. Mr
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    Talentime At Chinese SC
    53 3 IHE Chinese Swimming Club will hold it I tiuiii Uilentime on Ti "< «v. St»pt lit. this v,- ii I 'i l l us wi!l cl(» h .nut the Club. Valuable prtotg will ■warded f>>r ilnsiM, musi ii in >t r ument and ol such ai
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    Court Tout Gets Five Years Jail
    204 4 CHAN PL'N. commander of the Sixth Rejjiment of the Communist terrorist organisation who was killed by men of the 'I 7 Gurkhas in a cimp in the Bentonn area of P.i hang recently. nan Pun was something ot u myster> in that little w.is
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    FIRST MEETING
    28 4 THE first meeting of the Federal Council Elections Committee will be held at 11.30 a.m. on Monday. Aug. IT. at the Legislative Counci] Chamber.) Kuala Lumpur.
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    3 Reds Killed, One Gives Up
    112 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. Three more terrorists have been killed and one more Red has surrendered m the Federation. The three were killed yesterday, one by a patrol of the Ist Fijians in the Batu Pahat area of Johore. another by a patrol of the
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    Armchairs For Jungle Police
    50 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed Two armchairs were para*;mited 300 feet into the .South Johore jungle yesterday for men manning a police post. They were dropped from a Valetta aircraft of the Far East Transport Wing and a team of No. 55 Company Air Despatches with other supplies.
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    To Stand Trial
    68 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed. M. Sinnathamby. a technical assistant attached to the Public Works Department. was committed to trial at the ohore Assizes by Inche Mohamed bin Ali, after a twoday preliminary inquiry, oa a charge of corruption. Ho wa s alleged to have accepted $200 from a
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    $2 MIL HEALTH SCHEME AWAITS WORD FROM U.K.
    226 4 Standard Staff Reporter THE Singapore Government is awaiting the reply tl the Secretary of State tor the Colonies on the 82,000,000 Irban Health Centre scheme, >ir. W. C. Taylor, Financial Secretary, told The Standard yesterday. This scheme was proposed by Dr. J.
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    Three More Job Bureaus For Colony
    73 4 Three More Job Bureaus For Colony THE Singapore Labour Department intends to open three additional employment exchanges in the Colony. The Standard was tc'J yesterday. One of these will be foi office workers 3nd other people including domestic jobs in the City area. Two others will be in the industrial
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    Fine In 7 Parts
    48 4 NG PUN (37) was lined $800. or three months imprisonment, in the Muar Court for possession of 23 tahils of prepared opium. He was allowed to pay |200 down, the balance in six monthly instalments of $100. provided he Save a surety for $600.
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    Police Seek Boat, Man Who Threw Owner Overboard
    326 4 SINGAPORE Marine Police are on the look-out for a motor sampan with registration No. SF 4167X in which a Malay made his escape after attacking and throwing a Chinese fisherman overboard in the sea off Pulau Angop on Monday. The fisherman. Tan
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    Request For Action On A Councillor
    115 4 Request For Action On A Councillor A REQUEST by the Singapore City Council Services Union for permission to take legal action against a City Councillor, will be considered by the Public Works Committee of the Council at its meeting tomorrow. The City Councillor involved Ifl Mr. A. R. Lazarous (Lab.Xorth)
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    Message Service For Troops
    99 4 Message Service For Troops THE Expeditionary Forces Message Service which was introduced here a month ago to enable^ members of the H.M. Forces serving in Singapore or Malaya to send messages to the United Kingdom has been extended to Commonwealth troops serving in Malaya, Singapore or Australia. Some 300 standard
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    Radio Talk
    51 4 PENANG, Wed. The Officer Commanding the Fighter Control Unit of the Penang Wing of the M.A.A.F., Flt/Lt A. Brown, will give a talk over Radio Malaya. Penang, at 6 45 p.m. on Friday. He will talk on the Malayan Auxiliary Air Force as a useful and interesting part-time
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    Mother Of 7 Told: No More Children
    573 4 Mother Of 7 Told: No More Children Stu- dio photo. Doctor Tells Of Horoscope MALACCA, Wed.— Dr. Ong Bale Hin, the 63 year old doctor vho is now charged with having performed a fatal abortion on a woman, said in the Molocca Assizes today that the woman. Toy Bee Geok,
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    Sultan Visits Police Depot
    94 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed.— The Sultan of Perak visited the Federal Police Depot a! Kuala Lumpur this morning and saw a'l a- pects of training of recruits, and also watched subordinate police officers and police constable? from all over the Federation who are on a re-training course.
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    Hammer Attack Got Him 7 Years
    208 4 PENANG, Wed. Seven years imprisonment the maximum penalty was imposed by Mr. Justice \V. 11. Buhagiar in the Assize Court today on a labourer Ong Ah Chye, for causing grievous hurt to a woman. Pang Poh Gaik on Mar. 5 Alter Kntenot was passed.
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    FIVE PEOPLE INJURED IN CAR MISHAP
    86 4 FIVE peopH wen injured yesterday when the car they were traveUinf in waj Involved in n with a bus at Yio Chu Kang Road, near the Japanese cemetery, Singapore, shortly after 2 p.m. The.r were the driver. N T g Chan Chorig (L'2). Nf
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    SHE TOOK HIS MONEYHE TOOK HER CLOTHES
    206 4 COURT TOLD DISCOVERING that a woman he had booked for the nigrht had left with all his money ($2O), an American sailor Glen Gerald Bankston, took all her clothing m retaliation. But when he returned to Boustead Institute (a seaman's <lub). Singapore, the
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    Union Awards Four School Scholarships
    128 4 FOUR o I'liiry school scholarships will be awarded every year by the Sincauore Urban Co-operative Union. Ltd. Eligible candidate! will sit for a special qualifying examination under itr direction of the Education Department. This wa<= derided at the annual general Meeting of the Union vfsvrday
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    HG WOUNDS GUNMAN IN CHASE
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    Boycott Of Talks By MIC Urged
    7 4 Boycott Of Talks By MIC Urged I
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    PUNE SEARCH CALLED OFF
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    PERAK GOVT. HITS BACK AT UMNO CHIEF'S CHARGE
    218 5 PERAK GOVT. HITS BACK AT UMNO CHIEF'S CHARGE wed.— The Perak State Government issued men t today ta reply to certain suggestions by \hdul Kahman, President of UMNO, Malava I states that the attention of the' ment has been drawn to the r] to Tungku Abdul Rahman by ted that
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    Back Pay for 400 Assistants
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      670 6 S r. Your editorial "Mum's the Word" appears to have been written without the care arid thought which such an important sub; I deserves. You have used over 800 words to express i simple idea viz: The 0:1 !y matters over which there should be no
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    167 6 MORE ACTION Sir: 1 have read Mrs. Urn's letter. It seems that there is need for more vigorous artion than has hitherto been tak^n (if any) by our Legislators in regard to rases like Mrs. Lim and those of the detainees who are held indefinitely under the Emergency Regulation I
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    236 6 Sir;— Nobody will quarrel with the idea that in times or Emergency, the Stale has a right to appropriate poiOCTI over the citizenry which in normml times would be denied it. But the public would be failing in its duty if it did not assume the possibility
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    81 6 Sir-. Could the traffic authorities be kind enough to .-'llighten me as to why a "xebra crossing" ha i acn introduced in front of the Happy World? The road between Lorongs one and three is v< r\ used by people to en the Happy World and it is vt
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    131 6 Sir; A gdtat deal of forrespondence has appeared in your issues by the various Malay and other organisations in respect of Malayan Independence in the Federation. It should be borne in mind how far and how much Ilio mixture and breed of the various communities will bow towards
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    92 7 VIENNA, Aug. 12 (AP)-In rprise move towards tiny, occupied, anti-Cotnmunist Austhe Soviets decided to abolish Soviet censorship of mail between the Russian 1 ria and foreign coun- ve yesterday. The S >vieta announced the ition in a note which So- Ambassador and High missioner for Austria. 1.1.
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    270 7 Anything We Can Do, They Can Do Also' RUSSIA THE H-BOMB is Aug r> Dean, n of the Commisthat mdable atomic A cans h not to I liniarmi falling nfortable Japan I e eonJapan's pro- I hey had when h Japaas the Zero R ia*s anI week that the longer
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    330 7 17 Kashmir Officials Are Arrested UN Men Accused Of Interference ciols of 'i 2 -Seventeen senior offi- >».<• a Ko hmir Government hare been CJ In two do r* ""ce Hokshi Ghulom Mohammed was appointed Premier. last l S htd2 I' 1 lhe Kashlnil Government said j?m mgnt diplomatic immuniiv
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    50 7 HONGKONG. Aug. 12. (UP). The sounds of a sea battle between a gunboat and a motor junk were clearly heard in Macao yesterday morning. Reports said a Communist gunboat tried to stoo a junk but the junk fired back and e.-caped toward th c British island.
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    47 7 LONDON, Aug. 11. (Reuter) Vice-Admiral Sir William Spencer Leveson-Gower. Earl of Grunville and uncle of Queen Elizabeth Second, who died in .June, left £24.000 sterling, it was disclosed today. The money goes to his wife and. when she dies, his son and daughter.
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    57 7 VENICE. Aug. 12, (Router)— Cartoons and documentaries from :*4 countries, including Japan, launched Venice's annual festival of films for adults and children last night. The documentaries and cartoons which form two subsidiary sections of the festival will be shown until Aug 19. Full length features will
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    Divorce From O'Dwyer Filed
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    STOOL PIGEONS AMONG THE POW'S
    256 7 <\MP BRITANNIA, Korea. \u« \l») Tw British soldiers repatriated by the Communists <le maiiried «m investigation Tuesday of the collaboration of British prisoners-of-war. Although the Communists: d "mind annihilation," Cpl. William Westwood declared mos: of the Commonw.v. th prisoners remained loyal. He estimated "about five
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    188 7 ATHENS, Aus. 12 (Reuter)— Four more earthquake shocks today rocked the Greek coast and nearby islands where about 400 have been killed, WO made homeless and about 300 injured in two ct:i>s of earthquakes. Officials said damage on the I d of Cophalonia was
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    No Espionage In Soviet Legation
    62 7 BANGKOK Aug. 12 (AFP) "The Soviet Legation i'> Bangkok does noi conduci espionage activities. 1 yaid Nai Samud Surakkak*, beiore ths Bangkok criminal court today. Sir.iKknkii w<j.- formerly employed as .1 translatoi in the Soviet Legati< n in Bangkok. He if now a prosecution witness
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    23,000 MORE GI's
    25 7 THE United States Defence Department announced that it planned to draft about 23.000 more Americans into the armed forces in October. AFP
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    Burglar Calls For Police Aid
    130 7 MILWAI KEK, Aug. 1* (UP) A burglar here had to call on police for help at the scene of the "job." "I've cut myself up and broken my ankle," he reported by phone. "I'm lying on the floor in a second floor office and 1
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    Jet Fighter Rams Into Two Houses
    122 7 Jet Fighter Rams Into Two Houses VJLLE JACQUES CARTLER. Quebec. An? 12 (AP>— A Rov;ii Canadian Air Force twin-jet fighter crashed into two wooden houses in this Montreal suburb yesterday, burst into flames bnd turned the houses into a roaring funeral oyre for the two-man crew, five children, a young
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    36 7 HONGKONG, Aug. 12 (UP) Communist Chinese Minister of Finance Po I-po has dropped out of sight in what was labelled a "serious purge" within the Red China hierarchy, according to an unconfirmed Peking dispatch
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    71 7 Sfondoid London Correspondent LONDON, Aug. 12. 1 he following ore the cloving prices ct rubbet oid tin or tS e London morfcet: LONDON RUBBER Spot 18 Id. Ccr./Dec. 19 d. Jon Mar. 19ld. Sept. c.i.t. 18 d. Tone: Buyers Very Quiet. LONDON TIN Spot £587 10s.
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    166 7 LOS ANCELES. Aug 2. The distribution of Americ n food to East Germans has caused more excitement ami unrest in Soviet dominated Eastern Europe than anything that has occurred since the Iron Curtain was dropped. Hugh Baillie, President of the [jj I!; >s B!»ld last
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    45 7 .v YORK The chid of the B .in. he H H< nry I he Slate John p Korea ;iri(i Ja| British Mil I S vd and I P. ireign Mini S h irnririn ;iri r<>[>. ikjold at a Inn
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    34 7 HYDERABAD (AFP) today Anti-Colon i in A Th c\< titi rtau won' lorn in- Indo-China and Th<- bureau urill 1 ui For Unit nan said finding mil to i M.i,
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    Jap Missions To S.E. Asia
    137 8 TOKYO. Aug. 12. (AFP)— An eight-man economic mission headed by Chairman S:taro Inagaki of the Japan Trade Association will leave for Burma Aug. 19. Thf mission \v:'l travel separately from another similar ion led by Yoshidaru Kogane, Vice-Chairman of the Liberal Party's Political Affairs Reseaich
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    57 8 NEW DELHI. A Ig. 12. (Renter).— Russia I to enter into a long-term wheat n!?r<. -.vith In I n Food Mini Raft Ahmed Kidwai, nounecd. It will be the fl term good^ agreement between d Russia. The one prov for one year. India t <?d t »oris.
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    Egypt Wants SEA Trade
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    21 9 photo. [fiN glßlltrf <>f Thai- holds the nnorar\,,i I .,lontkorn „nt pnture taken nmand of Kin? \ciuldft. AP
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    28 9 R iter) i fovernSoviet Fon iga lour di awn <r to- govern- here ide by :ov, the to the j m in ed l
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    45 9 BELOW are eobU fcf^ o gathrrcd° hl^ a tr g a^To^er^c^^ f 19 nations energy yesterday, adopted a ",hnt n the nuclcar ward Soviet Premier Georti Mi T e aUit "de tothat Russia has the^d^'bS S Statement U.P. Odd Dahl.-
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    42 9 WASHINGTON.— A British writer tolrf =>n h conference here on Tuesday that Ri.«i»'« academic "less patient" than the late Jo» P h suiln £Z !h?, try to smash American cower before it could be ufid against Russia.— AP
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    88 9 PnW M V??f A JL?°. CtO1 'fi cxa P linin fi returning United Nations H^rJ yesterday they feared only the fittest had survivffl they were 5 tO See the men as "It makes you wonder whether the ones who we e wounded seriously will ever come
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    80 9 CAPETOWN: Premier Daniel Malan said on Tuesday night that India induced the U.N. to interfere in South African affairs and that the U.N. was engaged in undermining the foundations of the Commonwealth. Malan. addressing Parliament on external African alfair?. stated tha« India was trying to oust the
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    163 9 KLM SHOWS GOOD PROFIT THE year 1952 proved to be a most satisfactory one for KLM (Royal Dutch Airlines). In that year the Company's turnover rose from f15.234 million in 1951 to f15.259 million in 1952. KLM's operating profit f° r j was f15.5.7 millions after] writing ofl f15.31.3 millions
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    34 9 PRINCE Peter of Greece and Denmark, the leader of a Danish scientific mission lo Afghanistan, arrived in Karachi on Tuesday from Kabul t he left for Bombay en route to Calcutta. AP
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    Diploma For Good Food
    62 9 IN JULY the famous i American food expert, Mr. Maur i r f Dreiser (right) Hew across the North Atlantic to hand the President of SAS, I (Scandinavian Airways I System) Mr IVr A. Nor- I lin. a diploma for the vx- cellent fmKi served on
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    TAIWAN SEEKS INVESTMENTS
    74 9 TAIPEI. Aug. 12 (AFP)— Nationalist China yesterday officially extended an invitation to the visiting Hongkong nessmen's group ted by Chou .lih Kwong to invest in Free China industries. K.Y. Ym. director of the Central Trust and chief of the Economic Stabilisation Board's Industrial Ro'-onbtruction Commission, said he
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    A Blank Year For Johan Tin
    154 9 EXCEPT for investment revenue, Johan Tin Dredging Ltd. report a financially blank year, states the chairman, Mr. John L. Woods who expresses regret that government prohibition upon working in the area of the company's properties is still in force resulting in no work during
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    88 9 AUCKLAND. Aug. 12, (AP). New Zealand has been charging Russia £35 to IC4O more per ton for a 1.000-ton purchase of butter than Britain has to pay and still the Soviets want more, a government spokesman disclosed today. The spokesman said negotiations are going
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    PI Mission For Indonesia
    83 9 MANILA Aug. 12. (AP)— A 30-member Philippine mission is scheduled to leave for Jakarta this month to survey possibilities of expanding exports to Indonesia. The forthcoming trip WH] coincide with the Industrial Exposition to be held in Ja karta from Aug. 29 to Ocl 6 A
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    35 9 JAKARTA, Aug. 12, (AFP) A trade mission from Egypt is expected to arrive in Indonesia in September to study possibilities of increasing the volume of trad* between the two countries*
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    India's Giant Oil Refinery
    108 9 THE largest oil refinery in India, costing some £20 million, is being built on Trombay Island, Bombay, by a new company jointly owned by She!' and the Burmah Oil Co Ltd. When completed in lf>r>s, the new plant will process crude oil from the Middle EuA
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    Fresh Food Ban Lifted
    67 9 CAIRO. Aug. 12 (AP) An 1 order banning th e supply of fresh foods for all ships using the Suez Canal was rescinded Tuesday by the Ministry of Supply. The ban. which was scheduled to become effective Tuesday, would have allowed vessels to take on only
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    Aussie Wheat Faces Crisis
    78 9 SYDNEY. Aug. 12, (AFP) A crisis for Australian wheat growers is predicted following the fall of 11 pence a bushel on the Chicago market yesterday. W. Pratt, New South Wales Wheat Growers' Union Secretary, said yesterday. Australian growers must expect a muck lower return for wheat
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    No Agreement On Tin Control
    77 9 THE HAGUE, Aug. 12, (AP). Tin-producing and tin-rons timing countries have reached no agreement on railing for a United Nations tin conference to establish production and prices controls, a spokesman for the Internationa] Tin Study Group indicated today. Of the 15 members of the International
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    R.I. Policy-Makers Urge China Trade
    306 9  - R.I. Policy-Makers Urge China Trade ARNOLD C. BRACKMAN Korea Armistice Encourages Move By Standard Special Correspondent JAKARTA, Aug. 12, Three top poficy makers in Indonesia's new cabinet have cmpressed their intention of encouraging trade with Red China, particulary in rubber. These disclosures were made in the course of policy statements
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    52 9 I UF. i) ju S i n Copra i indi< I $53| per f). Sin tjii pore produce (pt'i pir-iil) quo', i v ves'erd.iv Wi n (Sp!i 527 (whol I O| co< onut oil I bier $250, P i tok v. white) |2M) lagn S)4{ ri ir rs wak)
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    57 9 MALAYA of tin and tin i oncent 1 1 month prcvioui montl official stati Of the total '"J tons came fron I tons from B F'>r tho fit ■i month of the ye.-jr. Ma Imp 4 B'»4 tons ol (in BOd I'm OH rentrates. comp;
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    Ceylon's Ban On Iron Off
    133 9 COLOMBO. Aug 12, <Reuter) ('(■>!< in has lifted the ban on the export oi scrap iron, it \v;i< announced here today. Official sources laid not much of it is likely to find its way into Communist countries. Officials pointed out that the export controller has
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    Siamese Deal With Japanese
    85 9 TOKYO. A 12, (AFP) A ii Si an i '^ntion, which arrived at Tokyo airpori I fcht, will start m gotiati ith the Japaneni on w*< Ine Hay for a new tra mnent Ja] propose an In* crease In trarv each way ranßing from U559,000,000 to
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    95 9 NEW YORK. Aug. 12. (AP) Gold continues to flow out of the United States as other nations notably Britain and We^e:n Germany build up their stores of gold and dollars. The U.S. lo«t another 50 million dollar! worth of gold in the week ending
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      RUBBER TAPPERS INCOME
      518 10 Sir. With reference to Mr. R. C. Lopez's replv in your paper of 25th July, 1953, I must apologise 1 him, if indeed it i s not his intention to "Single out local manufacturers of rubber goods for extinction by taxation." In that case. Mr Lopez has
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      386 10 Sir; It is rather disappointing to note the poor response of blood donors to the Singapore Blood Bir.k It cannot be denied that the Transfusion Service has done and continues to do 500 1 service to all communities in S'poie From statistics published in vour paper, it
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      171 10 Su —The Ptestoeui ol the Hire Car Association now advances the argument that Taxi Meters will deprive taxi onrntfts ana driven of theii livelihood. But fcUielv the public also should l-e protected acainsi un>< rupulou;, drivers who charge exhorbitaut rates •INTERESTED" was quite right when he
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      125 10 Sir, lam really surpr i -v(\ at the efliciency of the Inf >rmatir> n Department. The Registration of Voters was carried out a few months ago the Town Council Flections will take place on the 22nd of this month but the majority of voters are not awate that they
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    215 11 TI|K Singapore Hase District Held their Swimming 1( 1 inler-unit competition at the i ,t Beach Road, yesterday and at the end I rn oons 12 events the R.A S.C. were victor- 1((H points. Altogether eight new records f* 1P frw" third A 9? :rral
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    274 12 HK Bank's Dream Of Double Shattered FRASER K Neave shutter-i-rl Hoftfffcaag Bank's dream -w' a "double when thry ede> out tlw formidable banker, ;{_•> in a rtoM «anip at River Valley Road v «'sterday fur thf business hmiw league ril cup ti*". 1 M- bankers ftarted in nne ;.,i within
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    78 12 RAPC I -BOH by ten wicBase Dish final cricket match tod iv E ich .sine wa« given 30 overs. BOD were 145 foi i,ix at the end ol mat period while RAPC P •>■ .-cere without U»inn i nickel bemfc 147 at ihe en
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    56 12 A SOUTH CHINA learn, on it, wi. Indonesian tour.' arrived in Sii gaporc last ni^ht < i CPA plane from Hongkong. The team will return to Sin- < from Indonesia on Sept. 9 ind w P'-ibc that arrange- be made for the team
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    216 12 More Records Will Q of Standard's Athletic Reporter ITS Singapore for the Malayan athletic championship. According to the best times and distances returned in state meets this season, Singapore will win 15 events to the Federation's 13. But only on paper. On the Kuala
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    1440 12 THIS special Singapore Standard compilation will give readers an idea of how the best athletes of each state will fare at the Malayan sports. 100 Yards Malayan Poh Kim Seng 10 sees. SINGAPORE: Tan Eng Yoon 10.2 sets. JOHORE: L-C Dawai 10.1 sees.
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    1396 12 It is a matter for regret that this year there will I not be the African "piinkawallahs" on the field.v am speaking of Kipsong and his gang who can make the battle tougher for Singaporeans in the distance events. Foreign competition is always welcome in
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    84 12 LONDON LI York- >kn I xxini". i I Mutton I fh« 1 1 T of 88 ,<n !i Y dley bold I chat by six wieketa with mi Middlesex I points to s in th the tofi ol iniv hil \t W llmutiurouKi bv ti.' \t WealMi
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