Singapore Standard, 9 June 1954

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    Masthead
    19 1 SINGAPORE STANDARD tt A M Vol. IV. No. 312 SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9, 1954 j TWELVE PACES 13 CENTS.
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    Gen. Ely Takes Over in I-C
    148 1 SAIGON, June 8. Gen- nil Paul Ely arrived here by plane today, to take up his new job as France's military and civilian leaier in Indo-China. He svas accompanied by his military deputy, General Raoul Salan. The 56-year-old former hief of Staff of the
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    Reds Are Delaying The Talks'
    83 1 Reds Are Delaying The Talks' WASHINGTON. June 8 •AP» U.S. Secretary of State Mr. John Foster Dulles >aid today the Communists vere delaying peace negotiations at Geneva, while inten- lyins their war effort in Indo-China, thus giving the lie to their talk of loving ulles told a news conferthat he
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    'Copter simulates crashed Connie
    185 1 'Copter simulates crashed Connie MR. Christopher Shawcross, QC, who is representing British Overseas Airways Corporation at the inquiry into the Constellation crash on March 13. yesterday flew over Kalians Airport in a helicopter. The helicopter made a simulated landing from about 1.000 feet over the St. Andrew's Cathedral to the
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    EDEN FLIES BACK
    16 1 MR. ANTHONY EDEN, the British Foreign Secretary, arrived in Geneva last night. Reuter
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    Village Ketua Kills 2 Reds Single-Handed
    334 1 Village Ketua Kills 2 Reds Single-Handed SEREMBAN, Tues. A 42-year-old ketua in Negri Sembilan yesterday fought three terrorists single-handed when they tried to abduct him, and slashed two of them to death with his parang. The ketua, Ariffin bin Depatesarin, was fishing when the terrorists closed in on him at
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    PILOT TELLS HOW
    447 1 INQUIRY INTO KALLANC CONSTELLATION CRASH 'Plane Sank In A Down Draft' L CA PTAIN Trevor W. Hoyle, pilot of the BOAC Constellation which crashed at Singapore's Kallang Airport on March 13, yesterday blamed an extraordinarily strong down current of air" as the direct cause of the crash
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    Repatriates Reach China
    52 1 HONGKONG, June 8 (AFP) Two-hundred and twentysix Chinese repatriates from Singapore and Malaya were on board the Norwegian ship Hal Lee, which arrived here from Singapore this morning. The repatriates were taken off the ship in Kowloon Bay by immigration authorities and escorted to the Hong-kong-China border
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    AUSTRALIA HOPES FOR PEACEFUL END IN I-C
    210 1 AUSTRALIA HOPES FOR PEACEFUL END IN I-C ALTHOUGH no results have been produced by the Geneva talks so far. Australia hopes to see the end of the nine-year-old war In IndoChina by negotiation rather than by military operation, the Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr Richard Casey said at Kallang
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    SAINT'S BODY
    41 1 VATICAN CITY. June 8 •UP).— Some 200.000 Romans watched the body of tie sainted Pope Piu.s X borne through the streets to st Peter's Basilica last nit?ht. after a week of lyina-in-.state at the Church o( St Mary Major.
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    Everest Hero Is In Excellent Health
    155 1 Everest Hero Is In Excellent Health NEW DELHI, June 8 (Reuter) A telegram signed by Sir Edmund Hillary, reporting himself "in excellent condition," reached New Delhi today. The message from the conqueror of Everest, who had been reported suffering from pneumonia while leadIng an expedition t^ t::e Himalayan peak of
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    CHURCHILL OUTWITS BODYGUARD
    253 1 CHURCHILL OUTWITS BODYGUARD WESTERHAM, Kent, June 8 (UP)— Premier Sir Winston Churchill slipped away from his bodyguard yesterday to watch a 17-year-old beauty queen presenting prizes at a local carnival. After viewing the Whit Monday procession from a dais, the 79-year-old Prime Minister evaded his bodyguard and made his way
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    China's 'Yes' To British Invitation
    72 1 GENEVA. June 8: (Router) China announced he. officially last night that it had accepted an invitation fi\..i British traders to send a trade mission to Britain to try and expand trade between the two countries. The Chinese delegation to the Asian conference said that after
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    SHIP'S BLAST KILLS TWO
    41 1 TOKYO, June 8 fAFP) Two workers were killed and four others injured, including two seriously, this afternoon in an accidental explosion aboard the Brazilian freighter, Custodio de Uello, on the eve of its launching scheduled for tomorrow.
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    ...AND NOW THESE TWO ARE MARRIED
    137 1 VANCOUVER. June 8: 'AP) A 72-year-old American woman, cheated of romance in England 50 years ago by a stern father, sailed for New Zealand today as the bride of the ex-farmhand her father forbade her to love. John Edgecombe of New Zealand, a 70-year-old
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    'I FELT AIRCRAFT SINK AT THE LAST MOMENT'
    1580 2 Questioned about the ridge at the seawall end of the lunway. he said subsequent to the accident he had found 1 that such a ridge existed. It ■was, he said, about 18 inches i above the seawall. When he brought the Constellation
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    KALLANG CRASH INQUIRY
    897 2 asdsddfsghghnghjkgmfg runway. It was an area at which it was perfectly safe to touchdown. Mr. Seth: You said that from the air you identified the boundary (of the runway) and the seawall markings as one? Yes. That being so, it would have been your object to have
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    TRIAL PUTS OFF A WEDDING
    338 2 TRIAL PUTS OFF A WEDDING Fiancee Speaks For Character JUNE 18 was to hove been the happiest day in the life of June Dearn. She was to have married Signalman Harry Clifford Harland. Now the wedding day has been postponed. Harland yesterday was sentenced by a martial to 56 days'
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    New Orchid Blooms
    61 2 A NEW ORCHID, Vandanthe Nelly Morley. bloomed early yesterday morning i n Mr. Lim Hong Hee'.s Gem Nursery. Singapore. It is a hybrid of the Vanda Emma van Deventer and Euanthe Sanderiana which were imported from Honolulu. Mr. Lim told The Standard that when grown from seedling
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    Bandit Is Killed On Pahang Border
    151 2 Bandit Is Killed On Pahang Border KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. A terrorist was killed in the Trengganu-Pahang border area yesterday by a company of the 2nd King's African Rifles. Another terrorist contacted at the same time escaped. A rifle and ammunition were recovered. The body of a terrorist has been found
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    HK EXCHANGE
    37 2 HONGKONG. June 8 Special Standard Service: Closing prices or the Hongkong Exchange today were $15.58 to £1 sterling: $5.7975 to U.S.$l: $1,821 to Malayan $1: $0,225 to one Indonesian Rupiah; Gold $254.75 to 1 tael.
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    COMMODITY PRICES
    106 2 COMMODITY PRICES I.OSIMi rubber pn.e, t cents p«'r lb.) i n tad pore Tuesday wen 1 Buyers Mten No. 1 R.S S Spot Loose 631 No. IKS S »,:<. M No. 2 K.S.S. 62J No. 3 R S.S. i,l Tone: Steady quiet TIN PRICE The price of tin %«•>- -terdav
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    Unions To Decide On Pay Move
    105 2 Standard Staff Reporter A DECISION wiO by the representatiw I I the City Council Unions Federation t i the Secretary of Mi lion. Mr C V I said yesterday. It will be on the oil's move to imp Ritson pay ichMM I daily-rated work
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    Bourne Sees K.L Depots
    86 2 KUALA LUMPUR Tvies.— Lt.Gen. G. K. Bourne, the Federation"? Director o f Operations, inspected service installations in the Kuala Lumpur area today. Starting at No 1 Supply Depot. Batu Caves, General Bourne toured the Barrack Stores. Later, he drove to Batu Cantonment, where he showed great
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    Court To Fly Over Scene Of Air Crash
    193 2 MEMBERS of the Commission enquiring into the Kallang air disaster are expected to fly over the crash scene in a Constellation and a helicopter, so that they would be assisted in finding out the cause of the tragic mishap. Mr. Christopher Shawcross,
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    Gets Citation For 'Masterly Display'
    175 2 KUALA LUMPI'R, Tues. Lt. Ronald Leonard of the No. 848 Naval Air Squadron stationed here has been commended by the C.-in-C. of the Far East Station for his "masterly display of precision flying" in the salvaging of a helicopter which had crashlanded in an inaccessible
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    WOMAN TAKEN TO HOSPITAL
    48 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues.— A middle-aged Chinese woman was admitted into hospital suspected of raffertof from corrosive acid poisoning yesterday. Her husband, a clerk In a tinmine at Batu Caves, had gone to work at the time. They lived In a house in Pcrak Road.
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    WILLIAM HOLDEN DUE HERE
    63 3 WILLIAM HOLDEN DUE HERE WILLIAM HOLDEN (below), who won the Academy Award for the Best Actor of 1953 on the strength of his performance as a prisoner of war in the Paramount picture "Stalog 17," is expected to arrive in Singapore on June 21. His visit here will be in
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    Proposal For A Fisheries School
    142 3 PENANG, Tues.— The Indo-Paciflc Fisheries < ouncil has made a recommendation to the Malayan Governments for the establishment of a fisheries training school to be sponsored by the Food and Agricultural Organisation. In revealing this today, Regional Fisheries Officer for A.sia and the Far East.
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    Eight Beat Up Hawker After Row
    70 3 •pute in a cinema had a few days laU'r. n two fishermen, Teo Ah Dd Ooh Gim Swee, ithera beat up a i< r. Si J > Cheow. in Tua Kong, Singapore. oti M h 30. id the I .mrth Police ate ?s -relay
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    NEW SCHOOL HEAD ARRIVES
    82 3 G. Tues. Mr. C. H. dm i ter designate tew Secondary Modern which Is to be buiit L uichang Lane, has Birr vas disclosed to The rd today, by the Chief ion Officer, here, My. rtes, who added that isher was selected for ost because of
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    Outrage Is Alleged
    57 3 NNUNNY, residing at Road. Singapore, was Bed In the Singapore [\\n Folk-** Court yesterday "i <\itraqini« the modesty "woman on June 4. at Navtl Base. 1 was alleged to have emorac< d th»> woman unnunny claimed trial and J ffered bail of $200 in jj"" surety. The
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    AN ALL-SPORE WHIT LEY COUNCIL
    272 3 AN ALL-SPORE WHIT LEY COUNCIL One Body Ft 2«,OOO Govt. Workers Standard Staff Reporter A NATIONAL Whitley Council, which will be the official negotiating machinery for about 22,000 Singapore Government employees, is to be inaugurated on July l. The Council will consist of 26 members ten representing Government and 16,
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    Silver Jubilee
    90 3 A THANKSGIVING Service was held at the Church of Our Lady of Fatima. at Kola Bharu. on the occasion of the silver jubilee of Mr. C.C. Baihatchet as Master of Ceremonies in the Church. imr ivn MRS SUNNY TAN threw a party at their residence at Veerasamy Road,
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    Sugar Price Is Arbitrary: Dealers
    242 3 Imports Begin Sept. 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues.— Sugar importers in the Federation are worried that the price to be fixed by Government for the purchase of sugar from Government stocks will be "arbitrary" Announcing the resumption of commercial imports of granulated sugar from Sept. 1,
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    Snatched Purse To See Show
    153 3 SHARMA, a keen cinema fan, will not be able to see his favourite film stars for some months. He left the Singapore Fifth Police Court yesterday to begin a four-month term of rigorous imprisonment for stealing a woman's h mdbas;. Sharma, of Kampong Bahru Road,
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    Gaming—20 Claim Trial
    47 3 Gaming— 20 Claim Trial PENANG. Tues.— Seventeen women and three men were charged in the Magistrate's Court today with gambling in a hou.se in Ayer Itam Road on June 7. They claimed trial. Each was allowed bail of $100. The case will be heard on July 15.
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    Widow Is Found Dead In A Pool
    93 3 Widow Is Found Dead In A Pool KUALA LUMPUR. Tues.— Police recovered the body of a 33-year-old Chinese widow from a mining pool in Setapak, on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur this morning. She had been missing since yesterday evening. The woman, Chan Yuen Cheng, who was employed in a
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    17 AIRLINES START TALKS
    40 4 THE International Air Transport Association Asian Agency Conference opened at the Adelphi Hotel, yesterday Representatives of 17 International Airlines operating in and through the East, will for the next few days, discuss sales and agency policy.
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    TIGHT SECURITY GUARD CLAMPED ON THIS SHIP
    184 4 100 More Off To Join Mao Standard Shipping Reporter TIGHT security measures were enforced yesterday when the Royal Interocean liner Tjiluwah sailed for China ports with another batch of 100 Chinese students from Singapore and the Federation. Press photographers were barred from taking
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    Judge Had A Good Word For Schoolboy
    219 4 MR. Justice Whitton commended 15-year-old schoolboy. Koh Boon Han, for the manner in which he gave evidence at the trial of Lim Ah Leong (18), charged with robbery, in the Singapore Assize Court, yesterday. Lim who had a previous conviction for theft and
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    He Lied To Join The Police Force
    257 4 Sought An Honest Living Standard Staff Reporter LEE BOON HUAT (23), an ex-convict, made a false declaration before a Singapore Magistrate in order to join the Singapore Police Force as a constable, it was stated in the Singapore Second Criminal District Court yesterday.
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    Exchange To Widen Activity
    136 4 Exchange To Widen Activity THOUSANDS of pamphlets in different languages describing the work of the em- ployment exchange wiil soon be distributed to residents of rural districts in the Colony. 1 Singapore's Chief Employment Officer. Mr. F. G. Tyson, said yesterday. He told The Standard his Department intends to widen
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    MADE DUCKS SUFFER: $10
    62 4 KOH AH HENG was fined Sio in the Singapore Eighth Police Magistrates Court yi terday for causing unnecessary suffering to 171 ducks. Koh had been found driving a lorry loaded with the (hicks. their legs tied and confined in 10 baskets, yesterday, at the junction of
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    RUBBER, TIN CLOSING PRICES
    74 4 Standard London Correspondent LONDON, June 8: The following are the closing prices of rubber o: d tin on the London Market. LONDON RUBBER LONDON TIN ?P°» I' Spot £725 per ton July /Sept. 19Id. buyers. £726 sellers. Oct. Dec. 19 id. Three months £724 10s Jan/Mar.
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    PUBLIC MENACE' ISSUED A LICENCE
    222 4 PUBLIC MENACE' ISSUED A LICENCE AN unemployed man, who failed in four driving tests and was banned by the Police from applying for another because he was considered a "menace to the public." applied once again, passed and was issued with a licence, a court was told yesterday. The man,
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    284 TRESPASSED ON CROWN LAND
    239 4 Standard Staff Reporter TRESPASSERS on Crown land in Singapore, reported by patrols, totalled 284, resulting in 178 illegal buildings being demolished, states the annual report of the Commissioner of Lands for 1953. The report reveals that in addition to this, the Land Ofli: c obtained
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    Ex-Court Usher Gets $5,000 Bail
    76 4 THE case in which Abdui LatiH bin Yahaya. former Singapore Fourth Police Court usher, was charged with cheating one Tay Ah Lee of $200. came up for mention yesterday. Latiff. who has been in police custody, stood in the Fifth Police Court dock dressed in
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    Thief Has A Few Himself
    75 4 A THIEF broke into a Singapore merchant's home in Holland Road and drank so. Ie of his liquor while the merrhant wa s away in Bombay. When he left the Colony some lime ago. the merchant •ifked h:s manager to look after his home. On
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    Rotary Talk
    33 4 MR. RONALD Stead. SouthEast Asia representative of the Christian Science Monitor, will address the Singapore Rotary Club today on his impression of the recent Conference of Asian Prime Ministers at Colombo.
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    New School Opening
    31 4 KOTA BHARU. Tues— The Sultan of Kelantan will declare open the new Government English School at Pasir Putrh on Saturday. The ctrunony will begin at I 4.30 p.m.
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    PARENTS SIGN APPROVAL CLAIM
    181 4 ONE hundred and one parents yesterday approved (by signature or thumb prints) their children camping out in the Chinese High School in Singapore, It was claimed at a press conference given by students la;t night. A spokesman for the 1.000 students now ttvtng in the school,
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    Great Day For Nurses
    105 5 IT WAS a great event for Burses of the Johore Bahru Hospital yesterday when they were presented with certificates and medals for pass |«C their examinations. It was also the first time th.it a Johore nurse has earn >d I sold medal for gaining: distinctions in
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    Ban Sale Of Toy Pistols, Urges Court
    104 5 IMPORTS of certain types toy pistols into the Colony should be banned. Singapore Seventh Police Magistrate. Mr. Dennis DCotta, urged ■•-terday. said this after Ibrahim bin Mohamed, pleaded guilty to possessing stolen property. The Court was told that after Ibrahim was arrested. police
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    'GIVE UP JOHORE BAHRU SITE'
    426 5  -  JAMES PETER CHIN University Of JMalaya Committee Recommends By 3 New Faculties Proposed For Kuala Lumpur THE Singapore and Federation Governments are urged to abandon the Johore Bahru site for the University of Malaya, by a joint committee appointed to study the future progress of
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    Singer Staff Given Long Service Badges
    175 5 Standard Staff Reporter WITH the words "I thank you for the loyal and devoted service you have given to this company and to me" ringing in their ears, 70 employees of Singer Sewing Machine Company, Singapore, yesterday received badges for long service, presented to
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    Alliance May Stage Walk-out
    342 5 Protest On New Head JOHORE BAHRU, Tues.— The elected members of the Johore Bahru Town Council will hold an emergency meeting tonight to decide whether or not to stage a "walk-out" at the next Council meeting on June 26 the last day on which the outgoing
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    $750,000 New Centre Is Planned
    80 5 THE Singapore Social Welfare Department is to build a $150,000 community centre for the people living in Sims Avenue. The Director of Public Works. Mr. A. Wear, told The Standard yesterday that tenders have been called and will be closed on June 15. The Secretary
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    Shop Theft Allegation
    61 5 LEI POI LAM was charged in the Singapore Seventh Police Magistrate's Court yesterday with the theft of 30 watches valued at $900 and S3OO in cash from a shop in North Bridge Road, on March 22 between 9.30 and 10 a.m. Bail of $5,000 in two sureties
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    DEAF MUTE FINED $20
    76 5 A DEAF mute, Tan Cheng Cluian. appeared before the Singapore First Traffic Magistrate. Mr. A. W Ghows. yesterday, and pleaded guilty to a rharse of 'watching motor cars during the absence of drivers." To make sure Tan understood the charge. the court interpreter. Mr. Joshua Lim.
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    Tenants To Hold Protest Meeting
    145 5 THE newly-formed Federation of Singapore Community Centres will hold an emergency meeting on Friday, at the Tiong Bahru community centre to decide if it is necessary to take any legal action against the 10 per cent increase in rent on 6,243 Singapore Improvement Trust flats.
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    Press Exhibition
    83 5 AT the Drupa Trade Fair in Dusseldorf, West Germany last month one of the largest exhibitions covering the Paper and Graphic Arts trades one of the exhibitors Schnellpressenfabric A. G. Heidelberg, the manufacturers of the world famous Heidelberg Automatic Presses, have their own hall. This photograph shows the
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    Banking Assets Show A Decline
    291 5 MALAYAN banking statistics show a gradual decline m the monthly assets, liabilities and volume of operations from the second half of 1953 until I ebruary this year with either a levelling off or a slight improvement in the past months. This trend follows closely the
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    Caught Fishing For Grenades
    97 5 Caught Fishing For Grenades SINGAPORE Police have detained a Chinese whom they found "fishing" for grenades and mortar bombs from the bed of Selarang River, off Changi, on Wednesday morning. In the sampan from which the man was fishing. Police found 16 hand grenades. Later, after intensive investigations. Police recovered
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    COURSES FOR STUDY GROUP
    45 5 THE Study Group Movement of Singapore invites applications for two 10-week courses in hygiene and the elementary theory of chemistry and physics. Lessons are held in the evenings at the British Council hall. Applications should reach the secretary before June 17.
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    Big Parade And Flypast For Queen's Birthday
    181 5 Big Parade And Flypast For Queen's Birthday Standard Staff Reporter OVER 3.000 troops will parade on the Padang in Singapore, for the Queen's Birthday celebrations, on June 10. It will be followed by a march past of all the armed and unarmed Services, and a flypast of 37 aircraft, comprising
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  • SINGAPORE STANDARD
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      The Mistaken Notion
      864 6 'J^HERE are Malayan nationalists who think that self-government would mean the inauguration of a Utopia in Malaya. Overnight all the ills of our country would vanish like a mist before the approach of the sun. We would all be lolling under the shade of trees listening to
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  • We the PEOPLE
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      Children Who Need Some Help
      230 6 Children Who Need Some Help Sir; Registration for the selection of pupils bor n in 1948 for admission to schools in Primary I classes in the yea r 1935 began o n Ist June 1954. Parents of children born in 1948 have been told by the principal of Canberra School
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      Must Unite
      120 6 Sir: Congratulations for your editorial of the 3rd instant which truly expounds your motto as the "Voice Of Malaya." If Malaya is ever to have Independence the three major races Chinese. Indian and the Malays MUST unite and think of themselves as one body known as the Malayans.
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      STOP INCREASES
      109 6 Sir;— Since the Colony is having a trade recession, I think further increases in pay to Government and City Council employees should be stopped. The iong suffering public has been very patient but we cannot allow public money to be squandered by Councillors who pamper their staffs in
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      SELFISHNESS
      99 6 Sir: I must congratulate you for having published 2 "A Voucher's" revealing J letter "only the clerks bene- fit from pay award" in your paper. The letter ex- j poses the selfishness of the A.M.L.S.U. executives whose tactics emphasizing the high importance of the < clerks to the service
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      Book-Lists!
      134 6 Sir. At the beginning of the year, we pupils were issued with book-lists, and bought the books according to the list. At present, most of our books are not in use. j Besides that, we are asked i every now and then to buy new books not mentioned in
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      122 6 Sir; —For the sake of accuracy I must draw your attention to a mistake in that part of the article on the- War of Ideas" in your issue of 6th June which reports on interview with myself. I did not say that 5\ million people per month
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      150 6 Review of Views Tungku's Statement ITTUSAN Melayu says that UMNO should abide by the resolution of the Malacca General Assembly which demands a fully elected federal legislature. The paper points out that the resolution still stands and any attempt to disavow it would be an act of irresponsible leadership. Jtusan
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      Soviet Policy & Anglo-American Discord
      1177 6  - Soviet Policy AngloAmerican Discord EDWARD CRANKSHAW AWWWWWVV. gy IM»UW»^ grand strategy of the Kremlin is to break up the Western alliance as it exists and to keep India out of the Western camp. The spearhead of this attack is aimed at the moral and physical isolation of the United States.
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      856 6  - A Drop of INK R.B. Ooi by THI chief of the Federation Information Department. Mr. A.D.C. Peterson, in a series of valedictory broadcasts, said "a vigorous cultural life in the Federation today will have to be based on an educated and ent:v. ,iastic public today and on the Malayan artists
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      16 6 "Isn't it marvellous how everything shoots up after a nice drop of rain, chum!"
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    DAKOTA FIRED ON
    105 7 A BELGIAN Sabena transport plane, flying from England to Belgrade with a load of pedigree pigs, was fired on by an unidentified aircraft over Yugoslavia recently. The radio officer was killed and two other members of the crew injured. The British co-pilot was unhurt and took over
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    Van Fleet To Tour Far East
    163 7 Van Fleet To Tour Far East WASHINGTON, June 8 UP —Authoritative sources --aid today President EiseniiuwGr is believed to have requested Gen. James Van H^et to visit Indo-China in iew of (he critical situation ftt Hanoi. Gen. Van Fleet conferred with Eisenhower at the White House today and a White
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    Extra Years In Jail-By Mistake
    65 7 Extra Years In JailBy Mistake MEXICO CITY. June 8. (UP) A woman was released from the Federal penitentiary after serving two years, three months and nine days more than her original ten -day sentence. Gen. F. Anitua. director of the penitentiary, said today court clerks apparently forgot to order the
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    Rail Strike Spreads In Rhodesia
    121 7 Rail Strike Spreads In Rhodesia BULAWAYO. Rhodesia. June 8 i Reuter) Thirty drivers in Bulawayo decided yesterday to come out in •support of those already on strike. It was learnt that strikers in many places did not believe the men in Salisbury had decided to resume work. In Bulawayo last
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    SAFETY PASSES
    36 7 The Nationalist newspaper "Ta Huu" has reported that Nationalist air force planes recently dropped on the China mainland blue coloured "safety passes" to facilitate Chinese Communist garrison troops to joint the Nationalist fold. Reuter
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    Idea Of A Bit Of Fun...
    97 7 BARNSLEY (England), June 8. (AP) A practical joker had the following delivered at the home of Harry Hull: Four tons of potatoes; seven thousand bricks; five tons of dirt; five tons of sand; three tons of coal; one truck load of drain pipe; one
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    DIET PASSES BILL IN TENSE SESSION
    127 7 TOKYO, June 8. (AP)— -The Diet yesterday approved Prime Minister Yoshidas National Police Bill in a tense session boycotted by Socialists and guarded heavily by police Visitors were barred Irom the Diet building. Guards v < re Increased around Prime Minister Yoshida himself as
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    U.S. TO BUY MORE METALS
    38 7 WASHINGTON. June 8. The United States t'Cvernment put into operalion yesterday a long-range )'''Oj»ramme to buy more zinc "ad and about 35 other 1 etals and material! lot U» i «iS JiC stockpile
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    NAVARRE EXPLAINS I-C FAILURE
    411 7 NAVARRE EXPLAINS I-C FAILURE 20,000 Men Were Needed I *v- SAIGON June (Reuter)— General Henri Navarre, who has lost his post as Commander in-Chief because of the failure of his Indo China strategy, said here last night that he could certainly have saved uien bien Pnu if France had sent
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    STOP TRADE WITHSOVIET -FRANCO
    221 7 STOP TRADE WITHSOVIET -FRANCO NEW YORK, June 8, (UP) Generalissimo Francisco Franco, Spanish Chief of State, yesterday urged all anti Communist nations to declare a strict embargo on trade with Russia and her satellite. Such action, he told a United States editor, would strike at the greatest Soviet weakness— the
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    A Speedy Decision In Asia Is Urged
    169 7 A Speedy Decision In Asia Is Urged WASHINGTON. June 8, (Reuter)— President Eisenhower is under renewed pressure to make a fateful decision soon on intervention in the Indo-China war as hopes of a negotiated settlement wane and the Vietminh in Indo-China prepare for a new offensive. Diplomats, Congressmen and military
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    Rainfall Is 'Pure' Again
    57 7 CALCUTTA. June 8. (R eufer) Radioactivity in rains over Calcutta i s gradually decreasing, atomic scientists of Calcutta Universily .said yesterday. Radioactive rain was last detected here on May 26. The Institute of Nuclear Physics Laboratory here has closely examfceri dust and rain 11 times since
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    U.S. DEGREE FOR YOSHIDA
    54 7 WASHINGTON, June 8. (Reuter) Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida of Japan was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws today by the Catholic University of America which praised him for stressing peace and friendship among all nations. The degree was received by the Japanese Ambassador In
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    CARDIGAN BAY
    25 7 H.M.S. CARDIGAN BAY has arrived in X v c h i n g to participate in the Queen's birthday celebrations on Thursday Reuter
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    BE STRONG TO PREVENT WAR-WILSON
    301 7 BE STRONG TO PREVENT WAR-WILSON COLUMBIA, (Carolina), June 8, (AFP) U.S. Secretary of Defence Charles Wilson said that if the Free World is determined to stay free and maintain a "reasonable" military strength, the Communist states may stop their aggression. Mr. Wilson added. "A third world war is not the
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    Loses A Tooth
    16 7 THE Pope had a tooth extracted yesterday. He suffered no 111 effects. AFP
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    Guardsman Collapses
    43 7 A POLICEMAN steps forward to attend to a Guardsman who fainted while on duty lining the route to Horse Guards parade during the rehearsal in London recently of the trooping the colour ceremony to be held there tomorrow AP photo I
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    FOIRE DE PARIS
    45 7 photo. PRESIDENT Rene Coty of France, visiting the Foire de Paris's opening ceremony in Paris recently, is presented with on exhibit by Miss Soepadmi Padmopoespito of the Indonesian Embassy, and by Young Anak Agunk Gde Rake and Anak Aqunq Gde Aquna AP
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    Geneva Talks: Decisive Week
    242 7 A Vo Or Die Phase GENEVA, June 8, (UP)— The nine-nation IndoChina conference reconvenes here today for the "do or die" phase of its efforts to settle the seven-and-a-half-year old war. Conference quarters describe the new phase as the 'final and decisive" for the six weeks'
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    Queen Seen On TV For First Time
    95 7 LONDON. June 8. (Renter) The Queen and Queen Mother appeared on French television screens yesterday in the first live broadcast of British horse racing to France. Audiences in this country and France saw the Queen and Queen Mother chatting with jockeys and race
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    STUDY OF RAIN
    25 7 AN EXTENSIVE scientific i study of the causes of rainfall I is being planned for Hawaii i n October and November. UP.
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    U.S. Shows Off 'Midget'
    73 7 SEGUNDO. (California). June 8, (UP>— The United States Navy yesterday showed off the "Mighty Midget." one of the smallest and lightest jet combat planes ever built and capable of tarrying atom bombs. The Douglas aircraft, named the A-4-D Skyhauk. is ft single place low wine monoplane
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    Abandon Peace Talks: Rhee
    124 7 SEOUL. June 8. (AP)~ President Syn r m n Rhee said yesterday the United States and South Korea should walk out of the Geneva conference immediateiy. America is losing too much face every day," the North South Korean Prcsidi nt declared in an intervu w .it
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    Tito Returns To Belgrade
    98 7 BELGRADE. June 8 Uteuter»—President Tito amwd in Belgrade, last night rrom his visit to Greece. He was met at the station by Cabinet members, memben of Parliament and the diplomatic corps headed by Mr. Philippe Baudet <f Prance. Marshal Tito, who has bun making speeches at
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      870 8 Pakistan Airline Is Inaugurated KARACHI, June 8, airline operating three Super- Constellations will, according (Reuter). The PaklS- to Civil Aviation Department ran Prim a Mini<?tpr Mr officials, result in a curtailtan Prime Minister, ivir. ment of the Briti s h overseas Mohammed Ali, yester- Airways Corporation's service day inaugurated the
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    U.S. To Buy Bolivian Ore
    84 9 WASHINGTON, June 8, (Reuter) Senator Lyndon Johnson. the Democratic leader in the Senate, has announced that negotiations were under way for the United States to purchase Bolivian ore and resume operations at the Govern-ment-owned tin smelter at Texas City. Built in 1942 to meet a
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    Japs To Sign Fishery Pact
    69 9 TAIPEI. June 8, (AFP>— Japanese Ambassador Kenkichi Yoshizawa disclosed today that his government will seek to conclude a fishery agreement with the Nationalist government in the near future to take away the bad taste now irritating SinoJapanese friendship. The Ambassador made the disclosure when commenting
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    FEW BUYERS IN THE FREE RICE MARKET
    311 9 Standard Staff Reporter LOCAL traders in "free" rice cannot now find buyers for this basic commodity. Over the last week, the price of Thai Ist grade rice has dropped from 40 cents a kati (retail) to 37 cents. And importers, fearing a further
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    MAY IMPORTS OF RUBBER
    41 9 TOTAL imports of rubber, all grades from all countries, into Singapore and the Federation of Malaya during May iys4 amounted" to 30.689 tons as shown by final documents received by the Acting Registrar of Malayan Statistics. Singapore.
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    RUBBER CROPS DURING MAY
    43 9 MESSRS. Harrisons Crcsfieiri (Maiaya) Ltd. reports the fellcw,ng crops harvested during May: Ailenby 30,000 Ib., Benta 61.000 lb.. Jeram Kuantan 53.000 lb.. Kundong :<5,(" 0 ii)., Mentakab 68.000 lb.. Sunpei Baga n 130,000 lb., and Tanjong Fsu 52.300 lb.
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    TRADE PACT
    18 9 A Yugoslav delegation is in Buenos Aires to negotiate a new trade agreement with Argentina. A.P.
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    FRANCE OFFERS TRADE CREDITS
    206 9  -  Arnold C. Brackman By Standard Special Correspondent JAKARTA, June 7. France's continuing trade interest in South-east Asia, irrespective of the outcome of the Indo-China war, is in evidence here following a Paris offer to provide Indonesia with 12,000,000,000 francs worth of credit. This is about Mai.
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    MARKETS
    165 9 the rabber nuurto t i Singapore remained u» ucily •Heady all day with a rair volume of business pxi.->ing, nrst grade rubber for June shipment closing at 6i{ DMtl ptr lb. »63i cents on Friday*. Small selling from BPCMNH try centres contributed to 'he i steadiness in the market
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    PRODUCE
    151 9 PRODUCE prices in the Singapore market continued to be easier yesterday with only small business passing. Coconut oil was a dull market with sellers at Penan* indicating $53 per plcul Pepper remained unchanged in quotations except for Lam pong black which dropped to $140 per plcul. M'intolc white remaining
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    SHARES
    106 9 THE Malayan share market opened after the Whitsuntide holidays with slight improvement in industrial shares in the volume of turnover but tins and rubbers continued to be neglected. INDUSTRIALS B«vti> sullen 88. Tctrol 38/- > xdcbl Fraser Ncave Pref. 645 xd M. Brewc: ir s 3.32 117 xd Malayan
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    GLAMOUR
    605 10 (■Hi I IT): Here's a High angle nttni of a lovely lady— and takin X the bow Is Cheshire beauty qiiitii I. aura Joote who, arter a sojourn of 34 years In Singapore. Js now busy parking her trunks tor a return to the IK. Laura who wtm-iI on
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    'GET-TOGETHER' AND FAREWELL DINNER
    161 10 (ABOVE): This Saturday "do" at the tafeMßjr was a douMievent. It was a "get-together" of 35 civilian workers attached to supply i)i-|iut of the RASC, ami a farewell to one of their iiii'iut>t-r>. Mr. l)ii-k Scow (centr.il seated figure, !.n mi; MMfl) who. with his promotion
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    PAKISTANIS IN STRONG POSITION
    421 11 B. Muncer Ibw b Fa/al Mali mood B. Hodges b Shujauddin 15 A. VVatkins c lintia/ Ahmed b Zulfiqar Ahmed B B. Edrich c Imtiaz Ahmed b Fazal Mahmood 45 J. Pleass b Shujauddin 41 W. Wooller c Imtiaz Ahmed b Fazal Mahmood 1 I J.
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    HUNGARY WIN A TUNE-UP
    74 11 HUNGARY WIN A TUNE-UP BERNE (Switzerland), June 8, (AP) Hungary's national soccer team, favourite to win the world championship next week, defeated the Young Boys' Club of Berne, 9—o, in a tuneup game on Monday. The teams from Brazil, Uruguay and Mexico, which will compete in the world tournament, travelled
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    ROSS REPEATS PREDICTION
    80 11 GROSSINGEER, N.Y., June 8. (AP) Former welterweight champion Barney Ross took another look at heavyweight champ. Rocky Marciano yesterday and decided to stick by his prediction "Ezzard Charles will knock Marciano out in four rounds." The now gray-haired Ross watched from ringside as Marciano, who defends his
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    Seremban Shuttlers Defeated
    162 11 MALACCA, Tues.— Dr. Chong's scratch side, which included Malacca's No. 1 and 2 players yesterday beat J Seremban's Sapphire Badminton Party by six games to two at the Anglosing Badminton Hall, at Pengkalan Rama. Sapphire's Lee Si Meng beat Malacca's No. 1 rfter three sets. Results (Malacca
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    PENANG SKIPPER CREATES PRECEDENT
    324 11 PENANG, Tues. Never in the history of Malayan cricket has a precedent been set as that which took place at the Penang Selangor match when a Penang player, among the eleven already selected and who travelled all the way to Kuala Lumpur, was told at the
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    Shirai Has 3 Fights In S. America
    106 11 TOKYO. June 8. 'AP) World Flyweight champion. Yoshio Shirai. will leave j Tokyo around July 10 for three non-title bouts in Argentina and Brazil. Dr. Alvin Cahn. Shirai's manager, said tentative plans call for the champion to re- turn to Japan in September.
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    Chataway Just Fails The Record
    139 11 Chataway Just Fails The Record LONDON. June 8. (AP) Chris Chataway, British runner, who paced Roger Bannister in the world's first under-four-minute-mile, barely missed setting a world two-mile record in the British track and field meet on Monday. Chatawav was timed in 8 minutes 41 seconds. The listed world record
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    Morea Out Of Wimbledon
    75 11 LONDON. June 8. (AP>— 1 The All-England Lawn Tennis !dub yesterday announced En- rique Morea (Argentina) ha? scratched from th e Wimbledon championship* June 21-Jul\ S, Morea returned to South America this week from Manchester after receiving news of the death of his fathtr. He was
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    CLUB GAMES NOT FOR SCHOOLBOYS
    208 11 PENANG. Tues.— Schoolboys are prohibited to participate la State and club games be- cause In travelling with a team of adults they tend to j absorb the behaviour of the older sportsmen, like keeping up late nights, when they are not fully matured. This was
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    Compton Shines For Middlesex
    449 11 LONDON, June 7, (Reuter).— A crowd «f 20.000 waited all day at Leeds after bavin* paid a total of £1.393 in the vain hope that the rain would hold off sufficiently to let them see at least an hour or two of play in the county
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    ASHFORD KILLED
    33 12 LONDON. June 8. (AFP) British racing motorcyclist R.J. Ashford of Bristol \va s killed during trials held on the Isle of Man yesterday in preparation for next Thursday's Clubman's Trophy Race.
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    BROWN BOOTY BEST
    751 12  -  WINDSOR LAD By Few Make Time At Ipoh Gallops IPOH, Tues. Although galloping conditions were ideal, only a few horses were sent against the clock at this morning's workouts of candidates entered for Saturday's races, opening day of the Perak Turf Club's June meeting. Brown Booty (West)
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    ENTRIES FOR PWD SPORTS
    420 12 ENTRIES FOR PWD SPORTS KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. A record number of entries have been received for the Sfluneor Public Works Department seventh annual postwar athletic championships to be run off at the P.W.D. Sports Club ground. Cheraa Road on June 25 and 26. 100 yds: Wahab bin Othman. C. Paiamalingam.
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    TODAY'S Sport
    73 12 TODAY'S Sport SBHFA soccer: Div. 1. HK Bank vs Shell Jalan Besar, OTEC rs Pidoe Bukom F m N, Mercantile Bank vs SCC Geylang. Div. 2. Ford vs Borneo Motors Farrer Park, KPM vs Thorny croft UM (SI), Div. 3 Guthrie vs Handlesbank SHB. Dunlop vs Robinsons Farrer Park, Mansfield
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    BALESTIER CC TABLE TENNIS
    52 12 BALESTIER Community Centre meets Princess Elizabeth Community Centre in a table tennis 'friendly' consisting of seven singles at the PECC centre today at 7.30 p.m. Balestier team will be: Chua Choo Teck, Ho Ah Huat, Ng Kan Sing, Robin Chang. Atmar Singh. Ibrahim biu Hanitf. Siak
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    Jacques' Team
    61 12 JACQUES, team against Coronet in a return friendly game of badminton at the Clerical Union Hall on Thursday at 7 p.m. is Chan Buck Hee. Lee Yok Yew. Sonny Yeo. Tan Meng Tuan. Kiong Beng Chye, Toll Teck Hong. Goh Siew Khim. Ng Yong Whatt. Elliott. Crocker. Chan
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    Lok Hwa Trounce Telecoms
    230 12 KUALA LUMPUR. Tuet. Lok Hwa Badminton Party beat Telecoms s—o5 0 in the annual Selangor Junior Doubles Inter Team Badminton tournament at the SBA hall last night. In another match played. Lien Hwa easily beat Shell Sports Club 4 l. Full results were: Lok Hwa beat
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    Schoolboys Beat CRE
    108 12 TAIPIXG, Tues. King Edward VII School scored an impressive victory at cricket beating the J R E. by an innings. The C.R.E. batting first, were I skittled out for 82 runs. Ragunathan and Ahmad bowled well, each taking three wickets for four and nine runs respectively. The
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    Egyptian Wins
    30 12 BRISTOL (England). June 8, (APt Mn. Betsy Abbas (Egypt) defeated Mrs. Watkins (Britain) 6—o. 6—l, in the first round of the We.st of England lawn tennis championship yesterday.
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    Moncrieff Is Back For 'Kilo'
    449 12 years' racing programme by winning the FTD award at the Lim Chu Kang Trials in February. will be another driver who will attract the most attention. He is tipped in motoring circles to win the FTD and smash Moncrieff's course record for cars of 26.07
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    Chia's Chance
    33 12 Chia' s Chance MANILA. June 7. (UP).— Philippine featherweight champion Benny Escobar will defend his newly-won crown against Sonny Chia of Singapore on July 3 at the Rizal Stadium, it was announced today.
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    Peng Chuan's 4 Win For Hua Lian
    286 12 MALACCA, Tues -Grand opportunism by Peng Chuan enabled Hua Lian to beat the Police by fourgoals to one after being one down at the interval in gro c u m SV a eXd A ay SOCCer «*<*™*«™ Peng Chuan scored all four goals
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    Dockyard Fail To Fight Off Defeat Again
    528 12 MEMBERS of the IVnang Civil Defence (Welfare section) Badminton Team were entertained to a dinner at Springtide Hotel last Saturday by their Welfare Section Chief. Mr. Koh Sin Hock (sitting centre) in honour of their success in winning the Bordass Shield Champion. Sitting
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    TBA Goals Disallowed
    114 12 SINGAPORE Cricket club did just enough to beat Tamil Brotherhood Association 2 o in yesterday's SAFA Division two match at padang. Tamil Brotherhood scored twice In the second half but both were disallowed by the referee for offside. SCC opened scoring in the seventh minute. A flag
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    School Sports
    37 12 CAN Eng Seng School will hold its 28th annual athletic sports on Thursday on the School (Iround. The event for the Old Boys is 100 yards (open*. which will be run of! at 5.30 p.m.
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    RAF BEAT GURKHAS
    81 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon.— Royal Air Force, last year's Garrison League Champions, netted three times in the second hair to beat Gurkha Signals 3-1 in a Garrison League soccer match on the Heaquarters Malaya B ground today. The airmen are now second on the league and rlo. i
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    Companion's 3-0
    31 12 YOUNG Companions AA beat Kadayanullar Muslim League 3—o in their SAFA Division 3A league encounter at Geylang stadium yesterday Scorers were Weng Kee, Leong Fa n and Hock Seng.
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    TKO Victory
    28 12 NEW YORK. June 8. (UP). Archie Moore scored a TKO victory over Bert Whitehurst in the sixth round of their scheduled 10-round non-title fight last night.
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    269 12 Chataway Sets New British Record LONDON. June 7 a Chris Chataua\. p.| miracle miler tUftt 1". nister, ramp within „,i-" tenth of a second of i world rerord in the fa miles toila> although h, had to run on a r 3 softened by rain. Chataway. who d.i, 1 nister
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