Singapore Standard, 25 June 1954

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    19 1 SINGAPORE STANDARD ft. A 3fl Si Vol. IV. No. 338 SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, JUNE 25, 1954 TWELVE PAGES 15 CEIVTS.
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    Artist To Die For Sex Crimes
    162 1 SYDNEY, June 24 Reuter) Leonard Keith iwson, 26-year-old comrclal artist, was seniced to death here to- after a jury found im guilty of raping two Sydney models and guilty of assault th intent to rape a d girl. S tttence was announced by Mr.
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    SURPRISE CHECKS FOR GUNS
    149 1 SURPRISE CHECKS FOR GUNS HE Singapore Police have iched a series of surprise lor illegal arms mghout the island, followthe laying of the two irbour Board policemen on M mday night. he Police Secretary. Mr. c Ciague, said the checks -tarted on Wednesday! t. Object ol the drive is j
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    Out Of Danger
    29 1 LONDON, June 24, (Reuter) The 13-year-old Duke of I now recovering in hos- from a read crash on nday was declared today to out of danger.
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    ELECTIONS ON THE WAY
    206 1 Bill Has Easy Passage In Federal Council KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The second reading of the Bill amending the Federation of Malaya Agreement to provide for Federal elections, had an easy passage in the Legislative Council today. Representatives of the UMNO-MCA Alliance who would have provided some
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    STUDENTS GO HOME IN 20 BUSES
    331 1 STUDENTS GO HOME IN 20 BUSES They Sang All The Way THE first busload of Chinese students leaves the Chinese High School in Bukit Timah Road at 9.25 p.m. yesterday after the 1 ,000-odd boys and girls who had been camping out in the school for the past 23 days
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    These 70 Are Expelled
    96 1 These 70 Are Expelled SEVENTY students who staged a "sit-down strike" at the Singapore Catholic High School on Wednesday were expelled yesterday. Teachers of the School stood outside the gates and refused admission to those who were involved in the "strike." The students staged the "strike" after the school authorities
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    FORTRESS NURSE WILL VISIT U.S.
    44 1 WASHINGTON. June 24. fAP) Mile. Genevieve de Galard-Terraube, the nurse of Dien Bien Phu, is expected to arrive in the United States in mid-July for a tour of about three weeks. She is coming at the invitation of Congress.
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    Prince Charles At London Zoo
    48 1 LONDON. June 24. (Reuter)! Prince Charles paid a surprise visit to the London Zoo yesterday and although he mixed freely with other children watching the animals, was unrecognised. With Prince Charles were his governess. Miss Catherine Peebles, and an official of the zoo.
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    TAILOR DIES
    29 1 A CHINESE tailor, Chew Kam Seng. 17, collapsed in a friend's house in Hock Lam Street, Singapore, last night. He died on admission to the General Hospital.
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    TIN AGREEMENT
    25 1 WEST Germany decided not to join the International tin agreement at the present moment, according to an Economics Ministry spokesman in Bonn. Reuter
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    JOHORE POLICE SEIZE ANTI-GOVT POSTERS
    152 1 JOHORE POLICE SEIZE ANTI-GOVT POSTERS MERSING, Thurs.— Police in this coastal Johore District have seized anti-British posters found on the walls of the Post Office building, cinemas and bridges, yesterday. The posters were handwritten in English and defrlld the White Paper on UMNO officials. Inche Mohamed Yassin, Secretary General, and
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    'Walk-out Move Is A Blunder'
    128 1 ALOR STAR. Thurs. The UMNO/MCA Alliance's walkout decision has created a situation which is most embarrassing to some loyal Alliance members of both communities. Dr. C. K. Cheung, a MCA Committee member here said at a press conference today. Dr. Cheung said he ignored the
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    Confidence Vofe For French P.M.
    80 1 Confidence Vofe For French P.M. PARIS. June 24 (Reuter) The French National Assembly today voted in favour of the Mendes-France Government by 433 to 23. Premier Pierre MendesFrance told the National Assembly today: "The Chinese Foreign Minister and I in Berne yesterday only discussed Indo-China. "We talked with the desire
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    ONLY FORCE CAN UNITE KOREA, SAYS PYUN
    151 1 ONLY FORCE CAN UNITE KOREA, SAYS PYUN THE South Korean Foreign Minister, Dr. Y. T. Pyun, said in Singapore yesterday that only force can unify Korea. Dr. Pyun stopped over with seven colleagues on his way back to Seoul after attending the Geneva talks on Korea. He said the talks
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    DIES OF CANCER
    21 1 GABRIEL Lafayette Dennis. 58. Secretary of State of Liberia, died in New York on Wednesday of cancer. A.P.
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    FIRING PRACTICE
    29 1 FIRING practice will take place on Blakang Mati between 8 a.m. and 4.30 p.m. from July 5 to July 9 and from July 12 to July 16.
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    CHOU PASSES THRO' CAIRO
    52 1 CAIRO. June 24. (Reuter)— Mr. Chou En-lai, the Chinese Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, arrived at Cairo international airport today on his way to Delhi. He was greeted by the Indian Ambassador here. Egypt does not recognise Communist China. Tightest security precautions prevented reporters from approaching
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    MOTHER MAKES BANDIT SON GIVE UP
    117 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. Wan Yong, the terrorist who surrendered on Tuesday, did so as a result of an appeal made to him by his mother, it was stated today. He was Branch Committee member and hU mother's appeal reached him in the jungle. She
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    'Polls This Year' Demand 'Unrealistic, Unreasonable'
    165 1 'Polls This Year' Demand 'Unrealistic, Unreasonable' Inche Sopiee said they could not agree with the Party's demand for Federal elections by the end of this year. They considered this proposal "unrealistic and unreasonable," he added. The Alliance's walk-out decision was attacked by several speakers, chief of whom was Dato Sir
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    MARILYN FAINTS
    50 1 HOLLYWOOD. June 24. (.Reuten— Film actress Marilyn Monroe collapsed for the third time while working here yesterday, and was ordered to rest for three days by her doctor. He said she was suffering from nervous exhaustion. Miss Monroe Is making the film "There's No Bffsiness Like Show Business".
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    DUKE LANDS IN GERMANY
    33 1 LUNEBURG. Germany. June 24. (Reuter) The Duke of Edinburgh, piloting his personal plane, arrived here today from Paris for a oneday visit to the British Army of the Rhine.
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    Federal Council Debate On Elections
    3022 2 Give Election Plans A Fair Trial: Hogan KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Malayan political leaders should give a fair trial to the present election proposals, which reflected the sincere and readily chosen policy of the British Government to set the Federation on the road to self-government willingly,
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    ALLIANCE PLAYING CAME OF BLUFF – ONN
    628 2 ALLIANCE PLAYING CAME OF BLUFF ONN IN a scathing attack on the UMNO-MCA stand on Federal Elections, Dato Sir Onn bin Ja afar. Member for Home Affairs and Party Negara Council Group Chief, charged in the Legislature today, "the grand Alliance is playing a grand game of bluff in Malayan
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    A Simple 'Beach Unit' For Changi
    153 3 A Simple 'Beach Unit' For Changi THE Singapore Changi Beach Resort is to have only a simple "beach unit" of changing rooms, bathrooms and lavatories instead of the originally planned elaborate one costing* $75,000. The Public Works Committee had recommended that one ->ueh unit should be constructed at $75,000 whereas
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    Reef Letter Day For The Scouts
    104 3 Reef Letter Day For The Scouts THE night of June 22. 1954 was a red letter day for the sixty -first <Bukom» Scout Group, who held a campfire t > I'flebrate the birthday of th Que n I > the shouts of applause om a crowd of enthusiastic spectators, the
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    S'pores New Council Chamber
    61 3 THE NEW Singapore Legisl a ti v e Council Chamber in Empress Place which is in the process of completion. The Government hopes to hold the next meeting of the Council on July 20 in the new Chamber. This Standard picture shows the main section of
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    Queen's Study Award For Girl
    201 3 To Join UK. Varsity Standard Staff Reporter h,.. S E VENTEE N Qld Miss Tan Kheng Choo, daughter of the Deputy President of the Singapore Legislative Council, Mr. Tan Chin Tuan, has been awarded a ~--en's Scholarship— the highest recognition < demic merit that the
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    3 Policemen Are Praised
    63 3 POLICE Lieutenant Graver and his two special constables who shot dead five Communist terrorists on Wednesday morning in the Kali Malaya Estate. Paloh. in the Kluang area, Johore, have received messages of congratulations from the High Commissioner, Sir Donald MacGillivray. the Director of Operations. Lt.Gen. Sir
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    STALL-KEEPER IS ROBBED OF $108
    33 3 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. —A Chinese stall-keeper was robbed by three armed men of $108. in cash, at his house in Kampong Kanaga.' Pudu, during the early hours, yesterday.
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    Parents' Assn. To Be Formed
    49 3 MALACCA, June 24— Teach- er s and parents of Tranquerah English School pupils met at the school hall yesterday and decided to form a ParentsTeachers Association The meeting appointed a seven-man committee. which included three teachers to frame the rules of the proposed association
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    Milk And Tea Disappeared
    57 3 Milk And Tea Disappeared A Chinese shopkeeper lost a case of milk and a case of tec outside his Middle Road shop on Wednesday. He left the two cases on the flve-foot-way and went off to get a lorry to move them. When he returned ten minutes later, they were
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    HOW TO RECOGNISE CLASSIC CHINAWARE
    215 3 HOW does one recognise genuine classic chinaware? The answer wa»s given by the chairman of the committee which recently held an exhibition of Chinese ceramics in Kuala Lumpur —Mr. Tony Beamish. "There is no simple answer." he said. "It is quite possible for the newcomer
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    'Govt. Is Mindful Of Rural Needs'
    207 3 Standard Staff Reporter THE needs of the rural areas are very much before the mind of the Singapore Government, Mr. E. V. G. Day, Chairman of the Rural Board, declared at the Board meeting yesterday. He was replying to a motion by Mr. H.
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    SOPIEE, YEAP QUIT LAB. PARTY TOGETHER
    180 3 SOPIEE, YEAP QUIT LAB. PARTY TOGETHER KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— Two Labour Party of Malaya members on the Federal Legislative Council, Inche Mohamed Sopiee and Mr. Yeap Choong Kong, have resigned from their Parrv. Inche Sopiee had said at today's election debate in the Federal Council that he and his colleague,
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    NEW RULE ON BIRTHS AFFECTS MUSLIMS
    205 3 NEW RULE ON BIRTHS AFFECTS MUSLIMS A NEW rule whereby only the father or mother is allowed to report within 15 days the birth of a child in the Singapore Rural Board areas, will cause difficulty to Muslim mothers whose husbands are away at sea. This was pointed out at
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    CAMERA AND TRISHA GONE
    51 3 A MEMBER of the United States Navy on Wednesday reported the loss of his $100 camera which he left in a trisha outside a cafe at Lavender Street. When he came out of the cafe an hour later the trisha was gone with the camera in
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    $200 Fine For Having Bread
    55 3 KUALA LIPIS. Thurs. Sellan. son of Periasamy. a weeder at Budu Estate, i n the district of Kuala Lipis, yesterday pleaded guilty to a charge of removing two slices of bread without a permit The President of the Sessions Court, Mr. J.R. Whimster. fined him
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    'MYSTERY' BULLETS EXPLAINED
    179 3 CHILD (13) DIES IPOH, Thurs.— The "mystery" of the three bullets which yesterday struck a farmer. Yap Fook Thye, his 17--year-old daughter, Ah Chiew and a 13-year-old child. Chiang Wai Mun, who has since died, was explained in a press statement issued by the Department of Information
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    Solution To Parking Problem
    161 3 Solution To Parking Problem THREE years ago the Traffic Sub-Committee of the Singapore City Council decided to introduce parkin* meters to alleviate parking in congested areas of the city As a result the Venner Park-O-Meter was recently demonstrated to the Registrar of Vehicles recently by Col. Laurence C. Bingham. representative
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    'DONT BE DUPED BY EXTREMISTS'
    1003 4 Tan Warns The People MR. C. C. TAN, re-elected President of the Progressive Party of Singapore for the seventh year, yesterday issued a warning and gave an assurance to the peoples of the Colony. He also outlined the Party stand on self-government. His warning: "Don't
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    COMMODITY PRICES
    109 4 COMMODITY PRICES CLOSING rubber prices (cents per Ib.) in Sii-ira-pore on Thursday were: Bu ers Sellers No. 1 R.S.S Spot Loose 652 66 i No. 1 R.S.S 66i! 663 No. 2 R.S.S. 65i 65? No. 3 R.S.S. 64i 64,' Tone: Steady. TIN PRICE The price of (in yesterday wa s
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    BETTER FACILITIES FOR SPORTS ASKED
    246 4 Standard Staff Reporter BETTER facilities for sport and other extracurricular activities of Singapore's younger generation will be one of the planks In the Progressive i Party platform when it contests elections next' year. This was decided at the seventh annual general meet- ing of the
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    STRIKE VOTE TO BE TAKEN ON JULY 4
    116 4 STRIKE VOTE TO BE TAKEN ON JULY 4 ABOUT 10.000 daily rated workers employed by the Singapore City Council will meet on July 4. to consider calling a general strike in protest against the Council's decision to implement the Ritson pay recommendations from March this year. The derision to cal!
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    THEFT OF WATCH
    25 4 In the Kota Tinggi. Sessions Court, Ahmad bin Ahad wal sentenced to six months' imprisonment for the theft of a wrist watch.
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    BRIGADE GETS 2 $5,000 GIFTS
    205 4 TWO on-the-spot donations of $5 000 each mad b v Mr R Shaw and Mr G Attamram during the annual general meeting of the St. John Ambulance Brigade Council, held at Government House, yesterd.iv ai The meeting, presided by the Governor of Singapore Sir John
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    LARGEST SOVIET 'FLEET' TO CALL HERE
    185 4 LARGEST SOVIET 'FLEET' TO CALL HERE THE largest ever concentration of Soviet vessels in Colony waters in recent months was seen yesterday, when 15 fishing trawlers and a refrigerator ship sailed in. The fishing fleet joined company with another Russian freighter Astranan which arrived few days ago. The 15 trawlers,
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    THE BOY WHO TRIED TO BECOME A HAJI
    199 4 THE BOY WHO TRIED TO BECOME A HAJI AN 11-year-old Malay boy who hitch-hiked and stowedaway in a pilgrim ship bound for Mecca returned to Singapore yesterday disappointed. Salleh bin Jusoh. of Kampong Matang Janggos. Kedah, did not reach Mecca and. therefore failed to become a Haji. Salleh. who left
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    LENDER WINS HIS LAWSUIT
    75 4 THE Chief Justice. Sir Charles Murray-Aynsley Rave judgment in the Singapore nigh Court yesterday to a moneylender. Rattan Singh in respect of $798 and costs against Poh Soo Hock, who was not present in court. Rattan Singh stated in evidence that h e lent $400 to
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    JOCKEY FINED ON 2 COUNTS
    67 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs Brian Faggotter. a Malayan jorkey, was today convicted in the First Magistrate's Court on two counts of inconsiderate driving and failing to display an 4 L' plate whilst holding a probationary driving licence. He was fined $70 Faggotter. 21 former Australian rider.
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    2 Set Free In Murder Trial
    159 5 2 Set Free In Murder Trial TWO of four men, who prere charged with the murder of a gambling stall operator, Teo Sah IVe, in Pagoda Street on lan. 8. were acquitted in the Singapore Assizes sterday without their I >fence being called. Phe two were Yuen Ciiong and Lee
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    Duchess Of Kent Thanks Singapore
    91 5 Duchess Of Kent Thanks Singapore Till". Governor of Singapore.) Nicoll, has received -:im< from the Duchess of hanking him for the! sent on behalf of the ■:u of the Colony wishing j i Dike of Kent a speedy re- ":V. ij;e said: "I thank for your very kind mesjeut on
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    CO-OP SOCIETY
    38 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs.— 1 A preliminary meeting will be held in Johor e Bahru at the Johore Civil Service Association premises on Saturday in connection with the formation of the Malayan Co-opera-I tiv'e Insurance Society Ltd.
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    Orientation Tour For Malay Editor
    112 5 U.SJ.S. MAM OPF TO VJB. INCHE Mahfudz bin Haji Abdul Humid Malay editor attached to the ess section of the United Stat<* s Information Service. n Singapore, will leave for the United State s tomorrow on a three-month orientation trip. During his tour. Inche Mahfudz
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    CAPT. APOLOGISED
    179 5 E President of a Singa- >-t District Court Martial. Maj >r E. L. B. Hawkin asked! osecutlng officer, Capt. W. Row, yesterday, to tin why he had kept iurt waiting for an Row. who had made unification for a tenadjournment, mldLhrough giving evidence he rt cord of an
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    Girl Had Many Injuries — Doctor
    182 5 Girl Had Many Injuries Doctor Illtreatment Alleged MULTIPLE injuries around the pubic region were among numerous bruises found on a 3.'-year-old girl, a medical officer said in the Singapore Sixth Police Court yesterday. The medical officer, Dr. B.C. John, was giving evidence in a case in which a woman. Chan
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    MAGISTRATE WARNS DSP, COUNSEL
    625 5 MAGISTRATE WARNS DSP, COUNSEL Students Give Evidence SINGAPORE'S Fifth Police Magistrate, Mr. D.H. Chapman, yesterday warned against the students' trial "deteriorating into a quarrel" between defence counsel and the prosecutor, Deputy Superintendent of Police, Mr. Michael Boyle, who took over from Mr. E.P. Shanks, DPP, for a day. Twenty-six students
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    WATCH OUT FOR SILENT TROLLEYS
    154 5 WATCH OUT FOR SILENT TROLLEYS FOUR years ago, the trolley bus could easily quality as the noisiest vehicle on the road as it thundered on its way rattling window panes of houses beside the road. Today, it has been converted into one of the most silent carriages on the road.
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    Soldier Took 20 c. From Church Till
    94 5 IPOH. Thurs.— Private John Williams Prentis. aged 23. of; the R.E.M.E. workshops. Taiping. today pleaded guilty before Magistrate Che Abdullah Ghazalli on charges of theft of 20 cents from the collection box belonging to the St. John's Church in Douglas Road and theft
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    GOVT. CLERK SENTENCED
    86 5 .lOHORE BAHRU. Thurs.— For attempting to cheat the Government, Othmarc bin Mohd. Shah, a postal clerk, was sentenced by Mr. N. L. Cohen, in the Sessions Court, to one day's imprisonment and a fine of $400. in default four months imprisonment. Othman. the Court was told, hired
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    Prosecutor Disagrees With Counsel
    273 5 Prosecutor Disagrees With Counsel AFTER the prosecutor had dosed his case against Lim Seng Yong. who fiwed three traffic charges in th e SingaFirst Traffic Court yesterday, defence counsel. Mr. H. A. Francis, suggested that two more witnesses, who had been subpoenaed to attend court, should be called to give
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    PUBLIC INVITED TO LECTURE
    43 5 PROFESSOR E. Victor Moreen professor of economics in the University of Swansea, will lecture on "The American Recession" in the Arts Theatre of the University of Malaya In Cluny Road, Singapore, at b.15 p.m today. The Public is invited.
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    46 5 phot*. WHEN little Maureea Mar* Marlow celebrated her 7th birthday yesterday, all the 19 children livinff in the premises of the Children's Aid Society in Singapore had grand tea party. Maureen {standing on ch»ir> k «*n htrr with her friends and her doll shape* cake. Standard
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    No Accident For 26 Yrs., Now Banned
    115 5 HARRY D. Butterworth. civil Engineer, who claimed j that he had never had an accident in 2H years ot driving was yesterday banned from driving for a year by the Singapore Traffic District Judge. Mr. A. W. GhOWS. In addition he was fined
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    UNION OFFICE BEARERS
    63 5 THE Survey Department Technical Employees' Trade Union at its tilth annual general meeting recently elected the following as office bearers for the ensuing year: President: Mr. M. John: Vice President: Mr. Aiuan bin Puteh: Hon. Secretary: Mr. R. Joseph: Hon. Treasurer: Mr. Sycd Alwi bin Hassan: Committee
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    Stall Wins Popularity
    88 5 THE Chinese stall at the International Exhibition and Sale now in progress at St. James's Palace. London, occupies a favoured position near the entrance to the Exihibition rooms at the Palace, and is proving very popular with buyers for a great variety of articles from Singapore and
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      95 5 Weather >I INI M I M Temperature: from ?.::0 p.m. on June SI to 7.150 a.m. on Juno M Singapore 1 (75F). Penang; (72F). Kota i Kahru (71F). Kuala Lumpur j (7!F), Ipoh (74F). Kuantan C!\V). Maximum Temperature: from 7..'!0 a.m. to IJM p.m. on on June -I- Singapore (84F).
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    A Drop of INK
    601 6  - A Drop of INK R.B. Ooi By OA CHINESE girl, who Just returned from England Q and is now teaching in a 0 Singapore school, is not happy about the reserve of f\ local girls. However, she i V sees a ray of hope in that (j more of them
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    SINGAPORE STANDARD The Forked Road
    851 6 PjWIIb ii WE have come to a final parting of the ways. fT Before us lies a forked road with a signpost inscribed in large lettering one marked 'Last Chance' and the other marked 'Legalism, Procrastination, Disaster." So observe twelve British Labour Party members in
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    There Can't Be Another Mayor Like Lacson
    983 6  -  Patritck O'Donovan 'Leave Your Weapons Here 9 l>!l MANILA, '["HERE is not there cannot be another mayor in the world like the Mayor of Manila, the capital of the Philippines. At the entrance to his City Hall is the notice: "Please leave your
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    Keep Hall Open
    217 6 Sir; Pasir Pinji New Village has now completed its second Election of Councillors for the Loral Council an i I am sure the villagers wish to congratulate Mr. Fong Chou Ran, the new village Chairman replacing Mr. Shum Sek Pooi who ran a close second during the
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    396 6 We the PEOPLE Let's Search Out Minds To Establish Peace Sir: Trygve Lie. the former .secretary general of the United Nations, presumed that if leaders of both Communism and Democracy sat down together. their differences could be settled by discussion and compromise. Many well-meaning people would support this view. But
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    Review of Views
    640 6 Review of Views A Symbol jTUSAN MELAYU mentions £*J the recent signing of the < agreement between Tibet and People's C'iii ti In the course C of commenting on the comii>g meeting between Premier Chou J En Lm and Prune Minister j Pandit -Nehru. $Utuaan says that the signing o!
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    20 6 'But I tell ycr, the one's been to Russia once and the other guy's actually been talking to the Chinese!*
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    AW'S VIEWS ON TAX SHARED BY H.K. COUNCILLOR
    460 7 AW'S VIEWS ON TAX SHARED BY H.K. COUNCILLOR HONGKONG: The views which have been < xpressed from time to time by Mr. Aw Boon Ha™ <;«vernin* Director of the Sin Poh Amalgamated' that charitable donations should be exempted from the payment of tax, were fully endorirt hv Mr. Kw#k Chan,
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    Middle East Hq. Shitted To Cyprus
    78 7 LONDON, June 24. (AP).B lain announced last nighi ►he intends to move hei Middle East land and ail forces joint headquarters tc Cyprus from Fayid. Egypt i due course." riie headquarters of Gen l (Sir Francis) Festing, General Officer Commanding British Troops in Egypt,
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    M. Auriol Is Now Dr. Auriol
    55 7 OXFORD. June 24 (Reuter) M. Vincent Auriol. former French President, and Sir Gladwyn Jebb. British Am- bassador to France. were i made Honorary Doctors of I Civil Law at the University I here today. Lord Simonds. British Lord Chancellor <head of judi- I clary)
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    FIRE RAZES TINDERBOX DISTRICT
    101 7 FIRE RAZES TINDERBOX DISTRICT SEOUL. Korea, .Juno 24. (UP) A fir e lite its way through the heart of Seoul's tinderbox blackmarket district yesterday, destroyed a tenb'.ock square area, flattened at least 2(1(1 shack homes and ■hopi and left an estimated ti.ooo persons homeless. Thousands of dollars worth of blackimirket
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    Missing Sailors Are Now In Canton -Admiralty
    242 7 Missing Sailors Are Now In Canton -Admiralty LONDON, June 24 <Reuter> -Mr. J. P. L. Thomas, first Lord of the Admiralty, said yesterday that nine sailors >n the naval yacht, Elinor. missing for three weeks !rom Hongkong, had been •*nt to Canton. have every reason to hope that they will
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    Beauty Queens On Parade
    68 7 BEFORE leaving Paris for the Miss Europe 1954 Beauty Contest at Vichy, France, National Beauty Queens were given a cocktail party at the Napoleon Hotel on June 17. Photo shows (left to right) during the party Cooky Harteveld (Miss Holland), Juanita Bilia (Miss Spain), June Peters
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    Churchill, Eden Have One Goal
    149 7 LONDON. June 24 (Reuter) Sir Winston Churchill aitd Mr. Anthony Eden will fly to YVashington today for their talks with President Eisenhower evidently determined to resist any American pressure for the immediate creation of a South-east Asian security pact. This became clear in a foreign
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    OIL STRIKE IN W. AUSTRALIA
    67 7 PERTH. June (Reuter> —A fresh oil strike in Western Australia at Rough Range number one well close to the Exmouth Gulf, was announced today by Mr. J. W. Thomas, manager of the West Australian Petroleum Proprietary Company. Mr. Thomas said. "It is impossible at this
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    NEW APPOINTMENT
    39 7 THE British Labour Party's National Executive Committee yesterday appointed Mr. Morgan Phillips. General Secretary of the Party, to be its acting Honorary Treasurer pending a new appointment at the Labour annual delegates' conference in the Autumn Reuter.
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    SIR CHARLES
    21 7 LIEUT. Gen. Sir Charles Loewen. C-in-C. FARELF. is due to return to Singapore tomorrow from Jakarta and Bait- UP.
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    'WHITE AUSTRALIA' POLICY ATTACKED
    124 7 CANBERRA, June 24, (AP). A statement by Indian High Commissioner. General Cariappa attacking the "White Australia" policy caused a stir in diplomatic circles here yesterday. Cariappa ifl reported to have said at a Queenslai d news conference that the policy designed to exclude coloured persons from
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    DESTROYER ON LOAN TO PAK
    43 7 LONDON. June 24. <UP> The nine-year-old 1.710-ton British destroyer "Chivalrous" will be transferred on loan to the Royal Pakistan Navy in cereoionies at Trafalgar dock. Liverpool, next Tuesday, the Admiralty announced Tuesday night. She will be named "Taimur".
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    Prison Riot
    31 7 PONTIAC, Illinois. June 24 < Reuter Tear gas quickly quelled a riot of 450 prisoners in the Pontiac state prison here last night. One prisoner was killed during the disturbance.
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    RUBBER, TIN CLOSING PRICES
    69 7 I Standard London Correspondent LONDON, June 24. The following ore the closing prices of rubber and tin on the London Market LONDON PUBBER Spot 19 H. July/September 19£d. October/ December 1924. January/March 20>d. April/JuiM 20id. Julyc.i.f. 19 9/164. Tone: DmW. LONDON TIN Spot £736 per ton.
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    GRANTED ASYLUM
    32 7 VIENNA. June 24 ißeuten A Soviet Army tank .sergeant Vladimir Vasilyevieh Muravev, has been granted political asylum by the United State.s authorities in Vienna. a United State.s spokesman said today.
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    Hope On Chou, Nehru Meeting
    173 7 LONDON, June 24, (UP). Commonwealth authorities here said yesterday the meeting of Communist China's Premier Chou En-lai and Indian Premier Jawaharlal Nehru was considered "of great importance" because it could well show that Red China intends to follow a policy independent of Moscow in Asian
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    GIVE VIETNAMESE 'REAL' FREEDOM, URGES PREMIER
    303 7 PARIS, June 24 (AP) Success at the Geneva conference or on the battlefield in Indo China heavily depends on whether France quickly starts giving Vietnam some real not just paper freedom, Ngo Dinh Diem, the new Vietnamese Premier, said on Wednesday before leaving by
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    Last Meal Made Him Feel Better
    140 7 HONG KONG. June 24, I <AP> Chang Hung. 25, un- employed, came before Justice T. Greedon at Kowloon court !on June 17. on a charge of obtaining credit by fraud. "I felt so sick." he said, "I thought I was dying. Your I worship.
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    Memorial To Coronation
    81 7 OXFORD. Jum- 24. <Reuter> Work on a centre for Colonial Research at Oxford University la expected to start this summer. Made possible by a gift to f the University of £100.000 by Sir Ernest Oppenheimer. 1 South African industrialist, i and a grant or up to £50.000
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    Ceremony For Queen Mother
    93 7 DUNDEE. Scotland. June 24 < Reuter > The Queen mother drove from her ancestral home at Glamis Castle, Angus, to Dundee yesterday to receive the Freedom of the City for herself and for the Black Watch. the Royal Highland Regiment of which she is Colonel- inChief.
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    ANTI-RED DRIVE IN GUATEMALA 'HALTED'
    189 7 ANTI-RED DRIVE IN GUATEMALA 'HALTED' TK(;UCIC.ALP\ (lion, iluras), June 24— Thr (iuatcinalan government claimed today its anm has halted the rebel ■ftettalva hut anti-Communist Col. Carlos Castillo Annas said rain had bogged ri<m n the advance of his troops. Castillo Armas -aid at his advance headquarter- at E.suuipulis. about ten
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    How Many Before 'One For The Road'?
    131 7 LAMGUnr, Buckinghamshire. June 24, (Renter). Five women and 35 men are helping doctors to find out how many drinks it is safe to have before driving a tar. Five times a week they come to the headquarters here of the Government's Road Kr-
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    POLICE FIND 4 SKELETONS
    34 7 ALEXANDRIA. Egypt. Junr 24. »AP) Police discovered four human skeletons buri. d in the garden of Alexandria's railway station. They arrested the gard» n«-r. Mohamed Abdul Aziz, on murder charges
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    SEARCH GOES ON FOR NEW USES OF RUBBER'
    334 9 LONDON, June 24 (Reurer) Malaya was one of several countries in the world in which rubberised rood surfaces were put down during 1953, on article in yesterday's Financial Times stated. The article, which emphasised the search for new uses for natural rubber
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    AN IDEA FROM PARIS
    32 9 Photo. COUNTRY-STYLE wowkn shoes which still do Rood service in the French Provinces, equipped with a strap and a cover and placed in service as a handb.ie UP
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    HE COMES TO BOOST SALES
    85 9 MR. J. MOGGRE (above), director of the Universal Manufacturers' Export Organisation, arrived in Singapore on Wednesday aboard a K.L.M. plane to boost the Hartog cycle sales in Malaya and Borneo. The Dutch Hartog cycles have been imported into Malaya as frames and spares. "We propose
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    Brush Group Gets £1.3 Af. Contract
    128 9 Brush Group Gets £1.3 Af Contract A CONTRACT of more than £1,300,000 has been awarded to the Brush group of Engineering Companies for the supply of a wide range of diesel generating sets for the electrification of Thailand's rural areas. i A spokesman of the Brush group in Singapore told
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    5,238 TONS OF TIN MOVED
    65 9 MOVEMENTS of tin-in-concentrates from the Federation of Malaya to Singapore and Penang showed an increase during May at 5.238 tons, compared with 4.925 tons for April, according to official statistics. The total quantity of tin moved from the Federation for the first five months of
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    SHARES
    134 9 WHILE improvement i n Malayan tin shares continued yesterday, the volume c»f business was not maintained. Industrial shares remained quietly steady and interest in rubbers continued to be small INDUSTRIAL* Buvers Krller» •jtiam Kuantaa 1.22 ITI I i RIBBLB Ampat 7/6 8/Burma Malay 9/6 10/Hong Fatt 1.41 144 K.
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    MARKETS
    152 9 RUBtftß pri in pore continued rise un a steady market v««-ierday, tii-t Rrade for July ship: closing at 66-3 8 t :its per !>., 4 eont above Wednesday*! levels. Fair nativity v s reported all day with moinrate trade iupport locally. UpcouMtry eenl < sliuweJ a fair amount of
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    PRODUCE
    158 9 THE pradu < n.ii k H in Singapore jresti i f ram ilim <l quiet in most BCrUoOa except (opra which \v. aftdy »t the close. Pepper priot- '< hihihm iinchanged with 1 ;«ny bvisiness reported Coconut oil "<-'d a dull market at $52} j picul for sellers at
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    Trade Talks To Begin In Jakarta
    98 9 Trade Talks To Begin In Jakarta JAKARTA, IWM 24. <L'P) A Communist r!iina trade delegation wil) > pen talks shortly, with Um Indonesian Government ;;r.«l bualneaa leaders on the implementation of the Indcwli China trade ftgneflM nt reached last November in I>» lißf The 12-man Oiinr.*- d gation arrived hen
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      140 9 /POH Rl BV: The Greatest Show On Earth 12 noon. 3. 615 and Dl5 p.m. RK\: The Man Between 12 45 3, 6.5 and 9 15 p.m CMNEON: Beneath The 12 Milt Reef (CinemaScopei 12 45. 3. C45 and 9.15 p.m. MS: Laila Majnun (Malay) 2. 53C and 8 45
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    PICK YOUR HAREM
    426 10 CLOSING DATE So, here's your problem. You*vo.got to pick nine out of the twelve sirens depicted above, arrange them in their order of beauty, and send in your effort or efforts to the Movie Editor of this paper to reach him not later than July 9th. I
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    MADE IN THE LAND OF THE PHAROAHS
    80 10 JEAN SIMMONS and Edward Purdom co star in this scene from the 20th Century-Fox CinemaScope production of The Egyptian which was shot in the Land of the Pharoahs Fox's home office cabling their Singapore representative on the movie describes it as "awe inspiring,
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    When Rubi Hits The Trail
    585 10  -  DONALD ZEC I DIDN'T believe it but it's true: Zsa Zsa Gabor and her diplomat boy friend Porfirio Kubirosa really have signed to star in a film together. Confirmation of this crafty casting by the shrewd Republic chief Herbert Yates. was cabled to me last
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    More Perspecta Demonstrations
    72 10 VTITHIN the next three months, more than 40 major trade and Press demonstrations of Perspecta Stereophonic Sound will have been held in important film centres overseas, it was announced by Arthur M. •Loew, president of Loew's International Corporation All the demonstrate! being run under the sponsorship of
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      122 10 BflHEM CONTEST! ENTRY FORM A GREEING to abide by f*- the rules, and accepting the judges' decision as final, I herewith submit my choice of beauties as follows: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 i (Cut out this entry form. i flit it and post it to THt MOVIE
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    Krishnan Beaten By Rose
    156 11 Krishnan Beaten By Rose WIMBLEDON. June 24 (Reuter).— Third round results in the men's singles i championships played here today were: J. Brichant, Belgium, beat S. Stockenberg, Sweden, i 7—5. 6—l. 6—l. M. Rose. I Australia, beat R. Krishnan India 6—3. 6—l. 6—3 T. Trabert. USA, beat R. Wilson. Britain,
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    B. Timah Score 8-0 Win
    239 11 B. Timah Score 8-0 Win BUKIT TIMAH Sports Club' trounced the Junior Athletic j Association B—o8 0 in a S.A.F.A. Division 3A League matrh played at the BODCa ground yesterday. By this victory Bukit Timah have the brightest prospects of winning the championship as they have maintained a 100 per
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    Misses 'Fastest Century'
    241 11 Misses 'Fastest Century' CATERICK, Yorkshire, J June 23 Hanif Mohammad, the 19-year-o!d Pakistan open- ing bat who in the first Test against England was five and threequarters hours over 59 runs. took just 70 minutes here today to hammer the I Combined Services bowling for 87. He was well on
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    Golf: Ladies June Medal
    70 11 DRAW and starting times for the Island Club's Ladies June Monthly Medal to be played today are: 4.30 p.m. Mrs Teo and Mrs. Lavender; 4.35 p.m. Mrs. Frenken and Mrs. Lim: 4.40 p.m. Miss Yong and Mrs. Fryer; 4.45 p.m. Mrs. Wong and Mrs. Rose; 4.50
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    CENTRE COURT CHEERS FOR WILSON
    660 11 CENTRE COURT CHEERS FOR WILSON Big Day For British Aces At Wimbledon WIMBLEDON. June 23, (Reuter). Two young British internationals Bobby Wilson, a London schoolboy and Roger Becker a Davis Cup player stole some of the limelight from the world's top-ranking players in the Wimbledon lawn tennis championships today. A
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    FULL RESULTS
    386 11 FUL L RESULTS More results of second round matches i n the men's singles championship wereV. Seixas (holder USA) beat N Pietrangeli (Italy) 6-3, 6-4, 6-1. R. Falkenburg (Brazil) beat P R em y Jfrance) 6-4. 6-4, 8-6 B. Patty (USA) beat H. Stewart (USA) 10-8. 4-6. 6-3, 6-4. M.
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    Lowson, In Fine Form, May Replace Hutton Next Week
    268 11 LONDON, June 23 (Reuter)— Frank Lowson, Len Hutton's opening County partner, was in fine form against Essex in the County Cricket championship today and may be considered to replace the injured Hutton as opening batsman for England against Pakistan in the
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    Indians Vs Royal Navy
    72 11 THE team to represent the Singapore Indians against the Combined Royal Na^v at Naval Base on Sunday will be chosen from: A. Narayanan. G Suppiah, G. Phillip. M Ghani. S Veloo, J. Mahinda, Mohinder Singh. A. Rashid, T. C. Balen. K. Nadarajah. R. Krishnasamy. G. Stephenson.
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    ICI Officials
    85 11 AT the annual general meeting of th e Imperial Chemical Industries RC. the following were elected to serve on the Committee of Management for the year: PMron: Mr. M. F. Cutler; President: Mr. H. T. Benny (re-elected*; Vice-President: Mr. Lee Yeow Hon: Secretary: Mr. Seah Yang Teck. Hon:
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    For Referees
    20 11 THE monthly discussion meeting for Civilian Referees will be held on Tuesday at 7.30 p.m. at S.A.F.A. Headquarters.
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    FITNESS TEST FOR MATTHEWS
    137 11 BERN'E. June 24 (AP)—England winger Stanley Matthews takes a final fitness test today to decide whether he will piny in Saturday's vital world soccer cup quarter final with Uruguay. Matthews has been troubled a week with a sore toe. Now it has healed and England selector?
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    GERMANS & SWISS IN QUARTER-FINALS
    266 11 GERMANS SWISS IN QUARTER-FINALS World Cup Soccer BERNE, June 23, (Reuter). Germany and Switzerland confirming: earlier wins today qualified for the quarter-final of the world soccer cup. At Zurich, Germany beat Turkey by seven goals to two after leading by three-one at halftime, and at Basle, Switzerland beat Italy by
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    Young John Son Steals The Show
    631 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— John Soh 16-yeor-^d St. Joseph's Institution student, riding with the brilliance and acumen of a champion, stole the thunder at the opening races of the All-Malayan plank track bicycle racing carnival at the Lucky World Amusement Park here Irtcf ninlit Young
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    329 12 How They Finished The results. Open Mile: Heat I—l,1 1, Wahid bin Shamsuddin (Sel) 2 Rahmat Kanawi (Sel) 3 John Soh (S'pore) 2 mins 22.4 sees. Heat 2—l Kwa Chin Swee (S'pore) 2 Alui bin Ahmad (Sel) 3 Garth Soars (Sel) 2 min 22.4 sees. Juniors mile: Heat I—l1 1
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    Tampenis Rovers Rout St. John's
    365 12 TAMPENIS Rovers with a more formidable forward line handed the St. John's Sports Club a 5—2 beating in a SAFA Division 3B League match played at the Geylang Stadium yesterday. By this result RAF Seletar seem certain of championship. They need only one point from
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    Raffles Sports
    37 12 RAFFLES Institution's athletic sports which was postponed last week because of rain will now be- held tomorrow on the school ground. There will be two events for old boys inter-team and handicap ract* Post entries
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    SIM, THE JUMPER, IS SES CHAMPION
    635 12 SIM HAK KNG, who collected 26 points for four wins and two places, became the individual champion at the Serangoon English School athletic meet at Serangoon Road yesterday A total of 11 records were broken and one equalled. Sim contributed two new records in
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    Rajas Hold Police
    335 12 A FIXE RECOVERY in the closing stages saved Kota Raja from defeat at the hands of lowly placed Police Sporting Association in a S.A.F.A. Division I league match played at Jalan oesar Stadium yesterday The score was two all. Police, without three of their regular forwards. were
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    728 12 By Windsor Lad KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Two last start Ipoh winners, Sudden Choice and Conventional took the eye at this morning's winding -up gallops. Sent fullstripped from the half mile they ran home the three in 40 sec, finishing well on the bit
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    114 12 The following is the latest classification list issued by the Straits Racing Association: TRANSFERS: From Class 1 to Class 2: Scarlet Admiral, Rice King. From 2 to 1: Majestic Sisht. Barakat. From 3 to 2: Show Show. From 4 to 3 Little Andy, Graduate. From 5 to
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    46 12 photo. UP CHALLENGER Ezzard Charles (left) is startered by a hard rig h t from heavvwni.i champ.on Rocky Marciano during their June 17 fight at Yankee Stadium in New wi Marciano won a 15 round unanimous decision successfully «W*nHin.r i '"i J VL °!ci third time.
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    558 12 NINETEEN-YEAR-OLD Willie Chan, who learnt his tennis in Melbourne, made a successful debut in the SLTA's open championships yesterday when he won the Junior singles title from the holder, Sharain bin Osman in straight sets 6 1 6 4 at Tanglin Club courts. Willie leaves
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    TODAY'S Sport
    60 12 TODAY'S Sport *OCCER: Div. 1 H.M. Dockyard vs Amicables Athletic Association Jalan Besar. Div. 3A. Radin Mas Ramblers vs Seletar F. C. Farrer Park. Div. 38. Malay Settlement Union vs Windsor Rovers MFA. Div. 3C. Star Soccerites vs H M Customs Geylang Stadium. ATHLETICS: Singapore Chi nese Girls' School (Afternoon)
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    82 12 LONDON. Junr I (Rruter).— David Sh. j» Pard. 25, the Suwv opening batsman h accepted an invitation In captain England in th.spcond test match against Pakistan hetmnm. it Nottingham next Thur% day. Sheppard originally kjl\*> up the leadership of Im sex to concentrate an theological studies
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