Singapore Standard, 28 July 1954

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  • 17 1 SINGAPORE STANDARD 3H Vol. V. No. 26. SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, JULY 28, 1954 f TWELVT PACES 15 CENTS.
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  • 139 1 $100-A- DA Y (Quick-Quiz) CONTEST RESULT MR. E. DE ROZARIO 140 East Coast Road, Singapore, s The Standard :ck-Quiz Contest 17. tor $100 has at to him. The judse was Mr ird 8.1. Pates, coach spore Amateur ation. and t well-known figure in y sporting circles. The correct answers UE
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  • 63 1 E British Overseas Air:;)oration has re•d its aircraft flying ben Singapore and Hongto pass still further h of Hainan Island, says a Rcutor message. follows the shooting n of a Cathay Pacific airSkymaster last ThursSin^apore offices of other airlines operating the ire Hongkong route have not received
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  • 18 1 TOTAL of 364 people iied and 5,105 seriously injured on British roads 1 month.- Reuter
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  • 217 1 LONDON, July 27. (Reuter) Mr. Anthony Eden. British Foreign Secretary, told the House of Commons today rhat the British Charge D'AfTaires in Peking had been instructed to convey a United States protest to the Chinese Government about the six Americans killed and wounded in the
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  • 483 1 Shawcross Who Survived Kulai Ambush Tells Of It was when a bandit pulled out a long knife MR. Christopher Shawcross, Queen's Counsel, who survived last Sunday's ambush in Kulai, Johore, said yesterday: "My worst moment was when one of the Chinese (Communist terrorists) pulled out a large
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  • 593 1 Air France Connie Buzzed By 4 'MIGs' More Incidents Off Hainan HONGKONG, July 27, (Reuter)— The pilot of a French airliner, Capt. Jack Brugger, said on landing here today that four fighters the shape and colour of MIGs had buzzed his Constellation 75 miles off Communist held Hainan Island, where
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  • 64 1 HONGKONG. July 27 (Reuter) Communist China today protested "most strongly" against the shooting down of two Chinese Communist air force planes by American car-rier-based aircraft yesterday off Hainan Island, Peking Radio reported. The radio said Chang Han Fu, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, also protested in a
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  • 62 1 WANT to win the biggest squareword prize ever offered in a newspaper competition? at cn for tne announcement in the Sunday Standard this week of a Squareword Competition that offers you $128,000 for a few minutes' work. This big money is easy to win. Buy The
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  • 69 1 AGREEMENT ON CANAL DISPUTE CAIRO, July 27 A British Embassy spokesman said here today that agreement had been reached with Egypt on all outstanding points in the Suez Canal dispute. The agreement would t3 initialled later tonight, t\e spokesman added. The Foreign Office in London confirmed that a report by
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  • 28 1 FUKUOKA, Japan, July 27 (AP) A fireworks factory blew up yesterday at nearby Yama killing seven workers and injuring two seriously. Kyodo news service reported.
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  • 57 1 U.S. Officer Commits Suicide BERLIN, July 27 (Reuter) An American intelligence captain in Berlin has committed suicide, a United States Army spokesman disclosed today. He declined to comment on a suggestion that the officer had been a friend of Dr. Otto John, the former West German security chief who is
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  • 51 1 MANILA. July 27 (AP) Some Filipinos take their cockflghting seriously. Gabriel Capas, 45. adored his favourite fighting ccck "Texas." He used to brush his pet daily and feed him well. "Texas" lost a cockfigb* at Bangabon town and wa^ killed. Capas was foumi hanged a few minutes
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  • 243 1 LONDON, July 27: (Reuter)— The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council soid today they had accepted the testimony of Wong Pooh Yin, alias Kwang Sin, Chinese terrorist, in Malrya that when arrested he was carrying a revolver in the course of complying with a government request
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  • 77 1 THE Malayan Communist Party stepped into the nine-day-old strike by 10,000 Singapore City Council dailyrated workers, with an appeal to all Colony unions to support the strikers. The appeal, in letter form, claims to come from the Singapore Peoples Anti-British League and was posted
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  • 23 1 EMPEROR Haile Selassie of Ethiopia left Yugoslavia on Monday with, members of his family after a seven-day official visit. AFP.
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  • 237 1 PARIS. July 27 (R-uter) Guns were silent throughout Northern Vietnam this morning for the first time in eight years after "Operation Ariana" the code name for the ceas°-flre went into effect French commanders in all sectors of the Northern Vietnamese front received an envelope
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  • 29 1 LONDON. July 27. (AP)— Informed sources said today Colonial Secretary Oliver Lyttelton has decided to quit the Government signalling an early shake-up of Prime Minister Churchill's Cabinet.
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  • 318 1 Kulai Killers Had I -Cards JOHORE BAHRU. Tues. Communist terrorists who killed two Europeans and wounded Mr. Christopher Shawcross. Q.C.. and two special constables at the Kulal Oil Palm Estate on Sunday, escaped from the Jungle immediately after the shooting, and fled to villages and towns. The Standard learned from
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  • 249 2 To Show It Can Be Done In Colony Standard Staff Reporter THE Public Works Department in Singapore has now about seven tons of "bber powder manufactured in Malaya for use in future construction of roads, the Deputy Director, PWD., Mr. E.W. Houston, told The Standard
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  • 115 2 COMMODITY PRICES CLOSING rubber prices (cents per lh.) in Singapore on Tuesday were: Buyers Sellers No 1 R.S.S Spot Loose 69i 692 No. 1 R.S.S. 69 69 i No. 2 R.S.S. 69 k 69 i No. 3 R.S.S. 68J 6«i Tone: Easier after irregular. TIN PRICE The price of tin
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  • 202 2 KIALA LUMPUR. Tues.— Abdul Aziz bin Alias a reporter of the Federal Rural and Industria Development Authority said in the Sessions Court here today he did not receive his $150 salarv for twojnonths' part-time work as a translator for a magazine. Kie reporter was a witnei
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  • 44 2 MISS SHWLY NOCK, Cyclax Beauty Counsultant, who arrives in Singapore today to open a beauty parlour at Robinsons, Raffles Place. Cyclax, of London, are the famous manufacturers of beauty preparations. Miss Nock will attend personally to clients at the salon.
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  • 51 2 CHANAN Singh, a Singapore money-lender and watchman of the Standard Vacuum Company in Tanjong Knii. was acquitted yesterday of a charge of robbing Yusof b l n Lambak. a labourer, of $64.90 cash on April 30 The Third District Judge H.A. Forrer. did not call for Chanan's
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  • 127 2 ANOTHER $40 has been received by The Standard from its readers for the Ipoh widow. Mrs. Lum Wong Kee, left with seven children and no means of support "Win and Place" of Alor Star enclosed three suggestions with his SlO. He advised that
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  • 235 2 MR. CHRISTOPHER Shawcross, Q.C., who was wounded in the ambush at Kulai Oil Palm Estate on Sunday, is suffering from far more serious injuries than it had been known previously. This was announced yesterday at the 37th session of the inquiry into the BOAC
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  • 95 2 IPOH, Tues. The biggest j public meeting yet organised by the UMNO-MCA Alliance will take plac e at the Perak j Chinese Assembly Hal] at 10 i a.m. on Aug. 8 \vhe n Tungku Abdul Rahman and Dato Sir Cheng-lock Tan will address members of
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  • 76 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues The officer of the Ist Battalion, Queen's Royal Regiment, who died of wounds as a result of being accidentally shot while on operations in the Sepang area of Selangor. was 2nd Lt. R. M. Townshend of Betch worth. Surrey In another incident in
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  • 279 2 Counsel Says He Was Rushed MALACCA, Tues. Soon after the High Court here resumed its hearing on the $27,719 special damages suit of Mr. W. H. Sault, a local lawyer, against the Malacca Road Transsport Company for breach of a haulage agreement, Mr. John Laycock, for the company, complained that
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  • 159 3 Safety First For School Children THE seriousness of road is will be brought home to Singapore's schooichildren when the Safety Council launches its ambitious Safety k on Sept. 9. chairman of the Mr. Sandy O. Pillay, Hie Standard yesterday ad iatahlies in the an alarming and p< r cent oi
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  • 70 3 is Representative S ngapore yesterday Bt UP ."res in the I rural areas to help :ly the laas citizens id Kingdom and I Shunmugam Chct- > M of the Council, '.did that the fir.>t ait functioning at Street from today. e the Alexandra- branch of the Indian
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  • 71 3 photo. BANG! and it is "Bombs Away" near Gurun Kedah. where the Royal Air Force last week dealt a ™5. b lo w to the terrorist gang which killed Police t nief C.N. Godwin in May. This exclusive picture taken from the Air Co-ordinator's Havard. shows
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  • 87 3 THE office of the Representative of the Government of India is now awaiting reply from New Delhi on what system to adopt for registration of people born in the former Indian States as Indian citizens. Mr. M.M. Khurana of the India Office said there are
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  • 60 3 MR. Phang Sing Eng. a Class I Honours graduate in Chemistry of the University of Malaya, has been awarded the Memorial Medal of the Royal Institute of Chemistry. Malayan Section. The gold medal is awarded annually for the most outstanding student in Chemistry. The first recipient
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  • 174 3 ASIAN seamen in the Colony may soon have a hostel of their own along Singapore's waterfront. This was disclosed to the members of the Malayan Seamen's Union in an address made by Mr. T.A. White the newly appointed Asian Seamen's Welfare Officer at their
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  • 55 3 VEERAPPAN Marimuthu, who dialled '999" from a Police Hut in Upper Weld Road, Singapore, on July 26 and spoke to Radio Control in abusive language, w?s fined S5 in the Sixth Police Court yesterday. Marimuthu. pleading guilty, explained he was drunk that night and was unaware
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  • 37 3 A CHINESE woman living in Kampong Tiong Bahru, Singapore, lost her life savings on Monday night when a thief entered her house while she was away and took $230 from under her mattress.
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  • 249 3 Govts. Approve It In Principle THE Federation and Singapore Governments have approved in principle the fiveyeor grants to be made to the University of Malaya, the Colony's Financial Secretary Mr. W.C. Taylor told The Standard yesterday. "The exact formula for this quinquennial grant has not been
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    45 3 MR. AND MRS. Llm Chin Kuan who were married at the Presbyterian Church, Singapore, last week. Mr. lim is the Deputy City Analyst, and his b> ide, formerly Miss Tan Mui Kiang. works in the Colonial Secretariat. A reception was held at the Cathay Restaurant.
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  • 111 3 High Court To Be AirConditioned A SMALL sub-station will be built in the Singapore Court by the City Council Electricity Department to enable the airconditioning of the court to be carried out, the Deputy Director of Public Works. Mr. E. W. Houston, told The Standard yesterday. Mr. Houston said the
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  • 77 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Monfhe Director of Operations Lieut. -General S'r Geoffrey Bo lrne. GOC, Malaya. and Lady Bourne visited the Cameron Highlands during the week-end to attend "speech day" at Slim School the first speech day celebration. General Bourne who gave away the prizes and sports trophies
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  • 166 3 Standard Staff Reporter THE UMNO sponsored "Unit- ed Front" of Muslim organisations in Singapore was yesterday attacked by the Council of the Malay Union In a statement issued by its president. Che Mohamed Sidik bin Haji Abdul Hamid. The statement said the Malay Union would
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  • 164 3 STRUCK WIFE WITH PARANG -2 MONTHS TEMERLOH, Tues. Chan San, 55, a rubber tipper n ing in the Mengkuang Now Village, in the district of Temerloh, was sentenced, on his plea of guilty, to two months* imprisonment by Mr. J.R. Whims ter President of the Sessions Court. Chan was charged
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  • 27 3 A THIEF cut a hole in a shopwindow in North Bridge Road, Singapore on Moo night and got away with pro* perty worth over $1,000.
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  • 350 4 MAN URGED RETREAT AND WAS SLAIN -Now M.CP. Is Doing It KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. The Malayan Communist Party executed one of its far-seeing terrorist chiefs, his wife and a platoon commander, for pioneering the "retreat to jungle policy it is now following in a bid to avoid contact with security
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  • 196 4 2 WILL STAND TRIAL CHAN Fook Soon and Ng Liang Chong, were committed to stand trial at the Singapore High Court yesterday, by the Seventh Police Magistrate, Mr. Choor Singh, on a tentative charge of attempted robbery while armed with a knife. Chan Luang Ing. a housewife, said on March
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  • 105 4 Bad Weather Curtails B-29s Flight BAD weather with a low cloud base caused today's flight over Malaya by 13th USAF Philippines-based B-2i's ■to be severely curtailed. Two of the Superforts flew direct into Singapore and during the later stage of flight, were intercepted by Tengah j based Hornets and Vampires
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  • 208 4 Bandit Raids On Estates Increase KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Communist terrorists in Johore and Pahanp yesterday made a speck. 1 effort to get estate puards across barbed wires but the alert guards aborted their attempts in ail cases, according to official reports reaching here tonight. In Johore terrorists fired at the
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  • 263 4 Graft Case Hearing OPIUM trade in the Colony was their main topic of conversation during their meetings from the first time he met Lian Teck Chew until Lian's arrest in November. Mr. Ray William Waters, Acting: Deputy Superintendent of Police, Singapore Harbour Board told the Assize
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  • 37 4 BAIL of $10,000 was offer* d Tay Peng Hong in the Singapore Fifth Police Court yesterday when he claimed trial to a charge of cheating. The case will be mentioned on July 29
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  • 112 4 WHITLEY COUNCIL MEETING THE inaugural meeting of the proposed National Whitley Council for all Singapore Government employees will be held next week. Both Government and staff representatives have accepted the Council's constitution in principle. The Government trade unions and staff associations have elected 16 members to represent them on the
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  • 129 4 TWO fights and a stabbing within one hour between two roommates on the night of April 2 in their Robinson Road room had sequel n the Singapore Fifth Police Court yesterday. 3. Mohamad Sadak. who pleaded guilty to voluntarily causing hurt to his friend
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  • 66 4 THE Nanyang Press Ltd.. were the defendants in a case, in which they vu>re charged with allowing their motor cycle to be ridden by Wong Yoke Key. who did no\ have a driving licence. Wong was not availabl* to give evidence as he had left for Crfina. and
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  • 35 4 INCHE Abdullah bin Ariffin. and Inche Sarajudin bin Ali have passed in Part I and II respectively of the Johore Civil Service Examination. Both of them are in the Town Council Office, Mnar
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  • 41 4 ALOR STAR. Tues— Abdul Aziz bin Puteh was yesterday tentatively charged in the Magistrate's Court with possession of a Stengun. three magazines and 84 rounds of ammunition. Abdul Aziz was refused bail. The case was postponed to Aug. 2.
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  • 126 4 Increased Self-Govt. Call By Jamaica KINGSTON, Jamaica, July 27 (AP)— Britain will be asked to grant increased selfgovernment for Jamaica to take effect in 1954, official said today. A committee of meinbers of the Executive Council and the House of Representatives, created to promote sovereignty, has beta working on a
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  • 80 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues.— Raja Sir Uda. Commis.v for Malaya in the Ur Kingdom, will vacate his ap pointment in mid-October, and return to Malaya to take up the post of Mentri E Selangoy. which he held prior to his departure for England early last year. Raja
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  • 130 4 THE Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce will call a mass public meeting if the Colony Government did not give a satisfactory replv to its previous request for the early de-control of rice. This action was decided at a meeting held by the Chamber
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  • 96 4 SCIENTISTS who are anxious to study abroad in Commonwealth countries, are invited to send their applications for awards from the Royal Society and Nuffield Foundation. The bursaries provide travel and mainte ance at a rate of about M55,000 a year depending on living costs and the applicant's
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  • 109 4 A PRIEST, Sri Pandit Chandra Wali Shastri, 44. was fined one dollar in the Singapore Fourth Police Court jresterday, for collecting funds for a school building in India without permit The priest was said to have committed the offence bet.. June 27 and July 12 in
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  • 30 4 THE Singapore Second Traffic Police Magistrate, Mr. Howe Yoon Chong, yesterday acquitted a lorry-driver S. Madasamy of a charge of dangerous parking i n Jalan Kaju on Feb. 26.
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  • 70 5 THK Sanfapore Third District Judge. Mr. H A. Forror. yesterc Bentcnced Chua Gong, a lighterman, to .">4 months' jail and Wo Ten Pow, nnnan-man. to 42 months" jail for possession of 341 Ib. of raw opium on April 'I\ It \va s stated that the
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  • 627 5 'FIRE SERVICE NOT A MORAL DUTY' THE PROVISION of medical facilities and a fire service at Kallang Airport by the Department of Civil Aviation was only a moral obligation/' said Mr. George J. Warcup, Director General of Civil Aviation, Malaya Borneo Region, yesterday. Mr Warcup said this when he was
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    101 5 and rh ai K WAM THO Malayan film magnate after thJ f 1 Cln r m f Mr with hls wlfr ChSVttiia plane from England from a three-month tour «f the i -s V. Europe and Britain. othrrfliT 8 thr J r Ur the Lokes Hollywood and aU^nrf"i m ,u
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  • 260 5 No EHort Is Spared SINGAPORE'S Labour Department is making every efTort to end the strike by 10.000 daily rated workers of the City Council be lore the end ol this week. Yesterday, the Colony's Labour Commissioner. Mr. C. W. Lyle, met the Governor, Sir John
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  • 14 5 FORTY-ONE persons been granted Certificates ol ralisation by the Governor of Singapore.
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  • 40 5 SWA MI Xishkurnunancla of x'nv Ramakrishna Mission will give a talk on "Baf&vad-ita and i-, message" on July 31 at 5 p. in at the Mission Hall. Morris Road. Singapore. Rev. Dr. H. B Amstutz will preside.
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  • 297 5 TIIK appeals of three youths, a schoolboy, a joss-stick seller, and a cobbler for postponement of national service were yesterday dismissed by the Appeal Tribunal in the Singapore Supreme Court, on the grounds that their Service would not entail "exceptional hardship." The reasons given
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  • 48 5 THE Malayan Indian Congress, Singapore Branch, will organise :l\ centres in the Colony through its seven branch offices on the island to help Indians regain their voting rights. Mr. John Jacobs, secretary of lie onj;res.s, said the Ilranches will announce where these centres are situated.
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  • 138 5 Didn't Get I-Card As He Felt Death Near A 75 year-old man. Tun Cheung Bak. told a Singapore Judge. Mr. 11. A. Forrer. yesterdav that he did not possess aa identity card because he thought he wa s about to die. He added that be had been ill for the
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  • 67 5 lim Hoc Soon was charged in the Singapore Sixth Polici- Court yesterday with in-' timidating N. Amurthalingham with a view to stopping him from continuing to work with the City Council. Lim was alleged to h committed the offence in Byed Alwi Road. Singapore, on July 26.
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  • SINGAPORE STANDARD
    • 895 6 A ND yet another revival oi the Singapore Labour Party Is announced. To those with long memories this projected revival does not come altogether .t surprise. The party has been revived so many times that one may. not unjustifiably, describe it as in a permanent of revival. No
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  • We, the PEOPLE
    • 166 6 Yanks. Aussies A Good Idea Sir: I cam< the report of M. ,ba--1 pathy in your paper on 19th July I was not in I the least surprised that she stated then- >me people met in U.S.A. who thought Malayans wore still living in mud huts. The Americans are tar
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    • 100 6 Sir: Your rarticle on the jacking up ot the Block of Flats at Claymore Drive la not wholly correct. It is true, no doubt, that Messrs. Gammon < Malaya > Ltd., Civil Engineers, were the first people to have jacked up a building in this part of the
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    • 154 6 'I Agree But... Sir. I agree with "Malayan." I am from India and I im ar» Indtsn graduate. I agree. I do not know how to 'speak English.' Indian Universities do not aim at teaching how to speak English' but only at promoting a better sense of values. a better
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    • 152 6 Sir;— My attention has been drawn to Mr. Hugh Savage's article under the heading "Colombo Spivs are a Menace" which appeared in your Sunday Edition of 18th July 1954. I had not intended to take official notice of this article but several persons who have toured Ceylon in
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    • 41 6 Sir;— Reference to your news published under the heading "Decree for ExDancer" Penang. on 23/ 7 54. I. Simplieio Felix of C.P.O.'s Office, Ipoh am not the person named as the husband of Judith Castilo Felix. SIMPLICIO FBLTX Ipoh.
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    • 158 6 Sir; I was really amazed to read in your paper of the unfounded view of Mr. Abdullah Sanggura, President of the Malay Social Association over the selection of Mr. Mansor bin Fadzal as 01^ of the official delegates for Singapore to the World Assembly of Youth
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    • 16 6 Kindness in women, not their beauteous looks, shall win my love. Shakespeare.
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  • 427 6 THE SHEIKHS OF ARABY ARE WHOOPING... J Where Travellers' j Cheques Are Slave Cirls "v\\\\\\\\\> WWWWW". THE sheikhfl ot Araby are on the warpath again... They are whooping over the silent sands in nightly raids on the British-protected territory behind Aden, the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company's new Abadan. And a warning
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  • 621 6  - A Drop of INK R. B. Ooi by Y FAREWELL function in Malay;! is seldom without itg orators Many yaiM make it a hobbport themselves into the realm of flowery lang(iiiiing such occasions. The copious draughts of y imbibed in the yam- rein to loosen the tongue and unJ door
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  • 165 6 Sir. I occupy a room at one of the many attap houses at Alexandra Village. The conditions of the surrounding areas are very bad and endanger the health of occupants living around the village because no proper places for washing, night soil, etc. are available.
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  • 20 6 "What! Only taken 2s. all the morning? Really! Miss J Mercer, you'll have to do better than that!"
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    5 6 'PEACE has broken out! 9
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  • 365 6 Review of Views Drop It Quietly \NY A N G SIANG PAU hopes that the unfortunate incident of the Cathay Pacific Airi Bkymaster will not turn out to b<> another internanal bone of content Full r- the daily, has been accepted by the Chinese Government and this should be the
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    54 7 picture. LOVELIEST among the worlds knrellei is Monde Miss Miriam Stevenson of S«.uth Carolina, who after uir.au the Miss United States title, went on to be crowm-d Miss Universe, she was ielected bj Ihc nul; the most beautiful gir\ among 1' ■'<*• linalists in the Miss Irii\ersr contest hrld ;H
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  • 40 7 MARJORIE WEE, Miss Malaya (right) poses with Lex Barker (he has played "Tarzan" on the screen) and Pnscella Jane Jewitt, Miss North Dakota, when the Miss Universe contestants visited Universal Studios m Hollywood- A. P. photo.
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  • 182 7 WASHINGTON. July 27. ißeuU'i-t Mr. Charles Wili son. the United St. Secretary ol Defence, said yesterday that the battle between the American and Chinese Communist planes took place "outside the 12-mile area of i Hainan" at 0300 hours GMT u 10.30 a.m. Malayan time*
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  • 380 7 'Cold Feet In Korea Prevented Unification' WASHINGTON, July 27, —President Syngman Rhee of South Korea flew to Washington yesterday with an outspoken complaint that the Communists were no£ being driven out of Korea because "some people had cold feet/' "At the same time," he said, "I still thank
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  • 127 7 She'll Have To Foot The Bill... MANILA. July 27. (AFP)— T!ie love <»f an American girl and a Filipino film actor who nave never met. may have a chance to blossom into full flower in the United Si provided the girl pays the actor's fare tor the journey. Elizabeth Douglas.
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  • 50 7 VIENNA, July 21. (Router)— Forty employees of the Hungarian State Stores have jailed for up to four years for stealing state property, the i Hungarian trade union newspaper Nepszava reported. Their activities were alleged to have included "the unutterably heinous crime of watering down babies milk."
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  • 67 7 NEW DELHI. July 27. •Reu- i n— Mr. Jawaharlal Nehru, the Indian Prime Minister, yesterday appealed to the United Nations to admit Communist China as a member. To regard Formosa as representing China is as sensi- le as it would be to regard the Andaman Islands
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  • 61 7 SAN FRANCISCO. July 27. (Reuter)— Claims for $250,000 have been filed against Lloyds of London for damage d<»ne during the recent civil war in Guatemala. it was reported here yesterday. The claims were stated to have arisen from "riot and civil disturbance" policies taken out by the
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  • 182 7 LONDON, July 27 <AP) Communist -led forces in Laos and Cambodia arc claiming a great victory at Geneva, r Red Chinese broadcast indi- cated last night Peiping radio broadcast an order of the day for a Laotian cease-fire to those who fought nst the
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  • 138 7 WASHINGTON. July 27. (UP) The United States, Great Britain and France agreed yesterday to ask the other NATO nations for unanimous support in rejecting the Soviet proposal for a conference on a new European collective system, according to usually reliable sources. They said Western Germany
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  • 33 7 PARIS. July 27. (Reuter)— France La considcting appointing a special representative to the Vietminh Government to look after French interests in Northern Indo-Chma, political observers said here last night.
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  • 32 7 HONGKONG. July 27. (AFP)— An Air India International Constellation plane, on a proving flight from Bombay. Rangoon and Bangkok arrived here today at 1550 hours, local time.
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  • 66 7 Standard Londor* Correspondent LONDON July 27. Th< following are the closing prices of rubber ond tin on tru London Market LONDON RUBBER Spot 2016. Septemoer 20»d. October/December 2016. January/March 20£d. April/June 2016. Aug. c.i.f. 20id. Tone: Quietly Steady. LONOON Spot T750 buyers. '7 50 10s. Three
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  • 83 7 STOCKHOLM. July 27. (Reuter) Five h ratings. charged with drunken behaviour during a recent visit to Leningrad, told a Stockholm court yesterday they regarded drinking vodka as part of their duties. One of them said Russian c took no action against Swedish sailors lying in
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  • 242 7 U.S. Aid May Go Direct To Associated States SAIGON 17, (AP) The nerican State Department has under consideration >ng recommendations from its embassy here that future U.S. military aid to the national forces ol the IndoChina states of Vietnam. Lao? and Cambodia be handed over directly to the governments concerned,
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  • 143 7 MANILA, July 27 (AP)— The Philippines and Thailand will likely become the only two Asian countries to sign the proposed South-east Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) charter, VicePresident Carlos P. Garcia said last night. Mr. Garcia, concurrently Secretary of foreign Affairs, said other I .in
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  • 385 9  -  ARNOLD C. BRACKMAN By Standard Special Correspondent JAKARTA, July 27. Indonesia's economy, for some time already tottering, has suddenly taken a turn for the worse as daily necessities, with the exception of rice and textiles, have mysteriously disappeared from the market. Thirty of Jakarta's
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    45 9 IFEUTENANT COMMANDER Tin Thein Lu, (Irtt). Vice-Chief of the Naval Staff. I'ni'.n of Burma Navy, flew into Singapore by KIM from Bangkok. «\cr the week-end t«> the refitting of the frigate Mayu. Accompanying him was Lieutenant Anns; Thein, (r-Rht) IBVs Ch" rn- Kineer.- 9 Standard
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  • 176 9 THE produce market in Singapore remained quiet in most sections yesterday. but pepper was slightly steadier with prices showing «;mall improvements. Muntok white pepper was quoted $215 per picul and Lampong black $167J on a steady market. The other sections of the market were notable for a lack of
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  • 113 9 JAKARTA July 27, (Reuter) Usually well-informed trade. circles yesterday confirmed the reports that Indonesia and Communisi China were negotiating an agreement for the shipment of Indonesian copra to China. The circles, however, said it was unlikely that Indonesia could ship the 20.000 tons of
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  • 185 9 ITU the present uncertain state of the tin market and the possible repercussion of the proposed International Tin Agreement on the domestic economy of mines, shareholders would be wise to anticipate dividends on a somewhat lower standard than was obtained during the pist fen years
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  • 126 9 RUH.:&K prices pon rday c! on an irregular mark grade rubber for A hipmrnt closing a 1 per lb. T a riM- >i cent on M-.n--day's levels. Trie rr.irket opened un tain at 70 cents but later Small turnover of i. was rep m ;<-d. with Of orders contlnulnf
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  • 112 9 MALAYAN industrial share? were fairly steady rdaj but tins, as a result (if fall in the tin commodity price. and rubbers easier. The turnover of was fair, accordln the Malayan Shar. Association. Bu>er* Sellers INDUSTRIE s Jack W. Malavan Cement 1 ills. 0.57 S Steamship 17.40 I Straits Traders
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  • 90 9 Standard Staff Reporter fERPRISINQ Ush ;mnrrs have discovered a new i beer that will not mar it from bottled ones. beer v. i be cbeapei of the ving of packing and The ii' iji.d <J< of Southampton, Eng\. know n > liippers of
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  • 925 10 (BELOW): Saturday night was one of the year's biggest gala night* »t < the Victoria Memorial Hall where I Singaporeans flocked to Join In the celebrations and fan that marked ttir Movie Ball, the second one of its kind to be held in the Colony. Soon-
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  • 284 11 FOR the first time in the annals of Malayan athletics a foreign team will arrive here to compete with the territories of Singapore and the Federation early in September in a triangular meeting. The suggestion was put to the Singapore AAA by the Ceylon Amateur
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  • 29 11 VIENNA. July 26 (Renter) 1— E. Zatopek. Czechoslovak Olympic champion runner and army major. has l>een promoted to Lieutenant Colonel, the Czech Socialist newspaper, Svobodne Slovo. reported.
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  • 375 11 Shirley Woo Is Penang 's Cycling Star PENANG. Tues. Shirley Woo of the Penang Police Forces, riding at her brilliant best swept the board, winning all four events. in the PenangCycling championships. She won the quarter mile and half mile and after winning a hard race in th e one
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  • 70 11 ST. PAUL, Minnesota. July, 26 (Reuter)— Waiter Burkemo. the defending champion, and Chick Haarbert. of Michigan, today qualified for the final of the American Professional Golfers' Association Championship. Burkemo beat Lary Middlecoff. a former U.S open champion in one semi-final at the 37th hole. Haarbert. who
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  • 89 11 TAIPIXO. Tues. Displaying superior forward pay, Kampar did well to beat Taiping 3-1 in their replav ?occer fixture in the Cheng Wah Cup competition, after extra time. Both teams shone in the first half in whic' there was no score. After the brief respite. Kampar stepped
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  • 43 11 TANJONG MALIM. Tues.— Sultan Idris Training Coile^c trounced the "A" Company of the Ist Battalion Somerset Light Infantry. Kuala Kubu Bahru. 5-1 at soccer here yesterday. Scorers for the (College were Adnan and Ismail two each and Zakaria one.
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  • 632 11 Taiping CRC Invitation Tennis Meet TAIPING. Tues.— Good ten- nis will be seen in Taiping this week-end when the sixth annual open invitation tennis championships of the Chinese Recreation Club begin. The competition is made interesting by players from Ipoh. Penang. Sitiawan and Kuala Kangsar taking part. The Championships will
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  • 395 11 LONDON, July 26: (Keuter) English county cricket was dealt another blow by the weather today. Five matches were abandoned lor the day without a ball bowled while only 50 minutes' play was possible in the game between Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire at Ilkeston. It was brighter
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  • 281 12 KOWLOON OPENS FED. TOULON 6-0 WIN KLUANG, Tues— After sweeping all opposition in Singapore, the Kowloon Motor Bus Company, of Hongkong, opened their tour with an impressive 6-0 win over Johore Chinese, here today. More than 2,000 spectators watched thC Their* 1 clever footwork and snappy short-pass-ing completely baffled the
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  • 91 12 FORMER world champions, Johnny Leach and Richard Bergmann, are expected to arrive in Singapore on Saturday, Au*;. 31. They will play exhibition games against leading local tnentl of the same the ne eveninc at the Badminton Stadium, Guilled Road. commencing fiom 8.00 p.m. Sewn ties consisting of
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  • 66 12 BOMBAY. July 27. (Reuter) The Indian badminton t men. who meet Thailand in the first rouprt of the Thomas Cup in Bangleft by air this afternoon. They will play the two-day match on July 30 and 31 in Bangkok before returning to i on August 1.
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  • 116 12 SOCCER: SBHFA Group A OTEC r Shell— Jalan B -^ar; F. N v Hong Kong Bank—F .V; Pulo Bukom v Mercantile Bank—SHß; Group B Breiceries v Chard Bank— Shell; Sime Darby v MPH—Geylang; STC v SCS—STC; B Group C Bata v Mansfield— UM: Guthrie v Ford—F. Park; Stanvac
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  • 562 12  -  BILL McCREA By PENANG, Tues. After incessant rain the previous day and heavy downpours overnight conditions here for fast work were unfavourable. An indication of the state of the going can be gained by the times returned for the semi-final trials for the forthcoming Penang
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  • 616 12 EIGHT GOALS three of them scored within the space of a minute and a half were shared by Police Sports Association and Chinese Athletic in yesterday's SAFA Division 1 League game at Jalan Besar stadium. And it was a fair result. Considering the slippery ground
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  • 181 12 Feast Of Sport For Indians SIXGAOPRE will enjoy a'< feast of sport when the Indian floatilla of eight ships and 2.000 officers and ratings arrive here on Aug. 2on a courtesy visit During their six-day stay in the Colony, the men of the Indian Navy will play soccer, ket, hockey,
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  • 88 12 Morning Rains Ends 3rd Test MANCHESTER. July 27: (Reuter)— The third Test between England and Pakistan was abandoned today because of rain. Heavy rain fell an hour and a half before the final day's play was due to begin, and 1 the pitch already sodden, was 1 soon waterlogged. I
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  • 34 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. The Foong Seong Cup badminj ton tie between Perak and I Selangor has been fixed to be played ofT in the SBA Hall here on August 28 and 29.
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  • 397 12 HITHERTO unbeaten Star Soccerites "A", who are making a strong bid for S.A.F.A. Division 3C league honours, took their first tumble yesterday and with their final match went their hopes of winning the championship, when Farrer Juniors beat them 1-0 at Geylang
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  • 238 12 SIX schoolboys, comprising I three pairs of doubles, earned a trip to Penang to compete in the Malayan schoc boys championships when they won through the SBA elimination rounds last night. They are: Maurice Khoo and Lanny Khoo. H. Singh Parma and Sardool Singh
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  • 55 12 IPOH. Tues— Mr. B. Reid, the first Northern Malayan golf champion, signalled his recent return to the game by winning the July medal at Tiger Lane with 80—7=73. The mixed foursomes Shanghai competition played at the Turf Club provided a win for Mr. and Mrs. J.W
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