Singapore Standard, 5 August 1954

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    18 1 SINGAPORE STANDARD ■l!IBSIJ> Hi M Vol. V. No. 34. SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, AUGUST S, 1954 TWELVE PACES J5 CENTS.
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    Terrorists Murder 2 Women
    55 1 Terrorists Murder 2 Women KOALA LUMPUR. Wed.— Two women rubber tappers have bf«-n fcund murdered on Ihe Jong Landor Estate m the T-ioah distr.ct of Perak Corr.muni.st propaganda pamphlets were found at the scene. On^ of the victims, an 18--vear-oid kit\. wa> found with h^r f hroat cut. the other,
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    Govt. Carpenters Work On The Storm-Wrecked Homes
    215 1 Govt. Carpenters Work On The Storm- Wrecked Homes Homeless I KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— Fifty carpenters, sent by the Selangor Government were today working overtime to rebuild 25 houses, m Kampong Tangga China squatter settlement near here, which a freak storm struck last night. Meanwhile, 150 Malay men, women and children
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    ANOTHER U.S. NOTE FOR MAO
    71 1 WASHINGTON. Aug. 4 fßeuter) -T> c United States demanded again today that China oay compensation for .s:\- Americans killed or nded ir. an attack on a B ish airliner off Hainan I- md. In a new r.c r e to Peking, tl United State> ai.-o
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    French Bid To Thwart Rioting
    135 1 FEZ. French Morocco, Aug. 4, (Reuter) Heavily armed French troops and police are today patrolling the Moroccon trouble centres of Fez and Peritjean to try to thwart any further outbreaks of rioting which yesterday brought death to 14 people. Tension is still at fever pitch
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    NY CITY SUED FOR $50,000
    40 1 NEW YORK. Aug. 4. (AP> Tl>> City of New York was sued for U.5.55C,000 yesterday over the de*ath of a woman who choked to death on a pickle while a patient m a city hospital.
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    INDIA, R.I. REJECT SEATO
    291 1 Nehru Has Alternative Solution Ceylon Asks For Colombo Conference COLOMBO, Aug. 4. Ceylon's Prime Minister, Sir John Kotelawalo, told the House of Representatives here lost night that India and Indonesia had rejected the idea of a Southeast Asia Treaty Organisation. Sir John said India's Prime Minister.
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    Ministry Doors Open To Women
    132 1 By A Slim (66-65J Vote PRINCETON (New Jersey), Aug. 4 (AP)— The World Presbyterian Alliance yesterday voted m favour of ordaining women into the ministry by the slimmest or margins 66 to 65. Delegates to the Alliance's 17th General Council registered their approval of a
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    PLANE CREW COMMENDED
    46 1 NORWICH, Connecticut, Aug. 4. (AP)— A Civil Aeronautics Board official has recorded "an excellent job" for the Air France crew who brought down an airliner to a fiery crash landing m a potato field— without death to any of the 37 persons aboard.
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    HARI RAY A HAJI
    24 1 PENANG will celebrate Hari Raya Haji on Aug. 9, which has been declared a pußlic holiday, instead of Aug. 10.
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    QUEEN MOTHER
    11 1 QUEEN Mother Elizabeth was 54 years old yesterday.— A.P.
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    STOP PRESS
    52 1 HANOI. Aug. 4, (UP)— Two Vietnamese were killed and 12 wounded m antiFrench riots that broke out m Central Annam. French authorities announced today. The violence flared not far from the giant Tourane air and naval base 430 miles northeast of Saigon and m the non-Communist tone of
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    GURKHAS HURT IN AMBUSH
    114 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— Terrorists yesterday ambushed a party of 2/6 Gurkhas travelling m a semi-armoured truck m the Labis area. Johore, and injured two of them seriously. One of the wounded Gurkhas died before reaching the British Military Hospital at Kluang. The terrorists, from prepared positions
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    Vic Mature Suspended
    59 1 HOLLYWOOD. Aug. 4, (AP) Actor Victor Matures studio has suspended him and replaced him m the cast of a picture for failure to appear for wardrobe tests. The suspension was ordered yesterday by Twentieth Century-Fox and was followed immediately by the announcement of Richard Agan to Matures
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    Going On Sept. 1
    73 1 SINGAPORE will lose its traffic chief, Mr. W. R. M. Haxworth. on Sept. 1 when he leaves for England on retirement after 25 years' service here. He will be succeeded by Mr. A. E. Minns, acting Superintendent of Police, who has been his first lieutenant for
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    'THANK YOU'
    31 1 BERLIN. Aug. 4. (Reuter) Dr. Otto John, former West German security chief, has thanked the East German Premier, Herr Otto Grotewohl. for being granted asylum, Herr Grotewohl said today.
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    Angry Woman Beats Wrestling Giant
    150 1 VIENNA. Aug. 4 (Renter) A 17 -stone all-in wrestler fled for safety from the ring here last night, chased by an angry middle-aged woman. The muscled giant, "Killer Catman." was fighting another wrestler of equal bulk known as "Okay 1." "Okay 1" was getting the
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    Lin Yu-tang Due Oct. 2
    59 1 DR. Lin Yu-tang, Chan-cellor-designate of the Nanyang University, will arrive m Singapore on Oct. 2, Mr. Tan Lark Sye, multi-millionaire Chairman of the University Building Committee, announced yesterday Meanwhile, the Singapore Committee of the University Endowment Committee has called a meeting for next iveek to
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    Marjorie's Job: 'Looking Pretty'
    230 1 No Singing Or Dancing HOLLYWOOD, Aug. 4 (UP)— Marjorie Wee, the Singapore beauty who competed m the Miss Universe pageant, made her night club debut with 13 other international beauties here last night. Miss Wee. who appeared on the stage of the swank Moulin Rouge night
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    FIRST RADIO LINK
    24 1 THE Thai Government announced that the first direct radio link between Bangkok and Phnom Penh. Cambodia, began operation on Aug. I.
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    Sick Leave For The Wife?
    49 1 LONDON. Aug. 4. <AP).—A leading British medical magazine suggested today that the time has come when a housewife should be able to hand her husband a medical certificate and take a few weeks sick leave, just as he does at his factory or office.
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    NEW AIR LINK
    14 1 THE Scandinavian Airlines System opened a Hongkong service on Tuesday.— U.P.
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      111 1 MRS. Nancy Quek of 222, Onan Road. Singapore, wins The I Standard's QuickQuiz contest No. 24. It was judged by Mr. Donald Davies, publicity manager of the Cathay Cinema and wellknown Colony showman. A cheque for $100 has been sent to the winner I CLUE No. 1— CUSSONS BABY POWDER.
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    STUPID TO LAND CLOSE TO SEAWALL
    792 2 Savage Tells Inquiry FinanceßodyWas Stumbling Block MR. Albert Walter Savage, former DirectorGeneral of Civil Aviation for the Malaya-Borneo Region, told the commission inquiring into the BOAC Constellation crash at Kallang Airport on March 13, that he probably felt heartbroken when he read the critical
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    Control Of Food In PW Is Extended
    140 2 PENANG. Wed— Food control regulations m Southern Province Wellesley, have been extended to Batu Kawan Island, to further harass the Communist terrorists m the area. The regulation which came into force on Aug. 1 m this area is intended to seal off supplies
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    Chance To Study In India
    115 2 Chance To Study In India THE Government of India is offering five scholarships, three to students of Indian origin permanently domiciled m Malaya and Singapore, and two to those of non-Indian origin. beginning the academic year 1955-56. The scholarships are for studies m India, and the subjects listed are arts
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    Talk On 'Point Of Education'
    48 2 PENANG. Wed.— The Director of the Vashridge House of Citizenship, England Miss Dorothy Neville Rolfe. will speak on "What Is The Point Of Education," at a public lecture sponsored by the Penang Adult Education Association, at the Rubber Trade Association on Aug. 12.
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    SECOND DEATH VERDICT ON BOY
    118 2 MALACCA. Wed. A 17-year-old boy was today sentenced to death by Mr. Justice Paul Storr. m the Malacca Assizes. for the second time m three months. He is Pang Ah Wui, inmate of the Henry Gurnev Approved School, and his crime murder of a fellow-inmate.
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    MME. PANDIT DUE AUG. 13
    93 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed Madam Vijayalakshmi Pandit. President of the U.N. General Assembly and sister of Indian Premier, Mr. Nehru, will arrive m Malacca by plane on Aug. 13. to begin her brief visit to the Federation m the course of an extended eastern tour. Accompanied
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    She Sang For Blind Children
    53 2 P E N A N G, Wed.— The Hongkong screen actress. Miss Hoong Sin Nui. today visited St. Nicholas Home for the Blind m Bagan Jermal Road and sang two Cantonese songs for the 49 children of the Home. Miss Hoong gave each child a
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    Mare $s For Ipoh Widow
    310 2 Mr. Ong Kens Beng of Messrs. Cumberbatch Co., Ltd.. Port Swettenham passed the hat round his triends when he read the story of the destitute Ipoh widow, Mrs. Lum Wong Kee. As a result he collected $226 which he sent to The Standard to be
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    COMMODITY PRICES
    108 2 r i CLOSING -vbber prices (rents per HO m Singapore on Wednesday were: Tone: Dull and slightly easier TIN PRICE The price of tin yesterday was 5369J per pirul. Up Sl}. LONDON KLBBbK No 1 R.S.S Settlement Bouse Terms Wednesday's opening prices nrst session vere: Tone: Quiet. LONDON
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    Happy Reunions At Kallang
    89 2 photo. MR. MICHAEL BOURNE, a student at Harrow, seen at Kalians Airport yesterday with his parents, Lt.-Gen. Sir Geoffrey Bourne, Dimeter «f Operations. Federation of Malaya, and Lady Bourne, on his arrival here to spend the summer vacation.- Standard SIR EWEN FERGUSSON, I who represents the
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    HK EXCHANGE
    37 2 HONGKONG. Aug 4 Special Standard Service: Cosing prices of the Hongkong Exchange today were: 510.65 to £1 sterling: 55.79 to US$l; 1.820 to Malayan ?1: (0.181 to one Indonesian Rupiah. Go d to 1 taeL
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    10,000 Tobacco Plants Cut Down
    204 2 10,000 Tobacco Plants Cut Down IPOH, Wed.— The fc* true t ion of tobacco grown illegally m c padi growing ar D j Changkat Jong i: Perak was carried q the third suceessr c yesterday. About 10,000 of varying siaet i slashed dov. D instructions Iron authorities. According to Mr.
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    Acquitted
    36 2 BUTfERWORTH Two employee- of the I i Railway. Pra; DUga Veloo. who v. < o if.arga^sistine m the manage an illegal lottery on Jui w. n loaay acquitu d by U Ifohd. Eiassan the mag =1
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    Indians To Register
    59 3 INDIANS born m former British protected States can register as Indian citizens at 31, Grange Road. Singapore. from Tuesday. A spokesman of the Government of India Representative's OinYe m Mi lava said yesterday that once they register as Indian citizens. State-born persons will be eligible to register
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    INSPECTING DISTILLERY
    66 3 photo. MR. E. BOWER (second from left) and Mr. S C. Stout, (extreme left), the United Kingdom Trade Commissioners m Malaya, are seen inspecting some of the machines used m the Tay Miang Huat Distillery, at Alexandra Road, Singapore, yesterday. They visited the distillery for an on the
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    10,000 To Take Home More $s
    138 3 TEN THOUSAND Singapore City Council employees will have more money to spend from this month. Their pay packet will contain about $16 more than the usual monthly wages. This is the result of the City Council's decision to start paying the Ritson pay rates
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    Attap Men Asked To Aid MORs
    129 3 MEMBERS of Singapore's Attap Dwellers' Association have been asked to assist m alleviating the living conditions of Malay soldiers who are quartered m kampongs m Henderson and Alexandra Roads. Their plight was spotlighted after Major General D.D.C. Tulloch. General Officer Commanding Singapore Base District,
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    Welches Stolen
    60 3 THE proprietor of a shop m North Bridge Road hid his bunch of keys under his pillow when he went to bed. When he woke up the following morning he found the bunch of keys dangling from the open safe watches worth $2,471 were missing. It is believed
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    Woman Is Found Dead
    46 3 BATU PAHAT. Wed. A 58-year-old woman, Wong Siew Eng. was found dead m her house at 2i milerlone Jalan Tanjong, Batu Pahat, on Monday. She had been wounded m the head and face. Wong was alone m the house. Police are investigating.
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    Wu's Exhibit Extended
    84 3 THE exhibition and demonstration of finger painting by the Singapore artist Wu Tsi Yen has been such a great attraction at the Imperial Institute m London that it is to remain open until Aug. 15. instead of on Aug. 2. It is estimated that 25.000 persons, including
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    Ist Meeting Postponed
    57 3 THE inaugural meeting of the proposed National Whitley Council— the official negotiating machinery for 22 000 Singapore Government employees originally scheduled tor today has been postponed indefinitely. Reason Two Government staff Unions have not yet agreed to join the Council. The Unions are: Department of Civil Aviation
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    A COSTLY RIDE
    26 3 ANNAMALAI was yesterday fined $10 m the Singapore City Police Court for riding an unregistered bicycle along Telok Kurau Road on Aug. 3.
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    Johore To Entertain World Youth
    123 3 Johore To Entertain World Youth JOHORE BAHRU, Wed. About 140 delegates from the World Assembly of Youth will be entertained by the Johore Youth Council on Aug. 29. Youth organizations m Johore Bahru will also entertain WAY delegates to tea at the Audience Hall. Government building at 4.30 p.m. on
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    10,000 ARE STILL ON THE TRUST'S WAITING LIST
    303 3 10,000 ARE STILL ON THE TRUST'S WAITING LIST DESPITE the fact that m 1953 the Singapore Improvement Trust built a total of more than 2,000 new housing units, there are stilt 10,000 applicants unsatisfied, representing 70,000 people, according to the Trust's annual report for last year. To house this number
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    DEAF EAR TO MOVE FOR CUT IN TAXES
    141 3 DEAF EAR TO MOVE FOR CUT IN TAXES THE Singapore Government is turning a deaf ear to a public demand which Britain, America and Australia have recognised as valid and just. The demand: Reduction m entertainment duty on cinemas. In a letter to the Colonial Secretary. the Cinematograph Exhibitors' Association
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    Pearls Hill PTA Assn.
    93 3 AT THE annual g-neral meeting of the Pearl's Hill Morning School Parent-Tea-cher Association held recently Mr. S. T. Peter Lim was reelected chairman. Other office bearers elected were: Vice-chairman: LI;. Tqh Chee Seng; Secretary: Miss H. Lazaroo; Assistant Secretary: Miss M. Rodrigues; Treasurer: Mr. Tng Guan
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    Eurasian Assn. Officials
    90 3 THE following were elected office bearers of the Eurasian Association of Singapore at Its annual general meetir^r held recently. President, Mr. P. F. de Souza; vice-president, Dr. C. J Paglar; secretary. Mr. A. V. Pestana; asst. secretary, Mr N. Aeria; T- rer, Mr. P. C. Marcus; Chairman
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    MISSING PEPPER
    27 3 SIX hundred katies of white pepper, stored m bags m a warehouse m Boat Quay and worth more than $1,320 were stolen during the weekend.
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    CLEAN-UP OF RURAL AREAS BEGINS
    174 3 SINGAPORE'S Rural Health Board has begun to clean up the Colony's outlying kampongs and villages and improve living conditions, the Chief Health Officer. Dr. L. M. Ram told The Standard, yesterday. Its first "clean-up" job began m Ponggol Village where the Department took over from
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    MUSEUM GETS A 'MAGIC WAND'
    224 4 A TRIAD society insignia a carved wooden rod was ordered by a Singapore court yesterday to be housed m the Colony's Police Museum. A labourer. 22-year-old Tan Cher Peng, from whom the insignia was seized, was given a four-months' jail sentence. Acting on information. Assistant
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    Chamber Policy Is Assailed
    217 4 PENANG, Wed.— Federal Legislative Councillor, Mr. Koh Sin Hock, said today that the procedure adopted by the standing: committee of the Associated Chinese Chambers of Commerce calling: on its members to resign from all Government and semi -government committees m order to toe the line of
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    He Pleaded For Chance And Got It
    142 4 CAREY Cheang Ban Swee. who pleaded guilty yesterday m the Singapore Fifth Police Court to a charge of ba"ing committed criminal breach of trust and asked for a chance to start life afresh, was bound over m the sum of $500 for 12
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    Attempted Murder — Two Years
    132 4 Attempted Murder Two Years TAN KOW. a 25-year-old unemployed, was sentenced by Mr. Justice Tan m the Singapore Assizes yesterday, to two years' rigorous imprisonment for the attempted murder of Tan Boon Teck, 44. a farmer. The incident took place m Kampong Lima, off McPherson Road on the night of
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    More Russian Ships Arrive
    57 4 TWO more Soviet vessels, the Gdov and the Ostrov. arrived m Singapore yesterday, bringing the total number of Russian ships now m port to seven. Four fishing trawlers and their depot ship the Stavropal, which came here last week "from the West." are still at anchor
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    BABY SHOW
    37 4 A TOTAL of 139 babies will iakc part m the third annual baby show of the Young Men's Christian Association, Selegie Road, to be held on Sunday, Aug. 15, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
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    Sentenced And Freed
    49 4 LIM BOX SEXG. who was sentenced m the Singapore Fifth Police Court yesterday to one month's imprisonment for voluntarily reusing hurl to Ong Chwee Seng, left the Court a free man. Lim was arrested on July 4 and had been m custody for exactly a month.
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    Directors 'Revelled In Extravagance'
    206 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. The preliminary inquiry in'.o the case m which Teng Ngoh, Ha.ji Hassan. S V. Naidu. ML Sanggodai and Kg Chin Tee, executives m the Kuala Seiangor Omnibus Co., of Klang. face a charge ot criminal breach of trust of $10,516 was continued m
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    The 10,000th SIT House
    46 4 ON the 10.600 th house built by the Singapore Improve meut Trust a flag will be unfurled at 5.30 pm on Aug. 10 by Lad* Pepler. wife of the Town Planning expert The hous* is at the Kirn Keat Road Temple site
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    Woman Tells Court Of An Embrace
    143 4 Woman Tells Court Of An Embrace SOON after a husband tell his house, another man entered and started embracing his sleeping wile the Singapore Seventh Police Court was told yesterday. In the dock stood Abdul Aziz bin Makdi charged with assaulting Hindo binte [brahim with ir.ur.t to outrage bar modesty
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    Cost Of One Peep Is $10
    52 4 A Hi- YEAR-OLD boy. Mohd. bin Alwi. who peeped into a ladies' lavatory while a woman was easing hersell. was toed $10 by the Singapore Scrub Magistrate, Mr. Choor Siqfh, yc.-terday The oilence was committed ai Astra Theatre Se'ie';.r at 7. ii p.m. on
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    Stern Recital Bookings Open Tomorrow
    221 4 BOOKINGS for one of the greatest names m the music world, the violinist Isaac Stern, who will play m the Victoria Memorial Hall, will open tomorrow at Robinson's for members of the Singapore Musical Society only. Each member may buy only two tickets from Friday,
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    Got Her M.A. In The U.S.
    77 5 Got Her M.A. In The U.S. fSS Chan PhenQ Looi. ->' Bide ford Road. ■■>'.> of. who teas Co-?- -rj tcith a Master of \rts degree by Teachers ege, Columbia Vni- Seiv York, at the '■■'City's conrocatio» hrn i, H >ield of study was x N y Education. The ocation
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    FREE WEEK'S LUXURY HOLIDAY IN MADRAS!
    151 5 FREE WEEK'S LUXURY HOLIDAY IN MADRAS! IN conjunction w-th th« (128.000 Sru.cre'.vord Comp« on (x»e this page* Tn« Sojapofe T ger Standard .s r..o;>ing a Popularity Conre>t ro ..^oos** Iha mosi popular man or .vcx^an In Maiavo. W>->oev»r ig c^o->e<i by popular vote .vill g-?r j week's luxury bo'dav ifl
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    They Admired A Master's Touch
    306 5 Standard Music Critic JAN S meter lin gave hi the Victoria Memorial Hall fully merited the prolonged him at the end. Tin* :>r nc pal work m the all-Chopin programme was the F. minOf concerto, an exacting composition with meltingly beautiful subjects alternating with paces
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    A NEW 'SACKING' RULE IS STUDIED
    379 5 Unsuitables' Can Be Told To Quit KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— The Federal Government is considering writing into the General Orders of its Civil Service, a radical clause which will enable it to pension off any employee before he reaches the age of retirement. This proposal
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    Drug Hidden Under Boat
    71 5 RAW opium worth $1,200. packed m a tin. was found tied ber^ath a tongkang berthed at Kallang Basin by Customs officers on July 5 the Singapore Second Criminal District Court was told yesterday. This was stated at the trial of Goh Kan Seng (28). taikong of
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    'More Want To Be Teachers' — Young
    245 5 'More Want To Be Teachers' Young THE Director of Education. Mr. R. M. Young, said yesterday the prospects of getting: increased teaching staff for schools m Singapore were hriorhtpr i Mr. Young, speaking at a pn>ss conference, said his De- J partment hud received 1431 applications for probationary teachers and
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    Had opium-$3OO
    40 5 FOR possession of 20 packets of prepared opium at the gate of Bukil Pasir village, Muar, Suan Kirn Lian was fined $300, m default three months' imprisonment, by the President of Sessions Court. Muar. Air. W. B. Sutherland.
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    CONCERT AT ST. ANDREW'S
    38 5 A CONCERT organized by boys of St. Andrew's School will be held tomorrow at 7 p.m. m the school hall. Admission i s free and it is hoped that all parents will turn up.
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    46 5 MR. V. SOMASUNDRAM and his bride, the former Miss Thayanithy. who were married m Batu Pahat recently. Mr. Somasundram, who is the second son of Mr. and Mrs. R. Vyraimittu of Seremban is at prepresent taking an Honours course m Geography at the University of Malaya.
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    WATCHES LOST
    33 5 A KINTA Valley Home Guard. Low Cheng Wah. oi Batu Gajah. woke ur» yesterday morning to find his pen and two wat" 1 m\y m a hotel m Osborne Street. Ipoh.
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    Governor To Preside
    89 5 THE Governor o Singapore. Sir John Nico'l. will preside over a public meetins to be held at .la!un Besar Stadium m honour of Mrs. YijaynLakshmi Pandit. President oi the United Nation.- Assembly. at 5.30 p.m. on Hug 11' On the same day a luncheon party wi!t aiso
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    Heads Prefer Form To Standard
    132 5 Heads Prefer Form To Standard THE Head Teacher! Conterence m Siagapoie has recommended that Lhe term ■"Standard Io sea :i--dary schools be changed \o "Form", the Director <»t .Education. Mr. R* M. Young, said yesterday This recommendation Mr. i Young said wii! !>m consider* s i by his Department. If
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    DATO TO SPEAK
    28 5 DATO Si Cneng-to.-k ran. I President o( the Malayan Chinese Association, prill addiess a public meeting at the Royal Theatre. Sungei Patan.. Kectab on Friday.
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    Sino-Maiay Transport
    874 6 Transport VOT many months ago when the Federal Legislative Council Chamber resounded with the appeals of Malay members that Malays be given a fair share of the transport industry, a select committee was formed to study this matter. While this committee is still deliberating, a Chinese bus company
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    WEAPON AGAINST COMMUNISM?
    1148 6 Is Bhoodan A BOMBAY _V >Elf movement is going on m India: Bhoodan, the giving of land. It may yet be the most promising weapon against communism m land-starving Asia. Its founder, Acharya Vinoba Bhave, is not primarily concerned with communism. He simply believes that land is
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    A THOUGHT FOR TODAY
    16 6 Learning without thought is labour lost; thought without learning is perilous. Confucius.
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      Cause For Alarm
      138 6 IF the Federation is a de- partmental store, then Singapore is its show window, says Sin Chew Jit Poh. Thus the prosperity of the Colony docs not only afi'ect the island's population of a million people but also the >ix million souls m the Federation, But how
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      Take Heed, Singapore!
      144 6 1 TRADE exhibition is like 1 the mirror of a country. Xanyang Siang Pau compares the Happy World Trade Exhibition to the mirror that reflects the life and activity of Singapore. Singapore must show itself to the world But such a show depends upon the products of
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      A Tight Squeeze
      105 6 MIUNG SillNG JIT PAOI v tackles Singapore's bus' transport problems. For the' last few nights, says the* paper, getting into a bus at* the Happy World gate was] a demonstration of strength. "One had to use, the effort of nine bulls and, two tigers to squeeze into,
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      UMNO's Weakness
      173 6 rr A. RAHMANS warning to UMNO members to be more vigilant against rnembe*'.-* Of the Police who becoir UMNO member.-; not for the sake of UMNO but for the purpose of "ur.cove.-iny/ the secrets of the organiza- tion. has shown that UMNO has a weakness. The Malay daily
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    Fifty Thousand Magicians
    298 6 I"HR French seem to reserve their healthy scepticism lor politicians. Astonishing revelations about their costly credulity m other waiks of life appear m the current scientific .-upp'.ement of NEF, a monthly magazine edited by .Madame Lurie Fauit\ the handsome and intellectual wife of Edgar Faure. the Minister
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      The Facts About Scholars
      213 6 The Facts About Scholars Sir; '•Frustrated Student" wrote m your columns about the Hard Facts concerning local students m the University of Malaya. He mentioned the Penung Settlement scholarships. I think this needs further clarification. He was right when ht said that these- students were paid sums ranging from $300
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      'GIVE DEVIL HIS DUE'
      216 6 Sir; I would like to refer to a caption which appeared m your paper of July 3lst on the passing-out parade of the Malayan Auxiliary Air Force. I am led to believe that you have been given the opinion that the training 'Square Bashing* of these
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      ELIZABETH I ?
      84 6 ELIZABETH I Sir: I had the shock of my life when, on reading my letter, which you published on 30th July. I discovered that reference had been made to Queen Elizabeth 11 instead of Queen Eliza beth I and on checking my copy of the letter I find that the
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      GOVT. BONDS
      40 6 Sir: .\i:i::y Federation residents hold government bonds but never hear about the prize draws that take place. Could the authorities concerned announce the draws at post offices and banks where most of the bonds are sold. DISGUSTED Malacca
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      ONE LIST
      82 6 Sir: I agree writ:: Iff, Ong of Penang thai aIJ Government Doctors be on a single seniority list and let the best man get the top job Irrespective of race or domicile But 1 wonder if Mr. On? will agree with my contention, viz. that no locally domiciled
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    PARIS IS VERY MUCH ALIVE
    564 6  -  NORA BELOFF SAYS r rillS is normally the dead season m Paris, with "everybody who is anybody" out of town. But coming back from three months at the lakeside city of Geneva, I have found it electrically alive. Weather hnd politics seem to have conspired
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    'We'll Always Welcome Back Repenten'-Ike
    248 7 WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 (AFP)-President Eisenhower said today that the United States would oppose entrance of Communist China into the United Nations m the present circumstances but that he could not predict what would happen m the future. Be said the United States would always be
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    11 Killed In Riots
    82 7 '.ABM' French Morocco, 4 Reuten Eleven people were killed m demonat ions for the return ol ex..ri Mohammed Ben Yous- the town ol Petu.iean i rrr.le^ from her*? yester- >-: :em were Jewa km- .-'-n bttndreds oj Koroc~| demonstrators sacked h -hops. The mob set the
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    FIVE TOURISTS DIE IN MISHAP
    29 7 N "E, \ug 4 AP> Five -4.N were killed j en their car mK-rd fend iuo feel into p me m the French I
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    Another Clash On Goa Merger
    121 7 BOMBAY. Aug. 4 (AP>— Portuguese troops and Indian policemen exchanged nre near Majali on the India-Goa border last night when Jan :Sangh i Hindu Communalist Party volunteers attempted to enter Goa. The volunteers claimed they intended to set up passive resistance inside the Portuguese enclave
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    5 Nations' 'Congrats'
    67 7 COLOMBO. Aug. 4. Reuter. The Prime Minister of Ceylon. Sir John Kotelawala. utst nigh? cabled to Mr. Anthony Eden. the British Foreign Secretary, a joint declaration ol the Colombo Powers supporting the French Prime Minister. M. Pierre Blendes France, m the peace plan tor Indo-China. The declaration
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    NEW MALTA CHIEF NAMED
    63 7 LONDON. Aug. 4. .Renter* Dm Q v .i< en has approved the appointment ol Major General Robert Edward Lavcock as Governor and Com-mander-in-Chiet ol Malta m succession to Sir Gerald Greasy, it was announced m London today. The Queen has also directed General Laycock to be
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    A Windy Welcome
    56 7 photo. THE Duchess of Windsor clasps her head m both hands while the Duke struggles against the violent wind with her pet dog, at Nice airfield recently. The Duke arrived from Biarritz and was met at the airport by the Duchess, who had been staying on the
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    Tunisia Self-Rule Policy Hits Snag
    190 7 PARIS, Aug. 4, (Reuter) Hostility to M. Pierre Mendes-France's "home rule for Tunisia" policy took a menacing turn last night when 115 right-wing deputies led by ex-Premier Antoine Pinay came out with a vehement protest. They will seek to rally Independents, Gaullists and Conservatives against
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    RAF's Role In Case Of Emergency
    133 7 RAF's Role In Case Of Emergency NEW YORK. Aim. 4. tßeuter) The United States and Britain have reached full agreement about the role of the Royal Air Force m the event of war. the New York Times reported yesterday m a dispatch from London. The report said that Mr. Charles
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    FRENCH BEGIN PULL-OUT
    340 7 As Vietminh Guerillas Wave Communist Flags HANOI, Aug. 4, (UP) The Red flags of the Communist Vietminh fluttered m the streets of Son Tay yesterday as French troops evacuated the most north-westerly outpost of their old delta defence line. IVietminh guerillas, waving the gold-stairt-d d Hags of
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    Fight For Peer's Life
    90 7 DEVIZES, Wiltshire. Aug. 4. Reuter > Doctors were, last night engaged m a de.s- i perate fight for the life of Lord Vivian. 48-year-old show producer m hospital here with a bullet wound m the stomach. Lord Vivian was rushed to the hospital at the week-end
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    U.S. $400M. AID LEFT ON DOCKS
    171 7 U.S. $400M. AID LEFT ON DOCKS WASHINGTON. Aug. 4 iAPm Senator Russell Long told the Senate yesterday that Com. ..unists m Indo-China may capture more than 400 million dollars worth of DC" U.S. military equipment now piled on docks there. Both Senators, Long and J. Allen Frear. urged speedy j
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    Egypt To Side With The West
    149 7 CAIRO. Aug. 4 <AP' Premier Gamal Abdel Nasser said yesterday Egypt would welcome American military assistance m building stronger i Egyptian armed forces. Bit added. "We assume that m the event some other power attacks us. the United States will come to our aid.'
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    Mutual Pact For Three
    62 7 1 WASHINGTON. Aug. 1 I .up 1 At his news conference yesterday Secretary of State John Poster Dull. 5 said that the United States i> 'considering the possibility of a mutual .security pact covering Japan. Korea and Nationalist China but that r ici^a vas still m
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    One-Way Gamble On Love
    214 7 One-Way Gamble On Love LO.\/)O.V. Aug 4. (AP>— s Pretty June Martin, a 22-5 yt ar-tx a Texa n, at e pea '/■<>;/.■ a trans-Atlantic air-% liner at London Airport yea-\ ttrdvy (iittching c one-way* tk-kct to Istanbul a CSS9<>oz gamble on romance and the*. nit arc June rcsianed her
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    MISSILE TEST AT WOOMERA
    65 7 CANBERRA. Aug 4. •AI I United States guio< d missiles are to be \< tix Australian Woomera D< seri icfcet rang* 5 t> ne the »-nd of this year H ma r< j liablv learnt today. Australian defence auth< rities claimed that guided missile planning at
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    LADY CHURCHILL
    26 7 LADY CHURCHILL wife of ihf British Prime Minister arrived here by a!r yesterday for a French Riviera holiday at B<-auvallon. near Saint Miixime- Reuter
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    A Divorce & $5M., Too
    77 7 A Divorce $5M., Too RENO. Aug. 4 iAP> Bobo Rockefeller. 37. was awarded^ a divorce yesterday from thej millionaire. 42-year-old Win-, throp Rockefeller. The coal miner's daughter i received the decree on 1 grounds of more than four 1 years' separation from Rocke- 1 feller. The statutory limit in' Nevada
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    Nuclear Fuel
    27 7 A SOVIET atomic expert said on Tuesday Russian scientists are experimenting with the use of nuclear fuel to pow>r automobiles and run radio stations.-- AP
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    1st Haircut In 14 Years
    78 7 JOHANNESBURG. Aug. 4. IAP) A Johannesburg magistrate m juvenile court yesterday ordered a haircut for a 14-year-old boy with auburn tresses hanging to his shoulders. The boy's parents were charged with mentally illtreating him. The mother told the court she had received a divine message
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    Queen Slips Into Fifth Row Stalls
    167 7 LONDON, Aug. 4 (Reuter)— Queen Elizabeth paid a surprise visit to a London theatre and sat almost unnoticed among the audience. She slipped quietly Into a X fifth row .stalls seat just 1 before the curtain rose on the first act of "The Boy
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    Japs Tell Blues The Tie Is Theirs As Well
    216 7 Japs Tell Blues The Tie Is Theirs As Well TOKYO, Aug. 4. CAP)— The Japan Rowing Association today told the Cambridge Blues to stop seeing red about the local vise ot their '"old school tie." It's all a horrible mistake and a promotion scheme gone ort the beam. The rowing
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      72 7 RUBBER, TIN CLOSING PRICES Standard London Correspondent LONDON. Aug. 4. The following art the closing rices of rubber and tin on the London Market LONDON RUBBER LONDON TIN Spot 20id. Spot 75' buyers September 20, d. '.752 sellers. October December 20id. Three months 1 J744 buyers Unujrv March ZO.d- l
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    Japan Increases Red China Imports
    182 8 TOKYO, Aug. 4, (AP)— Japan is planning to increase her imports from Communist China by exposing more to Ceylon, the business paper Keizai reported today. The paper quoted the Ministry of International Trade and Industry as contemplating the Japar.ese import of rice, cooking coal and
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    Ship To Do Four Global Trips Yearly
    104 8 Standard Shipping Reporter QUEEN Elizabeth has approved the name "Southern Cross" for the new Shaw Savil! liner which she will launch at Belfast on Aug. 17. The new 2o.»de ton airconditioned vessel, which will do four round-the- world trips every year, will visit
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      1183 8 BLUE FUNNEL LINE jftSg 1 ca lines) MANSFIKLI) CO., LTD. P W Incorporated m Singapore Currier: option to proceed via other ports to load and j tli*tli;irge cargo SAILINGS to LIVERPOOL. GLASGOW LONDON 4. CONTINENTAL PORTS. Due Sails P. Sham Pe^.arig (akSias fur Liverpool Dublin C; 13/14 Aug 5 Aug
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      679 8 JAVA NEW YORK SAILINGS Royal Rotterdam Lloyd Holland America Line Nederland Line Rotterdam Rotterdam Amsterdam HALIFAX (MONTREAL). BOSTON. NEW YORK PHILADELPHIA. BALTIMORE. MOBILE NEW ORLEANS via SUEZ. Spore P. Sham Penang JAPARA (RL) 9/15 Aug. 16 Aug. 17/18 Aug SOESTDYK (HAL) 19/25 Aug. 26 Aug. 27/28 Aug. CAROET (RL) 29
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    Risk Rates Back To Normal
    125 9 Standard Shipping Reporter INSURANCE cargo war risk ■ates for voyages to and from [ndo-China ports have been •estored to two shillings per :ent. On July 15. the Lloyds' rate vent up from two shilling; xr cent to £1 except for Saijon. which was rated at
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    For Global Trip
    52 9 P h MR. B. N. FALLS of Messrs. Holiday. Cutler. Bath and Co. Ltd.. Singapore rubber and produce brokers, who will be spending his six months' leave travelling round the world. He leaves tomorrow by Pan American Airways for the United Kingdom via Japan and the United
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    BANK SETS UP SHOP
    42 9 TOKYO. Aug. 4: (AP)— The Bank of Tokyo, Japan's first inancial house specialising m foreign exchanse since World War 11. set up shop today. It succeeded the defunct Yokohama Specie Bank, known :hroughout the world before :he war.
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    AIR AGREEMENT
    20 9 IT was officially announced ;in Fciris that an air agreement was initialled m Tokyo between France and Japan.
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    ONE MORE FARMING CO-OP IN N. MALAYA
    206 9 ONE MORE FARMING CO-OP IN N. MALAYA PENANG, Wed Some 60 Malay padi planters have unanimously decided to cultivate padi on about 190 acres ol reclaimed land at Kuala Jalan Bharu on a co-opera-tive baMs. This Is the second co-operative farming socitty of its kind m North Malaya. The society
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    Penang Trade Up $20M. In 2nd Quarter
    363 9 Standard Staff Correspondent PENANG, Wed.— The total trade of Penang for the second quarter of 1954, shows an increase amounting to nearly $20 million over the first quarter, the Economic Officer, Penang, Inche Ismail bin Mohd. Ali said today. Trade with all countries
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    Australia To Export More Barley
    125 9 Australia To Export More Barley THE Au. C ernment Trade Commissioner m Malaya has a litt cf exporters of Australian barley and will be pleased to furnish information to any Malayan importer. Australian barley is produced to certain standards m the States of Southern Australia. Victoria. Queenslr: 1 and Western
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    COPRA IS STEADY
    194 9 I ACTIVITY m pepper which featured the produce market m Singapore on Tuesday was lacking yesterday and, with the exception of copra, most j sections of the market were i quiet. Copra opened uncertain and after mild interest m the j morning steadied towards the close to
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    Japan Uses Swiss Franc
    41 9 TOKYO, Aug. 4: (AFP) The finance Ministry today designated the Swiss franc as a foreign currency for settling Japanese International accounts effective from Monday. Other designated foreign currencies recently are American dollar, pound sterling and Canadian dollar.
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    Metal Box Again In The Limelight
    251 9 Standard Market Reporter METAL Box shares which have been attracting wide interest m the past week were again m the limelight yesterday, and the centre of interest m the Malayan share market. Considerably oversubscribed from the outset. Metal Box shares were yesterday quoted at
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    SHARES
    120 9 CHANGES m quotations yesterday were: Buyers Sellers Con. Tin Smelt Ords. 25/- 25/6xal] Fed. Dis. 2.90 2.95 Fraser Neave Ord. 197 2.00 Gtown Disp. 2.80 2.90 W. Hammer 3.02 3.07 Henry Waugh 1.87 1.92 Jackson Co. 1.48 1.52 Malayan Colls. .55 .58 McAlisters $1 stock 3.72 3.77 Metal Box
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    Berjuntai: £118,948 Profit
    179 9 BERJU-nTAI Tin Dredging Ltd. reported a profit of £118,948 after providing for depreciation and depletion for the year ended April 30, 1954. The balance for the year was £4,548 after deducting £43,000 Malayan income tar: and two dividends absorbing £23.800 and 600. With the balance brought forward
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    PREMIUM FOR LOOSE RUBBER
    273 9 PREMIUM FOR LOOSE RUBBER hjhfkhjk Packers Facing Difficult Times Standard Market Reporter MALAYAN rubber packers are experiencing difficulty m keeping their warehouses fully employed because of o scarcity of loose rubber, according to rubber trade circles m Singapore. Arrivals of physical rubber have for sorr.3 time been below normal, which,
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    'Measure Of Prosperity' For Estates
    193 9 'Measure Of Prosperity' For Estates IT is difficult to Comcast the future trend or prices I but. ignoring un^xp.-ci^d developments m Hie inter- national political QekL :t t would seem that a price range over 70 cents will find i little support, says a. report issued by Lewis and Peat
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    INDUSTRIAL OUTPUT UP
    48 9 LONDON. Aug. 4. <R<. ilerj Industrial output m the 'United Kingdom continues to rise. according to figures published here by the central statistical office. The provisional index figure tor production to ivl;.y stands !at 133 (1948 equals 100) compared with 12:5 m May L 853.
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    Barter Plan
    20 9 I PHILIPPINE Blciali studying a proposal to ba i Pa. ippine sugar for Pak I I ri,-e. AP
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    Sugar Yield
    27 9 THE Philipi c EUgtt cp II if"") 4-55 is expected I oxceed the co.!i*:y's intern*tional comaaii nt? >n •cbt the irsf I si F145. AFP
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    BANK MAKES Rs. 3.7 MIL.
    1136 9  -  TRANSACT: ZN S for th c Bank of India Ltd.. Bcmbay. for the six months endtd June 30, 1954, have resulted m a profit, subject to I ;xation. of Rs. 3.631.350.7.10 To that amount lias to be added Rs. 729.778.2.6 bi\ lght forward from the
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    48 9 A GALA reception was held aboard the new 10.100-ton OSK passenger liner, Brazil Maru. when the vessel visited Tokyo's Shibaura port before sailing on her maiden voyage. l-'irst Japanese passenger liner built since the war. the Brazil Mam will be engaged m the emigrant service to South America
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      187 9 P.W.D. TENDER NOTICE. "TENDERS will be received from Contractors Class D and above at the office of the State Engineer. Kedah and Periis. Alor Star up to noon of August 16th. for the construction of 10 units Transit Quarters at Baling, Kedah Details are obtainable at the P.W.D. Otiice. Kulim
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      28 9 v v\;""/, It's important to take care of the body BUT THE ENGINE NEEDS CARE TOO! Have it serviced regularly. Bring it for \SMU^ UfIUHIRKtfIOJI j 51A-, J
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      66 9 ff Ships m Harbour Outer Roads Nerpa, Reginald Kerr, Ores;es. Olensk, Asha, Mahathevi. Vlui Heng. Pakhoi, Sivuch. Heather, Mandeville, Stavro- I pal. Kluang, Kota Gede. Inner Roads Serampang, Sedensk, Kampar, Teck Thong, Soon Eec, Bentong. Aik Hin, Teng Sin, Caltex 93, Moonfish. Hua Li. Rengam, Van Deh Brock Kajang. Puseng,
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      76 9 Calchas 33, Tjitjelengka 31. Tjib a d a k 29, Cornelius Maersk 23/24, Flying Eagle 20, Benreoch 13, Mosselstein 13, Canton 8, Mandeville 18. Kota Gede 25/26, Barito 27, Orestes 4/5, Glenartney 33/ 34, Sigli 6/7 Steel King 36. Man of War Anchorage INS Delhi. INS Ranjit. INS Rajput, INS
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      384 10 IThe Stars And You TODAY S QUOTATION: "The woman who drives 2 2 her husband home pro- 2 2 hahly doesn't unhitch him when they get there."— Mar- 2 2 celene Cox. 2 2 YOl'R BIRTH DATE 2 AND BIRTHSIGN 2 2 ARlKS— March 21 to April 2 2 19
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    BORNEOS HELD 1-1
    217 11 BORNEO MOTORS, leaders of Group "C" m the SBHFA League and Cup Competition were held by the Ford Motors to a one-alt draw at the Keppei Road ground yesterday. Hong Lim, Borneo s goalkeeper. *as the man who saved the side from defeat when he brought off
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    Traction Keep Lead
    108 11 SINGAPORE Traction Com-. panji kept the 'eadershio of the SBHFA Group "B" League and •i tneir second round "hey defeated the strong s Sports Qub by three to nil al Farrt-r Park vesreiir. oi their viitory shou:- ?o to their steady Bi-iien Singh, .id Boniface who (standing
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    Business Houses Results & Tables
    405 11 Business Houses Results Tables AU the SB!!FA L-~ <jue anJ Cup Results and latest tables:— V W D L FA Pts OTEC 5 5 12 3 10 Mercantile Bk. 5 4 1 18 9 8 Bukom 7 :S 13 22 17 7 Shell 5 I 1 2 13 9 5
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    AUSTRIANS GET A SHOCK
    807 11 Sino-Malays Shine In Floodlit Opener SINO-MALAYS Z GAK AUSTRIAN 0 TURNING m one of their best— if not their GREATEST— exhibition of soccer, Singapore's Sino-Malays humbled the touring GAK Austrian XI 2 o m the first Colony floodlight match at Jalan Besar stadium last night. As
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    Loh Shines In Primary Schools Meet
    104 11 Loh Shines In Primary Schools Meet MORE than four thousand cheering schoolboy.- and girls and their parents crowded into Victoria Schooi yesterday to watch the Singapore Primary Schools' annual sport?, where representatives frora more than 100 Primary Schools participated. Although there was no individual championship trophy the athlete of the
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    CUSTOMS GO OUT
    52 11 SINGAPORE Harbour; Police eliminated Customs S.C. from the second round of the SAFA Junior Cuptie with a narrow, hard-won 3—2 victory, gained after a thrilling floodlight game at Jalan Besar stadium last night. Scorers were Jalil two and Yusoff for S.H.B. Customs scorers were Sordi and Daud
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    CHATAWAY MISSES A WORLD RECORD
    517 11 VANCOUVER, Aug. 4 (Reuter)— England took the honours with four gold medals, including three of the six track and field finals m the British Empire and Commonwealth Games here yesterday. English athletes dominated the highlight events m the athletics, providing the first three m both
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    KOWLOON WHIP TPCA
    54 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— The Kowloon Bus Company tourists scored an overwhelming 7—l victory over the Tamilian Physical Culture Association Invitation XI at soccer at the Princess Road Stadium here today. The busmen were at no time really threatened. With no rain to sabotage their short-passing tactics, they
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      338 11 Li 1 Abner By Al Cap? I i_A«iT yy/EEK /l EN JONED THAT <,\CK \f THEN SAY > f GET N I j/ MV FANJf ARE »F= MISERY \<> We^nK SCME3CON W I DOW, WITH THOSE 1 Z II THERE'S r"^ YOUR i J ->I( EXPERTS ON 1/ WHAT THE
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      80 11 1^ SOCCER: SAFA PBU v Rover at Jalan Besar stadium 8.30 p.m.; Argonauts v Tiong Bahru Junior Cup at Geylang at 5.15 p.m ATHLETICS: Junior Technical School Sports, K along Convent Morning and Afternoon School sports, Kuo Chuan Girls School Sports. (All on the school grounds). TENNIS: Indian Navy v
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    GINSENG WINS BY A SHORT HEAD
    2383 12  -  BILL McCREA 'Photo Decides Main Event Sea Wolf Destroyed By BIG SWEEP TOTAL P00L— 5233,900 Ist Prize: *****8 ($53,736)] 2nd Prize: *****3 ($26,868); 3rd Prize: *****5 ($13,434) Starters ($3,838 each) Nos. *****7. *****7, *****1, *****5, *****9, *****5, *****7. Consolations ($1,343 each): Nos. *****7. *****5,
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    BAXTER SHOWS PROMISE
    438 12  -  BILL McCREA TURF TO by SHOWING much promise as a budding jockey la Alex Baxter. He is apprenticed |q the trainer Wally Bagby. He is now riding prominently on the Penang track and shows a touch of the master's hand. I Young Baxter is fortunate m having
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    Ex-Tennis Champ Dies
    65 12 IPOH, Wed.— Mr. Ong Tuan Beng, a former Ptrak tennis champion, died at the District Hospital here this evening at the age of 59. The late Mr. Ong was still a keen tennis player until only recently when he complained of a stomach ailment. He was operated
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    The Stadium's Big Night...
    66 12 THE Deputy Presideat «f the Singapore City Conncil, Mr. S. Middletw Smith Council. Before the match, SAFA entertained prominent Colony personalities at a cocktail Paj'y- nictnre shows a group, Mr. A. Tanisth, manager of the Austrian team. SAFA Sres* dent. Mr. W. McGregor Watt, SCFA president,
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    BRIGHT LIGHTS & DAZZLING SOCCER
    430 12 BRIGHT LIGHTS DAZZLING SOCCER By The SPORTS EDITOR SINGAPORE Amateur Football Association's "cinemascopic" production of th? Sino-Malays versus Austrian soccer at Jalan Besar stadium last nigrht was <a> a Hollywood press agent woulfl blurp it) 'simply SAFARIFIC e SS% g laJe h d ri to a chorus of cheers from
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    What The Fans Said Last Night
    313 12 What do the fans themselves think about night soccer? What is their opinion about last night's big night at the Stadium? Standard reporters Francis Boey and Verity Gill mingled among the crowd last night, and here are the opinions of six taken from random:
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