Singapore Standard, 9 August 1954

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  • Title Section
    Masthead
    15 1 SINGAPORE STANDARD Vol. V. No. 38. SINGAPORE, MONDAY, AUGUST 9, 1954 TWELVE PAGES 15 CENTS.
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    Pilots' Death A Blow To MAAF
    157 1 Pilots' Death A Blow To MAAF KUALA LUMPUR. Sun.; growing Malayan 1 ..rv A:r Force lost; itg pilots last night ooff of its Harvard crashed into rubber ~.:.r.g, 30 miles f rom Orficer Roy Wilson. i Lumpur's deputy Gov- Printer, and Office] I Santofe Singh of Police had taken the
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    Boy (11) Drowned At Picnic
    109 1 >\P Thiam Thor. 11--vf ir-old Singapore schoolb«>\. who t-oaxed his pari ■■>.-. let him go out with irirnds «»n a picnic for the -.vr was drowned m MS < ff Loyang Village, -tt-rdav afternoon. Ihe son oi a wealthy M mir, r.ar.t m (hurt h
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    Hilly-Billy Music For 2 Youngsters
    59 1 photo. YEW FEAN YEW, 2, and Tan Koh Chye, I 2\, two young patients of St. Andrew's Mission Hospital m Singapore, clap their hands to the rhythm of Willie Martinez's guitar and Errol Thomas' ukelele, when the Crackerjacks," a five-piece hilly-billy band composed of youngsters,
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    11 Killed, 54 Injured In Moroccan Riots
    298 1 French Family Slaughtered PORT LYAUTEY, Morocco, Aug. 8 The Moroccan town of Port Lyautey, near Rabat, was m a state of siege today after serious rioting last night m which 1 1 people were killed and more than 54 injured. The situation was
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    DROPS DEAD
    23 1 A SINGAPORE youth, 13--year-old Lam Koon Heen, dropped dead after a fight with another youth m Nam Lock Street, yesterday afternoon.
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    Protect Us From India, Goans Call
    88 1 KARACHI. Aug. 8 (Reuter) About 150 Goans demon- I strated before the Portuguese i Vice-Consulate here last j night demanding that Por- j tugal "take strong action to t protect Goa from India." They carried Portuguese flags and placards bearing the slogan: "Down With;
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    CPA Flights
    35 1 HONGKONG, Aug. 8, (Reuter).—The Cathay Pacific Airways announced yesterday that their regular air service from Hongkong to Singapore via Bangkok, would be resumed next Thursday with a newly acquired Canadian Pacific Airlines Skymaster.
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    CONTEST 6 IN ONE BATCH
    61 1 TN order to allow readers to send m their entries for each day's competition m one envelope at the end of each week, thus saving them postage, there will be a delay m the judging of the daily results of the Standard Quick-Quiz Contest. The
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    P-1 BRITAIN'S FIRST SUPERSONIC FIGHTER
    124 1 WISHING OUR MUSLIM READERS SELAMAT HARI RAYA HAJI BELOW is an official picture of the P l. Britain's first fully supersonic fighter, capable of sustained level flight beyond the speed of sound. It made its first flight on Aur- 4 at Boscomb Down. The P—
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    N.Z. BETTING SHOPS FOR MALAYA
    788 1 N.Z. BETTING SHOPS FOR MALAYA Plan To Combat Bookmakinq KUALA LUMPUR, Sun.— Five members of a six-man Committee headed by the Federation's Attor-ney-General, Mr. M. J. Hogan, have recommended that a stateowned totalizator agency similar to that m New Zealand, would have a "very reasonable prospect of success m combatting
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    HAN SUYIN SAYS FILM REPORT IS MISLEADING
    329 1 JOHORE BAHRU, Sun. Han Suyin, author of the best-seller, "A Many Splendoured Thing," said today the report that her novel was to be made into a CinemaScope film by 20th Century Fox, was "misleading." She said nothing definite had been agreed regarding the
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    MARGARET
    66 1 Scotland Visit Starts Whisper LONDON. Aug. 8 (AP) The Sunday Express reported today a "swelling whisper" that Princess Marga- ret soon will be engaged to Nolin Tennant. 27-year-old son of Lord Glenconner. Margaret. 23, is staying the week-end at Glenconner Innerleithen. Scotland. Tennant is wealthy and reported one of
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    Nehru Not Keen On Rangoon Meet
    149 1 NEW DELHI, Aug. 8. (Reuter)— lndia does not feel the time is ripe for a meeting of the Colombo Powers India. Burma, Ceylon, Pakistan and Indonesia m Rangoon this month, according to reliable sources here today. The conference was suggested by the Ceylonese Prime
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    Close Watch Over Menzies
    82 1 CANBERRA, Aug. 8 (Reuter)— Commonwealth Investigation officers guarded Mr. R. G. Menzies, Australian Prime Minister, when he arrived here today from Melbourne after two anonymous threats to kill him. Extra guards were posted at his official residence. A senior Commonwealth Investigation officer said "We do not
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    TAXI DRIVERS GIVE $*****
    47 1 A SUM of $31,003.51 was collected by Singapore's 1,100 taxi drivers on Saturday m their drive to raise funds for the Nanyang University. Ten helpers spent more than two hours counting the money as it rolled m at the Chinese Chamber of Commerce.
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    PORT STRIKE TO CONTINUE
    72 1 HAMBURG. Aug. 8 < Reuter i Public transport and utilities workers today voted to continue their five-day-old strike for morp pay. They rejected an arbitration award of a five pfennings <one penny an hour pay increase for time-workers and rive per cent for salaried staff. The
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    TUNISIA BOUND
    16 1 A CONTINGENT of 650 French troops left Marseilles by sea yesterday for Tunisia. AFP
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    HONGKONG GOODWILL MISSION
    81 2 HONGKONG GOODWILL MISSION HONGKONG. Aug. 8 (AFP) —A Hongkong goodwill mission composed of leaders of the Hongkong Kaifong Welfare Association, will leave here tomorrow for Singapore where they will spend three weeks touring Singapore and the Federation. They will visit community centres and soci?.l welfare institutions m Malaya. The group
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    Betting Scheme A 'Great Asset'
    235 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun The "New Zealand Betting Scheme" which the Malayan Special Committee has recommended to combat illegal bookmaking m this country, was borne out of legislation m September. 1950. to establish a Totalisator Agency Board. Comprising six members three each trom the Trotting and
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    REGISTRATION OF INDIANS
    39 2 THE Representative of the Government of India. Mr. M. Gopala Menon. has called a meeting tomorrow to discuss registration of Indians at 5.00 p.m. at India House. Representatives of all Indian organizations are asked to attend.
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    Milk Bar Opened
    53 2 photo. Mrs. C. Salter. wife of Wing Commander J. E. S. Salter, R-AjF^ Changi. th^ tape to declare open the Tay Buan Guan Milk Bar at Katong yesterday. The proprietor. Mr. Tay Leek Teok. is on the left, while his son. Mr. Tay Kuans Chua. is at
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    COUNCILLOR IS AGAINST HIGHER RATES
    94 2 MR. LEE CHOON ENG. City Councillor, told The Standard yesterday that he strongly opposed the City Council move to increase the rates on gas, water and elecj tricity to meet its higher j wages bill arising from the implementation of the Ritson I recommendations. I'The
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    Mentri Besar Of Perah Censured At Public Meeting
    278 2 Mentri Besar Of Perah Censured At Public Meeting IPOII, Sun. A public meeting sponsored by tbe Perak State Alliance today unanimously supported a resolution calling for a vote of no-confidence on the Mentri Besar of Perak. Dato Panglima Bukit Gantang. Over 2.000 people, 75 per cent of them Malays, attended
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    Menon Flies To Borneo
    63 2 MR. M. GOPALA MENON. Government ol India Representative m Malaya, left Sin- < gapore yesterday ior Jessel- 1 ton. North Borneo, by air. on a farewell visit. Mr. Menon will be staying I with the Governor. Sir An- j thony Abel, and will meet In- I
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    AND POLITICAL 'MUSHROOMS' ARE CRITICISED
    264 2 AND POLITICAL 'MUSHROOMS' ARE CRITICISED rPOH, Sun. The president of UMNO Malaya, Tengku Abdul Rahman, told a public meeting here today that the Party Negara and the National Association of Perak were "poisonous political mushrooms" which sprang up after the war. They were not edible, he said, and therefore of
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    41 2 photo. Mr. Chia Poh Sung, manager of Thye Hong Biscuit and Confecti nery Factory, Ltd.. addressing guests at a dinner m the Tai Thong restaurant, Happy World, '^ineanore. on Saturday night, on the occasion of the factory's silver jubilee celebrations. Standard
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    SIC Wants Centres For Registration
    139 2 SIC Wants Centres For Registration THE Singapore Indian Congress urged the Singapore Government to open at least two more centres m the Colony to facilitate the registration of Indians as citizens of United Kingdom and the Colonies. Revealing this to The Standard yesterday, Mr. A. N. Mitra. the president of
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    Mauritius Delegate
    97 2 1 A YOUTH leader who has good experience m creating harmony m a multi-racial country, arrived m Singapore yesterday to attend the World Assembly of Youth meeting which begins on j Aug. 16. He is Mr. M. Seeyava from Mauritius whose population comprises four races Chinese, Indian. European
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    2 Are Scalded By Hot Water
    45 2 TWO baby girls were scalded by hot water at their homes m Singapore yesterday morning. They were Lee Woon Lan, 3, of Kian Tlan Road and Lee Soi Soi, 2, of Lim Chu Kang Road. They suffered slight injuries.
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    Anniversary Celebrations
    52 2 THE Singapore Chinese Mechanics' Association held their 26th annual anniver- sary m conjuhct'on with the third anniversary of the Chinese Engineering Tradesmen Confederation with a cocktail party at the Tai Thong Restaurant, New World, yesterday. Among the gathering of i over 40(T members were Sin- gapore Legislative and
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    'Y' Plans For foreign Tours
    199 2 SINGAPORE Chinese V.M.C.A. i s planning four round-the-world and Europe sight-seeing tours during the World V.M.C.A. Centennial Conference m Paris m August, next year. The tours, by air and sea. are open to members and the public who will travel with the association's conference delegates.
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    The Sultan Buys A Kris
    43 3 photo. THE SULTAN of Selangor buys a Trengganu-made kris at a stall of the Malayan Agri-Horticultural Association exhibition held m Kuala Lumpur on Saturday. On the Ruler's right is Lady MacGillivray, wife of the Federation High Commissioner Standard
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    SETTLEMENT PLAN FOR ATTAP DWELLERS
    292 3 SETTLEMENT PLAN FOR ATTAP DWELLERS 208 Families To Mope TWO hundred and eight families totalling about 1.100 persons living m the Alexandra area, will be moved to Jurong soon. This is a preliminary step by the Singapore Government to resettle attap dwellers living m Henderson Road, Ring Road and Holland
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    'HIGH' TAXI FARES ANNOY FARMERS
    167 3 SINGAPORE'S farmers are annoyed. They claim that Singapore Traction Company buses refuse to take them to the City with their produce forcing them to engage taxis. And taxi-drivers are taking advantage of the farmers' predicament. A farmer told The Standard that taxi-drivers have organised themselves
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    Co-operative Movement Is Brighter
    160 3 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. The Federation Commissioner for Cooperative Development. Mr. T. F. Carey said today that the financial prospects of the co-operative movement were now "much brighter" than two years ago. The funds of the movement |as a whole were steadily inj creasing, he said. Mr
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    COUNTRY CLUB
    39 3 THE official opening of the j Kelantan Country Club m Kota Bharu by the Sultan will I take place on Aug. 12 at 4.15 j p.m. On the following day there will be a satay lunch. I
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    Protest Over Bus Fares
    68 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. A 30-strong group of "public transport users" met here today to form a committee to gather support for an association to protect their interests. The association will strive to rombat sudden rises m bus fares and allied problems. The five-man committee is charged
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    Post Office Savings Scheme For Military
    162 3 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun.— Members of Federation Military Forces and Malayan other ranks m the British Army here can now have their savings from pay credited directly to a post office account, under a '"Forces Savings Scheme"' just announced The scheme, though voluntary, would help
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    MALAY BID TO ENTER TRANSPORT INDUSTRY
    175 3 MALAY BID TO ENTER TRANSPORT INDUSTRY KUALA LUMPUR Sun. In a modest club-house m Kuala Lumpur today 50 Malay businessmen met to form a million-dollar company to obtain for their community a share of the transportation industry. The meeting was sponsored by the Selangor Malay Businessmen's Association j A proposal
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    THEY KILLED BY POISON And Here Is The Story Of THE FLIRTATION THAT
    610 4  - THEY KILLED BY POISON RONALD TRENT -Beginning Today: A New Series- -By- FLIRTATION nith a pretty governess m a quiet Irish country house is not the stuff of tragedy, but m 1887 it uas to lead to one of the most dra. matic poisoning cases ever to come before the
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    HATLESSNESS
    192 4 'JHE hat industry is one of the most protection i s t businesses m America. It is almost the only one which hos succeeded m the last few years m getting an increased tariff on competitive European imports. Now it has discovered a new source of danger, "hatlessness" and
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    FINISHED WITH A BOTTLE OF ARSENIC
    472 4 FINISHED WITH A BOTTLE OF ARSENIC J-JE signed his wife's death certificate as being the result of typhoid fever and made arrangements for the funeral the cheapest possible to take place at six a.m. two days later. Neighbours were astonished to learn, after it happened, that only he and the
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    RETURN OF THE BUFFALO
    242 4 ()NE field of octiv i, which the US 1 eminent hos beer •.-> markably success tv s n 1 the preservotion of c noturol species m h 1 the country > o bounded. The frontier Am c :n of the tost cc sloughtered every a- c
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    Gas Mixture May A How Men To Live TAke Fish
    808 4  - Gas Mixture May A How Men To Live Take Fish JACK CAHILL Explosions prevent scientists giving deep divers the right stuff to breathe By jyjEN will be able to live underwater like fish if experiements by Australian scientists are successful. The scientists are attempting to make a mixture of gases
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    Speaking of Pictures
    70 5 Above: "Com.ng Up The R.ver" by Mrs. Cathy Yeang of 29 New Lane Penang I A.resflex, f5.6, 1 /2OOth, Perutz. Above: "Crossing The Sea" by Nelson Lee of 170 Brick Kiln Road, Penang. Airesflex, f 16, 1 /100 th, Perutz, Orange Filter. Right: My Gal, Snowball by
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    TOO MANY WORKLESS
    427 5 American Scene: By Alastair Buchan WASHINGTON Qtensc reliei oi the I ci Aar^..: 1 »traIhc recession m the >• v bich a»- threatening p. >- ms div :n_; 1.. late Intel and spring, has gi dm a no worse m the a nrner. In tart, industrial production,
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    FUEL ECONOMY DEVELOPMENT IN BRITAIN
    243 5 FUEL ECONOMY DEVELOPMENT IN BRITAIN A REVOLUTIONARY process for produci' 5 gas and coke, which doubles the output of vertical retort gasmaking plant, is now m full commercial operation for the first time m North Ensland The plant belonging to the U.K North West "Gas Board designed to produce two
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    FIRM EXPORTS INSECTICIDE
    96 5 THE "Ridsect" Company, ai Singapore firm bottling m- secticide. is now actively planning to export its products to Thailand. This is the first time that any local firm has seriously tried to capture the Thai insecticide < market. This company was started four years by a young,
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    The Straits Chinese
    934 6 |j*YERY now and then the future of the Straits Chinese has come up lor discussion and it has invariably petered out m apathy. Nothing much could be done since they insisted on remaining m .1 ;>ocket of isolation But now it seems that their greatest advocate ol
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      Raising Age Limit Is Right Step
      367 6 Sir: In raising the comi pulsorv retiring :i£e of its j local officers from 55 to 60 i '.he Government is keeping j step with modern progress. It realises that with the aid i of modern scientific invenI 'lons, the expectation of lite is
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    HE WANTS HIS STATUS CLARIFIED
    145 6 HE WANTS HIS STATUS CLARIFIED Si; As an Indian oom m a I arm t British Protected state I want some dari- a from the Rep esentative the G n eni of A report m the Sing ■g< Standai I sth August, (Page O aid t! Indians born m for-
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    UNDUE IMPORTANCE OF ENGLISH
    264 6 Sir. —Th c fa thai Indians In India da noi disregard or ignore their mother tongues :> r the sake ol mere vanity Is irrefutable No Indian, wo; ■:'.>• ol the name, prefers te > c reckoned as English. Indians take assiduous rare to acquire a
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    Kulim Has Some Grouses
    316 6 Kulim Has Some Grouses Sir:— In the course of a casual discussion we had re- ntly on public affairs i- r i Kulim, a lifelong friend of mine born and bred m Kulim, remarked rather caustically m a mood of despondency. "Kulim is the third largest and most important town
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    Fraser & Neave Football Contest
    38 6 Fraser Neave Football Contest Sir: We should like to express our thanks to your Editorial Department, for the excellent job they carried out on behalf of our clients m your issue of the Ist Aug. Master's Ltd. Singapore.
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    Main Reason For Raising Retirement! Age
    424 6 Main Reason For Raising Retirement! Age Sir: Some Government unions are reported to be opposed to rai.sin?i the retirement age for two reasons: <i» that an officers phy>ieal abilities are naturally impaired alter he has passed 55 years and ■ii that raising the retirement ase will deprive the junior officers
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    'IT TOOK AN H BOMB TO MOVE CHURCHILL'
    1519 6 'IT TOOK AN BOMB TO MOVE CHURCHILL' ANDREW ROTH Ihe Standard's London Correspondent wgH about the debate m t!,, Commons on the Angl,, Egyptian agreement LONDON. "IT took the H-Bomb to blow Sir Winston into the middle of the 20th Century on Egypt/ remarked one Labour member after the exciting
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      27 6 USELESS EUSTACE I *SE-AVIE-\X/ V I *-V_ |f»V>Tfc. W QTH. |«atwcnti "Watch your step! He's ffot off the wronjr side of the billiard table again this morning"
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    ALY KHAN'S SON IN EAST AFRICA
    41 7 X WIPALA L''4..nd:» Ausj 8 •U P' Prtoee My Khan's IS—^ rar-old ->>n P: :n<>- Amin Mohamed arrived here yesterday from London to iom tad iy-.vear-oid brother, Prince Karhn Aga. on an East African tour
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    Don't Bypass UN, Warns Sec-General
    282 7 INITED NATIONS, New York, Aug 8-<AFP)-V !i t< jL» atl S IS eCretar > General Dag Hammarskjold said today the Geneva agreement o n Indo-China and the Korean armistice were the capita] accomplishments of the Lnited Nations this year an d of all action m
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    Kidnapped -But He Didn't Know
    156 7 Kidnapped -But He Didn't Know BE rHUEHEM. Prnn>ylvanla \ug 8. »AP)— Four-year-old Bruce Parker, victim of ar accidental abduction thai a^t^d more than 36 hours was reunited late yesterdaj with his joyous parents n i armed and none the fof his mysterious on. aranct-v M mom b Brae* Parker ike
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    He Slept On Park Bench
    67 7 Ml il YORK. Aa| I, AP« 1 1 na B. rrymore and announced terday I hey l< a iMvofce 1 band anci one^tißM nj man ol m. Barrytold reporter: he :^d on a park b< nch for nights running aid he had been kicked ii
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    Armistice Commission Ist Meeting
    100 7 KHANKHAY Laos Hue 8 AFP) The Mi.v.i Military Commission ntrusted wit h applying the armistice terms la Laos Id Its first meeting here today Khankhay la a military camp b< tween th< P\.\:n of Jar- and Xieng Khuang m north Lao.. According to the general agreement,
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    Greek Order Against Spies
    53 7 AT HENS. Au». 8 ißeuter>Mai Mil Alexander Papa«ros, the Greek Prime Minister, on Saturday night ordered the military commander oi the Athens area to uncover "agents oJ a foreign uower" alleged tv be operating m Greek Government departments. He Las also ordered a similar Investigation m
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    FACE LIFT FOR A WORLD WONDER
    91 7 THIS airview of the American side of Niagara Falls taken from a helicopter, part of which shows at lower right, provides a clear picture of just what happened when some 600 tons of dirt, rock and debus crumbled off of famed Prospect Point changing
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    219 7 'Red China Villagers Are Eating Leaves' HONGKONG, Aug. 8 (UP)— Three American priests whose release from Red China was arranged at Geneva, arrived m Hongkong yesterday with stories of death and desolation by flood, hunger and discouragej ment of the people and changing attitude on the part |of Communist officials.
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    68 7 He Looked Through Her Blouse <;KIMSBY. Aug. 8: (AlM— Pretty 20 yearold Freda Hudson wore a flimsy chiffon blouse and that was her undoing. A detective looked right through the blouse and spotted beneath it a smart blue slip trimmed with coffee coloured lace. The detective recognised the slip part
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    110 7 DR.'S WIFE PREVENTED TRAGEDY PRETORIA. Aug. o (Reui it) A doctor and his wife have landed here alter a 10.--000-mile fiighi to Australia and bark m a single-engined plane which nearly ended m disaster when he suffered a nervous breakdown over th*> Timor Sea. Dr. J. iJoshi Haldeman, 51. sei
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    Frenchmen Promised A New Nation
    135 7 PARIS. Aug. 8. (APi.— Premier Pierre Mendes- France yesterday promised I Frenchmen a rebuilt, more prosperous nation and asked Parliament lo give him a vote of confidence on his bid for powers lo make the changes he wants. "If parliament consents," he toici I In-
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    65 7 LOXDOX. Aug. 8. (AFP)— The Queen arrived at Balmoral Castle yesterday evening to begin her Scottish summer holiday. The Royal children, Prince Charles and Princess Anne, had already arrived at Bal- moral where the Duke of Edinburgh is expected from j Canada towards the end ot
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    86 7 DARTMOUTH. Aug. 3. <AP) -The 61 -foot lifeboat Aries, manned by a crew of four. j completed a double crossing of the Atlantic here yesterday. One of the crew, Lt. ComIraander Thomr.s Hight. the mate, .said extremely stormy weather was encountered on 'both voyages and that gales i
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    50 7 CAIRO. Aug. 8 (Reuter) Eland-grenades were thrown into ihe British military families' camp at Fort Fuad. i opposite Port Said at the northern end of the Suez Canal yesterday. One exploded and damaged a tent but the other failed i to explode. There were no casualties.
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    Pole Speaks To His Country Over BBC
    170 7 Pole Speaks To His Country Over BBC LONDON, Auk. 8 (Reuter) Anton i Klimowicz, 24-year-old Polish seaman granted asylum m Britain, broadcast m his own language In the British Broadcasting Corporation's service to Poland last night. In a two-and-a-half-minute talk he said he had left Poland because the Polish authorities
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    215 7 Hopping Mad, He's Headed For Town WHIPSNADE. Aug. 8 (AP) A gray Australian wallaby which escaped from Whipsnade Zoo was celebrating freedom yesterday with 12-foot hops. He was hopping m tb c general direction of London and was doing 15 miles an hour at iimes. But h<> was zig-zag-.^ing and
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    260 7 MID-EAST IS VITAL TO BRITAIN We Wont Lose Interest, Lloyd WIRRAL, Aug. 8, (UP)— British Minister of State Selwyn Lloyd so id yesterday "Great Britain has no intention of losing interest" m the Middle East. Lloyd reviewed recent British compromise? and settlements m Middle Eastern iffftiri m a speech beioie
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    China Uses Planes To Fight Floods
    108 7 China Uses Planes To Fight Floods LO N DON A v .8 < Reuter Piano are dropping materials to Chinese soldiers and civilians fighting floods caused by the Yangtze and Huai rivers m the Hankow area, the Communist New China news agency reported yesterday. Three transport plants have already dropped
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    MEDAL FOR IKE
    39 7 PRESIDENT Eisenhower yesterday received a silver medal and a letter of gratitude from the community ol St. Mere Eglise. France, m appredatioii of the LYiivd States pad m liberating! that rtistrici m the lust war.- Reuter
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    CHURCHILL'S MESSAGE TO SHAH
    181 7 LONDON. Aug 8. 'Reiner) Sir Winston Churchill has 1 old th< Shah of Persia ihai Following the Anglo-P^r :;m oil settlement he look.- forward to "strengthening of the traditional friendship between the United Kingdom and Persia." Th« km ol messages exchanged was released by the i-or<
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    75 7 NAIROBI. Aug B <R< er» Former Mau >.!.••, dhe- rents wearing hoods gui c Ldent lfl d 121 I "hardcon terrorists mcl I ins 23 won* n En th« Kaha« Quarry area eight mile ii I qI h< re. an official c mi mi' qii< Mud
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    63 7 LONDON. A,g I (Bo Tv.u hundred awn twei Sve Chinese deportees Eran Ma aya have Btnived m Canton, New China news ag< teported yesterday. Tti th< group ol overseas Ctiinesi dk porte<j by the British colonial authorities m Malaya. They were received by the Kwantung Provincial Committee
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    MOSQUITO ARMY
    27 7 swarms ot mosq moe: invading 'he lasted •reas "H centra Europe. Ir. A;-- .-fl step? have heen taken s fl the Rivei Danube to < AFP
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    SMELTERS: £1.2 MIL PROFIT
    319 9 SMELTERS: £1.2 MIL PROFIT Consolidated Tin Smelters Ltd: Groups figures now to hand disclose, alter payment ot U.K profits tax and excess profits levy, profit of £1.190.358 (59.6«7 C and dividend of 12>.S plus bonus ot t&% is recommended for year ended March 31. 1954 At balancing date, after deduction
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    SHIPPING WITH R.I. MAY BE PARALYSED
    296 9 Strikes Loom In Indonesian Ports By BERNARD WILLIAMS, Standard Shipping Reporter SINGAPORE shipping with Indonesia may 1 be paralysed, as a series of Communist-inspired maritime strikes loom m Indonesian ports. Although the recent three -day strike m Belawan involving 4,000 wharf labourers was called
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    Finance... Commerce... Shipping
    83 9 Finance. Commerce... Shipping Praise For Oar Papers AN American business executive. Mr. C.S Rei|l>. said m Singapore during the weekend that newspapers m the Colony compared 'favourably with those m the United States' Mr. Reilly. (centre). Vice-President o? the Goss Printing Press ""<m<i"an%. Chicago who was accompanied by Mr. Paul
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    Crop Harvested
    16 9 THE crop harvested on i Bukil Hitam Estate lor July. 1M54. was 46.000 Ifa
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    Business Done In The Week
    220 9 Business Done In The Week SHARE business clone July 3! Au°. t;. 1954 INDUSTRIALS:— Consolidated Tin Smelters 25/6 and 25/7£ x-all. Fraser Neave Ords. 51.97 i and $1.98.'.. Hammers $3.05, Wm. Jacks "$2.87^. McAlisters $3.70 to $3.75 Metal Box Sl.m to $1.25 to $1.22* to $1.25. Robinson Ords. 51.97 1
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    Liquidation Causes Big Tin Price Drop
    279 9 Standard Market Correspondent. LIQUIDATION of August holiday stocks weakened the tin metal market towards the close of the week when a sharp drop of $81 to $360 per picul was recorded, the biggest decline for some time. This reversal of the steady trend of
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    Share Turnover Above Average
    544 9 Metal Box A Feature Standard Market Correspondent ON TUESDAY, after the August Bank Holidays, there was none of the normal post holiday reluctance to deal and activity m all markets developed at surprising speed with a high level of turnover m both industrials and tins. At
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    DOCK IS LAUNCHED
    62 9 LUEBECK. Germany. Aug. 8. (API— A 7.s<>n-ton floating dock, built lor Israel, has been launched at the Luebecker Flcnder shipyards here. The 474-leet construction can dock vessels as long as 525 leet and weighing up to 18.000 tons deadweight. Equipped with its own power, welding facilities and
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    BANK RATES
    30 9 THE Malayan Exchange Banks Association's rates for Canadian dollar.: are: Buying 32 (T.T.) 32-1/8 (O.D), 32-3/8 credit bi c and 32-7/16 trade bfllfi (d/st); selling (TT/OD) 31-11/16 ready.
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    POLICE SNATCH ONE RUN WIN
    883 10 POLICE SNATCH ONE RUN WIN Ceylonese Upset SCC By Our Cricket Reporter CHANGI was the venue of one of the closest and most thrilling finishes m the Singapore Cricket Association senior tournament this season. Forcing a single run victory, the Police beat the Royal Air Force to give them a
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    YESTERDAY'S BEST PERFORMANCES
    44 10 BOWLER Charlie Codings nine for 59 runs for SRC v Navy. BATSMAN— Jimmy Galislan 64 runs for SRC y Navy. PARTNERSHIP Derrick Dent Barron 97 runs for first wicket for Army v Indians. fINISH Police victory by one run v RAF.
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    SCOREBOARD
    761 10 Indians Vs. Army ARMY won by eight wickets at Nee Soon. INDIANS Hussiea Shah lb-.v b Evans 5 R.S. Sitharam b Greenshields 41 Harcharan Singh st Clserott b Ant^us <! LaU Singh b Angus 20 Harbans Sir,-:h c Barroo b Angus 4 .M. AshrafiE c Dent b Dene 1U
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    TENGAH WIN
    49 10 RAF Tengah routed Bukit Timah S.C. 6—o m the replay of their SAFA Junior Cup-tie game- at Jalan Besar stadium last night. Smith. Konrex. Reid. Grey (penalty). Churchwarden and Connell (penalty) were the scorers for the winners who scored three goals m each hall" of Uie games.
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    HUTTON HITS CENTURY IN THREE HOURS
    499 10 HUTTON HITS CENTURY IN THREE HOURS LONDON, Aug. 7 (Reuter)— Another dismal day for cricketers produced no match m a full county programme and tour games for the Pakistan and Canadian players which was not interrupted by rain. One bright spot m this very wet day was Len Hutton's not
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    DRAW AT TANGLIN
    51 10 Singapore Chinese Recreation Club drew with GHQ m cricket friendly at Tanglin yesterday. GHQ 197 (Meldrum 19, Sherlock 36, Townsend 31, Wilce 28, and Evans 27. Khoo Ong Lee five for 13 SCRC 154 for eight YAng Earn Hock 56, Cheong Thiam Siew 30. Khoo Ong Lee
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    County Cricket Standings
    111 10 LONDON. Aug. 8 (Reuter)— Positions m the English County m matcli Yorkshire 2 ,V H N "j Derbyshire 21 9 5 7 0 0 3 t lS Worcestershire 22 4 9 o 1 2 7 cs sh e s i i i t j i f? IF\,
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    87 11 THREE 'GOLDS' rk Jwtlison- >>! three g i women's Z2I _r nds to eojual record \vh.--h she <-< ecn waiting I n •ion. r triple gold Miss Yvette W: r Zealand whe UP I H.V L.4n DV of -i >i.av inc inl'iy broke the ><• rid record r^r 1.500 metre
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    BANNISTER TRIUMPHS
    802 11 The Battle Of The Mile Beats Landy In 3:58.8 Says: 7 Could Have RunAnotherSecondOft.. EMPIRE STADIUM, VANCOUVER. Aug. B— (Reuter)^ Dr. Roger Bannister of England, longlimbed figure m white running today, beat the Australian John Landy to win the British Empire and Commonwealth Games one-mile event here. But
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    THE 'GREATEST EVER' EMPIRE GAMES END
    468 11 The greatest ever fifth British Empire and Com- f monwealth Games ended on a lovely summer's evening. Sir Arthur Parritt, as chairman of the British Empire and Commonwealth Games Federation, thanked Canada and especially Vancouver for their kindness and hospitality during the games. I
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    DRAMATIC END TO MARATHON
    331 11 THE British Empire Games marathon concluded vith a dramatic episode when British marathon runner lim Peters heroically crawled the last few yard's only 0 find that he had crawled m the wrong direction and vas disqualified, reports AFP. Peters was leading by a coup>le of minutes
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    Top Honours To England
    67 11 ENGLAND took top honours m the unofficial standings ot the British Empire Games which ended yesterday with a point total of 514-1/2. Australia was second with 363-3/4 and Canada third with The final standings of the weeklong events were based on 10 points for first, 5
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    83 12 THE BETTER MAN... MELBOURNE, Aug. 8 j (Reuter)— John Landy's i j mother. Mrs. C. G. Landy of Melbourne, said tonight she thought the better man of the day had won the Empire Games mile. "Both John and Roger Bannister ran a magnificent race and I was n. t too
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    SSC Beat The Tigers
    48 12 RESULTS of yesterday's S.A.S A waterpok) league flx- lures were: Division "A": Singapore I Swimming Club beat Tiger Swimming Cub 5—3. Division "B*: Singapore Swimming Club beat Tiger Swimming Club lii 0. Division "C": Tiger Swim- n..r.-x Cub beat Singapore, Swimming Cub 5 2.
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    KOWLOON BUSMEN HOLD FED. CHINESE
    518 12 Kowloon Busmen 2 Fed. Chinese 2. IPOH Sun.— A spirited rally m the last ten minutes of play enabled the touring Kowloon Bus soccer team from Hongkong to hold the Federation Chinese to a 2-2 draw before a crowd of 8,000 at the Chinese Assembly
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    AUSTRIANS HAND OUT A LESSON
    898 12 S pore Prestige Down GAK Austria 6 Singapore 2 SINGAPORE'S soccer prestige suffered a crushing blow last night When they met the visiting GAK Austrian soccer tourists at their farewell best and received a six-two trouncing before more than 15,000 soccer fans at Jalan Besar's
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    41 12 KOTA BAHRU. Sun The I inter-school annual meet I held yesterday between Sultan Ismail College and Sul- I tan Suleiman School cf i iTrensjganu at the College! Green, resulted In the school beating the college by a point.
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    LOST IN PARADISE?
    89 12 Malaya's hockey international, Gerry Toft must be lost somewhere m paradise obviously he didn't notice the cameraman tvho took this surprise picture of Gerry with his pretty bride, Barbara Leembruggen, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. K. B. Leembruggen of Kuala Lumpur. Toft, a police inspector stationed
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    401 12 WO Puts Jessie Joan In Final JUNIOR BADMINTON A WALKOVER from Olive Chia and Mary Oehlers (Raffles Girls School) put Jessie Ong and Joan Kao m the final of the Colony Schoolgirls doubles championship at the Singapore Badminton stadium last night. Jessie Ong. last year's Junior triple champion, i.s also
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    KHOON LEONG AGAIN!
    229 12 KHOON LEONG AGAIN 1 PENANG, Sun.— The cri- 2 cketer of the year, Koay 2 Khoon Leong, gave an- 2 > other masterful batting 1 performance today, scor- 2 ing- a bright 91 to help j the Chinese Recreation I > Club m a big way to defeat 2 2
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    105 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun.— Charles Jalleh of Selangor j I became the al l Malayan grass track cycflng cham- pion today when h swept I the board to win the open events at the Coronation Park ground. Jalleh collected 12 points. He was first m the quarter
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    FED. POLICE DECIDE IN 2nd HALF
    208 12 FEDERATION Police beat their counterparts the Colony policemen— 3—l m their annual encounter at the Police Depot ground yesterday. Singapore took over the attack m the fifth minute and Suleiman was wide off a Haron's centre. However, they took the lead through a gift
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    668 12 Peng Han Is Fastest At Bukit Batok THE Colony's crack m Han, driving his "Lim Spe time of the day for cars m fourth FTD award this ye: Club Bukit Batok Hill Ciin Lim's previous FTD awards were won at the half mile standing start speed trial at Lim Chu
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    62 12 Khoo Bowls Bats Well i KUALA LUMPUR. S Sentui Methodist Boy- S beat Kuala Lumpur Mcl Boy.s' School by 16 run rricket match a* the D Road ground yesterday. Kuala Lumpur MBS. bai Brst, latocked up 147 (Harbhajan Singh 39, P Khoo lour lor 11 >. Sentu] MBS were a:
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