Singapore Standard, 14 August 1954

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    18 1 SINGAPORE STANDARD gl 3»1 Vol. V. No. 43. 'SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, AUGUST 14, 1954 TWELVE PAGES 15 CENTS. j
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    Goons Pray For A Quiet Sunday
    260 1 Goons Pray For A Quiet Sunday PAN JIM, Goa. Aug. 13 (Renter) Five thousand Goan Christians led by Patriarch Don Jose Vierra Alvernaz were making a solemn penitential procession today to the tomb of Saint Francis Xavier to pray lor peaceful settlement or the dispute between India and Portugal. Many
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    Famine Now Hits China
    78 1 VO N OKONG Aa K. 13 'UP' E imlnc :l. .-'ruck OoooV- areas m Red < i na. it w;;- r- p- rted today. c n i came us na >r«? th m a millioß workers fought franticailj to .<e--p dyke.-> one step higher than swiftly
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    MORE TALKS ON RUBBER PACKING
    143 1 MORE TALKS ON RUBBER PACKING LONDON. Aug. 13. <Reuter> Plans are now m hand for a second conference on natural rubber packing and quality to be held m New York m April or May next year, reports the Financial Times A number of Far Eastern and European-owned producing, packing and
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    WOMAN MISSING
    23 1 CHAN H' n Thyp. 25. a woman living in Keong Siak Street. Singapore, has been reported mi^:ng from July j s
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    A Big Day For Malayan Sport
    65 1 THE 33rd Malayan Amateur Athletic Association -hampionships were run off m the Federal capital yes'crda'j, irhen the Comivissioner General, Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald, declared the Games open. Above the Singapore contingent, led by LloydValberg marches past Mr. Mac Donald at the saluting base, ihortly
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    Mudie Issues A Challenge
    438 1 Debt To Estates Staffs KUALA LUMPUR. Fri.— The three-man mission which probed the Malayan rubber industry's; future served notice today that its cautious but; optimistic report, just submitted to the Govern- i merit, could be subiect to a lot of criticism when published. Sir Francis Mudie.
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    SWEDEN HITS AT U.S. LAW
    62 1 STOCKHOLM. Aug. 13 (Reuter) The Swedish Embassy m Washington has delivered a note of protest to the United States Government against its immigration laws. Sweden made similar protests m 1952 and earlier this year. She has now followed the example of Great Britain and Norway
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    POLISH QUADS
    36 1 A 29-YEAR-OLD Polish l>easant woman Regina Iziebska has given birth to juadruplets— three boys and >ne girl— the Polish news igency PAP said yesterday. Vlother and children are said a be doing well.— Beuter,
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    BANDIT SAVES GIRL FROM DEATH
    365 1 BANDIT SAVES GIRL FROM DEATH Outwits Boss Leads Her To Freedom oy iv. v». mivuh KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. A Kedoh terrorist leader, who was charged with keeping a wavering female comrade under close observation, has, instead, led her out of the jungle to escape liquidation in clandestine transfers. In this
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    MEET MISS COLE OF TRINIDAD
    72 1 I photo. AN impressive delegate to the World Assembly of Youth is Miss Cynthia Cole of Trinidad who arrived in Singapore yesterday. A civil servant in her oil and sugar homeland, Miss Cole is the representative of her National Youth Association. She Is a Captain
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    Cheaper Rice For Fed.
    115 1 Cheaper Rice For Fed. KUALA LUMPUR, Fri.— The Federation today announced the decontrol of the price of medium grade imported and local rice from Aug. 16. when it will also be reduced by two cents a kati. Simultaneously, the special grade imported rice classification will be abolished, with its inclusion
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    Ho Throws A Party
    74 1 HANOI. Aug. 13 (Reuter)— I Ho Chi Minh. Vietminh Pre- sident. entertained delegates iof the Indo-China Truce Commission to lunch yesterday and told them he hoped to develop friendship with France "once peace is defi- nitely restored." He gave the lunch m a bamboo hut at
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    KEPALA HURT IN ROAD CRASH
    43 1 IPOH. Fri. A forty-four-year-old mining kong.si kepala, Lvi Pack Kong, of Silibin, was seriously injured when the motorcycle bearing "L" plates he was riding collided with a fire brigade truck m Brewster Road at 2.30 p.m. today. i
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    Attlee And Party En Route To China
    147 1 At tlee And Party En Route To China MOSCOW. Aug. 13, <Reuter) Mr. Clement Attlee and his seven Labour Party colleagues left Moscow in a special Russian plane today for Communist China. The British Ambassador, Sir William Hayter. and the Chinese Charge d'Affaires. Wen Ning, saw them off at the
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    Menon Gets Africa Post
    71 1 NAIROBI. Aug. 13. fßouter> Mr. Gopala Menon. Indian Government Represen- tative m Malaya for the past 1 three years, is to be appoint- ed Indian Commissioner m j East and Central Africa, ac--1 cording to the East African Standard yesterday. The newspaper said Mr. Menon would
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    STORMS RAGE IN BRITAIN
    61 1 LONDON. Aug. 13 ißeut^ri A woman was killed, two boys hurt, houses damaged and streets and basements flooded m violent storms which burst over several parts of England last night, j In London a house and a block of fiats were struck by lightning m a
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    ATOMIC GOLD ON MERCY FLIGHT
    185 1 LONDON, Aug. 13 (Reuter) A container with atomic gold inside has been, flown to Canada to help save the life of a man undergoing a critical cancer operation, Britain's atomic energy authorities at Winnipeg reported. The cost of the gold, which is often used m
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    Bid On Hirohito's Life Fails
    81 1 Bid On Hirohito's Life Fails TOK¥O. Aug. 13. (AFP)^. The first attempt to ass- assinate Emperor Hirohito I by a Japanese youth was nipped m the bud yesterday morning m Hokkaido, police reported today. Police said Masamitsu Walanabe ran toward the Kmperor with a dagger as he descended from the
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    New Homes For MORs
    42 2 This is what the new pattern quarters for Ma- f lay troops and their C families look like. The s Army plans to build a s total of 800 housing units m Singapore. Standard photo. !< I i j
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    Customs Dept. Staff Pruning
    199 2 But Axe Will Not Fall THE Singapore Government will soon require a number of Division II officers for the Customs department. T:.:s follows the suggestion Of the Organization Consul- nts to the Government that It la better to have fewer rs of higher calibre and salary
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    GOLD CHAIN LOST
    30 2 A 10-YEAR-OLD girl was playing with her two-year-old brother m Durham Estate m Singapore on Thursday evening when she lost her gold chain and locket worth $200.
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    CRASH WAS PRICE FOR PROGRESS
    1449 2 CRASH WAS PRICE FOR PROGRESS Shawcross Tells Court Of Inquiry MR. Christopher Shawcross, Q.C., Counsel or the British Overseas Airways Corporation,' old the Commission inquiring into the BOAC :onstellation crash at Kallang airport on March 13, that the disaster was the price paid tor ?r °^But'this price," he added, was
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    Trisha Rider Dies, Soldier Is Charged
    96 2 Trisha Rider Dies, Soldier Is Charged SEREMBAN, Fri.— A soldier, of the Federation Regiment, Scan Ah Seah, was produced m the Magistrate's Court, here today on a tentative charge of murder. He is alleged to have m!- tentionally caused the death j of a trisha rider, Ng Ah Mee. 1
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    CLERK GETS A BOUQUET
    76 2 PENANG. Fri. O. Venugopal, an office clerk, was thanked by the Sessions Court President. Mr. J. G. Adams, today, for his presence of mind m taking down the number of a bicycle by I which a man escaped during a commotion at a house m Kelewei
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    COMMODITY PRICES
    222 2 COMMODITY PRICES 1 CLOSING rubber prices c (cents per Ib.) m Singa- pore yesterday were: i Buyers Sellers 1 No 1 R S.S Spot Loose 661 661 < No 1 R.S.S. 66{ 66£ No. 2 R.S.S. 665 66s No. 3 R.S.S. 655 661 Tone: Slightly steady at the close. TIN
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    Pre-Voting Procession
    50 2 I IPOH. Fri. Over 50 car?.! I buses and vans took part m i thig evening's procession round the town organized by the State MCA-UMNO Alliance and the P.P.P. They are preparing for the coming Ipoh and Menglembu town council elections tomorrow at 15 different polling station?. 1
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    73 2 MR. M. M. Khurana, First I Secretary to the Indian Rei presentative, Singapore, (left) photographed on board the Messageries Maritimes liner Laos, where he met Mr. V. Siddharta Charry (centre) who is en route to Peking to take up an appointment as First Secretary to the Indian Embassy there. Mr.
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    'People Are Too Certificate-Minded'
    182 2 PENANG, Fri.— People today were putting too much emphasis on school certificates, which must be regarded only as passports into the kingdom of learning, said Miss Dorotny Neville Rolfe when she spoke on "what is the point of education?", to the Rubber Trade Association i last
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    3 TEACHERS ENTERTAINED
    50 3 TANJONG MALIM. Fri Three teachers of the Methodist English School here. Mr. Beh Lye Huat. Mr. M Palaniappan and Mr. A. Mahalingam. who have been selected to undergo training at the Kota Bharu Teachers' Training College, were entertained to a farewell tea party by their colleagues yesterday.
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    NEW NAME FOR HOSPITAL
    42 3 THE official name of Wood-; bridge Mental Hospital m Singapore has been changed to Woodbridge Hospital, according to a Public Relations statement issued yesterday. The public are asked to omit the word 'mental' when referring to the institution.
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    CADETS FIRST SOCIAL, DANCE
    44 3 THE Central District of the I Singapore Sea Cadet Corps i irill told their firs* social ana i danca at Raffles Institution Hall at 8 p.m. tonight 1 Ail World Assembly of i Youth delegates are iuvitei to Uu* function, <>
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    NEW QUARTERS FOR MALAY TROOPS
    221 3 NEW QUARTERS FOR MALAY TROOPS 48 To House Families NEW pattern quarters at a rental of 15 to 60 cents per day including furniture for the family, five units of electricity per week, and a fuel allowance are being provided by the Army for Malay troops and their families. The
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    Sepang Terror Killed
    153 3 Sepang Terror Killed KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. Police area security unit •nlled at breakfast time toiay a notorious killer >quad terrorist named Cheah Dnn m the jungle near Salak, n the Sepang area of Selan;or. This 23-year-old Cantonese, whom an official spokesman iescribed as a "swaggering j :ype"". intimidated Salak residents
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    HK EXCHANGE
    41 3 HONGKONG. Aug. 12:— Special Standard Service; Closing pricey of the Hongkong I Exchange today were: 515.5 i) to sterling: 55.T925 to US$l; I $1,830 to Malayan SI; $0,187 to one Indonesian Rupiah, Gold 1 $251 to 1 tael. L
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    BISHOP WILL PREACH HERE
    40 3 THE Bishop of Guildford, Rt. Rev. Montgomery Campbell, will preach at one of the services m St. Andrew's Cathedral on Aug. 29. According to "The Courier," the Cathedral magazine, the Bishop is expected here this month.
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    ESTATE MAN JAILED
    50 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri Lee Cheong, a 45-year-old employee of Hawthorn Estate, Setapak, near Kuala Lumpur, was today convicted by the President of the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court. Mr. B. V. Rhodes, and sentenced to six months' imprisonment for being m possession of 50 pounds of scrap rubber.
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    Report On Leper Camp
    54 3 JOHORE BAHRU, Fri.— Reporting on Leper Camp welfare. Mrs. W. Brand told the meeting of the Johore Welfare Committee, yesterday that the colonists were doing well. One of the colonists who had been given seeds for planting had been able to earn $50 as a result
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    Death Fall From K.L. Building
    111 3 Death Fall From K.L. Building KUALA LUMPUR. Fri Wong Siew Thoon. a middleaged employee of the Survey Department. Kuala Lumpur died at the General Ho-soital today following a fall from the three-storey Suleimar Building. Wong went there at aboul 10.30 this morning on business. His younger brother who accompanied him
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    10 Citizen Centres
    72 3 SINGAPORE Tamil Association yesterday opened the following ten centres to assist Indians who wish to register as citizens of the United Kingdom and Colonies: No. 9 Norris Road. 238 Rangoon Road, 7 L o r o n g Lalat, 37 Meyyappa Chetty Road. 129-B Haig Road. 14
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    Pakistanis Celebrate
    56 3 ABOUT 10,000 Pakistanis m Singapore will celebrate their Independence Day today. President of the Overseas Pakistani League, Mr. Kushi Mohamed, yesterday asked all Colony Pakistanis to display their National Flag over homes and business houses. In connection with the celebrations, the League will hold a sports meet at
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    A.C.S.U. Makes A New Demand
    164 3 Standard Staff Reporter I THE 15,000-strong Sin- gapore Army Civil Service Union wants the War Department to give overseas scholari ships to its civilian employees to specialize m important trades. A suggestion that such scholarships would increase 1 tile efficiency of the civilian workers, has
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    Luncheon For U.S. Delegates
    85 3 THE American delegates and observers to the World Youth Assembly, which opens in Singapore tomorrow. will be given a luncheon at the Adelphi Hotel, on Tuesday, Aug. 17. by the American Association, Malaya. The association has also invited the members of its Women's Auxiliary for the
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    DRIVING TESTS
    30 3 SINGAPORE Traffic Police will now receive written applications for driving tests up to the end of August. They should be addressed to the Traffic Branch, Maxwell Road, Singapore.
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    A Rooster Lays Eggs
    95 3 A ROOSTER belonging to Inche Ahmad bir Main, an employee of Radio Malaya living at Kain pong Radin Mas recently laid four eSSS and is now hatching: them. Che Fatimah. wife of Inche Ahmad, said that tlit* first time she realised something strange was guin<; on
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    Bribed Officer —Two Months
    62 3 Bribed Officer —Two Months A SINGAPORE pork seller. !hv Cek Heng, was sentenced i months' jail yesterday Dg a puli'.-e inspe ">r i ith S3€ when caught m the -)t slaaghtering pigs witho permit m (irylarij Serai j:>. Friday morning. He pleaded guilty. Earlier the same Hay, Hay wna Bned
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    Business Failure Cost Him $375,000
    169 3 Business Failure Cost Him $37 5,000 w().\u long Hin. a goldsmith snop proprietor, told the Singapore High Court yesterday that rumours of the impending bankruptcy of three local wealthy businessmen m 1951 resulted m a business failure which cost him $375,000 m liabilities. Wong, who was testifying at a public
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    Three New Pg. Stamps Out Soon
    138 3 Three New Pg. Stamps Out Soon THE Postmaster-General. Malaya* announces that the new Penang 4. 10 and 20 cent bearing the portrait of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II will be placed on salt? at all oost offices and agencies m Penan* on Sept. 1, 1954. These denominations will »ba be
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    TERROR TIPS' COST FED. GOVT. $58,166
    70 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri.— "Terror tips" paid out for Information leading to the capture or kill ing of Communist terrorists m July cost the Federation Government $58,166. Negri Sembilan led the nine States m the amount paid out with $20,500. Johore came second with $19,335,
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    53 3 THIRTY-FIVE members of the Chun? Ling High School leave Penan? on Monday morning by bus on an excursion tour to Singapore. The party, led by the acting Principal, Mr. Waune Yoon Nien, with two teachers, Mr. Lim Kah Yong and Ooi Cheng Hooi, m charge, ig composed oi this year's
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    'Cigarette Bomb' Case Is Heard
    200 3 THE Singapore Assizes yesterday heard evidence of how a Malay youth, Halil bin Daim, allegedly set fire to a house with what has been described as a "miniature home-made incendiary bomb." Halil was standing trial on a charge of committing mischief by setting fire to
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    Trade Row For Court
    98 3 The Singapore Industrial Court will meet on Monday to hear the dispute between 200 employees of the Hock Gim Guan Sago Factory and the management. The dispute arose when the firm decided to close down on Aug. 23 because of poor business. The workers wanted six
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    Health Week
    36 3 THIS poster m water-colour "Use Your Dustbin "—won the first prize of 525 m the Federation Health Week Poster Competition m Group 1 for 16--year-old Mohamed Sanif of the Government English School, Johore Bahru.
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    3-Cornered Dispute On Ritson Pay
    266 3 Standard Staff Reporter SINGAPORE City Council fs faced with another serious wage dispute. This time the dispute is between the Council, the Government and the City Council Labour Union. The last was between the Council 1 and the City Council Labour Unions' Federation. The G.C.C.L.U.
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    WOMEN'S SE RVICE VITAL, SAYS MRS. PANDIT
    329 4 WOMEN'S SE R VICE VITAL, SAYS MRS. PANDIT PENANG, -Fri. The vital necessity for voluntary service among women in Asia was stressed by U.N. President, Mrs. Vijayalakshmi I Pandit, when addressing local women's organiza- tions at a tea party here today. "It is important for all of us to realise
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    Mailing Coupons
    55 4 COUPONS m our 5128.000 Squareword Contest wiU leave Singapore by %ir for Madras early tomorrow morning. Scrutinizing the covers before despatching them to India are (standing^ Mr Tan Chong Beng. Circulation Manager of The Standard, Mr. G.V. Lakshmivarahan, representative of Square words Ltd., Madras, and Mr. G. Grant
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    Invited To Lunch But...
    125 4 Invited To Lunch But... PENANG, Fri.—News- men m Penang who were invited to the civic luncheon m honour of the visiting United Nations President, Mrs. Vijayalakshmi Pandit, were told this afternoon that they could "take notes but not join the lunch." The Department of Information and Mr. S. V. I
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    15 Doctors To Judge Baby Show
    135 4 15 Doctors To Judge Baby Show FIFTEEN doctors will judge 139 babies taking part in the third annual Singapore ChiI nese Y.M.C.A. baby show to- morrow morning at the Asso- > ciation's premises at Selegie Road. The judges are Professor E.S. Monteiro. Drs. Kho o Oon Teck. Mary I.. Grove-White.
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    He Escaped Down Pipe
    53 4 A EUROPEAN frightened away a would-be burglar from his house in Malcolm Road. Singapore, in the early yesterday morning Awakened by noise he investigated and found a man clinging to a drainpipe. When he shouted, the man slid down the pipe and escaped Nothing was stolen
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    All Delegates To WAY Are Here
    203 4 To Be Nicoll's Guests TWO chartered Skymasters, one from the Scandinavian Air lines system and the other from X.L.M., flew m nearly 150 delegates from nearly 50 countries for the World Assembly of Youth. The delegates were greeted j with a song specially written
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    No Picnic After All The Labour
    126 4 No Picnic After All The Labour ALL the hard work of 25 girls from Singapore's Paya Lebar Methodist went for naught yester- day. They had invited an equal number cf young men from the World Assembly of Youth to a seaside picnic. The girls diligently scraped coconuts and ground spices
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    She Lost $1,700 Because Of Handkerchief
    117 4 She Lost $1,700 Because Of Handkerchief BECAUSE of a handker- chief, a girl from Johore lost S1.70© in Collyer Quay in Singapore on Thursday B- j afternoon. > She said she hireu a ear > I in Johore to get down to the Colony "to make cer- :> tain payments."
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    92 4 THE Girl Guides and Guiders of Singapore were reminded yesterday of one of the greatest principles of their movement, by Miss H. I McSwiney. Travelling Com- I missioner from Girl Guides' Headquarters m London, who brought them greetings from their Guide sisters m the United Kingdom, United Sta'°s, Japan. Korea.
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    NO DECISION YET ON 400 CLERKS
    148 4 THE fate of 400 temporary clerks employed by i the Singapore Government is still in abeyance. Government has not decided o create a Supernumerary Clerical Service to absorb them m a permanent basis because "technical"' difficulties, The standard was told yesterday It is possible,
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    Hunt For Journalist
    43 4 SINGAPORE Police are looking for a journalist, Philip Gordon Hunt, a former employee of a Colony newspaper in connection with the sale of a radio set and a »\iotor car. Mr. Hunt is believed to have I i left Singapore.
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    Four New Schools Open Soon
    92 4 Four New Schools Open Soon ABOUT 2.000 pupils m Sin gapore will be transferred ti four new primary schools be fore the end of September, th« Senior Inspector of School; Mr. T. P. M. Lewis, told thStandard yesterday. The Cantonment Road schoc and the Keppel Road schoc will accommodate I.ooo*
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    Salt Water For The Aquarium
    97 5 Salt Water For The Aquarium PUMPING ol 60,000 gallons n I vratex into Singapore. Van Kleel Aquariun began or. Thursday night, the Citj \r Mr. w. hriog Watson, The Standard yesterI ;t y Mr Watson said thai the trocess would take one week. i fi c water is being brought
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    MALAYAN TRIO FOR U.S. MEET
    80 5 THE Bishop ot Singapore. Rt'v. H W. Balnes. Chairman of the Malayan Christian Council. Canon John Lee ot the Holy Trinity Church. Singapore, and Mrs. H. Amstutz. will represent Malayan churches at the second general Assembly of World Churches meeting near Everton. Illij nois. tomorrow.
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    Johore LCC Results
    77 5 THE foUowtDf Johore candidate. passed the London Chamber of Commerce Spring Examination. 1954. ip.irr. > Tay Seok Im rthaad 'Co:'.' psss; Jamaliah btc llamzah Ivpc writing (Cert.) :>>--. Poothapillai Thurairajal —typewriting (Ce::.> pass: R.ihi DM bte Him Abdul R;ihim •n§ 'Cert > pass D; Mr Seng—English (Cert.
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    VARIETY CONCERT
    33 5 a VARIETY cntertaimneni to be >ij^en by the Federation of Boys' Cluba will be hv'.d m the i British Council Hai, from 7 to pi-. OH Attft 16. Admi>:>ion s fn
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    Big M.I.C. Meeting
    83 5 Mrs Vijayalakshmi Pandit. President of the United Nations General Assembly, is expected to address a big meeting of the Malayan Indian Congress tomorrow evening m Fairer Park. Singapore, to mark India's Independence Day. Members of the World Assembly ol Youth, now m Singapore for the Second WAY
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    CAMP FOR 40 DELEGATES
    53 5 j More than 40 delegates from America. Germany, Britain. Singapore. Malaya and other countries m South-east Asia will spend three weeks together at the International Christian Youth Work Camp at Morib, Selangor, from Aug. 16. i) The delegates will spend their time m Bible Study. i
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    MOVE TO RATIFY TIN PACT
    333 5 ApprovalFromUK Will Be Sought KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. The Federal Legislative Council will be asked next Wednesday to approve a motion requesting Britain to ratify the International Tin Agreement on behalf of the Federation. This motion, standing in the name of the Member for Economic Affairs,
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    Soap Workers Go On Strike Again
    189 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri.— Nearly 300 workers of I the Lever Brothers Soap Factory went on strike toj day. This is the second time the workers have gone 1 on strike within the past 40 days. While approximately 60 workers reported lor work, the strikers
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    39 5 photo. Standard The Sultan of Perak is seen receiving a lance from Lt. Col. C. R. Spencer of the 12th Royal Lancers during a farewell parade on the Ipoh padang. The Lancers leave after three years service in Malaya.
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    13 GOLD COINS CONFISCATED
    86 5 THIRTEEN gold coins worth $305. said to have been used for the past six years on Deepavali day. when they were dipped into a bowl of milk for the performance of religious rites, were confiscated in the Singapore First Criminal District Court yesterday. Jamnadas so Ghumanai
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    LEAVES FOR STUDY IN U.K.
    73 5 TAIPING. Fri.— A Taiping student. Mr. Leow Khoon j Fong. left Penang yesterday for the United Kingdom, to i take up a rourse of Civil Engineering at the Hammersmith School of Building. He is the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Leow Khi Lin of
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    FOUND HANGING IN GOVT. HOUSE
    41 5 I A MAN was found hangin jin a room of the servant; iquarters of Governmer House, Singapore, yesterday. He was Wong Choc Y6w. 3' adopted son ot the servant c the Under-Secretary to th Singapore Government.
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    Govt. To Legalise Chap-Ji-Kee?
    124 5 Govt. To Legalise Chap-Ji-Kee? Standard Staff Reporter SINGAPORE'S housewives are wondering ifi the Government would j legalise chap-ji-kee. They argue that if the Government 'is so anxious to m- j troduce oft-the-course betting it might as well legalise chap- j ji-kee. Anyway, they claim,, one! form of gambling is as
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    3 Students Awarded Scholarships
    97 5 3 Students Awarded Scholarships Scholarships THREE pupils of the Pasii i Panjang English School m j j Singapore have been awarded i .scholarships to cover expensefor their study from Standard II to the School Certificate class. inclusive from .Tan. 1. this year. Annual value of each scho- larship is St>_.o<»
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    New Clinics Coming Up
    46 5 THE Singapore City Council has started work on two more clinics, the City Architect. Mr. W.I. Watson, told The Standard yesterday. Mr. Watson said the clinics, situated at MacPherson Road and Kirn Keat Road, respectively, will be ready m six months' time.
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    $300 FOR SPEED
    25 5 TOH Leong Chye was fined $300 m the Singapore Second Traffic Court yesterday for speeding along Bukit Timah Road on May 28.
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    Whitley Council Hits A New Snag
    162 5 CHANCES of forming a single Whitley Councilofficial negotiating machinery for all grades of Singas pore City Council employees disappeared yesterday. ll The 10.000-strong City Council Labour Unions' Fed- eration yesterday told the >i Council authorities that the e Federation members were not prepared to
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    She Denies Gambling
    119 5 IPOH. Fri.—"l am a devoul i Buddhist and I never gamble" j a 56-year-old woman Choo: j Chit i\iooi holding a jo^> stick j 2 m one hand, told Magistrate Z Che Abdullah Ghazalli this j morning when denied a charge of buying illegal cha-: i racter
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      U.S. Of Malaya
      891 6 'ONCIRATI I.ATIONS to the apOPSOW 01 the Party Regan ioi getting their manifesto out m M Nfioit i time Although the first announcement 'a :u-\v political party was m the offing was made :n Dm IHDI I test year. Party Negara was born HWlttia ago It can
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    302 6 Review of Views Too Much Gambling THERE b already too much I gambling m Malaya. Sin, Chew Jit Poh declares. To, have state-owned betting shops. Is to create more facilities for vice. The responsibility of Government is to wipe out' gambling, not to encourage it. 1 The Malayan Governments' 1
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    WATCH YOUR SYMBOLS
    991 6  -  S. SHAHABUDDIN Tip For Elections Candidates Says gLECTIONS are to be held again in Singapore very soon and citizens will have to elect their representatives to the City Council. Will they exercise wisdom and elect the right men or remain indifferent and cast their votes indiscriminately as
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    BURMA NEEDS AID BUT...
    1141 6 This is the last of a series of three articles by Philip Deane, London Observer Correspondent '|*lIE enthusiastic young Socialists who negotiated Burma's independence with Britain after the Second World War, began their careers as statesmen by expelling "foreign capitalists" with meagre compensation, by dispensing with
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      142 6 Sir; -I wish, on b'h.ali of the Committee oi m.ah.a.. to publicly thank the Volunteer Organizations and others lor the magnificent assist ance they offered us during the three lays of the Exhibition. The Kuala Lumpur Divi-.-ion of the Civil Del. nee Corps provided the full n*.
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      FIRST THINGS FIRST
      112 6 Sir; Sii Cheng-lock Tan m his recent speech m Penang said he expected to have independence m Malaya m 10 year.-" time. May I ask how this can be achieved when the prestill being filled by expatriate officer.-. Has he ever considered that a start should now
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      Diddled?
      20 6 :r: Was the taxi i\ el diddling me when charged an extra cento for my poftouu O'RIOI v Singapore
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    P.I. May Allow Chinese To Stay
    125 7 P.I. May Allow Chinese To Stay MANILA, Aug. 13— (UP) President Ramon Magsay a;. may authorize nex*. week the indefinite extension of the stay of MM 3,000 Chinese "now m Philippines as t e i visitors, today. to President <•■ said an order to Meet would be Issued pan recommendation
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    'Russia To Test 2nd H-Bomb'
    47 7 i. Aug. 1 R Posi re >• t Union Irogei rurred »t yester- s Reds nduct a otm xperiments :n the i One < tploSe v ■■.on. >gen bon ia> evei 1 pla :e." I R an< now j vermg 1 ies« atasi phic
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    Red Mayor For Colombo
    77 7 COLOMBO. Aug. 13, i \P> Communist was rlertrd Muvor of Colombo. Ceylon's capital, by a one-votr nLiron today. lhr rlrrtiwi ol l>r >|. Ptrtri Iradrr t»l tlic l.anka >.mia Sauaai I Trotsky ite) f'ii-1% iraiM that (iiinmitihnls nou control the local u-«v •rnmrnts along the «*nio
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    Birth Scene Is Passed
    59 7 NEW YORK. Aug. 13 >AP> The State's movie censor yesterday cleared Walt Di>ney*a nen film, with Its buffalo birth scene, for exhibition. Hugh M Rick, director of the Division ol Motion Pictures, said there was "certainly nothing distasteful" .-.bout the true-life adventure film, "The Vanishing Prairie*
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    LYTTELTON'S JOB
    36 7 MB OLIVER Lytt- itwn. former CoJonial Secretary, has n elected chairman ol the Board ol Directors for the Associated Electrical Industries Limited m succ< sion to s.r George X Bailey who has resigned Renter.
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    End Of A Manhunt
    67 7 photo. ARMED POLICE rush to capture Edward Guinan, 30, hunched on his knees outside a shop in Hartford, Connecticut. Police alleged Guinan shot two brothers without any apparent reason. They captured him recently after using tear gas to drive him from the shop, into which he
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    Coffee And Cigars—Then Death
    73 7 Coffee And Cigars— Then Death OSSIN York Vuj L Puff 4 id to |b1 lot if a B D of npt last c nenaorj ofl Sinj Si ala tk robber shot tent J seph B 1 952, drew Up f Lunrh Shi op co 'ktafl, i>eu-. carrots; honeydew melon, rolls,
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    Planes Touch In Take-Off, No Injuries
    83 7 s:-i. v..\ >N ,i. Aug. 13 R iter) Tv v oes, Ocean rcrafi w ith •>• rd and r Rbya Dutch Airlines s ipei ed ea d from tin rday. ri f on< >ck Supec ation'i aa i t oil an< jo ci aged
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    VIETMINH BEGIN PURGE
    219 7 OF ANTI-REDS SAIGON. Aug. 13 The Cnmmnnicfr Vietminh assassinated 47 non-Communist resistance leaders, well-informed French sources said yesterday. The non-Communist leaders 'were reported killed m an ambush m the Chamdoc region of South Vietnam, 160 kilometres west of Saigon. The French Press Agency said Vietminh Colonel Muoi
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    Another Pole Seeks Freedom
    83 7 Another Pole Seeks Freedom COPENHAGEN. Aug. 13 (Reuten —A member of the crew of the Polish ship Batory jumped overboard a> the ship was leaving th* harbour here this afternoon. Tugboat men picked up the sailor who cried "freedom" as he was handed over to the police. Police refused to
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    Big-4 Meet On Austria
    103 7 LONDON. Aug. 13 «AP« The Soviet Union agreed today to a Big Four meeting with Austria. But the Russians called for more discussion of the deadlocked Austrian Independence Treaty rather than Austria's proposal for an easing of Occupation controls. The Western powers told the Austrian:* Last
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    A Senate Bill To Ban Communists A Surprise Move
    212 7 A Senate Bill To Ban Communists A Surprise Move WASHINGTON. Aug. 13— (Reuter)— In a completely unexpected action, the Senate yesterday passed and sent to the House of Representatives a bill outlawing the Communist Party. The bi I, carried unanimous y by 8a votes to nil, provides thai persons who
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    Jenny Wins Minus The Make-up
    81 7 Jenny Wins Minus The Make-up LONDON. Aug. 13 (AP) Jennifer Bennett, 15, one of :i.OOO entrants m a schoolgirl beauty competition for North and Central England, won the contest despite lack of lipstick, rouge or face powder. As the judges handed her the first prize last night of £15 cash,
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    Five Break Out Of Jail
    69 7 NORFOLK. (Massachusetts'!. Any !3 iAPi Fivf* ■irua', nug. jj i i\r < rive dangerous convicts who broke out of this estate prison colony last night after overpowering six guards and taking one of them as hostage. successfully eluded a New England-wide manhunt today. This was
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    Ceylon To Stay Out
    58 7 COLOMBO. Aug. 13, (Reuten— Ceylon will not be represented at the conference on forming a South-east Asian treaty organization, to be held at Baguio m the Philippines on Sept. 6. the External Affairs Ministry said today. The Ministry said m a communique that Ceylon was "prepared
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    EX-ENVOY DIES
    21 7 SIR Reginald Hoare, former British Minister m Teheran and Bucharest, died at his home m London yesterday aged 72.—Renter.
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    Mr. Evatt Apologises In House
    85 7 CANBERRA. Aug. 13. (AP) Opposition leader Herbert Evatt was made to apologise 'm the House of Representative.-' yesterday 1o a Government supporter he had described as a "dirty little liar." The Speaker said it was unparliamentary Language He also demanded an apology from Reginald Pollard.
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    Attack On Royal Gifts To Church
    119 7 I EDI NB L'RG H. Aug. 13. i (Renter) The Free Church of Scotland, strict Presbyterian i body, has complained about gifts given by Queen Eliza-. belli and other members of 1 t lie Royal Family towards re- building Southward Catholic! j Cathedral m
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    BIG RUBBER STRIKE IN U.S.
    37 7 CLEVELAND. Aug. 13 (Reuter.i The American rubber industry's second major .strike started today as 25.000 united rubber workers walked off their jobs at Firestone Tire and Rubber Company plants m eight cities.
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    GOODWILL TRIP
    33 7 BANG KOK. 3uilU P.Ag BANGKOK. Aug. 13 «UP.i A Burmese goodwill mission headed by Home Minister Boh Khin Maung Gale arrived this morning from Rangoon for a seven day visit here.
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    DATE IS FIXED FOR EDC DEBATE
    29 7 P9ARIS. Aug. 13. 'Rfuter^ A committee of the French Assembly today fixed Aug. 28 to 31 for the debate on the Flnrnnpan Avmv
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    RUBBER, TIN CLOSING PRICES
    72 7 Standard London Correspondent LONDON, Aug. 13 The following arc th« closing prices of rubber and tin on the London Market. LONDON RUBPER LONDON TIN Spot 20 d. I Spot £724 10s. buyers, October/December 1 9^d. £725 10s. sellers. January/March 19id. Three months £724 10s. buyers April/June
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    Nudes Cavorted About In Art School'
    202 7 Nudes Cavorted About In Art School' HONGKONG, Auff. 13— Two attractive young Chinese girls arrested m a raid on an "art school." were convicted m a Hong Kong I court today of "committing an act outraging public decency." j Each was fined HKS 100 (£6. ss. Od. sterling). The police
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    UNIONS BACK PEKING VISIT
    186 7 UNIONS BACK PEKING VISIT BRIGHTON. Sussex, Am 13, (Reuteri- -Repre^entativei of 'A. 000. 000 British trad< unionists decided here today to instruct their executive to press for (xtension of trad< with Communist countries, including China. They also passed a resolution welcoming th<- decision of the Labour Party to send an
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    DRAFT NOTE IS REVIEWED
    72 7 j LONDON'. Aug. 13, (fteuterl Officials of Britain. France i and the United States met ar the Foreign Offie< today to review comment^ bv their Governments on their draff reply to Russia's latest notes The draft prepared by th< officials last week is believed to have
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    A Toast To The Queen In Moscow?
    210 7 A Toast To The Queen In Moscow? MOSCOW. Aug IS, API— Was the health i»f Britain* Queen being drunk on \\>dne«>dav ni^ut n lien Soviet Premier Georgi Malrnko\ joined m (be tirsi champagne toast at the British I mbas>> dinner party for \isiting Labourite Clement Attlee? \n l.mbass> spokes. iiLMi
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    A 1000-MAN DELEGATION
    35 7 NEW DELHI. A^3 h- -India 10 se (KM people En staff three [ndo-China I i om nisskms md m -retari A ordine to officia tau c abo < ■< [ndi le 500 I ;;OC>;.
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    AIR AGREEMENT
    14 7 SWEDEN and Libya ye?leraj signe Lntei I I A- i Aereen AFP
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      36 9 Ird £™,T J Sf? 8 1 0 S |r John Nkoll chatting with Mr. Robert Lee. General Manager of Mis-Smo Company Ltd.. authorised bottlers of "Mission" Beverages, Johns recent visit to the 1954 Singapore Trade Exhibition.
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      S. Korea To Increase Trade With Us
      252 9 S. Korea To Increase Trade With Us South Korea is worth about $10,000,000 annually with the balance of trade predominantly m favour of Malaya. Dr. Oh Chung Soo. a South Korean businessman and economist. told The Standard yesterday. South Korea expects to begir exporting marine product; to Malaya m about
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      SHIPS IN HARBOUR
      121 9 OUTER ROADS. Sapper Creek. Alorzh. Olensk. Szechuan, Helios. Asha Sivuch, O.-trov. Nfodieikerto, Kola Intan, Gdov, Sylvia, Lykes, Pronto. Karimun. INNER ROADS. Visut Kasatri, Lariang, Scudai. Isabel, T«. Pinang, So Soon Bee, Teck Hong, Taype. Dingki, Hong Tai. Aik Leong. Moon fish, New Asia. Indragiri. S.H.B. GODOWXS. Orient
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      INDIAN IRON RESOURCES
      68 9 NEW DELHI. Aug. 13. <AP) India has the iron ore resources and other raw materials to make her a leading exporter of steel in the next 20 to 25 years, says a geological survey of India Bulletin. The report declares that India which now produces 1,200.000 tons
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      Waring Hopes For Stable Tin Price
      244 9 HOPES for stability in] the price of tin to enable! the industry not only to mine economically but also j to formulate long-term j plans for the future, con-; sequent on the signing of the International Tin Agreement, were expressed by Mr. D. T.
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      U.S. MODERNISES TANKER FLEET
      21 9 WASHINGTON, Aug. 13, (ReuteD President Eisenhower has signed two bills to modernise the United States' tanker fleet.
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    24 9 phol<> THE 5<,00.000 new Rjtilxvav (Hinds Depot it Brirkfields Road. Kuala Lumpur. It is one of the largest transhipment sheds m the Federation. Standard
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    Ovaltine On Display
    41 9 A BIG crowd at the stand of A. Wander Ltd., where Ovaltine products are displayed. Tomorrow will be the last night of the Singapore Trade Fair at the Happy World. The fair will be open until Sunday midnight.
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    MALAYA'S TRADE STILL IN THE RED
    387 9 $109 M. Deficit In Six Months Standard Market Reporter MALAYA'S foreign trade during June resulted in an adverse balance of $11.3 million, bringing the total trade deficit for the first half of the year to $109 million, according to official statistics. Imports into Malaya
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    ICI Plans 'Garden Week'
    81 9 ICI Plans 'Garden Week' THE International Chemical Industries (Malaya) Ltd. is organising a "Garden Week" m the Federation today. Dr. I C. B. Taylor of the 1.C.1. told The Standard. The 1.C.1, will introduce small packs of fertilisers and insecticides to the j kampong folk particularly. "Our aim is to
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    FORMOSA BUYS U.S. TOBACCO
    28 9 THE U.S. Foreign Operations Administration has authorised Formosa to buy US$lOO,OOO worth of fluecured American tobacco under terms of the Mutual Security Act.— AP.
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    Traders Hesitant In Rubber Mart
    499 9 A CHANGE m sentiment has been apparent m the market during the past week and operators have been easily influenced by any news which could be construed as bearish, says the weekly rubber report of Holiday, Cutler, Bath and Co. Ltd. This is somewhat surprising
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    COPRA QUIET
    182 9 COPRA QUIET THE produce Tiarice' m Singapore was easier m mosi sections yesterday with opening steady and remaii quiet most of th<? day Some business Deported m copra m the m< afog, h pepper was easier m Lamp ng black which was quoted (160 per pit-iii. S2i bra r. Coro:;ut
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    America Used Less Natural During July
    191 9 RUBBER prices m Singapore yesterday closed steady :at 66| cents per Ib. for Brst grade rubber lor August shipment, a drop of cent from Thursday. Offtake Erom ovecseac was fair, while report.- of lower United States consumption m natural rubber m July contributed to
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    DEVALUATION
    32 9 REPORIS n. Paraguay, ye Economic Co iv« d the c H guaranie.^ p«-r Cron 15 previously. The rate Of 24 fiuaranies to th< Argeotlai pr^j, however r< mains Wl- changed.— Reuter
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    SHARE PRICES
    74 9 PKICP chan >-,-■ y I Mil SI HI UM BuiT k Sellers B B r. i Coi Tin Smell imn Cemeni I S1 Times 1.4 Insui 475.00 485.QQ On We; m« Brae 2.5 lacki v.' j > MIN I < Austral An,.: 1 I Ma ayan Tin I
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    435 10 JPIx Mission With OSWALD HENRY And His Camera Ht I !»%*>• man with a mission, who wan m the Colony for the paM iwu RHinth^ .mil headed for Puris yoterday. was Dim nuunate Hiu<«ja I iiw mi partner of !>.!». Pandit X Co. London. who«m rumpaav deuls
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    MORRISON IN SEPTEMBER CONCERT
    822 10  -  'ANACRUSIS* Music Notes By 1"11 F. noted British pianist, Angus Morrison, is to give a concert with the Chamber Ensemble on Wednesday, September 1, m the Victoria Memorial Hall. His programme will include Bach's D minor concerto, Beethoven's "Waldstein'' Sonata and the "Carnaval" Suite by Schumann,
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    John Halkin's STAGEDOOR
    802 10 THE latest play by Mr. T.S. Eliot. The Confidential Clerk, which was first staged a year ago at the Edinburgh Festival and was later transferred to London, is now available m book form (Faber. 10/6 >. It is. of course. verse play, as one would expect from
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    EARL STEWART HOLDS LEAD
    82 11 CHICAGO, Aug. 13; (Reu:or):— Earl Stewart (U.S.A.) was the leader after the first 18 holes of the "world championship" professional men's {Oil championship on the Tarn D'Shanter course here vesterlay. He led with (55. Walter Burkemo (U.S.A.) vas second with t36 and three! ttber Americans. Johnny
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    PAKISTAN OUT FOR 133 RUNS
    475 11 TYSON, LOADER CAUSE ROUT IN 4th TEST LONDON, Aug. 13 (Reuter)— Frank Tyson and Peter Loader, England' new 24-year-old fast bowlers, made dramatic entries into test cricket at th Oval here yesterday. They were chiefly responsible for the dismissal of Pakistan for 132 Tyson taking
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    Perak Amateur Race Card
    361 11 th* P^"I The followin S »s the programme for ri»h tZ An a meeting at the Perak Turf Club today, starting at 2.30 p.m. RACE 1: Combined Services —A race for registered polo ponit-s and hacks to be ridden by serving members of the Armed Forces
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    Rain On Friday 13
    120 11 LONDON, Aug. 13 (Reuter)i —Friday, the 13th. is one of! the unlucky combinations of j I .superstitious folk in Britain i and it was proved so to the j cricketing fraternity today when play was washed out in I the fourth and final test j match's
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    59 11 THE MING SENG (Film Star) Basketball team from Hongkong, which arrived m the Colony on Thursday, paid a visit to Haw Par Villa where they took the opportunity of observing a minute's silence m memory of the wellknown sports enthusiast, the late Mr. Aw Hoe. The picture shows the women
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    REME Win By Odd Coal
    284 11 REME Win By Odd Coal FATHUL Karib's hope, in a desperate final bid to avoid relegation from senior league soccer faded, when they were beaten two-one by REME in j their last SAFA Division One league fixture played at Jalan Besar Stadium under floodlights last night. Fathul put up a
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    SOMDEZ KEEPS ASIAN TITLE
    45 11 OSAKA. Aug. 13. CAP)—Asian welterweight champion Somdez Yongrakit of Thailand retained his title tonight with a thirdround knockout of Teruo Onuki of Japan. Somdez weighed 1461 pounds. The Japanese champion weighed 1442. The title bout had been scheduled for 10 round.
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    PAYMEN WIN
    45 11 THE Royal Army Pay Corps beat the Malaya Basic Training i J Centre at Nee Soon by five j goals to nil m the Nee Soon Garrison Soccer K.O Cup Final held recently. Scorers: Col beck' (1) Scott j (2) and Oaten (2)
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    47 Teams For SHA Leagues
    133 11 RECORD entries have been received for this year's Singapore Hockey Association league and Cup competitions. The classifications of the 47 teams resulted as follows: Division 1: LatifT Wanderers. Singapore Recreation Club. GHQ FARELF. University of Malaya, SCC. RAF Seletar. Police SA, CSC. Indian Asso- 1
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    NON-BENDERS CRICKET TEAM
    69 11 THE following will represent the Non-Benders Cricket Club against the Singapore Cricket Club at cricket on the padang at 2.15 p.m today: J. W. Ewart, D. C. D'Cotta. D. M. Muray, W. R. AI. Haxworth. S. T. Stewart. R S. Tuineli. P. D Almeida, A. Bakar. R.
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    THE NEW & THE OLD
    117 12 THE NEW THE OLD 110 yd* hurdles: heat 1: Pte. J. Kobiti time 14.3 M Mdl io.d record 14J) yds women, heat 1: Fay Siebel. time 11 3 seconds (o J record 11 9) Tl9 yds women, final: F3y Siebel. time 26.7 seconds (o d reccrd 26.9) 80 metres hurdles.
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    ITS WOMEN'S DAY FOR RECORDS
    803 12 ITS WOMEN'S DAY FOR RECORDS Hurrah For Fay Yip! Singaporeans Lead By LEOISC HEW MEXG AISDY ROZARIO. Standard's Special Reporters at the MAAA Meet. KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Malaya's women athletes completely overshadowed their male counterparts in the opening day of this year's Malayan AAA championships to establish six new Malayan
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    The CG Is The Starter
    82 12 ON YOUR MARK, set I set GO: And the Malayan AAA champion- ships was on. The Commissioner General for South East Asia, Mr. Malcolm MacDonald, did not use the sun when he started the meet, but he used the words to declare the 33rd Malayan
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    THE FINALS
    155 12 440 Yds. Hurdles 1. Chan Onn Leng (Spore) 55.7 seconds. 2. Cpl. J. S a w c t a (Johore). v 3. P. Gunaseelan r Perak). v Laxman of Selangor set b he pace from a good start. 2 Dnn Leng. on the inside, was content with trailing
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    YU SUF WINS BUT FAILS TO SHOW CLASS
    456 12 Peter Kum, at the Selangor International, says KUALA LUMPUR, Fri.— Indonesia's much vaunted Eddie Yusuf played his first competitive badminton in Kuala Lumpur tonight, but his victory over schoolboy Ong Chong Jin gave no proof of his prowess rated as world class.
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    38 12 HERE come the Singaporeans, led by their women athletes, m the march past before •sV the Commissioner General, Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald, at the MAAA Meet m Kuala Lum- A. pur yesterday.— Standard picture by Yong Peng Seong.
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    RESULTS OF THE HEATS
    670 12 220 Yards Men Heat 1 1 I<M Hr.g Yoon (S'p^jre) 23J se^orcis 2 M Mara (Johore' Lee S.a Pit! (Pana::^) Heat 2 1 S^! A. Navo.aca (Johore) 23 5 seconds 2 Har; Parrr (Selanjor) 3 R G C ar< i.X. Borneo] Heat I 1 Pte N
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    LATEST SRA LIST
    192 12 THE following i s the latest classification list issued by the Straits Racing Association yesterday: TRANSFERS: From Class 3 to Class 2:— Gondolino; Ginseng, From Class 3 to Class 4:— Gilan; Ribu; Heremai; Remarkable; Fish's Kuda; Snow Blaze. From Class 5 to Class 4: Strong: and Free.
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    FREE WEEK'S LUXURY HOLIDAY IN MADRAS!
    148 12 FREE WEEK'S LUXURY HOLIDAY IN MADRAS! IN conjunction with the $128,000 Squareword Cc^ petition (see this page) The Singapore Tiger Stondarc running o Popularity Contest to choose the most popu a or woman in Malaya. Whoever is chosen bv popular vote get a week's luxury holiday in Mcdras, where ot
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    Results
    207 12 Men's Singles: \V > Choy beat Liew Choo Wah i 15-5. Li Si Mm beat I u Seng 15-4. 15-tJ Eddie Yusi |Ong Chong Jir. 15-5 15-8. Jin Eong beat Johni 15-10. Chiew Chin fchooi Chin Long Yin 15-1 A din Idrifi beat Yor.g V 18-17. 15-1. Men's Doubles:
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    SHA Plan For Foreign Teams To Play Here
    319 12 THE Singapore Hockey Association intend to invite six foreign countries to play m an Inter national Hockey Carnival to be* staged m the Colony before or after the Olympic Games, it wit held at thP UrTf" 66 m f etin& Of the
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    SPORTS MEET
    22 12 THE Sultan Mrfs C j Tanjong Malim. wil their Combined S< Sports today in the Colleg padang at 9 am
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      75 12 SOCCER: VMS vs Malays at Jalan Besar—8.30 p.m. Argonauts FC vs Tiong Bahru Rangers Jalan Besar, 7.00 p.m CRICKET: Singapore vs i Johore at Nee Soon (2 days 1—2.30 p.m. SJI Past vs Present at SJI. WATER POLO: Div. B RN DS CSC at RN-4.30 p.m. SSC vs RAF at
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