Singapore Standard, 16 August 1954

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  • 16 1 SINGAPORE STANDARD 3*l Vol. V. No. 45. 'SINGAPORE, MONDAY, AUGUST 16," 195i\ TWELVE PACES 15 TEXTS.
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  • 242 1 Police Stop Damao March BOMBAY, Aug. 15 j er) Indian Police i back Indian Praja 0 alist "peace marchers'" a' mptiQg to enter the Portuguese settlement of D north of Bombay, refused then entry OH f grounds they were n nationals. 1 v i.undred Praja Sots were to have marchd
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  • 21 1 GENERAL elections will be h \d .n Iraq on Sept. 12. it ai. axmi :r.ced m Baghdad v A.F.P.
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  • 21 1 ALL vote* for "MALAYA'S MOST POPULAR PERSONALITY" must reach The Singapore Standard by noon today Hurry! Send them NOW.
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  • 173 1 Peking Welcomes Attlee And Pals LONDON. Aug. 15 (Reuter) The Chinese Premier. Chou En-lai. this morning received the British Labour j Party delegation headed by Mr. Clement Attlee, Peking radio said. The delegation, first of its kind since the Mao Tsetung regime assumed power m 1949, was welcomed at Peking's
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  • 877 1 Party Negara Opposes Nationalisation KUALA LUMPUR, Sun.— After a keen debate, the National Council of Party Negara today firmly set its face against nationalisation of any Malayan industry "as it will not be a practical proposition m this decade or the next." ■Meeting for the first time
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  • 80 1 HOLLYWOOD. Aug. 15 (AP) Actress Ethel Barrymore observes her 75t^ birthday today but she will celebrate it quietly. "It's not that I don't like birthdays."' she says. "I just don't want any fuss made over me." She will entertain a few friends at her home.
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  • 56 1 LE HAVRE. France. Aug. 15. (AP)— A fishing boat today capsized and dumped the 18 persons aboard into the English channel off Villerville. Nine persons were believed to have drowned. Of the nine who reached shore, two were rushed to the hospital at nearby Honfleur
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  • 159 1 37 People Survive Air Crash LONDON, Aug. 15 (UP) A Viking Airline crashlanded today at Blackbushe airport but all 37 passengers and crew members escaped serious injury. Several of those aboard were treated for bruises, cuts and shock. The Viking airliner had just taken off from Blackbushe on a charter
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  • 40 1 TOKYO, Aug. 15, <AP) Today is the ninth anniversary of Japan's surrender m World War 11. Various religious organizations said prayers for the dead, while peace organizations called for a ban on the hydrogen bomb.
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  • 45 1 HANOI. Aug. 15. (Reuter) The Vietminh High Command has agreed to the release of prisoners of war and civil internees m Indo-China into the respective custody of each side m the near future, the International Armistice Commission announced last night.
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  • 20 1 AN Air India T nternational Constellation landed m Hongkong yesterday to inaugurate the coninanv's Far Eastern service.— A.F.P.
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  • 180 1 DACCA, Aug. 15. (Reuter) —Nearly 10,000,000 people In East Bengal have been driven from their homes by flood waters of the Bhramaputra and Ganges rivers, according to semi-official reports which reached here today. The floods, described as the worst m living memory. have brought destruction
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  • 56 1 Mrs. Pandit Tells Youth From All Over The World photo. DELEGATES to the second World Assembly of Youth which opened m Singapore last night listen to speakers m the Lee Kuo Chuan Auditorium of the Anglo-Chinese School. Earphones are part of the multi-lingual microphone system
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  • 277 1 1,500 Jobless Men Seek Aid KUALA LUMPUR, Sun.— The Secretary of State for the Colonies is to be told about the plight of the retrenched workers at Batu Arang, Malaya's only coal pit. A meeting attended by 1.500 workers of the Malayan Collieries and Batu
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  • 151 1 Princess Anne Is Four BALLATER. Scotland. Aug. 15 (Reuter)— Princess Anne, the Queens daughter, celebrated her fourth birthday at Balmoral Castle today. First birthday gift for the youngest member of the royal family was handed to her m the Castle nursery by her five-year-old brother. Prince Charles. Another pile of
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  • 47 1 OKINAWA. Aug. 15 <AP) Typhoon winds of more than 100 miles an hour today lashed this great U.S. fortress island, which has a population of about 40.000 American servicemen and families. No injuries or serious damage to planes and buildings had been reported.
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  • 26 1 HONGKONG. Aug. 15 William Henry Latimer. (T. former Kowloon magistrate and Tenancy Tribunal Chairman, died on Saturday In Queen Mary Hospital here.
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  • 52 1 A TRULY world audience representing every cast, creed and culture last night heard Mrs. Vijayalakshmi Pandit plead with Youth to lead the way to peace by action. sdgshgksgdsg sdghxzvmdaugdfaghd gsd;vhx,g vdfhsdf ghduvbxzc,.m b;dfhsdfg da'ghxznvzdsgh adsgmndszfxg zdfhndfg dsfhndfh sdfhm;sdlhn sdfhndfhbd ghdfanzgzdf gdzfgn;dafg sadgndsg dafgnmdag' Turn To
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    53 2 MRS. V. R. COOMARASA.MY of Penang. who has been m Australia for the past 13 months on a YW.C.A. Scholarship, returned to Singapore yesterday m the Gorgon. She hopes to leave for Penang m a few days to take over the post of General Secretary, both of the T.W.CJL m
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  • 61 2 KOTA BHARU, Sun.— Mr. Yeap Hong Ghee. Dato Kaya Pati, died at his residence m Kota Bharu today following a heart attack. Mr. Yeap, who was 62, was created Dato Kaya Pati m 1927 by the late Sultan Ismail for meritorious work m the State.
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  • 42 2 PENANG, Sun.— Mr. Cheong Bock Yarn. Manager of the United Press Agency here. married Miss Evelyn Kon at the Wesley Methodist Church yesterday. A large gathering of friends and relatives attended the wedding reception at the Boston Cafe.
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  • 105 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun—A terrorist, one ola number who had been on i> food collecting foray, was killed m an ambush by men of the Ist Battalion. East Yorkshire Regiment, near Kelapa Sawit Now Village, m the Johore Bahru district The terrorist has been identified &s Wong
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  • 49 2 PENANG, Sun.— A 17-year-old locksmith. Kioh Seng Hock, was tentatively charged m the Magistrate's Court yesterday with the murder of Cheah 800 Yeong. 21, m Lim Fow Thoon Road on May 11. A preliminary inquiry has been fixed for Sept. 13. Kioh was remanded m custody.
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  • 345 2 First Step To Final Self-Rule PRESIDENT of the Malayan Chinese Association, Dato Sir Cheng-lock Tan, yesterday declared that the various political parties m Malaya should unite with the UMNO-MCA Alliance. This, he emphasized, is for the specific purpose of first achieving "Merdeka" (Freedom). Sir Cheng-lock
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  • 355 2 Sir Cheng-lock added that this is also the view of Tengku Abdul Rahman, president of the UMNO. "It is axiomatic that growth, development and progress m the spheres of both reality and thought are brought about by the conflict or contradiction of contrary tendencies and
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  • 130 2 SINGAPORE City Councillor, Mr. V. K. Nair. yesterday told 2,000 local Malayalees that they must unite as one force to uphold their culture and civilization. He was addressing a mass meeting at Seletar. The gathering decided to endorse the move m India
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  • 151 2 KUALA LIPIS, Sun. Chan Choy, 52 Of Jerqkoh New V lage. Kuala Lipis, was today sentenced to four months" imprisonment for being m possession ot 66 katis of rice m excess of one week's ration. Prosecuting, Inspector Jaima] Singh told Mr. JR. Whimster. the President ol
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  • 325 3 Says Madam, The Pacifist Standard Staff Reporter ONLY men's minds can rule men. Guns have never solved any problems. Military pacts only aggravate international tensions. This was said by Mrs. Vijayalakshmi Pandit President of the General Assembly of the United Nations at a Press conference m
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  • 98 3 THE Singapore Government b to be asked to extend the date for the registration of Indian citizens a.s citizens of United Kingdom and Colonies by three months. The present deadline is Sept. 1. A resolution to this effect was adopted at a public meeting h.'ld
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  • 69 3 THE Queen has now appr ved the badge for the RAF. Fax Easi Flying Boat Wing which was formed a1 Sel it, Singapore, m 1950. The motto of the badge is •'D'-r -riders of Freedom." Thl tughoui the Korean war the Wing operated from Japanese bases,
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  • 68 3 AX exhibition of models of m houses will be held ti OOC of the wings to the Asseml y Hall ol the Government Offices Building m Johore Bi-.i bora Aug. 21, to Aug. SO, Spor:- »red by the Housing Trust Federation of Malaya, th 9 exhibition
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  • 23 3 DATO Sir Cheng-lock Tan, political leader, has become a member of the Nanyang University. There are now 1,567 members.
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  • 196 3 YMCA Baby Show Was A 'Howling' Success MORE than 150 babies and their mothers gathered m the premises of the Chinese V.M.C.A. m Singapore yesterday for the annual baby show which this year proved to be a "howling" success. The show attracted entries representative of all the communities m the
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  • 245 3 Photo. Standard Staff Reporter A LARGE gathering witnessed the opening of the Pek Kio (Owen) Estates Community Centre at Cambridge Road, yesterday. The ceremony was performed by Mr. J.T. Rae, Acting President of the City Council and Chairman of the Singapore Improvement Trust. r~~~~ Mr.
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  • 267 3 JOHORE BAHRU, Sun.— An appeal against a judgment by the Sessions Court m which Yeoh Kirn Yong was sentenced to 18 months imprisonment for extortion was argued m the High Court today before Mr. Justice Storr. 1 Mr. Kenneth Seth argued the appeal on behalf of
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  • 133 3 MEMBERS of the City Council, Consular Corps, and former City Councillors and Commissioners, attended a reception given by the Singapore City Council m honour of the visiting United Nations General Assembly President, Mrs. Yijayalakshmi Pandit, at the City Hall yesterday. Mrs. Pandit expressed delight at the civic-mind-ness
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  • 129 3 THE President of the Singapore Hire Car Association. Mr. T. A. Simon, has offered to nut a fleet of 100 taxis at the disposal of the delegates to the second World Assembly of Youth. Mr. Simon, who is also a City Councillor, said that no
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  • 64 3 IPOH. Sun. The Perak Slate Flood Relief Fund, set up m 1950. ha s in hand a sum of $20,839.93. The only sum the fund has paid out \va s m March, last year, when the victims of the flood at Pasir Panjang Ulu and Bandar
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  • 1110 4  -  Ronald Trent By Continuing Our Series: THEY KILLED BY POISON [F YOU had seen Dr. Neil Cream "going his rounds" m Lambeth over 60 years ago you would never have recognized beneath the glossy topper and immaculate cloak the cruel poisoner of at
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  • 1120 4 The 'Vagabond Of The Pacific' Takes A Junk For A Home! [RONALD JOHNSON, ya adventurer extraordina Sydney's most unusual hoi It's a 32ft.. five-ton which he bought for £150 Chinese craftsmen specially made the junk for Johnson as a successor t j half a dozen or so sturdy yachts he's
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  • 226 4 £VERY night after he was marooned on an Island and saw a fellow Sea Scout drowned, John Collins, 14, woke up m a terror. In the darkness, John relived the scene on Gold Island, near Wark. Northumberland, where he and twenty-nine other
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  • 76 5 •srnKiM. m PitiiKts* RM* :ess H It c vinera U>cd 5 SMtrf F I i ABOVE: "That Contented Look" by Khong Kit Wai of 69 Cowan Street, Ipoh. Rolleiflex, f5.6, 1 10 th. TOP RIGHT: "Mother and Child" by Giam Yew Seng of 190 Queen Street, Singapore,
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  • 1136 5 THE following are the pasan of Penang candidatca bo the London C:-..t:nbor of Commerc*', S rlnf Examinations. Wl»\\Kin\l. LRlll It 111 Km Pjij ■'i X P Uisa Jfj P i >> i B Loo i P..-.- U I P.- w j v :i
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  • 120 5 KUANTAN, Sun. In a very short time this town will be one ot the most thriving m the State ot Pahang— rea.-on the transfer of the capital from Kuala Lipis to here. The nnc million building: project to erect the headquarters and connected building ot
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  • 27 5 SIWATHAMBY Sampan, 31, a labourer, iell to his death from a lorry while it was turning from Crawford Road to Beach Road. Singapore, yesterday afternoon.
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  • 57 5 ON FRIDAY night, a girl was awakened m her houi,e m Rochester Park m North Buona Vista when she felt a man rubbing her face. She shouted and the man ran out of the house— with a watch, a pearl ring and two fountain pens totalling
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  • 338 5  - THE STARS AND YOU RITA DEL MAR rpOD A s QUOTATION: .1 "What yon gi\v lor the cause oi charity m health i* Koltl: what yon give m sickness N silver; trbal yoo six t- after death is lead." oi<i Jewish Proverb. MONDAY 11)1! EVERYONE: Muke consistent progress but don't
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    • 459 5 9 am. Table tennis 2-7p-tn Body- WEir rnf %TC*f%mj i I > iwyypw^w! building 5 nm Badminton spm 2£JLI/il MJfVAV/V I~T^U9^ CVmii^v.u! flaw 5-« p.m. XIX s 1;245 r<r W* \.m^ X^r S^L<J \M(\: A.: exhib.tiu b.. n MiMMfjM^ ft Malay j. cia.-= s.:>d n J m\ji-ik jVVVjrVna. H ir.iclice
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  • SINGAPORE STANDARD
    • 498 6 \IALAYA is honoured by the visit or Mrs. VijayalllfllHlll Pundit. President of the United Nations General Assembly and a famous daughter ol India. All know her background and her achievement. Her visit will no doubt provide inspiration to Malayan women and induce them to take stock of Ibdl
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    • 347 6 r*ME n tiring representative or' the British Council ta itac Federation. Mr h k Brady, appealed :«>.■ OTganiiatiOß Ofl a M BOOfe Day throughout aya Ie rekindle and stimulate public Interesl m ng Reading of serious books is a lost art In Ibis cjmntrj ni Int average Malayan
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  • Article, Illustration
    157 6 We the PEOPLE Some Dust, But It Is Attractive Sir. have read with interest your article on Batu Arang coal mine m your issue of Wednesday. 11th August. While your article generally is a good one and makes suitable reference to the conditions at Batu Arang under the present unfortunate
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  • 224 6 A Sweet Dynamic Language S:i';— In a tel U'v published m Tiw Singapore Standard ol llth instant, Mr. S. Narayanan ol Kuala Lumpur while dep oring what he r._uii >• calls the cold-blood-ed nuurdcx ol the Tamil language m some Tamilaewspapers m tiu:r news and dvei ti-i men! columns, y
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  • 89 6 Sir:— The majority of educated citizens belonging to the cosmopolitan population of this golden peninsula between Hindustan and far Cathay know the English alphabet; and. therefore, it seems imperative that three-l'ourths of. Malay publications ought to be m the Roman script instead of undue emphasis being laid on
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  • 94 6 Sir:— Residents of Bukit China and Everton Road Lane cannot pass through to the school and market, because of unlicensed hawkers parked m lront near the school. During the last few months the Municipal Health Office launched a campaign asking the residents living near the lane to
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  • 63 6 Sir; So ice can afford to hurt' }ii glil y- [M id Government officers wasting valuable time m arguing the pros and cons of belting eh. For the good of the country m general and ?onte of the T.B. cases m particular, I suggest that all Race Homes
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  • 98 6 Sir; While crossing the road the other night. I was almost knocked down by a taxi, which turned into the corner of Joo Chiat Road at full speed m order to beat the yellow light. Had my friend not pushed me aside. I would not have been
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  • 670 6  -  RAWLE KNOX By 'I 'HE new model Communist terrorist m Malaya no longer lives a feverish, hungry life m the deep jungle, hunted by police and military. Equipped with forged identity card and fed by relatives and sympathisers, he passes most of his time m one of
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  • 15 6 At the Oisina "Ah well* that's our baste travel allowance* that was!"
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  • 413 6 Late Amerika Round-up London. JHE brief and successful "cadets' revolt" m Guatemala underlines the almost masonic solidarity of the professional armed forces m Latin America. The end of hostilities i n Guatemala w a s brought about by an agreement signed between the insurgent leader. Colonel Casiillo Annas, and the
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  • 304 6  - DICTATORS AND DEMOCRATS J. HALCRO FERGUSON ij Kj Kj> n r by -^j-kj-kj^j- jcying good relations with the United States. l r: the Caribbean area the most notable is the prospei'ous sugar-grow-ing Dominican Republic, whose dictator Raiae! Leonidas Trujiilo (now ruling through his brother) holds a twentieth-century rec-ora for tenure
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  • 383 7 photo. Mufuol Security Plan To Include Spore Malaya LONDON, Aug. 15, (Reuter) Eight nations announced yesterday they will meet m the Philippines on Sept. 6 to plan a defence organization covering about 4,000,000 square miles including the whole of South-east Asia. The announcement was made by
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  • 225 7 The Site: A Little Bit Of Paradise MANILA, Aug. 15, <AP) Baguio— a cool little bit of paradise m the steaming Philippines— again becomes a conference site for free nations attempting to weld a union m Southeast Asia. Ihej mm dtacusa furmwtttwj ol a South-east Asia Treaty Organization SEATO«— a
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  • 63 7 T -\IPKI. A>;4. 15 I l.'P* An estimated l»)o.00«) Rtd ChiInfantrymen and 12.000 paratroopers have swung in:jo.vition along the China lacing Formosa, it was ported today Chtnatone News Agency. rh claims close connecns with NaUonaUsi Chir- Intelligence, said the 1 :'x)ps boi>- Urn name ol Formosa
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  • 176 7 SAIGON, Aug. 15. (AP)— Premier Nfo Dinh Diem said yesterday more ships and planes are needed urgently to evacuate Vietnamese refugees from Communist-dominated North Vietnam. About ;S.OOO a day are being flown down now. The United States has ordered m several ships to help m the
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  • 104 7 Americans Salvage Equipment WASHINGTON, Aug. 15— (UP):— The United States has started to withdraw from Indo-China 200 air force technicians and planes loaned to Fiance to hep fight the recently ended war, it was learned yesterday. Withdrawal ol the men and the planes representing the United States most direct involvemew
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  • 131 7 \:-\v YORK, &O| 15. w a Menace eonpit n,-h»- I I hUBCJNMMMI r S 50. 300 >tolen bride'a fatbei ned with i •>•. although w;!i:n<? •giv< md foi 1 j Wurtzberger i d< borarj II eloped >>n Ail 3 and were picked ;;:> three days
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  • 125 7 Test Pilot Bales Out At 8,000 Ft. LEICESTER. Aug. 15. (Router)—An Armstrong Whitworth test pilot, Mr. Martin Walton, baled out from a Hunter Mark II fighter plane B.UOO feet over Market Harborough near here yesterday when" part, of the undercarriage fell off aft or a high speed run. The Hunter
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  • 69 7 NAIROBI. Aug. 15. (Router) A Royai Air Force Lincoln' bomber limped buck to base, are yesterday from tin anti-' Alau Mau attack with one crew member dying and two of Jour' engines out of action alter; being damaged by blast from its own bombs. The injured
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  • 211 7 Formosa Attack Would Hit U.S.' WASHINGTON. Aug. 15, (UP) United States officials said yesterday that the United .States navy and air force would be involved immediately it' Communist China attacks Formosa They predicted such aggression would result m an immediate appeal to the United Nations for action. It might pave
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  • 411 7 I xj> From Page 1 ,j I transfer was made. It wasi< with a minimum of hatred j and distrust. As a result < India won the co-operation Of the people of the United Kingdom a co-operation which was firm and lasting because it was based
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  • 85 7 \r-\V YORK. Aug. 15 'ATM A Michigan furrier claim- <d a woiia pipe smoking n cord Saturday by puffing on 3.3 grams of tobacco for two hours, 5 minutes and 7 seconds. He is Max Aigree, 40. ol Fling, Michigan. The sixth annual contest ol the
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  • 190 7 His Love Life Is Back On Course Again, Now LONDON, Aug. 15. (AP) Texan Ge n c Thompson, whose flight under two river Thames bridges nearly cracked up his romance with pretty Helen Brown, had his love life back on course last night. In a wireless message from the liner
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  • Article, Illustration
    40 7 photc RUMCUR has id i t c name of Princess Margaret \Mth that rt t Honourable Colm Tennanr, 28-yec o d and heir of Lr and Lady Glenconru Ttie two are seen abo>.<. v%fTi!e attending c boll M9. U .P.
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  • 100 7 Pakistan Welcomes Defence Aid KARACHI. Aug. 15. (APh— Premier Mohamad Ali said yesterday Pakistan's mutual defence assistance agreement with the United State- "will enable Pakistan to strengthen the defences of our country." "The prospects of a strong Pakistan are unwelcome m certain unfriendly quarters and m India we have witnessed
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  • 189 7 Suez Pull-Out Begins Tuesday Ex-Malayan Troops Go CAIRO. Aug. 15. (Renter) British troops will begin their evacuation of the Suez zone on Tuesday, a British military spokesman announced yesterday. Both the First Battalion of the Pamehu'" Regimen! will -ail from Port Said on the troopships Asutrias and Empire Ken lor
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  • 47 7 LO.NDOX ZOO niiich b« jusi opened a -f" A aviary Coi i"ii homing and ord budgerigars is La al om Uu to fly out es^h day to see if the homing birds mil tea \he Othen to rct;:r:: to tXH :.t nigiit. R> -y: it.
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  • 118 7 A Wanton Act BERLIN, Aug. 15 (A) US authorities asked I t Russians yesterday t< investigate the shooting or a German anorney on th. i tskirte ul Berlin four dayi ■diio. ci< >cribing the in<\<:< nt us :<n act of pure vantonn<! b." Ma; -Gen. George
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  • 40 7 SOUTH BEND Indiana. A 15 (AP) Some 5 W Studebaker automotive workers \o\(><i yesterday to accept a cut m their hourly v:su*~* —a unique event m ttM history ol indu>tr;al re^n-.r.s m the United States.
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    • 797 8 NORODEUTSCHER LLOYD AND HAMBURG -AMERIK A LINIE IOINI btKVICt lo Colombo Genoa Mai»c iIU-» Antwerp Rotterdam Htmhui; 6 6rfir?n S t>ci< y S han> Penans SCHWABENSTEIN (LLOYD) C 42 43 17 Aug. 18 Aug. HESSENSTEIN LLOYD) 4 7 Sept. 8 Sept. 9 Sept. I mANKfuBI MAPACi 26 29 Sept. 30
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  • 255 9  - MILLION FACTORIES FOR MALAYA JOSEPH SASSOON By Amoy Corporation Plans Ultra-Modern Canneries MALAYA will soon have two ultra-modern million dollar canning factories The multi-million dollar Amoy Corporation of HongE???rv££j? Sh 9 f t tm herc a M 5 1,000,000 m Singapore and a M*Z,OOO,OOO one m the Federation. Mr. Wong
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  • 140 9 Enough Pork For Penang Standard Staff Reporter PENANG. Sum Penang is •sufficient m Its pork requirements, th» Municipal Veterinary Department's a:iDU4 report for 1953 stated A total of t>7.55!> pigs were brought to the market. With the exception oi -.-><'> pigs brought down from Province Wellesley. al the resl were
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  • 33 9 A M 53.030.000 contract for technical and advisory services i:i yroi.Tui water exploration wu signed by the Indian GovClUßOeni with, the Raiph M. Ps rsooa Company of Lo s An- AFP.
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  • 269 9 Standard Market Correspondent A FEATURE of the produce market m Singapore during the past week was the interest shown by Italy m copra which steadied >a_;uin<4 prices. Copra prtWJ dropped' throughout the week with a j pause and -I small reaction on Thursday The railv
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  • 539 9 Standard Market Correspondent THERE was no repetition of the active resumption of post-August Bank Holiday markets and Monday's Hari Raya Haji holiday was followed by the usual low- geared return to normal. Industrials attained a I notable steadiness but the tin j section, which due to
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  • 263 9 Iranian Oil May Flow Again By Oct. 1 LONDON. Aug. 15: (Reuter) Mr. Howard Page, chief negotiator for the eight Western oil companies which will re-develop the Iranian oil industry, told Reuter he hoped Iranian oil would start to flow again by Oct. 1. Mr. Page said he was flying
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  • 36 9 THE 10,100-ton Brazil Maru the first post-war passenger vessel built for the O.S.K. Line. The vessel has sailed from Japan on her maiden voyage to South America, with a full load of emigrants.
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  • 234 9 Business Done In The Week BUSINESS done m shares t from Aug. 7—13: INDUSTRlALS:— Consolidated iTin Smellers 25/9 to 27/:?. Federal Dispensary 52.90 Fraser Neave Ord.v 51.97. 1 Gammons $3.12}, Hammers $3.05. Hongkong Bank Col. SBBo and 5390. Hongkong Bank London £102]. Wm. Jacks 52.87}. Jackson Co. 51.52J, Malayan Cement
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  • 132 9 Sungei Tukang Rubber Co. Ltd.. made a net profit of $46,023 (6.2 r e) and dividend of 5 r r i s recommended for year ended March 31. 1954. At balancing date, net liquid assets equalled $313,420 or 42.4 cts per share. Cost of production was 48.3
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  • 75 9 MALAYA's natural rubber may find a bigger outlet if a newly developed crawler tractor with rubber tracks prove popular on soft lands. The tractor, called the "Water Buffalo," is claimed to be the only successful crawler tractor for lands unable to take heavy machinery. Its
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  • 96 9 TOKYO, Aug IS: (AFP)— A leading Japane.se oil company is planning to import heavy and light oil from behind the Iron Curtain— Rumania m exchange for unbleached cotton cloth. "Mitsubishi Oil Company" has asked the Trade and Commerce Ministry for permission to import 36.000 kilolitres of
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  • 120 9 AUST. FIRM TO SELL INK IN MALAYA Standard Staff Reporter AN Australian printers' ink manufacturing firm, which has been supplying ink for a leading daily newspaper m that country for 60 years, has established trade relations with Malaya. Mr. George B. Wimble, chairman of the firm. F. T. Wimble Co..
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  • 49 9 TOKYO. Aug. 15. (AFP> Japan will deliver to Communist China tor the first lime since the lifting of the trade embargo 13.000 tons of ammonium sulphate within the next munth- it was learnec here today. China will deliver m re'um 12.000 ion- ol rice.
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  • 63 9 BANGKOK. Aug 15: (AP)— The United States I I week agreed to purchase 2.40" too« ol Thai tin between now and March 31. 1955. the Thai Government an: yesterday The agreement, effective Aug I. mms signed by A: can Ambassador. William J. Donovan, and Thai Den
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  • 178 9 New OSK Vessels May Call At S'pore Standard Shipping Reporter THE Osaka Bboaea K:'sha Line may diver: ttu r new ship? to ctU at Singapore eguUu ly on the i U to Sii^'i^ America the Line's resident repres nUn tive m the Colony Mr Y. Takapi. told The Standard yesterday.
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  • 115 9 PROSPECTS for tl 4 vi d wheat crop mdi t productfOD will pr oe somewhat smaller c M.. -:< -ord of 7.15Q •< "<(i bushe m 1 9 5 :5 accorn g o United S'.ates official eat n i. The outlook for 'he n d wheat
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    • 589 9 NOTICE TO BUILDING CONTRACTORS rrai SINGAPORE CITY 1 COUNCIL, m accordance with Its policy to open the Li^ts of Registered Building Contractors annually to alv fresh applicants to be registered, invites all Contractors. NOT AT PRESENT ON THE REGISTERED. LISTS, to apply to the City Architect and Building Surveyor, if
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    • 16 9 TODAY: 3.15-6.30-9.15 p.m 2nd Smashing Week! "NAINA" m Hindustani with 100', English subtitles Next Change: "JHAXJAR"
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    • 34 9 I»" S Loll Orchard Motors CKCHAHO MOTOR COMPANY UMITCO SINGAPORE AND KUALA LUMPUR Represented elsewhere m ihe Federation b\ lornoo Moiors i Ui and m Borneo h> Borneo Motors [id. and Borne* Company Lv
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  • 446 10  -  Yong Peng Seong —In Pictures By THE Malayan AAA championships this year was a grand 'festival' of record breaking achievements to rank the meet with the best held m 33 years of its run- ning m this country. A total of 13 new records were established,
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  • 235 10 ROUGH RIDERS TO BOYCOTT SCA MEETINGS THE MALAYAN Rough Riders' Cycling Club, an organization with a big membership of racing cyclists m the Federation and Singapore, will not participate m future events sponsored by the Selangor Cyclists' Association. ThU decision was contained m a lengthy statement made by the management
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  • 32 10 LONDON. Aug. 14. (Renter) Mohamad Iqbal of Pakistan today broke the British National and Empire records for hammer throwing when competing m an international Meeting at the Luudoa White Citj.
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  • 459 10 LIM MARGARET IN MIXED FINAL Lim VVei Long and Margaret Lim entered the final of the junior mixed doubles m the Colony badminton championships when they beat Omar Yahya and Pauline Tan of Flower B.P. 15 11, 15r— 7 at the Singapore Badminton Stadium last night. Wei Long on Saturday
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    • 306 10 CATHAY ORGANISATION ATTRACTIONS PI Till 1/ TODAY DAILY J j|| Jg Jl V "'"> ajn.-1.45-4.15 mini tint 845 9 30 p m BOB'S O\E CAba\OVA WHO TICKLES YCLR HEART WITH LAUGHTER! x \\w\\\V Porumouot PrweoH V 4^^.*"** BOB I BIG TECHNICOLOR, BASIL RATH BONE f AUDREY DALTON HUQH MARLOWE i
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  • 493 11 Take Three-Run Lead ifcr to th sr aa^sa 's^j^r^^js^* repeatine The match ends on Tuesday. Pakistan must win the game to avoid defeat. Pakistan redeemed their reI putation which English weather has helped so much to tarnish when they gained a i first innings lead of
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  • 223 11 AUCKLAND. New Zealand Aug. 15. (Reuter): Britain .tefeated New Zealand by 12 points to 6 mi n the third and tad rugby league test here i Saturday to win the test M-rie s 2 l. Britain 'ed 10 6 at half Tie. The British team were
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  • 98 11 Leach Bergman To Return JOHNNY LEACH and Richard Bergman are due back m the Colony on Sept. 16, on their way to Hongkong from Australia after playing exhibition matches there. Mr. Choo Kwai Low, honorary secretary of the STTA, said yesterday, that the pair have requested to play m the
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  • 83 11 Stranahan Wins Golf Amateur CHICAGO. Aug. 14, (Reuter) Former British amateur champion, Frank Stranahan (U.S.A.), today had a one under par 71 to gain the 54 hole lead m the "world championship" amateur golf tournament here. He had a three-round total of 212, four under par. Stranahan, seeking his fifth
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  • 319 11 SCA TITLE IN SIGHT FOR ARMY Ong Lee Shines For The Chinese ARMY sec a their eleventh victory m the SimjaI pore Cricket Association tournaments when they disposed a weak Royal Navy team with an easy ninewicket win on the HMS Terror ground yesterday. With this win. the Army have
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  • 58 11 BOWLER: Vellupillai six wickets for 23 run s for Police vs Indians. BATSMAN: Reggie Da Silva 80 runs for Police vs Indians. FIELDSMAN: Wee Chong Jin four catches for Chinese vs SRCPARTNERSHIPS: Khoo Ong Lee Cecil Wong 74 1 runs for fifth wicket for Chinese vs SRC. FINISH:
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  • 737 11 SCRC Vs SRC SCRC won by 21 runs on the padang. SCRC Ang Earn Hock c De Souza b Brian Marks 6 Khoo Ong Lee b Collings 62 Wong Fong Weng b Brian Marks 2 Cheong Thiam Siew b CoUing s 11 Eddy Fung b Collings 5 Cecil
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  • 332 11 DUNN AND DENT DO THE TRICK FOR COLONY IN a close and dramatic finish at Nee Soon, concluding day of the Johore— Singapore cricket match. Singapore beat Johore by eight wickets yesterday. j Singapore left with 67 i minutes to make 101 runs I finished with 14 minutes to i
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  • 150 11 JOHORE BAHRC. Sun. The annual soccer competition for the Embok Suloh Challenge Shield between Singapore and Johore Police, played on the Police Depot ground today resulted m a victory for the Singapore Police by four goals to nil. Singapore have now won the Cup
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  • 43 11 BUKIT TIMAH S.C and Voting Men's Sikh Association, fhampiony oJ the SAFA Division 3 'A'' and respective. ly fouc i< out a 2 -2 draw m iheii semi-final championship iif under flood i it; at Jalaa Et sa! stadium i; jjht
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    • 294 11 W I/(IkP i 1 I l<_^-^_^_^i^^^tt_M^4 > m,>m&L (111 l_^vi K^i I I? n t_k*' <^]m SINGAPORE STANDARD Otll-Plf /"MIIT N_^ JfiszM W^IVilV-\g|"li A separate competition will still oppeor coch day, with a separate $100 prize, but you can now tend m one, two, three oi o whole week's entries
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    • 184 11 Ul flbner B y Al Capp 5SS^~y F-^)> B^l 32£^^«5 satt«sf%<ri2ffi? ii^^^v^ fte; V^ kio V flUey Pop By r.v. Horn/in I ~X AL LEY, NOU«?/ HOLYCOW.' '/tH'CNLY\ /T^oN,' j^w'WßH -"V 3 uni£ I VVHATCHA THINS I J f AFTER VK*f|r^yf^Bl I SS^" v*W EUSTACE \>!SGER TO I CAN 00.
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  • 251 12 I. Bedlam At A Meeting THE annual general meeting of the Amateur Athletic Association of Malaya held at the PWD Sports Club m Kuala Lumpur yesterday was notable for the bedlam which lasted four long hours. ""^e r e were officials who fretted end fumed
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  • 151 12 2. Rough Play, Wild Crowd The Victory Cup Tmi\ between the Police end Huo Lion at Malacca yesterday was abondoned when an angry crowd surged into the field and refused to allow further play. Th s Happened m r^e 3C*~ m nure. The Crowd r esented quesr oncbe rcctics by
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  • 173 12 ONLY ONE GOAL FOR BUSMEN PENAXG. Sun. Playing' against determined opposition, the Kowloon Motor I is Sport Club Boeeei tourists had to go all out before they scored a narrow one nil victory •Mi Penang m a friendly match played on Victoria Green today. P;'nang playt d w-Il m the
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  • 929 12 SONNEVILLE TO TAKE ON POH LIM All The Results MEN'S SINGLES Quarter Final: Ferry Sonnevilie (Indonesia) beat Chua Siew-Hing (Selangoo 15-7, 13-11; Lim Kee Fong (Selangor) beat Lee Si I^Kn (Negri) 15-2. 15-4: On*? Poh Lim (Singapore) beat Foil Voon Kheng (Perak) 15-10. 15-7: Oon Chong Teik i Selangor >
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    119 12 IPOH. Sun. A grand contribution of 91 runs by Major F. Coombe helped Perak to an innings and 27 runs victory over Kedah at the town padang today. In reply to Kedah's first innings total of 82 yesterday. Perak compiled 212 before lunch to-day. Then m under two
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  • 309 12 UK Soccer LONDON, Aug. 15. tßeuter) The British football season opened today with a programme of Scottish League Cup games. Rangers always a favourite team with the crowds and under the new managership of Scot Symon topped the day's happenings with a five clear goals'
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  • 651 12 UMS Unlucky To Lose DJAKARTA'S Union Means Strength soccer team suffered their second successive setback of their Colony interim, when they were narrowly beaten 3—2 by a Singapore A.F.A. XI under a flood-lit Jalan Besar stadium last night. The game, as the score indicates
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    26 12 TODAY'S Sport SOCCER: SAFA Div. 1. Star Soccerites v REME at Jalan Besar Stadium 8.30 p.m. Junior Cuptie: SCC v Tempenis Rovers at SCC 5.15 p.m.
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  • 450 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun.— Selangor won the FAM Cup today. Two goals by Edwin Dutton gave the state a narrow 2-1 victory over the Federation Combined Services m the Cup final at the Princes Road stadium today. I Selangor's performance as a team, however was far from
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  • 45 12 VANCOUVER, Canada, Aug 15 (AP)— Staging the British Empire Games here last week cost an estimated U552,600 000. An official reported on Friday that ticket receipts ran about US$2O,OOO short of the U*****,000 goal. Much of the financing was by public i subscription.
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  • 87 12 BOULOGNE. Aug. 14. (Etetlten Tottenham Hoi dr^w I—l1 1 m a ma'oh au 1 the strong Lille team hen I night. Lille had Led v. their goal at half-tiny Many British visitor.- v. i among the 7.000 spectal who saw the Spurs a'from the start and
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