Singapore Standard, 17 August 1954

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    11 1 SINGAPORE STANDARD SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, AUGUST 17, 1954 TWELVE PAGES 15 CENTS
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    & 100-A-DAY (Quick-Quiz) CONTEST RESULT
    204 1 100-A-DAY (Quick-Quiz) CONTEST RESULT MRS. If, YEOW of the District Office, Seremban, is the winner of The Standard Quick-Quiz Contest No. 25. A cheque of $100 has ot- en sent to her. The contest was judged by Miss Helen Heng a student of the Univer- i Malaya and holder the
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    Tungku Hussain, 49, Dies
    99 1 TUNGKU Hussain bin Tungku Haji Ali. 49. great grandson of the late Sultan j Ali of Singapore, died m the I 1.-tana Kampong Glam m Singapore yesterday evening. The Tungku was flown into Singapore from Trengganu and admitted to the General Hospital some time last week.
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    For The UN.
    36 1 TAIPEI. Aug. 16: (Renter) Foreign Minist< r George Teh will lead Nationalist China's delegation to the United Nations Genera.l Assembly session opening on Sept. 21 m New York, it was •■■'ported here today.
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    And Now It's A Radio Controlled Beer Barrel!
    128 1 DHAM. West Sussex. Aug.! Renter)— It's just aj »tion ol pu]Ung a I idle U Mr. A. an Tami tnta a dr.nk when krdenißg. "N the electronic bar-! wandexa into the} farden, pours him either a glass ol beer of a soft
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    Crash Due To Pilot's Error —Butterfield
    793 1 49th AND LAST DAY OF THE KALLANG INQUIRY FAILURE on the part of the pilot, Capt. T. W. Hoyle, was the cause of the BOAC Constellation crash at Kallang Airport on March 13, said the Solicitor-General, Mr. C. H. Butterfield, Q.C., m his closing
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    SIAM FEARS SHE'S NEXT
    294 1 Vol. V. \o. 46. West Urged To Step In Against Reds BANGKOK, Aug. 16 (AFP)— The official Thai Government spokesman, Mr. Karb Kunioro, told a press conference here today that Thailand had no doubt that she was next on the Communist time-table of aggression Mr Kunjara
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    Mrs. Attlee Due Here On Sept. 6
    97 1 Mrs. Attlee Due Here On Sept. 6 LONDON*, Aug. 1G: (Reuter) Mrs. Clement Attlee. wife of the British Labour Party leader, leaves here by air on Sept. 4 for Singapore on her way to Australia and New Zealand. She and her husband will spend four days m Australia as guests
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    CHURCH WEEK
    33 1 "SAVE OUR CHURCHES" week is to be held m the first week of May next year to raise £4.000.000 sterling to keep Britain's 2.000 historical churches from ruin and decay. -Renter.
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    Suez Pull-out Gets Underway
    36 1 PORT SAID, Aug. 16, (AP) Britain started evacuating her troops from the strategic Suez Canal Zone today with 1.000 men of the Marine Commando Brigade embarking on the cruisers Glasgow and Gambia.
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    Brother And Sister Stabbed
    40 1 A TEN-YEAR-OLD Indian Muslim girl. S. O. Maimon. and her brother, Nurasa. were stabbed m Tras Street last night when they were involved m a fight with another person. Both were admitted to the General Hospital.
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    Norfolk Girls Hit Back At 'Bachelor'
    157 1 KING'S LYNN, Norfolk, Aug. 16, (Reuten The girls of this farming town are on the lookout for an anonymous bachelor and marriage is the last thought m their minds. He has had the audacity to criticise their figures. In a letter signed "Bachelor" to
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    PARLIAMENTARY DELEGATES IN SINGAPORE TO FIND OUT FACTS
    253 1 FIVE Parliamentary delegates from Britain arrived m Singapore yesterday on a fact-finding mission. They were: Mr. Ralph Assheton (Cons) leader of the delegation, Sir Robert Boothby (Cons), Sir Roland Robinson (Cons), Mr. R. Sorensen (Lab), and Mr P. Morris (Lab). The delegation
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    POLICE SEEK MISSING TEC
    183 1 POLICE SEEK MISSING TEC Standard Staff Reporter A SINGAPORE detective is missing. He vanished mysteriously while on duty five days ago. He is Toh Keng Hwa, 26, of Beach Road Police Station. The missing detective was armed with a pistol and 12 rounds of ammunition. Detective Toh was last seen
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    FAIRBANKS IN TURKEY
    48 1 ISTANBUL, Aug. 16 (AP) American actor Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and his wife were luncheon guests of President Bayar. yesterday, at his summer residence. Fairbanks, who is visiting Turkey as Bayar's guest, plans to produce a film on the life of Ataturk, founder of modern Turkey.
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    $4,400 Spore Jewel Robbery
    178 1 Woman Stabbed By Thugs A SINGAPORE woman was yesterday stabbed and then robbed of $4,400 worth of jewellery m her house m Bendemeer Road. Hearing knocks at the door, at about 10 a.m she opened it without asking who was there She was then confronted by
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    Mrs. Pandit In Jakarta
    65 1 MRS. Vijayalakshmi Pandit arrived m Jakarta yesterday after an eighthour delay from Singapore. She is on a ten-day visit as guest of the Indonesian Government. She was welcomed at the airport by the Prime Minister, Mr. Ali Sastroamidjojo, and the entire Cabinet, diplomatic representatives and the
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    DELAYED TWICE IN SINGAPORE
    62 1 In Singapore yesterday morning, Mrs. Pandit's departure was delayed by a four-hour thunderstorm which flooded the Kallang Airport runway for two hours. The plane finally took off at 10 a.m. but it developed engine trouble and returned to Singapore. Later, accommodation was found for Mrs. Pandit
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    SHARKS' FINS FOR ATTLEE AND CO.
    154 1 HONGKONG, Aug. 16.— Communist China lavishly feted former Labour Prime Minister Clement Attlee today with sharks' fins and lotus roots and the Red Press launched a big campaign for trade and friendship between Britain and China. The British Labour Party delegation was entertained to
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    46 Killed In Laos Air Crash
    112 1 46 Killed In Laos Air Crash SAIGON. Aug. 16. <APt A twin-engined cargo plane evacuating Vietnamese refugees from Hanoi crashed m the River Senone. a mile from Pakse, m Laos, yesterday killing 46 persons, most of them women and children, it was learned today The plane had taken off from
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    STOP PRESS
    49 1 VIENTIANE. Aug. 16 (AFP) The total number of victims m the twinengined Bristol transport aircraft which crash-land-ed iv the Senone River m southern Laos after hitting a house, is now estimated at 51. The French crew of four and 11 other passengers are reported to be safe.
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    Garden Party For Youth Delegates
    133 2 DELEGATES from 57 countries to the second World Youth Assembly were honoured yesterday afternoon by a garden party at Government House for which 1.000 invitations bad been issued. As the more than 300 young men and women emerged from the 10 buses provided by the
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    Mother Identifies Sons Assailant
    233 2 PENANG, Mon. A mother, who had kept silent for three months following the death of her son after being fatally injured by one of two robbers at a house m Lim Eow Thoon Road, recently revealed to the police for the first time the identity of
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    Poison Pen Attack On Teachers
    93 2 Poison Pen Attack On Teachers KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. The Kuala Lumpur District Tarn:; Teachers' Union is being plagued by "poison pen" letters. The letters attack the Union's alleged "'.ack of interest"' m the matter of six teachers sacked by Government m recent months. The letters against the Union are stated
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    $10,000 BAIL IN DOPE CASE
    75 2 BUKIT MERTAJAM. Mon: —Bail of $10,000 m two sure- ties was allowed Lee Liang Hong. 30. m the Sessions Court, today, when he claimed trial to four charges of having I illegal possession of three pounds of saccharin, seven fecatis and eight tahils of Indian
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    WAY'S PLENARY SESSION
    441 2 Subjects Are Selected By The Delegates Standard Staff Reporter THE First Plenary Session of the second World Assembly of Youth held yesterday m Singapore was mostly spent m introductions, exploratory talks and the selection of subjects for detailed "workshop examination". Mr. Guthrie Moir, President of the Assembly.
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    104 2 CLOSING rubber prices (cents per Ih.) m Singapore yesterday were: Buyers Sellers No 1 R.S.S Spot Loose 65V 65] No. 1 R.S.S. 652 66 No. 2 R.S.S. 653 65& No. 3 R.S.S. 64J 65 Tone: Steady. TIN PRICE The price of tin yesterday was ***** per picul. Up 50 cts.
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    'Teochews In Malaya' Have A Duty To Do
    219 2 PENANG, Mon: The President of the Federated Teochew Associations of Maiaya. Mr. Heah Joo Seang, told members of the Penang Teochew Association, which celebrated its 90th anniversary today, that education, is the key to the progress of their country, and they should
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    GOLDSMITHS OPPOSE NEW LAW
    329 3 Will Strangle Us Out Of Business' KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Federation gold merchants today told the Chinese members of the Federal Legislature that a new law requiring them to keep their purchases of second hand jewellery intact fcr 28 days amounted to "freezing their capital and forcing
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    Hawkers Start Health Drive
    195 3 photo. THE Singapore Hawkers' Union yesterday began a one-week island wide drive to educate the Colony's hawkers on how to keep the City clean and healthy. A spokesman of the Union told The Standard that the drive has been started as a result of numerous complaints
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    To Help Red Cross
    54 3 MISS KITTY MATHESON. a Singapore stenographer, who will sing at the Liberty Musical and Dramatic Association's dance at the Victoria Memorial Hall on Aug. 28. Tickets for the dance (S3 a couple) which is m aid of the British Red Cross Crippled Children's Home are now
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    EX-TEACHER ISSUED FAKE LICENCES
    133 3 EX-TEACHER ISSUED FAKE LICENCES MALACCA. Aug. 16:— G. M. David. a former school i teachei wh i issued three i spurious canteen licences for a price, was sentenced by Magistrate Mr. P. Sankey to! a T ota! of six months' impri- j spnment David pleaded guilty to all j three
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    ARMY FAMILIES NEW HOMES
    51 3 TWELVE families of Malay servicemen m Singapore, yesterday moved into new quar- j ters at Nee Soon Barracks as part of the Army's scheme to improve their living conditions. At present there are 1.700 married Malay soldiers with families m Singapore but only, 304 live m
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    imprisoned For A Day
    105 3 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon.— James Scott Alexander, 22--year-old planter, was convicted by the President of the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court today and sentenced to one day's imprisonment for an act not amounting to culpable homicide. He was stated to have caused the death of another planter. William
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    Two Months For Bag Snatching
    49 3 LIM HUN CHENG, a clerk attached to a Singapore import and export firm, was sentenced m the Singapore Fifth Police Court yesterday to two months' jail for snatching a handbag from a girl, while she was walking m Tanjong Pagar Road, on June 9.
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    SATA IMPRESSES WELFARE PARTY
    207 3 THE Island-wide movement of the Singapore \nti-Tuberculosis Association, and its near-control of this disease among the population, was yesterday described by the visiting Hongkong Kaifong Welfare Advancement Association s party as "superb and one of the finest social achievements they had ever seen." They told a
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    2 JAILED FOR TRESPASSING
    46 3 TAN Yong Kwey and Tan See Yiang were each sentenced to one month's jail by the Singapore Seventh Police Magistrate. Mr. Choor Singh, yesterday, for trespassing into a dwelling house with the intention of assaulting Lim Joo Hock, m Kirn Chuan Road.
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    3 BANDITS KILLED PAHANG
    130 3 3 BANDITS KILLED PAHANG KUALA LUMPUR, Mon.— Three Communist terrorists were killed yesterday m Pahang. Two of them were killed m the Bentong area by members of the Ist. Royal Hampshire Regiment, while the third was killed m the Kuantan area by a combined Police /Military ambush party. A wounded
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    Jail For Deceiving Insurance Company
    140 3 Jail For Deceiving Insurance Company MALACCA. Mon. Goh Chong Leng. a tafilor, who bought a used car under the hire purchase plan and raised a $700 loan on it from an insurance company was today found guilty of deception of the insurance company by Magistrate P. Scnkcy and sentenced to
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    Fined For Acting As Bookmaker
    83 3 IPOH, Moa. Forty-two-year-old Ho Yew Thiam, was today fined $1,000 or three months' imprisonment for actin? as a bookmaker by Magistrate Che Abdullah Ghazalli. The prosecution alleged that betting slips were recovered from Ho on June 19 at the Pcrak Turf Club. Three other persons,
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    CIVIC CENTRE FOR ROCHORE
    66 3 A DECISION to form a community centre for residents of Rochore Ward, Singapore, was decided at a meeting of the Ward held recently m Short Street. The interim- committee elected were: Chairman Mr Y.C. Choo, Secretary— Mr K.C. Thomas. Treasurer— Mr. Soo Ah Cheow, Committee Messrs.
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    Leftists To Unite
    69 3 THE Singapore Socialist Party, on Sunday, nominated three representatives to meet the Labour Party on Aug. 21 to discuss plans for a united front m the Colony's politica: field. They are: Mr. Francis Thomas, Mr. Lim Yew Hock, and Mr. S. Jaganathan. This move is aimed at
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    Plea Not Accepted
    70 3 ANG JOO SENG, a 28-year-old motor car driver, was charged m the Singapore Fifth Police Court yesterday with stealing $1,710 belonging to a woman, Lee Kong Fung, m Upper Cross Street, on Aug. 12. Ang pleaded guilty but the magistrate. Mr. R. B. I. Pates, did not
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      81 3 Weather Report MINIMUM TEMPERATURE: from 7..50 p.m. on Au^. 15 to 7.:i0 am. on Aug. Hi Singapore (71F>: Penang <75Fr. Kota Bahru (TIIFk Kuala Lumpur t7:;i>; Ipoh (7iF); Kuuntan (73F). Maximum Temperature: from 7.:!0 a.m. to 7..10 p.m. on Aug. It!. Singapore (BliFi; Penang (90F); Kota Bahru iB7F): Kuala Lumpur
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    VICTORY FOR ALLIANCE
    355 4 Control Over 3 Councils IPOH, Mon.— The Perok State Alliance, comprising the MCAi UMNO and the Perak Progressive Party, won a sensational victory m Perak's first Town 1 Council election, onj nexing all 30 seats m the towns of Ipoh, Taip- j ing and Telok Anson. Thus,
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    11 Lose Their Jobs And Quarters
    154 4 ELEVEN employees of the Roya'. Singapore Go!f Club, j nine of whom are married, i have been given 14 days notice i i terminating their services. j They have also been ordered to quit their quarters m the Golf dub premises m Sime Road,
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    SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES
    127 4 PICTURE of the successful candidates m the Ipoh and Menglembu Town Council Elections was taken by a Standard cameraman soon after the results were announced on Sunday night at the St. Michael's Institution hall. The successful candidates together with Government Officials (seated from left to right) are: Mr.
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    Full Results Of Perak Elections
    556 4 IPOH, Mon.— The foil* the Town Council election Telok Anson: Ipoh, and Menglembu Town Council— B,oBs voted out of 10.333. Greentown Ward 2,586 vot- j ed out of 3,185. D.R. Seenivaisagam 2.084), Mr. Y.C. Kang j (1,976 Mr. C.H. Yin (1,924). Mr. Chin Swee Onn
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    Schoolboy Killed In Collision
    153 4 A SEVEN YEAR OLD schoolboy. Tan Ter Tie of Braddeil Rise School, Singapore, was killed instantly while t crossing Braddeil Road, by a I I car driven by Mrs. Beatrice S. I Deen. wife of an official m the 1 American Consulate, the Coro- t ner's
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    Observers Passes Are Withdrawn
    96 4 TWO "Formosans" were I yesterday politely but firmly told they could not attend as "observers" to the second World Assembly of Youth m Singapore. The "observer.-" had been apparently erroneously issued X t with observers passes. The i j=r passes were withdrawn yes- 7 terday by
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    Longest Inquiry I
    110 4 THE inquiry into the j BOAC Constellation crash at Kallang Airport o n March J 13. which closed yesterday. "J took four times as long as any such inquiry m the United Kingdom. Miss Bar- bara Sowden, executive officer m the Aircraft Accidents Investigation Branch of the
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    A NEW BURIAL PLOT PLANNED
    160 4 SINGAPORE may soon for the ashes of Buddhists, A Committee of the Singa- i pore City Council has approved m principle the avocation j of a part of Chua Chu Kang j cemetery for use by Buddhists j m general. Singapore has had a Bud-
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      164 4 KKITISII COUNCIL: Films about T yoa'h and from the Commonwe>!th 7 pja V\\r\: Englista class 9 30-11 30 "am Ballet dancing 3-3.45 pm. Ballroom dancing 5.15-6.30 p.m Square dance club meet Bpm CHINESE YMCV: Table tennis 2-7 p:n Bodybuilding 5 p.m Badminton 5 pm. Commercial class 5-8 p.m. Wrestling class
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      205 4 Pulau Tekons Besar and Naval Base fire brigade qrs. TIDES O TIMES ODAY: Singapore 03 am. do ft 5 Ins.) 1244 p.m. (9 ft. 3 ins.l Port Dtekson 817 a.m. <10 ft. 1 m.) 10.36 p m (9 ft 2 ins Pcnung 230 am (7ft 9 ins.) 227 p.m. (8
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    Colombo Plan Men Are Ambassadors
    331 5 „th T T Malaya and other countries m nn ?h rT K h re novv stud > in Australia the Colombo Plan, are proving "great ambas>udors of their countries," declared many Australian observers recently. They hare, m some instance-, encountered settling-in difficulties but have overcome
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    Accused Of Stabbing His Wife
    140 5 REI JS| tee stood tria] hi Sii sat) on Assize Cour: charge of at- r Itl Iti kl, wife. lip i 1 have 1 lanliililn lert was itattd tv sen p ace on May I a t •uao Roa where Heng* s Kang Kan Yi:n.
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    Suggestion Is Rejected
    80 5 A COMMITTEE of the Singapore City Council ha s rejected a suggestion that an open air theatre be built on the slope of Fort Canning. The "Friends of Singapore" recently told the City Council that an open air theatre on the Fort Canning slope facing River Valley
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    SAGO FACTORY WORKERS WIN PLAY CLAIM
    161 5 SAGO FACTORY WORKERS WIN PLAY CLAIM Compensation To Be Discussed THE Singapore Labour Court yesterday ordered the management of the Hock dim Guan Sago Factory to pay 17 days wages to its employees for working on public holidays. A claim by the workers for double pay for working on public
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    Girl Says She Was Molested
    105 5 A TEN-YEAR-OLD Malay £,'irl yesterday described m the Singapore Eighth Police Court I how she cried out to her mother when her 45-year-old neighbour allegedly molested her. The man. Mohin bin Haii Maswari. was charged with using criminal force on ihe girl with intent to
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    $30,000 Opium Is Seized
    128 5 $30,000 Opium Is Seized Standard Staff Reporter COLONY Customs officials seized $30,000 worth of opium and 60.000 dutiable cigarettes over the weekend. Duty on the cigarettes was j estimated at $1,000. The Customs men first seized nine pounds of top grade raw Persian opium from j the ship Ordla berthed
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    WAY Delegates Fail To Agree On A Title
    401 5 WAY Delegates Fail To Agree On A Title ABOUT 200 World Assembly of Youth delegates bickered and argued for more than an hour over the title oi a forum subject— The Role of Youth m Non-self Governing Countries that the Chairman, Mr. Fred Arulanandam of Malaya adjourned it m desperation.
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    Argument Over A Detainee
    148 5 Argument Over A Detainee AN order nisi was made m the Singapore High Court yesterday against the Colonial Secretary m a habeas cor. pus application made on behalf of a Chinese now under detention. Mr. L. A. J. Smith, who made the application on behalf of the detainee. Chug Ke
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    Many Social Activities For Youth
    303 5 A FULL social calendar has i been prepared for the World Assembly of Youth delegates now attending the Second j General Assembly En Singapore, by many organizations m the Colony. On Aug. 19. ail delegates are invited to Baffles Girls' School from 8 p.m. to
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    HK EXCHANGE
    40 5 HONGKONG. Aug 16 Special Standard Service; Closing prices ol the Hongkong Exchange today were: $15.61 to Ci sterling; $5.78 to US$l; i $1,833 to Malaya:; $1: 50. 187 to one Indonesian Rupiah Go I $251 to 1 taei.
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    Floods In Wake Of Storm
    160 5 MANY residents at the Sennett Estate m Upper Serangoon Road were a «v? 5 marooned m a flash flood following a four-hour storm which swept Singapore yesterday morning. But m spite of the downpour, 19 cadets of the Police Training School at Inomson Road donned
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    3 DEPARTMENTS OF C.C. TO HAVE CONTRACT' MEN
    214 5 Standard Staff Reporter SINGAPORE City Council is planning to replace t "fraction" of its 10,000-stronf labour force by contract workers. According to a Council spoksI man. this move is aimed at 'cutting down" the expenses m certain departments He could not. however,
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    FARES ROB TAXI DRIVER
    45 5 A TAXI driver \va? robbe ol rash and beiongings wort:; SB5 by three nien m a dark a: I lonely lane off Clemanti Roaa. Singapore, on Sunday nigh He said he had picked the three men outside Happy World Amusement Park
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    Elections Violence
    420 6 J S ml aming the p«.i-vs;ons of the people a necessary adjunct la the democratic process of elections? It reported thai stones were thrown into a crowd Fetal Aiis-.ii .>'■>! com elections were held A report last ci stated], though m the election pa gas ifl (pah, Taiping
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    Candidates' Symbols
    255 6 bols (literate f elections did th< ight was > and sup prejudices. A last S ie of Th< S the public s It will isi ads andid I and acceptable rage A o has pi ar deas i animals. ild prefer the s c di agon, deer and
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    MALAYA IS A BAD RISK
    606 6  - MALAYA IS A BAD RISK RAWLE KNOX By £OMMUNIST fears of the United States sponsoring a "Mekong Union" of Thailand. Cambodia and Laos are daily voiced more agitatedly on Peking Radio. In a further attempt to divide the West, Peking also accuses America of trying to supplant French economic interests
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    Review of Views
    452 6 Review of Views Attlee's Visit To Russia I TUSAX MELAYU expresses; high hopes that relations i between Britain and thej Soviet Union will be further strengthened as a result ot Mr. Clement Attlee's visit to Moscow It adds that Mr. Attlee would earn the gratitude ot the whole world if
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    SEX ELEMENT THAT IS HARMFUL
    428 6 SEX ELEMENT THAT IS HARMFUL Sir; 'J Non-Da net r" thinks that o" 1 opposed to dancing because 1 am a Methodist n mister. He is mistaken. Perhaps he doesn't know thm Die Methodist Church has lifted the ban oh dancing. No, I tun against dancing simply because I know
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    46 6 S*': Tfccre ore much cheaper woys of making Com munistl than your rcporttt! SI 0,000.00 luncheon tor Mrs Pondit. I know ir, bccous< I happened to be m Kronstodr 1917, when the naval officer-. ball sparked off Hie Russian R*volution. T. 0. RICHARDS Singapore.
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    130 7 IT'S ALL QUIET IN GOA LIBERATORS MARCH FAILS NOVA GAO (Goa>, Au<. 16 f AP- The government oi G a reputed last night that the tins settlement waa "all c, L" after a threatened "liberation" by Indian pror rger groups failed to maI P CommlsslaMl FerRomba made a tour ot
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    95 7 CLEVELAND II ißeuNegol two of QaU n [< r rubb« t producers prepared today to continue bargaining here with United R;bb« Workers' Union m an effort to -nd by more than 48.000 produci lon workers Senaratt talks were a iled to resume today bfn the
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    74 7 P.I. Jaycees Told Of Own Needs M p v M r Arseni night »harpl; i f the Junioi Commerce to c iffen m Indon n fact. 1 I first be given r pi] ipported by s \v- lfar« AdminJ Pacita Warn* reei nt- Operat ion X asstel Viet- .ng from
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    The Pipe Of Peace
    62 7 WHEN Chief Poking Fire on right, m full Red Indian dress from the Caughnawoga reservation, visited the Royal Navy ship, H.M.S. Sheffield, he took a pipe of peace which Commodore Campbell -Walter, wearing Red Indian blanket and feathers (left), is seen examining here. The Chief bestowed
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    Manila Prepares For Asian Talks
    222 7 MANILA. Aug. 16— (AP)— Preparations moved into high gear today for the forthcoming eight-nation Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) conference m Baguio next month. Vice President Carlos P. Garcia, concurrent Foreign Si retary, yesterday appointed various committees to handle a ommodation of the k egates
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    Stress On Economic Stability
    138 7 LONDON. Aug.—lS—(Reu- B expo ted '■> h f n ited bj Mr. Anthony Edei m F■: t ign Secretary, :k-. !y > c-. the in> tanci nnomic stability hi the area I be preserved from Co" is a1 the :iht- s th-easi Asia talks m the
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    52 7 JERUSALEM, Aug. 16 lAP) Hamilton Fisher. Press Offic< r ol the Onii i d Nations Tm Supervision Organiza- n lot Palestine, was m d In a car accidi ni :n Jerusalem yester- I kshei was taken to a taos- .-i doctoi said his condii lon Is
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    REFUGEES FLEE FROM VIETMINH
    311 7 REFUGEES FLEE FROM VIETMINH 6,500 Leave By Sea Air Daily HANOI, Aug. 16 Refugees are leaving Northern I ndo-Chi na for Southern Vietnam at the rate of 2,500 a day by air from Hanoi and 4,000 a day by sea from Haiphong, the port 60 miles away, authoritative French sources
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    AVA GARDNER IS PARDONED
    67 7 HOLLYWWOD. Aug. 16, (Renter) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film studio announced yesterday it had lifted its suspension on Ava Gardner imposed m June because she refused to play m a film entitled "Love Me or Leave Me." In the autumn she will begin work on "Bhowani Junction" with Stewart
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    Exchange Of PoWs To Start Soon
    186 7 HANOI. Aug. 16— (DP)— I French uv.d Communist truce! envoys yesterday signed an. agreement clearing the way i for the start this week pro-! [bably Tuesday of the mass exchange of [ndo-China war prisoners. i French sources said the agreement at Trung Gia. the
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    Speaker To Tour Russia
    82 7 MOSCOW. Aug. 16— (Beuter) Mr. W S. Morrison, Speaker of the House ol Com-' mons, and Lord Simonds, I Chancellor of the House of Lords, have accepted an invitation to visit Russia next month, the Soviet Communist Party newspaper, Pravda, reported yesterday. The announcement, which was
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    71 7 I NEW DELHI. Aug. 16 <AP> India's largest Society ol Editors yesterday passed a resolution welcoming "m principle" a statutory press coun- i cil to enforce a code of journalistic ethics. Tin- scheme lor an Indian press council was submitted m a report by Nehru's gov-
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    65 7 CAIRO. Aug. 16— (Renter) Thirteen Egyptians were drowned here last ni^ht when their ".Moonlight Party" sailins boat capsized m swirling Nile flood waters opposite the Semiramis Hotel Two of the 15 men aud women m the felucca boat were rescued. Witnesses said the boat swerved off course and
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    74 7 Standard London Correspondent LONDON. Aug. 16. The following are the closing prices of rubber and tin on the Lond on Market. LONDON RUBFER LONDON TIN Spot I9sd. October December 19^(1. January March 19gd. April/June 19..d. luly/Sept. 1 9 id. Aug. c.i.f. 19 7/16 d. Tone: Quiet.
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    135 7 KINGSTON. Ontario. Aug. 16 «UPi Rioting convicts touched off a huge fire at Kingston penitentiary m an escape attempt yesterday. More than 250 battle-clad soldiers were called m to help quell the uprising m which three prisoners were reported wounded. The three-hour riot m
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    53 7 CANNES, Aug. 16 (AP) Tiie Begum Aga Khan, French wife of the leader oi the Ismaili Moslems, has returned from a pilgrimage to Mecca made by plane and air-con-ditioned trailer. The Begum, before her marriage tiu- French dancer and beauty contest winner Yvtette Labrousse, is a
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    61 7 AIRLINE CREWS LAID OFF CHICAGO. Aug. 16. (AP)— Nearly 1.900 American airlines stewardesses, flight engineers and ground workers are being laid off today be- j cause of a strike of American I airiines pilots, a company spokesman said. An additional 12,000 employees across the nation will receive notice that their
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    227 7 Mountain Climbers Die In Arms Of A Guide Z ARM ATT. Switzerland, Aug. 16 ißfutert Two Frenchmen caught by a blizzard on the 14.000-foot Alphubel. near here, died m the arms of a &vide trying to save them, it was revealed yesterday. Another member of their party had already died
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    62 7 K!SSiNG on pcrcde with the Regimenta' Se-cect Motor s approve; The sergeants, of the Irish Guards, formed o gucrd of honour v. hen Pomelc Smith marned Sergeant jemes Oit cer mot m p:c*ue N ct Pirbright Barracks, Surrey there is a "parade" to kiss me bnde, watched on left) by
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    184 7 RABAT. French Morocco. Aug. 16 (UP)—Battledressed troops, armoured cars and planes executed a dawn-to-dusk round-up oi Arab terrorists throughout Morocco yesterday. Some 200 nationalist^ wt c arrested. The pfianti surprise operation v.. ai r disarm:::^ 'he iptic oa issi Istjqla: before Iht ani renewal later
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    41 7 CASTEL GANDOLFO Italy. Aug. 16 UIPX From his summer palace here. Pope Pius recited the Prayer of the Angelus yesterday over the Vatican Radio and Italian television network. Tiie occasion wa- the feast of tin As* sumption.
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    138 7 Communist Party: New U.S. Bill WASHINGTON kug f Router' Cong.- leaden agreed at WThiU conit-rence with PMsidcal Ew-nhower today bo push through Congr^s a n< w bill to outlaw the Oomin mM Party a> >ueh :n Urn r S: ate*. The proposed new b -nded a> a substitute i passed
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    'Borrowed' Shirt For Wedding
    80 7 GLASGOW. Aug. 16 -AP- The bridegroom wore something "borrowed" from him. said the best man. but without permission. K\ i court martial ur, Saturday, the best man. i Corporal w J. S-- war: i the Filth Dragon Guards, identified a> his a Hue i snorts shirt
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    HERE TO ADVISE ON FASHIONS
    137 9 Standard Staff Reporter MISS RHODA of New York. (Rhoda Schwartz Evans to give her full name) who has spent more than 20 years m the ladies' fashion business, is now m Singapore to advise her clients. Town and Country, on the latest fashion m ladies
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    40 9 TOKYO. Aug. 16. (AP) Three Russian officials have arrived m Tokyo to begin talks on an USSBO.OOO.OOO barter deal, with Japan. Japanese businessmen, who visited Moscow, returned with what they called a provisional agreement on the deal.
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    Rubber Closes At ¼ ct. Higher
    77 9 Rubber Closes At ct. Higher Industrials Are Firm Standard Market Reporter RUBBER prices m the Singapore market yesterday closed steady at 65j* cents per Ib. for first grade rubber for September shipment, a rise of cent on the weekend closing level. Prices opened unchanged on an uncertain market but eased
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    92 9 PRICE changes yesterday were: Buyers Sellers INDUSTRIALS Con. Tin Smelt OicLs. 27 9 28/3 x all Gammon 3 22 3 27 McAlisters $1 stock :j.77 3.82 Straits Times 2.90 2.98 Straits Traders 21.15 21.35 United Engineers Ord. 12.1)0 12.70 Jack, \V. 2.54 2.58 MINING Honij Fatt 1.38 1.40
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    JAPAN TO CAPTURE MART
    41 9 HONGKONG. Aug. 16: (AFP) Japan's campaign to capture the Hongkong market has taken another step forward thi s week with the organisation here by importers, working m conjunction with Japanese exporters. )f an exhibition of Japanese products.
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    NOON PRICES
    108 9 THE Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association noon prices (m cents per Ib. yesterday were Buyers Sellers No. I RSS Spot 'oose Ml finjj September 65| 654 October tif)J (J5; No. 2 RSS f.o.b 65 65J No. 3 RSS 1.0.bl 644 642 RMA on reg. tender September 65J
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    R.I. DELEGATION
    28 9 A FIVE-MAN Indonesian official delegation is to leave Jakarta for Russia and Communist China at the end of August to study industrial and agricultural projects. UP.
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    20 TONS OF PEPPER ARE BOUGHT UP
    194 9 MORE than 20 tons of pepper were transacted m the produce market m Singapore yesterday at slightly higher level? than those prevailing at the close of the week. Traders reported some 15 tons of black pepper passing. I Copra remained a quiet market
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    BRITAIN FACING STERLING POSER
    218 9 BRITAIN FACING STERLING POSER LONDON. Aug. 16. (UP/— Facing Britain m 1955 is one big question overshadowing everything else: Will sterling m 1955 be made convertible into dollars by any holder anywhere m the worid? London's banking fraterniiy. with the veteran banker Lord Brand as its spokesman. seems ready and
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    18 9 UNITED STATES-Philippine trade revision talks are expected to get underway m Washington about Sept. 20. AP.
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    K.LM. Makes Profit-Pays 4p.c. Dividend
    172 9 K.LM. Makes ProfitPays 4p.c. Dividend THE distinction of being the only Continental airline to pay dividend goes to KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, whose annual report for 1953 (profit: 10.4 million guilders) states that the favourable results achieved enable the payment of a four per cent, dividend on all shares. The
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    20 9 THE first shipment of Mai. $3,000,000 worth of American cotton warehoused m Haiphong has arrived m Taipei.
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      325 9  -  HSU TSE-KWANG By —On The Present Acreage MALAYA can increase her rice output without using more land. This is the opinion of Dr. C. W. Chang, the United Nations rice expert. Dr. Chang, who is the Executive Secretary of the International Rice Commission, is
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      250,000 U.S. FIRMS USE TIN
      236 9 250,000 U.S. FIRMS USE TIN THE qua:, ity ot n Malaya available and the extent of m, -serves. geologists haw discovered. arc adequate for c &m seeable futm. irhatevt r the requirement! of the industry may ftp niifi urn* \mm m attractive n< w boot Straits Tin A Most 0
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      'Malaya Should Have TV'
      113 9 'Malaya Should Have TV' Standard Staff Reporter MALAYA should hare a television station, declared Mr. Ed tear d En, a businessman, yesterday. It has been denied the privilege of keeping up icith progress m not having a television station, he added. Mr. Eu ha.< just reuirued irom New York City,
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      104 9 BRITAIN'S petroleum industry has achieved a record export figure for the first h.. of this year, according to latest official .statistics. In the first gix months, sa < of refined products amounted to 4,000,000 tons, worth Z4 500.000. This figure is wti\ above Urn £36.700.000 for
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      532 9 KUALA LUMPUR MUNICIPAL COUNCIL TENDER NOTICE 'TENDERS are invited for h d purchase of assorted. ujwrviceable stores. I EVthei particulars from UM I'own Superintendent. Tenders to undersigned not later than 12 noon. 2nd j September, 1954. MOHAMED DIN bin ALI Municipal Secretary, Kuala Lumpur. The Bankruptcy Ordinance CU APTER 45
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    ARE YOU FOOT-SORE or FOOT-SURE?
    591 10  - ARE YOU FOOT-SORE or FOOT-SURE? Kay Sabapathy fisfes your feet and your shoes good companions? If they aren't, here are a few do's and don'ts you should remember when you go to buy a new pair of shoes. Dot; t M *he sa fsrr.an fit I) with the sauna size
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    261 10  - SPICES IMPROVE PORK FLAVOUR 1\ Pork t li.ips s: cii ick, 2 tables tons Hour. 2 table- I tcaspo ma sail i te isp er, teaspoon I teaspoon annaI tea ion doves, i teace, I cup vinegar, .1 'am. 1 cut lot ge mkms, cut n line slices c >rnsiarch,
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    582 10 ATY WIFE and I have been married for 12 months and live with her mother. I get along well with my mother-in-law, but. every time I want my wife' to go out with me. she says she has to help her mother. There are several small children
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    VACATION IS FOR REST!
    520 10 THIS is the time of year when everyone begins thinking about a vacation of some kind. They begin planning one, or at least they dream about one a bit. Many people take life so seriously that they fail to give themselves enough rest and relaxation. They
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    87 10 ALL towels should be washed m very hoi irater unless they are a delicute colour. Textile scientists say that water at 1-iO degrees F. tu!:es more soil out of cotton materials and removes it faster than does lukewarm water. n^O avoid steaming up the bathroom when you draw
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    red Sash For Slim Waist
    58 10 photo I THIS cocktail dress m white embroidered lace. unit j i| dost- lilting bodice and flaring short skirt was shown b> i Paris couturier Hubert de Givenrhv m his autumn collet I I tion last week. It has a red satin IMb to accentuate
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    173 10 T^HE line? that form at the sides of the mouth and on the forehead after 40 are a gin 5 to any woman. But there are Facia] exercises to help combat these lines. To erase the "parentheses" around your mouth, open your mouth wide ar.d try
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    63 11 FAT KIM LEAPS 4 SAVES THIS! L£AriXG Wai Fat Kirn, the Kowloon Bus team goalkeeper, snatches the ball m the air to cut off a centre from the right during a Penang raid. This was an incident during the match m which the Busmen defeated a Penang selection by four
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    77 11 CHICAGO. Aug 16 «Reuter>— Bob Toski. 27--year-old New Jersey golfer. won the Tarn Of Shanter "world professional" golf tournament here at the ■a :<-end by one stroke. He had a 72 holes aggregate of 2T4, 14 strokes under par. roski is the youngest play'■ver to
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    440 11 THERE'S SUPERSTITION AT THE VALE... Team Of The Year Go All Continental TO every soccer enthusiast of these islands beyond the civic boundaries of West Bromwich, that is Port Vale were the team of the season past. The phenomenal Vale are the boys who hit the semi-final of the Cup,
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    40 11 IPOH. Mon:— Brian Scott easily won the August Medal at Tiger Land with 38J Stableford points. D. H. Cairns, who has been reducing his handicap steadily accounted for both the Heather Cup and the Electric Competition.
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    124 11 MALACCA. Mon.— Malacca Club beat an SCC eieven by an innings and 55 runs last week-end m a friendly match on the padang. SCC, taking first knock, w^re soon m difficulties against Lee and were ail out for 33 runs. Only Blight reached
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    County Cricket: Latest Tables
    440 11 LONDON. Aug. 14, <Reuten— The cricket county championsnip table to date is: i s t Inn*-- Pis Yorkshire and Worcestershire records include eight points for first innings iead m drawn matches restricted to the last day. Highest Inns. Not out Runs Score Average Tom Graveney 32
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    FERRY SCALPS A THOMAS CUPPER
    684 12 Masters Ong For Selangor Title KUALA LUMPUR, Mon.— lndonesia's ace shuttler, Ferry Sonneville beat Singapore's champion, Ong Poh Lim 15-12, 15-8 to win the Selongor International singles championship m the tournament which concluded last night at the Selangcr Badminton Association Hall. The Indone ..an's victory
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    The Test ENGLAND NEED 167
    186 12 The Test ENGLAND NEED 167 LONDON. Aug. 16 (AFP) England's captain Len Hutton was caught for five by Imtiaz off Fazal Mahmoud. with the score at 15 m the last test match hetwet* n England and Pakistan at the Oval to- day. England needs 167 more to win the last
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    GRAND PRIX
    30 12 PFSCARA. Italy. Aug. 16. (Renter) Italian Maseratis took the first i'>ur places yesterday m the Pescara Grand Prix motor race which was won oy Luigi Musso of Italy
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    Record Entries For Chinese Swim Meet
    663 12 SINGAPORE Chinese Swimming Club's 38th annual championships which will be held on August 28 at Amber Road, have attracted a record number of entries. YbM Club's champion for t c;\ 1 ttn fcm Neo Ch-wee Kok who have entered f>r the 100, tt'O. 800
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    Hancock Loses
    32 12 SYDNEY. Auje. 13; (Beater): Tj:h- Hancock, Australian flyweight champion, for the past three years, lost his title '.ast ni4nt. when he was outpointed here bj Vince Blake over 15 rounds.
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    NEO: A CHAMPION NOT FORGOTTEN
    233 12 Neo Chwee Kok is no longer one of the 'men we cheer and soon forget', writes FRANCIS BOEY, commenting on a Jeffery James article on Neo Chwee Kok 'a champion m a swimming pool, a man without a job outside. In this short piece on
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    If Tigers Fall, 'Stars' Will Take The League
    498 12 STAR Soccerites beat REME by three goals to one at the floodlit Jalan Besar stadium last night to give themselves the best chance for this year's Singapore AFA senior league championships. Both the Soocerites and REME have beaten the Tigers. The Stars
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      TURF TOPICS
      405 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon.— There was little activity at the Kuala Lumpur race track this morning. Several candidates were given useful cantering work including those under the charges of 'Doc' Rodgers and Jimmy Martin. McCloud exercised most of Rodgers string, while Mitchell took out Projector, Ballroom, Binnton, Exhibitor and
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      New Golf Club
      30 12 KOTA BAHRU. Fri.— The Sultan of Kelantan yesterday opened the new 75-acre Country Golf Club here. The nine-acre rourse has been leased from Government for 25 years.
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      3 For Selangor Races
      408 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Three newcomers, who are half brothers well-known turf performers m Malaya, will be making their debut m m< forthcoming Selangor Turf Club's August meeting. They are BABY CHRIS, a half brother to the 1950 Perak Derby win fit Indian Heather; SHANGKILAT (late Mammonera)
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      All The Other New Horses
      298 12 STAR SIGNAL STAR SIGNAL (late Teine Sidhe) also from the same stable as Sangkilat is a very stylish mover. He is by Signal Light from the successful mare Overboard. Although he did not win bis seven starts last season, his performances nevertheless earned him a
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      Mr. Beadles Was Wrong
      230 12 Sports Lctler In your issue of Aug. 11, you reported Mr. O. H. R. Beadles as saying that Rugby has never been played at night m any part of the World. I regret to say that Mr. Beadles teas wrong m his statement. As long ago
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      SCC Ousts Tem. Rovers In Cuptie
      174 12 SCC Ousts Tem. Rovers In Cuptie SINGAPORE Cricket Club awoke to some lively soccer m the second half to score a five-one victory over Tempenis Rovers m a Junior Cuptie on the padang yesterday. No goals were scored m the first half. The Club, with this victory, are m the
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      YMCA WIN
      88 12 NEWPORT. Rhode Island Aug. 16. (AFP) American Hamilton Richardson beat his compatriot. Straight Clark. 6-3. 9-7, 12-14. 6-8. 10-8, to win the singles Newport tennis tournament, The doubles final was won by Australian pair Neale Frasor and A. Hartwig who whipped countrymen Lewis Hoad and Ken Rooewall, 6-3,
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