Singapore Standard, 20 August 1954

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    16 1 SINGAPORE STANDARD 9L&M.M Vol. V. No. 49. SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, AUGUST 20, 1954 TWELVE PAGES 15 CENTS.
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    BOMBS GO TO BANDITS
    261 1 Slipped Across Causeway Spore Police Have A 'Lead' Says Clague EXPLOSIVES from bombs stolen in Singapore ore believed to hove been token across the Johore couseway by orgonixed gangs tor the manufacture of landmines and handgrenades for use by Communists in their terrorist campaign in Malaya.
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    De Gasperi Dies Worrying About European Union
    266 1 ROME. Aug. 19, (Reuter)— Signor Alcide De Gasperi. Premier of Italy almost uninterruptedly from 1946 to 1953. died early today of a heart attack. He was 73. One of the most fervent supporters of European union and E.D.C.. this great Catholic statesman led
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    Conference On EDC-Deadlock
    166 1 BRUSSELS. Belgium, Aug. 19, (AP) Foreign ministers of five anxious notions met today with French Premier M. Pierre Mendes France, for a desperate try at saving their threatened European army alliance with the French. The five diplomatic leaders of West Germany, Belgium. the Netherlands. Italy and Luxembourg,
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    Dr. Malan's Party Wins
    52 1 :o:- .ANNESBURG. Aug. 19 First results from Si nth African provincial ons yesterday showed a ng swing in favour of Minister Daniel F. Malan i Nationalist Party. v.h 10 races decided, the I i inahsii had gained four provincial seats and ln•ased their majorities over ed
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    No Word About More Survivors
    40 1 HONGKONG, Aug. 19. AP> I a Hcngkcng Government todeaj no word has been ec fn m Peking of any survivors from the iv Pacific Sky master down by Communist r ctf Ha:nan Inland on 23.
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    The Malayan Way of Life 6
    14 1 Soft lights, sweet music and... fgrlsbcTtj of course
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    SHARES INVADE THE SUEZ CANAL
    37 1 CAIRO. Aug. 19. (UP>— Black danger flags today were hoisted along the beaches of the Suez Canal to warn against man-eating sharks which broke into the canal from the Red Sea. j
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    After Twins She Expects Another One
    105 1 DETROIT. Aug. 19 (Reuter) Mrs. Boyd Braxton, who took twin girls home from hospital on Tuesday, expects to return in a few days to have another baby. The twins were born prematurely on July 31. One weighed four pounds six ounces and the other
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    7 MORE MPs TO VISIT MAO
    57 1 LONDON. Aug. 19 (Reuter; Seven more Labour members of Parliament are to visit China in October at the invitation of the Chinese Foreign Office. They will fly from London on Oct. 4 to Prague and then to Moscow on their way to China where
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    Demand By Strikers: 'Accept Our Union'
    183 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.— Three hundred men and women strikers of the Lever Brothers factory here assembled at a special meeting tonight to reaffirm their stand to fight for their union's recognition. In a hall echoing with cries of "strike to starvation." the meeting unanimously
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    48 FROM KIRKBY ON WAY HOME
    138 1 48 FROM KIRKBY ON WAY HOME From ANDREW ROTH Standard Correspondent LONDON, Aug. 19— Forty-eight Malayan students left London Airport joyously for home late last night. They were the first of three batches of "Kirkbyites" who have completed their training at JMalayan Teachers' Training College in Liverpool. Next group will
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    PIANIST SUED FOR DIVORCE
    52 1 MELBOURNE, Aug. 19, (AP)— Hephzibah Menuhin. 34-year-old pianist sister of Yehudi Menuhin, the violinist, is being sued for divorce by her Australian sheep farmer husband, Lindsay G. C. Nicholas. Nicholas. 38. filed the petition on Wednesday on grounds of adultery and cited Richard Hauser. of Sydney,
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    INDIAN MISSION
    22 1 AN Indian cultural mission will leave for Moscow on Aug. 24 for a six-week stay m the Soviet Union. U.P.
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    A Major Scandal
    495 1 JUST IMAGINE fifty-nine 500-lb bombs were stolen from the Royal Air Force Station at Tengah, Singapore, within the past few months! Ten were recovered intact outside the station's boundary fence. But the high explosives of the other 49 enough to blast the business centre of this island
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    $400,000 Fire In Seria Oilfields
    119 1 SERI A Brunei, Aug. 19, (Reuter) Serio oilfields' second big fire within o fortnight did about $400,000 damage here last night and early today when two large storage godowns were completely destroyed Last night's blaze was just across the narrow road from the scene of
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    9p.c. TAX CUT FOR AUSSIES
    68 1 CANBERRA. Aug. 19 (Reuter)—Australians of all income groups received a nine per cent cut in income tax today in a "buoyancy budget" presented to Parliament by Sir Arthur Fadden. the Treasurer. The tax concessions bringing to nearly 30 per cent the total cuts since the
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    US. Negro To Get High U.N. Post
    118 1 US. Negro To Get High U.N. Post UNITED NATIONS. Aug. 19, <AP)— The appointment of Mr. Ralph J. Bunche. American Negro winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, to the highest post held by an i American in the U.N. Sec- retariate is expected to be tannounced today by Secretar y-G
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    Duchess Flies On Saturday
    50 1 LONDON. Aug. 19. <AP>— The Duchess of Kent and her pretty, blonde 17-year-old daughter. Princess Alexandra, fly to Quebec on Saturday in a Royal Canadian Air Force plane for a tour of Canada. They will be guests of Canada's Governor-General Mr. Vincent Massey, until Aug. 25
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    SHE WILL TRY TO REACH TOP
    70 1 NICE. France. Aug. 19 (UP> world. A woman mountain climb- She is Mrs. Claude Kogan, er flew to New Delhi today to a French woman who bwame try to reach the top of unex- known as "the highest woman plored and unconquered m the
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    FAROUK DOES A NUMBER
    56 1 ROME. Aug. 19, (AP)— Exiled ex-King Farouk of Egypt now yodels. Other guests reported that in the small hours, yesterday morning at a local nightclub, the pudgy former monarch drew up a chair beside a cafe entertainer and sang with her for an hour, topping things
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    MADAME PANDIT
    17 1 MADAME Vijayalakshmi Pandit left Jakarta yesterday on a seven-day tour of Java and Bali. U.P.
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    Ike's Report On The U.N.
    62 1 WASHINGTON. Aug. 19 (Reuter) President Eisenhower said in his annual report on the United Nations today that Russia "was not so openly obstructionist as in previous years." But he added "The U.S.S.R. gave no indication of so modifying its position on basic issues as to
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    What IS A 'Common Prostitute'?
    174 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. A Trade Union representative took the Federal Legislature by surprise today demanding the definition of a "common prostitute." During the second reading of the Minor Offences Bill, Mr. Tan Chong Bee fell foul with its Section 27 (B) and asked why only
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    QUESTIONS ON 'WOMAN' THRASHED OUT
    373 2 WAY Delegates Debate IS A woman a human being? If so, what service can she render to society? These questions were thrashed out yesterday ot Workshop B 2 of the second World Assembly of Youth, m Singapore. The Workshop resolved that a woman was indeed
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    COMMODITY PRICES
    107 2 CLOSING rubber prices (cents per Ib.) m Singapore yesterday were: Bayers Sellers No I KS S >M>t Loose 665 663 No. 1 R.S.S. 66 13/16 67 1 16 No. 2 R.S.S. 664 661 No. 3 R.S.S' 66} 66V Tone: Slightly easier. UN PKICIThe price of tin yesterday was
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    Goans Told To Observe Tiracol Day'
    138 2 BELGUAM, Bombay State, Aug. 19.— The President of the Goan National Congress, Mr. Peter Alvarez, last night called on Goan Nationalists to observe Sept. 16 as "Tiracol Day' as a protest against the "barbarous act of the Portuguese against peaceful unarmed volunteers" m retaking
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    Melinda Sends A Letter
    91 2 Melinda Sends A Letter LONDON, Aug. 19, (AFP) Two London daily papers reported today that Melinda Maclean, wife of the former British diplomat. Donald Maclean, wno vanished three years ago, and who herself disappeared, presumably behind the iron curtain some time later, had sent a letter to her mother m
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    A SCHEME TO SHIELD FINANCIER
    149 2 THE Singapore City Council is now considering a scheme to protect public and local companies offering vehicles on hire purchase terms. If the scheme is introduced, people buying vehicles on instalments will not be able to sell their cars without informing the person or company
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    Discussions On Panama
    77 2 WASHINGTON, Aug. 19: (Reuter)— The United States and Panama have ended the j first stage of discussions on the future administration of i the strategically important Panama Canal, the State Department announced today. Each delegation is now reporting to its Government on the other proposals, whose nature
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    POLICE CLERK JAILED
    142 2 KUANTAN, Thurs. A Police clerk, K. V. Nathan, was sentenced to a year's imprisonment m the Session? Court here today by the President. Mr. B. V. Rhodes, for corruptly accepting S5O from Arumugam. a police contractor. Nathan was said to have taken th:>: money m order to
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    FAREWELL FOR 'PUGGY'
    131 2 MR. W. R. M. (Puggy) Haxworth. the departing Traffic Police chief, was j honoured by members of the j Singapore Safety First Coun- oil with a farewell luncheon i party at Cathay Restaurant on Wednesday. Mr. Haxworth who had been a member of the Singapore Safety First
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    PENANG NEEDS $54,379 MORE
    165 2 PENANG, Thurs.— The Settlement Financial Officer will move at tomorrow's Council meeting for an additional allocation of $10,645 from the Federal Government to meet the refund of fines improperly collected m 1951 and 1952. Another resolution which he will move will be for an addiJ tional
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    Gold Wristlet Found On Road
    45 2 A GOLD wristlet made of American gold coins wds found at the junction of Orchard Road and Seotts Road in Singapore on Wednesday evening. The owner should contact Inspector Wong or the Officer-in-Charge of Orchard Road Police Station Tel. 2400.
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    Pak. Premier To Visit US
    62 2 WASHINGTON. Aug. 19, (Reuter) The White House announced yesterday that Pakistan's Prime Minister. Mohammed Ali, would visit the United States at the invitation of President Eisenhower. The Prime Minister will arrive m the United States early m October. He will come to Washington for a
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    COURT HEARS VIVIAN CASE
    80 2 DEVIZES. Wiltshire, Aug 19. (Reuter)— Blonde Mrs. Wheeler, who is accused of shooting Lord Vivian, 48--year-old show producer, with intent to murder him, made a third appearance before a magistrate's court here yesterday. She was taken by road from Holloway Gaol m London for yesterday's hearing,
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    Men Outnumbered
    61 2 MEN were m the minority yesterday at a World Assembly of Youth discussion group. It was a field day for women when they discussed the role of young women m the community m marriage, motherhood, education of children and contributions m other spheres of society. The Standard picture
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    Village Reserved For Padi Growers
    253 2 IPOH. Thurs. The State Government tod.i\ served notice on the settlers of Chui Chak Ken Village m the Changkat Jong Padi cultivation are., that they must become padi planters or face resettlement elsewhere at Government expense. Those m this village who have no desire to
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    World's Future Is Youth
    120 2 World's Future Is Youth THE .it are o: r m ::ie h.v. t& It Ik i the kind of younj 'ha: are ga- .s pore lor the W ol Yo ith i fen .ion Hope. WAV Foru Badia Malay:. lerdaj WAY provides MMrtani Em young pr g<r geiiier and dis
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    Cinema Goes Under The Hammer For $1,010,000
    141 3 Cinema Goes Under The Hammer For $1 ,01 0,000 BRISK bidding Lusting an hour, between five Singapore busi- ness men and their agents yesterday ended with two, leading rival cinema companies jointly buying over the Majestic Theatre property for si 010.000. j The rival cinema companies Shj w and Shaw
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    2,000 White Collar Workers Want Ritson Pay
    300 3 2,000 White Collar Workers Want Ritson Pay This Scheme Will Cost City Taxpayers $1 Million ABOUT 2,000 white-collar workers of the Singapore City Council including senior officers want Ritson salary. They have submitted a consolidated revised salary scheme to the Council yesterday If the Council accepts the scheme, it will
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    Secretaries' Exam Results
    118 3 THE following candidates were successful m the June. li>s4. Examinations of the Faculty of Secretaries, England: Final: Hwang Sing Lue: Tan Hung Tong; Heng Chiang Boon and Lim Keng Hor. Intermediate: Aboobaker Cassim Arift. Lee Kheng Keng. Steve Lee Joo Kong. M.M. Manicka Menon, James Methodius. Tay
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    Party For Kamala Club
    61 3 A SOCIAL gathering will be held at the Kamala Club on Aug. 23 and members desiring to take part are requested to give their names to the Secretary by Saturday, Aug. 21, at the Clubs premises. Autograph books of members signed by Mrs. Vijayalakshmi Pandit can
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    Tours For Assembly Delegates
    80 3 ABOUT 150 WAY delegates have so far registered for the free trip to the Federation which is being sponsored by the Malayan Youth Council. Registration closes on Saturday. Five trips have been arranged. The first will be a tour of Johore. the second will take delegates
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    'Murder Intent Lacking'
    172 3 'Murder Intent Lacking' A PARANG attack had its sequel m the Singapore Seventh Police Court yesterday, when Madhavan Narayanan was charged with the attempted murder of Paul Martin by hacking him at the 15th mi.c. Sembawanfl Road. Mr. C H. Koh. for the de-fen-e. contended that the prosecution could not
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    Textile Disputes Still On
    87 3 THE di<p te between the Malayan Tex-: Mills of Singapore and its 4HO employees is still on. Attempts r-.a ie by the Labour Department to negotiate a settlement fai ed yesterday. The dispute over the dismissal of IS v. rkers from the factory. The workers want
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    CONNIE USED AS FREIGHTER
    50 3 A QANTAS Constellation lai led at K.i'lang Airport with no passengers but a shiptoad freight. It was on its way to Lor: tor the BOAC ser c. The Constellation is one of fo -ght by BOAC from Qantas which i-; switching on Super-Constellations for their service
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    2 Bus Drivers Fined $5 Each
    66 3 TWO bus driven, Lim Ah Set:;* and Chew Pak Chin were earn fined $5 for fighting at Or. an FLad on A:g. 18. Chanted with disorderly bebav out m a public place. Lim to I -he Singapore Fifth Police Mag^trate, Mr. R. 8.1. Pates
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    Passing Thro'
    37 3 MR. J. McGULLOCH, manager of the Export Division of Kraft Foods Limited, the biggest exporter of cheese, passed through Singapore on his way to attend the local centenary of an agent m Colombo. Standard photo.
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    Boy Missing
    21 3 FIFTEEN-YEAR-OLD Gan Kun Hua has been reported missing from the Queen Street Boys* Hostel m Singapore since Wednesday afternoon.
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    JOSS STICKS LED TO CHILD S DEATH Court Told
    153 3 JOSS STICKS LED TO CHILD S DEATH Court Told THE Singapore Assistant Coroner. Mr. Giam Chong Ihru told married woman. Ang Guan Keow. of Kirn Keat Road, to bring the parents of her adopted daughter to court on Sept. 3. The Coroner was holding an inquest into the death of
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    He Spewed And Out Came A $1,000 Chap-Ji-Ki Slip
    105 3 A 43-YEAR-OLD -man, him Kirn Chuan, who hid a $1,000 chap-ji-ki schedule m his vwuth when he saw a detective near him, vms yesterday fined $3,000 m the Singapore Fourth Police Court for assisting m carrying on a public lottery at
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    FINGERPRINTS CAUGHT THEM
    175 3 CHAN FOOK SOON and Ng Liang Chong, of Lorong 30, Geylang Road, were each sentenced m the Singapore Assize Court, yesterday, to eight years' rigorous imprisonment, after the jury unanimously found them guilty of attempted armed robbery. i Armed with a knife, the two accused and a
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    MARRY ME OR I'D RATHER DIE'
    452 3 SUICWE^Nurse Says Man Told Her: And He DidBy Poisoning A SENIOR Chinese nurse or the General Hospital told the Singapore Coroner's Court yesterday that Henry Herbert Wood-Stod-dard, 29, an insurance agent, confided to her, just before he died, that if she did not marry
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    S.C. GETS 4 MONTHS' JAIL
    79 3 JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs. Mohamed bin Bakry. a Special Constable of New Scudai Estate was sentenced to four months' imprisonment for causing grievous hurt to an estate shopkeeper. Mohamed owed the shop money and when the shopkeeper asked him to pay his account Mohamed struck him
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    42 Flying Hajis Pray At Airports
    119 3 42 Flying Hajis Pray At Airports A GARUDA SuperConvair touched down at Kalian? Airport yesterday with 42 "hajis" aboard. These pilgrims, 15 women and 27 men, were on their way home to Indonesia which they had left on July 30, for Mecca. The steward of the Convair told The Standard
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    Watches Tick Off $16,300
    142 3 JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs.— A tea dealer of Kuala Lumpur, Lim Leon Chye, was fined $16,300, m default two years and three months imprisonment, by Mr. N. L. Cohen, m the Sessions Court, today, for attempting to evade duty on 296 wrist watches. Lim arrived m Johore
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    Betrayed By Symbol On His Arm
    106 3 Betrayed By Symbol On His Arm LIM Hock Chuan was sentenced m the Singapore Fourth Police Court, yesterday, to four months' rigorous imprisonment after he pleaded guilty to^a charge of being a secret society member. "You are a real danger to society." said the Magistrate. Mr. K. T. Alexander, when
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    MacD Buys 1st W.A.Y. Car Label
    103 3 THE Commissioner General for South-east Asia, Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald, yesterday bought the first of the car labels being sold by the World Assembly of Youth to raise a further $15,000 to meet their expenses here. Mrs. I. F. Phox sold the label to
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    New Bridge For T. Malim
    79 3 TANJONG MALIM. Thurs. Work will sdpn start on a new bridge which will link Tanjong Malim with Ulu Bernam. This bridge will replace the existing wooden on e which has to be repaired every year. Mr. R.A. Venugopal, the Technical Assistant In charge of the
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    Rodrigues Flies Back From U.K.
    64 3 SEVERAL Police officers waited at Kallang Airport yesterday for A.S.P. Mr. W. T. Rodrigues who six weeks ago flew to Britain for training at the Police College at Ryton-on-Dunsmore. He returned to Singapore on doctors' orders following a nervous breakdown. He waved aside reporters and
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    COLONY TO ASK W.H.O. FOR ASSISTANCE
    348 4 COLONY TO ASK W.H.O. FOR ASSISTANCE Eight Medical Projects Standard Staff Reporter THE Singapore Government will ask the World Health Organization for financial assistance m its eight medical projects for 1956 which include the grant of seven fellowships. Government hopes to carry out these projects with direct assistance from WHO
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    MALAYA'S 547th NEW VILLAGE
    163 4 MALAYA'S 547th NEW VILLAGE A Padang And Swim Pooh Too KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— The 547 th New Village m the Federation came into being m the Jelebu District of Negri Sembila-n yesterday, complete with a padang and a swimming pool. Kampong Simpang Durian built by its own inhabitants with Government
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    Burglars' Night Out
    64 4 TWO houses m Clyde Terrace. Singapore, were burgled on Wednesday night while their occupants were away. Jewellery worth 5143 and SI 45 cash were stolen from one house while $300 was taken from the other. Meanwhile, the Police are investigating the theft of $72 from a house
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    'Let Party Pick Own Symbols'
    411 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The Federal Legislative Council today adopted the Legislative Council Elections Ordinance, 2954, with only a few amendments, providing for the formalities and procedures of polling. One ot the amendments brought by the AttorneyGeneral. V Mr. Michael Hogan. provides for the introduction of
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    SOCIAL FOR DELEGATES
    42 4 THE Catholic Joint Entertainment Committee will entertain WAY delegates to a social at the St. Patrick's School at 8.30 tonight. There will be community songs, dances and sketches. Special buses will pick up the delegates from the AngloChinese School.
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    They'll Take Sunday As 'Off' Day
    92 4 They'll Take Sunday As 'Off' Day IPOH, Thurs— The Malayan Mining Employees' Union has decided that their members will take every Sunday oil" as their weekly rest day. They will start doing so from Sept. 0* The General Secretary of the Union. Che Abdul Karim said that this decision will
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    43 4 photo. THREE YEAR OLD Hilary Binks is helped by her mother to cut her birthday cake at a party held at Hill View, Kuala Lumpur, last week-end. Hilary is the daughter of W Cmdr. and Mrs. A. F. Binks of Kuala Lumpur. Standard
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    SKULL WOUND BY GRENADE
    69 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs Lance Corporal Nyuling Anak Semada. of the Sarawak Rangers, has been admitted to the Kinrara hospital here with a .suspected skull fracture, due to the delayed explosion of a grenade. The accident occurred on Aug. 15, m the jungle east of Ipoh, where
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    Labourer Is Fined 5 Cents
    46 4 TEMERLOH. Thurs.—Sinappan and Vengadasamy, two conservancy labourers at Mentakab, were fined 10 cents and five cent?. respectively, by Mr. J. R. Whimster, Vn<-' We^t Parian* Circuit Magistrate, when both of them pleaded guilty to charges of breaking the curfew at^ Mentakab.
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    $1,335 JEWEL THEFT CHARGE
    44 4 AHMAD bin Bachee was charged m the Singapore Fifth Police Court yesterday with stealing jewellery worth $1,335 I from his mother. He claimed trial and the case was postponed to Aug 26 Bail of $2,500 m one surely was granted.
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    HINDUS WILL CELEBRATE
    58 4 THE North [i -an H I Association br« S Krishna-Janmastami. <>!.-> f i the greates* i j fp with a gr; oaiCfl gramme on s. I y The reieb: at ons w;II «t 8.:-!0 p.m. and :11 be at the a&so iatk n's pre 47. Cuff Boad
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    Colombo Plan Fellows Meet
    101 4 MEMBERS of the Colombo Plan Fellows' Association of Sydney seen at a meeting recently. The Association is open to all Government-spon-sored Asian students. The Australian External Affairs Minister, Mr. Richard Casey, is patron. From left: Mr. D. de Queljoe, an educationist from Indonesia; Mr. M. C
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    58 4 SGT. WILLIAM KOif of the RASC and his bride. UK former Miss Angela Boey Pak Yoong, vim were mar: n-d at the Penan? Registry recently. The In id. room is Uir son of Mr. and Mrs. Koh Cheng S«ee of Singapore, and the bride the daughter of the late Mr
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    Minimum Wage For Workers?
    259 4 Minister Non-Committal KUALA LUMPI'R, Thurs— The Member for Social and Industrial Relations. liu-he Muslapha Albakri, today would not commit himself on the question of fixing a "minimum living wage for workers m Malaya." He was asked by Inche Moharrn-d Sopiee m the Federal Legislative Council: "Would
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    Broke Law In Aiding His Wife
    110 4 TEMEBLOH. lams Vhet Lt-e Sam .of g Bharu, Menlakab, wa- it ot goo' early MM ing. >ne v. arrested U tive St' ■_< anf .dii 1 tian i >r aking tin < w. Her hus: md Wong S 52. came out ol ie h'.
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    HK EXCHANGE
    37 4 HONGKONG. Aug 19.— Special Standard Service; Closing prices ot the Hongkong Excnange today were: $15.62 to £1 sterling: $5.***** to US$l: $1,828 to Malayan $1; $0,188 to one Indonesian Rjpiah. Gold $251.5. to 1 tael.
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    Went One Better
    39 4 TEMERLOH, rs Radol g o ci i labourer bi aka w;;v recent y being drunk t re-^r: tiie Game i g Eoi drunk and rti» <•«' !y a' takab. He pieac' g v fii i d 525.
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    RITSON PAY PROTEST BY GARDENERS
    176 5 ABOUT 70 open vote employees »n the Botanic Gardens yesterday >used a protest parade m front of the office against the delay m giving them the Ritson back-pay. They claimed that the delay U deiiberuused by authorities of "the Botanic i I MIS. The workers
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    US $5,460 Mil. Earned In Seven Years
    280 5 US $5,460 Mil. Earned In Seven Years KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. En the past seven fears, Malaya has earned U555,460 million, Mr. A. J. D. C Loch, acting Member (Of Economic Affairs. r )id the Federal LeglsI ittve Council today, m reprj to a question troop Inche Mohamed Sopite. -i 'Ci
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    SC IS JAILED
    37 5 KOTA BAHRU. Thurs. BOH bin A. Bakar was to-M-ntenced to nine bs' imprisonment by [asiistrate, Che Harun. an rhargc or" criminal breach irust of $5,270 wonh m and property belonging \bdullah bin A. Rahman
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    POLICE CORPORAL GETS ONE YEAR
    178 5 KUANTAN, Thurs.— The President of the! Kuantan Sessions Court. Mr. B. V. Rhodes, sentenced Police Corporal Omar bin Abdul Rahman to one year's imprisonment for criminal breach of' trust of S4O. and three months' imprisonment for| dishoi.estly falsifying a departmental voucher. The sentences are to
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    TWO CHARGED WITH THEFT
    41 5 PENANG. Thurs. Two youths, Cheng Meng and Chan Weng appeared m the MaijUtrate':-, Court this morning on a charge of theft of a sold chain belongin- to a girl. Wong Chew j Har at Anson Road jesterday
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    KNELT DOWN TO ASK FOR MERCY
    177 5 V YOUNG man. Ons T Third District Court yesten »>k«*d lor mercy when he three men who had abducti O 1 4: lag evide:uv at 1 a ~iar» name i t':<::! Choon wlm waa charged h abducting him. he waa rooking m <« the
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    Sir Alan To Address Delegates
    77 5 Sir Alan To Address Delegates MEMBERS of the Worid \a^fmbiy of Youth have been invited to attend a lublic address siven by the Australian Commissioner m Malaya. Sir Alan Watt, ai ttM Britush Council Hall. Singapore, at 7 p.m. today. The subject of the talk '•ill b»- "Some Observation* 3
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    FIVE VISITING M.P.'s 'BOMBED'
    259 5 Impressive Show By Civil Defence "TAKE COVER." from a member of the Corps and sent five F scurring for shelter, at demonstration by memb training centre at Kolai Two waves of planes firemen rushed taking the The delegates who are finding mission, were on 1 They
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    Gold Bill Referred To C'ttee
    169 5 Gold Bill Referred To C'ttee KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.— The Federal Legislative Council today sent the controversial Minor Offences Bill to the Select. Committee after loud protests that one of its I sections, banning disposal of j jewellery and metals within 28 days of receipt, will doom j the trade of
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    OPIUM STOLEN
    34 5 1 PENANG, Thurs. One j packet of prepared opium j 1 valued S7OO was stolen from I the storeroom of the Supreme Court, yesterday. A report has been made to the Police.
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    UNDERGRAD DROWNED IN POOL
    115 5 AN undergraduate of the j University of Malaya, Mr. Francis A. Tambyah, 21, was drowned while swimming m the Singapore Chinese Swim- j ming Club pool, yesterday. When someone discovered that he was missing, a search was made and his body was eventually found m the
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    FOOD, FUN FAIR
    31 5 IPOH. Thurs. —A Food and Fun Fair will be held m the Anglo-Chinese School com- pound on Sept. 18. m aid of the St. Peters Church Building Fund.
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    Flowers Got Him Into Court Room
    194 5 BECAUSE of his love for flower planting, a 50-year-old bachelor, Fazal Ahmad Hazarat Gul, was discharged on payment of one dollar for the cost of summons served on him, by the Singapore City Police Court Magistrate, yesterday. 1 Gul pleaded guilty to two charges
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    INSTITUTE OF BOOK-KEEPERS EXAM RESULTS
    99 5 THE following are the results of The Institute of Book-keepers Examinations held at the YMCA of Singapore m June, this year. Book-keeping: Fellow Stage— Chan Whay Yam; Associate Stage Ho Sam Keat, Mian Pastin Sormin. Peck Leng Thong. Tan Kee and Tan Mvi Lim; Intermediate
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    Bingham Opens Malay School
    36 5 BUKIT MERTAJAM. Thurs.— The Resid .it Com- missioner. Mr. R. Bingham. yesterday declared open the j $160,000 Malay School ,at Kubang Semang which r«- places the former old build- j ing. I
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      464 6 J/OLLOWING the concerted complaints of Penang members of the Federal Legislative Council about the inadequacy of the ferry services between Penang and Bagan Luar on the mainland some months ago. a paper containing a scheme for improving tht m was tabled at last Wednesday's ■MCtklfl of the Council.
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      Grow More Food
      403 6 '|'HE president of the Federated Teochew Association of Malaya. Mr. Heah Joo Seang, told a meeting of his clansmen m Penang recently that he was making representation to Government to give security of tenure to local people so that they could play their part m the srow-more-food
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    We the PEOPLE
    150 6 We the PEOPLE Stateless Persons Sir. wish to take this opportunity to acquaint Mr. Ralph Asbi.eton, Member of P«siliament and his party of B ntibh P d f liamentary delegates now visiting Singapore that I and many, many others now residing m Singapore and the Federation of Malaya are classified
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    Hope of Finding ROYAL MUMMY
    1826 6  - Hope of Finding ROYAL MUMMY Dr. ZAKARIA GONEIM This is the concluding article By (.h'icf Inspector of Antiquities, Sakkara, On the mystery of the empty tomb at Sakkara fHE aoor block leading into the depths oi the pyramid was built m two parts which entirely filled up not only the
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    Review of Views
    347 6 Review of Views Malaya, Rice-Victim CIN CHEW JIT POH m an v editorial condemns the rice-producing countries for exacting unreasonable profits from the purchasing countries. Malaya is such a victim, the journal points out. for she has to pay more than double the price for Thai rice than is prevalent
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    Anti-Red Bill For Senate Action
    159 7 Anti-Red Bill For Senate Action WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 (Reuter) Representaiv< 3 of the Senate and House of Representatives irached a compromise agreement today on a bill to outlaw the Communist uaily \n the United States. Senator John Butler .Republican. Maryland* told a reporter that the agreement was unanimous He -vu:d
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    British Leave The Suez
    116 7 British Leave The Suez PORT SAID. Au*. 19 Renter*— The last ol Britain's Royal Marine Commando Brigade leaving the S ira Canal zone boarded the nser Gambia to the strains I a massed band playing ild Lang Syne. Together with other troops represented the flrst ig< ol Britain's withdrawal the
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    REDS PARDON WAR CRIMINALS
    30 7 London. Aug. 19 ißeuter) The New China News Kgtncj announced that 417 i-r Japanese military personnel ronvu-ud of is Crimea m China, wen I ardoned today.
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    Girl Who Wrote To Jesus Can Now Play
    255 7 Girl Who Wrote To Jesus Can Now Play air-haired Bonny Baxter j the little girl who wrote to Jesus saying. "Help I me to walk,' went to the I seaside. She walked. She had to use her elbow crutches but she walk- cd. j Only a few months ago she
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    S-EA Talks For Manila?
    84 7 S-EA Talks For Manila .MAX 11. A. Aug. 19, (AP> The Philippines yesterday p' posed changing the site oi I forthcoming Smith-east Asia Treaty Organization conferrence from Baguio to Manila. Australia, Thailand, United I Kingdom and the United' States are reported to have agreed to the move. The Philippine Government
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    ENTRY REFUSED
    39 7 BERLIN. Aug. 19. (AFP)—' The Easi German news agency i reported thai the Bonn government had refused to authorize I entry into Wesi Germany of trucks carrying 20 tons of (.supplies for striking Bavarian, I metal workers.
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    R.I. Brings N. Guinea Before UN
    86 7 R.I. Brings N. Guinea Before UN NEW YORK. Aug. 19 (Reutert A formal request by Indonesia asking the forthcoming United Nations General Assembly to consider its dispute with the Netherlands over Western New Guinea was presented !to the Secretary General yesterday. It was contained m a letter which the Indonesian
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    U.S. And Britain To Leave Korea
    146 7 WASHINGTON, Aug. 19— (Reuter)— The United States Defence Department said yesterday that four I/nited States divisions would be withdrawn from Korea within the next few months. A brief statement said these troops would be deployed to other areas where it was believed they "will
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    Search For Agitators
    76 7 CASABLANCA, Aug. 19 I AP I French troops and police of French -sponsored Sultan Moulay Mohammed Ben Arafa cordoned off two native areas near Rabat today m a search for Nationalist agitators. The move followed the arrest m Marrakech of 16 suspects and a series of minor
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    Talks On Goa
    38 7 NEW DELHI. Aug. 19 (Renter* India today accepted a Portuguese proposal for a meeting of representatives m New Delhi to discuss an impartial observation of the Goa dispute and named Aug. 24 as the date.
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    Malaya's 'Yes' On Tin Welcomed
    117 7 LONDON. Aug. 19 «Reu-' ten— News that the Federal, Legislative Council m Kuala' Lumpur had agreed to ask Britain to ratify the International Tin Agreement on behalf of Malaya was welcomed by a Foreign Office official yesterday. A similar notification is now awaited from Nigeria.
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    Sad Home Coming
    45 7 PARIS. Aug. 19— (UP)— The aged mother of General Christian De Castries, the Commu-nist-held hero of Dien Bien Phu, died almost on the eve of her son's release from Red captivity. Friends disclosed that De Castries' 82-year-oW mother died a week ago.
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    FOOD BEFORE GUNS IS S-E. ASIA PLAN
    198 7 FOOD BEFORE GUNS IS S-E. ASIA PLAN DRIVE to raise the standard of living of the peoples of South-east Asia will he one of the biff points of the proposed SEATO putt on which the Foreign Ministers of eight Western nations start work m the Philippines on September (J. Mr.
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    CASEY LEADS AUSSIE TEAM
    36 7 CANBERRA. Aug. 19. (Reuter)— The External Affairs Minister. Mr. Richard Casey, will lead the Australian delegation to the conference m the Philippines next month to discuss the proposed South-east Asia defence organization.
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    'Town' For Mau Mau
    60 7 MANYANI, Kenya. An?. 19 CReuter)— Sir Evelyn Baring, Governor of Kenya, has arrived lure to inspect a £1,000,000 "town" housing more than 12.1)00 Man Alau detainees. This town of tent-shaped aluminium huts, 25-foot high watch-towers and barbed wire fences has been built m an arid wilderness
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    Teenagers Clean Peking Windows
    338 7 ATTLEE SEES CHINAS GIRLS IN NEW ROLE PEKING, Aug. 19 (Reuter)— Teenage girl window cleaners clinging like flies to top storey windows of Peking's tall Peace Hotel typify one important change m China since the new regime the big mobilisation of women between the ages of
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    A NEW DEPUTY
    31 7 WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 (Reuter) President Bisenhowever has nominated Mr. Herbert Hoover, Jr. to succeed General Walter Bedell Smith as [Jnder-Secretary of States, deputy to Mr. John Foster Dulles.
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    NEW EMPIRE ARMY
    163 7 LONDON. Aug. 19. (AFP) The British Empire may i have a Commonwealth army i with divisions m Europe, i the Near East and the Far i East, if a proposal put forward by Australia is recommended by 60 leading Empire military chiefs who met at Camberley, yesterday,
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    LONG & BITTER ATTACK ON 'COMRADE CLEM'
    350 7 LONG BITTER ATTACK ON 'COMRADE CLEM' WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 (Beuter) The Congressional Record the United States Parliamentary "Hansard" yesterday carried more than 40 columns of criticism of alleged British support for Communism inspired by the Peking visit of Labour Party Leaders. Yesterday's announcement that a new group of Labour M.P.s
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    Britain Refutes Peking Reports
    170 7 LONDON, Aug. 19 (Reuter)— The British Ministry of Transport stated today that no British ships have carried cargoes of prohibited strategic materials to China since licensing of voyages to China was introduced m March 1953. The denial, which UKBritish Government has made several times previously, was
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    CAN THE SEVENTH FLEET DO IT?
    320 7 CAN THE SEVENTH FLEET DO IT? THE question ot v .t :l,rr the United States Seventh Fleet would be able ;<■ block any Chines Communist invasion o! Formosa have drawn conflicting views from a Senator and a retired U.S. General. Easy, He Says Senator H. Alexander Smith 'Republican NVw J<rseyi
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    MacLean's Wife Writes
    85 7 Mac Lean 's Wife Writes LONDON. Aug IP. (OP)— Tin- F oreign Office announce d today that the vani>h«-d British diplomat Don a id Mac Lean's American-born wife has sent word the) tn "well and happy" m a lettei postmarked Cairo. Egypt H was a letter to hen mother whos*
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      112 7 RUBBER, TIN CLOSING PRICES Standard London Correspondent LONDON Aug. 19 The following are the closing prices of rubber and tin on the Lond on Market LONDON RUBBER LONDON TIN Spot 20»d. Spot ''728 buyers, October December 20 d. 28 10s. sellers, (anuary March 20 d. Three months .727 buyers, Apr,
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    Finance...Commerce...Shipping
    62 9 j Say MPsrar SHB Docks Impressive j Say MPs storing of cargo were "impressive." and a credit to the Colony. Picture shows from left to right. Sir Robert Boothby (Cons.) Mr. S. Johnson (Acting Chairman of the Singapore Harbour Board. Mr. R. Sorensen (Labour) Sir Roland Robinson (Cons.) Mr.
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    Near Rubber Is At A Premium
    205 9 Wm. Jacks Shares Rise vr.»» v Standard Mai *et Reporter NEARBY shipments of high grade rubber appeared to be short m the Singapore rubber market yesterday and the price closed at 66 13 16 cents per lb. for first grade September shipment, a rise
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    PRODUCE MART IS QUIET
    173 9 PRODUCE MART IS QUIET THE produce ntarkei m Singapore remained quiet m all sections yesterday with small business passing. Copra remained quiet all day with some activity later fen the morning, but pepper, COCOQUt oi! and the other section- oJ the market were maa rtive Coconut oi! seilers at Penang
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    MILK IMPORTS
    18 9 THAILAND imported 67.1 j million pounds of dairy products valued at Mai. $25.4 million during 1953.
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    Tobacco Dearer In Oct.
    135 9 Local manufacturers ot one- cent cigarettes and five-cent j cigars use about 15.000 pounds lof locally-grown tobacco every I month. Singapore's Agriculi tural Officer, Mr. T. E. Cobb I said, yesterday. Prices of tobacco have j fluctuated between $300 per picul per month m 1952 and
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    46 9 THE 15,000-ton deadweight Plagiola, said to be the largest bulk-bitumen tanker m the world, was launched recently, from the yard of Deutsche Werft, Hamburg The tanker is on order for the Royal Dutch/Shell Group. This Shell picture show s the vessel on the slipway before launching.
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    Rubber Stocks Show Increase
    92 9 OFFICIAL statistics for July show total stocks of rubber m Singapore. excluding j foreign transhipment. 1 amounted to 45.397 tons, an increase of 4.120 tons on June storks. Dealers stocks of rubber m Singapore m July at 36.345 j tons also show an increase j from
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    Bringing Trade To U.K.
    73 9 CAMBRIDGE. Aug. 19. Americans are smoking more cigarettes with filter tips— and bringing trade to Britain. The head of the International Relations Department •f the British Iron and Steel Federation said here: "American smokers have all taken to smoking filter *'~s. 1 am not sure whether
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    Japan And U.K. To Talk On Trade
    86 9 Japan And U.K. To Talk On Trade f TOKYO. Aug. 19, (UP) Government officials held their first session yesterday m preparation for the forthcoming London conference to adjust trade volume between Japan and the United Kingdom. The conference Is expected to open early m September. Foreign Office. International Trade and
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    Record Output In Tin
    107 9 Record Output In Tin FEDERATION tin mines have turned out 34,574 tons of tin-in-concen-trates m the first seven months of 1954. to beat the postwar record of 1950 by 558 tons. In July, 112.890 piculs ol tin concentrates containing 5,040 tons of tin metal were produced from 78 dredges, 524
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    SHIPS IN HARBOUR
    121 9 OUTER ROADS Asha. Moizh. fieyniersz, NYrpa. Soestri.jik. Garue*. Olensk. Neritina, Fusinus, Sivueh. Ferndale. Jndore. INNER ROADS Tong Hoa. New Su^una. Aik Leong. Philip Q. Hong Eng. Thepamat. Hero. Juliana, Hwa Chuan. Isabel. Kimanis. Wan Sing. Lipis. Lakota. Moonfish. Angby. Hanthale. Balam. Aik Hin. Salong. Tung Song, Tai
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    SHIP LAYS PHONE CABLE
    64 9 LONDON, Aug. 19. (UP)— A squat British ship stuffed with thread like a seagoing spider will put to sea next spring to spin the spoken word for the first time m history under the ocean from Europe to America. The telegraph ship Monarch will lav the
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    FAO SHOWS CONCERN OVER SURPLUS ROBLEM
    285 9 FAO SHOWS CONCERN OVER SURPLUS ROBLEM ROME, Aug. 19— (Reuter) >" —The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) reported here today i that retail prices might have to be reduced or incomes m- J creased m many countries planning increased production. Unless definite steps along j these lines were
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    24 9 MODERN aircraft BOse hangar tailft by Malaya Construction Company for the Royal Air Force is the first «f its kind m South east Asia.
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    LINE STARTS REGULAR SERVICE TO RHIO
    385 9 LINE STARTS REGULAR SERVICE TO RHIO Standard Special Correspondent PELNI, Indonesia's national inter-insular line, is storting a direct regular coaster service from Jakarta to the Rhio Archipelago just off Singapore, a spokesman of PELNI told The Standard yesterday. Mounting complaints from the Rhio islanders, who have expressed bitterness over the
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    And Now It's Beer From The Barrel...
    168 9 And Now It's Beer From The Barrel... Standard Staff Reporter AH! draught beer from the barrel, says this Regimental Sergeant Major «f an Army Unit m Sing aj pore. Mr. W. Mcßeath. a company director, agrees with hint He too has a mug m hand. Messrs. Jackson and Company, Limited,
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    More Rubber Was Used In June
    178 9 i WORLD consumption of natural rubber was estimated at 140,000 tons In June. 1954 as against 132,500 tony m June 1953. i The U.S. Commerce Department circulated figure? I from the International Rub- ber Study Group. The Group reported that the January-June, 1954 total
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    Trade Chief Probes On Textiles
    87 9 Trade Chief Probes On Textiles MANCHESTER. Lancashire, Aug. 19. (R ler Mi Petec Thorneycroft President m Board at y- ..y began his tv. Eaict-fii g tour of Lane with i and bank d tilc industry pr i r.s with I.c Cotton and Me f Association. Lat< ht n i c
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    U.S. Strikes Do Not Impede Synthetic
    289 9 WASHINGTON, Aug. It fffrln» ffliHi m United States rubber using industries have tar had "no serious impact" on Government's synthetic rubber production programme, according to an official of the Federal Facilities Corporation. Goodyear and Firestone, tv. i of the largest rubber manufacturers and also
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      326 9 (HI COUNCIL OF SINGAPORE TENDERS lIEALTH DEPARTMENT Supply of Pharmaceutical Drugs and Dressings from persons licensed to deal m Part 1 Poisons (Poisons Or- jrue 1938> during 1999 Particulars from City Health Or-ve Close NOON LV9 54. ELECTRICITY DEPARTMENT: Supply of 2.QM Table K-.va!i Cookers. Forms from Electrical Engineer's Otlice
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    322 10 BE HER PUBLICITY AGENT! IF you're a woman reader and an ardent movie fan, then this is the contest for you. It's easy. There are no strings attached. And there's a handsome Max Factor gift set and a cash award of $25 awaiting the lucky person who submits the best
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    His 250th Role
    96 10 MARKING his 250 th film role, Russell Simpson has been signed to portray Mr. Bixby, Oregon pioneer, m "A Bride For Seven Brothers." Simpson, who began on the stage at the turn of the century, first entered films to re-create his original stage role m "The Girl
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    WALT SPECIALISES IN VERSATILITY
    1375 10 TN Hollywood everyone is supposed to be a specialist. De Mille makes epics, nothing else. Arthur Freed makes wonderful musicals; Pete Smith makes short subjects, never a feature. One man, however, is defying tradition. He specializes m versatility. Waiter Elias Disney, who built a better mouse
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    MAESTRO'S DAUGHTER SIGNED ON
    135 10 LISA DAVIS, 18-year-old British actress singer, sister of singer Beryl Davis, nas been signed by Columbia to make her Hollywood film debut m the 1904 West Point "Hop" or formal dance sequence of the Technicolor CinemaScope production. The Long Gray Line," m which she will be
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    Bonawi Schemes & Ahmad Scores For Indonesians
    312 11 Bonawi Schemes Ahmad Scores For Indonesians FOl R goals, including a hattrirk k» a <fnt ,e-forward.ls»aU Ah,/,,, gavf^ne^^ 5^ v.neing 4-2 victor, over a spirited but none too Tm pressive Indians combination m the opening SAFA ugh Ismail Ahmad a dazzling display durI .;> goal-scoring spree. tB responsible tor three
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    Kick Offs At Stadium
    85 11 SAFA's matches at the Jalan Besar stadium from S*>pt. l will start at 8 p.m. on Mondays. Wednesdays and Fridays. On Tuesdays. Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays games will start at 5.15 p.m. When there is a race meeting m Singapore on a Saturday. the game at
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    NON-BENDERS
    57 11 THE following will repreSCnt the Non Bender.s Cricket Club against the Police Sports Club on Saturday. Aug. 21. at 2.15 p.m. at Thom>on Road: E.V.G. Day. J.T. Rea, DC. DCotta. P.D. Almeida. J.VV. Ewart. R.VS. Sundram. A Baker. ST. Stewart. Choor Singh. A. P. Rajah. GE. Bogaars > Captain
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    Brighter U.K. Soccer To Attract 'Lost Fans'
    728 11 Clubs To Improve Standards LONDON (AP) England's soccer clubs start another league campaign on Aug. 21 a campaign bent on pulling m 500,000 lost fans. That was the total fall m attendances at English League matches last season. This time the clubs face
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    28 11 Photo by THOTO shows the Sultan o/ Kelantan dedaring open the Kelantan Country Golf Club. Watching him are Dr. C. W. Cheim, Mr. J. R. Burton— J. Singh
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    JOHORE CRICKETERS SHOW PROMISE
    826 11 JOHORE CRICKETERS SHOW PROMISE Surprised Colony SAYS LALL SINGH reviewing the inter-State viaich last ueik-end. THE weather was the most important factor m last week-end's InterState fixture at Nee Soon. It was generally thought that if the weather remained fine, Singapore with their strongest side out, would easily beat Johore.
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    INCOME TAX XI
    53 11 THE following will represent the Income Tax Recreation Club against R.A.F. Changi on Saturday, 21, at 2.15 p.m. at Changi:— S. Yogarajah. Wong Fong Poy. R.G. Barnes. B.S. Soin, R.S. Sithamparam. D. Jacob. W.H. Murphy. P. de Cruz. Makhan Singh, H.E. A.shraff, A.M. Syed. Scorer: J. Idanmal.
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    Kinta Rangers
    18 11 Kinta Rangers will meet RAP Jurong m a friendly soccer match at Farrer Park on Saturday.
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    SASA BID FOR WORLD DIVING CHAMPION
    171 12 SAS A BID FOR WORLD DIVING CHAMPION AMERICA'S Olympic champion diver, Sammy Lee, who is now on a goodwill four of the For East, may give exhibitions m Singapore next month if the Singapore Amateur Swimming Association obtain his approval. Yesterday, Mr. Foo Hee Lim, honorary secretory of the SASA,
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    ENG LOOI'S ON HER WAY TO TITLE
    934 12  - ENG LOOI'S ON HER WAY TO TITLE TONY RAMGEL Badminton's Boys And Girls On Show MEETS GAIK BEE IN GIRLS FINAL By PENANG. Thurs.— l Sembilan. But for the b Perak's Tan Eng Looi, the Tan Eng Looi. easily the ouistjndin^ schoolgirl of the Malayan boys and girls championships which
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    RAF CUP
    73 12 WITH T >core o* 74J points, Si' H at. the RAF Cup m the golf c mpetition held at the R> i Is C j.o during the R|] urn .p «aa F.W. Norris 7 p Si weep winners were Si irdai Ist nine Dr. \S. Urn I 8«
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    Croup Champs Of Business Houses Leagues To Meet
    455 12 Croup Champs Of Business Houses Leagues To Meet THE SBHFA League and Cup Competition will reach its final stages, when the champions of the five leagues meet on a knock-out basis to decide the cham- pionship. On P "A" there is a k c between unbeaten OTEC and Mercantile Bank,
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    DEATH
    25 12 L P :> A Tau jrah, 81, tile 1 9.8 W D ?3V turned by sorrowing iijot-hjr. brothers and sister. Pa»«r«l »t 3 p.m. todaj.
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    110 12 R.W. Ferdinands and B.L. Pblto, Ct'u'.un's texau pair par :h-s year's Malayan ctampioitshipa a1 Koala Lumpur from August 27 ro ;;i> arrived m Singapore y^sterd T'f-f Singapore Lawn Fchnm Association ye<ter~ I (f; awwomtced tkal exhibition: game] nay« bctn rixed '«>•' A« Ceytonesc stara jor Monday ard ruesday. •Ori .V/o-idrv
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    Mansor Scores
    52 12 KLALA KANGSAR. Thurs. The K. K. Kampor.g Boy a beat 'he K. K. Poii.-e by 2-0 the X :a'.a Kangsar District Soccer Knock-out Competition pUiyed on the Town Padang Cne Maiwoc scored bo:h the 4'Jais for Kampong Boya, one :ri the first half and one m the <
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    RECORD BY JAP
    71 12 OSAKA. Japan. Aug. 19 (AP) Motoshi Kimura, lti-year-old Hi»h School swimmer, bettered j j the world's record m the 100- i metre breast-stroke last ni°ht, covering the distance m 1:10.6. j The existing record of 1:11.2 was set by V. Minashkin of j Russia m 1953. More
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    TRIPLE TITLE BIDS BY GOON & LOKE
    297 12 TRIPLE TITLE BIDS BY GOON LOKE KUAL A L U M P U R, Thurs. Penang champion. Goon Kok Lem, and Mrs. Gladys Loke Chua, the reigning Malayan champion, put themselves m line for three Selangor tennis titles as the Selangor Lawn Tennis Association championships are about to conclude here
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    The Final Workouts
    807 12  -  WINDSOR LAD 1 BT3 nif|N FAST GALLOPS IN IDEAL CONDITIONS By WINDSOR LAD KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. —Galloping: conditions w^-» ideal at thh morning's winding up workouts of candidates entered lo Saturday's rua —opening day of the Selangor Turf Club's August meeting. While Salvador (Jones) and Hobbs' pair.
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    The Most Impressive Salvador
    164 12 The Most Impressive Salvador Three m 37 2/5 seconds. Salvador could not be faulted when he bowled along on his own to clock 37 2/5 seconds the best time of the morning. He did his work without any blemish and appears to have made considerable headway since his last start
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    Heddle's Ribu And Etching
    222 12 Major Heddle's pair. Ribu and Etching (Patterson) were associated m a testing three furlongs trail, which they did m 38 sec. Ribu displayed very encouraging form, but I thought Etching, on the rails was well within himself, striding out beautifully at the end of his work
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    Tribute To UMS Tourists
    105 12 THE Djakarta tourists, UMS. were guests at a dinner given by the Singapore Amateur Football Association at the Great World's Wing Choon Yuen restaurant last night. Mr. McGreggor Watts. SAFA's President m his speech paid tribute to the Indonesians for their fighting spirit and good, clean
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    'Warming Up' Victory For The Tigers
    139 12 TIGER Sporting: Association, m a 'warming up' same, beat Europeans 6 o m a friendly soccer match played at S.C.C. yesterday. The Tigers will meet the Rovers on Thursday m the second last senior league fixture. First half score was one-nil for Tigers Hi
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    Colony Vs Kelantan
    82 12 TEAMS for the Malaya Cup soccer Inter Zone final between Kelantan and Singapore at the Jalan Besar stadium on Saturday at 5.15 p.m. will be chosen from: Singapore: Chee Seng. Fook Teng. Boniface. Teow Keng. Jon an, Vass. Kok Seng. Hee Jong. Kirn Beng, Omar Awang, Boon
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      39 12 9OCCEM: VMS Djakarta v Combined Services at j Jala- B**ar stadium 8.30 j pm Ju-iicr Cuptie RAF Te->oa>i r RAF Changi A' c I M Bescr 7p m. Cricket: Army v RAF at N?e Soon iftnt Day*. 9 i
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