Singapore Standard, 24 August 1954

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    15 1 SINGAPORE STANDARD Vol. V. No. 53. TWELVE PAGES 15 CENTS. SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, AUGUST 24, 1954
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    $100-A-DAY (Qui<k-Quix) CONTEST RESULT
    186 1 $100-A-DAY (Qui&lt;k-Quix) CONTEST RESULT MR. H. E. Jin of No. 80, Rangoon Road, Penang, is the winner of The Standard Quick Quiz Contest, No. 31. A cheque for $100 has been sent to him. The judge was Miss Joyce Waley, vice-chair-man of the British delegation attending the World Assembly of
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    SON IS BORN TO PRINCESS
    37 1 OSLO. Aug. 23. (Renter)— Princ&lt; ss Ragnhild of Norway. who married an Oslo businessman last year, gave birth to a son today, it is announced. Mother and ch:'.d are both dc.n^ well.
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    Madrid Express Derailed — Six Die
    197 1 Madrid Express Derailed Six Die MADRID, Aug. 23— (Reuter) Six bodies had been removed by dawn today from the wreckage of a Malaga to Madrid express train which was derailed and crashed last night m southern Spain. About 50 injured, including 15 m serious condition, were saved by rescuers who
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    AW BOON HAW IN 'FRISCO
    48 1 SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 23. (UP)— Mr. Aw Boon Haw arrived here last night aboard a United Airlines flight from New York. Mr. Aw is expected to fly to Hongkong on Wednesday. He is returning to his heme after being operated on m Boston.
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    STOP PRESS
    76 1 No Survivors THE HAGUE, Aug. 23, (AFP)—KLM officially announced today that the wreckage of the missing airliner, .."Willem Bontekoe," had been spotted by a fishing boat. 17 miles northwest of Ijmuiden. LONDON. Aug. 23 (AFP) Smoking wreckage believed to be that of the missing KLM airliner was spotted
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    Rebels Take Acheen Town
    249 1 JAKARTA. Aug. 23: (Reuter) Rebels m Acheen occupied the village of Nam Loee, 60 miles south of Kutaradja at the northern most point of Sumatra, last week, according to a belated report received by Aneta, the Indonesian news agency, today. The rebels were followers of Daud
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    5 Children Die In Fire
    65 1 WATERVILLE, Maine, Aug. 23, (AP) Five young brothers and sisters died m their bedrooms today as fire swept their home. The mother of the children, who returned home from work at a mill to find her home ablaze, fought firemen who prevented her from climbing
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    SEDITION TRIAL OPENS
    2051 1 Pritt Attacks Duplicity Of The Charges' THE JUDGE Mr. F. A. Chua PROSECUTION DEFENCE Mr. E. P. Shanks Mr. D. N. Pritt, Q.C. MR. D. N. PR ITT, Queen s Counsel, who is defending Hie eight University of Moloyo students on sedition chorges, yesterday asked if Dato
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    M. France Meets Sir Winston
    183 1 M. France Meets Sir Winston LONDON. Aug. 23 &lt;AFP» Prime Ministers Sir Winston Churchill and Pierre Mendes France concluded their talks at Chartwell at 1600 GMT today. A little later Mr. Mendes France left Chartwell for Biggin Hill airport. Kent. from where he will leave lor Paris. On his arrival
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    Chou Told: Welcome To Britain'
    132 1 From Attlee PEKING, Aug. 23 (Keuter) Mr. Clement Attlee has told Mr. Georgi Malenkov and Mr. Chou En-lai, the Russian and Chinese Prime Ministers, that the Labour Party would be glad if they could visit Britain, it is learned on good authority here today. But
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    SURGERY GAVE HER NEW FACE
    221 1 SURGERY GAVE HER NEW FACE MADAM Liv Yuen Sein, former Principal of the Nanyang Girls' School, Singapore, whose face was badly scarred as a result of an acid attack about four years ago, yesterday returned to the Colony from Australia with a big smile on her new face. Madam Liv
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    Plane With 21 Aboard Missing
    58 1 Mid-air Collision Reported SHANNON, Ireland, Aug. 23— Shannon airport officials said today the missing KLM Royal Dutch Airlines DC-6B was reported to have collided m the air with a twin-engined DC-3 transport plane near Ijmuiden, Holland. The KLM airliner with 21 persons aboard was overdue
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    21-GUN SALUTE
    22 1 21 -GUN SALUTE A 21-GUN salute greeted King Hussein of Jordan when he arrived m Istanbul yesterday for an official visit. AFP
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    ROME FUNERAL
    17 1 THE funeral of former Italian Premier Alcide de Gasperi took place m Rome yesterday. AFP
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    TERRORIST GANG AT AIR FORCE BASE
    156 1 CHANUTE Air Force Base, Illinois, Aug. 23, (Reuter)— Air Force officials announced today that 30 young airmen had been arrested over the week-end as suspected members of a secret terrorist society called "Pachuco". Colonel Grover Wilson, Technical Training Group Commander at the base, said
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    Mountbatten For Benghazi
    36 1 VALETTA, Malta. Aug. 23 (Reuter) Earl Mountbatten, C-in-C, the British Mediterranean Fleet, left here today m his flagship, the cruiser Glasgow, for Benghazi, where he will call on King Idris of Libya tomorrow.
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    SHOT DEAD
    27 1 NAIROBI. Aug. 23: (Reuter) Mau Mau "General" Nyaga Ayubu was shot and fatally wounded by an African tribal policeman here last night, police reported today.
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    DUCHESS OF KENT ARRIVES IN CANADA
    150 1 QUEBEC, Aug. 23 (AP) The Duches of Kent trotted out her best French today for a busy round of appearances, most of them m that language, fn Old Quebec. The handsome. 47-year-old aunt of the Queen and her beautiful 17-year-old daughter, Princess Alexandra, arrived
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    STUMP: WE WILL SHOOT FIRST IF...
    144 1 WASHINGTON, Aug. 23: (Reuter)— Admiral Felix B. Stump, Commander-in-Chief m the Pacific, said today, the United States Navy units off the Chinese mainland would fire on any Communists who might approach "with obviously hostile intent. 5 Admiral Stump, who commands all American ground, sea
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    Plane With 19 Crashes
    63 1 MASON CITY, lowa, Aug. 23, (AP)— A Braniff Airlines plane, with 19 persons reported aboard, crashed 15 miles south of Mason City late on Sunday and "there may be as many as 15 dead," Sheriffs officers reported. Mercy hospital m Mason City said two survivors were
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    Duke's Back At Home
    67 1 ABERDEEN, Scotland, Aug. 23 &lt;UP&gt;— The Duke of Edinburgh came home to Britain today from a four-week trip to Canada but Queen Elizabeth could not welcome him ashore. She was indoors at Balmoral Castle recovering from a cold. The Duke, greeted by several thousand cheering Scotsmen,
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    Victim Chases Thugs Through Dark Alleys
    582 2 Police Make 3 Arrests In IS Mins. SINGAPORE Police yesterday arrested three men within 15 minutes following a report that a n&gt;an had been stabbed and robbed of $350 worth of jewellery m Kallang Road. The three men were held at three different places
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    Two Live In A 'Fool' s Paradise
    314 2 Debate On Exploitation TWO Singapore delegates to th e World Assembly of Youth conference were yesterday told they were living m a fool's paradise when they tried to say that there is no exploitation m democratic Singapore. The delegates were discuss ing a
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    Off To U.S.
    41 2 photo. MR. JAMES PETER CHIN, a staff reporter of The Singapore Standard, who leaves Singapore today by Pan-American Airways for the United States to study journalism m the University of Missouri under a Rotary International Foundation Fellowship. dard
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    HK EXCHANGE
    38 2 HONGKONG. Aug. 23. Special Standard Service: Closing prices of the Hongkong Exchange today were: $15.59 to £1 .sterling: $5.7975 1 to US$l: $1,825 to Malayan $1: $0,190 to one Indonesian Rupiah, Gold $251,375 to 1 tael.
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    Youth Carnival
    35 2 THE Singapore Malay Union will hold a "World Youth Carnival and Malay Fair" for delegates of the World Assembly of Youth at the Badminton Hall, on Saturday from 8.30 p.m. bo 2 a.m.
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    Talk On Islam
    37 2 xMR. S. M. H. MASHOOR. a World Assembly of Youth delegate from Ceylon, will give a talk on Islam at the Singapore Theosophical Society's premises, No. 8, Cairnhill Road, on Thursday at 6.30 p.m.
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    RUBBER, TIN CLOSING PRICES
    55 2 ,^r^. Stondord London Correspondent LONDON RUBBER Spot 20 d. October/ December 1 9 £d. January/March 19|d. April/ June 19jd. July /September 19id. September c.i.f. 19Jd. Tone: Dull. LONDON TIN Spot £732 buyers, £733 sellers. Three months £731 10 buyers, £732 sellers. Settleme.ir price: £732. Sales Morning:
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    Tec Gets 3 Months On Corruption Charge
    256 2 Tec Gets 3 Months On Corruption Charge ON the instructions of the Police a Chinese workman, Ng Khai Chun paid a detective $150 to "quash" investigations into his "past the Singapore Fifth Police Court was told yesterday And the Magistrate. Mr R B. I. Pates, believing the prosecution's story, sentenced
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    Billet Had A 'Bullet' On It
    249 2 Armed Man Holds Up Shop Staff KOH SEX LONG was sitting m a shop one day, when a man thrust him a slip of paper on which was the drawing of a bullet, Tan Ching Liat, a clerk, said at a preliminary inquiry m
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    COMMODITY PRICES
    104 2 CLOSING rubber prices (cents per lb.) m Singapore yesterday were: TIN PKlCli The price of tin yesterday was S361§ per picul. (Up 50 cts.) LONDON RUBBER No I R.S.S Sfttlement House Terms. Monday's opening' prices first session were: LONDON riN Monday's opening session were: Spot £731 buyers, £732
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    No Street Cleaning On Sundays
    81 2 No Street Cleaning On Sundays THE streets of Singapore will not be cleaned on Sundays. The Singapore City Council issued a statement yesterday that as part of the strike settlement with the Council Labour Unions' Federation, the Council has undertaken to eliminate Sunday work wherever possible. To enable all workers
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    Merger Plan Gets Finishing Touches
    145 2 Merger Plan Gets Finishing Touches THE six -man dekjatiir f the two leftist parties ir. Singapore Labour and Socialist —will meet again tcniglv finalise plans to form a [Jnj ed Labour P ront An energetic driv&lt; to p»feet the machinery accessary to start the Front m t swing began en
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    Drowned Boy's Body Is Found
    57 2 TWENTY-FOUR b&lt; ar, an 18-year- Id yootfc T.i Tee- was reported dnw the sea ofi Li 1- Teck Estate m Ponggol or S i aft ernoon his I ■:&lt;i v v. a I floating y&lt; rday. Ii is beJu ved lhaf Ta&lt; i drowned v
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      330 2 &lt;2&gt;jM shkapore standard I A v«.^.-.iate competition will still appear each day. with a separate $100 prize, but you can now send m one. two. three or a whole week s entries IN THE SAME ENVELOPE The closing date for all sis entries this week is Wednesday. September 1 The
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    Cmdr. Lane Dies In U.K.
    103 3 THE Singapore port authorities yesterday received news of the death m England of Cmdr. L. P. Lane 0.8. E., R.N. (retd.). former Master Attendant, Singapore. Cmdr. Lane was Master Attendant, Singapore, from 1947 to 1953 and left for Britain m May last year on retirement.
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    Party At The Flying Club
    42 3 THE Royal Aeronautical Society. Singapore Branch, will hold its annual garden party on Saturday, Aug. 28, at the Royal Singapore Flying Club, at Kallang Airport. The party will begin at 3 p.m. and end at 6 p.m.
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    GIRL IS MISSING
    25 3 TWENTY-ONE-Y E A R-OLD Chan Ah Moi of 69-C Henderson Road, Singapore, has been reported missing from her home since Sunday afternoon.
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    He Took Elephants Into Big U.S.
    386 3 He Took Elephants Into Big U.S. I MR. CARLTON M. HUB, I one of the biggest names m J American show business, who 1 once took a couple of ele- phants into New York's 5 swank Waldorf Astoria to give "atmosphere" to the campaign for presidency of G.O.P. candidate, Mr.
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    Ex-Councillor Owed $90,000, Court Told
    439 3 'Guarantors Have Paid Part 9 FORMER City Councillor, S. M. A. H. Chishty, whose liabilities amounted to about $90,000 when he filed his bankruptcy petition, said m his public examination m the Singapore High Court yesterday, that a part of this sum had since been
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    Musician & His Bride
    71 3 Musician His Bride MR. PERCIVAL Proctor and his bride, the former Miss Mavis Wee, pass under an arch of musical instruments after their wedding at St. Andrew's Cathedral last Saturday. The reception was held at Ocean Park Hotel. Mr. Proctor, who is a wellknown pianist, is a teacher at Serangoon
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    Tavern Workers Threaten Strike
    154 3 TWENTY-EIGHT employees of the New Tavern Hotel, Tanglin Road, have decided to go, on strike if their demand for the re-instatement of nine of their fellow workers, who have been served with dismissal notices, is not met by Sept. 6. This decision was taken at an
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    Dodds-Parker Due Here Today
    55 3 MR. DODDS-PARKER, Un-der-Secretary of State for Foreign Arfairs, who is on a goodwill and fact-finding tour of the main Asian countries of South-east Asia will arrive m Singapore this afternoon. During his short stay here he will stay at Mallaig as the guest of Mr. Malcolm
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    Brilliant Record
    139 3 MR. CHOW YANG WEI who returned to the Colony yesterday aboard the Willem Ruys alter a brilliant scholastic record m the United States and Britain. Mr. Chow who is the eldest son of Rev. Chow Chee Yee of Singapore left Singapore m 1947 for the United States, and
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    S'PORE KHEKS MARK SILVER JUBILEE
    128 3 THE Khek Community Guild of Singapore celebrated their Silver Jubilee with three days of rejoicing at the Guild's premises m Peck Seah Street, recently. On the final day of celebrations more than 300 members and guests were entertained to a dinner, i Earlier In the
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    Be Proud of Your English
    201 3 Be Proud of Your English Improve Your Speech and Writing m a Few Hours Are you content with the way you speak and write? Are you sure that you are not making mistakes that cause people to underrate you? Thousands of men and women are handicapped because they make embarrassing
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    A FREE BOOKLET
    74 3 "Word Mastery" Write today to The Regent Institute (Dept. 469G&gt;, Palace Gate, London. W. 8. England, for a free copy of "Word Mastery." which contains full details of the Effective English Course m- eluding the special arrangements for overseas students. Don't delay. Tour English is all-important to
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    BUSY TIME FOR W.A.Y. DELEGATES
    303 4 Extensive Tour Of Federation KUALA LUMPUR, Mon.— The Malayan Youth Council Secretariat here has drawn up a programme which will keep the delegates to the World Assembly of Youth busy when they visit the Federation early next month. Malayan Railway and the Pan-Malayan Transport Operators'
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    SINGER
    32 4 photo MISS KHOR YEAN THIN who won the first prize m the women's section of the amateur singing contest at the Great World Sing Song Cafe m Penang, last week. Standard
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    TRANSFERRED
    24 4 MR. S. Sethu. of the State Secretariat. Kuala Lipis. has been transferred to the District Office. Raub. as Chief Clerk m the Sub-Treasury.
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    LEVER STRIKERS ARE ADAMANT
    188 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon.— An attempt by the management of Lever Bros, soap factory to settle the 10-day old strike met with failure yesterday when the workers refused to accept conditional terms, maintaining that the management must take back all strikers at the same time. The management
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      12 4 OWING to pressure on space, the Standard Almanac has been held over.
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    SQUAREWORD D-32
    545 5 CLUES ACROSS I. it's apt to make man dub«ous about other people's WOR when his own is unreliable |0 Or X) 9. Good jockey is usually good iudge of S— EED |P or T) 10. When they hear of a man bemg ROBBE on a big scale his
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    Closing Date Monday Sept. 13
    855 5 BULES AND CONDITIONS (also see Entry Foims) SOLUTIONS AND PRIZE LIST Tiie Official Solution of Squareword D-/,'2 will be published (subject to Ru &gt; Conditions) as foUows:— On September 2., Singapore Tiger Standard On Sept. T Indian Express Madras, Indian Express Bo; n bay and
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      609 5 NOTE: It is the missing LETTEBS yon mast insert m the columns. For example, your selection for Clae 3 Across, mast be D or K. for Clae 9 Across, P or T etc CLTHERE £NT F M 0R «»*«*o«&lt;"&gt;-» CUTHERE CUTHERE £NTRr ro M foR $QUA)|€WO||() cu[Htßt ENTRY N.. I
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      Co-operative Stores
      592 6 r J^HE Malayan Co-operative Wholesale Society, Limited, is m the doldrums. It has a bank overdraft of si 8 million. Co-operative stores •Odettes m the Federation have to date contributed only the modest sum of. 520.000 towards its capital. Thus indicates the lukewarm interest of co-operators m buying
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      Why The Fuss?
      201 6 the years we have witnessed the sorry spectacles certain sections of the Indian community made of themselves whenever celebrities from India came over. In the past various Indian organizations vied with one another to entertain their distinguished compatriots The competition *c.s 90 keen that it exacerbated their
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  • We the PEOPLE
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      TAIPING IS PROUD
      176 6 Sir, The editorial of the Singapore Standard's Aug. 17 i issue explains the feeling of repulsion felt by many m this town which, m the past, had never heard such mudslinging m public. The editorial makes one feel that freedom of the press is indeed one to
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      No Hope
      28 6 v Wr:— Why agitate for the public to be admitted to the Legco chamber— there's no hope of a Guy Fawkes appearing amongst them? DISGUSTED. Singapore.
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      TECHNICAL EXAM IS AN INSULT
      366 6 TECHNICAL EXAM IS AN INSULT Sir.— To find out what extra Technical knowledge and experience Technical Assistants have acquired after College days, the present so-called Second Technical Examinations have been raised to such a standard, and with what objects we do not know, that few pupil engineers, leave alone Technical
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    CHINESE OVERTURES TO BURMA
    613 6  - CHINESE OVERTURES TO BURMA PHILIP DEANE By NKW DELHI |&gt;EKIXG is reported to be putting pressure on Rangoon with a view to preventing Burma's indirect participation m the Southeast Asia Treat Organiza- tion [Seato] through a rapprochement with Thailand. This is given as the explanation of the recent i increase
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    They Will Study Earth
    805 6  - They Will Study Earth Rennie Taylor By LOS ANGELES SCIENTISTS around the world are getting ready for one of the greatest research undertakings of all time—a 1 lons year of simultaneous, &gt; global observation of this &lt;J planet. The object is to learn more about how the forces of nature
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    Review of Views
    233 6 Review of Views Devils, Bandits Floods 'HUNG SHING JIT PAO prints a signed article entitled '"Devils. Bandit.and Floods."' m which Mr. Tao H.si-chun. 1 a m c d Chinese political commentator, expresses the opinion that the salvation of the teeming millions threatened by floods m the Yangtze and Huai river
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    Nutty Story Ends
    396 6 DAR ES SAL A A.M. I jThe final chapter is being written m the word's big- ?c.-t peanut scheme. fSomc time this fall, probal ly m October, liie Ea&gt;: African assets of the Overseas Food Corporation are cxpe&lt;-teri to be taken over by the Tanganyika Government, a
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    India Is Asked To Clarify 3 Points
    263 7 India Is Asked To Clarify 3 Points NEW DELHI, Aug 23 (AP). Portugal told Jndia yesterday she is! unwilling to accompany; the Nehru Government •along tangled ways" in The dispute over Portu-| guesc territories m I India. Jn a note handed to the Foreign Ministry here on Sunday. Portugal asked
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    Gang War In Chicago Is Feared
    123 7 CHICAGO, Aug. lv. «APThe k.';i:s^ of two high level ir.embers &gt;&gt;i Chicago's underworld within four days stirred apprehension yesterday of a i gang war. Frank Diamond, 61-year- &lt; &gt;{ intimate ol t he :a T e r.n&gt;b kr&lt; A 1 Capone, was cut ilow
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    35 7 Dbvtffe ITS breakra.st »n bed for Boko. US- months old marm*nt on show at the Evening News Flower and Country Show at Olvmpia. London. Boko belongs to Mrs. Jean K. Cuvk of nwJdinshan. Swcttj. A.P.
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    EMBASSY GARDEN
    47 7 E JYFT has ayuvd to pa? E in £300,000 compensator the **evac lation* 1 of i part of 1 v Brit:sh Embassy ten Cairo Part o: the garden is needed lot the build- &gt;f a an road along the bank of the River Niie Reuter
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    32 Arrested In Riots For Thrills
    158 7 3 2 Arrested In Riots For Thrills STOCKHOLM. Aug. 23. ■AP&gt; Thirty-two persons were arrested m a flare-up of "thrilled riots" m Stockholm early yesterday. Several were injured, m- I eluding three policemen. One man was thrown h&lt; ad-long into an art gallery through the show window and was taken
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    Swept Thru' City Sewers
    97 7 HONGKONG, Aug. 23, (AP) A 12-year-old buy who fell into a drainage ditch during a rainstorm Saturday was swepi for hali a mile through Hong- 1 tyong's underground sewers and hurled unharmed into \\id arms oi rescuers waiting at the open end m the &gt; *s
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    P.I. POSITION ON SEATO IS STATED
    125 7 MANILA, Aug. 23. (Reuter):— The text of a draft treaty defining: the Philippine position on the proposed South-east Asian collective security alliance will be cabled to the Philippines Embassy m Washington today, the Philippines Foreign Office announed. An authoritative Foreign Office source said the
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    48 7 GVMNJ, MORE THAN 700 rioting prisoners touched off a one million dollar fire at Kingston Penitentiary, Ontario, m a recent escape attempt, but the sixhour uprising was quelled by guards, police and 250 soldiers. This aerial view shows a pall of smoke rising above the 119-year-old prison. UP
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    ARTISTS MEET
    24 7 OVER 21.500 artists have converged on Edinburgh for the opening of the famous annual festival m t he ancient Scottish capital. AFP
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    Archbishop Defies Sedition Laws
    192 7 NICOSIA, Cyprus, Aug. 23, (Reuter): Crowds surged through the streets here yesterday shouting pro-Greek slogans after Archbishohp Makarios had defied this British colony's anti-sedition law s to tell them Britain had sentenced them "to be born slaves and to die m slavery." Archbishop Makarios. head of
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    World's 1st Blue Rose
    82 7 PORTDOTVN. Ireland, Aug. &gt;:}. (AFP) A blue rose will be shown for the first time m tbe world at the Southport flower show on Wednesday. The flower will be m full bloom for the occasion. It is the result of ten years' experimenting: by flower grower
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    A PLAQUE FOR 'THE ANGEL'
    47 7 BUENOS AIRES. Aug. 23 'AFP i A silver plaque for Mile. Genevieve de Galard de Tarraube, French nurse known as the "Angel of Dien Bien Phu.' was presented yesterday to the French Embassy here by a delegation from the. Association of Nurses.
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    Thriller At The Festival
    59 7 VENICE. Italy. A us?. 23: (Renter) Alfred Hitchcock's latest thriller "Rear Window." starring James Stewart. Grace Kelly, Wendell Corey and Thelma Ritter launched the 1954 Venice Film Festival last night. Gloria Swanson, Katherine Hepburn and a glittering throng of stars, directors producers and critics, turned up
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    Exchange Suspended
    63 7 PARIS. Aug. 23. (Renter)— All exchanges of prisoners-of-war by the Red River m Northern Indo-China have been provisionally suspended, the French press agency reported last night from Hanoi; This is because the river i.s so swollen by seasonal rains that barges and landing craft cannot take Vietminh prisoners
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    ERNEST THURTLE
    26 7 MR. ERNEST THURTLE. 69--year-old Labour member of Parliament, who became a friend of Lawrence of Arabia, died m hospital m London on Sunday. Reuter
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    FIVE WOMEN BURIED ALIVE
    51 7 NEW DELHI, Aug. 23. i (AFP&gt; Five women were: buried alive at Pamipat. 25 miles north of here, yesterday when caught m a land- slide at the bottom of a hole they were digging. Four other women who were with them when the accident occurred were
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    Meeting On Town Planning
    123 7 CAMBRIDGE. Aug. 23. (Reuter)— -All British col- i onial territories will be re- j presented at a conference on administrative problems! caused by industrial develop- i ment and the growth of towns which opens at Cam- 1 bridge University today. Ministers, Legislative Councillors and leading officials
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    Mr. Nehru Is Anxious To Visit Peking
    146 7 NEW DELHI. Aug. 23, (UP) —Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru said yesterday he is anxious to go to Communist China soon. He told the Congress parliamentary party that although he has received repeated invitations from the Mao Tse-tung government, official duties have prevented him
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    ONLY AN ECHO OF THE GAIETY GIRLS
    198 7 LONDON. Aug. 23: (Reuter) London's gaiety theatre. home of the famous gaiety girls. is to be torn down and replaced by a block of offices. The one time "theatre of enchantment" m the Strand has been empty and deserted since 1939 when it
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    A Double Tragedy
    63 7 NEW YORK. Aug. 23. (UP) An automobile trashed into two other cars and then ran down a group of policemen and spectators gathered at the scene of a wreck yesterday, injuring 12 person?. police reported. Two girls were injured m the original wreck, making a total of
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    Air Group To Halt The Reds Urged
    212 7 NEW YORK, Aug. 23 (AP) —The Commander of the famous Flying Tigers during the Chinese-Japanese war, General Claire Chennault, yesterday urged formation of a similar group to "slow down the Communist march" m the Far East. In an article m Look magazine, Chennault
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    EUROPEAN ARMY TALKS A FAILURE
    197 7 French Plan Rejected BRUSSELS, Aug. 23, (UP)— The long-stalled European army's six proposed members yesterday admitted their failure to agree on bringing a unified army into existence, but pledged themselves to continue working together for defence. The six-nation conference broke up after four days of
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    AN EIGHT YEAR PARKING LIMIT
    59 7 NEW YORK. Aug. 23 &lt;AP) A Brooklyn man. Victor Kaminsky, received a police summons yesterday which charged him with parking his 1937 automobile too long m one place. Police also removed the car and found foot -high weeds growing under it. The car had been
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    Ex-Nazis Demand Damages
    115 7 ZIEGEXHAIX. (Germany) Aug. 23. &lt;AP)— Two thousand former Nazi Party members called on the West German and State Governments yesterdaj to annul all denazification court convictions :::)i: p;;v damage-, to Nazis interned after ihe war. The resolution, adopted overwhelmingly s1 a meeting here of the Association of
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    Girl Pleads Not Guilty
    63 7 WELLINGTON-. New Zealand. Aug. 23: (Reuter) Juliet Hulme, 15-year-ohJ British school girl, p eaded not guilty here yesterday to the murder oi a girl friend's mother. Beside her m the dock wa* the friend. Paulin&lt; Parker. 16. They are accused of killing Mrs. Bonora Mary Parker
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    HE GAVE UP SIM.
    42 7 LORD Tredegar. who passed up a tnulti million dollar heritage m order to save his family estate from two big inheritance tax bites m qu ek succession has died it; London I hi the age of 80. AP
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    REACTION FROM THE CAPITALS
    252 7 REACTION on the lailure of the talks from the various capitals compiled from Reuters cables is as follows Paris: The position of ihe Mendes France Government was considered m Fivnch political circles to be only slightly weakened by the iaiiure of the Brasses eonftrence. The Premier's
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    Negro G.I. Decorated
    67 7 SAN ANTONIO. Texa* Aug. 23. &lt;AP&gt;— A Georgia Negro ha&gt; been decorated h^re for his determined stand against Communist indoctrination during two and a hall years m a North Korean prison camp The Oak Lear ciu.,t*r to (Jae Army commendation medal was presented to M. Sgt Joe
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    AIR STRIKE ENDS
    29 7 ■WASHINGTON, Aig 23 (AP)— American Airlines ann&lt; unced last night that tc three-week old strita has been settled and* thai .t «i resume &gt;p&lt; rli ■■&gt;_ morrow.
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    15 Mil. Guilders Profit For N.T.S.
    266 9 15 Mil. Guilders Profit For N.T.S. WITH a profit of f\&lt; 15.368,196 last year, the Netherlandsche Handei-Maatsc-hap- PU. N.V. (The Netherlands: Trading Society) is paving a dividend of 10 "per cent" on its Ordinary shares. The Society has done so well i that its statutory reserve has reached the maximum
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    FLYING BOATS SPAN OCEANS
    81 9 WITHIN a few years giant 83 ing boats, eacfa carrying 200 passengers m the greatest •orafort may be operating regulai services between Southampton and New York and a&lt; rosa the Pacific, if tests now m progress 011 a new type r rbo-fyrop engine prove &lt;essiuJ This
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    DIVIDEND PAYMENTS
    77 9 THE Eastern Bank Ltd. has declared an interim dividend at three shillings per share (three per cent.) less income tax at nine sh&gt;Uings m the pound payable m Sept. 16. Transfer books \vi!l be closed from Sept. 2 to 15. Messrs. Osborne Chappel, lnuh. reported that Kent (F.M.S.)
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    Political News Firms Rubber
    401 9 Price Is Up y 8 Cent Standard Market Reporter fth» TSL PollUc !f news conee rato£ Formosa steadied tt* rubber market m Singapore which closed at an ™mL a c Cci t a ve tne weekend level, first grade rubber for September shipment being quoted 67*
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    More Ships Are Idle
    91 9 OSLO. Aug. 23, (AP)— With a steady increase of idle tonnage and no improvement m i sight on the world freight market. Norwegian shipowners are looking ahead with little hope of better days In the imme-i riiate future. Norwegian laid-up tonnase comprised 55 vessels on Aug.
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    Dinner Marks This Contract Signing
    110 9 A DINNER party at the Cathay Restaurant on Thursday night marked the signing of the contract by the VVestrex Co.. to equip the new million -dollar King's Theatre situated m Kirn Tian Road. Tiong Bahru, Singapore. The Theatre will start to screen pictures early this
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    RUPIAH TAKES A TURN FOR THE WORSE
    328 9 RUPIAH TAKES A TURN FOR THE WORSE Merchant Tells Of R.I. Restrictions Standard Financial Reporter INDONESIA'S currency, Hie Rupiafe, hot taken a turn for the worse. It is now so bod that it is only worth a tenth of o Malayan dollar. Officially, it is worth throe times more. But
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    Finance... Commerce...Shipping
    55 9 photo. WITH gigantic dredges like this one off Banka Island, Indonesia is scooping vitally needed tin from the floor of the ocean. There are ten dredges working around the perimeter of this island off Sumatra. The dredges scoop from ocean floor huge amounts of dirt and wash the
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    RICE EXPORTS
    27 9 UNITED States rice exports m June amounted 10 47C.000 bags (milled equivalent) as compared to 1228,000 bags m June 1953, the Agriculture Department reported. UP
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    Industrial Shares Quietly Steady
    853 9 MALAYAN industrial shares were quietly steady yesterday with a moderate turnover of business, while tin shares were slightly easier and rubbers completely neglected. Business was mainly confined to the industrial share section. Malayan Sharebrokers' Association prices yesterday were INDUSTRIALS Bu&gt; en sellers Alex Bricks Prcfs. 2.02
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    Jap Firm To Import Iranian Oil
    145 9 TOKYO, Aug. 23, (UP)— The government has allocated the I Idemitsu Kosan Company U552,700,000 m foreign ex- change to import gasoline and fuel oil from Iran, it was learned on Friday. The path was cleared for the government action by settlement of the Anglo-Iranian
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    Travellers Can Bring More Money
    61 9 Travellers Can Bring More Money T R A V I I I IRS from Malaya, arrivinr m &lt;&gt;yi«Mi. may bring into &lt; rvlon a sum not exceeding Rnp^-s V.W. says a notification from the Ceylon Conmii«isitiners office last nis'lit Pakistan Hoteg shoull aot be brought m excess of Ks. 50
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      120 9 SHIPS IN HARBOUR OI'TIK ROADS Nerpa. Sivuch. Nes I.; sip, Gomel, Benven le. LJlysess, Oirnsk. Asha. v hiii Lam, Morzh Harparihion O;^-.te-. INM2R ROADS Hua H iic. Isabel, At::ie Reed. Hi; Ann Reugam, Petaling Torina, Malmi, Kah Soon. Cornftsh Papado, Brenda. Blinjoc, Haothate, Angby, Bin Ci,&lt; &gt;.ng, China Seng." Bocn
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    Do You Feel Guilty?
    334 10  -  ALICIA HART Asks ry}\ S no ne&lt; d for a J tse-wife to &gt;!ogize it the doorcell ephone s^.r.r.) her ft „&lt;.-. a ;Ts;d-dav r. siesta :s efficiency, not laz ne^s H i :v common sense to provide &gt;orr.e time Jn your buw &gt;cnf'u.e I &gt;:"
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    LET THIS GO TO YOUR HEAD
    926 10  -  Kay Sabapalhy Says TJAS your scalp grown lazy, with your topknot looking dull? Well if it is, why not give it a helping hand? Every woman wants her hair to look nice and behave well, and the success of any hair-do depends on the
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    Counter Girls Like Men
    538 10 MARJORIE Proops v^ww COLUMN T HATE to admit it. but shopping brings out the worst fan women. And women shoppers br;ng out the worst m the otherwise nice-natur-ed s.ris who serve behind counters. The men cet top marks from the girls behind the counters. The ;v.an
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    ANITA WAS SAWN IN HALF
    316 10  -  PEGGY BRIGGS By IT started with a faint smile: it wrinkled into a grin; it coughed into a chuckle and then with all stops out it roared into a highpowered, tear-spilling, real shaker of a laugh Anita Finesflver was being cut m half and she
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    EGYPTIAN DESIGN
    43 10 From Paris. Luxury is the key-note m this rose red chiffon evening: gown by Jean I esses. The back panel is full and trailing. Ruby Cabochons form the tie straps of the Decollete and match the ear-rings. The gloves are suede.
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    Greet Your Husband With A Smile
    545 10  - Greet Your Husband With A Smile JOAN BENNET Prescribes ly always live to celebrate Golden Wedding Anniversaries. "On the other hand, suppose your mate is the aggressive man-of-action B type, who sings m his shower and wants a heman meal m the morning. This type usually attracts its opposite, the
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    HOLIDAY WOLF
    589 10 The Case Of The Blonde Who Was Wooed By A MARY BROWN Advises rpHAT holiday friendship— adventurous, exciting, unpredictable secret hope of the shyest girl and boy... is it dangerous? The answer depends on you. But if you do find a holiday romance you will be your own
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      300 10 rpo&.ws QVOTATION: -It vuu would be limd, love and be J_ u*\ iU\ Benjamin Franklin. HEYDAY FOR EVERYONE: Make progress In connection w:lh 1 en &gt;■;. no &gt;es wishes, writings, c^' :c ences, but s'.eer c tendency to compltcationships Don't create enmity. Be i economical ::i money matters VOI R
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    Prima Donna Of Colony's Table Tennis Tourney
    298 11 htntoing 12-Year-OM May Yew... Singapore has produced another 'giant killer' -and this time its 1 &gt; year-old Miss Ho May Vein who created the upset of the Singapore Table Tennis Association championships when she trounced a former Colony champion, Miss Tan Kit, m
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    Malay Team To Play Busmen
    85 11 PENANG. Mod— The best Malay !«x&gt;tbal!ers m the Feratioxi aaci Singapore will i c gathering here for the first to piay against the KowBi;s Co. sorter tourists tbc Victoria Green tomor- Awar.g Bakar of Singapore lead the Invitation Malay \I. The Malay team:— Rahim (PG)
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    BEHIND EVERTON'S WIN IS WILD BILL HICKSON
    627 11 London, Mon. f HERE is a great new character m First Division Soccer this season. He is big and strong and fast and fearless. He is magnificently moody. He believes defences are there to be hit hard and often and he does it.
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    OFFICIALS WENT ACCORDING TO IAAF HANDBOOK
    429 11  - OFFICIALS WENT ACCORDING TO IAAF HANDBOOK FRANCIS BOEY No 'Mystery* About Those MAAA 'Best' Awards... By Lt. Col Reidy (Singapore) Hammer Throw. 158 ft 7 ins 796 points. Kenneth Perera (Selangcr) 880 Yards, 2 mir.s 2 -ecs— €s9 points. The same scoring system would apply to the best performance award
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    Rest Eleven For Hennessey Cup Match
    88 11 Rest Eleven For Hennessey Cup Match IPOH. Mon. The Rest team for this week-end's Hennessey Cup match against the Europeans on The town padang here will be: S. V. Suppiah (Capt), T. H. Koenitz A. Amaladass. M. Lekhumanan. A. I. Thillainathan. M. Veloo. Tunku Ja'afar. S. Sundralingam, E. A. Daniel.
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    Tuli Beaten By Heat & Bad Referee
    162 11 Tuli Beaten By Heat Bad Referee MANILA, Aug. 2H (AP South African riyweight lafce Tuli, who lost bis bout against Leo Espinosa of the Philippines. departed by Pan-American Airways yesterday for Hong Kong en route to London. The British Empire Champion was accompanied by his manager, Jim Wicks, and trainer
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    Perak's Foong Seong Cup Team
    69 11 IPOH, Mon. Perak"s Foong Seong Cup team to meet Selangor this week-end m the Selangor Badminton Association hall, Kuala Lumpur, is as follows: Tan Jin Eong (Capt). Chan Hon Kit, Chiew Chin Khoon. Lim Foh Thye, Foo Vong Khean and Soo Seng Fatt. Mr. Lim
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    PENG SOON IS NO HAS BEEN!
    658 12  -  JEFF RY J AMIS Sonneville Will Find That Out! Time: 8.30 p.m. Place: Spore Badminton Stadium. Reason: Exhibition match. LET'S KILL this rumour that Wong Peng Soon is a HAS BEEN I know you heard it from Mr. Lim the badminton expert m Waterloo
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    SWISS GRAND PRIX
    304 12 SWISS GRAND PRIX BERNE, Switzerland A us. 2n -Fergus Anderson ol B: rain the 19. r &gt;:i world 350 cc rr &gt;• r cy champion \w :i the &gt; c; event m *he Swiss Irand i'-.i.. here yesterday for Urn secir.d successive yea/ n:. r l went a step nearer
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    HOW POLICE CAN HELP
    336 12 By A Reader REFERRING to your articleon (i hooliganism at .Jaia'i Besar Stadium, I wish to i point out similar occurrences i and the manner they were i handier! some time ago. i In the early stages of the 1953 I SAFA League at the Geylang
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    Shows & Soccer At Stadium
    148 12 Shows Soccer At Stadium SUNDAY, An 5. 29. has been set aside for the Feith Trophy charity soccer match between the Combined Police and the Combined Services at 3.30 p.m. at Jalan Besar stadium. The proceeds of the game and its supporting items will go towards the Boys Club Fund,
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    SCAAF GREET OREGON CAGERS WITH A BAND
    283 12 SCAAF GREET OREGON CAGERS WITH A BAND A COLONY brass band— the Kong Yong Bandwere there to greet the University of Oregon basketbailers on arrival m the Colony yesterday. This was m keeping with the intention of their hosts, the Singapore Chinese Amateur Athletic Federation to give the American cagers
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    RAJAJI BEAT DOMIN 4-2
    41 12 RAJAJI Sports Club beat Dumin Club 4-2 m a friendly came of soccer at Fairer Park on Sunday Scorers: for Raiaji— K. Syed A!i. S. Ramiah. G. Marimuthu and R. S. Manyam. For Domin AU Satar (2).
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    TURF TOPICS
    242 12  - TURF TOPICS WINDSOR LAD INTRODUCES MAN ABOUT TOWN KUALA LUMPUR, Mon.— Man About Town, a slashing three-year-old, who holds the distinction of twice finishing third to Pie King, last year's champion, will be joining Ivan Allan's stable. By the speedy Dentiruis from a Ballyogan mare Libertine, this 3-year-old ran without
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    CSC Meet: Heats Results
    91 12 THE following qualified for the finals m the Singapore Chinese Club championships to b e held on Aug. 28, at the Club Pool: 100 Metres free style (Boys Under 17): Goh Kok Sin. Thio Gim Hock, Kok Scow Chuan, Goh Kok Guan, Lim Ting Khiang. Goh
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    MERRY TIME Vs NATIONAL
    64 12 THE following will repre- sent Merrytime B.P. m a friendly badminton match I against National 8.P.. consisting of four singles and three doubles, at the Clerical Union Hall on Friday at 7 p.m. M. Sadali. Hashim Haron. I Xordin bin Awang Chik. Willie Tay, Lim Kirn
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    Austin Healy Breaks Record
    45 12 BONXEVILLE SALT FLATS. Utah, (AFP) Donald Healy. driving an '"Austin Healy 100" yesterday beat the world record for one mile flat with an overall speed of 192.62 m.p.h. He beat his previous record of j 190.9 m.p.h. established Jast I Thursday.
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    STRONG & FREE IMPRESSES AGAIN
    214 12 STRONG FREE IMPRESSES AGAIN KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Stron* and Free, with apprentice Basri astride, was again one of the best workers at this morning workouts m preparation for Wednesday's races. Working m the company oi Marcelle (Donnelly), he headed home his companion to return 37-5 sec over three furlongs. Strong
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    CHEW BEE HAS FERDINANDS TO WORRY ABOUT
    391 12 Ceylon's Tennis Teenager On Show IF MALAYA'S TOP tennis title is to go overseas again (last y«* r xt JJ C to Australia's Neal Fraser), the man-or rather the boy— who could take it should be Ceylon's teenager champion, Rupert Ferdinands. In an
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      53 12 Today's Sport SOCCER: SAFA Tiger SA v Rovers SC Div. 1 at Jalan Besar 8.30 p.m.; REME 'A' v Argonauts at Jalan Besar 7 p.m. SBHFA: Shell vF N at F N. TENNIS: Exhibition matches by Ceylon players at SCC 5 p.m. BASKETBALL: Nanyang Siang Pau v Oregon Happy World
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