Singapore Standard, 27 August 1954

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    Masthead
    15 1 SINGAPORE STANDARD Vol. V. No. 56. SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, AUGUST 27, 1954 TWELVE PAGES 15 CENTS.
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    Attlee Lands In Shanghai
    48 1 SHANGHAI. Aug. 26. <Reu-; —The Briton Labour mis- j n r China arrived here by j todaj from Peking after' ng 300 miles over some of .t s worst flood devastated ribab!e desolation. expanses of flood waters r^nrooned villages, seemlor thousands of re miles. >
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    MRS PANDIT Brief Stop-over And Off To Delhi
    89 1 MRS PANDIT Brief Stop-over And Off To Delhi MRS. Vijayalakshmi Pandit made a brief stopover in Singapore yesterday and left f° r New Delhi late last night. Looking fitter after her-ten-day tour of Indonesia, the President of the United Nations General Assembly met a small party at Kallang airport on
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    ew Postal Order For Three Entries
    116 1 ew Postal Order For Three Entries 2nd SQUAREWORD CONTEST KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— ln anticipation of o large demand for British postal orders following the introduction of the Standard Squoreword Contest, the Malayan postal authorities are introducing o new denomination of three shillings six pence sterling. r The order will be
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    50 Look On As 2 Are Murdered
    287 1 'Kepalas Tied To Trees And Slashed To Death KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— Fifty labourers on Devenby Estate in the Sungei Siput area, Perak, watched in helpless horror yesterday as four Communist terrorists roped two Tamil kepalas to rubber trees and disembowelled them. Among the
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    Memento For Queen's Counsel
    29 1 MR. D. N. PRITT, holding the banner %v hi c h was presented to hi m b y Chinese school students at yesterday's tea party.
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    21 On Plane Turn Sick
    63 1 ANCHORAGE. Alaska. Aug. 26 iAFP) Twenty-one persons, among them 19 students from the Far East, were taken ill as they stepped from a plane which landed here yesterday. They were immediately taken to hospital. The pilot and the crew later also became ill. The hospital
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    News Of Fleet Affects Mart
    49 1 CABLED reports of a Russian fleet being sighted off Hainan Island affected the Chinese section of the Singapore Rubber Market yesterday. There were more dealers buying with short covering. Coupled with steady overseas demand, price rose by j cent to 67* cents per pound.
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    PRITT TO ARGUE STUDENTS' APPEAL
    308 1 MR. D. N. PRITT, Queen's Counsel, is to argue the appeal of the seven Chinese school students who were sentenced to three months' imprisonment for obstructing: the Singapore Police during a demonstration against national service in May. This was announced yc_terday by a girl student
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    'Y' President Dies In Bus
    79 1 EVANSTON, Illinois, Aug. 26. tßeuter Mr. John Forrester Payton. 71, of Alloa. Scotland. President of the World Alliance of Young Men's Christian Association, died here last night. He was here as a delegate from the United Free Church of Scotland to the Assembly of the
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    Mystery Warship Fired On Freighter
    121 1 HONGKONG, Aug. 26 (Reuter)— The British freighter Inchkilda was fired on by an unknown warship on Tuesday night and not by a shore battery as earlier reported, Mr. H. F. Pearson, the Hongkong manager of the ship's agents said today. He said he received a
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    U.S. Jet Ace Is Killed
    44 1 EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, California, Aug. 26, (Reuter) Captain Joseph McConnell, 32, the leading American jet ace of the Korean war, was killed yesterday when a new model Sabrejet he was testing crashed near here, the Air Force announced.
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    These 54 Men Have An 'Important Job' In Malaya
    177 1 These 54 Men Have An 'I mportant Job' In Malaya TIUNTON, Somerset, Aug. 25 (Reuter) Field Marshal Sir John Harding, Chief of the Imperial General Staff, told 54 Army recruits at a passing out parade here to•Most' of you will be going oat to join the First Battalion Somerset Light
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    MILLION DOLLAR ARMY FRAUD
    198 1 MILLION DOLLAR ARMY FRAUD Suspected Army officer flown back from overseas for interrogation KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Malaya Command Headquarters announced here today that it has been investigating frauds totalling more than $1,000,000 and involving Army contractors and personnel, during the post eight months. The announcement said that recently a special
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    GRENADE GIRLS GIVE UP
    209 1 GRENADE GIRLS GIVE UP 2 Heeded Voice From The Sky KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— Two young and I attractive Chinese girls, members of the terrorist "Kuala Ketir" gang, operating north of Kuala Lipis in Pahang, this morning gave themselves up after hearing a "voice" aircraft call them by name to surrender.
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    S.E.A.T.O. Dulles Gets 23 Assts.
    118 1 S.E.A.T.O. Dulles Gets 23 Assts. WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 (Renter* The Secretary of State. Mr. John Foster Dulles, and Senators Alexander Smith (Republican) and Mike Mansfield (Democrat will head a 24-man delegation from the United States to the South-east Asia defence conference beginning on Sept. 6 in Manila. And from authoritative
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    13 KILLED IN BUS CRASH
    34 1 RIO DE JANEIRO. Brazil. Aug. 26 (AP) A dispatch from Belo Horinzonto said a loaded bus crashed down a 150-foot ravine today and 13 persons were killed, 19 injured.
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    AW BOON HAW ON WAY HOME
    40 1 SAN FRAK^jSCO, Aug. 26 (UP)— Mr. Aw Boon Haw left here today for Honolulu. He is returning to Hongkong after spending two months in the United States for an operation at a Boston hospital.
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    A Secret Army For Germany?
    189 1 BERLIN, Aug. 26— A West German legislator who chose Communism said today the United States has secret plans for a West German army of 24 divisions twice the force envisioned by the European army plan. with his family a week ago. Mr. Karl F. Schmidt
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    NEW WRNS CHIEF
    26 1 LONDON. Aug. 26 (Rputer) Superintf j ncient Nancy Margaret Robertson was yesterday named the new cfr>f of Britain's WonvnV Royal Naval Service <WRNSi.
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      143 1 MR. L. H. AUN of 144, Brewster Road. Ipoh, Perak. i s the w.nner of The Standard Quick-Quiz Contest No. 34. A cheque for $100 ha been !*em to him. Mr Ho Kok Ho. a Singapore architect and painter, was the judge. i tM correct answers a 'cLUE NO. 1
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    CARELESS SHOT KILLS WOMAN-PC IS JAILED
    259 2 CARELESS SHOT KILLS WOMAN-PC IS JAILED JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs. Ong Eng, an Extra Police Constable, was sent to prison for three months by Mr. N. L. Cohen in the Sessions Court for causing the death of a woman, Esah binte Haji Surip. The charge against him was that on Feb.
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    NEW BODY TO HELP SLUM DWELLERS
    239 2 NEW BODY TO HELP SLUM DWELLERS Receives Good Support ALARMED and aroused by the plight of Singapore's 500,000 slum dwellers, whose lives are subject to the whims and fancies of the Government and City Council, a new body will soon be formed to help them. Called the Slums and Tenements
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    To Study Local Govt.
    63 2 THE first Asian secretary of the Singapore Rural Board. Mr. Chan Sik Kwan (above), left for Britain yesterday for a six months' study course in local government administration. A few hours before he left, Mr. Chan attended the monthly meeting of the Board at which the
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    FOWLE TO OPEN FAIR
    39 2 MALACCA. Thurs.— The Settlement Secretary, Mr. F. R. C Fowle. will open the Malacca Trade Fair at the City Park at 6 p.m. on Saturday. The show will be open daily until Friday. Sept. 3.
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    Trishaman Sold Wife For $80
    294 2 Sentenced To 9 Months' PENANG, Thurs.— A trisha rider, Ong Kim Huat, 21, was sentenced in the Sessions Court here today to nine months' rigorous imprisonment when he admitted procuring his young wile for the purpose of prostitution. Before he passed sentence, the President of
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    Case Postponed
    28 2 THE trial of Lawrence Fernandez, a Telecoms technician charged with corruptly accepting $100 from a Chinese businessman, was yesterday adjourned in Kuala Lumpur until Sept. 11.
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    Trade Agent For Malaya Appointed
    137 2 MR. N. J. DAVIES, J.P., has been appointed Trade Commissioner for Malaya in the United Kingdom, it was officially announced yesterday. Mr. Davies will work in Malaya House under the Malayan Commissioner in Britain and will help promote Malaya's economic and commercial interests, particularly Malaya's
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    Wordy Duel' Challenge
    101 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— The Malayan Indian Congress is understood to have sounded members of its policy-making Working Committee on possible disciplinary action against Mr. Jagjit Singh, former president of its Penang branch, who recently challenged party president. Mr. K. L. Devaser. to a "wordy duel" on the
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    COMMODITY PRICES
    103 2 CLOSING rubber prices (cents per ltf.) in Singapore yesterday were: Buyers Sellers No 1 R.S.S Spot Loose 67 671 No. 1 R.S.S. 67- V 67S No. 2 R.S.S. 671 672 No. 3 R.S.S. 66i 66S Tone: Steady. TIN PRICE The price of tin yesterday was 5364 per picul.
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    Wisdom Gets Memento At Concert Rehearsal
    198 2 MALACCA, Thurs. Fairy lights twinkled and stagelights flooded on the Residency Lawn, and the costumes of the Portuguese singers and aajicers caught the eye as they rehearsed their acts in preparation for the WAY International Variety Night to be held on Sunday. There was
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    The Time Is Extended
    51 2 KLANG, Thurs. The Klang Town Council today extended the closing date for registration for its December elections to Sept. 3 following a request from the political parties. Only 3,500 among the potential electorate of 14.000 had registered until today, when the register was scheduled to be
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    US Consul General For S'pore
    137 2 US Consul General For S'pore MR. JAMES Lampton Berry (above), the new United States Consul General in Singapore with the personal rank of a Minister, arrives in the Colony toda> by air. Mr. Berry, who succeeds Mr. Charles Baldwin, is a U.S. Foreign Service officer, who served as Deputy Operations
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    HK EXCHANGE
    38 2 HONGKONG, Aug. 26: Special Standard Service: Closing prices of the Hongkong Exchange today were: $15.70 to £1 sterling; 55.***** to US$l; $1,825 to Malayan Si. SO. IBB to one Indonesian Rupiah; Gold $251,375 to 1 tae!
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    LEGISLATION FOR BUFFALO CONTROL
    149 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— The buffaloes of Malacca's rice fields have caused «uch considerable loss of property that the Settlement Council is being asked to check them with restrictive laws. A bill, entitled the "Control of Buffaloes" enactment, will be placed before the Malacca Settlement Council for
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    $5,895 Damages For 3 Women
    167 2 $5,895 Damages For 3 Women MR. JUSTICE Whitton giving judgment in the Si gapore High Court yesfc > day. awarded a total b of $5,895.50 to three C nese women, who su-i lorry owners i<r inj received and loss of resulting fron: an a at the Btti wile Thomson Road,
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    Formation Of Alliance In Penang
    106 2 Formation Of Alliance In Penang PENAX(; Thurs. 1 v Penang Branch the Mj a Chinese Associ;.':- ha., to made the first nee for lormation of a::- UMNO-M< Alliance, in Pci.a g and P: vince Welleslev The Penang" MCA ha s ten to the Proic'tr.' of UMNO Divisio Penang. Zaina! Abidin
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    BOYS' BRIGADE
    30 2 THE Boys' Brigade Com panies in Penang will give a r p'ay in ronjunc'iOn wl*h Founder"^ Centenary a' e Anglo-Chinese S hoo'. >j Saturday, at 4 30 Dm
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    GIRL (18) MISSING
    25 2 SARI binte Hassar.. L«, .>. reported missing Erona house io Baor.a Vista R Singapore, yesterday Sh last seen a: 8 a. rr. yes
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      311 2 SjZZsßk SINGAPORE STANDARD I QUICK -QUIZ I A separate competition will still appear each day. with a separate $100 prize, but you can now send in one. two. three at a whole week s entries IN THE SAME ENVELOPE. The closing date for all ui entries this week Wednesday. September
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    Charity Premiere Of 'Romeo' Film
    157 3 Charity Premiere Of 'Romeo' Film THE film version of William Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" will have a world premiere at the Cathay Cinema. Singapore, at 9.30 p.m. on Sept. 23. simultaneously with similar world premiere releases In London and other world capitals. The occasion will be a charity performance in
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    Charge Is Explained
    60 3 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.— A charge of rape was read out and explained to V. Nadarajah. 25. in the First Magistrate's court here today. He is alleged to have committed the offence in a house in Gurney Road on the night of Aug. 3. The Magistrate. Inche Ismail
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    TWO MORE OPIUM 'KINGS' EXPELLED
    169 3 Big Blow To Dope Racketeers nor* I,J? VO k mOre J kin9pif l s the mi »«on-<lollar opium racket in SingaStandord lo« n i POr e H f Om 5 in 9apore on expulsion order, The standard learns from well-informed sources. They were arrested last
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    Specialises In Teaching The Deaf
    47 3 Specialises In Teaching The Deaf MISS ONG GIM LAY, a teacher in the British Red Cross School for the Deaf Singapore, who is leaving today by the Surriento for Britain for a year's training at Manchester University. Miss Ong will specialise in the teaching of the deaf.
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    Shower Of Confetti
    68 3 MR. TAN JAKE HOOI and his bride, the former Jenny Sioh Geok Lee. walk out of Raffles Hotel under a shower of confetti after a reception following their wedding at the Singapore Registry yes- terday. The bridegroom is a graduate of the University of Malaya now attached
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    MAIN CAUSE OF GRAFT IN CITY
    224 3 So far this year, only one businessman has been arrested on a deportation order. Meanwhile, official circles claim that the expulsion of these "big time" dope men have had a "demoralising and discouraging" effect on the racketeers. Businessmen are prepared to pay any amount
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    Checks On Labourers
    62 3 THE newly-formed Singapore Rural Cleansing Department is planning to reorganise its labour force. It aims to follow the "cleansing" system adopted by the City Council. The first progress report of this department published yesterday says that to tighten up efficiency among it s labourers, surprise checks were
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    JOINT CIVIL SERVICES
    54 3 THE claims of 600 Singapore Government temporary clerks the Yong Peng award and permanency of service will be discussed at today's inaugural meeting of the Joint Civil Services' Council. The Yong Peng award gave 28 months' backpay to members of the General Clerical Service in addition to
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    Art Course A Success
    56 3 THE two-week course in art and handwork for Chinese school teachers, which began last week in the Art Studio. Raffles Institution, has been described as a success. Organized by the Superintendent of Arts, Mr. J. H. E. Flak, of the Singapore Education Department, the course includes
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    ENGINE DRIVER CLAIMS TRIAL
    58 3 IPOH, Thurs.— An engine driver, A. Pakiasamy, 43, of the District Hospital here, pleaded not guilty before Magistrate Che Abdullah Ghazalli today when he faced two charges of assisting in disposing stolen property, of a pair of bangles and a gold locket, valued at $100. Bail
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    RSPCA To Bobby's Rescue
    135 3 THIS picture tells the story of the work done by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Singapore Branch). The dog Chis name is Bobby) was badly bitten and scratched by another in a fight in Bcrnam Street. When the battle was stopped
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    REMANDED IN ROBBERY CASE
    51 3 PENANG. Thurs. Selliah 21, was tentatively charged in the Magistrate's Court today with attempting to rob a woman, Lim Ah Eng. while he was armed with a knife in a rambutan plantation at Penang Hill Road on Aug. 22. Selliah was remanded in custody until Sept.
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    PAINTINGS OF MALAY ARTIST FOR U.S. SHOW
    95 3 PENANG. Thurs.— The Arts Supervisor of the Angio-Chi-nese School, Mr Abdullah Aril]', 48. has been invited to send his paintings to the United States. Eighty of his colourful paintings which he had slowly collected since 1950 were shipped tonight for exhibition in Mew
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    MARRIED
    30 3 MR. R Daniel Maniraj, of ;Tralak. and Miss R. Rose GnaI nammal. daughter of Mr D E Rajamoney of Segari Estate. Segari, Lumut- were married i in Sitiawan recently
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    MYSTERY MEN AIDED GIRL IN DISTRESS
    254 3 MYSTERY MEN AIDED GIRL IN DISTRESS A YOUNG Chinese woman. Yong Yoke Chan, who described herself as a masseur, told the Singapore Third District Court yesterday how three "mysterious" men came to her rescue after she was robbed of her wrist watch and $8.80. Yong said she was walking to
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    Lectures By Delegates
    46 3 THREE Indian delegates to the World Assembly of Youth. Messrs M. Rajagopal. Jaswanth Singh and Miss Maiathi Chotpar. will address a meeting n\ the Kerala Samajam Hall. Race Course Road. Singapore, tomorrow at 4.30 p.m Mr. M.P.D. Nair wili preside over the meeting
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    3 PARTIES PREPARE FOR ELECTIONS
    218 4 Shadow Cabinet Formed By Progs. THREE political parties in Singapore the Progressive, Labour and the UMNO-MCA Alliance are preparing to contest the Legislative Council elections in March, next year. The parties ore now busy drawing up their manifestoes. The Progressive Party has gone to the
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    One-Man Art Show
    70 4 A large crowd witnessed the opening of he one-man art exhibition at the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce, yesterdav. w-eie Mr. Kum Nai Meng. the painter, had more than 200 works on show Standard picture shows Mr. Ko Teck Kin, President of the Chamber, performing the opening
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    He's From A 'Liddle Contry'
    155 4 He's From A 'Liddle Contry' THIS is Guillermo M. Spangenberg from his "liddle contry in Soth America, Uruguay." Guillermo was a farmer until one day he "got tar'd and pack some shirt, some trousers into a bag" and hopped into a freighter to see the world. Still carrying his Middle'
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    ISM Awards For Printers
    73 4 A PRESS ROOM foreman and a book-binder of the Singapore Government Printing Office have been awarded the Imperial Service Medal by the Queen. They are Mr. Boey Ah Choy. 54. the foreman, and Mr. Rc-.in-prasad. 55, the book-binder. Mr. Boey joined Government service on May 3,
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    BODY RECOVERED
    23 4 SINGAPORE'S Marine Police have recovered the body of a Chinese, aged about 40. from the sea off Beach Road yesterday afternoon.
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    Co-op Loaned $51,981
    183 4 THE Comptroller of Customs. Mr. R. S. Tufnell. told members of the Customs and Excise Co-operative Thrift and Loan Society (Singapore) Ltd.. yesterday that the Society was helping them to save for a rainy day. He urged more workers to join the Society. Mr. Tufnell was addressing
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    Robbery: Five Years'
    89 4 TWO fishmongers. Lee Seng [Siong and Teoh Ah Cheok. I were each sentenced in the Singapore Assize Court yes- terday. to five years' rigorous imprisonment when the jury I found them guilty of robbing a waitress. Goh Yam Chng. at Malaya Hotel, in Race Course Road, on
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    CHAMBER MUSIC
    37 4 THE University of Malaya Music Society is sponsoring a recital of Chamber Music to be given by the Goh Soon Tioe string quartet at the Oei Tiong Ham Hall. Cluny Road, at 8.30 p.m.. today
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    MEMBERS PRAISE BOARD CHAIRMAN
    167 4 UNOFFICIAL members of the Singapore Rural Board hope that their retiring Chairman, Mr. E. V. G. Day, will return to the Colony soon to "undo all the things" that are being done for the formation of the proposed Island and City Council. Mr. H. J. C.
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    Corpse Of Second Girl Recovered
    107 4 THE body of a Malay girl. one of the two drowned in the Jelutong River in the Lim Chu Kang area of Singapore on Thursday evening, was recovered yesterday morning. The body was that of 12--year-old Nginah binte Senawai. The other body, that of her
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    PREFERS SON TO JEWELLERY
    74 4 A BOYANESE mother. Sawah binte Maasar. told a Singapore Magistrate yesterday: "I don't care about the loss of my jewellery, but I want my son." In the dock was her son. Ahmad bin Bachee, 22, charged with stealing his mother's jewellery, valued at $1,335. Ahmad, who
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    Rich Opium Addicts Switch Over To Morphine
    287 4 Rich Opium Addicts Switch Over To Morphine People in Singapore are paying as much as $60 for a single morphine injection. The wife of an opium addict recently wrote anonymously to a certain doctor, appealing to him to stamp out this shameful racket. Her husband had been a victim of
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    4 INDIANS BECOME MEMBERS
    67 4 4 INDIANS BECOME MEMBERS FOUR Singapore Indian merchants. Messrs. Makhanlall Ma ha war. Hardial Singh. Bahvant Singh and Hassaram. have become members of the Nanyang University after subscribing '1,000 each to the University Fund. Other donations to the Fund yesterday were as follows:- Sze Hai Guan Co. Ltd. $100,000: Ngee
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    11-Day Tour Of RAF Units
    44 4 11 -Day Tour Of RAF Units AIR Marshal Sir Francis J. Fogarly, Air Council Member for Personnel and former C-in-C. Far East Air Force, will arrive in Singapore next Thursday on an 11-day tour of R.A.F. units in the Colony and the Federated States.
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    KUALA LUMPUR FASHION SHOW
    436 5 KUALA LUMPUR FASH ION SHOW A WEDDING gown modelled by Mrs. j Laurel Winrow (above) -i of classical design and made of brocaded raffetoa in White--a ay's own workrooms. WIIITEAWAVS of Mountbatten Road Ku:»iu Lumpur are hold-' in* their first Fashion P.irudt* tomorrow *t S l» a. in. j To
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    Public Holidays For Them, Too
    155 5 Standard Staff Reporter. SINGAPORE night soil workers have decided that im future they will not work on public holidays. This decision was taken a a meeting of the Singapor 1 Night Soi Workers' Unioi hsui on Wednesday night. Ni»h? soil workers are atlgry. it b
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    Leaving To Study Law
    32 5 TAIPING. Thurs.— Leavin; for the United Kingdom next week, is Mr. Gulam Mustaffa. son of Mr. and Mrs. Nadar Aii, of Kamunting, Taiping. He will take up law.
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    Robbed, Kidnapped – He Said
    119 5 Robbed, Kidnapped He Said IE "aikong of a motor M carrying $11,008 worth »i)tr Ajb alleged to haw > was "robbed and kidi alter the vessel and ?oods were found missing Singapore River, it \va> in rhe Singapore Sixth Court, yesterday. Chye Siong. a clerk »yed by Chop Guan Bin
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    Registration Of Citizens Is Extended
    76 5 E dosing date for resisda citizens of the I Kingdom and Colonies j, „.,.>._ extended until Sept. las announced 1 v Citizenship Re- centres will be open. Mondajr one at the OfScc at Bukit Tunah L Rate Course 1 anSembawang and theKeppel Road. They :en
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    RUBBER, TIN CLOSING PRICES
    73 5 Standard London Correspondent LONDON, Aug. 26.^The following ore th e closing prices of rubber and tin on the London Market. LONDON RUBBER Spot 20id. October/ December 20 d. Jonuory/Morch 20 d. April/June 20 d. July/September 20 d. Sept. c if. 19 13/16d. Tone Steady. LONDON TIN
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    Accused Has Fait Chance In USSR
    612 5 MO Hear QC Speak On The Russian Legal System THE proportion of people in Singapore who "swallowed" anti-Russian propaganda seemed to be more than, in other parts of the world, said Mr. D. N. Pritt, Queen's Counsel, last night. Mr. Pritt said this when
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    Police Look For Tailor's Assailant
    131 5 Police Look For Tailor's Assailant SINGAPORE Police are looking for a Chinese youth in j connection with the stabbing of a 40-year-old tailor, Mohamed Amin, on Wednesday night. Amin was found lying with u stab wound on his chest on Fort Canning Rise by a VSC corporal on beat duty
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    APPEAL FAILS
    33 5 CHAN Kit Leng alias Kit Leng Chai had hi s appeal against a sentence of six years' rigorous imprisonment for irmed robbery, dismissed in the Singapore Court of Criminal Appeal yesterday.
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    Passenger Had Opium
    71 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs.— When Customs officers here .searched Goh Kee Teng. a passenger on a bus. four pounds of raw opium was found tied round his thighs. In the Sessions Court today he was sentenced to nine months' imprisonment and a fine of $3,000. in default, a
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      446 5 VM( A: Malay class 930 am. Adult While You Work: 945 HouseJBP^ >% nr i club me?! 3.15 n.m wives' Choice: 10.30 A New ■\IUhAD rj K El J°° CHIAT K.I.I AUF CENTRE: Elizabethan Looks at World 9 s r r Indian dance class 230 r>.m. Problems: 10.45 Friday Matinee■Ep.
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      Scandalous
      881 6 CUPERLATIVES have been recklessly used to describe Singapore in tourists' guides and by visitors to the island giving the people pride in their city. Now they must be feeling ashamed of themselves at the revolting revelation that behind the outer facade of civilization a disgraceful form of slavery has
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    THF MORALITY OF GRAND STRATEGY
    1849 6 THF MORALITY OF GRAND STRATEGY This is the concluding article by Capt. B.H. Liddell Hart on "the most hopeful road to peace." The first appeared yesterday 'THE H-bomb might be regarded as retribution for Hiroshima a "trigger release" which looked to the responsible statesmen so easy and simple a way
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    What Has The Govt. To Conceal ?
    482 6 What Has The Govt. To Conceal j Sir; According to the x answers given by the Gov--2 eminent at the meeting 2 ot the Selangor State Coun--5 cil held on 27th July L954, the Selangor Government 2 admitted that it was true 2 that approximately S4OO-000 j was given to
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      WORK FOR THE JOBLESS
      200 6 Sir; The roads between Kuantan and Kuala Trengganu, specially between 12th Mile Kuantan Kemaman and between Dungun and Kuala Trengganu. are in a very bad state and small powered cars cannot travel on these roads without the risk of an accident or breakdown. At the end
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      CORRUPTION
      113 6 Sir; I must indeed congratulate your Paper, The Singapore Standard for exposing corruption in the States especially Johore where your Paper has gained remarkable popularity. I rang up your Office on Sunday last to express my conviction that if your Paper keeps on doing its duty without fear of
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      DELEGATES MISLED
      200 6 Sir:— l have bad the pleasure of meeting many of the delegates attending the current WAY in Singapore. From conversations with them I found that most of them thought that the Malayan delegates to WAY represented all the youth organizations in Malaya, including the student bodies in this
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      False Saving
      105 6 J^HE health of the > J Singapore is to b J oised for a sum s says Sin Chew Ji* P j City Council is to \e streets on Sunday* drains unwashed < uncleared iust becau.>.- to save that mone means that the i j nui only be
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      U.M.N.O. & M.C.A.
      86 6 U.M.N.O. M.C.A. £l .'IL'SAX Melayu says 5 UMXO i.- at present Bttf an enducatior s J Unlike the MCA. j adds. UMNO *eeir.- ig v'. th# educational Be c v the Malays. The edii pofabt out that it ic for UMNO to adopt list' attitude to" arfc H campaign *or
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      WAV Delegate Taxed
      114 6 ANYANG SIAXG PAL Singapore's idegate WAY. Peter Lim. arhu that he wa satisfies V.t. I e I, sent urm ot ffovernnu it tor the Colony He wag iflfc<rnov.i\e\y termed bv I ife Pakistan delegate i; mt -vuig En tool's paradise." The daily say* that i see how
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      Dangerous Intrigue
      63 6 MR. CLF.MEXT ATI! rf practising j:i es\ dangerous intrigue, rha Cliung Shing Jit Pao went to Ru>sia to "extend hxna of friendship" ind be is En China 6'-''! 1 (»c f thing His presence in the Re 'lies only allows then I hi iv. as a wedge to
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    Singapore May Be HQ For SEATO
    334 7 Singapore May Be HQ For SEATO LONDON, Air (L'P)~Authorit a tive British Mn.rces said .today that next month's SEATO Confer mce at > anila was expected to be a "signfn" cwf«." mee on the military aspects of th» fW»n*.l ,i., n b«, thai th«£ wSSd protably SVTe^l'd »o draw up
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    Chiang Appeals For Help
    143 7 I MPEI. Auft 26, (Renter) evident Chiang Kai-shek Nationalist China yesterday aled ;o international i;/a!io:i.- and friendly us to belp the victims of oa's worst food disaster in] wo j ears. I shall personally fee! grate-. I II such help \vi!! come in n >o that
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    Work 'At The Front' Is Lauded
    93 7 HONGKONG. Aug. 26. >Re uter< Chinese flood fighters turned their arten- ♦ion to strengthening dykes ye.sterdaj as the kvel oi the Y.:nvjtze river at Wuhan rjtinued to fall, the New China News Agency said The agency said work on raising the- dykes has ended
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    U.K. FARES TO BE INCREASED
    60 7 LONDON. Aug. 26. 'Reu•r P'ares on London buses, und railways are going up on S-pt. 26 for the nfth time DCC the war. They will bring in) C 4.400.000 a year to pay for) i-ed wages granted in n >arv to avert a railway rike.
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    REPORTS DENIED
    28 7 THE Portuguese Press Dement »>n Wednesday issued a statement deso:ng as absolutely false" torts by New Delhi Radio uanj people had been d in Goa.- Reuter
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    EVACUATION OF REFUGEES
    44 7 SAIGON. Aug. 26. .Reuter* The French High Command announced here last night that French and American planes and ships had so far evacuated 126.105 refugees from Tonking. They included 6.558 Vietnamese. 4.791 French civilians and 32.647 soldiers and their families. I
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    MAN-MADE NOSE FOR COOKING
    52 7 SCIENCE, which has made many innovations in methods of processing and cooking foods, has now gone a step farther and developed a laboratory "nose" that can smell the aroma of coffee or freshness of fruit, said Dr. Lionel Farber. biochemist at the University of California Medical
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    JUNTA ACTS AGAINST REDS
    76 7 GUATEMALA, Aug. 26, <AP> Persons engaging in Communist activities in Guatemala were made subject to penalties ranging from a year in prison to death under the terms of a decree issued yesterday by the government junta. The measure was the most stringent taken against Communists since
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    SIR ALAN FOR PHILIPPINES
    52 7 CANBERRA. Aug. 26, Renter) Mr. R. G. Casey, Minister for External Affairs, will lead the Australian delegation at the forthcoming South-east Asia Treaty Organization conference in the Philippines, it wa.s announced here yesterday. Sir Alan Watt. Australian Commissioner in Malaya, will be the deputy leader of
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    To Carry Troops
    63 7 photo. THE U.S. Navy's new R3Y-2, the world's first seaplane designed to put troops, or tanks and other military equipment, directly ashore in amphibious warfare, disgorges a Marine Corps tractor from its whale -like mouth during a test in San Diego bay recently. The 80-ton transport can
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    Rapid Growth Of Soviet Navy
    423 7 LONDON, Aug. 26, (Reuter).— Russia will probably have 500 submarines and 4,000 naval aircraft in two or three years time, a British Admiralty appraisal of the growing strength of the Russian Navy stated here last night.. By that time it is believed the Navy will
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    MENDES FRANCE REPORTS TALKS FAILURE
    362 7 MENDES FRANCE REPORTS TALKS FAILURE Rejection Of EDC In Country's Interest PARIS, Aug. 26 M. Pierre Mendes France yesterday reported to three key committees of the French National Assembly on his failure to get any concessions from France's three EDC partners at the Brussels talks. The 132 deputies in the
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    US SUPPORT IS ABOVE PARTISAN POLITICS
    326 7 US SUPPORT IS ABOVE PARTISAN POLITICS DENVER, Colorado. Aug. 26. <AP)— Mr. Adlai Stevenson. 1 has written to M. Pierre Mendes France, telling him that American support for EDC was above partisan j politics. In Chicago, Mr. Stevenson issued this statement "I j wrote a personal letter to my friend,
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    Return Cyprus
    60 7 WASHINGTON. Aug. 26. (AP) The Congressional record yesterday published a resolution by the Somervi'ie. Massachusetts. Boars ol Alderman saying Cyprus should be returned to Greece. "The inhabitant? of this island are Greek, their language is Greek, and al] their learnings are toward the Greek culture," said the resolution
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    ASQUITH DEAD
    28 7 LORD Asqu i t h of Bishopstone. fourth .son of the former British Liberal Prime Minister, died suddenly on Tuesday at the age of 64 Reuter
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    Flood Cuts Assam Off From India
    133 7 DIBRUGARH, Assam, Aug. 26, (Reuter) India's giant Brahmaputra River swollen in parts to 13 miles wide, yesterday cut the tea-producing state of Assam from the rest of the country and inundated the newly discovered Britishowned oilfields. The river, moving at 15 miles an hour
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    Next Stop: Shanghai
    55 7 LONDON. Aug. 26 (AP) Mayor Peng Cheng of Peking Save a reception yesterday for the British Labour Party delegation headed by former Prime Minister Clement Attlee, the Red China radio reported. The broadcast said the reception was attended by Premier Chou En-lai. The Labour group, touring" Communist
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    Terrorist Boss Killed
    42 7 TUNIS. Aug. 26, <Reuter). Tunisian terrorist leader Ali Ferchichi was shot dead by police forces in the Ferryville region. Ali Ferchichi. who headed Tunisian terrorists I Fellaghas) in Northern Tunisia, was the first important leader killed by security forces.
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    Top U.S. Officials Discuss Formosa
    284 7 WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 (UP) Top State and Defence Department officials are conducting: high level discussions to decide whether United States protection of Formosa should be extended to a chain of islands lying close to the Red Chinese mainland. Officials said yesterday the talks were prompted
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    Dutch May Not Debate N.Guinea
    166 7 Dutch May Not Debate N.Guinea UNITED NATIONS, New York. Aug. 26. (UP)— Diplomats were speculating yesterday that ;he Netherlands might refuse to take part in United Nations debate on West New Guinea, a question that is almost certain u come before the General Assembly at its autumn session. Indonesia claims
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    JAPANESE TO REPLACE Gls
    63 7 TOKYO. Aug. 26 JAPI— Some 1.000 Japan^>^ soldi* rs, scheduled to replace memben of the U.S Ist. Cavalry Division in Hokkaido, will board U.S. military transports at Kokura on Saturday for the voyage to the northernmost Japanese island. Kyodo News Service said. U.S. plans call tor
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    Seized Ship Is Released
    59 7 JERUSALEM. Israel Section. Aug. 26 (AP) Leb<»ne?t- vessel Nabi a seized within lsra« i territorial waters en Tuesday. was released yesterday >< ;>ri itfi cnew of five &i.a J9 po engers were allowec !i cr.itiuue their journey. Israeli military spokesman announced. The ship, en route from
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    Lower RI Output Causes Anxiety In S'pore
    384 9 THE anxiety of Singapore importers over the continued below normal supplies of rubber from Indonesia has been accentuated by reports of a fall in the output on foreign estates in East Sumatra. Estates in that area experienced a IS per cent drop over
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    RUBBER: NO LOW EBB YET
    178 9 RUBBER: NO LOW EBB YET THE TIMES on Wednesday declared that the present drop in rubber prices was unlikely to take values down to the low levels of earlier this year. An article commenting on the unsettling effect in the London Market of figures of United States rubber consumption in
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    U.S. REDUCES LIST OF EMBARGO ITEMS
    259 9 -But Not To China WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 The United States announced that effective from Wednesday it is increasing the list of goods which can be shipped to Soviet Russia and her Eastern European satellites. There is no relaxation of controls on goods embargoed for
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    FARMERS ARE PAID LESS TO GROW MORE
    227 9 ROME, Aug. 26 »AP> The world's farmers are getting paid progressively less for producing steadily more, yet the cost of food to consumers has not gone down. This was reported in an exhaustive annual survey of the world food situation for 1954, issued
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    SHIPS IN HARBOUR
    97 9 OUTER ROADS Asha, Sambas. Morzh, Sachem. Harpathion. Stanvac, Canberra. Sivuch, Olensk. Chip Lam, Buddenovrsk, Soestdjik. INNER ROADS Hua Heng. Hin Ann .Darvel, Aik Leong, Tong Hock, Irian, Hin Bie, Giang Seng. Lam Ann Sin Hin Huat, Caltex M GODOWNS kw SumPitan NW 4. Stia NW 6 InXpoera
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    Few Deals Reported For Produce
    161 9 Few Deals Reported For Produce EASIER conditions prevailed on the produce market in Singapore yesterday with little business passing. Pepper prices were well be- j low Wednesday's levels with little activity, while copra and coconut oil attracted minor interest. Coconut oil sellers at Penang indicated S4Bi per picul according to
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    FIRMS SHUT DESPITE BETTER TIN & RUBBER
    425 9  - FIRMS SHUT DESPITE BETTER TIN RUBBER PETER KUM M ImtmmmmmmWm^ M By KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— Some firms in the Federation have collapsed despite the increased stability in tin and rubber. Although this stability has reduced the number of business failures, 39 firms and individuals went bankrupt with liabilities totalling $1,394,526
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    CONTRACTS SIGNED
    30 9 CONTRACTS totalling £5.000.000 for University and school buildings and pharmaceutical works lo be built in Burma by British contractors were signed in the Burmese Embassy in London.- AP
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    RAIL LINK
    36 9 A total of 75.000.000.000 dinars (about C89.000.000) will be spent on the BelgradeAdriatic railway line which will link the Yugoslav capital with Bar. The 317-mile line is expected to be completed by 1960.- Reuter
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    New Qantas Office
    77 9 MORE than 100 guests attended a cocktail party at the Qantas Booking Office on Wednesday night in Bras Basah Road on the occasion of the renovation of the office. Standard picture shows Captain W. H. Crowther. Operations Manager addressing the guests He came specially from Australia to
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    Rubber Market Gets A Boost
    237 9 Red Fleet A Cause Standard Market Reporter GOOD trade demand steadied the rubber market in Singapore yesterday which closed at i cent above Wednesday's quotations. A section of the trade reacted to the Chinese press report of Russian fleet oft Hainan Island and bought fair
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    SHARE PRICES
    87 9 YESTERDAYS p: iCe cir.c.^-* announced by the Waiav <\ Sharebrokers' Associai i were; INDUSTRIALS Buwrv Seller* Con. Tin Sme't. Ords 2£ 23 Ixall Metal B is l.LS 2" Straits Vines 2.9 :i 00 Sirs its Traders 21 2i 25 MINIM Berjuntaj 22 22 fi Consolidated Tin 2 J
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    DROP IN AUTO OUTPUT SEEM
    55 9 DETROIT. Aug 26 (AP»A *harp drop in US auto production next month, but a big rebound :n ire final quarter of th' a: is predicted by War.: iut jmotive reports. The agency ays rvxt months volume v d^oiine about 40'- from th< present indicated outpv
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    BRITAIN IS HAVING BOOM OF ITS TIME
    346 9 BRITAIN IS HAVING BOOM OF ITS TIME LONDON. Aug. 26. iUP>— Britain, fre?d from wartime restrictions and rationing, is having the boom of its time., There are no immediate signs of imminent crisis or recession. j Government and research authorities report success along almost the entire line of Britain'* economic
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    Australia's Evolution
    65 9 AUSTRALIA'S evolution from almost purely a pastoral economy to a manufacturing nation as well has been spectacular in its speed and results. Two world wars, during which the flow of manufactured goods from overseas dried up. accelerated the establishment of light and heavy industries Picture shows a mechanical
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      334 9 VOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Mr. Tong Chye Hin I of No. 796 North Bridge Road. Singapore, carrying on business under the style of Chop Seng Chuan has applied to; the Board of Licensing Justices, Singapore, for a First Class General Public House Licence for the sale by retail of
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    Be Prepared To Face The Camera
    1281 10 i CO you are camera shy .You believe you are not photogenic You are unhappy with your black and white pictures, and frightened silly I of the newer coloured films And. to make matters worse, J your friends and family have gone camera and
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    Romance! Rapture!! Rhapsody!!!
    351 10 FORTY five glorious minutes of the immortal music of Tschaikowsk.y Beethoven, Rachmaninoff. Paganini, Brahms. Liszt and Chopin are brought to the screen, in M.G.M. s latest Technicolour drama. Rhapsody, starring Elizabeth (A Place in the Sun) Taylor, This love story of the year, with the world's greatest
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    THE STARS AND YOU
    324 10 By RITA DEL MAR TODAYS QUOTATION: "Let us all be happy and live witliin our means, even if we have U» borrow the money to do it with" Artemus Ward. VOIK KIRTHDATE AND BIKIHSItjiN \Kli;s— March 21 to April 19_Forward pet projects or the interests of
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    MOVIE GOSSIP
    345 10 pLARK GABLE claims to being the only actor who is a burgomaster i n Holland. It happened this way. During the making of the picture "Betrayed" with costars Lana Turner and Victor Mature, he lived for six weeks in the Dutch town of Sittard. Due to the publicity
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    'EYE-LIGHTS'
    114 10 J BEFORE you face your g 5 camera, add sparkle and < definition to your eyes by drawing a faint line just above the roots of your upper eyelashes and just below the roots of your lower eyelashes. J 2 Kxtend the two lines slightly J beyond the outer
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    Draw For Chinese A. Billiards Tourney
    183 11 Draw For Chinese A. Billiards Tourney THE Billiards Championships and "A" and "B" hanriiups of the Chinese Association wil] commence on Sunday, x g» 29- at 8 p.m.. and will tinue every night at the jiie time Competitors are led to :ook at the Club Notice Board for the date
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    Ramblers To Hold 50m Race
    54 11 IMF. Singapore bland Ramra will be staging a .so rr.i es ;ed start road ra;-e ror >n Sunday Sent. 1«> at ajn on the Chua Chu Kang R LLm Chu K^r.g Road e EntT es nav be sent to the Hon. Secretary, Island Ramera c
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    60 11 Put yourself in Peter Chisu-ick's boots. You are facing a line-up of six West Ham players all taking pot-shots at goal at the same time. What would you do? Duck? Shut your eyes and chance to luck Pick one ball? Try the lot? It's tricky, but it's good training, when
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    ROYAL NAVY SOCCER TEAM
    95 11 THE following players will represent the Royal Navy in their soccer match against the •Ingapore Malays at Jalan Besar Stadium todav: A. B. Carter (HMS Warrior)P O Hudson (HMS Simbang). RBO Wedgewood (HMS Terror); E. M. Harold (HMS Simbang). S. M. Chant <HMS Terror). S. A.
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    JACQUES BP
    66 11 JACQUES team to meet Fraternal BP in a friendly badminton gam e on Sunday, at theC.U. Hall at 7 p.m. will be: Michael Lim. Chan Buck Hee. Tan Meng Tuan. Koh Huan Mia. Chan Buck Meng.. Kiong Bens Chye. Teo Teck Heng. Toh Teck Hong. Goh Siew Kim.
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    Zatopek Breaks A European Record
    491 11 Heartbreaking Marathon By VERNON MORGAN LONDON, Auf 25— (Keuter)— The marathon race in the European athletics championships which opened here today provided one of the most astonishing finishes in an event which has frequently been packed with drama. The recent Empire Games marathon in Vancouver
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    Surrey Bowlers Play Havoc: Worcs. Sent Out For 25
    436 11 LONDON, Aug. 25 (Reuter) Surrey, winners of the County cricket championship for the past two seasons, made certain today of at least sharing the title this season. Needing only four points to attain this position they ran through Worcestershire and dismissed
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    CURTAIN RISES ON EUROPEAN GAMES
    541 11 1,000 Athletes Compete BERNE, Aug. 25— (Renter)— M. Rodolphe Rubattel, President of Switzerland, today officially opened the fifth European Amateur Athletic championships at the Neufeld Stadium here. Nearly 1.000 athletes from! 28 countries are competing in j the championships which end- j on Sunday. In
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      258 11 Ml Mhmu* By A/ Capp Th' &AD THING ABOUT TH' -SO THE.V WAS DECLARED 1 I A a<WLi ITELV > SMMOOS WAS. THEN WAS ILLEGAL. AM-VP*-DESTROyED.' //> i^-^S vTwSoE 7 -J TOO GOOD PO' PEOPLE— J MOW. THAFVS NO SMMOOS "^v^/^ X v^___ril---^ Alley Oop Ey f.V. Hamlin -^4» j^ofr*-
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    3 Maiden Wins & Gem Beau Best Of All
    331 12  - 3 Maiden Wins Gem Beau Best Of All Windsor Lad Says KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.— Three Australian-bred horses made themselves felt on the second day of the Selangor Turf Club's August Meeting. GEM BEAU, a four-year-old Jambo gelding, brilliantly handled by Garnet Bougoure and trained by Rinus van Breukelen, romped home
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    Rodger's Two Show Pace
    207 12 »3^^S3 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs Two of Penang trainer "Doc" Rodgers* candidates took the eye at this morning's windingup sa'. 'ops. Lord Garfield. with McCloud astnue, and Adonis raced neck and neck over three furlongs. returning 37 2 5 sec. with Lord Garfield. on the outside finishing
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    Sports
    65 12 WITH spectators going wild, players going for players in today's soccer, many have forgotten that the sports the thine that without good sportsmanship there would he no sport. Choo Seng Quee, one of >lalaya's top footballers before the war and now a leading Colony coach (he's the man I
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    Letter
    465 12 SPORTSMANSHIP is the basis on which all scons have been involved. No true sport could po»:bly exist without sportsmanship. Any soccer sj.i:ne played continuously in an unsporting atmosprure is bound to develop sooner or later into er a quarrel or a batt.e 1 coi aider sportsmanship as ol the
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    FRIENDLY SOCCER
    68 12 A 'CHORE BAHRU XI and, Singapore Corinthians will pi -:r endiy soccer match at Tei rau field, Johore Bahru. on Sunday, Aug. 2!> commencing at .">. 1 5 p.m. Tie team for Johore Bahru v. be chosen fro:n: Ahmad Awanj, Samad. Rahman. Sa!len. Ibrahim Juki, Wor.g Chit lim.
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    SATURDAY'S WEIGHTS
    341 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Thars:— Weights for the final day of the Selangor Turf Club's August Meeting on Saturday are: CL. 4. DIV. I— «F. Cash Cheque 9-00 Linkshir II 8.13 Strong And Free 8.11 Summer Corn 8.10 Jambatan Ma s 8.09 <l«-ni Beau 8.08 Fish's Kuda 8.0<; Sharp Look
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    WONG PENG SOON
    65 12 mastered Ferry Sonneville of Indonesia on Wednesday night at the Singapore Badminton Stadium— and Mrs. Wong came in for a bit of congratulations, too, from the Commissioner General for South-east Asia, Mr. Malcolm MacDonald, who was present at the exhibition. Mr. MacDonald is listening very attentively to
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    NEO LEADS 11 IN 1,500m. SWIM TO WIN CSC PRIZES
    237 12 Neo Chwee Kok, out to retain the Chinese Swimming Club championship, won his first event in the Club's annual meet when he won the 1,500 metres free style final at Amber Road yesterday. Chwee Kok. however, failed j to better
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    HASSETTS 'TEST' TEAM
    115 12 MELBOURNE, Aug. 25 (Reutor) Lindsay Hassett- former Australian Test captain, today named the Australian team which he would like chosen to meet England in the first Test at Brisbane on November 26. Hassett, who announced his selection in a signed article in the Melbourne newspaper, the Sun
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    EVERTON EDGE ARSENAL BEFORE 69,000 CROWD
    381 12 EVERTON EDGE ARSENAL BEFORE 69,000 CROWD LONDON, Aug. 25 (Reuter)— Goals were plentiful in a large soccer League programme this evening notably in the First and Second Divisions where a total of 13 games averaged just over four goals a game. First Division crowds were particularly large with more than
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    Europeans Open Bid For Community Title: Trounce Eurasians
    454 12 Europeans Open Bid For Community Title: Trounce Eurasians EUROPEANS ....5 EURASIAN |-p""l 1 o Van der Meij 2, Lawrence, Boniface, Sheperd D fiO ana Referee—F/Sgt. Bosley. EUROPEANS runners-up to Chinese in last year's SAFA Community League made no secret of their intentions to campaign for and capture this years Community
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    MALAYA IS PROUD, SAYS HEAH
    220 12 PENANG, Thurs. The astounding defeat of the Indonesian Champion, Ferry Sonneville, by the Malayan badminton ace, Wong Peng Soon on Wednesday night, came as a surprise to many followers of the shuttle game here. They expected Sonneville to stretch Wong to a rubber set. The
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    BUSMEN SCORE ONE BUT WORTH MORE Vs PCFA
    276 12 BUSMEN SCORE ONE BUT WORTH MORE Vs PCFA KOWLOON BUSMEN 1 PENANG CHINESE o Scorer-Chu Wing Keung. R A B Mansoor. PEN ANG, Thurs.— The Kowloon Motor Bus Sports Club soccer tourists scored their fourth yictory here today when Pcn *»S Chinese Football Association by a solitary goal at^ictona Green.
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    S'pore To Meet England At Table Tennis
    309 12 S' pore To Meet England At Table Tennis THE SINGAPORE Table Tennis Association will meet today at the residence of the association's president, Dato C. J. Paglar, to discuss the holding of an England versus Singapore match next month. Mr. Choo Kwai Low, honorary secretary of the association, said yesterday
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    HK Cagers To Make Ipoh Debut
    89 12 IPOH. Thurs. The H kong Film S'ars Bask* -team, now touring the F-: I tion will make their loca I tomorrow n:ght. when (fa > play against an MCA \ean: i I the Yuk Choy School oouri i I Hugh Low Street. This game
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    CSC HOCKEY
    45 12 CEYLOX Sports Club members who wish to play hockey this coming season are requested to send their names to tne Hockey Captain. S. Kulasingam Telephone No: 241y. Extension 304. or to the Conve- nor. Joseph Nawaratnam c/o i 95, Baiestier Road, Singapore 12.
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    SURREY WIN COUNTY LEAGUE
    97 12 LONDON, Aug. 26 (Reuter) Surrey made certain of winning the English county cricket championship for the third successive season when they beat Worcestershire by an innings and 27 runs at the Oval here today. It was their eighth win in their last nine games, a run
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