Singapore Standard, 28 August 1954

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    18 1 SINGAPORE STANDARD jfc 3*l SL VoL V. No. 57. SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, AUGUST 28, 1954 TWELVE PAGES 15 CENTS.
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    $100-A-DAY (Quick-Quiz) CONTEST RESULT
    140 1 $100-A-DAY (Quick-Quiz) CONTEST RESULT MRS. K. Y. Leow of No. 29, Jalan Tebrau, Johore Bahru, wins the Standard Quick-Quiz contest No. 35. A cheque for $100 has been sent to her. The judge for the contest was Mr. H. M de Siiva of the Singapore City Council Water Department. CLUE
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    MASONS SUE FOR $MILLION
    106 1 MASONS SUE FOR $MILLION LOS ANGELES. Au*. 27 (Reuter)— James Mason and his wife Pamela Kelline are suing a him magazine and a Los Angeles newspaper here for US$l,OOO,OOO damages for printing "false and libellous statements" about their marriage. The Masons alleged an article by writer Erskine Johnson said they
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    Britain Will Lodge Protest
    40 1 LONDON, Aug. 27. tßeutr Britain will protest to Nationalist China against the -helling of the 967-ton British freighter Inchkilda b? a Nationalist Chinese warship last Tuesday, a F >r' i :gn Office spokesman said here today.
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    CAR STOLEN
    27 1 A CHINESE yesterday reported to the Singapore Police that his car was stolen soon after he had parked it near Adelphi Hotel m the afternoon.
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    New Postal Order For Three Entries
    83 1 2nd SQUAREWORD CONTEST nm lor!, i" ?S Ur$ ln -tW^Mo- of the introduction of the Stondord Squoreword ConT LvaZ*^yon postol outhoriKcs ore introducing ?te?ling hre shillln 9* P« n n ord m b« on sole ot oil post offices Singapore from Sept. 6. MtJiL
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    Charged With Cheating Army
    492 1 Contractor Faces Trial KUALA LUMPUR, Fri.-Two Singapore morning newspapers which carried a statement from Malaya Command Headquarters alleging frauds among Army contractors and personnel were today ordered to be entered as court exhibits m a case m which a laundry contractor was charged with cheating the
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    British MPs Visit Miri
    73 1 MIRI, Northern Sarawak, Aug. 27. (Reuter)— Two of the rive British Members of Parliament who are touring Borneo under the auspices of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, visited the oil refinery here yesterday before leaving this morning to tour British North Borneo. They are Sir Roland Robinson,
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    Mme. PANDIT FLIES TO INDIA
    62 1 MRS. VIJAYALAKSHMI Pandit. President of the UN. General Assembly. wLo arrived here from Indonesia on Thursday spent the evening sightseeing m thew Colony. She left for India yesterday morning. Among the people who saw her off at the airport were the Commissioner General. Mr. Malcolm
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    STOP PRESS
    49 1 BOMBAY, Aug. 27. (AFP) Ten persons were killed and 19 injured m disturbances m the Gulbarga dist.ict of Hyderabad, according to first reports reaching here today. It is stated that trouble broke out when a Pakistani flag was hoisted over a Hindu temple m Sagar village yesterday.
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    Varsity Tour: 36 Held In Quarantine
    193 1 THIRTY-SIX of the 45 members of the University of Malaya who started out on their Study-Goodwill tour to the Far East two months ago. are back but they are m St. John's Island. They are being held In quarantine. They were third class passengers
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    A WHITLEY COUNCIL FOR S'PORE
    464 1 A WHITLEY COUNCIL FOR S'PORE Covt. Workers Get One Body For Talks FOR the first time m Singapore, a single Whitley Council to represent all the 20,000 Government employees from Division I staff to daily-paid workers m joint consultations with Government, was set up yesterday. Representatives of the Government and
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    EVATT BRANDS 'J' AS A FAKE
    208 1 EVATT BRANDS 'J' AS A FAKE SYDNEY, Aug. 27— (Reuter)— Dr. Herbert Evatt, Australian Labour Party leader, declared today that a key spy document before the Royal Commission on espionage was "concocted and fabricated." He was referring to document "J" handed over to the Australian Government by Vladimir Petrov, former
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    Plans For Atomic Pool
    77 1 WASHINGTON, Aug. 27, (Reuter)— The State Department announced yesterday that the United States was m secret consultation with its allies on plans for an international atomic energy pool to use nuclear fission for the good of mankind. A State Department spokesman, Mr. Henry Suydam. said that
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    MAN KILLED BY K.L. TRAIN
    47 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. A male middle-aged Indian was killed instantly this evening when he was run over by a train. The tragedy occurred at the Kuala Lumpur/Port Swettenham track at a point opposite the Lever Brothers soap factory m Bungsar Road here.
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    Goa N'lists Join Hindus
    70 1 BOMBAY, Aug. 27, (Reuter) Goan nationalists today joined with the military Hindu "liberation volunteers" m demanding that India use armed action to force Portugal to withdraw from her settlements m India. Mr. Peter Alvares, President of the Goan National Congress, declared at a public meeting m
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    CHINESE REDS RAID QUEMOY
    253 1 11 Defenders Are Knocked Out HONGKONG, Aug. 27— (Reuter)— Eleven Nationalist Chinese troops were killed or wounded and one captured m a Communist Chinese commando raid on President Chiang Kai-shek's Quemoy island stronghold, Peking Radio said today. It said a reconnaissance group landed near Kuningtou on
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    INSULTS ACROSS THE SEA
    104 1 TAIPEI. Aug. 27, CAP)—Chinese Nationalist troops on Quemoy Island and Communists on the mainland a few miles away exchange nightly insults through powerful loudspeakers set up on the beach. Nationalist sources reported this exchange the other night: REDS: "Long live Chairman Mao." NATIONALISTS: "Long live President
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    ROOF KILLS SIX
    26 1 SIX Moroccans were killed and 20 injured yesterday when the roof of a garage they were repairing m Marrakech collapsed on them.— A.P.
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    Hunt For Rider Who Assaulted Girl
    154 1 SINGAPORE Police is hunting for a trisha rider who assaulted a 14-year-old Chinese maidservant m a lonely spot m MacPherson Road on Thursday evening. The girl said she screamed when the trishaman molested her and punched her unconscious. Looking pale and shy, she told
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    'CLEAR UP THE RICE MUDDLE'
    252 1 Economist LONDON. Aug. 27— (Reuter)— The Economist said today that unless the "'rice muddle" m Malaya was cleared up m the next 12 months "the Communists will gain a propaganda handle that they can exploit m every kampong m the country." This independent weekly journal
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    DIVER CLAIMS $350,000 DAMAGES
    424 2 DIVER CLAIMS $350,000 DAMAGES Legs Paralysed Says Counsel A CIVIL suit m which o diver, Manlio Vosta, is suing the Inter-Ocean Salvage and Transport Limited, lor over $350,000 began m the Singapore High Court, yesterday. Vasta, who was described by his counsel as being "permanently paralysed" m the legs, is
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    'Operation Service' For Rural Areas
    131 2 BUKIT MERTAJAM, Fri. A strong plea that "Operation Service" should be conducted more intensely m the rural areas since the inhabitants are more subjected to the Emergency Regulations, was made last night by Mr. Au-Yeong Teik Yoon at a meeting of the Rural District Council
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    Ex-Teacher (62) Dies
    64 2 BUTTERWORTH. Fri.—The death occurred rt his residence here last night of Mr. Gnoh Chin Goon. 62. formerly on the tutorial staff of King Edward VII School. Taiping, and a past president of the Government Pensioners' Association. Butterworth. The late Mr. Gnoh was an old boy of Penang
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    His Portrait Is Unveiled
    79 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. The Chief Engineer of the Malayan Railway. Mr. G. M. Wheat, this evening unveiled a portrait of Mr. Albert Connor, doyen of the Permanent Way training school here at a function organized by the staff "as a token of gratitude for his unstinted
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    PAID PROTECTION MONEY IN FEAR
    123 2 A MAN approached a barber and asked him to join a secret society by paying $5 per month. This man, who claimed to be a member of "Khoon Ghee" (Group 24) assured the barber that he would be protected from any trouble. The barber. Bin
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    CIVIL WEDDING FOR MISS FED.
    47 2 PENANG, Fri. Vanaja (Miss Federation, 1954) Madhavan who married a school teacher of Telok Anson, Mr. Achuthan Vasudevan, according to Hindu rites here two days ago went through a civil marriage ceremony today before the Registrar of Marriages, Mr. J. G. Adams.
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    COMMODITY PRICES
    106 2 COMMODITY PRICES CLOSING rubber prices (cents per Ib.) m Singapore yesterday were: Buyers Sellers No. 1 R.S.S. Spot Loose 671 671 No. 1 R.S.S 67J 68 No. 2 R.S.S. 67| 67§ No. 3 R.S.S. 67 67i Tone: Steady. TIM PKICE The price of tin yesterday was $364 per picul. (Unchanged).
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    They Object To Showing Of 'The French Line'
    144 2 They Object To Showing Of 'The French Line' PENANG. Fri Picture posters of the film, "The French Line," are now prominently displayed outside the Rex Theatre m Kinta Lane, though a strong appeal by 12 prominent local citizens against its screening was presented by Mr. N. Ponnudurai at the last
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    Co-ordination Is His Main Mission
    152 2 Co-ordination Is His Main Mission ON A MISSION to coordinate Red Cross Societies' programmes with Government schemes, is Mr. W. J. Phillips, members of the Central Directorate and Director of the Bureau of Organization of the International Red Cross m Geneva, who arrived m Singapore by Cathay Pacific Skymaster, yesterday.
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    Stole Cable For Outram Prison
    144 2 THE Singapore First Criminal District Judge, Mr. F. A. Chua, was told yesterday, that a bundle of electric cable intended for use at the Outram Road Prison was found on a sidewalk off Telok Ayer Street. Loo Oh Kay, who had two previous convictions, was
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    Distilled Liquor-Fined $970
    105 2 Distilled LiquorFined $970 PENANG, Fri. A Police party, out on operations m the Penang Hills on Aug. 26, saw a long column of smoke rising from the jungle. Converging on the spot they found a man busy with a huge distiller. This was stated by a Customs Officer, Mr. Mok
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    EVICTION CASE IS POSTPONED
    44 2 KLANG, Fri. The Highlands Estate. Banting Road. Klang, today applied for a court order to evict 28 of its lormer labourers from the estate property. Raja Suleiman bin Haji Raja Bot, the Klang Magistrate postponed the case to Sept. 3.
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    PILGRIM SHIP DUE SHORTLY
    53 2 PENANG, Fri. A total c: 1,172 pilgrims from the Fede ration and Singapore will b< returning by the Anking or. Aug. 30. The pilgrim ship is due here at 10.30 p.m. and will anchor m the quarantine anchorage She has 732 pilgrims on board disembarking here
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    Claims Trial To Charge
    55 2 Penang, Fri.— Tan Bah Too. 22. claimed trial m the Magistrate's Court today to a charge of using criminal force on a married woman. Chow Yck Chang with intent to outrage her modesty at Noordin Street on Aug. 25. Bail of $250 was allowed and hearing
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    12 CASES OF CHICKEN POX
    58 2 PENANG, Fri. The Acting Municipal Health Officer Dr. Lim Khoon Huat, said today that there were 12 cases of chicken pox reported m the Municipality of George Town m July an increase of seven over the month of June. Deaths m July totalled 148 a
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    $2,000 For T.B. Fund
    51 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri The Rotary Ball fashion parade and beauty contest organized by the Kuala Lumpur Rotary Club raised more than $2,000 for the Lady Templer Tuberculosis Hospital Appeal Fund. This sum together with other contributions during the week, has swelled the Xund's total to $1,729.145
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    'Temporary Boycotts Not Such A Bad Thing'
    458 3 'Temporary Boycotts Not Such A Bad Thing' Peterson On Colonial Polities LONDON, Aug. 27 (Reuter) Recent events m Malaya are one indication that political manoeuvre may be replacing bloody battle m the pattern of colonial development, the former Director General of Information m Malaya declared today. Mr. Alec D. C.
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    'I THOUGHT THE POLICE WERE BANDITS'
    259 3 'I THOUGHT THE POLICE WERE BANDITS' MRS. MARY Westlake, wife of a film manager, was only curious to know now the steering column gear operates. "But, drive m Singapore?— No. Thank you— not m this Colony," she said, m reply to a question put to her by the pro secution
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    Sack For 30 Watchmen?
    89 3 THE Department of Civil Aviation Workers' Union wants an assurance from the Director of Civil Aviation that the 30 watchmen employed at Kallang Airport will not be retrenched. Mr. Lee Yon? Mm, secretary of the Union, yesterday wrote to the department that these workers were verbally
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    Council Lots $1.10 Sq. Ft.
    80 3 THE Singapore City Council building lots at Mount Vernon and Woodleigh housing estates, for Council officers, may be sold at $1.10 per square foot. A committee of the Council has recommended this price as the one that will just meet the cost of developing these
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    Hawkers To Hold Talks
    60 3 THE second Pan-Malayan Hawkers' Conference will be held at Port Swettenham, from Aug. 31 to Sept. 2. Thirteen districts from all over Malaya and Singapore will be represented at the meeting. The Singapore delegation to the meeting will comprise Mr. Wong Choon, President of the Singapore
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    TALK ON AIMS OF THE YWCA
    75 3 MRS. W. A. C. GOODE. wife of the Colonial Secretary and patron of the Y.W.C.A., Singapore, will give a broadcast on Sunday, Aug. 29, at 9.25 p.m., over Radio Malaya, giving the purposes of the Association and plans for the future. Her talk will
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    TO SING AT SOCCER MATCH
    32 3 MISS JUNE MOCK who will sing: at the Feith Charity Cup football match at Singapore's Jalan Besar Stadium between the Police and the Business Houses on Sunday.
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    Principal Of School Dies
    76 3 MR. WONG KENG POR, Principal of the Singapore Kwong Fook School, died on Thursday night. He was 63. The cortege will leave for Bidadari Cemetery today at 4 p.m. Mr. Wong has served the cause of Chinese education m Malaya for over 27 years and was
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    30 Cents Per Student Not Enough—Schools
    146 3 30 Cents Per Student Not Enough— Schools SINGAPORE aided schools do not agree with the Government that the capitation grant of 30 cents per pupil is sufficient to meet the running expenses of any school. A survey of Singapore grant-in-aid schools revealed that nearly all of them have a deficit
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    Attlee To Address S'pore Mass Rally
    253 3 Standard Staff Reporter MR. CLEMENT ATTLEE, the British Labour Party leader who is coming to Singapore after a tour of Russia and Red China, will address Colony Socialists at a mass rally. i The rally will be arranged by various Socialist organizations m Singapore.
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    HK EXCHANGE
    37 3 HONGKONG. Aug. 27— Special Standard Service: Closing prices of the Hongkong Exchange today were: $15.78 to £1 sterling. $5.***** to US$l; $1,827 to Malayan $1. $0,188 to one Indonesian Rupiah; Gold $251.75 to 1 tael.
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    Search For Insurance Man No. 1
    79 3 KUALA LUMPCR. Fri. The Great Eastern Life Assurance Company will soon launch a competition to find the best insurance agent m the Federation. The competition which will be open for eight weeks from Sept. 1, is open to all the company's agents and inspectors,
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    Taxi Dancer Fined $125, Disqualified
    108 3 CHEW SOW ENG. a 21--year-old dance hostess, who pleaded guilty m the Singapore First Traffic Court to two charges of driving without a driving licence and driving whilst not covered by Third Party insurance, was fined a total of $125 and disqualified from obtaining a
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    Visa Office Now In K.L.
    84 3 THE Indian Agent's office m Kuala Lumpur will issue passports, emergency travel certificates, endorsements and visas for intending visitors to India from Sept. 1. a spokesman of the Representative of the Government of India m Singapore, said yesterday. The spokesman said the Kuala Lumpur office
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    SHE'LL HELP TO REGISTER
    43 3 MRS. MARY LOBO. a Sin gapore Justice of the Peace, will be at the Indian Association, 69 Balestier Road, tomorrow between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. to help people to register as citizens of the United Kingdom and Colonies.
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    First A Fine—Now It's Jail
    120 4 First A Fine— Now It's Jail KUALA LUMPUR, Fri —The Kuala Lumpur Court of Appeal today increased the punishment of a dollar fine imposed on an Indian labourer, Raja, for theft of five coconuts, to six months* imprisonment. The fine was imposed by the Klang Magistrate but the public prosecutor
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    Boy's Hand Crushed In Accident
    84 4 Boy's Hand Crushed In Accident TWO days after he got a job m a sauce factory. 14--year-old Lim Guan Chuan met with a fatal accident while attending to a grinding machine m the factory. The Coroner's Court was told at an inquest yesterday that Lim's right hand was crushed. He
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    NATIONAL UNION BID
    198 4 80,000 Workers To Vote IPOH, Fri. More than 80,000 estate workers m the Federation are now participating m a secret ballot to determine whether or not they should form a strong national body to be known as the Amalgamated Plantation Workers' Union of Malaya. These workers are
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    POLICE OFFICER FINED
    115 4 POLICE OFFICER FINED IPOH. Fri. Prosecuting Officer, Inspector Gurmukh Singh today asked the magistrate Capt. Salleh to impose a deterrent sentence on Police Lieutenant D.S. Evans (23), who was convicted on a traffic offence. Being a Police Officer. Inspector Gurmukh Singh said, the defendant should show a good example to
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    8 SKELETONS FOUND
    70 4 PENANG, Fri.— Eight skeletons believed to be dated back to the early days of the liberation period, have been discovered by Home Guards m Province Wellesley today. The Home Guards went into operations against the Communist terrorists on Wednesday m the Bukit Mertajam and Bukit Seraya Hill
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    6,879 DAYS LOST THROUGH STRIKES
    152 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri.— More than 1,110 workers were involved m seven strikes m the Federation during July which resulted m a loss of 6,879 man-days, the Labour Department reported today. The biggest strike occurred on the Highlands Estate m Selangor, causing a loss of 5.088
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    He Lay Down On The Road
    80 4 A MAN, Tan Ming Nai. 32. attempted to end his life on Thursday by lying down on the Bukit Timah Road, Singapore, m front of a moving vehicle. He was yesterday charged with attempted suicide, and pleaded guilty. Tan, a labourer, told the Fifth
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    Acquitted Of Assault
    65 4 PENANG, Fri. The Sessions Court President, Mr. J.G. Adams, ordered a case m which a taikong of a vessel. Chan Ooi Hong (40> was charged with causing grievous hurt, to be compounded after hearing the prosecution evidence today. Chan was alleged to have assaulted his clansman, Chan
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    GOH SOON TIOE'S STRING QUARTET
    281 4 Standard Music Critic THE Goh Soon Tioe String Quartet gave its first public recital m the Oei Tiong Ham Hall last night. playing quartets by Haydn, Mozart and Schubert. Despite a somewhat groping start it soon became clear that here was a homogeneous group of
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    35 4 photo. FIVE Chinese women teachers among 20 teachers from the Rural areas, are seen "istening to an address on civics by the Secretary for Chinese Affairs, Penang, Mr. B. T. W. Stewart, last week. Standard
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    WAY: Busy Time For Delegates
    187 4 PENANG, Fri.— Eighty delegates of the World Assembly of Youth will have a very busy time during their two-day visit here. The reception committee, under the chairmanship of Mr. Ong Kee Yearn, has drawn up a full programme for them. The Resident Commissioner, Penang, Mr.
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    Inspector's Work To Be Speeded Up
    127 4 Inspector's Work To Be Speeded Up KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. The health committee of the Kuala Lumpur Municipal Council has recommended that a travelling allowance should be granted the inspector of Dead Bodies to .speed up his work. At a meeting of the committee, the Health Officer reported that complaints had
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    Appeal Is Dismissed
    70 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. An appeal by Police Corporal Mohd. Yussof bin Macya against his conviction and sentence of three months imprisonment by the President of the Rawan» Session? Court for corruption, was dismissed by Mr. Justice Wilson m the Selangor Criminal of Appeal today. Mohd Yussof was
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    Rifleman Is Injured
    47 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. Headquarters Malaya Command today announced that rifleman Padambahadur Sunwar of the 2/10 Gurkha Rifles was slightly injured m the upper arm m an engagement with the Communist terrorists m the Gemas area on Sunday. The rifleman was evacuated to Kuala Pilah.
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    NEW SIKH TEMPLE
    28 4 KUALA KANGSAR.. Fri.— The new $25,000 Sikh temple at Crichton Road. Kuala Kangsar. will be officially opened tomorrow at 9 a.m. by Mr. Bhagwan Singh.
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    JAGJIT SINGH SACKED
    90 4 JAGJIT SINGH SACKED KUALA LUMPUR, Fri.— Mr. Jagjit Singh, former chief of the Penang Branch of the Malayan Indian Congress, today, became the second Party man to be sacked by its president for open opposition to the demand for an elected reserve for Indians m the Federation. Mr. Singh, who
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    WHITE AREA FOR SELANGOR LIKELY
    372 5  -  Retiring Mentri Says O*k™ L^ L L UMP V Rf F Selangor's retiring Mentri Besar, Che uthmon bin Mohamed, said "selomat tinggol" to this mid-western Malayan State today, on the eve of his departure to London as Commissioner for Malaya m the United Kingdom. i
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    He Cheated Firm — Gets Six Months'
    104 5 He Cheated Firm Gets Six Months' WHEN Ec Mun got into "financial difficulties" he disposed of the refrigerator he had obtained under a hirepurchase agreement from the General Refrigeration Co., without notifying the firm, the Singapore First Criminal District Court was told yesterday. "After having paid the first instalment of
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    To Study In U.S.A.
    67 5 MR. TAN Bah Chee. Assistant Secretary of the Singapore Council for Adult Education, has been awarded a Specialist Grant under the U.S. Educational Exchange Programme to visit the United States, it was announced by USIS yesterday. Mr. Tan, who leaves for the United States on Aug.
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    Armed Man Threatened Shopkeeper
    102 5 A SHOPKEEPER was washing beside a drain near hi.s shop, when he heard a shout from behind: "I am going to kill you now". The shopkeeper turned round and saw a man approaching with a knife m his hand. He immediately grappled with the man to
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    Delegates Discuss Housing
    60 5 Government should cooperate with private enterprise m solving the housing shortage. The WAY Workshop on Housing made the above recommendation after discussing the problems of urban housing yesterday. The Workshop also recommended that all Youth Movements should work for the building of community houses and youth hostels
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    Welfare Ball
    31 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri The Welfare Week Ball committee has decided to hold a national costume parade m conjunction with the ball on Oct. 2. at the Chenwu (SCAA) auditorium.
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    $1,800 FOR FUND
    35 5 KOTA BHARU. Fri. The recent screening of the Malay picture "Tabu" at the Cathay Cinema enabled the Islah Building Fund Committee to realise $1,800 towards cost of erection of a new building.
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    Miss World Organizer In S'pore
    65 5 THE man who organized Universal International's Miss Universe beauty contests arrived m Singapore by Pan American Skymaster, yesterday. He is Mr. Fortunat Baronat. (above) U.l.'s Publicity Director who accompanied Mr. Anierico AboafT (pronounced Ab-bu-aft). U.l.'s General Sales Manager, who held a sales convention m Tokyo.
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    Taikong Gets 6 Months' Jail
    133 5 Taikong Gets 6 Months' Jail ANG TIANG PEOW, taikong of a motor lighter carrying, on May 8. 78 bales of rubber valued -at $11,000, was yesterday sentenced m the Singapore Sixth Police Court to six months' rigorous imprisonment for criminal breach |of trust and assisting m disposing of the property.
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    HE WILL AID WAR VICTIMS
    52 5 MR. A. G. Brown, Chief Commissioner of the Australian Red Cross. passed through Singapore by QantasBOAC yesterday on his way to Saigon. His mission i.> to help the large nunroer of war victims Vietnamese soldiers and their families fleeing North Vietnam from Ho Chlh Minn.
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      Misguided Youths
      528 6 E regret to note that certain students m some Chinese schools ure labouring under the delusion that they are martyrs. The recent publicity they obtained when they refused to register for National Service seems to have fostered the idea m their minds that they are being made the
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      Ministerial Posts
      266 6 PROMINENT member oX the Progressive Party claims that his party is the only one m Singapore which can field professionally and c.ciemicaily qualified men to fill the ministerial po.^ts m the new Legislative Assembly. This is no vain boast since many members of this party belong lo the
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      When In Rome Do As Romans Do
      394 6 Sir;— ln reply to R. M. Manickam ot Kulim who wrote on "An Object Lesson For All Asians" I would like to say that what he has written is nothing but trash and reflects the thinking of fanatics who yell "Asia for Asians"
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      DIVISION WAS NOT NOTICED
      218 6 Sir; The other day at the press conference which I gave there seemed to have been some misunderstanding on the part of your start reporter who has unfortunately, perhaps owing to excessive condensation, mis-reported me on page 10 of last Wednesday's issue. The gesture to which
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      Clean The Phones
      91 6 Sir; I would like to stress the necessity of having ail public- telephones kept bacteria free by sterilizing the instruments at least once a week. This is an instrument used by people m all walks of life, many of whom are suffering from contagious and infectious diseases.
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      NOT TRUE
      99 6 Sir: It was a great surprise to mo to note m The Singapore Standard of Aug. 23 that, as a committee member of Tapah UMNO Branch. I was expelled. I absolutely refute the statement as I was neither an ordinary nor a committee member of the UMNO since
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      Shelters
      93 6 Sir; ihrtL' bus companies arc running b is services m Ayer Raja and Buona Vista Road area- winch is increasing m population. The public In this area are put to much inconvenience because there are no bus shelters from the junction ol Alexandra Road and Ayer Raja Read right
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      MUNIFICENCE OF MR. AW
      184 6 Sir. I happened to visit the famous Haw Par Villa, the munificence of Mr. Aw Boon Haw. It is indeed a fine example of translating ones unique idea into lime and mortar. I salute this savant of Singapore. The idea of this whole scheme aims at
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      DISHEARTENING NEWS
      205 6 Sir;— Asas a compulsory taxpayer. I wish to add a few things which Mr. Khoo Ui Cheang missed m his letter m your paper last Wednesday. The "Staffordshire Scheme" is most disheartening news to the public. Tax-payers of the "Compulsory Tax Ordinance" do not pay tax for the
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      STUNG
      119 6 Sir.— When I got down from a taxi, the meter read §1.20. I gave the driver a SlO note and as he was fumbling for the change, the meter shot to 51.40. He gave me SB.GO. I protested but he said he was charging me ac- rordin? to the
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      Stop This Squandering Of Public Funds
      350 6 Stop This Squandering Of Public Funds Sir; The policy and actions of the Member for Education have too many fla\v s to avoid public censure. The Member for Education proposed to raise the school fees, and no doubt the law will soon be passed and put into execution soon. On
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      SINO-MALAY TRANSPORT
      211 6 Sir: In your editorial of sth. inst. you very ably wrote about Sino-Malay Transport which requires some comment. You say that a Chinese Bus Company m Johore has ollered $500 worth of shares to the Malays. This otter no doubt is an honest attempt to promote Sino-Ma!ay Unity.
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      SIGNPOST
      60 6 Sir; The words 'Lorong Pelandok' on the signpost m our Jorong. which is off Lorong 29, have been completely washed away by rain and sun. This ha s led to our getting bills and letters rather late whenever a new postman comes to our district. Will the authorities concern
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      AGREES
      106 6 Sir; With reference to the Sunday editorial under the heading "One Is Enough" printed m. last week's Sunday Standard, expressing your opinion that there is no necessity to hay« another teachers' training college m Britain, as suggested by the Federation Member for Education, may I take this opportunity to
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      Review of views
      418 6 Review of views China's Floods ALTHOUGH impraud, t4 -"1- rains were defmi'.e cause of the present flood > China, says Nanyau* S Pau. the Communist Gove ment cannot escape fron c fact that its fl#od -c •> measures have proved quate. The three mighty rivei tlirealen to inunda^ ah. 300.000
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    Foreign Firms Can Still Carry On In China
    247 7 Foreign Firms Can Still Carry On In China Ch.no end corry on proper business. He was questioned for over an hour by Western reporting the Labour goodwill mtastaT h k l the Potion of BriUsh firms m China he said the revolution had brought £nd ny Cl anges m Editions
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    Phone Call On 'How To Kill Mother'
    260 7 HRI^FCHURCH, \\w Zea- Aug. 21: (Renter) S tteen year- old Pauline Happily doing hou.-e--l rk with her mother, broke 0 '.o >:i>ru.-s by telephone tn hei school friend how 1 i«y *b< kil the mother v daji ii was stated m here yesterday
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    A Princess' Secret Wish
    82 7 MONTREAL, Aug L'T: (Reu--Prin*-«\-s Alexandra, at- T-\ ea:-i; daughter c Duchess ol Kent, went a sc ret midnigbi ride m Mi nc 'arriagc while c m Quebec, it wu.* teiaed 3 esterday. Iher with I..:uiy Movra Lady m Wai?i:v?. Princess ilfilled a longling v, ish by
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    Attlee And Reds Swap Toasts
    135 7 Attlee And Reds Swap Toasts LONDON. Aug. 27 «UP> Former British Prime Minister Clement Attlee and the seven oilier Labour Party j visitors to Communist China j dined m Shanghai last night and exchanged toasts with i Mayor Chen Vi and other city officials. Mr. Attlee roasted "Chinese- i British
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    'SWIFTS' ARE GROUNDED
    35 7 LONDON*. Aug. 27. (AFP)— The Superman. .c "Swifts." the Royal Air Force's most faster-than-sound jfi ghters, have been grounded following an accident to one of these aircraft, it was announced here yesterday
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    SWEDEN IS TOPS
    34 7 SWEDEN now has the most comprehensive civil defence organization m the world. according to Mrs. Nathaniel Singer, co-ordinator of recruiting and information for New York City's Oflice oi Civil Defence AP
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    Uneasy Peace In Rio De Janeiro
    259 7 RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug. 27— Special and miVitarv police announced the arrest of a number of "known Communist agitators" yesterday and deployed through the centre of the city to enforce an uneasy peace after two days' rioting Business houses which had closed first out
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    31 7 COMIC Jerry Lewis tosses the fans a handful of programmes as he arrives with his wife at the Hollywood premiere of the movie "Rear W i n d o w" recently
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    A New Use For Rubber — Eat It
    101 7 A New Use For Rubber Eat It TOKYO. Auk. 27, (AP>— It was that uncontrollable urge to eat rubber that sot Hideo Minegishi m trouble. To eat it. he first had to steal it. Hideo, a 21 -year-old labourer, told police he first got the urge four years ago. He
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    Pakistan Bans Book
    58 7 I KARACHI. Aug. 27. <AP)— The Government of Pakistan yesterday banned imports of the American book "Aisha —The Beloved of Mohammad." The book, written by Nabia Abbot, was published by the University of Chicago Press. The Pakistan Government took exception to references m the book to Mohammad
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    Free Vodka Banned At Food Fair
    117 7 Free Vodka Banned At Food Fair LONDON. Aug. 27. <AP) The British Government has thwarted a Russian plan to hand out free vodka to thirsty Britons. A Russian trade delegation brought the vodka here to help put a kick into next month's British Food Fair. Recently keen to win friends
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    Ticklish Problem For Nudists
    89 7 Ticklish Problem For Nudists I VIENNA. Aug. 27. (Renter). j Mosquitoes may pose a tic- klish problem for nudists who began the fourth World Con- gross of the International Federation of "Nature Lovers" j an international nudist organization on the Hirschen Island opposite Vienna today. The congress will be held
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    A SLIGHT QUAKE
    24 7 A SLIGHT earthquake was felt early on Thursday m the Los Angeles area but there were no reports of damage. UP
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    MOUNTBATTEN IN TRIPOLI
    40 7 MOUNTBATTEN IN TRIPOLI TRIPOLI. Aug. 27: (Router). —Admiral Earl Mounlbalten. Commander-in-Chief of the NATO fleet m the Mediterranean, arrived m Tripoli by air yesterday with Lady Mountbatten and their daughter, on a two-day visit to the Acting Governor of Tripolitania.
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    LAWS ABROGATED
    22 7 THE Iranian Majlis i Lower House of Parliament i „n Thursday abrogated all laws decreed by former Mohammed Mossadeq.- UP
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    RUBBER, TIN CLOSING PRICES
    70 7 Standard London Correspondent LONDON, Aug. 27.— The following are rreh c closing prices of rubber and tin on the London Market. LONDON RUBBER Spot 20] d. October/December 20gd. January/March ZOgd. April/June 20 Id. July/September 20sd. Sept. c.i.f. 19 15/1 6 d. Tone Steady. LONDON TIN Spot
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    Huk Leader Pleads Guilty
    141 7 MANILA, Aug. 27— (UP) Luis Taruc, former top i leader of the Hukbalahap. pleaded guilty today to charges of rebellion with murders, robberies, kidnapppings and arson befor Manila High Court The former rebel leader r who surrendered to the gov-< ernment last May asked the court
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    PARIS ALL SET FOR EPIC DEBATE
    358 7 Future Of Mr. France At Stake PARIS, Aug. 27, (Reurer)— Within 24 hours of the opening of the great European Defence Community debate m the French Assembly storm clouds were gathering across the French Premier Mr Pierre Mendes France. An extraordinary meeting of Council
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    ANGLO-U.S. ACCORD ON SEATO
    197 7 ANGLO-U.S. ACCORD ON SEATO LONDON. Aug 27 IP The United Btrtes jlug Britain have reached full basic agreement on the Southeast Asia defence pact to be negotiated with six other nations, authoritative sources said yesterday Formosa will not be covered by the agreement, the sources said. D<>taii> will b»> worked
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    Vietminh Cabinet Reshuffle
    143 7 SAIGON. Aug. 27: (UP) Vietminh leader Ho Chi Minh i has appointed Geneva eonj ference delegate Pham Van I Dong, foreign minister of North Vietnam, m a cabinet j reshuffle aimed a t ensuring i I hardcore Communist control i |of the new state, reliable -sources said
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    Police Craft Was Seized
    59 7 HONGKONG, Aug. 27. (UP) The eight crew members of a police launch which vanished on July 29 and who were returned by Communist China last Sunday were overpowered and the craft seized by force, the Government announced today. It said "no criminal proceedings are contemplated" against
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    Sight-Seeing Actresses Cause Near Riot
    290 7 VENICE. Aug. 27. <AP> American film star Gloria Swansea and three Japanese actresses went sight-seeing m Venice yesterday, chorused a few songs and caused a near riot m St. Mark's Square. Tourists from a dozen nations swarmed around the exotic sight-seers for autographs and disrupted
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  • Finance... Commerce... Shipping
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      Jap Skipper Tells Of Vessel Being Fired On
      217 9 Standard Shipping Reporter THE 6,345-ton Japanese freighter Tatsumiya Mara, which was reported to have been fired on and stopped by an Egyptian naval patrol, when she was navigating the Enterprise Channel, leading into Aquaba Bay, arrived m Singapore t yesterday. Captain Matsur»ara.
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      Red Ship Carries Paraffin
      112 9 Red Ship Carries Paraffin Standard Shipping Reporter I THE Soviet tanker Va ilant jCuturier which arrived m Singapore a few day* ago "from the West." sailed for I Vladivostok yesterday afternoon. She has a declared cargo of 9,000 tons paraffin. It is not yet known whether the vessel will call
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      Fed. Govt. Sounds Tin Trade On Cess
      196 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri Government is considering the introduction of a cess on the export of tin ore and ingots to finance its research programme on the production of tin. In a circular to the AllMalayan Chinese Chamber and the F.M.S. Chamber of Mines,
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      BANK RATES
      83 9 MALAYAN Exchange Banks Association selling rates to merchants yesterday were: French francs ***** (T.T./0.D.). Other rates remained unaltered. Buying rates on Thursday were New York 32 13/16 (T.T.), 32 15/1 C (0.D.), 33 1 16 credit bills and 33 1 8 trade bills <9« d St.); Canada 31
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      Ship's First Commission
      48 9 THE i*ew cable ship Recorder belonging: to Cable and Wireless Limited left Newcastle on Tyne on Aug. 26 on her first commission. When she arrives m Malaya early next year she will relieve the Retriever which has been stationed la these waters over many years.
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      Director Impressed
      73 9 MR. SEE SEANG HUAT, a Director of Chin Hin Co., Ltd. rubber brokers and general merchants. Penang returned to Singapore by 8.0.A.C. recently after his world tour on the Company's business. He was greatly impressed by his visit to New York and his impression was that U.S.A. was
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      POSTAL RATES
      58 9 FROM Sept. 1 the rates of postage and parcels to Northern Rhodesia will be $2.10 (2 lb), $2.50 (3 lb), $4.90 (7 lb) and $7.40 (11 lb). Nyasaland $2.50 (2 lb), $2.80 (3 lb), $4.50 (7 lb) and $6.60 (11 lb). Southern Rhodesia $2.10 (2 lb), $2.50 (3
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      UN Reports Progress In Many Countries But...
      461 9 UN Reports Progress In Many Countries But... UNITED NATIONS' (New York), Aug. 25: Although many countries were able to close or narrow their "dollar gap" m 1953, a return to currency convertibility is not generally anticipated this year, according to a United Nations report, prepared by the Secretariat for the
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      Rubber Price Is Up ¼ Cent.
      141 9 Rubber Price Is Up Cent. THE rubber market m Singapore dosed steady at 67j cents per lb. for first grade rubber for September shipment, a rise of i cent on Thursday's levels. Moderate activity was reported during the day, with prices opening slightly lower and improving m the afternoon on
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      SHARES ARE IRREGULAR
      78 9 THE Malayan share market was irregular m industrials and easier m tins yesterday. Rubber shares remained neglected. Business reported was mainly m the industrial section. Price changes announced by the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association yesterday were: INDUSTRIALS Bayers Sellers Fraser Neave Ord 1-98 2.02 Gammon 3.27 3.32 Metal
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      STATE PLANTS TO BE CONVERTED
      44 9 COLOMBO, Aug. 27 (Reuter)—Mr. M. D. H. Jayawardene, Ceylon's Minister of Finance, said here last night the Government was considering handing over several industrial enterprises to private corporations because the state was not the proper agency to run them.
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      Produce Quiet Easier
      166 9 Produce Quiet Easier QUIET and easier conditions prevailed on the produce market m Singapore yesterday, with small business passing. Copra opened steady but closed easier, quotations being about unchanged from Thursday's levels. Coconut oil remained a dull market, pepper prices were slightly lower. Coconut oil sellers at Penang indicated $48
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      Uncertain Week In Rubber Mart
      514 9 Sellers Were Reserved TRADING has been difficult this week as the uncertainty still overhanging: the rubber market is restricting normal operations and making what should be intelligent anticipation pure guess-work, says Messrs. Holiday, Cutler, Bath Co. Ltd. m their weekly report. On a normal market
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      The Rupiah Slides Again
      44 9 THE Indonesian Rupiah has gone down further. Its value has dropped by another eight per cent during the last few days. From an exchange value of 10 to 1 to the Malayan dollar, the Rupiah is now worth 9.2 cents.
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      Banks Can Be Saved From Frauds
      592 9 TRADER GIVES 2 STEPS FOR PROTECTION cn B d AN^ P p e c iQl BANKERS m Singapore can be assured of a safe measure of protection from unsc.upulous businessmen who discount import and export bills that give false information on the nature and
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    "Jam Session"
    56 10 PRETTY musicians of Ivy Benson's aIS girl band, practise m their flat at Torquay while waiting for the showers (that keep them from the beach) to end. The girls are Joyce Alder, of Exford, playing trumpet, Helen Adrian of Leeds, playing clarinet, Lynne Smith of Burnley, on sax,
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    FORECAST OF FAILURE—BUT WHY?
    923 10 FORECAST OF FAILURE— BUT WHY? ANGUS MORRISON'S A concert with the Chomber Ensemble next Wednesday looks like being on economic failure of the first magnitude. I am sorry to be so blunt, but with only 100 seats sold out of 600 on a booking plan which has been open at
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    STAGEDOOR
    613 10  -  John Halkin's •yHE presentation last week x by The Changi Players of Murder Without Crime by J. Lee Thompson, set a very high amateur standard and one which is seldom reached (at least, of late) by the more lavishly housed croups at the Victoria Theatre. Murder Without Crime is
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    Players For MCFA Tour
    251 11 be taXdtH^*_^SESL foßr n <«>-Cliinese who win iney are: Ivan Vass.Awang Bakar and Rahim Omar of .u nga P° re and D. MacLaren the Penang goalkeeper. v mai n»g 15 players to make the team of 19 will he lr r L Sai CheoSg (Perak). Yeap
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    Two Records By R. Parry
    67 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Three records were broken on the opening day of the All Malayan PWD athletics cham-| pionships here today. Ronald Parry, Selangor j sprint champion- broke records m the 100 yds (10.3 seconds) and the 220 yds (23.4 seconds). C. Paramalingam cleared 20
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    70 IS SOSC's NUMBER FOR WORLD GAMES
    171 11 1O«:< SI {S AI S RE m °y $end 70 fo World Olympics at Melbourne m i*?. Thls I 9«» wos disclosed by the Singapore Olympic and Sports yesterday h nOrory $ecrefor y' Mr. A. T. Raja, after a Council meeting r«..»^i Mr
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    STTA TO INVITE WORLD PLAYERS
    135 11 FOR the first time, the Asian Table Tennis championship, to be held m Singapore this year, will have individual events open to world table tennis players. The Singapore TTA last night decided to invite all foreign players, whose national bodies are affiliated to the International
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    Britain Wins First Gold
    227 11 THE GAMES BERNE, Aug. 26 (Reuter) Soviet Russia won two of the five gold medals decided on a day when six games records were broken m the European athletics championships here. Leonid Scherbakov won the men's hop step and jump and Galina Zybina, world record holder,
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    Malays Win Hard Way
    192 11 IF the Malays are going places m SAFA's Community League, they will have to do much better than their 2 o victory over the Royal Navy at the Jalan Besar stadium last night. With a little bit of luck, Royal Navy could have created an upset.
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    19 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri There has been no rain since yesterday and the going lor tomorrow should be good. >
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