Singapore Standard, 31 August 1954

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    16 1 SINGAPORE STANDARD m a Vol. V. 60. SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, AUGUST 31, 1954 TWELVE PAGES 15 CENTS.
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    $100-A-DAY (Quick-Quiz) CONTEST RESULT
    167 1 $100-A-DAY (Quick-Quiz) CONTEST RESULT MRS. G. Taylor of Upper Serangoon Road, Singapore, is the ■.v inner of the Standard Quick-Quiz contest No. 37. A cheque for $100 has been sent to her. The judge was Mr. Goh Chye Hin, president of the Singapore Chinese Amateur Athletic Federation. The correct answers
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    Attlee In The City Of Silk
    119 1 Attlee In The City Of Silk HANGCHOW. Aug. 30 fßeuter) Mr. Clement A and his seven fellow Labour Party leaders visiting China relaxed todato amid the beauty of HangV chow. cool city of silk and tea :n Chekiang Pro-. ;nce. Trey arrived here by tr^m yesterday to sp^nd two days
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    French Losses: 466,172 Men
    33 1 HONGKONG, A^g 30, (Reuterv—Vietminh Xcfedio s>s»M today that 466.172 nteu of the French Union forceis were killed, captured or surrendered to the Vietminih arm: during the eight-yeiar-long Indo-China war.
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    S'PORE SLUMS CLEAN-UP
    332 1 QUEENSTOWK A bird's eye view mi the rapidly grouting satellite town triih its tail and mmmdwm buildings hemmed m on three sides by smumlid mharmm and lean-tos 9 the homes mi mmwmm 10.000 people. These slums are to be cleared and turn people resettled 1m wmmhm wag
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    Rice Stockpile Not For Market
    160 1 Governments Assurance SINGAPORE'S strategic stockpile of rice will not be used to stabilise prices. The Director of Commerce and Industry, Mr. J. B. Clegg. told The Standard yesterday that 'Government stockpile was meant purely to meet any emergency. Government does not intend to use that
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    TARUC GETS 12 YEARS
    148 1 TARUC GETS 12 YEARS Fined US$lO,OOO MANILA. Aug. 30. (UP)— Luis M. Taruc, who led the Huks m bloody revolt against the Government for eight years, drew a 12-year prison sentence plus a 20,000-pesos (US$10,000) line for rebellion from a Manila court today. Other Huk leaders, who had faced the
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    Motorcycle Hits Post, Rider Dies
    88 1 NG BOON CHIN, 28. a Singapore salesman, died last night from injuries sustained m an accident m which the motorcycle he was riding crashed onto a lamp post and burst into flames m front of the General Post Office m Fullerton Road. Ng was pinned
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    Close-up Of The Slums
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    Boat Mishap 54 Missing
    51 1 MANILA, Aug. 30 <AP)— The Philippine News Service reported today that 54 persons are missing after a motor launch capsized and sank yesterday m Illana Bay off Zamboanga Del Sur Province. Sixty persons were reported aboard. The six survivors were said to have been picked up
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    Mariam Was There
    88 1 FOR the first time since the war, the Sultan of Johore was seen yesterday wearing a songkok (Malay national head-dress) at a farewell tea party given by the Johore Chinese community. Earlier this year the Sultan ordered all Malay Government servants to wear songkoks. Picture shows the
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    WORK HARDER, URGES SULTAN
    198 1 JOHORE BAHRU, Mon.— The Sultan of' Johore, Major-General Sir Ibrahim, advised the Johore people today to cooperate and strive to end the Emergency "so that Johore will once again become a peaceful and happy country." Sir Ibrahim was speaking at a farewell tea party given by
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    ARMED RED LAUNCH SINKS
    51 1 HONGKONG, Aug. 30, (UP)— A Communist Chinese gunboat was reported today to have sunk near Macao yesterday with three of the 11-man crew still missing. The armed sank near Wanchai Island. Reports from Macao said eight of the crew swam ashore but the other three disappeared^
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    Jilted Officer Shoots Girl, Mother, Himself
    140 1 TAIPEI. Aug. 30, (UP)— Police reported today that a 28--year-old Chinese air force officer critically wounded the daughter and wife of a former high Government official following an unsuccessful marriage proposal yesterday. The young officer then turn* ed his Canadian-made .32 calibre revolver on
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    LINER SINKS FRENCH TUG
    49 1 LE HAVRE, Aug. 30. (AFP) —The Panama liner, Atlantic, collided with a French tug as it entered port here today. The tug sank immediately. Only four men out of the 13 crew members of the tug. "L Abeille No. 4," have so far been saved.
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    SUB LAY IN DEPTH OF 120 FEET-DIVER
    536 2 SUB LAY IN DEPTH OF 120 FEET-DIVER But I Was Told Only 70' MAN L IO VASTA, an Italian diver, said m the Singapore High Court yesterday, that he was informed that a sunken Japanese submarine he was to salvage off the Singapore coast lay at a depth of only
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    10,000 SEE KLANG EXHIBITION
    88 2 10,000 SEE KLANG EXHIBITION KLANG, Mon. Over 10,--000 people flocked to the Klang District Agricultural Exhibition today. It was described as one of the best ever seen m the di^rict. The Klang Malay School and the padang was filled with people of all nationalities. Malays predominating. Most of the spectators
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    BLESSINGS FOR NEW UMNO H.Q.
    186 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon.— A representative collection of Alliance leaders watched tSTTSSS STnSm"™™!? yin f thc oi a $127,000 UMNO Headquarters m the Federal capital. Imam Rasoul of the Kampong Bahru Mosque invoked divine blessings on the 'new i.f v f n j°? Mala ys' and
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    ADVICE TO SCOUTS
    86 2 PENANG, Mon. In building a Malayan nation, it is important that all races should live together happily and to think not of the good of their own race only, but of the good of all races, said the President of the Penane Scout Council. Mr. R. p.
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    Champion Babies
    75 2 TBREE champions In their classes and their proud mothers. (Left to right) Lim Sioh Kuan. Rosy Long and Amran bin Tari who won m the six months, six to twelve months and one to two years sections m the Baby Show held In conjunction with the Klanr District
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    COMMODITY PRICES
    109 2 CLOSING rubber prices (cents per lb.) m Singapore yesterday were: Buyers Sellers No. 1 R.S.S. Spot Loose 67? 68] No. 1 R.S.S. 681 685 No. 2 R.S.S. 67i 68J No. 3 R.S.S. 67 V 67? Tone: Dull and slightly easier. TIN PRICE The price of tin yesterday was
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    Kite Leads To Fracture
    47 2 A 10-YEAR-OLD Chinese boy went chasing a kite m Singapore yesterday and fractured both his hands. Seeing a kite stuck on top of a tree m Prinsep Street, the boy. Choo Kirn Guan. scrambled up to get it and fell to the ground.
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    400 REGISTER AT NEW EMPLOYMENT BUREAU
    91 2 NEARLY 400 people have registered for jobs at the branch employment exchange which was opened at Bukit Panjang Singapore, two months ago Organizations m the area have assured the Labour Department that they will employ workers through the exchange. Of those who registered. 80
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    Widow & Son Get $15,500
    129 2 Widow Son Get $15,500 A 20-YEAR-OLD widow. Lee Ah Nya, was awarded $10,500 damages m the Singapore High Court, yesterday for the death of her husband Khoo Hock Sai, 28, a hawker who died as a result of a motor accident which occurred at River Valley Road on Oet 25,
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    Fatal Motor Accident
    66 2 KUANTAN, Mon. Police Lieutenant J. D. Harrison, died here after a motor accideir, last night. He was travelling m a Police Land Rover with a driver and a Home Guard adjutant from Maran Police Post, when the vehicle met with an accident about four miles from Maran.
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    Selangor Wedding
    36 2 pn«»fo JtK. LAI THIAN SOONG of the Air Traffic c. Btre| Kuala Lumpur, arid Miss Fong Swec Took of KoU Rif wiw were married at the St. Mary's Church. "I" par, last Saturday Standard
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    $175,000 Co-op College Planned
    97 2 8 iH. b M M^y*** first C^peraiiv, Co-operative workers throughout Malaya wiij be given an opportunity of taking: courses at the College. Hostel accommodation will be provided. Subjects that will be taught will include co-operative law and principles, economics and co-operative production For a start the
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    NOT A DREAM
    34 2 A SINGAPORE hawker lost $37 while he slept on his handcart m Omar Road on Sunday morning. He had kept the money m the can j before he went to sleep
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    Dato Meets Delegates
    88 2 MALACCA. Km si Cheng-lock Tan today 8 unexpected journey iron ■North wh< re he ha, engaged m the Ailian tion Victory Celebration week-end, to meet «>-.q we 40 overseas W.A V <^ at his Heeren Street resi c c The delegates h«,i 3 tiffin with several Ms
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    Muslim New Year Begins With Prayer
    141 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon —This t year, according to the Gregorian calendar is 1954. but for millions of Moslem"? throughout the world, today is the first day of the Muha*ram year 1374. The Moslem calendar began on i the day the Holy Prophet Mohamed fled
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    Workers' Charges Denied By Rea
    191 3 Workers' Charges Denied By Rea MR. J. T. Rea, acting President of the Singapore Cit> Council, yesterday emphatically denied an allegation by the Council Unions' Federation that the Council had broken the c editions of the strike agreement. He said the Council was at -i Ha tc understand the attiIi
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    Council's Decision Is Opposed
    91 3 Council's Decision Is Opposed THE Singapore Government and City Council Labour Union which claims to represent about 1.500 open vote City Council employees yesterday opposed the Council's decision to change the workers' conditions of service. In a letter to the acting City President. Mr. J. T. Rea. the Union stated
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    Ambulance Association
    67 3 ALOR STAR. Mon— At a public meeting held here yesterday, it was decided to form a St. John Ambulance Association m Kedah. Dr. Mustatfa Osman, State Surgeon, briefly explained the objects of such an Association. As those who attended the meeting were mostly Government employees a Pilot Committee
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    Orchids Are Flown To UK
    65 3 FOUR cartons of rare orchids, were flown from Singapore by BOAC to the United Kingdom yesterday for the Hammersmith Borough Council Flower Show. The orchids, cultivated by Mr. Emile Galistan. are being sent by him to his son Mr. Ashley Galistan. who has been employed
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    TALKS ON FREEING RICE TRADE BEGIN TOMORROW
    497 3 TALKS ON FREEING RICE TRADE BEGIN TOMORROW Stockpile Is Major Issue THE Singapore Government will discuss with the Chambers' liaison committee tomorrow problems connected with the handing over of the rice trade to normal private channels, the Director of Commerce and Industry, Mr. J. B. Clegg, told a Press conference
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    Othmans' 'Selamat Tinggal'
    180 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon.— Che Othman bin Mohamed, Malaya's new Commissioner m the United Kingdom, boarded a Singapore train last night enthusiastic over the prospects of playing 'Bapa Angkat' (adopted father) to over a thousand Malayan students m Britain. But, thoughts of a bad London winter sent a
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    Girls- & They're Just Dying To Darn Your Socks
    237 3 Girls- They're J ust Dying To Darn Your Socks SSfctoheip them find «eft. All they require is a ma. with a st«S? "haraj! Jw. a gentle nature and a X lu d!J'' aversion to 2SL, r B a selection advertised b y the Bureau m a Singapore Chinese newspaper. Tiventy-are-year-old
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    Spurned By The Village Belle
    325 3 BUKIT MERTAJAM, Mon.-Thc Sessions Court here was told today how a village belle rejected an apology from a man who was found m her room one night while she was asleep, and reported the matter to the Police. The man. Lim Guan Seng, 30. was
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    CALL MEXICO, CANADA NOW
    78 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Malaya today extended her overseas telephone service to Canada and Mexico, which can now be reached from your phones between 9.30 and 10.30 every morning, except Sundays. The minimum charge for a call (three minutes) are Canada $39, and Mexico $45.30. Malaya is
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    Ex-Competitors
    106 3 A BOAT RACE brought together this young couple, Miss Chireen Moore, daughter of Group Captain and Mrs. L. P. Moore of Singapore and Mr. Alfred Uren. an accountant at Mansfield and Co., Ltd., Singapore. This happened eight months ago at a regatta m Changi where they were competing against
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    They Reject Firm's $10 Rise Offer
    96 3 THE Malay Marine Officers' Association yesterday rejected a $10 increment given to Malay Marine Officers employed by the Straits Steamship Company, Singapore. A special meeting on Sunday also resolved to demand a 20 per cent increment, backdating it from August, last year, the time
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    Babes Cannot Be 'Switched' In K.K. Hospital
    241 3 Babes Cannot Be 'Switched' In K.K. Hospital THE story from Norway asout two babies who had the wrong mothers for six months has evoked the fearful question m Singapore of what happens m a hospital where from 50 to 75 births occur daily. Miss Evelyn Mac Cook. Matron of Kandang
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    HOUSING PLAN LOAN IS SOUGHT
    238 4 300 Homes For The Common Man KUALA LUMPUR, Mon.— The Forlong Housing Society is negotiating a multi million dollar loon from the Federation Employees' Provident Fund Board to finance its first project of 300 homes for the common man. Full details of the negotiations are
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    Youngest Consul In Singapore
    111 4 BELIEVED to be the youngest consul m Singapore. Mr. Pham Khac Rau arrived here by Cathay Pacific Sky master yesterday to set up a Vietnamese Consulate m the Colony. "We've set no date for the opening yet," he said. "I must first see the Colonial Secretary."
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    Semi-finals
    30 4 AFTER eight weeks of elimination contests for th e 1 P54 Crooner-Croonette contest the first semi-finals will be held at the Garden Cabaret. Great World, today at 8.45 pm
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    Two Kidnapped Girls Returned To Their Home
    191 4 Two Kidnapped Girls Returned To Their Home By P. C. CHAN, Standard Staff Reporter TWO Singapore sisters, Koh Fong Foi, 8, and Koh Moi Moi/ 4, reported to hare been kidnapped from their Syed Alwi Road house on Sunday night, were found yesterdoy. Moi Moi was found m an attap
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    Headmen Ask Seats In Fed.
    152 4 Headmen Ask Seats In Fed. KUALA LUMPUR, Mon.— On the ground that ketuas hold responsible jobs and form the backbone of the administration m the rural areas, the Congress of Kampong Ketuas, meeting here, today resolved that two of the 46 nominated seats m the first semi-elected Federal Legislative Council
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    RAF Begin Intensive Air Strikes
    93 4 RAF Begin Intensive Air Strikes KUALA LUMPUR, Mon After a spell of silence, the Royal Air Force has begun again its intense .strikes against Communist targets m the Federation. Four Hornets this morning pounded suspected terrorist concentrations m the Gurun area of Kedah, where the Communist gang which killed the
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    'Pass' Gets Him 30 Days Behind Bars
    90 4 A PASSENGER told a bus conductor that he had a pass when asked for his fare. But he did not know that there was a policeman m mufti travelling In the same bus. When the policeman asked the man for his pass, he
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    CEYLON IN MOURNING
    57 4 THE Ceylon Commissioner's office m Singapore will he closed today as a mark of respect to Mrs. Alice Koteinwala. (mother of Sir John Kotelawala, Prime Minister of Ceylon) who has died m Ceylon. The office will, however, remain open between 10 a.m. and noon for the issue
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    He Cheated Bus Firm
    84 4 TAN Wen Sun was fined $100 and sentenced to one day's simple imprisonment m the Singapore Sixth Police Court yesterday for cheating the Singapore Traction Company of 15 cents bu s fare on Aug. 29. It was stated that when Tan was approached by the conductor
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    ANOTHER SCHOOL OPENS ON SEPT. 6
    183 4 two-storey building. were yesterday handed to the Senior Inspector of Schools, Mr. T. P. M. Lewis, by the Director of Public Works Mr. R. G. Icles. Twelve primary classes for 480 pupils will occupy the building until January next year when they will be
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    STABBING IN SPORE STREET
    50 4 A MAN, O. AHapichay was stabbed m the abdoIne »n a brawl last night at Tras Street, Singapore. He was taken to the General Hospital m a serious condition. Another man, S. Hajneed, was slashed m the i or ear m. Police have detained a man.
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    TO BOOST FUNDS
    44 4 BATU PAHAT. Mon. To help boost their fund the Ba tu Pahat Women's Institutes will hold a cake competition from 2.30 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 1. at the premises of the Bandar High School, Jalan Zabedah, Batu i^anat.
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    KITCHEN GUTTED
    27 4 BATU PAHAT, Mon.— Fire broke out m a house at Jalan Pantai at about 2.30 o'clock this morning, despite heavy rain. The kitchen was gutted
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    19 4 MALAYAN 'old boys' of Jaffna College, Ceylon, held their alumni dinner on Sunday ni*ht at Adelphi Hotel when the
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    Old Boys' Dinner
    41 4 Principal, Mr. K. A. Selliah, was the guest of honour. Picture shows (from left): Mrs. Soon Ban Hoe, Mr. R. M. Young:, the Director of Education. Dr. K. Coomarasamy, Mr. K. A. Selliah and Mrs. Ambiavarar Standard photo.
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    Manager Is Freed Of One Charge
    198 4 ?1,b17. rhXLJ" 8 ac uitte d on a third Earlier. A. W. Cooper. TheaLtd ZT£° T n Of Shaw Br^ tori' n P ld the Court that he To I D al Vies to the m of Mr C S. 3rp> Gener al Manager
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    His Seventh Conviction
    83 4 PEH 001 PIN, who said he wanted to sleep when caught S h S 4 aff Quarters of the McNair Road English School one evening m July this year was sentenced to one year's rigorous imprisonment and fined $200, m default a further two months' jail, m
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    Fined $1,500
    33 5 AN elderly man. Chew Kow Poh from .Johore Bahru. was fined 51.500. m default three months' jail m the Singapore Fourth Pulice Court yesterday, for running a public lottery i hap-ji-ki.
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    She'll Soon Know
    41 5 photo. MISS IRENE CHOOI one of the student teachers who left by plane from Kuala Lumpur for Kirkby recently says goodbye to Paul Yeow, (right) and Chan Swee Seng, teachers from the St. Gabriel's School, Kuala Lumpur. Standard
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    SEPs Entertain WAY Delegates
    120 5 MALACCA, iMon.— The forty-nine delegates who arrived m Malacca last night had the unique opportunity of seeing men and women who have surrendered from the ranks of the Malayan Communist Party put on a short sketch showing the life, dangers and difficulties of the terrorists m
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    New Petrol In Pumps Tomorrow
    108 5 New Petrol In Pumps Tomorrow benefit of the new higherpowered motor spirit. Both companies have gone to great lengths to ensure that all dealers m the town will receive supplies of the new petrol at the same time. Picture (above) shows p*rt of Shell's fleet of lorries setting out shortly
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    They 'Craved To Meet Reds
    194 5 MR. MICHAEL REDHILL, a Singapore businessman, told The Standard today that he and his 144 volunteer colleagues ''craved'" to meet the, bandits m actual combat when they were m Johore last week "junglebashing."' 'To our greatest surprise the bandits did not show up." said Mr.
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    He Couldn't Reform — Gets Jail
    115 5 He Couldn't Reform Gets Jail A YOUNG man. Ali bin Said, I who "could not change his character" alter he was put under probation, was sentenced to three months' imprisonment, by the Singapore Eighth Police Magistrate. Mr. M Kathigesu. yesterday. In passing sentence. Mr. Kathigesu said: "The reason I you
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    A TIGHT CLAMP ON LOVE LIFE AT KIRKBY
    293 5 A TIGHT CLAMP ON LOVE LIFE AT KIRKBY But Romance Wins Out KUALA LUMPUR, Mon.— Authorities of the teachers' Training College at Kirk by put a tight clamp on romance, the Malayan teachers who recently returned to the Federation alleged today. 'The picture of life at the College was not
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    Parking Lights In Penang
    102 5 Parking Lights In Penang PENANG, Mon. The monthly Municipal Council meeting tomorrow will discuss a decision of the Municipal Engineer's Department that m gazetted streets where diagonal parking is enforced a 'no lights required' sign should be erected. The MED has also recommended that where the street lighting is considered
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    Malaya In Language Congress
    75 5 MALAYA is sending five representatives to the Indonesian Language Congress m Medan on Oct. 28. This was decided at a meeting of seven literary Malar bodies m Singapore on Sunday. Malaya was invited by the Congress to send a delegation. One of the subjects for d.seussion
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    A BUSY TIME IN PERAK
    100 5 IPOH. Mon. Fifty WAY delegates, nine of whom are women, arrived here by rail this afternoon. Tomorrow will be a busy day for them. They will visit the Fook Heng Rubber Works, m Menglembu, Choong Sam Tin Mine and the Sam Poh Tong Cave Temple.
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    FINED $25
    40 5 YEOH KEE GEAK. 51. who pleaded guilty m the Sessions Court m Penang today to a charge of being found m the controlled area m Then Te'.V. Road on Aug. 29 was fined $25 or a week's imprisonment.
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    SIKH TEMPLE OPENED
    51 5 KUALA KANGSAR. Hod A gathering oi over 500 v ■>- p!o mostly belonging to 'Ate Sikh community, atiendeci th« opening of the new Sikh temple iri Criohton Road, here yesterday. The ceremony started wl*h a profession conveying the Holy Book from Hie old Sikh tempie to the
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    Musical Recital
    75 5 MISS Thana Mani A raw*, daughter of Mr. K.T An.-. >. of the Singapore Harh >ur Board, will make her debut as a singer of Indian melodic- the Sri Senpaga ITinayagar Tempie. 19. Ceylon Road, on Wednesday. Sept. I, at «> IS p in. The children of Mr
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    Slum Clearance
    809 6 'J»RUTH is stranger than fiction. Anybody who knows his Singapore by her chic, million dollar look can be pardoned if he doubts the truth cf the statement that behind the bright imposing skyscrapers that give the island its appearance of affluence, sell-respect and modernity, dwell a community of
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    Review of Views
    340 6 Review of Views Future Of The World 'J'HE future of the world, says Sin Chew Jit Poh, is both fearful and assuring. The fear is that should there be any war. the consequences will be too tragic to bear and the assurance is that manking is at, lasc beginning to
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      STOP-GAP JOBS FOR M.C.S. OFFICERS
      417 6 Sir: The Federation At- torney General recently s;.iri that Britain was determined to bring self-government as quickly as possible. But i actual happenings seem to l>eii e this statement as far as I allowing local officers to take over jobs they are capable of doing.
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    CRAMMED IN CAR PARK
    202 6 Sir: As a comparative newcomer to Singapore. I went with some interest to see the Trade Fair held at the Happy World recently. All I can say is that I was astonished to find that the Fair was. for the most part not m the Happy
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    QUIS CUSTODIET
    51 6 Does my any el groom his icings Or sigh and pluck a r lyre? tor one eternal moment tire Of watching inch an earthy clod? ■Add Uwn remorseful To find new etched The Unes —of ten terrestial years Upon my sleeping self indulgent face. c H. V. R.
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    what then?
    92 6 Sir; Many people haiv been asking us India r-m--ployed by the City Loumil to register and bcfiMur riti*ens of the UK and Colonies, and saying thai we can easily becumr Indian citizens when up return to our country. But if we do this uh.u will happen to the
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    'Merdeka' Without A National Programme ?
    1038 6  - 'Merdeka' Without A National Programme H. C. Chang By J)ATO Sir Cheng-lock Tan m the Singapore Standard of 16th August was reported to have advocated that "the various political parties m Malaya should unite with the UMNO-MCA." This, he added, is for the "specific purpose of first achieving "Merdeka" (freedom)."
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    Men Are The Profectors
    276 6 Sir. The Muslim leaders m Perak are facing a very big problem as one m every two marriages m that state "ends on the rocks." Definite steps should be taken at once to prevent further breakups. I suggest the followingU> The solemnity of marriage and the
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    118 6 Sir: We wish to correct certain a misapprehension which appeared under the above heading m your issue dated 28th instant m your correspondence column This Company is making a "f w issue of shares totalling $100,000, half of which has been offered to the Malays to subscribe through
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    60-Man Soviet Embassy For R.I.
    200 7 60-Man Soviet Embassy For R.I. JAKARTA. Aug. 30— (UP) -The Indonesian Foreign Office is alarmed over reports alleging that the Russian Embassy at Jakarta will consist of 60 members and is m a quandary to find housing accommodation for the entire staff, and Aneta News Agency report said today, 'J
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    Arrested On Board His Ship
    114 7 LIVERPOOL. Aug 30 <Reuter>— a 23 -year- old -rant storekeeper aboard Brit:>h troopship Lan- .rr was charged here i *nh the manslaughter 1 a shipmate while the ;> was m dock at Kure Japan, last month. Detectives boarded the Lancashire as she steamed into Liverpool
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    Another Mau General Killed
    46 7 NAIROBI. Aug :J0 .Reu-\*-r > Security forces haw killed Mau Mau leader Mwungi Mtoto "Kid" Mwangi». so-called Comma nder- in Chief of the "African Land Army." it wa.s stated today. Be was the fourth Mau Mau General" killed m the lasi !wd months.
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    Free Beer From A Fountain
    75 7 I .I'KBBEt XX Germany. Auie. 30 (AP) Beer lovers from all over Germany flocked to this city yesterday and drank more than 28.000 quarts of free brew gushing from a new fountain. The fountain was built by a brewery which plans to keep it running
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    New Speed Record Set
    59 7 ".wru.NUIU: I*.1 AUg. 3D. 'Reuter* The United States Army announced yesterday that a Sikorski XH-39 had set up a new helicopter speed record by flying at 156.005 M.P.H. over a three-kilometre course at Windsor Locks. Connecticut. The previous record was listed at 146.735 M.P.H.. set m
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    Those Big Clear Eyes
    71 7 VIOLET Collins, London perfume counter girl, hos been chosen by a painter of beautiful women because she has the loveliest eyes he has ever seen. Bearded artist Nicholas Egon saw Violet at work. "I have never seen such eyes," he said. So he is painting them.
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    223 7 HONGKONG, Aug. 30. •R? it it i The tail of typhoon "Ida" lashed Hong- *> r with gusts of wind raging at up to 112 miles an hour today, killing a Chinese woman and breaking three ships from their r,ng>. The centre ol the
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    Soviet VIPs Die In Blast
    62 7 HAMBURG. Aug. 30. <Reuter>— The independent newspaper Die Welt reported today that hundreds of people were killed m an explosion at the Soviet oil refinery m Stalingrad. Victims included L. B. Safra.siyan. Deputy Minister for the Soviet Oil Industry, and A. N. Vavulin. Chief Engineer
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    No Jazz For 50 Students
    61 7 HASTINGS. Southern England. Aug. 30 (Reuten Fifty French students were refused admission to a Humphrey Lyttelton jazz concert m this seaside resort last night after they were accused of "too high spirited behaviour." An official of the Hastings Corporation's entertainments department said they had been
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    RUBBER, TIN CLOSING PRICES
    77 7 Standard London Corresponds t LONDON, Aug. 30. The following ore the dosing prices of rubber and tin on the London Market. LONDON RUBIER Spot 20.d. October December 20 d. Jonuory March 20 d. Apr,! June 20 d. inly Scpumbcr 20 d. Sop*, c.».r. 19 15/164. Tone:
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    Talks On Sarawak Border Row Soon
    210 7 JAK4Rt! f?* 0 1 Correspondent will ht hSltL^f British -Indonesian talks ha! arisen f£T tO settl< th f '™«er dispute which na s arisen m Borneo over the demarcation line between Sarawakand Indonesian (West) Borneo Detwecn A British suggestion to send a delegation from
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    ASIA NEEDS 100 YEARS OF PEACE
    276 7 ASIA NEEDS 100 YEARS OF PEACE The Only Way To Progress: Sir John COLOMBO, Aug. 30, (UP)— Ceylon Prime Minister Sir John Kotelawola suggested yesterday that the Colombo powers meet after the outcome of the SEATO talks at Manila next month. Sir John said the countries of South-east Asia needed
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    RUBBER TALKS STILL ON
    90 7 j AKROX. Ohio. Aug. .'5O. (Router)— i'he United Rubber Workers Union, alter reaching contract agreements with two of the four major rubber com- panics over the week-end, resumed bargaining today with the other two. The Union was m the third week of a strike against the
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    Preparations For SEATO Under Way
    185 7 MANILA. Aug. 30 (Reuter) —The centre of diplomatic discussions on the proposed South-east Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) is expected to move from Washington to Manila by next Wednesday. Working teams of Tar Eastern experts will meet here on that day to study the "Manila draft
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    THEY PUT ON CLOTHES AGAIN
    59 7 I VIENNA. Aug. 30. <AP> Delegates from 10 nation-, (put on their clothes and i headed home yesterday alter winding up the Fourth World Congress of Nudists They decided to meet next year m i Germany. In keeping with its tradition, the Congress kept only
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    MacCARTHY FLIES IN FOR PROBE
    148 7 MacCARTHY FLIES IN FOR PROBE WASHINGTON. Aug. 30, CAP).— Senator Joseph McCarthy (Republican-Wisconsin) said today he wil] call no defence witnesses m the Senate's new investigation of his conduct which will start here tomorrow. Flying m from Los Angeles for the new inquiry, and t( learn the verdict ±e\en fellow
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    RED OFFICERS BEATEN UP
    70 7 HONGKONG. Aug. 30 (AP» Chinese farmers beat to death 24 Communist army officers who were buying rice from them at state- fixed prices, the independent Chinese paper Kung Sheung Daily News reported today. The paper said the killings followed two recent outbreaks of violence m Kwangtung
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    OFFER ACCEPTED
    37 7 BRITISH Film studio workers have accepted a wage rise offer of three pence an hour from the employers and railway men have decided to ask for more talks on an offer made to them. Reuter
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    World's
    106 7 SAN FRUTTUOSO Italy Aug. 30 (Reuter)— Hundreds of underwater fishermen and divers watched as a tall bronze statue of Christ "the Christ of the Deep" was lowered into th e waters of the bay of this little fishing village yesterday Thousands of yachts, launches and boats swung gently o
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    UK DELEGATES IN MANILA
    54 7 MANILA. Aug. 30 i ßeuter* Mr. W. Dennis Allen. Un-der-Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs from the British Foreign Office arrived here today with Britain's Ambassador to the Philippines. Mr. Frank Gibbs London to attend SEATO conference. With them was Mr. Agha Hilaly. the acting
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    2 EARTHQUAKES
    17 7 TWO earth tremors rocked Lima on Sunday but no damage or casualties were reported. AP
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    AN ATOM-BOMB PROOF CITY IS PLANNED
    157 7 AN ATOM-BOMB PROOF CITY IS PLANNED HOLLYWOOD. Aug. i AP) --Plans for a hall miiliondollar "atom-bomb-proof city were disclosed Saturday by Hal B. Hayes, millionaire contractor. The project calls for houses equipped with gei g c r counters and bomb-proof bedrooms, also a small canal to serve as an escape
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    AID FOR LEGION
    32 7 LIEUTENANT Gent-ral John Glubb. commander of the Arab Legion, has kept the Jordan authorities: fully informed about his negotiations m Britain for financial aid tor th' 1 Legion. Reuu-r.
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    First Underwater Statue Of Christ
    114 7 First Un derwater Statue Of Christ m a storm 100 years ag O while transporting soldiers of the allied kingdom of Sardinia to fight the Russians m the Crimean War. It is by the Italian .sculptor Guido GalleUi and is tue first underwater statue ot CiirLst mi n the world.
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    The Door Is Always Open — Ike
    423 7 The Door Is Always Open Ike World Peace Prospects WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 (Reuter)—President Eisenhower said today that he believed continuing United States efforts to persuade the Soviet Union to consider solutions for specific international disputes advanced the cause of peace. He mentioned the Korean armistice, the Berlin and Geneva conferences,
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    France Agrees To A German Army
    186 7 Neutralism Rejected m-f U§ i°-< Re «ter)-The French Government yesterday officially declared itself m favour el rearming West Germany. In a historic statement «f policy to a packed National Assembly Premier Pierre Mendes France rejected outright the concept of French neutralism and pledged the
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    COLONY COFFEE TRADE SLUMPS
    241 9 Events In Brazil Knock Bottom Out Of Market Standard Staff Reporter SINGAPORE'S coffee traders are m for a hard time ahead. The world market price of coffee has fallen by over 30 per cent during recent weeks and looks like falling more. Just as the fall
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    UNDERSEA OIL WELLS TO START OPERATION
    270 9 UNDERSEA OIL WELLS TO START OPERATION SERIA, Aug. 30, (Reuter)— Four oil wells drilled into the bed of the South China Sea from a steel "island" planted one mile off shore here, will soon start producing oil. This was reported m the British Malayan Petroleum Company's staff newspaper, Salam, which
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    Trading On Small Scale For Produce
    179 9 THE usual Monday trading conditions prevailed on the produce market m Singapore yesterday, with only little business reported. Copra opened easier md was irregular m the afternoon but quotations were sligh'ly above those at the close of thie week. Coconut oil remained dull at
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    DISTRICT PUTS UP A DISPLAY
    54 9 DISTRICT PUTS UP A DISPLAY THE Fisheries Department. Seiangor. has put up a stand at the Klang District Show. Officials of the department, who are ready to give advice on modern methods *of fishing, are pictured above. (Right): The Malayan Pineapple Canning Co. which came m second place for points
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    FORMOSA TO REBUILD FACTORY
    128 9 HONGKONG, Aug. 30. (AP) Technical relationships will be established for the first time since World War II between Japan and the rubber manufacturing industry of Nationalist China. The report stated that negotiations were proceeding for an agreement whereby the Japan Rubber Manufacturing Company would send technicians
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    Finance...Commerce...Shipping
    4 9 Finance...Commerce...S hi pp ing
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    SPLIT IN R.M.A. ON PRICE RISE
    187 9 Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Mon.— A kink m the smooth relations between members of the Federation Rubber .Manufacturers' Association has manifested itself a s a result of a misunderstanding over a decision to increase the price of rubber goods. The Association decided recently
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    PLEASURE TRIPS
    14 9 DURING the coming winter, the Holland-Amerika Line will again organize pleasure cruises.
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    TRADE TALKS IN JAPAN
    98 9 TOKYO. Aug. 30 <AFP> Trade officials said m Tokyo the government would sponsor a series or conferences m business and trade circles between November this year and January next year m order to work out plans lor the following moves: First, to abolish the so-call-ed link
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    PELNI Chief Flies Back
    39 9 MR. ISKANDAR Jahja, head of the Freight Department, National Indonesian Steamship Company (PELNI) Lines, has returned to Jakarta by KLM Constellation. He was m Singapore for a week, holding discussions with agents here Standard photo.
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    Reparations Row Hits R.I. Shipping
    219 9 Standard Special Corr. JAKARTA, Aug. 3©:— The reparations squabble between Japan and Indonesia is having an effect upon the internal shipping picture. Sixty wrecks have been' listed for salvage by the Japanese. These wrecks, all m Indonesian waters and all of World War n vintage,
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    Aid For Industry
    61 9 THE Government of Madras plans to utilise the state's lignite resources to help industrial development and to increase domestic fuel supply. For India, it would mean savings m railway rolling stock, staff and stores, including coal, now used for conveying coal to South India. Furthermore, there would
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    Forestry Director Sounds Warning
    196 9 MALAYA is not replenishing her forests as fast as the trees are cut down. This is stated m the annual report of the Federation's Forest Administration Department. Such a condition, says Mr. E.J. Shrubshall, the Director of Forestry, "resembles the apologia of an improvident farmer who.
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    18 9 THE 1,000 ton floating dock wbich was towed Into Singapore by three Russian lugs en loot* to Vladivostok.
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    DIRECTOR HONOURED
    89 9 THE Goodyear Orient Co. Ltd. held a cocktail party at the Adelphi Hotel during the weekend to celebrate Mr. F. D. Harrison's 35 years with Goodyear. He joined the parent company. The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company m Akron. Ohio, m 1919. He spent many years m Singapore
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    Rubber Closes Dull, Drops ½c.
    113 9 Standard Market Reporter RUBBER prices on the Singapore market yesterday closed dull at 68] cents per Ib. for first i-rade rubber for September shipment, a drop of > cent on the week-end price A lack of buying Interest was responsible for the drop from the
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    SHARE PRICES
    136 9 PRICE changes announced by the Malayan Sharebrokers 1 Association yesterday were: INDUSTRIALS Buyers Sellers 8.8. Petrol 32 33 Con. Tin Smelt. Ords. 28 3 28 9 Gammon 3.27 3.30 Henry Waugh 1 .80 1 .85 Malayan Colls. .-Pi 57 McAlisters SI stock 3.80 3.85 Melal Box 1 22
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    BANK RATES
    88 9 THE Malayan Exchange Banks Association buying: rates to merchants yesterday are: New York 32-13 16 (T.T.), 32-15/16 (0.D.). 33-1 16 credit bills and 33 i trade bills; Canada 31; (T.T.) 32 (0.D.) 321 credit bills and 32-5 16 on trade bills. Selling rates are: New York 32;. Canada
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    NOON PRICES
    92 9 THE Singapore Chamber >f Commerce Rubber Association noon prices (cents per ll> jres- lerday were: Tone: Slightly steadi»fi after easy. The Malayan market was easier In both tin :ind industrials yesterday m the absence of b yers. Rjibber -hare< remained neglected. The turnove'- of business w^s small. Buyers
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    LINERS HULK TO BE SOLD
    89 9 LIVERPOOL AU€ ",0, (Reutert— A Dufh tug, i Zwarte Zee. arrived here yesterday to tow ''">< burned Dot I hulk of thr Canadian Pacii fie luxury liner. Empress of C?nada to [taly. It wfll be sold for scr; p. Th^ w? will tart +1 v
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    German Liner Arrives On Maiden Voyage
    170 9 German Liner Arrives On Maid en Voyage Standard Shipping Reporter THE German cargo-pas-senger liner Darmstadt arrived here yesterday on her maiden voyage yester-' day from Continental ports. She is the fourth vessel operated by Hapag Lines, to be on the regular schedule to Indonesia ports. The vessels plying this route
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    RUSSIAN VESSELS SAIL IN
    88 9 ANOTHKR Soviet tanW with a Eu oad "1 Diese! oil arrived the l'c ony over the week- nd. She is c P Mo4oa S,vietska I: st from Bal .:r»i. According to lh« rhip's local agents m ie Coiouy Messrs. Harrison an I I■ o H.-'d 1n«
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      143 9 Ol TER ROADS Asha. Kasimbat. Damstardt, Sivuch, Nera, Morzh, Gomel. Olensk, Buddenovrsk. Souetskaya irawHx 4172. USSR. Floating Dock. Mosalsk, Boetz. Arbut. Atjeb. Klamza Superior. Tonemaru. Alcinous. Alikeie Livanos. Akahasan Maru. Marietta, Syoku Maru. Garoet. INNER ROADS June. Auby. Caitcx 9.!. LaksUla Mahatevi. Pasceco, Seiangor. Lucky Carrier, Islander. Bin Senn Sremban'
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    Lonely Housewives
    643 10  -  PEGGY BRIGGS By IT TOOK a aus to confirm what every woman knows, but few men realise "Marriage can be a pretty lonely business for a wife." Sc aking of the problems of "he new housing estates Dr John Spencer, director of Bristol's pian to brighten community life,
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    Do They Deserve A Kick In The Pants ?
    561 10 Do They Deserve A Kick In The Pants ii in- TiiTiiT.'iTiiTiiTirTjrEiajixii-CDCCECCD What's Your Verdict In The Case Of The Jills In Jeans... JEANS, almost a uniform with teenj agers and requently fancied by the j well-over-twenties, too, are m" the J wars again. Colonel John Dilley blacklists them j for
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    IS FACIAL BEAUTY NECESSARY FOR SUCCESS?
    451 10  - IS FACIAL BEAUTY NECESSARY FOR SUCCESS? KAY SABAPATHY By JJOW beautiful does a girl have to be to "get" somewhere today? Is it always the prettiest girl who tops the popularity poll? These are the questions that plague us from the time we start taking a second look m the
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    LIPSTICK MUST MATCH TAN
    163 10  - LIPSTICK MUST MATCH TAN JUfOST women discover 09 their tans deepen, that their old shades of lipstick are no longer becoming The dark reds that looked startling and dram at f against pale skins offer too little contrast with' their new brown complexions The warm organdy shadei that went so
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    FRAN WARREN'S TIPS ON VOCAL CHARM
    638 10 A PLEASANT speaking voice is a great asset, one that every woman would like to own. In this exclusive story, popular singer Fran Warren tells women how to acquire such a voice, m spare time and without special training. 'THERE are few things, m
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    HOME HINTS
    59 10 A DECORATIVE theme that is calm and restful and s till nnto t monotonous, can be achieved by using only tivo colours m a room. The trkk is m reversing the pattern; use brown on beige for draperies, and beige on brown for chair or sofa. Grey with
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    The Czech 'Iron Man'
    9 11 EMIL Zatopek— beaten at last!
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    BANNISTER BEATS ZATOPEK IN 5,000 m. RUN
    557 11 BANNISTER BEATS ZATOPEK IN 5,000 m. RUN pean athletics *tem^J^^^^*J?° k ihe h «»our s in the five-day Euromedals, "ampionships which ended here today by winning 16 of the 35 sold In an unofficial points tabulation the Soviet athletes scored 269 points. Britain came second with 100£ and Czechoslovakia third
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    18-Run Victory
    43 11 BIKIT MERTAJAM. Mon. Tr»e D strict XI yesterday beat Urn Butterworth Conibined -y !8 runs m the inter District cricket h for 'he Challenge c d prer-ented by Mr. Voon Hean Kooi. The aptain of the winning was Khur Thean Hong.
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    Eurasians' First Defeat
    110 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon Selangor Eurasian Association, last year's league champions, opened their hockey season with a defeat when Kuala Lumpur Combined Police beat them I—o at the Brickfields Road ground today. The police, fielded a strong team which included Peter Fernandez from Perak and Toft from Pahang,
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    Another Record By Henricks
    64 11 SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 30 (Reuter) Jon Henricks. Australia's 18-year-old winner at the British Empire Games, broke the American 200 metres freestyle swimming record m the Far Western Championships here yesterday. Henricks swam the four lengths of the 50 metres pool m 2 mins. 7.3 sees. The
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    Roger Won 'As Planned'
    301 11 BERNE. Switzerland, Aug. 30 (Reuter) Dr. Roger Bannister, who yesterday won the 1,500 metres at the European Athletic Championships, said here last night that he was "naturally pleased" to have finished the season on a winning note. "Things turned out as I had planned." he said.
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    Introducing Ke. Wood—Successor To Bannister
    418 11 Introducing Ke. Wood Successor To Bannister By A Special Correspondent LONDON, Mon.— The great Roger Bannister is to give up miling for medicine, but Britain has already found his natural successor— Ken Wood, 23, of Sheffield. This bespeetacted clerk will, I believe, prove an even greater miler than Bannister or
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    Cycling 'Two' For Peacock
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    MALAYS WIN
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    Milers Invited
    57 12 ADELAIDE. Aug. 30 (AFP) South Australia will invite the world's three fastest milers: John Landy of Australia, Roger Bannister of Britain, and West Santee of America. to compete for the Australian mile title m Adelaide on February 5. It will be the first move anywhere to pit these
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