Singapore Standard, 9 October 1954

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  • 18 1 SINGAPORE STANDARD jfc n I Vol. V. No. 99. SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1934 TWELVE PACES 15 CENTS.
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  • 88 1 $100-A-DAY (Quick-Quiz) CONTEST RESULT t adcrs win the d Quick-Quiz Con0. They are Mr. Leong, of 92, or Street. Singa\Tr. Ng Hin Pun, q Idris, Kampar, ire the prize of was judged by Jagani than, City t answers are: I— BRITISH ,mi 'i There's a ils udvertise.lu :nm< nt: This
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  • 50 1 British In Kenya Will Stay Put 8, <Reuter)J niaJ Se< nnex Boyd. i (i that the nva to stay, at with the Britteh Gok t f« nee on the departure for ter a ftve-day factr of Kenya, let anybody think than that the mmunlty will re- r a he stated.
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  • 33 1 1 Oct. 8. (AFP) 1 boys were reas a result of of a pleasure n Lake Sagami, 30 oday. students were the yes.-el and 60 of (i the rest were
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  • 34 1 UI.OMBO, Oct. 8 (AP)_ i omraunisl China has to pay 27 pence per Pound for Ceylon rubber, *!<>n Daily News reUxUy. The new price '»!> less than that Paid for CVylon rubber last
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  • 78 1 LONDON. Oct. 8 <Reuter) People m southern England saw a blue moon last night. But m some parts around London the moon appeared to be green. Dr. H. Percy Wilins. a lunar expert, gave the official explanation: "This kind of blue moon is not so very
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  • 51 1 BANGKOK. Oct. 8 (AFP).— The Thai Government will shortly announce a decree banning all imports of canned food, spirited beverages like beers, wines and liquors and perfumes, highly reliable sources said here today. Milk and butter will be the only canned food it allowed for
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  • 44 1 Rubber Goes Up And Up THE price of rubber m Singapore continued its upward trend yesterday. first grade for October shipment closing at 75 9/16 cents per lb., a rise of 1 1/16 cents on Thursday. The market closed fully steady. (See jage nine)
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  • 52 1 D *A™n °P enin 9 announcement of Squoreword Book Slr^'-Tw* 1 SUnd y StondOrd tOm FOR PROMPT DELIVERY orapetl.Ton' '"whi V" f r «he new SquarewordJ stTndaid will h. l h appear m tomorrow's Sunday 33 a. ss k^rx£^«<ssr- Tieer usuaT^Ua O rd dl^S > number"''
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  • 536 1 Girl, 14, Admits Penning Love Letters To Man Buf didn't understand them' A SINGAPORE schoolgirl, Mary Mathews, 14, admitted m the Seventh Police Court yesterday, she wrote a number of "love letters" to a 24-year-old motor car driver, but said she did not understand what they meant. Asked by defence
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  • 101 1 WITH $155 received yesterday, the Singapore Standard Christmas Toy Fund passed the $I.ooo' mark. The fund will be used to Mratm* Cfrristmaa «tae>r Tor the poor and under- I privileged children m Mala; Yesterday's gifts came from Messrs. Kian Gwan (Malaya) Ltd.. who sent m a
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  • 109 1 SYDNEY, Oct. 8 (Reuter)— Australian Communist journalist Rupert Lockwood was the author of the libellous document "J" handed to ralian security agents by former Soviet spy Vladimir Petrov. the Royal Commission on Espionage decided here tonight. vas the first decision announced by the three
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  • 97 1 COLOMBO. Oct. 8 (AFP) A British freighter which caught fire m the Indian Ocean two d&TS ago indicated today she was well able to take care of herself. The ship, the 9.257-ton Blue Star Line cargo ship. Trojan Star, radioed to three other British ships
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  • 85 1 JARKARTA. Oct. 8 (AFP). —Ordered to be deported to i Red China. Tjong Hoen Nji. i a local Chinese businessman, told the press yesterday that he might ask the Indonesian Government for political asy- i lum since he felt that he had not done anything
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  • 54 1 LONDON. Oct. 8. <AFP>— I Following the recent increase m demand. British steel prices will go up soon, it was learned today. It is also expected that controls on the import of semi-flnished steel will be eased so as to Increase home supplies of rerolls
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  • 184 1 HIGH VVYCOMBE. P icAinghamshire, Oct. 8 (T.euter) Mr. Benjamin Seebohm Rowntrce, a rich cocoa magnate who spent his life studyir poverty and was recognised as one of Britain's great sociologists and philanthropists, died yesterday. He was 83. His devotion to the poor was m contrast
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  • 295 1 London Port At A Standstill Britain's Meat Supply Threatened Chusan To Sail No Matter What Happens 1 LONDON, Oct. 8, (Reuter) A direct threat to London's overseas meat supplies developed today when cold storage workers struck m sympathy with 18,000 dockers whose strike has paralysed the city's docks. The strike,
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  • 314 1 DANCING GIRLS ON HAI HSUAN CHARGE BALTIMORE, Oct. 8, (AP)— Mutiny 'on the high sefes and Chinese dancing girls are involved m a U.S. Federal Court suit here by which Nationalist China hopes to collect insurance on seven ships now m the hands of Chinese Communists. One of the ships
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  • 32 1 PARIS. Oct. 8 <AP) Radio Free Europe (RFE) m Munich reported that a 22--year-old Polish dancer broke away from her Com;nu.:st guards m Paris yesterday and asked for political asylum.
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  • 59 1 NEW DELHI. Oct. 8, (Rev- ter>. The Prime Minister of Ceylon. Sir John Kotelawala. i arrived here today with a nine-man delegation to discuss with Mr. Jawaharlal Nehru the problem of 800.000 Indian settlers m Ceylon. He travelled on the same plane as the Indian
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  • 31 1 LONDON. Oct. 8, (Reuter). Queen Elizabeth is to give 15 one-and-a half hour sittings to Italy's leading portrait painter. Signor Pierto Annigoni. for a three-quarter length portrait.
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  • 52 1 LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas. Oct. 8 (Reuter). Siamese twins born on July 28 have died here during an operation to separate them. Officials at University Hospital said the twin daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Johnson. Connie and Bonnie, died more than four hours after the operation
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  • 656 1 6 MTHS FOR WOMAN WHO SHOT PEER A GASP WENT ROUND COURT SALISBURY, Wiltshire, Oct. 8, (Router)— 1 Mrs. Mavis Wheeler, 1 blonde socialite, was found guilty today for, unlawfully and maliciously wounding her, lover Lord Vivian, London theatrical impresario. She was also found guilty of unlawful possession of the
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  • 21 1 CHIEF Scout for the British Commonwealth. Lord Rov/allan. l**ft Hongkong by I •4ir yesterday for S:>ndakan NorLh Borneo. Reuter
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  • 28 1 TAN Beck Chwce was stabbed m Thomson Road, Singapore, late last night as he was cycling home. He was admitted to hospital m a ious condition.
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  • 97 2 CLOSING rubber prices (cents per Ib.) m Singapore yesterday were: Buyers Sellers No. 1 K.S.S Spot Loose No. 1 LSJfI f.o.b 75 !> 16 75-11 16 No. 2 75] No. 3 74^ 74* Tone: Fully steady TIN PRICfc The price of tin yesterday was S: »G4i per pikul.
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  • 33 2 LOW CHUCK JUAY, age 50. passed away peacefully at the General Hospital on October 8 at 4.20 p.m. Funeral on Sunday, October 10 at 11 a.m. Cortege leaving from 50, Boat Quay.
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  • 37 2 HONGKONG, Oct. 8. Special Standard Service. Closing prices of the Hongkong Exchange today v. -15.67 to £1 sterling; $5.***** to US$l: $1,823 to Malayan $1; $0,170 to one Indon Rupiah. Gold $254.75 to a tae!.
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  • 29 2 LIM Heng Tuan. 34, a Singapore taxi driver. was stabbed m the arm as* he was reading newspapers m a coffee shop m Desker Road, yesterday morning.
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  • 255 2 CABLE and Wireless Ltd., expects to implement a halfmillion dollar scheme next year to modernise the operating: facilities and working: conditions of its Robinson load oft V ein Singapore. This was revealed to The Standard yesterday by the Cable and Wireless Straits District Manager. Mr.
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  • 228 2 Forced Robbers To Give Up A MAN who forced armed robbers to surrender by firing shots m the air with a .22 rifle was offered a $ICO reward m the Singapore Assixe Court yesterday. But the man, soap factory proprietor Mr. Tan Beng Siong.
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  • 236 2 One Had No Case To Meet ANNAMALAI was yesterday sentenced to three months* rigorous imprisonment m the Singapore Second Criminal District Court for failing to attend Civil Defence training; on three evenings m August. He was the third youth to be sent to jail for
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  • 157 2 MR. RHODES (No Prejudice) WILL TRY COUNCILLOR KUALA LUMPUR, Fri.— The President of the Ses- V sions Court Mr Brian Rhodes. decided today he was fully V competent "m the interests of Justice," to try Pahang V State and Executive Coun- cillor. Mohamed Shariff on V charges of cheating the
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  • 94 2 I NEARLY i!»m peop' '-om c Federation and embarked on the Chin^.- 1 ;nd Dutch liner Tjiluwah, ye.-ter- I day. Among those were several teenaged Ch. nese boys and 1 girls from Singapore who are bound for scl Red Chi- 1 na. They were accompanied
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  • 85 2 CITY Councillor, Mr. Yap Phen e Geek, yesterday rvtnini; opened the Singapore Art Society's thirteenth inter-school art exhibition m the British Council Hall, Stamford Road. More than a hundred art enthusiasts were present. The society received 1,372 pictures out of which ti'JO were exhibited. Lv
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  • 179 3 Tin Mines 100 Yrs From Now KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. The Chief Inspector of Mines. Mr. G. F. Gripper. told The Standard today that tin mines would .still oe operatinc m Selangor and other parts of a a hundred years from w. But production would >t be as much as what
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  • 250 3 Will Benefit All Parties-Sponsors The Singapore Government is considering a new proposal to inter-change teachers between Government and aided schools m the Colony. The proposal was made to the Education Department by a delegation representing the Singapore Teachers Union, Malayan Aided Schools Council, the
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    42 3 Mr. AND MRS. Tan Ah Leng, who were married yesterday at the Singapore Registry. Mr. Tan is on the staff of the Singapore Standard and the bride, the former Miss Ong Chwee Lian, is employed by the Sin Chew Jit Poh.
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  • 182 3 Industry Still Short SINGAPORE is still short of skilled workers for local industries, Mr. F. G. Tyson, the Colony's Chief Employment Officer, told The Standard "yesterday. He said that the Government Employment Exchange had jobs for trained men for the last few months, but could not
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  • 64 3 Took Bets, Fine Jail KUALA KAXGSAR. Fri. A coTeeshop assistant Chan :ig* Wan WAS fined $2,000 led sentenced to two months' imprisDnment by Magistrate Che Jaal bin Jaman today for assisting m carrying on the 1.000 and 10,000 character lottery on Sept. 1. Chan was arrested m a hotel m
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  • 71 3 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri: The Kuala Lumpur library of the United States Information Service will remain open from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. from next Monday m response to requests that only m the evening did many people have leisure hours for reading. Wilh the longer library hums,
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  • 61 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. The Selangor Branch of the Malayan Chinese Association has renominated Mr. Chan Kwong Hon and Mr. Chan Chee Hong as candidates for the Imbi and Petaling Wards m the next Kuala Lumpur Municipal Elections. Both of them were returned to the Council by
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  • 138 3 Fifth New Post Office This Year SINGAPORE'S fifth new post for the year will be the one at Bukit Panjang. Mr. M, L. Durrant, Director |of Posts, said yesterday the new post otiice will be ready by the end of the year. The Services' post office m Tanglin. which is
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  • 82 3 IPOH. Fri— UMNO members m Kampcng Pisang, Batu Gajah. have lodged a report to "O Porak concerning an alleged speech made by a Penghulu Muda against their Party. According to these members, the Penghulu Muda, Inche Shaari bin Alang Osman, told the inhabitants of the kampong not to
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  • 66 3 IPOH. Fri. The people of Krian were told by the Sultan of Perak, yesterday, that they should not miss the opprrtunity to cast their votes m the coming State and Federal elections. The Sultan also told padi cultivators m the District to create more co-operative societies
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  • 27 3 The Ramakrishna Orphanage and School Building Fund Lottery will be drawn at the orphanage premises, No. 37, Scotland Road, Penang at 10 a.m. on Sunday.
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  • 117 3 IPOH. Fri.— A bright future predicted for the Ip >b Mercantile Co-operative Thrift and Loan Society by the President. Mr. J. P. Hannah at the 25th annual general meetin^ of the society last evening. A dividend of three per cent was recommended for distribution.
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 433 3 m I i THE j;,^,,;; .v. SINGAPORE HOTEL'S £3f"SJS l c "STARLIGHT ROOM" I nil Board $32 DANCE HALL (.11 a BATH with (8.30 p.m.— 12.00 p.m.) 'iip s.rvice n daily When m Singapore Be jfc r.ll Rn»rd OIJR and JOIN THE n full Board RKST D NE WJSE and
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    • 280 3 ■^^tfi Ir >^V <r Out OPEN TILL 6.00 P.M. TODAY *UV THfSf BARGAINS NOW! SAVE!! TODAY English Dyed Haircord 36" $1.00 p.yd. Ferguson Printed Voile 36" $1.50 Swiss Plain Shirting $1.90 n Plain Cellular Materials $1.25 n English Checked Glazed Cotton $1.90 Swiss Plain Dyed Voile 36" $1.70 Printed Matt
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    • 30 4 I f Well done, Malaya I This is the "Time for a if TlCf lEETS BREWED AND BOrriED By MALAYAN BREWERIES LTD fc^^ AND DISTRIBUTED BY ILjHKaia^L^^R Froser Ncore Ltd.
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  • 148 5 Students Give A Party For Pritt SEVEN thousand Chinese schools' students and friends crowded into the Badminton Association Hall yesterday to meet Mr. D. N. Pritt, Q.C., who arrived here on Thursday to argue the appeals of p en students of Chinese schools sentenced to jail terms for obstructing a
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  • 349 5 Pay Up Threat Charge Fails KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. A former detective, Ng Teck Hoe, 21, pleaded guilty m the first Magistrate's Court here today to a charge of using criminal force on pretty Alice Cheng Moi, Singapore's 1953 "Newspaper Queen", and was fined
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  • 137 5 8 -Hour Day For Manual Workers ABOI'T 100,000 manual workers m Singapore will have an eight-hour working day from early next year. At present, according to the Labour Ordinance, they i have to work nine hours to a full day's wages. The revision la recommended m the new Labour Code.
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  • 97 5 Klang's Crow Menace 5 KLANG, Fri. Klang's 1 < ÜBptJn against the Kareagiag now menace has been a complete failure, the Town Board was told at its monthly J meeting yesterda> In the six months since 2 2 permission was given for the blanket destruction of J i these birds
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  • 33 5 IN honour of St. Francis of there will be a proion, a transit us. benediction and papal blessing m the Church of Our Lady of Lourdes m Ophir Road. Singapore, tomorr
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  • 124 5 Shirt Firm Partners Examined TAIN CHE AX and Ng two former partrm dealing m shirts. whose liabilities amounted to $44,000. attributed their mmin the Singapore High Court to the fluctuation m prices, high inst paid on loans secured by I the firm and overhead charges. Former partners of Kirn Chiong
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  • 171 5 A SINGAPORE watchn. duv otl threatens th e opening .ac Safety First Exhibition. ■duled to be held at the Clementi School, Pasir Pan- for three days, beginning from Oct. 10. The Clementi School is the first o M the list of a
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  • 51 5 A CONTRACTOR. An«l Tiem Ho. was Vu.k 0 by the Singapore First MagisIr. J. P. Trainor. teiday. for permitting S Sergeant J. D. Pool. 1 his car without being covered Third Party insurance. He was. however, acquitted on another charge of abetting Pool to drive without a
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  • 49 5 THE Singapore Hire Car on is planning to open m Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh. Penans and Butterworth. Mr. T A Simon. President of the S'.H.C.A. told The Standard yesterday that the North van Hire Car Association will be inaugurated at Buttrrworth on Sunday at 2.30
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  • 50 5 FOR extOJ 50 from a r Panjang fisherman, on July 27. Chua Suit Teck was found guilty m the Singapore Third Criminal District Court yesterday and sentenced to 17 months' rigorous imprisonment to be followed by a similar period of Police supervision. Chua had three previous convictions
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  • 125 5 Army Rule Will Save Marriage BRITISH soldier who m- rving may have to go j period of months if his commanding grounds to doubt the marriage is likely to id a la This explanation came terda.v (rum General H FAREI.F Sil m connection with the ance of Private B r
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  • 39 5 THE Singapore Geylang lits Chin. Methodist th Fellowship will hold talent time" show at A.'M) p.m. today at the M.G.S. Hall m Aljunied Road. Mi Grace Irtha Hesse] and Mr. Tan will be the judges.
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  • 240 5 SINGAPORE Government has received an unexpected windfall of nearly $500,000. This was the amount fetched m London for 302 gold bars seized by Colony Customs last July. Mr. J. McKnight Hart, head of the Customs Preventive Branch, disclosed this at a Press conference yesterday. A World
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  • 87 5 Christmas Mail: Post EARLY THE Singapore Postal authorities are asking the public to post early for Christmas. Director of Posts Mr M. L. Durrant. told The Standard yesferiay that all post offices. prominent business houses and offices m Singapore, are being supplied with colour posters, giving the latest dates and
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 531 5 iStandard cAlnxanac Information at a Glance MHMHMMr 1 Kiwi MrmiMTs I 1 \ii;iie: Social and 6.30 p m Proßiamme summary WeT ki *A f\ bC4 Dance at Ceylon Sports Club (XL), 632 Under 21 Ciub (XL»; Si Nh AP C 3 Rt 3 730 p.m. 6.53 Programme Preview <S> 7
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  • Singapore Standard
    • 511 6 AjUCH emotion I landed for weeks on criticma of the Federation education committee report. The proposal to increase secondary school touched the sensitive ieclings of the public. Emotions filled the Federal council chamber for two but ebbed when the Member for Education explained the why and wherefore
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    • 347 6 lI V .should officers, who are given generous allowances and mileage, be granted loans free of interest and at intervals of three years or so?" This question is raised by a correspondent. It is the general opinion that granting of car loans to public servants has gone
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  • 16 6 Laughter rat Work "Eric! Put that down this minute and u I e your J handkerchief!'*
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  • 589 6  - A Caesar-Like Disposition PHILIP DEANE h» JOURNALIST'S first experience of Nehru is almost invariably gained from watching him among the huge crowds that gather to hear his speeches. These speeches are repetitive, often platitudinous. His manner is half didactic, half epical. He spins his message around the teachings of his
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  • Review of Views
    • 95 6 UTUSAN Melayu discusses the Kirkby Scheme once again and deplores its continuance by the Federation Government. Utusan says that financial objections to the scheme are as «»reat as the objections on the educational aspects of the scheme as a whole. The "caste ridden" profession m the educational service
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    • 99 6 SIN CHEW JIT POH discusses the "new departures" m the Education Amendment Bill of Singapore. Based upon a seri< of consultations between the Edv m authorities and Chinese educationalists, the Bill attempts to satisfy everyone concerned. A central committee Is to be set up to control the policy
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    • 759 6  -  JULES MENKEN By COME interesting lessons have emerged from "Battle Royal," the big land-air exercise which took place m Western Germany last month. Besides the multi-national tactical air forces involved, troops of five count r: Britain, the Netherlands. Belgium. Canada and the United States— took part
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    • 141 6 OPIUM smoking is gradual* suicide, declares NanyangJ Siang Pan m dlacusi !r the< opium problem m Singa-J pore. The Customs Depart-; ment reported a seizure of; 6.479 pounds of opium in| 1953. This is a staggering: amount when the propor-: Moo that Is not s< ized Is] taken
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    • 192 6 EARNEST Hemingway, the 1 J famous author of tough novels, has been challenged to a revolver duel after incidents at a British Embassy dinner m Havana. Cuba. The challenger was Edward Scott, fifty-year-old New Zealand journalist, who runs a column m a Havana newspaper.
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  • 197 6 NEHRU, INDIA THE WORLD periods of imprisonment Nehru has developed the need to reveal his innermost thoughts. Reading his "Discovery of India" one has the weird feeling of sitting m a consisting room while Nehru is being pschoanalysed on the couch. He described himself as "an abnormal person with mystery
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  • We, the PEOPLE
    • 274 6 Impose A 1 p. c. Education Tax Sir, I shall be glad if you will publish the following article m your valuable paper: I have been carefully following the controversy raging In respect of the proposed increase m the school fees and it is pretty clear that the Government Is
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    • 156 6 Sir: On Sy r 29, the Town Council authorities were checking thi m the town area and sei; articles placed beyond permissible area. Though I did not witness the checking. I witnessed pection which took p 'alan Tan Hiok Nee The m c all uniformed and were
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    • 67 6 mi— May I know >sh.«t lus happened to our Beauty representative Miss MajmiV Wee? Has she returned from America? If not. ha s her present stay there any connection with our country. 'CURIOUS 1 cmban (LATEST report* say Miss c is still working m a night club m
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    • 111 6 Sir. It it ture!> tjy that m Commun teachers can teach what they like. It is exactly rti« othtr way about. At H boast of democratic that they allow a lo> to the teachers con*rjr> t 0 the regimentation which obtjim m Communist countries At j
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    • 67 6 blr. Pr[aim th of D: ClKincollor of ity. I i the proland the good Singapore m with us. We -a But Ls thei for the ir, for a clerk 11k r him at gathering? To truth, long boti,: 5, an teacher m on--Group on En ture spoke t■
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  • 61 7 Photo .v stands with his „rm round Betty <; ri ble •it<-r the Philadelphia-born tenor ihe blonde movie actress nude their TV debuts < m Stars." Lanzas appearance ended a two-iih-in from show business, but most of the dis the shon .entied on the
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  • 52 7 BLACKPOOL, Lancashire, Oct. 8, (Router)— Mr X the Chancellor of the Exchequer today current United states administration us working families had profitted l>> its wise In economic policy. up are m "In the int< and X: *o noin Japan< be dealt with m a and
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  • 74 7 Stondard London Correspondent LONDON, Oct. B— The follow.ng ore the closing P'.cn of rubber and tin on the London M«rk,» LONDON RUBBER pof 23 id. November 22id. DiCcmbcr 22jd. Jonuary March 22Jdl April June 22Jd. July September 22Jd. October ci b. 22 16d. 'one: Steody. LONDON
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  • 342 7 THE REDS CHIANG TAIPEI, Oct. 8 (AP)— President Chiang Kai-shek said yesterday his armies could defeat Kussia if Russia intervened m any Nationalist invasion of Red China, because the Chinese people would rise and fight the Soviets. h,>Jh ?u eexclusivei i ve interview, the Generalissimo predicted
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  • 64 7 Poligamy Is Answer For War Widows MANILA, Ot. H. (UP)— A Philippine congressman who j tha< not a when the:. Damocac Alunto told nem 1 men that after wars, particiu i larly when there are a nuro>f widows with childn and shortage of men poly- y can actually "solve so
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  • 41 7 IORGE TOWN, Br. G Oct. 8. (AFl'i Janei m C.ci I the British Gui- c Party. started serving her third -month sentence with- ot a ial Crown 0 riot mar. mi for tioldii q meetings iked mo
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  • 39 7 HOLLYWOOD. Oct. 8. •o ol her D maggio. i n the looking cd. "I h^ve >he posed for I pher on the j ft ]y one ol her current Rim's i but the set
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  • 25 7 SEVEN hundred officers and men of the Northern Rhodesia Regiment have left I Lukasa to .serve for 16 months m Mala- Reuter
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  • 181 7 PARIS, Oct. 8, (UP)— An ex-collaborator of the Nazis said yesterday the central figure m France's defence secrets scandal was a police spy "planted" m the ranks of the Communist Party. The military tribunal investigating the leakage of defence eta remained m session until
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  • Article, Illustration
    76 7 I'hoto. g HOME trmm a throe- 2 months' honeymoon m 5 k'iropo. actress Felice lasersol] strikes a pretty 5 pose on t|,<- rail or the C An.lni Dona as it arrived, m Ne« ork. last j week Felice (of :>s East (itith St.). who arrived with her husband,
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  • 45 7 TRIESTE, Oct. 8 (Reutei British troops will begin to iat e Trieste next Thursday, authorities said today. The American evacuation began shortly after dawn today. A motor convoy re out of Trieste bearing sent. of all the United units stationed here.
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  • 163 7 ALDERSHOT En land, Oct. 8. (Hen; The soldier with loudest and most frightening voice m the British Army, retires next month after training 40.000 cadets to be oflicers. Regimental BergeantMajor Donald Brittain who ran drown the roar of London's traffic with a bellow is to broom. ceptionlst
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  • 46 7 CAIRO. Oct. 8. (API Euyptian military police last night arrested Sheikh Hassan el Hodeibi, Supreme Guide of the Muslim Brotherhood at the residence of one ol his lriend> m a Cairo suburb. No information has been given of the chai the Supreme Guide.
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  • 43 7 WIESBADi rmany, Oct. 8 (Reuter). West Germany has three million more women than men m its population of 49.516.300. the Government Statist Office here reported. The figures at the end ol last Jim*' were 23.284.300 men and 26.232.000 women.
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  • 44 7 HONGKONG. Oct. 8 (UP; A Chinese woman ed today until Oct. 25 when a magistrate will decide wht evidence .vurra. tion on charges of selling Mhor--1 comics." The woman, Wong Sail Chun. was free on bail pending the ing.
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  • 161 7 Intimate Details Of Pregnancy Are Bared On A TV Screen LONDON. Oct. a (Reuter)— Britain's first JV mother i s 26-year-old .Mrs. Betty She went before t< cameras 5 iy to discuss intimate ot her pregnancy with a doctor, dentist and a welfare expert. Xmv every month until her baby
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  • 64 8 WASHINGTON. Oct 8. (Reuter) United States Deparment of Agriculture announced foreign assistance funds can now be used by other countries to buy governmentowned farm commodities at reduced prices. Until now nations using, foreign aid funds to pay for farm produce had to pay either what it
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  • 265 8 LONDON, Oct. 8, (Reuter)—Mr. Peter Thorneycroft, President of the Board of Trade, declared yesterday that the British Commonwealth countries overwhelmingly favoured staying within the General Agreement on Trade and Tariffs. He was addressing the Conservative Party's annual conference at Blackpool, Northern England, on the third
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  • 211 9 MALAYA' S AUG TRADE GAP WIDENS TO $6M. IN RED Standard Staff Reporter MALAYA'S foreign trade m August showed an unfavourable balance of more than $6 million, imports being $268,044,693 and exports $261,974,874, according to official statistics. In the first eight months of this year the country's c?oi°To S "i
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  • 104 9 MOTOR IS ED craft, big: uooden tonkangs coasting around the many islands, small tu?s towing heavily laden barges and passenger carrying sampans that j chug along m the Singapore Harbour, need no longer furl at shore stations. The "Flying Red Horse" This St a ti V# Pours
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  • 150 9 Rubber Price Touches 75 9 /16c. Industrials Are Firm Standard Market Reporter RUBBER prices m Singapore yesterday continued I spiralling upwards, first grade for October shipment closing at 75-9 16 cents per lb. (74£ cents on Thursday) on a fully steady market. Reacting to the higher London and New York
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  • 175 9 15 Tons Of Pepper Bought Up ABOUT 15 tons of black pepper were reported to have changed hands m the Singapore produce market yesterday. Generally most sections of the market were quiet, with small activity centred on copra. Coconut oil remained at about unchanged price sellers indicating $55i per picul
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  • 72 9 THE crop harvested on Bukit Hitam Estate during September, 1954. was 44.500 lbs., according to Whittall Co.. (Malaya) Ltd. Messrs Harrisons Crosfield (Malaya) Ltd. reported the following crops for September: Allenby Rubber Ltd. 33,500 lb.. Benta Rubber Estates 66.500 Ib. Jeram Kuantan Rubber Estate 56.000 lb., Kundon Rubber
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  • 86 9 RADIO-ACTIVE water is being used In oil pipelines m America to control shipments of different products through the pipelines. Special instruments detect the approach and arrival of the radio-active water "buffer" between differing t3 r pes of oil products, warning operators to switch the pipeline into
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  • 126 9 On the local share market ■•relay industrial shares were firm, while both tins and rubbers were irregular. The turnover of business was small. Price changes announced by the Malayan Sharebrokers' I Association yesterday were: INDUSTRIALS Buvers Seller* Henry Waugh 1.8.; 1.87 Malayan Cement 1.31 1.-43 Robinson 0:r 190
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  • 565 9 COMMERCIAL stocks of rubber both m the U.K. and the U.S.A. have been well below the safety level since the war, m spite of excellent oppor- tunities from time to time ol building up stocks at cheap prices, says the weekly rubber report of
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  • 56 9 MR. P. C. Armour of the' Far East and Pacific Office of the International Civil Aviation Organization passed through Singapore yesterday on hi« way to Bangkok to attend the ICAO meeting there. The meeting will discuss ways and means of working the regional plan for
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  • 150 9 India To Fight In S-EA Market OTTAWA. Oct. 8: (Reuter) Strong competition between India and Japan for the markets of South-cast Asia is forecast by Sir Chin ataman Itashmukh. India's Finance Minister. He expects this to be particularly strong m the field of textiles. Sir Chintaman, who is attending the
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  • 124 9 OITIR ROADS A.^ha. Irian. CaHex 93. 1~ lander. Singapore. San Eduardo Asphalion Ettrickbank. i\*indoro Indus. Helikon. Rondo. Sunny Prince, Lingula Hoi How. IWKB ROADS Hin Ann. Teck Thong. Hin Honh Ho. Ka*h Khcng. Tiongkok. Marudu. Rajah Brooke. Salons Hin Seng. Elan Thale. Hin Cheonu. X Hin Huat.
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  • 62 9 PARIS. Ort. 8: (Reutcr). The Rover C;.r Company of Solihull, Birmingham, has announced here a £3 million sterling expansion programme which will double the firn production m the next 12 months. Mr. Spenser B. Wilks. managing-director of the firm, said the production of Rover cars and
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  • 248 9 ONE MORE FLOATING TRADE FAIR ARRIVES Standard Shipping Reporter THE experimental floating trade exposition brought to our doorsteps by the Yugoslav Liae's Romanija recently, has proved such a success that a second, ship has sailed m with yet another one aboard. She is the 5,000-ton freighter passenger vessel Triglav which
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  • 114 10 THE sounding of the siren and the beating of drums from mosques and suraus at 7 a.m. tomorrow will mark the opening of polling stations to which voters will have to go to cost their votes for the Johore State Council elections. In a broadcast
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  • 298 10 The elections will be essentially a two-party battle between the UMNO-MCA Alliance and the Party Negara. UMNO-MCA are putting up 11 candidates against nine from Party Negara. Four independent candidates are joining these two parties m the contest. Five Alliance members were returned unopposed
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  • 227 10 JOHORE BAHRU Inland THE following are elected members who were returned unopposed to the Johore State Council: Inche Mohd. Yasin bin Abdul Rahman (Kota Tinggi Constituency, UMNO-MCA. Born m Johore Bahru, entered Melbourne University to take up Arts. Acting Secretary General of UMNO. Malaya, since iys3. Inrhe
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  • 1045 10 JOHORE BAHRU Central Inrhe Sulaiman bin Abdul Kahtnan 'Johore Bahru Cenlral Constituency. UMNO-MCA Symbol: Ricksha*. Advocate, solicitor. After obtaining his degree m England m 1939 he returned home to join the Johore Government service. Resigned to practice law m 1947. liiche Sulaiman is a Federal Councillor. Inche
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    • 222 10 m philips^ MUSIC OF MOZART "SVa? 2 IN D M NOR F R "AMD Rudolf Srrkin (Piano), The IMiil jcl.-ipi.. Conductor Eugene Ormandy rp| "sin CONCERTO FOR FLUTE AND ORCHESTRA IN g'mJ CON X C V RT 3°4 F R FLUTE AN ORCHEiTR W 0 MA,o, Hubert Barwahser (Flute). The
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  • 46 11 TWO races at Jpoh on Wednesday show top picture, Determination winniriQ from Punter's Delight and Sir Francis with the rest trailing behind (race 4), and below, Zatopek's big $103 upset victory m Class 1 ditrtfton 2 fiorses over nine fur.— pictures by Scoops.
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  • 369 11 SHB Police Unlucky ARGONAUTS— 2 SHB POLICE— I Salim Abdullah 2. Hassan. Referee HHam AnguUi* LUCK favoured the Argonauts against the SHB Police m the Junior Cup final last night. The Argonauts won the cup but not without allowing the Harbour Policemen to take the honours
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  • 117 11 THE Singapore Hockey Associations first trial wil l De nelcl on Oct. 15. at the Singapore Cricket Crab padang. The two teams selected are as follows Colours: Taylor (Sele* Major Sinclair <SRRA>: Sgt. Sheepwash <GHQ>: P, Pennefather (Police S Vellupillai (Police V. v. Devadas (Police); F.
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  • 27 11 •TOHORE BAHRI\ Fri. Starlight Touring Team beat the Johore Bahru Rovers 6 2 m a friendly soccer rru played at Teprah ground, Johore Bahru. yesterday.
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  • 24 11 SINGAPORE Recreation Club B -titution to a l-l draw m their friendly hockey encounter, which took place on the padung ye
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  • 21 11 Anglo-Chinese School wh I Bartlev Secondary School :i-0 m their Inter-School hockey match at Bart lev Road ye«tcfda>#
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  • 48 11 HONGKONG. Oct. 8 (AFP) The Malayan Chinese soccer team today defeated a Hongkong selection, three goals k> nil, m the visitors' fourth and last game played here. Malaya's first two goals were scored by Pang S: Teck and the third by Aw Boon Seong.
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  • 29 11 TECH S WIN KUALA Lt'MTl'R. Frid Technical College beat Selangor Schools Sports Council 5-1 m a Selangor Hockey Association div. one league tie on the Shaw R ground tod
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  • 120 11 AFTER leading 2-1 for 40 minutes. Royal Navy oracked up to go down by five goals to two when they met the Europeans m a Community league soccer match at Jalan B stadium last night. Europeans opened the scoring m the 19th minute. It came off ;t
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    • 256 11 SITUAIIONS VACANI^ A PPLICATIONS Ir^ invited «v from federal Citizens for tne appointment of Laboratory Assistant m the Medical Department. Johore m the salary scale ?Ki l4/Examination Bar/15Gx 12-240/ Examination Bar/252x12--•^<>o: Special Grade $:J9fixlB-48(i: Superscale $504x24-600 Appointment will be on probation for the first three years. In addition to basic
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    • 162 11 Lil Abner By Al Capp /y LATE- N .G HUMAN Mtfe^fcMjSW gy3| Alley Pop gy f.V. Horn/in I CJKoCJTTtM H's AX. v :7' J^t firiwiHWHniM. tut i- m t v The Heart Of Juliet Jones By Stan Drake <r^f W» V 4. OOV— BAgNgV PlPgg- I TMOU^MT 10 TAX'S 4
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    • 121 11 SPORF§f HOCKEY: SHA League Dir. 1 SRC v RAF Changi at Changi; Dlv. 2 Khalsa sociation v RXAS (Sembaweng) at Naval Base: C bined Schools v Police at Thomson Road. SOCCER: Government Services KO Finals; Junior: Land Office v Marine Dept. "A" at Re tution. Senior: H> *<'pt. v "Woodbridije
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  • 157 12 [Best For Ihe Cold VascJ FORM horses m this race are Captain Valiant, Ryegrass, Scots Grey and Enola Gay while Rippling River and Harwood also merit consideration. My choice is Scots Grey who was running on strongly m his effort over seven furlongs
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  • 194 12 Windsor Lad The Pilot Trundle Hill Scrutineer lIVMII. \i\\ IIAMH. i;\\ AIKMAKK AIKMARK I^ott^h Minstrel fieottlsh Minstrel St-oMb* Minstrel frj \irni.irk M-..ttish Minstrel i>amle Bay NOKIIUKN flKllll -IK IKVMIS MISS WINNIE SKRYNK E BI5 !L ***** 2 1 r:nu is Miss Winnie Northern Clrcnlt Northern Cin.ua Miss Winnie
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  • 1214 12 Race 1: 2.15 p.m.*- Horses Class l, Div. 4— SVfe Furs. Straight 1. Dinna Forget II 4y 9.00 'E.K. Kongsi" Daniels Hartley :;18 Tr^ H.ll "Mining Kongsi" Rw. van Breukelen Mawi y\l Dande Bay K.lO "Prince Stable" Bagbv Bagby 4. 788 Airmark iv so: Newlands Stable" Spencer
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  • 142 12 r a for King Crow, who may im- to via the ten furlongs trip. This X. tinstone gelding tracked Who Rrtrrts n<:u past the top of the si: ip the hunt. The run brought him a lot of uood expect him to head
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  • 1070 12  -  WINDSOR LAD Despite The Much Fancied Sovereign from Ipoh By WITH WEATHER conditions unsettled, the luck of the draw will play an important part m deciding the winner of the Sultan s Gold Vase m the 5i furlongs sprint today, concluding the Perak Turt Club mCe Alt
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  • 23 12 IPOH, Fri. Heavy rain fell last night and barring any further rain, the going for tomorrow will at best be soft.
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