Singapore Standard, 4 May 1955

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  • 15 1 Singapore fe Standard JXV. N<>. 302 SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 1935 it pa<;es is (i:\is
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  • 101 1 Progs To Rope In The Young Party Launches Youth Movement c Progrcs- night in- uth organic Young oung members ithizera of the •-.ded thr meeting. Young j create r among young party." drait rule adoptI U party the age of 30 Progressive ProgresS of 14 111 be members Party. Ing
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  • 96 1 Air India Corrects Report 3 (Rcuter) r India .spokesman re today that the had made an error jrday by saying that only five had been recovered the wreck of the Con- m, Kashrrir Prinr crashed In the South d April 11. error arose from a word In a commu- <
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    46 1 WEA RING her uniform of Chief Ranger. Princess IVlar garet Lsited the Ranger Festival Exhibition held by the Ranger Branch of the Girl Guides Association at Central Hall, West minster. London, S W. Here Princess Margaret is seen arriving at the exh ibition. Mirrorpic.
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  • 73 1 UK Postpones Tests On Salk Polio Vaccine LONDON. May 3. (Reuter) British Medical Rc:h Council announced today that it has decided to i pone the start of small j here on the salk anti-poliomyelitis vaccine. They were to have begun on groups of children In London, Manchester. Glasgow. Belfast. Sheffield
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  • 103 1 ROW OVER OFFICIAL WOMEN' IN BANDUNG JAKARTA, May 3 (UP) A Moslem youth official called on Prime Minister Ali Sastroamidjojo yesterday m connection with newspaper reports that Asian-African conference delegates had been supplied with "official prostitutes The official told newsmen that if the reports were true the government should be
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  • 61 1 NEW DELHL May 3. (Reutcn— Eleven convicts, including a notorious outlaw, have walked out of an Indian prison over, the past month with forged release orders, It was learned today. The forgeries were revealed whr-n ie lease* order? for twci more convicts at
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  • 322 1 Diem Starfs Mop-up Of Rebel Pockets SAIGON. Tucs. (AP) Premier Ngo Dinh Diem's triumphant Nationalist forces pushed their rnop-upof toatte^ed remnaMtaMH^|hc rebel ieavy jiiortan^hd machine^ gun <ftre v began again irr Saigon thk afternoon. t was beUevQd the Govern-* mcnt Army, Eollowing up its i successes against the rebels was
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  • 84 1 MADRID, May 3: (Reulcr) Spain and the United States have signed an agreement on naval aid designed to give Spain a "substantial modern naval fleet." the United States Embassy announced today. The agreement calls for the modernisation of Spanish naval vessels with new armaments, radar,
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  • 66 1 LONDON. May 3, 'Router) —Representatives of 28,000 Central London busmen voted unanimously at a meeting late last night to reject the new summer schedules as "excessive, unwarranted and unacceptable." But their leaders, the Transport and General Workers' Union, appealed to them officially to remain
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  • 46 1 A 40-year-old woman. Ng Choy Kcng, of Sennet Estate, who rented a room m the South Sea Hotel m the morning, was found unconscious m bed last night. Beside her was a bottle of sleeping tablets. She was admitted to the General Hospital.
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  • 27 1 MR. HARRY Pollit. the general secretary of the British Communist Party, left Peking for home by air on Tuesday, the New China News Agency reported.
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  • 90 1 'CONNIE' STARTS TOKYO RUN LONDON, May 3. 'Reutm —The first Constellation service of the British Overseas Airways Corporation between Britain and Japan left here last night for Tokyo. The aircraft's flight marks the first use of about 12 Constellations recently acquired and refitted for first class services by BOAC to
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  • 721 1 NICOLL ORDERS INQUIRY Storm Over Police "Busmen Clash, 50... WORKERS ALLEGE ABUSE OF POWERS 'Must Clear Our Name Says Morris SINGAPORE Governor, Sir John Nicoll, yesterday ordered on inquiry into the circumstances of the Police action against "dismissed" workers of the Hock Lee Amalgamated Bus Company m Alexandra Road last
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  • 103 1 little Wendy Meets A Queen Mother BELGIANS hove fallen m a big way for Britain's young musicians members of the Notional Youth Orchestra who toured Belgium, recently. Their feelings were summed up by Belgium's music-loving Queen Mother, Queen Elizabeth, who told the orchestra's founder and musical director. Miss Ruth Railton:
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  • 205 1 H K Doctor WAS Guilty Of Rape Retrial Jury Convicts Him Again HONG KONG, May 3, (UP)— A Chinese doctor was found guilty m a retrial on rape charges today m Hong Kong's most lurid sex case m years. Dr. N. G. Yuk Kin. 50. had won an appeal against
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  • 133 1 MISS PHANEE YIPINTSOI hobbled out of the Customs hall at Kalians: Airport yesterday on crutches. The 24--year-old attractive Thai pianist, stricken by polio since she was a little girl, is here to give a series of recitals She is no stranger to Singapore having schooled fare for
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  • 145 1 A LAST minute ((Tort to end the 14-day-old dispute between the Hock nalgamated Bus Co.. Ltd.. and the Singapore Bus Workers' Union failed curly this morning m spite of a compromise suggestion that accepted by the Company towards midnight. At 1.30 a.m.
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  • 48 1 LONDON, May 3, < Router > -Sir Anthony Eden, the Prime Minister, today announced a new mea^uro to help the Lancashire co' industry. The purchase tax on nonwoollen cloth and domestic textiles i.s to be completely removed with effect from tomorrow, he told the Hou^j of Commons.
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  • 102 2 BANGKOK, May 3, (Reuter) Thailand today deported to China a further batch of about 30 suspected Communists as part of their campaign to combat I Communist subversion and infiltration. The steamship. Hoi Wong, which left this afternoon tor Bwatow, also carried 1.000 emigrants who were
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  • 59 2 Technicians For China HONGKONG. May 4, vReuter) Three Chinese t r students recently given perlon to leave the United States crossed into China yesterday after bein^ escorted to the border by Hongkong police. The three students, first of a group of 76 technical students allowed to return home, arrived earlier
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  • 252 2 During Debate On Sending Of Troops Here CANBERRA, May 3, (Reutcr)— The Speaker, Mr. Archie Cameron, walked out of the House of Representatives here tonight with several members booing him and the Opposition Labour benches in uproar. The storm broke when one Labour member. Mr. Eddie
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  • 117 2 COMMODITY PRICES p CLOSING rubber prices 1 (cents per Ib) in Singapore yesterday were: Buyers Sellers No I K.SS Spot Loose no 001 No I K.S S fob. May 19] 8!»; No. 87; 87'. No. 3 86] 8lil. Tone: Strady TIN PRICE I he price of* tin yesterday (per picul)
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  • 135 2 BANGKOK. May 3 (Reutcr) —Over 100 delegates from 12 in countries, will attend '.lie 5th regional conference for Asia of the Junior Chamber International which opens here tomorrow The delegates from Burma. Ceylon. Hongkong. India. Japan. Korea. Malaya, the Philippines. Formosa. Singapore, Thailand and
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  • 40 2 JAKARTA May 3 (UP) The Indonesian Cabinet last night approved the citizenship agreement negotiated between Indonesia and Communist China. The agreement will be submitted to Parliament for ratification after the current parliamentary recess ends late this month.
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  • 85 2 More Money For Their Sons' Lives LONDON. .May (Reuter)— British parents whose sons were killed in the forces are to get bigger pensions. The announcement was made in the House of Commons by Mr. Osbert Pcake, Minister of Pensions. Mr Peake announced that the '•basic meani standard" for the parents
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    72 2 Sontt* Fur Cout ELEGANT Paris high fashion model Danielle Saintoin l);irti» ip.itins in the "Beauty and the Beast" Gala in Paris found a fur coat to go with her ensemble on a proud and carefully combed Andes llama which was on its best behaviour. No one. it was reported, got
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  • 152 2 HONGKONG, May 3, (Reuter)— Kussia and other Communist States are to meet in Warsaw on May 11 to discuss questions arising from last November's Moscow conference, at which it was decided to establish a combined military command. This was announced yesterday by the New China News
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  • 95 2 Thrice Bitten But No't Shy CHICAGO. May 3 (AP) A mail carrier who has been bitten by dogs three times was honoured yesterday for saving one in a fire "All dogs do not hate postmen and all postmen do not hate dojjs." observed Raymond Collins as he accepted a framed
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  • 88 2 STOCKHOLM. May 3 (AP) Four- missing Swedish jet fighter planes were discovered today to have crashed in close formation through th« melting icQ.#f'Lake Glottern. An air ♦fjfc^*' officer said "the four riKnes all fell in a line about 2fc yards long." The air fo%e
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  • 102 2 'Variety 1 Of Atom Ships For U.S. WASHINGTON 3 (UP) 1 States fleet v "variety nuclear p ships within n Thl -great p the threshold ol advanced at. surf;, Admiral R made the K written estions following Conqp cisni -dragging ii vertin- to nuclear 4nd was "a 2f ve i
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  • 105 2 Unity Of Afro-Asian Workers LONDON. May 3 Router More ti trade union or£ and Africa ye I irty in Peking rding t o the Agency— M i ted the unity for working cln< in A African nations." Tl itions :a. China, India, Ir. K i Jia, Pak. Tunisia, the Soviet
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  • 31 2 THE Earl of Holmo. Britain's new Relations Secretary, v touring Australia and .ml in t he sumi to visit lri(i n anc Crylon on innounccd in L Rcuter.
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  • 24 2 THE inaugural mi the proposed Bukr ith Club will he he Pci Hwa School 7 Tin .1 on TVlay 7 a: p.m.
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  • 175 2 Case Of The Missing Witness MIAMI. Mav 3, (AP)— Police of three States sought clues yesterday to the mysterious disappearance of Charles Ferri. a government witness in the Albert Anastasia income tax evasion trial, and his wife The Ferris' richly-furnished suburban home northeast of Miami was found splattered with blood.
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  • 178 3 POLICE TIGHTEN HUNT FOR CONVICT OOI Two Raids Draw Blank PENANG, Tues. Police and prison warders carried out a big manhunt m the Thean Tek Road area this afternoon following information that the 26-year old escaped convict, Ooi Ah Hoe was seen there by a Malay last night searching for
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    59 3 KATHIE (17) SEEKS TITLE ITTRACTIVE Miss Kit li,' Robin, 17. is another entrant for the Menorah 1 f>r».V' sponsored by >h youth ition, the Menorah I More than 10 entries i i bet n received iei i r, iii n The II by judeed at lub's first annual
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  • 35 3 h to i must reand 14 to be admitU stated m a circular •\g Univcray to all students it for the enas of the er of epend nber of who enrol.
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  • 33 3 'PUR. Tues.— Thiam Onn, wellngor banker has lent of the I Lxth annual genover the 1 to office are Hock. Cheah Dr. Foo Lum Vice-Pre I and -ul Bong (Secretary).
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  • 160 3 Trapped In Station Wagon, Drowned THE Coroner, Mr. K. T. Alexander, yesterday returned a verdict of misadventure at the inquest on the death of Irving George Larsen, 3rd Officer of the Tyndareus, on April 10 after his station wagon plunged into the sea off the Singapore Harbour Board wharves. The
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  • 114 3 TWO MEN CLAIM AN ALIBI HUSSEIN bin AHMARI and Jueh bin Mohd. Noor were each sentenced to three months imprisonment by the Singapore Sixth Police Court, yesterday, on a charge of being members of an unlawful assembly and ~<g Chiang Tong on March '26 at the junction of MacKenzie and
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  • 145 3 A SCHOOLBOY, Toh Ah 800, 19, who was twice refused passage to China by his father, attempted suicide by drinking a bowl full of antiseptic. This was stated m the Singapore Fourth Poiice Court yesterday, when Toh pleaded guilty to attempted suicide
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  • 32 3 I iK SELAXGOR, Tues |Mr\vciity-seven Indian scout"w from various parts of the Federation attended the first Sfout Wood Badge course m Tamil concluded at the Coronation Camp, Penang, last trsday.
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  • 219 3 Resettlement In Jurong For 38 Families i 400 people who moved from the ea to perconstruction of 5.1. T. estate, will be nmodated m a new merit area m lonth. mostly farmdecided to settle n under the pore Government's re- me, will lli Q th( :r own homes loaned by
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  • 72 3 MALACCA. Tues. Franks Rajoo, 18, who pleaded guilty today to the theft of a bic-yclc from the Land Office Store on April 9, was ordered to be detained at the Telok Mas Advanced Approved School until he reaches the age of 21. Probation Officer. Mr.
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  • 50 3 TAJ PING. Tues.— In aid of their Rest Bunsalow Building Fund, the central branch of the Trained Nurses* Association will hold a gala dance at the Chenwu Hall, Kuala Lumpur, on Saturday, May 7. from 9 P nl to a.m. The Hawaiian Rhythmics band will be m attendance.
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  • 202 3 Boatman Found Guilty Of Murder RAUB. Tues. Ariff bin Ariffin. 17-year-old Temerloh boatman, was today found guilty by the Chief Justice, Sir Charles Mathew of the murder of a Special Constabulary Sergeant, 30-year-old Abdul Majid bin Mat Ariffin. Sir Charles, who convicted Ariff after disagreeing with the "not guilty' verdict
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  • 124 3 LVAL ships carried out a bombardment of terrorist hideouts m South-east Johore last week because that was the easiest way to get at the Reds m this jungle, a Royal Naval Pres s statement states. The area was within reach of the four-inch and 4.5-inch
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  • 82 3 Chambers Joint Farewell Party To Sir John SINGAPORE'S three Chambers of Commerce will jointly hold a cocktail party next Tuesday, May 10. at Raffles Hotel to bid farewell to the Governor. Sir John Nicoll. Sir John leaves Singapore on retirement some time m June. Official guests of the party, which
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  • 50 3 SANTIAGO. Chile. May 8 (AP) Hospitals here were being evacuated yesterday by all the sick who could leave because of a strike staged by most of the employees. The employees demanded back wages and other economic benefits be paid. The hospitals were manned by emergency personnel.
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  • 152 3 S 'PORE MAN FOR COLOMBO PLAN CONFERENCE •s v c p v t y Mr. V.E. V ld whlch tlori of Malaya •ng a r« ma- tive to the conference, but ha.s not yet named him. The talks, Mr. Davies said. fly concern Colombo Pian procedure, with particular 0 the
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  • 125 3 FOUR very important Malayan athletes flew down to Singapore last night wrapped up m a cardboard box. The four are leaving for Natal, South Africa, to attend the South Coast Hibiscus Festival which opens on May 21 and closes at
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  • 73 3 ALOR STAR, Tucs.— A 24--year-old Home Guard. Isa bin MUSE, was today acquitted of a charge of murdering Shafte bin LatifT at Kampong Padang Lallang on Oct. 11. last year, with a shotgun. It was alleged that Horn? Guard Isa had an affair with Shafle's wife
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  • 291 3 GAVE P.C. $60 A MONTH -SAYS SHOP ASSISTANT A SHOP assistant, Tan How Tin, alleged m the Singapore Third Criminal District Court yesterday that he gave a policeman $60 a month whenever he operated a chap ji kee lottery. Tan was giving evidence against P.C. Mohd. Yassin bin Mohd. Isa,
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  • 154 3 IT'S THE NAKED TRUTH OF SIMPLIFICATION A NAKED Marilyn Monroe, m full colour one larger than lite, was projected on a screen at a doctors' meeting m Atlantic City, New Jersey, as a lesson m simplification. It was an enlargement o the famous picture for which Miss Monroe posed before
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  • 55 3 THE body of Capt. D X Jathar. one of the crew members of the 111-f«ted Air India International Constellation, the "Kashmir Princess." which crashed at sea on Easter Monday will be brought to Singapore today aboard an Indonesian naval vessel the Bijan. The body will be cremated
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  • 32 3 I HONGKONG 3 Special Standard Sen ing pnros of the Hongkong lange today w< 13 80 to El sterlii $1827 to n $1; $0. 1 28 Rupiah: Gold >J4.' 7
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    • 30 3 Cent's Casual with Australia i w\\l®^^\ V W^M^ fM rubber soles i m r^- Sixes: 2-7 Spore. Pcnang CS^^^'^X^'^S <^^ < i M Federation $3.20 x 1 JB Borneo $3.50 '^J "3lft< '<
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  • 38 4 $50 FINE FOR BREAKING CURFEW IPOH. Tues. Haron bin Ariffin. Daud bin Said. Wan Chik bin Sha 'Art and Tan bin Sulaiman. were fined $50. each by Circuit Magistrate, Che Mohamed Hassan bin Hussein, for breaking the curfew.
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  • 35 4 A .^9- YEAR-OLD woman, Ix)h Ah Kow. fell 30 feet from the second floor of her home m Tiong Bahru Road last night. Although apparently unhurt she was admitted to the General Hospi:
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  • 28 4 TAIPING. Tucs— The district welfare committee. Larut and Matang. will hold its next meeting at the Sessions Court, Taiping, on Friday, May <J, at 5 p.m.
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  • 303 4 We Must Face It R. R. I. KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. The Rubber Research Institute m Kuala Lumpur warned the industry today that it would have soon to decide how to meet the challenge of synthetic research programmes the objective of which was to make
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  • 81 4 PENANG, Tues.— The honorary secretary. Penang division of the Malayan Trade Union Council. Mr. Ooi Thiam Siew. today issued a challenge to the proponents of the $280 million government grant to the rubber industry for a public debate on the issue. "I maintain that the grant is
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  • 75 4 PEN AXG, Tues A man who was barred from a certain area m Penang under the Emergency reflations. told the Magistrate's Court today that he returned to the area to look for a iob He was Oci Eng Seng. 30. who pleaded guilty to a charge that
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  • 26 4 JOHORE BAHRU, Tues. Chai Yok, a labourer. was fined $300 m the Sessions Court. Kkiang, yesterday for being m possession of chandu smoking utensi
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  • 295 4 Co-operation Of Trio Needed— Smith THE Singapore Assize Court was told yesterday how a series of frauds could be committed on a bank provided there were three people concerned— a ledger clerk, a checker and a customer. This was disclosed by Mr. L. A. J. Smith, prosecuting
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  • 166 4 Third Force' To Fight Fed. Polls KUALA LUMPUR, Tugs. Labour parties and trade unions m the Federation are planning to launch a "third force"' to contest the forthcoming Federal Elections against the powerful tripartite Alliance and Party Negara on a completely socialistic platform. This "force," to be known as either
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  • 256 4 Notice Of Appeal Given A 13-year-old boy, Ng Kirn Iluat, who was sleeping m a lonely hut after closing his mother's pinball business at 11.30 p.m. on Feb. 9, was awakened by an Indian the next morning, a Singapore Criminal Court was told yesterday. The
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  • 158 4 Home Guard Gets Medal For Valour SEIEMBAN. Tues. A Kuncnalu. a member of the Ulu Bernam Home Guard, was today awarded the Ins-pector-Generals Certificate and Badge of Valour for "initiative and resourcefulness" m operations against Communist terrori. I The Negri Sembilan Government also gave him $250 m cash, m appreciation
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  • 78 4 MALACCA. Tues. Horace de Witt. 29. a former employee of the Malacca branch of the Singer Sewing Machine Co., today claimed trial m the Sessions Court to a charge of criminal misappropriation of $330 belonging to the firm. De Witt also claimed trial to a charge
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  • 64 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. The Dato Pengawa Permatang Sri Paduka Maha DiJaya, Dato Ismail bin Mat Shah, 57. died early on Sunday m Kampong Kuantan. He was an active organizer of sports and socials. He was formerly a magistrate m Ipoh. The funeral. the biggest ever seen
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  • 31 4 MALACCA, Tues. The Malacca Estate Staff Union will hold its Sixth Annual General Meeting at the Malacca Indian Association. Bahda Hilir. Malacca, on Sunday, May 8. at 11 a.m.
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  • 46 4 >\\\\\vv \\\\\\\\v THE Acting; Resident 2 Commissioner, Penang, Mr. I). Gray, presents a Z certificate of naturali- 2 zation as citizen of the 2 United Kingdom and I Colonies to Miss Leong Wai Yin at a ceremony at the Residency last Saturday. A\\\\\\l\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\*
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  • 140 4 PENANG, Tues.— An official of a death benefit society, alleged m the Sessions Court today that 15 days after he had advanced $100 to a nominee, who claimed that his wife was dead, he saw the wife alive at a women's and children's clinic.
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  • 63 5 MR. ERNEST MONTEIRO Of Kuala Lumpur, son of the late Mr. and Mrs Benedict Monteiro, with his bride Miss Katherine Danker after their wedding at the Church of Our Lady of Lourdos, Klanff last week. The bride is thp daughter of Mr. Robert Danker and the late Mrs
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  • 150 5 Protest Over An Award KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. A protest may be made to the ration Government by the Government Services Staff ncil against the award of a ombo Plan" scholarship to xpatriate officer of the Department of Broadcasting in Kuala Lumpur, The Standard learnt today. ie oflirer is Mr. David
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  • 84 5 NO FITNESS CERTIFICATE -FINED $100 IPOH, Tues.— 5. Nadarajah of Jalan Bendahara, was fined a total of $100 by Magistrate Captain SaHeh this morning when he pleaded guilty to charges of operating a stone crushing plant in Gopeng Road without a certificate of fit r from tho Machinery Department and
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  • 72 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Forty six year -old Sardara Singh today claimed trial before the First Magistrate to charges of voluntarily causing hurt to two compatriots of the same name, of Bak>i Singh. He was alleged to have lashed out with a knife at the men at the
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  • 73 5 HE Kamaru] Ariffin bin Mohamed Yassin, a jormcr of the Victoria Institution, Kuala Lumpur, and the Abu Bakar School, Menlakab. was presented to the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh recently. Kawarul Ariffin, who is a law student m the a kingdom, is a representative
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  • 392 5 33 M oaths Detention For Two Soldiers FAMILY worries led two British soldiers to crime. This was stated by defending officer, Capt. T. G. Badham, m his plea of mitigation at yesterday's Court Martial. The soldiers were Trooper Francis Connor, 21, and Gunner John Edgar Reast
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  • 45 5 QUI Van Soon pleaded guilty m the Singapore City Police Court yesterday to a charge of driving his taxi m a reckless manner at New Bridge Road on Feb. 11. Uo was fined $20 by the Magistrate, Mr D.C. D'Cotta.
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  • 143 5 She Had Her Last Wish Granted IPOH, Tues.— An 82-year-old Chinese woman. Madam Heng Meow Hoc. had her last wish m life granted shortly before she died yesterday. A staunch Buddhist who returned from China three years ago, the late Madam Heng had requested the family to let her die
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  • 71 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. A second-hand goods dealer. Chan Fong Ngai. 32. was today fined $100 by the Second Magi -'rate before whom he plcadi ed guilty to a charge of carrying 'out an unauthorized transaction. It was said that he dealt m copper wire when his
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  • 46 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Yook Seong Hin, 46, today pleaded guilty before the Second Magistrate to a charge of being m possession of two turkeys believed to have been stolen. Sentence was postponed to May 10 and Yook was allowed bail of $100.
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  • 37 5 MR. KOH YEW CHYE of 374 Joo Chiat Road. Singapore, is not the person with the same name who was reported m last Sunday Standard as having been charged m court for illtreating a dog.
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  • 103 5 2 American Warships Due Shortly THE "Baltimore" Class heavy cruiser. Los Angeles, of the United States Navy, m company with two destroyers, the Spraston and Walker, are expected m Singapore on May 25 The vessels are expected to remain m the Colony lor a few Hays to take on provisions
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  • 96 5 IPOH. Tues. The manager of Messrs. Boustead and Co.. Ltd.. (Perak branch), Mr. D. W. G. Gilmour, wh< the honorary secretary of the Perak Turf Club Sports Club. leaves here with his family on Thursday for England on a sixmonth home leave. Mr. Gilmour has
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  • 70 5 THE funeral of the ate Mr. Lee Chion Tuan, J.P.. took place at the Lee family burial ground m Singapore yesterday. Mr. Lee. who was a former Municipal Commissioner, died at the age of 75 after a long illm He was founder and director of nany local
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  • 44 5 KOTA BHARU. Twos. A 14-year-old girl. Mck .Tah. living at Pasir Mas, toriav to!d Police that she was attacked and raped by an unknown man. Doctors at the Kota Bharu pita! who examined her certified that she had been outraged.
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  • 202 5 PENANG, Tues.— The distribution of "red packets" to poor homes and a mammoth flower and flag procession will be the main features during the Wesak Day celebrations here. As m previous years, thousands of Buddhists will embark on a three-day programme of celebrations commencing
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  • 57 5 FOUR men were fined a total ol $60 m the Singapore City Police Court yesterday when they pleaded guilty to using thoir motor lorries with )ired licences. The four men were Yacob bin Jaafar and Tan Seng Hock who were fined $10 each, and Yeo Ah
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  • 54 5 80 Days To Vacate Land JOHORE BAHRU, Tups Yap Chin Choon, who was In unauthorised occupation of State land was ordered m the Magistrate's Court today to quit it within 80 days. Yap was given notice to varate the land m January 1954. ]le was ofTerod an alternative Bite, but
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    72 5 pnoio THE Singapore Parsi Commuflity gave a dinner party last iceek, m honour of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Bhabhn (a Parsi business magnate) who are on a I'isit to Malaya, at ihe residence of Mr. and Mrs. Medora m Tanglin. Among those present irere Mr. and Mrs.
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  • 183 5 'HIS MISTRESS HAD A SON" PKNANG, Tues.— A young, pretty sehool-teaoher, Khoo Swee Chew, petitioning for a divorce, m the High Court today, said that she tame to know that her husband's mistress, Eu Ah Chit, gave birth to a male child on Aug.
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  • 77 5 JOHORE BAHRU c, Cpl. M. K. c samy, was sentenced i the Sessions Court, months' imprisonn charges of acceptim $5 i respectively from one Ho Sec Wan The money was paid, it stated, as an md to Uovindasamy, who had 18 years' service m the Police
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  • 31 5 taipi" annual ficr t he Pcr.ik Ad;. fiiition will Ihe Stair Council Chamber, Ipoh, on Sunday, May 19 ai 10 The association p 80 now classes m the
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    • 327 5 DIABETES IiIBUUNA aiti-diabctic t hli t, promote a prDgrestlb( reduction of su*ar m ff blood and urine. Re--1 „r administration of f BILINA increases ipr.nrr to carbohydrates nd permits of relaxation a d iho diabrtic. diet, i //.rrr nre imitations on Z tnnrhrt bnv the bottle l i,r "I Lobulinm
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    • 62 5 A AMES of FAME i Stockists: Ban Hoe Co., Ltd. 191 Middle Rd. Lav Lee Co., 591 Geylang Rd. Sole Agents; KYLE, PALMER CO., LTD. 83 f Victoria Street, Singapore. t«»Np k ..-JLA^^*^™ I ii *^b- Mit (0 jLy i tMTl«ltt\mT < ll»M M*OI AT ST. ANOMW MTt L I
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    • 867 5 iSt&nclfrrd &4lmcLnac Information at a Glance HjNGAPORE mg~r 9 H*F^^^ *3m g* mT M^^M^mJ 7% mW Pm_^+*m M 5k WilllibwT._ Illstssl Uff K^^\K^ «I I It: Weekly meeting at Ca Blue Room, l pm. I'l Itl.lC RELATIONS: Mobile >i!m lows jt Mandai Quarry. l«>( H: weekly meei;nß (Womena MJ at
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  • Singapore Standard
    • 696 6 'HINESE parents today are faced with the Communist subversion of their children. The dramatic dash of fathers from upcountry to the Singapore wharves or to Hong Kong to effect last minute rescues of their sons and daughters from Communist tentacles provides evidence that the 'brainwashing' has been
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    • 1058 6 r JUIE situation m South Vietnam seems to have gone out of control with several factions fighting one another. The strangest part of the whole attair is the head of the state, Bao Dai, seems to be most unconcerned with that is happening m his country. Though
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  • 220 6 THE NEWS AS IT STRIKES ME rpHERE are those who, A while claiming to belong to the country and professing to be greatly concerned about its future, act and talk differently, paving the way for the day when they would triumphantly hand it over to ideologies they have cherished secretly.
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  • 324 6 Review of Views New Policy Wanted |CIN CHEW JIT POH calls for a new educational policy for Singapore on the basis of equality for all vernacular school*. Before World War II the daily recalls, the attention of the government was centred on the development 1 of English schools for the
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  • We the PEOPLE
    • 191 6 Sir, Many pin-ball stalls and establishments given permits to operate m Singapore have turned to open gambling. The operators know definitely well without betting their business would not make profits. Thousands of dollars have been gambled away by the "suckers" and what happens to these amounts of money.
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    • 616 6 Sir; One of the greatest social injustices done to the public by the previous atiye Council was the introduction of the Central Provident Fund Ordinance at a time when there was no elected majority m the council. The object of the Ordinance is
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    • 39 6 5 Sir; —If there are Chinese C- Seamen's Unions mi n SingaJ pore, then why m the name £of fortune. are Chinese j seamen m the local ships only getting seventy dollars a month? T.I). RICHARDS, i Singapore.
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    • 414 6 Sir. May I add a "foot- note" to symposiums of the East -West Society on multi- linguism m Singapore's government organs? A multi-lingual system, j when disagreed, must have reference to the people and the times it seeks to serve. At present all public men m Singapore read,
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    • 213 6 Sir; The present situation in Singapore is very puzzling to the simple-minded. We have our first elected Government and therefore are further along the road to "Freedom" whatever that may mean. But we have a Bus Company anxious to continue its services, 200 employees able and willing
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    • 222 6 Sir; With reference to your editorial m the last Sunday Standard under the heading "White Collar' Danger", I agree with you that "more trade and techriicaJ schools are needed to ccter for many more hundreds of boys who will be leaving school every year." Year by year m
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    • 127 6 r a t? vr 41 tackle the problem aged chiMrcn obtain admi Today ren from p< m I out i \y not j come bad bata m futi There are 15 Go ondary S of which only one sch< used for both I and afternoon session* the other
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  • 95 7 56 Miles Was As Far As They Got fried To Prove a Legend But... California. The U.S. C 10 feet i -(lawn tiled a rend four from a leaking along the i to drift w\t6 and igrtly, the Baker, rch elder, by radio for ike the he could make ashore,
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  • 60 7 VP) mr. face r playing mamr Peruvian na- i s being May Day religii 28, Roger and Robert Baout on the i here noon nnd start- mbos md other hile a religious ntering the 1 Fi to the Peruvian nan ended a
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  • 24 7 M (UP)— v landowner and ficiala were [to the believed n dollars. the een made by «:ms f It w
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  • 149 7 iu\l>()\, May 3 (Reuter)— The British Commu--1 Party said today the great issue m the May 26 m l election was whether there was to be peace Id war waged with atom and hydrogen bombs. The Party, whirh has had no members m the House
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  • 49 7 Another Bid To Film Buddha's Life 3 (UP) being life of Budlon Governknown its project, it 'oday. A. Ratnating of the '•il that i for Ceylon's i d film. by Dr. G.P. I president of t. n of Bud■ll the life on Xhr d when informed of S ith-(
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  • 16 7 iP>— Red I all foreign rnlll--1 a near the Interior agency
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  • 40 7 WASHINGTON. May 3 (UP) President Eisenhower yesterday awarded the United States Legion of Merit to Field Marshal Puang Pibul Songgram for the Thailand Prime Minister's "significant" contribution to the United Nations war effort m Korea
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  • 59 7 LONDON ndord London Correspondent pflCei tub V 3 The fol| owing ore the closing LONDON Yubler 011 L nd n M fkCr Spot V 261 d. prfif life LONDON TIN Spot £709 10s. buyers, £710 10s. sellers. Three months £712 10$. buyers, £713 sellers. Settlement prices:
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  • 519 7 One Week To Restore The First Lady, Premier Told Pakistani Women A*e Up In Arms, And It's KARACHI, May 3 (Reutcr)— The newlyformed League for Women's Rights yesterday threatened civil agitation if Pakistan Prime Minister Mr. Mohammed Ali, who recently took his former :etary a s a second wife, failed
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  • 206 7 SEATO Talks Deadlocked MANILA. May 3 (Reuter)— A meeting of the South-east Asia Treaty Organizations military planners at Baguio m the Philippines was yesterday reported deadlocked on a dispute over the equipping of the proposed SEATO armed forces. The United States. Britain and France were said to
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  • 146 7 GENEVA, May 3 (AP)— The Netherlands urged the Intergovernmental Committee on European migration yesterday to enlarge its mandate and move thousands of Dutch citizens m Indonesia to newhomes. Dr. Bastiaan W. Haveman. Dutch Commissioner of Emigration, said there was no reason why these Dutch
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  • 77 7 GENEVA, May 3 (Reutcr) Plans to move thousands or European migrants to other countries are being held up by slow operation of the United States programme to take m refugees, an official report said yesterday It gave warning that the 1955 target of moving 143.000
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  • 64 7 HUNTINGTON, West Virginia. May 3, (AP)— One instrument has been banned m the High School band val opening here on Thursday. Festival Music Director Leland Arnold announced: "The bandmasters Tiave announced they will confiscate all water pistols found m the possession of band members." The pistols
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  • 145 7 WASHINGTON. May 3 (AP> Governors of 45 States were told yesterday that a single nuclear weapon can totally devastate 80 square miles of territory. They promptly pleaded for more Federal help m handling civil defence. The Civil Defence Administrator, informed the Governors of the widespread
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  • 16 7 A LANDSLIDE buried five workers building a tunnel at Cavazzo Carnico, Italy, yesterday. Reuter
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  • 173 7 Second Pulitzer Award For William Faulkner NEW YORK. May 3 (UP).— The Pulitzer Prize for distinguished fiction m 1955 was awarded to William Faulkner for his "A Fable." an allegory based on life m the World War I trenches m France Faulkner also won a Pulitzer Prize m 1949 for
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  • 59 7 photo BRITISH screen and stage star Sir Laurence Olivier wears costume as Kin? Richard 111 (the leading role m his latest film) as he poses for a portrait by Salvador Dali, the Spanish surrealist painter, at Sheppcrton Studios. London. Dali said it is possible that lobsters
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  • 152 7 MADRAS, May 3 (Reuter)— Mr Krishna Menon, India's United Nations representative, who has been invited to Peking; to discuss Formosa with the Chinese Communists said here last night that unless the problem of Formosa was solved "we may destroy one another." Public opinion In China
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  • 73 7 LONDON. May 3, (Reuten —Film stars Trevor Howard and David Lodge filming: scenes for "Cockleshell Heroes" were nearly drowned m Portugal, Columbia pictures reported here yesterday. A spokesman for the Company said they were m a canoe which overturned on the River Tagus. Lodge wearing a
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  • 62 7 ALBANY, New York. May 3 (AP)— Gov. Avcreil Harriman yesterday signed a Bill designed to sweep horror and sex-rilled comic books from the newstands m New York State. The new law will go into cflect on July 1. Violators will be subject to jail sentences
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  • 91 7 The Princess Inspects West Yorks SOUTHAMPTON. May 3 (Reuter) The Princess Royal as their Colonel-in-Chief inspected at Southampton docks yesterday the 670 officers and men ot the First Battalion, the West Yorkshire Regiment on its return home from 26 years overseas duty. The troops with their families a total of
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  • 66 7 CANNES. May 3. (AP)— ExEmperor Bao Dai of South Vietnam missed his pigeon shooting on Monday. When he drove to the usual place, just behind the villa of French Communist boss Maurice Thorez, he spotted the automobiles of npapermen who were waiting to question him.
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  • 247 7 LONDON, May 3 (Reuter)— British Broadcasting Corporation officials were alleged m the High Court here yesterday to have accepted bribes to keep radio showman Hughie Green off the air. Mr. Green, 35-year-old former Canadian air force pilot, claimed there had been an "unlawful and
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  • 29 7 HEAVY rains helped firemen put out a forest fire that has been blazing m Eastern Hokkaido for five days. More than 10,000 acres were burned AP
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  • 36 7 RADIO Peking said yesterday that 39 persons were killed and 142 injured m a two-minute earthquake that hit the plateau city of Kaneting on March 14. Kani: is on the Sikang-Tibet plateau. UP
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  • 165 7 Vote For Hughes All Three Of Them HOLYIIKAI). W«l May 3 (Rcuter) Most of Xnglcscv, the northwest tip of Wales, will be plastered with "Vote for Hughes" hills by May 2b, polling day In the general election, and not just because Hughes is the name of the pre sent Labour
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  • 82 7 LONDON, May 3 (AP) The mounting number of deat m lung cancer is causing "very great concern" m Britain. Health Mir. Lan MacLeod told the H of Commons on Monday. He said, 16.332 prjple d from lung cancer In 1954— a rise of nearly 10 per
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  • 41 7 MEXICO CITY, May 3. (AP) A new express train carrying officials and n< men on the inaugural run to the Guatemalan border derailed yesterday near Lomu Bonita. m Oaxaca State. A woman passenger was reported seriously hurt.
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  • NEWS IN PHOTOS
    • 93 8 LEFT: Any reason af all for singing is a good reason to the people of Wales and whot better reason could there be than a visit from the Duke of Edinburgh to Fcrnhill Colliery, Rhondda Valley? The Duke, who had earlier presented a Charter of incorporation
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      38 8 Radiant Beauty photo. MADELEINE BANNISTER, wearing a white satin dress decorated with an orchid, arrives at the Piccadilly Theatre, London, to attend the first night of Amnri. can musical "Jazz Train." Madeleine is a professional ice skater.- AP
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      67 8 ABOVE: Elfrida Eden, 14-year-old niece of Sir Anthony Eden, the Prime Minister, practices for the society production "The Lights Wen Amber" which opens ot Portsmouth this summer. In it, she dances a Can* Can and a ballet Pas-dc-deux. Her father is thePrimt Minister's brother, Svt Timothy Eden, and
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    • 48 8 SHE'S MAD ABOUT WIMALS LEFT: Her name is Lillemore Knudsen, 20, and the came raman found her at Chessington Zoo, Surrey. Why was she at the zoo? Blonde Lillemore, who was born m London of Danish parents, explained: "I'm mad about animals, so I often come here." Mirrorpic.
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    • 88 8 Women Are A-Bomb 'Guinea Pigs' BELOW: Seven women rehearse the huddle they will go into m a trench only two miles from on A-bomb blast scheduled m the Nevada Desert. Left to right: Mrs. Lydia Durst of Silver Spring, Maryland; Mrs. Shirley Smith and Mrs. Carmen Goad, both ot Oakland,
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  • Hollywood Merry Go Round
    • 112 9 i n holds an undisputed niche he ainment iger, actor r of ceremo,.*an work m motion :n "Follow .md "Poor Little Among the outm musicals m ppeared for Id Girl." ds Roll By" His icals for the II the Deck" appearance m Heart." ling a song." anyone—
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    • 264 9  -  -by Ann \NN Blyth probably has sung at more religious benefits than any other star m Hollywood. At her most recent one she talked instead of sang. It created a sensation. When she finished most of the 1.500 people present asked for a copy of her talk.
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    • 97 9 Now She'll Be ZULEIKA now m id at Columbia production ambitious new "Joseph And Brethren/ 1 Rita Columbia's contract acstar as Poti- Zuleika. film is to be by talented eminger. "Joseph .ad His Brethren" will d m Technicolor and Cinema Scope. Clifford Odets, who is and ha
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    • 497 9 The Best 10 Beauties Thru' the Lenses 30 years of photographing thousands of beautiful women. Clarence Sinclair Bull, ace M.G.M. portrait artist, picks his 10 4< MOST INTERESTING WOMEN" he has ever photographed. His list "the order of choice is not significant." Bull says: AVA GARDNER, LANA TURNER, ESTHER WILLIAMS.
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    • 200 9 J^OGER Moore is England's latest gift to Hollywood motion pictures. The handsome and personable young man was signed to a contract by M-G-M following an outstanding screen test m New York. He made his Hollywood film debut m "The Last Time I Saw Paris" with Elizabeth Taylor
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    • 101 9 WHAt THE STARS DO OR SAY IN BETWEEN FILMS HERE ARE THE LATEST IN PRINT JANE Powell and husband Pat Ncrney will be separated for the first time since their marriage last November when Jane goes to Florida for a singing engagement. Arrangements are now being made
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    • 81 9 I LANA Turner, 108 pounds of curves, will cover them with more than 1.100 pounds of clothes m her next film. "No justice," smiles the blonde star, whose figure boasts a 35-inch bust. 31--i Inch hips and 22-inch waist. But m "Dianne," her i forthcoming M-G-M starring
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    • 291 9 The SCREAM That's Heard A Mile REMEMBER KING] KONG? Remember the fair-haired beauty he held atop the Empire State Building? Yes, FAY WRAY she was, the girl with the wonderfully rhyming name! For the bencnt of those who feared for Miss Wray m the clutches of King Kong and other
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    • 328 9  - The 'Monster Girl' FAY WRAY Bob Thomas Ai D/'^"u\w ford stole my bridegroom on the eve of our wedding." she said. "Next I go to Warners to play a former film star and wife of a gang loader m the 'The Darkest Hour"' "AIISS WRAY'S fim ifj. career goes Dack
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    • 133 9 Asians ln New Movie Director William A. Weliman described "Blood Alley" a s the only bilingual film" being shot m Hollywood. Wellman painted a word picture of the forthcoming scene m English to his nearly 200 Chinese extras, many of whom do not speak English. Then he stood back while
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 149 9 l'l {I w 13. But the clergy m mixed county may not be (7) 14. Form of address to some ACti officials (7) 15. In the roll I become jofr«>m Tenny- ally convivial (7) 16. Girl m long time is mean importar.ee m 17. Detect the re-arranged river (4) (g)
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  • Article, Illustration
    77 10 qwerewr AMONG Urn exhibits vln»u m thi> office vii»Ue it section .it the It i- iii.k liiik- iMiMiiijr trolley, each section of the rover of which is iiimmtiMi on rollers and is ;M) j n Kfcr.il part of tin- whole The trolley shown here is easy to handle and easy
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  • 162 10 Bid To Spur Our Trade In Timber MALAYA'S stall at flic British Industries Fair, which opened m London on Monday, showed a icidc selection of timbers m an effort to spur the trade now that terrorist activities m the jungles have been curbed, steles a Renter report. The 8.1. F.,
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  • 90 10 RUBBER consumption m Canada dropped slightly m from the peak reached m 1953, Mr. Grcig B. Smith, General Manager of the Rubber Association of Canada, said at the Association's annual meeting m Toronto. Smith said consumption m 1954 was 71,645 tons, about 1.750 tons less than
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  • 17 10 SAVINGS m Britain last month wore £6.000 million the best for seven years.
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  • 170 10 QUIET condit revailed sections of the Singapore produce market yesterday no I reported. Coconut oil sellers at Penang indicated $143 per picul on a dull market. COPRA Holiday. Cutler Bath Co. Ltd. prices. MAY 11 a.m. S'JS $:8i Noon $28 $28) 4 p.m $273 $28 5 p.m
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  • 163 10 A NEW YORK bankerindustrialist has suggested that American bankers make "character loans" to businessmen of the Far East and consider entering into "partnership relations" with them. Mr. Arthur S. Klecman. President of the Colonial Trust Company and Chairman of the Board of
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  • 56 10 JAPAN will continue to be a major buyer of wheat and barley on the international market for a number of years to come. The forecast is based on studies of Japan's import needs. The Japanese population is growing much more rapidly than its agricultural
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  • 165 10 BOTH Malayan industrials and tin shares registered further falls m quotations on the Malayan share market yesterday. Prices closed barely steady at the lower levels. Interest continued m selective rubber thai Price changes announced by the Malayan Sharebrokers' Asation yesterday were: INDUSTRIALS Burn- filers Fed.
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  • 167 10 MALAYAN Collieries Ltd. is now operating at a profit and the financial results should be satisfactory, according to I. A. Russell Co.. Ltd., Secretaries, m a statement to shareholders. Sales of coal have been maintained at a rather higher level than was anticipated at the end
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  • 63 10 COTTON production m Burma for the crop year 1953-54 amounted to about 95.000 bales (500 pounds gross). By March 1954 the crop had all been sold through use of a system of weekly and fortnightly tenders. The bulk of Burma's crop was exported to Japan,
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  • 95 10 Standard Shipping Reporter THE lig Merchantman yester- ,1, day took the damaged British freighter Eastway m tow on .he tot le. of M, voyage to Hongkong from India. Damaged of! Mormugoa recently. w£ en it 4 slruck u a submerged obstruction, the freighter was
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  • 370 10 Finance And Commerce To Co-ordinate Research Standard Staff Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. The Federation of Malaya will attend the forthcoming Commonwealth Cacao Conference m London, to co-ordinate with other regions her intensive research on manuring, me thods of cultivation and varieties of the potential "third
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  • 108 10 THE British shipping industry is bomg "slowly strangled by taxation and Government ineptitude," according to the annual report of the Mercantile Marine Service Association published m London yesterday It declared: "All is not i with British sh-.pping. Owners are trying to compete m world trade with a quota
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  • 22 10 TOTAL exports of rubber, all grades to all countries, from Singapore and the Federation during April, amounted to 85.(>0f> tons.
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  • 132 10 Russians Buying Rubber Report UNCONFIRMED reports of Russian buying were still current m the Singapore rubber market yesterday. Quietly steady conditions prevailed yesterday, first rubber for May shipment closing at 893 cents per lb., a drop of cent on Monday. Moderate bu> was reported during the day but towards the
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  • 82 10 Bidding For GR-S Factory THE U.S. Ru Facilities Disposal ha.s announced m Washinj it had received nine bids to buy the GR-S Cop. factory at Bay town This wa- one of three synthetic rubber factories operated by tho Government since World War II but not the C ;on to private
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  • 137 10 N.S. Oil Palms: Gross Profit Of $143.64 NEGRI Sembilan Oil Palms Ltd.. which reported a gross profit of S l 4 ."-I (3 4 1 last year. has a balance remaining of $b"29,464 after providing for income tax, fees, and the payment of seven per rent, i dend on the
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  • 130 10 U.S. Trade Official Leaving MR. Pinup (MX since earlj 1 >nomic and of Ike Ameri< General m Sim. family board th, i Saturday, to sail Morning for 1 1 < I stopover th, th< aboard the Presidrat n land for Sal I Followinf bosM rix Redlands Californi will go to
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    13 10 A I planned m I': I dia. P I I Mr.
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  • 52 10 THE new N. Y. K. line freighter passenger vessel, Sagami Maru. which is due m Singapore on her maiden voyage m the near future. The ship, which has been built m the light of modern techniques. is the latest addition to the fast expanding N.Y.K. line's
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  • 39 10 OF all potati nsumed by people of the United States, about 15 per rent #are now bought as prepared or partially prepared food. About twothirds of the commercially pro- <[ potatoes reach the consumer as potato chips. qwerwer
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    • 1069 10 NOTICES TENDKSB FOR JOHORE GOVERNMENT HOSPITALS rpENDERS In duplicate ai J invited for the supply o foodstuffs firewood and char coal and carrying out burial n to hospitals m the Johor r State. 2. The terms of the contrac > is for 6 months beginning Is July, 1955. Particulars am
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    • 115 10 NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA Spore P. S ham Esan Maru for Osaka Kobe Yawata Yokohama 27/28 May Saga mi M.iru for Aden. Alexandria Genoa, blanca. London, Antwerp, Rot- k E lam. Hamburß 10/12 May Encho Maru tor Rangoon Ctutta- Rong Calcutta 5/6 June Akita Maru tor Hong Kong. Manila, I Kote
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    • 81 10 OITFR ROADS Tai Foo Sck, Tyndarcus. TcfMaru TV Maersk, Soo Ming, Hai Hing. Di cldorf. Hem Hoyer. INMR ROM)^ I. im Ann. Aik Li I[< Lucky Trader, Daryel. Lak N w Susanna, i/altcx 9:5. KamScmenyih. Hanthale, Sum pitan. Sadao. Petaling, Kirn Heap Hu 8 II H. >VII.\R\ I S Bcllcrophon
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    • 782 11 ;^LO-FRENCH TRADING CO., LTD. "581/4 132/6 Robin.on Road l JJ THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE NORTH AMERICAN SERVICE u|,fi«. Montreal 80- ton. New York, Balt.more, Philadelphia Cult Forts r« HJ S por. P. Sham Penang N y Cdns. 2S/24 tr 9/16 lun. 17 |un. 18 Z^L n< S2S .I: 12/18 U
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    • 981 11 Tel: 2405 MANSFIELD «c CO., LTD. Tel: 241; Sh?p lln€g> tlncorpwattd m Singapore) |12 limi o. P P t." THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE Carrier, option to P'oce.d v.a other port, to load and flllllljl MM SAILINGS to LIVERPOOL, CLASCOW. LONDON b CONTINENT SincaM** Dv Sails F. Sham Penang Atreui for
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    • 823 11 MITSUI ypi LINE S'po P. Sham Penong FOR JAPAN from Indio Hokubasan Moru trom Calcutio Rangoon tor Moii. Yokohama 1 2 May Oeson Maru, from Bomboy, for Hongkong. Kobe Moji, Yokohama 23/24 Moy 21 May FOR JAPAN rrorr Continent Awojison Moru «or Yokohoma. M O |i. Kob«, vio Saigon. Bangkok.
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    322 12 Hollywood's reputation for glamour is m no small measure due to the fact that the stars look well-dressed and soigne on as well a s off the sot. Janet Leigh, who stars with Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis m Paramount's "Living It Up," likes casual clothes for daytime.
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  • 193 12 STYLES for the STARS THERE is a style for every woman, and Hollywood stars are careful to dress m accordance with the type which best suits them, whether Dame Fashion decrees pencilslim or flared lines for the current silhouette. Janet Leigh favours tho pencil-slim effect, but sometimes softens this straight
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  • 921 12  -  Eleanor Richey Johnston By Written for The Christian Science Los Angeles. TF a lemon could speak x to Mrs. America, it would say. '"Before you r saw me. I went to the beauty parlor and got the worn This is the impression that a trip through
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    • 64 12 7/ie wor/c/ famous family of TIGER medicinal products ■FT- CHEE THONE SAN Provides Instantaneous relief for Toothache, Earache, Stomach ache, Muscle Pain, Indigestion, Backache, Colds, Sore Throat, etc. ENG AUN TONG THE TIGER MEDICAL HALL DIAMOND AND GEM SET ENGAGEMENT WEDDING RINGS .1 wMm ilu>i<4' o/ Simtmm mul < 5
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  • 249 13 lock Plays Havoc LONDON, Ma> 3, (Reutcr)— Tony Lock (Surrey) lohnnv Wtrdle (Yorkshire) both leftarm Test ]crSi wtrt In t"w form for their counties m today's ;j, cricket programme. that rcs- I oCk took 82. 'liree n fl n I four. icir first r second trp
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  • 43 13 MAYFLOWER B.P. OFFICIALS neral Rower B.P Mowing 1 i b< ii e-Pr« {l^ re-elect- i Teck. "i, < re- Lum, (re- (ro- m, (ref (luiin. Aik Koon. g Soon, Hon. Hon Sporta Hon 1r« isurcr Mr Hon. \-sistant: preWan ig He Seng Bock was
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  • 33 13 n Mong O'.d Boya A nation failed to turn up for their S.A.F.A. D; :he Junior AthAssoriation which whs ■cheduled to be played at the •al Union ground \x?sterriny.
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  • 65 13 THOMAS CUP BOMBAY. May 3: (Reuter) The Indian badminton team. winners of the Asian Zone final of the Thomas Cup, have ted the following team to meet the United States, winners of the American Zone final, m Singapore on Ma and 25 T. N. Seth
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  • 62 13 "The following will represent the Shell Sports Club at cricket againsi the Johore Cricket Club on Saturday May 7. at the Johore Civil Service Ground, wickets pitched at 2.15 p.m. C. Harris (Captain) I. Goonasegaram. J. Maughan. L. Fencott. J. Cop^nd. R. Farthing, E. Kruseman, P. Cottrell
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  • 48 13 TIIK Klanff High School BufcetbaU team winner of the Youth (up v\ ith their trophy. Standing at extreme left is Mr. Kenny Yap. the master m (harse, and on the extreme ri?ht i s Mr. Teh Choi Hen*, the president. Picture by Chng Seng Poh.
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  • 316 13 Moore Is Now Top Contender For Marciano LAS VEGAS Nevada, May 3, (Reuter) Archie Moore, world light heavyweight champion beat N no he a re e fas°t f Sht'. P intS i^i^i ou bout Vaides ranked number one contender for Rocky Marciano's world heavyweight crown burst into tears when referee
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  • 273 13 SINGAPORE Cricket Club scored an easy 4—o victory over Bingapore Recreation Club m a Colony Division 2A league .soccer match played on the Padang yesterday. Club who .showed much more promise this season than they did m the past year when they were demoted from
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  • 434 13 Miss Good Chances S B A --T? I SINGAPORE "A"— 2 r'h Va^l' Sahm and E P Stc Vhcnson and Tommy Chow Tien Chong. Misson Mr. L.T.A. Pegler referccd: SINGAPORE Business Houses Football Association scored a well deserved 4-2 victory over a Singapore "A" team m a
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  • 201 13 JOLLILADS Athletic Union held the Cosmos Sports Club to a I—l draw m a SAFA Division 3A League match played at the Geylang Stadium yesterday. Both teams who were awarded a penalty each failed to convert. Cosmos dominated the play for the
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  • 287 13 Poh Lim Down With Mumps Is Not Training PREPARATION for the defence* of the Thomas Lup has started m earnest. Last night at the Singapore Badminton Stadium six of the seven chosen— ng Peng Soon (Captain). Eddie Choong, Ooi Hock, Lim Kee Fong, Lee Hoo Chy c a:id Tan Jin
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    • 54 13 RACING: Second Day Singapore Races at Bukit Tiwah. ARMY SOCCER:— D.lO Bn. RAO. C. (S) vs. 30 Bn. R.A.O.C. (N): Singapore Base District vs. District Signal Rcgt: Base Workshop R.E.M.E. "A" ?.s. Army Depot Police; 37 Coy. R.A.S.C. (W.T.) ?•.<?. Coy. R.A.M.C.; 443 BAD. vs. Ist Singapore Regt. R.A. CRICKET:—
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  • 50 14 JACKIE TAIT is renewing his partnership with Determination today, and its a combination that's bound to pay dividends. Tait, out to take the main sprint for 'cracks' this afternoon, scored the last time with Determination on the same track m November. With A Good Marble Jackxc T(ut
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  • 2137 14 ELEVEN topflight sprinters will face the starter m the six furlongs sprint for class one division one horses today, second day of the Singapore Turf Club's April-May meeting and the luck of the draw will be the deciding factor here. Should DETERMINATION get a good
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  • 92 14 VIENNA. May 3: (ReutersAustria, who already held a winning lead and had thereby qualified to meet Britain m the next stage, consolidated her supremacy over Finland m thc first round of the Davis Cup (European Zone) yesterday winning the tie s—o.5 0. In the remaining sir. Franz
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  • 46 14 LONDON. May 3: (Reutcr) Bobby Wilson 19. and Roger Becker LM, are included m Britain's Davis Cup team to play Austria m the European Zone second round tie m Vienna on May 14 and 15. Tony Mot tram and Geoffrey Paish complete the team.
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  • 15 14 THERE v shower yesterday aft noon and the going today should at best yielding
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