Singapore Standard, 24 May 1955

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    14 1 Singapore Standard n. m fggfgfgf SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, MAY 24, 1955 U PAGES 15 CENTS
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    Lock icon GOVT'S TASK: TO ROOT OUT MCP SUBVERSION
    339 1 GOVT' S TASK: TO ROOT OUT MCP SUBVERSION Singapore Annual Report I SINGAPORE'S Jiew Government is faced tIM grave task of rooting out of its hidden secret subversion of the Malayan IHHUSfI Party. of the problems facing the new is ratlined m the Colony Govern- E 1954 released m Singapore
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    Lock icon Pipes & Chains Used In Brawl
    85 1 Pipes Chains Used In Brawl RIVAL GANGS IN lARBOUR CLASH B r 20 Indians fell fflj mother v. ith ii n I I bicycle chains .3O p.m. yester- the Kind's Dock Board area. i police patrol car m fighters melted B pJieved the men X rival secret i il H
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    Lock icon BOY SAVED BY MAGNET
    25 1 Lardini l< Dg hairpin ur-< Id bos by ted splint- i sounding stomach. isatti, had I rpiß only 15 n appendicitis
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    Lock icon 'Change In Red Policy'
    75 1 LOS ANGELES. May 23 (Renter).— Mr. Herbert Hoover. Jr., Under-Secretary of State, said ncre today the United States welcomed Mr. Chou En-Lai's statement that "his regime may be willing to renounce war and accent peaceful processes m relation to "he Formosa area." Mr. Hoover told the
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    Lock icon MAN SHOT IN ARMED HOLD-UP
    99 1 PEN AN G, Mon.— The happy Hari Raya atmosphere was shattered tonight when a 23-year-old coffeeshop assistant. Koay Ah Wan. was shot m the leg by a masked gunman outside a sundry soods shop m Sungei Nebong Kechil, m the Bayan Lepas area. The gunman
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    Lock icon REBELS PICK WHITE MEN FOR ATTACKS
    139 1 CASABLANCA, May 23, (Reutcr)— Tlie death toll m French North Africa continued to mount ominously today as terrorists switched their attack from alleged Moslem collaborators to Europeans. Ten incidents were reported m Casablanca alone yesterday to bring death to two Europeans and injuries to
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    Lock icon SMOKING HULK OF ILL~FATED SHIP DRAWS BIG CROWD
    321 1 SMOKING HULK OF ILL ~FATED SHIP DRAWS BIG CROWD Crippled Lexa Maersk On ¥\re Again Holds Suddenly Burn THE rusty hulk of the 5,720-1011 Danish freighter, Lcxa Maersk, which lies beached off Tanjong Rhu, Singapore, mysteri.pLusly blazed up again, yesterday five months to the day she caught j tire with
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    Lock icon TEMPLER OFF TO ME. BASES
    39 1 LONDON. Tviay 23 <Reuter> —General Sir Gerald Templer left London Airport today for a fortnight 1 tour of military bases m the Middle East before taking over as Chief of the Imperial General Staff.
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    Lock icon UK DOCKERS STRIKE
    286 1 20,000 Men Out As Rival Unions Clash WORK STOPS ON 50 SHIPS LONDON, May 23, (Reuter)— Work on more than 50 ships came to a stop today as about 20,000 dockers at five of Britain's major ports struck work. The strikers are chiefly members of the National
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    Lock icon POLICE HELD IN ALLEGED MUTINY
    100 1 A LOR STAR, Mon. Twenty -four M a a y policemen serving m the Field Force at Kuaia Nerans. 22 miles east of Alor Star, were arrested yesterday for alleged mutiny. It is believed the men applied for leave m connection with Han Ka>a but
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    Lock icon Thailand Increases Forces At Border
    110 1 Thailand Increases Forces At Border BANGKOK, May 23 (AP) More Thai police arc to be sent south for "Operate n Unity. it was decided by Police General Piiao Sriyanond on his return to Bangkok on Saturday from an 1:, spection of the TXfat-Malaya border area. Police Genera 1 S*;; o
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    Lock icon MARGARETS VISIT
    25 1 COLOGNE, Germany, May 23 <Reuter> Princess Margaret arrived at Warm Airport near here today lor a one-day visit to British troops m Germany.
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    Lock icon Tassigny Honoured
    37 1 SAIGON. May 23 (Reuter) Vietnam has decided after all to allow one of its main streets to bear the name of the most famous French Com-mander-in-Chief m IndoChina. the late Marshal De Lattre de Tassigny.
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    Lock icon Hari Raya Tragedy
    54 1 A youth, Nawi bin Ahmad, was killed, and four of his friends injured m this Hari Raya tragedy yesterday when their tar crashed into a tree at 1i Milestone. Bukit Timah Road, Singapore. Among the injured, one was admitted to the General Hospital. The otter* were treated
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    21 1 A FOUR-PAGE Supplement to mark the ODening of the King's Theatre, Tiong Bahru, tomorrow is issued free with today's Standard.
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    Lock icon MENON: THERE'S HOPE FOR PEACE'
    144 1 MAO IS IN GOOD HEALTH HONGKONG, May 23, (UP)— lndia's spec al envoy Mr V K. Krishna Menon said today his talks with Communist Chinese leaders m Peking were "useful" and there was hope of future efforts to relax the current tension between Communist China
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    Lock icon 10,000 For Jamboree
    61 1 OTTAWA. May 23 (Reuter). —Boy Scouts rrom 46 countries "have inlormed Canadian i Scout Headquarters m Ottawa that they intend to be represented at the Eighth World Scout Jamboree at Niagara on Lake Ontario m August. Officials here expect that 10.000 Scout?, will attend. The list oi
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    110 2 COMMODITY PRICES LONDON KIBBtK No 1 R.S.S. Settlement Honae Terms Mondays oprninj; prires first sesMO'* were: Buyer Seller June 27 i H July Sept. 262 l"> Ott. Dec 2€| tsl Tone: Steady. L LOSING Spot ti i. June 28 d. Juh September 26id. October December S6Ad .I.tnuarv Mart h 25td.
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    Lock icon Mystery Thefts Of Batteries
    109 2 Mystery Thefts Of Batteries FENANG. Mwn T\v i brother?. of Kin TicA m i Kirn Yew, a big wr] rise :h;5 D! -?T..r Z w:\ r c v\e to r iMriEed oi their ho Button Li oe The batteriea were mii?sip£i V.' ien Kin Yew i I hot nighi parked
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    90 2 MUSLIM prisoners m Changi and Outram Load prisons received a Hari Raya surprise yesterday wlien the chairman of UMNO, Singapore W^n, Inclie Abdul Hamid bin Jumat, accompanied by members ot the Welfare section of UMNO, visited them and distributed cakes and sweets. n-mrfn. Inchc Jumat who is also the Colony
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    Lock icon A Last Message On Empire Day
    307 2 By Earl Of Gowrie THE Earl oi Gowrie, President of the Empire Day Movement, prepared the following: address to children m all Commonwealth Schools including Singapore today. He intended it to be his last. He was ?oin«; to hand over his work to a
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    Lock icon FUN FAIR OPENED
    63 2 IPOH. Sun.— Col H. S. Leo. vicp-Presider.t of the Malayan Chinese Association, declared open the fcur-day fun and food fair organized by the Kinta branch, oi the UMNOMCA and MIC Alliance at the People's Park m Hush LowStreet, yesterday evening. At the opening ceremony 'he Colonel also
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    Lock icon Knife Gang Attacks Trishaman
    122 2 Knife Gang Attacks Trishaman LIM Ngak Hoe. a 21-year-nid trisha rider, never rode faster than he did a few minutes after midnight on Sunday. He was riding for his life. Earlier, four men had called him by name and when he turned, he felt a stabbing pain on his left
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    Lock icon HK EXCHANGE
    35 2 HONGKONG. May 23 sing prices of the Hongkong Exchange I lay were: $15.71 to £1 sterling; (5.8525 to US$l; s:.R;2 t.> Malayan $1; (0.131 to one Indonesian Rupiah; Gold (253.00 to a tael.
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    Lock icon Gamba Begins Busmen Inquiry
    110 2 Gamba Begins Busmen Inquiry MR. CHARLES Gamba, the sole arbitrator m the dispute between the Hock Lee Amalgamated Bus Company and 229 of its employees, started his inquiry behind closed doors, yesterday. Neither the Press nor the public were allowed to attend the inquiry which is being held m the
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    Lock icon FLOODS HASTEN DRAINAGE SCHEME
    162 2 THE heavy flooding caused by two exceptional storms towards the end of last year was instrumental m the city flood control and drainage schemes being accelerated. The City Council has. sine« the floods, engaged the services of a consulting engineer. A pilot canal to divert the
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    Lock icon A QUIET FESTIVE SEASON
    346 2 Hari Raya Colour And Gaiety Is Subdued THE customary gaiety and colour that are associated with Hari Raya every year were absent yesterday when Muslims m Singapore and rhe Federation celebrated the festive occasion. There was a subdued tone m the celebrations. The flamboyant Malay national
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    Lock icon NEW SERVICE STATION OPENED
    39 2 IPOH. Men. Stanvac's newest service station, occupying an area of 4.200 square feet, at Kidd Road, here, was officially declared open by Mr. G. S. Walker, chairman of the Ipoh and Menglembu Town Council, yesterday.
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    Lock icon Better Than Strikes
    277 2 All -Party Ctt| Waits For Vievl THE 9-man All-Party Commuter OS cation awaits memoranda from Chinese educajj and other interested people, said its Chairman,! tion Minister Chew Swee Kee yesterd Mr. Chew said that the Committee did not meet tcrday as it would be poir.' to proceed
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    87 2 P CHOC second ter: If up to t. I last week. A Kepayang. i 1 appro;-. 'fl Kepayang letters to p< '4fl m -m 1 $120,000 on 1 wh I i for lite. M During his conr H this gang, he v. I told that hr m by the
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    Lock icon NANYANG STRIKE ENDS
    79 2 NEARLY 300 employees of the Nanyang Manufacturing Company m Bukit Timah Road, Singapore, who were on strike for the past eight days, will report for duty this morning. Yesterday, the management and the workers reached an amicable settlement as a result of which the workers will get
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    Lock icon HORROR' COMICS
    29 2 THE Indian Government soon will introduce legislation banning "horror" comics, patterned on a recently enacted British law. it was I reported m New Delhi yester- day. U.P.
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  • ARRIVALS
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      Lock icon BRIG. TO SEE MALAYA
      51 2 BRIG. L. BELLAMY (above). Deputy Commander of the British Land Forces m Hongkong flew into Singapore yesterday by Cathay Pacific for a short tour of Malaya. The Brigadier's visit \va s described as "purely routine." After a feu days stay m Singapore he will visit the
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      Lock icon TO STUDY MARKET
      38 2 MR. J A. FOGARTY (above) export executive of the CoUate Palmoil International, arrived m Singapore yesterday for a twomonth study of the Malayan market. Mr. Fogarty said his study will include consumer research for preferences.
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    Lock icon EXPERTS DISCUSS SALK VACCINE
    39 2 WASHINGTON. May 23 (UP).— Polio experts, vaccine makers and Federal officials met here yesterday m an urgent effort to decide the future of America's limping vaccination programme and end 40 days of confusion for parents.
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    Lock icon SEA CADET CORPS DANCE
    97 2 MORE than 150 people attended the Social and Dance organized by the East District of the Singapore Sea Cadet Corps at the Junior Technical School on Saturday. Among those who attended were Lt. Cmdr. Donald Moore, the Corps' new acting commanding officer, and Lt. Cmdr. Fleming,
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    Lock icon 25,000 Registered For National Service
    260 2 25,000 Registered For National Service 'THERE were 3,000 men A and women m the Royal Malayan Navy, the Malayan Royal Naval Volunteer Rpserve, the Singapore Military Forces and the Malayan Auxiliary Air Force, and a similar number m the Civil Defence and other noncombatant forces, last year. A sum of
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    27 2 jOHi [n i expendit irs 1 but B a was j the a of less 1 the tarifl to be i The pi centi per UIuV
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    Lock icon RAF DENIES COLOUR BAR CHARGES
    842 3 Fomplaints By Malayan Airmen Found Untrue ALLEGATIONS of colour bar and segregation of Asians m the plovment of the Royal Air Force (Malaya) stationed m Changi, l9 apore, were strongly denied yesterday by Headquarters, Far East T Force. A FEAF Senior Information Officer told The
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    Lock icon Check On Students' Rail Trip
    74 3 VIPUR, Mon. ition Depart- be ieved to be rep« that .a a Lumpur j s1 identa g pore by tram to attend a ig Chines* «tv- ■re planned for bOWt er, was g Singapore atum to >ols. n Dei tarn I I thei f Kuala
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    Lock icon Fate Proved Too strong For Rajah
    185 3 We Spends Hari Raya In Jail kl Ml H ipiieared wa s determined that Rajah Ibrahim should spend hU Hari Kaya under I wandering of subsisI g urged by howc he k from Johorv Bahru detained v\-. a ai rant of extradir tion. Rajah
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    Lock icon SAMPAN ON FIRE
    30 3 I\R-OLD Singapore m Sunday fet, wr. c car ghted ".nto ng petrol 1 and fl ustes Damage ed to bt around .i floating was moor- Basio I
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    65 3 1^ W VN Film Unit Mnh.inuMl Zain hkl Osman v imsuddin smile v iiu nut them arn\ i! m Kikiljl on Sunday, with Ml i Chief Tom md Mript writer Noni Wright They had no trouble winning the trophies they tarry at the South-east Asia Film Festival.
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    Lock icon COMEDIAN DIES
    25 3 RICHARD S. CSkcets) Gallagher, 64, former stage and film comedian, died yesterday m St. John's hospital. California, after a brief illness.— A. P.
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    Lock icon NOW AN ASIAN MUSICAL FESTIVAL, AND AT MANILA
    289 3 THE Next cultural gathering: m South-east Asia, to follow last week's Film Festival m Singapore, will be a regional music conference (the first), to be held m Manila on Aug. 29, 30 and 31. With the theme "Understanding Our Neighbours Through Music,"
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    Lock icon K.L. WEDDING
    69 3 MR. M. C. Lopez helps his bride, the former Miss Dulcie Vaz, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. V. Vaz of Kuala Lumpur to cut their wedding cake at a reception m Kum Leng Cafe. last Saturday. The groom is on the staff of Anglo-Oriental (Malaya) Ltd..
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    Lock icon SIKHS TO HONOUR A MARTYR SAINT
    146 3 THE Sikh community m Singapore will gather tomorrow m reverence at their Gurudwara to commemorate the martyrdom of their divine teacher, Guru Arjan Dcv, the fifth philosopher saint of the monotheistic school of Sikhism. A poet, singer and religious reformer, Guru Arjan composed the
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    Lock icon Shake-Up In MIC Attitude To Alliance
    178 3 Shake-Up In MIC Attitude To Alliance TELOK ANSON, Mon The ninth annual conference of the Malayan Indian Congress has empowered its new president. Mr. V. T. Sambantham. to review its representation on the Alliance National Council. This, according to political observers here, is the 'forerunner of a big shake-up m
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    Lock icon SURVEYORS HELD UP
    33 3 KOTA BAHRU, Mon. A topographical survey party m Kelantan Jost clothing and equipment worth $4,200 to Communist terrorists m the Kuala Krai area on Saturday. A follow-up is m progress.
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    Lock icon Britons Urged To Back This Strike
    200 3 THE Swedish Merchant Officers Association has asked the British Navigators and Engineer Officers Union to advise its members not to accept appointments m Swedish ships. i Swedish shipowners were reported to have begun a recruiting campaign for British officers m a bid to break
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    Lock icon CHIN PENG PLAYED ME OUT SAYS EX-RED
    582 4 CHIN PENG PLAYED ME OUT SAYS EX-RED Cook Was Left Behind When He Couldn't Walk CAMERON HIGHLANDS, Mon.— For nearly four years, Malaya's terror boss number one and Secretary General of the MCP, Chin Peng lived undisturbed by the security forces m his stronghold deep m the Pahang jungle. His
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    Lock icon 40 Bandits Eliminated In April
    115 4 40 Bandits Eliminated In April KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. Security Forces m Malaya )a>t month maintained a high 'kill-to-contact' rate m the elimination of terrorists. despite the "safe m the lair' attitude of the Communist gangs. Police. Hon:e Guards and troops killed 40 terrorists during April, capturing seven. Twenty-three terrorists among
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    Lock icon Elected Minority Deplored
    59 4 Elected Minority Deplored TELUK ANSON, Mon. —The Malayan Indian Congress decreed that none of its members should belong to any other political body at a meeting held here yesterday. The meeting deplored the stand of Government m granting only an elected minority m the States and Settlement Council. The Congress
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    Lock icon 'Look After Your Pet'
    93 4 PKNANG, Mon. People should not keep animals if they feel they cannot devote a certain amount of time each day to looking after them, said Mrs. H. Dew. a representative of the Penang branch of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, m
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    46 4 JOHORE BAHRU, Mon. The following have been appointed to serve on the Rent Control Board. Muar:- The District Officer (Chairman), the Administrative Officer, the Deputy Commissioner for Labour, Johore North, Mr. S. Ponnampalam, Mr. Goh Chee Hian and Mr. Chua Song Lim.
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    Lock icon Acquitted Of Assault With Cane
    203 4 Acquitted Of Assault With Cane RAUB. Mon. Abdul Aziz bin Suleiman, a teacher at Pemau Dong Malay School, was acquitted and discharged by the West Pahang Circuit Magistrate. Mr. J. R. Whimscer. today on a charge of assaulting an eight-year-old pupil with a cane. The boy. Abdul Aziz bin Ibrahim,
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    62 4 THE Federation Hiph Commissioner. Sir Donald MacGUlivray, admire s paintings at the Federation Arts Exhibition at the Teochew Association Hall, Ampans Road. Kuala Lumpur on Saturday. About 200 paintings, the works of Federation and Singapore artists are on display. Mrs. W. F. Anderson, a member of the
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    Lock icon Schools On The Increase
    188 4 THE Dumber of schools m creased from 508 to 563 m Singapore last year, the Colony' s 1D54 Annual Report states. The total number of pupils m registered schools numbered 185.769 while those m unregistered schools mainly Chinese numbered 186.199. The cost o' education for the
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    Lock icon Choralists To Repeat Performance
    84 4 Choralists To Repeat Performance THE Rediffusion (Chinese section) Choral Society's concert held at the Victoria Memorial Hall, last week met with such success that it will give a repeat performance at 8.30 p.m. tonight. The entire programme consists of Chinese Folk Songs the first time a Chinese choir is to
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      903 4 Standard cJllmanac INFORMATION AT A GLANCE a&BKHßßmmmmmHim w^t^m < Jke E <P (10 r rr. Home *C I M iZ a n r /S*ii r«: News irp sport* Jkmti 9 _J >1^«» \IM >KJ iKrjjional); 715 «m Morning Star; 7.30 News; 7.35 W^ r '.'.p ire m Tunes P f
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  • REPORT FOR 1954
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      Lock icon RELENTLESS WAR AGAINST CRIME
      325 5 UT THUGS GOT AWAY VITH $2.6 MIL. LOOT ame u:\ ed by the vioa d ping from 407 to 303 and armed hold-UPg from 228 to R< p- rted cases of extortion rose from 102 to 199 maini 5 due to the growing willingness on the
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      Lock icon 150,000 STILL IN SLUMS
      114 5 150,000 STILL IN SLUMS HPHE combined efforts of private and public building enterprises gave Singapore an alltime record number of 4,937 new permanent dwelling houses last year. However, m spite of this achievement, the Colony's housing problem In 1954 remained acute, for with the natural Increase m population of about
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      Lock icon OPIUM BOSSES USED SEAMEN TO LESSEN RISKS
      440 5 \LTHOUGH many of tne more powerful opium syndicates m Singapore have been broken by action against their leaders, there are still many small and big racketeers operating m this most lucrative business. Despite combined efforts by the Customs Department, the Police and the
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    Lock icon BETTER FIRE SERVICES
    78 5 HPHE $1,500,000 Fire A Station at Alexandra was the main feature of the scheme to expand the Singapore Fire Brigade last year. Last year, a beginning was made on the const ruction of a three-bay station with quarters at Bukit Timah and plans were made for a
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    Lock icon 4.5 Mil. Tons Of Cargo Handled
    38 5 4.5 Mil. Tons Of Cargo Handled and a half the nei£ this figure us mm* and d I md I I the c a i i >lony. h i by air I ore to i pri- I'■- I
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    Lock icon ON THE HEALTH FRONT: BEST IN THE EAST
    492 5 ON THE HEALTH FRONT: BEST IN THE EAST gINGAFORE continued one ot the I places m the Easi xpan w>n of hospitals, medical staff, institutional ties and v es, as well as iten sified res arch m li s, was ever on the in< "stage baa reached here a i
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    Lock icon Chinese Drama Gives Scope To Professionals
    489 5 fHINESE drama and m oj western- music are the only ai ts m Singapore which ai able to support pro- ionaJ performances. i.olarly kinds oi ci music, western i and the visual arts v i met <nl Irely ama t< ur d spite the
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    Lock icon $20.9 Mil. WORTH OF POWER SOLD DURING 1954
    809 5 $20.9 Mil. WORTH OF POWER SOLD DURING 1954 *THE City Council Elcrtricity Department last year sold 276.459,--531 units of electricity for $20,905,317: This big increase m the consumption was made possible by the commission of the third 25.000 kilowatt turbo-alternator and boiler which brings the total output m 75,000 kilowatts
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    Lock icon Colony Trade Last Year Rose $65.5 M.
    666 5 Colony Trade Last Year Rose $65.5 M. fPRADE m Singapore m A 1954 exceeded 1953's total by $65.5 million. Imports during the year decreased slightly by $13.1 million but exports increased by $78.6 million. The total turnover was $4,506 million. The buoyant tendency of the major products provided the stimulus
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    987 6 Singapore Standard Gandhi's Message 1 AST Sunday the Malayan Indian Congress new J us ninth annual conference at Trick Anson. Ir 6 new President. Mr. V. T. Sambantham, suggested that Indians should bring Mahatma Gandhis message of truth and non-violence to Malaya so that these twin stars would guide the
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      106 6 Sir; It is rather surprising that the Government which has given so much help to the Badminton Association of Malaya for the Thomas Cup Tournament, has not been invited to witness the games. I feel that some courtesy should be extended to these Hon'ble Members to witness the
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    1078 6 The Times Aeronautical Correspondent writes of plans for a West German Air Force. It will comprise 80,000 men officers have 1,326 planes, many of them British and American operational aircraft WITH the completion of the process of I ratification of the Paris agreements, active steps will be
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    293 6 Now Sun Is Shining THE Government acceptance of {be recommendations ol the allparty Committee of the Legislative Assembly not to proceed with the order for conditional reopening of. three Chinese middle schools dispersed, with one stroke, the clouds that brought a storm and made it possible for
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    325 7 Three Days Before Polls But No Sign Of Activity LONDON, May 23 (Router) Only three days before Britain votes for a new House of Commons and Government, politicians today confessed themselves baffled by the mysterious mood of the public. The election campaign instead of gaining impetus m
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    61 7 BARCELONA. Venezuela, May 23 (UP) A Venezuelan airliner. crippled by engine trouble, "ditched" m 1 the Caribbean Sea near here on Sunday, probably killing four persons, it was reported yesterday. The wreckage remained i afloat long enough for res- cue craft to pick up nine
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    110 7 ALGIERS. May 23 (UP). French troops have beaten back a strong rebel attack against Kheirane and war planes joined the battle to wipe out the Nationalist raiders. French authorities announced today. About 20 insurgents were killed m an unsuccessful Sunday attack against the little village south of
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    99 7 A-Secrets For Private Industry WASHINGTON. May 22 (Reuter)— The Atomic Energy Commission today proposed rule's for American businessmen to receive secret information to develop atomic energy I >r civil use The aim la to permit expanded use of the atom m private Industry, medical treatment and other peaceful pursuits. An
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    65 7 MARSEILLES. May 23 'Reuter' M. Robert Schuman. French Minister of Justice, yesterday rejected outright any neutralization of Germany a policy which be said would mean the neutralization of Western Europe. M. Schuman, a former Pretnier and "father" of the European coal and steel pool, was speaking during
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    50 7 KATMANDU, Nepal. May, 23 (Reuter) A German expedition Ol [OUT, trying to conquer the uncUmbed 24,-000-foot fourth peak of the Annapurna Range, established a base camp at the toot of the mountain on May 13, according to a report from the expedition received here yesterday.
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    44 7 LONDON, May 23 <UP) Sixty Catholic candidates are righting Britain's general election 15 Tories and nearly all the rest Socialists. Catholics carry no directive from their church m Britain. But local Catholic bodies interview candidates on the Catholic schools question.
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    36 7 CALCUTTA, May 23 (UP)— Five-hundred debtors m Bolangir Orissa State, have organized a "debtors' congress" which will ask the government to write off all their debts on which they have p'iid interest for eight years.
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    104 7 Diplomatic Relations In Danger ROME. May 23. (Reuter) The arrest ot an Italian couple on espionage charges led i*> Press reports yesterday that Italy would break oil diplomatic relation? with an unnamed country "behind the Iron Curtain The reports quoted police as having said the couple, Ange'o Ha'ncr. an engineer,
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    64 7 BANGKOK. May 23 CAP) The Royal Thai Air Force has issued orders to units stationed near Thailand borders to radio strange aircraft flying into Thailand to find out their nationality and purpose. The orders were issued because strange aircraft, unidentifiable at high altitudes, had frequently flown over
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    51 7 HONGKONG. May 23 (Renter)— The Soviet Armed Forces who are now withdrawing from Port Arthur have given the Chinese Army all their cultural, health and welfare institutions there, the New China news agency reported today. These include hospitals, clubs. 10 schools, a museum and a printing
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    148 7 Ex-PoWs Ask For U.N. Protection NEW DELHI, May 23 (AP). —Forty-three former Korean war prisoners, rinding the road they choose to freedom through India filled with imDassable barriers, asked the United Nations today to intercede and protect them from "political pressure to return us to North Korea or Red China.
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    27 7 VIENNA, May 23 (Rcuter) —Three men m Russian uniform, one armed with a tommy-gun, held up traffic on the road near "Ludwigs Dorf, last night.
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    167 7 4 Timber Reserves Ablaze HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, May 23, (UP) Several hundred persons were homeless and the loss was expected to run into millions of dollars as four major forest fires raged along the outskirts of several Nova Scotia towns today. The timberlands of Southern
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    57 7 LONDON, May 23 (Reuter) —Lloyd's Shipping Agency reported here from Rangoon today that the Panamanian steamer Semiramis I < 5.074 tons* had been spotted by a British Overseas Airways plane aground on Preparis Island. Bay of Bengal, with four empty lifeboats alongside. The Japanese steamer Kenkon
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    40 7 LAHORE, May 23 (UP) Punjab Governor, Mushtaq Ahmed Gurmani, last night dissolved the Punjab Ministry headed by Firoz Khaznmon. He asked Abdul Hamid Khan Dasti to form a new seven-man ministry, which already has been sworn In.
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    253 7 Ngo As President Of New Republic TROOPS RUSHED TO CHECK NEW HOA HAO THREAT SAIGON, May 23 (UP).— The powerful Revolutionary Committee said yesterday that Premier Ngo Dinh Diem will "certainly" be the first President of the South Vietnamese Republic after absentee Emperor Bao Dai is ousted
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    85 7 Communists Want To Join ICFTU VIENNA. May 23. (UP) J.H. O'cenbroek. secretary general of the International Confederation of Free Trade Union?, said yesterday he has received a proposal to admit the Kremlin's satellites as full ICFTU members. Oidenbroek told a Press conference that many ICFTU member organizations, among them Swedish
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    110 7 Held For Murder Of HK Typist HONGKONG. May 23 (Reuter) James Richard Becker, 22, local driver for the Royal Army Service Corps, has been charged here with the murder last Friday of Evelyn Fung, pretty 18-year-old Chinese typist. Schoolboys found Evelyn's body, the face covered with a handkerchief, on a
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    151 7 HONGKONG May 23 (UP).-Neaily 150.000.0Ud persons arc s^oing hungry m China today, the Communists admit. But it is not the fault of the Peking regime, the Reds contend. The blame, the Jv say, rests first with datura calamities which struck last year.
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    161 7 TEHERAN. May 28, (AP,— The Iran Governs lat exile five arrested co eaguej of ex-Premier Mossadeq to the "white man's hell," thfj Persian Gulf, an off) source reported here yesterday. The five men. including a formei Foreign Minister and I former Speaker m the
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    64 7 LONDON. May 23. (Beuter) David George Lawrence Carew. ascd 21. wa With the murder of Christos Louis Tsapparelli, 60-year-old Cypriot who died ift to the aid of a young Greek girl near London's Regent's Park early last Friday mornnig. Mr. Tsapparelli n onstrated with a
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      75 8 Her Name Is Francoises~ 'Bad Girl' Of French Films (LEFT) Francoise Arnoul, 23, who has played bad-girl roles m most of her 20 French films, is shown here during the Press conference she gave at London's Savoy Hotel last week. She flew into London for the coming premiere of her
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      62 8 AMERICAN singer Johnnu 1,, Drew, 21, the London gir| h' Cf:i He said: "We love each other Tjl C her to be my wife" But v. hc>( s^ with the Vie Lew.s Bond i id 'J* '> wait "for a while." She SOld "i-T "9p^ am m
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      93 8 (RIGHT) Vincent, the fox cub, was only two days old when he was found, weak and hungry, on Chessington Common, Surrey. The woman who found him took him to Chessington Zoo, where he was given a meal of minced meat and milk. Then
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      105 8 fBELOW) All day Icng, George Savini, 22, serves coffee, black coffee, white coffee, coffee weak and coffee strong. By the end of the day, George, an Italian, is tired of the sight and smell of coffee. So last week, he took time off from his
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      39 8 (ABOVE) In Cannes, France, the cameraman spctts this unknown beauty m her automobile vith her f>^ lion cub. He hesitated to approach the car tc o* thp Dgrson'i nomp nnA a mnmrnfr \ntrr the cor droH
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      568 9 LIVING LEGEND 1 In Europe PARIS gEBAL Mfred M. Gruenther is known to the v i .i> Supreme Allied Commander m Europe. iniiham Palace m London he is remem--1(i n the man who brought presents not for the en but for the children. cc attendants are accustomed
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      480 9 EUROPE'S LARGEST ICEFIELD white ice for good days ahead. VISITORS often desired to remain m this beautiful and rugged spot lor days or for weeks. Anders Markusson Loen. father of Marcus, knew what to do he prepared two beds for rent. That was m 1834. Every Child
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    896 10 AN exclusive airlocking: rim for use with all types of tubeless truck tyres from the three-quarter ton truck to giant earthmovers has been developed by The Goodyear Tire Rubber Company. This new family of TruSeal rims made it possible to add the tubeless feature to
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    106 10 Brazil Conference On Situarioil Standard Market Reporter THE steady contraction of Singapore coffee trade over! past months has deteriorated to a point where no business^ :M reported m the past weeks. Local traders havesutfered hca^wum Dnofficia] estimates put local stocks ai over Z.OOO tons bou^; M tnerchants when prices
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    43 10 NEW TRADE RULES HAIPHONG xew trade regulations m Haiphong. North Vietnam port handed to the Commu- oists by the French. 1 1 allow native and foreign i Sou 8j foot hole M the wit I Union force m ace i I Geneva L.
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      69 10 NOTICE S TENDER FOR DRILL ETC. TENDERS will be received it :r.e Ministry oi Health. Pahnef Road, Singapore 2, up to noon en .Mo:: day. 20th June, 1 >55, for the supp y of White Drill, Sheeting and Calico. F.:'.l Particulara may be obtai] m the Government Medical Store, Silat
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      72 10 NATU KALIS ATI ON VOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the fC lowing persons are applying to the Governor for naturalisation, and that any person whe i knows any reason why naturalisation should not be granted should send a written and signed statement of the farts to the Chief Secretary, Chie
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      68 10 AUCTION SALE OF VALUABLE FREEHOLD LEASEHOLD PROPERTIES To be held at our saleroom Nos. 14 16 Robinson Road. Singapore ON THURSDAY 26th May. 1955 AT 2.30 P.M. Nos 43. 46 47 BRAS BASAH RD No. 1 BENCOOLEN ST. 999 Yrs. lease. Area 3.728 sq. ft. Total Rent $406.90. Xos 5
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    84 11 £3.931. A dividend of 15 per ccrA. on^ the ordinary shares, less U.K. income tax absorbing £2.396. ha?: been declared, leaving a carry forward for the coming year of £1.193. Although the company's crop at 269.000 lb. was smaller than the previous Bgure a reversed trend was expected m the
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    70 11 Standard Shipping Reporter MESSRS. JUGOELEK TRO. representing most of the Yugoslav factories, are holding a floating expedition of electrical goods and appliances on board the Yugoslav Line ship, Pula, which is expected m Singapore during the next few days. The vessel, the third of its line to bring
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    178 11 Ime uuicuniL- vi me iunuI coming talks m Brazil. Demand Drops The Brazilian Coffee fastitute will meet at the end of the month to decide what producing countries would have to do with their surplus coffee. Meanwhile, coffee traders m Singapore tod The Standard that no export orders for coffee
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    103 11 MALAYA exported 23.126 I tons or $15,332,434 worth of copra m the first three i months of this year, of which $3,317,027 <6,334 tons) were during March, according to official statistics. Spain was the biggest buyer of copra from Malaya, her total purchases m March being $658,044
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    45 11 THE Japanese Ministry of International Trade and Industry plans 1o import US$6 Trillion worth of soyabeans r rom Red China. Kyodo News I Service said. The 60,000-ton purchase will 3e on a barter basis, the 5 crr*n r**T T«ar%A>»*«4 i-ty-1
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      127 11 CALTEX (CHINA) LTD of Crosby House, Robinson Road, Singapore wish to notify that the name of the organization has now been changed to CALTEX (ASIA) LTD Branches at: Kuala Lumpur Ipoh Prai I SINGAPORE WOO CLAN ASSOCIATOIN ANNOUNCEMENT \T our meeting on 15th May 1955, we have deeded to change
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    586 12 South Men Keep Their Cup But North Women Lose KUALA LUMPUR, Monday.— Winning seven out of eleven matches, the powerful South combination easily retained the Guillemani Cup for the third successive year when they beat North 7—4 m the annual tennis classic which ended on the Lake Club courts here
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    139 12 Entries For S'gor B'ton Tourney M.\LA LLMPLiv Mon. igor's full entries for the annual Malayan badminton champions!] after elimination round- held during t!ie week-end is as follows; Men's Single*: Abdullah Pirur.. Lim Koon Yam, Chua Siev» g, and Kamaruddin. Women's Singles: Mrs. C >„:>■ Tan, Jean Ifoey and ran S:e.\
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    84 12 KL\A.Mi. Mon. Tnep Vithool of Thailand knocked til P6h Juat or Singapore m the sixtb round oi their 12- md contest at the New Worl< stadium last night The Singaporean was always retreating from the aggressive Thailander, whose vicious left Jabs drew blood m the
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    197 12 Maher Does Well With Bat Ball PENANG, Mon.— A determined stand at the wickets by D. Maher saved the Penan? Sports Club from sustaining; defeat at the hands of the Chinese Recreation Club m a cricket match played on the Western Hoad ground today, Besides bis stubborn batting, D Rfafaer
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    157 12 MALAYAN Cheese Football Association officials end the visiting Selangot team were guests at a dinner given by the Singapore Chinese Football Association president, Mr. Aid Cheng Chye, at Southern Hold on Sunday night. The picture slices some of the officials with the host, Mr. Aw Cheng Chye.
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    403 12 NORTH HELD TO 2-ALL DRAW isl v South Rally Too LH North 2 Pang Smng Teik 2. Reicrco Iff. Lee Pnk 1< TRAILING two nil, Southern Chinese made a splendid session to hold the Northern Chinese to a two-all draw m the versus South soccer competition for the coveted Tav
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    794 12 SK\ERAL newcomers ran make their debut when racing returns to Kuala Lumpur for horses (lass 3 and 4 this weekend. Two recent importation, SOLIDARITY and NOTVVE&SE are both entered for the five and a half furlongs on Saturday and a brief glimpse into their past English records
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    89 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The draw for the second annual All-Malayan Inter-State Sikhs cricket competition for the Mahima Singh Shield resulted M follow?: North Zone: Peiak vs Penang at Ipoh, Selangor b..e. South Zone: Negri Sembllan vs Pahang at Seremban, Singapore bye. The fi:>t round fixtures are
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    69 12 THE Singapore team to moot the Malayan Chiifese Football Association XI m a friendly soccer match at the Jalan Besar Stadium this evening at 5.15 n m will be as follows: Fook Teng; Kok Cheng, Johan" Kirn Ben*. Vass, Osman Johan' Omar Awang; Ah Awang Barker,
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    70 12 Time Robs Ceylonese Of Victory JOHORE BAHRU. Mon. The cricket match between Johore Bahru Ceylonese and X uang, which was played m Johore Bahru yesterday, ended m an exciting draw. Kluang batted first and were all out for 112. The Ceylonese put up 112 for throe wickets when time intervened
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    110 12 Woodward Gets Two Past Tamils IPOH. Mon. Centre-forward Woodward .-cored two quick goals m the last six minutes of play to sive the 15 19 Hussars a two-nil victory over lowly placed Tamilians m a first division soccer league game played on the town padang this evening. After a goalless
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    133 12 Murugesu (108) Sparks Police Win KUALA LUMPUR If on. A brilliant unbeaten <•<■■: i Andy Ifurugesu highlighted yesterday's cricket match between the Selangor Police and I v Selnngor Chinese Recreation Club which the Police 111 runs on the Police D< ground. The Police batting first put huge score of 281
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    102 13 MELBOURNE May 2\ «RevSixteen nrmnthi before the deadline, 41 countries have .iccepted Invitations to compete the Olympic Games fro*n Mov 22 to Dec. 8 m Melbourne S ne countries took part m the Helsii G tmea In 1953 Acceptances have been received fr m:
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    46 13 BILL FRASLR of Sunderland, lands on teammate Stan Anderson as he makes a save against Huddersfield Town as the two outstanding British teams compete m a lively soccer match on May 15 at Triboro Stadium, New York, bfforo 9,324 people. Sunderland won 3-?.
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    32 13 WIESBADEN, Germany. May 23: (AP)— ltaly's Nicola Pietrangcli won the singles crown of Germany's biggest postwar tennis tourney on Sunday by defeating his countryman, Orlando Sirola, 6-1, 4-6, 6-3. 8-6,
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    291 13 HUTTON RETIRES ILL AND MCC 'CRASHES' Springboks In The Lead LONDON, May 23, (Reuter) Len Hutton, who has been appointed to captain England m the five Test matches ag ainst South Africa, was unable to bat for MCC against the tourists this morning because of lumbago. He hopes to bat
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    82 13 May 23 (AP)— The Kansas City A" s scored six runs m a riotous second inning Sunday to beat the Chicago White Sox, 7-2. m the first game of a rain-dampened double header. The A's mauled four pitchers •lor 14 hits, including a double by Alex Kellner m the
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    46 13 TOKYO World flyweight champion, Pascal Perez of Argentina, left, shakes hands with ex-titleholder Yoshio Shirai of Japan after they signed the contract of their title bout to take place here on May 30. Standing between them is Yachivo Manabe. representing Japan Boxing Commissioner Munehide Tanabe. U.P.
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    138 13 LONDON, May 23 <Reuter» Len Hutton, the Yorkshire and England batsman, has been appointed captain of the England cricket team for all five Test matches against South Africa this summer. This means a break with tradition. In previous Test series at home, the England captains
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    170 13 SOI TH AFRICANS FIRST INNINGS—I*S FOR NINE DECLARED. MCC FIRST INNINGS. L. Button retired 111 2 T. Gr.nrnev c Wlnslow b Murray 1 J. Parks c Kjllcr b Godriarri 15 K. Barrington Ibw b G'>dda:d 3 i D. Corapton c Endcan b Smnh H R. (",n>c h V I
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    45 13 TELEVISION is on the sports pages again. The football league want to restrict it so that m game m which a league club takes part, whether m competition or a friendly, can be screened, with the sole exception of the Cup final.
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    229 13 No Duty Free For Pirie's Prize Camera LONDON, May 23: (Renter) A picture of a glamorous air hostess dashing a -L 2.000 diamond ring may have pleased large numbers of the British public, but unp man did noi look at it with approval. That man was champion runner Gordon Pinr
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    76 13 SANDY TO FIGHT IN JAPAN TOKYO, May 11. (API Filipino light promoter said yesterday arrangements are nearly complete for world featherweight boxing rhanipion Sandy Saddler to fight m Japan and the Philippine- m July. Saddler would meet HigHJ Kaneko. Japan's Orieni featherweight champion, and Flash Elorde, former Orient titleholder. Lope
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    249 13 Portugal Surprise England OPORTO, Portugal, May 23, (Reuter).— Amid wild scenes of enthusiasm from the crowd, Portugal caused an upset by beating England 3-i m a soccer international here today. Defeated by France, held to a draw by Spain, the England team rounded off their short continental tour by losing
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    344 13 LONDON, May 23, (Reuter).— The Springboks, the South African cricket team which came to Britain's shores with a great reputation, have made a most inauspicious beginning. Severely handicapped by exceptionally cold weather, they have been found wanting m what was regarded as their strongest department
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    84 13 AaGELES CAMP, California, May 23, (AP) A frog called Tule Pete, owned by Mike Voiticb of Stockton. California, won the 28th annual frog jumping jubilee yesterday with a throe-leap total of 15 feet 5 inches. California-bred frogs swept all seven prizes winning places, shutting out
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    127 13 McMurtry To Fight Don's Mate SEATTLE. Washington, May 23 (AP)— Young Pat McMurtry of Tacoma, Washington, regarded as a possible comeback opponent for England's Don Cockell, will fight the man who floored Cockell at his training camp m California. The Seattle Boxing Club said on Sunday it had signed Bob
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    25 13 ISTANBUL. May 23. (Router) Turkey beat Egypt m a two days international athletics match which onded here yesterday by 108 points to 76.
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    134 13 PHILADELPHIA, May 23, (AP) —Sunderland of England beat the Philadelphia Ukriks. Americaa soccer league champions, 3 l yesterday as Bob Yingling, Sunderland goalie, made 31 saves. Glen Schackleton of Sunder- land scored the first goal two minutes before the end of the) Half. The Ukriks made their
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      Lock icon VICTORY MAY GO TO INDIA
      904 14 -The Hard Way, Says The Sports Editor 5O ue'll sweat like the blazes, and well cheer like the devil. So we'll he qiteuemg i//>, shoving 1/1, squeezing ourselves into the wired caper* waiting to receive us at the Badminton Stadium but who cares! Once again,
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    60 14 of the ThLafrS??' Mala va s »*°°6 Staflea for the detenre a bliatered foot and by pS« a P s a L i r t i c n b -stS g n h g as H» b H eaten Um^Fonß^d I^,, 0 1 011 4" shared honour?'
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    155 14 In Trim And Ready "We are ready. All the players have trained well, and are now m superb condition. Perhaps the heat will bother us a little, but I think that if it does 9 it will also worry the Indians as much." .4 merican captain. national champion 5
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    156 14 Prepare For Surprises '7 am confident that ue uill gfom the Americans a very good fight, and I think ue will surprise them, too. All my players are experienced, and nerves, on this big occasion, uill not affect them.''* India's number one singles player... planed m Singapore during international
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    576 14  - CONFIDENCE REIGNS IN BOTH CAMPS LEONG HEW MENG By BOTH Managers of the American and Indian Thomas Cup teams expressed confidence m their teams though they believed that the margin of victory would u^ ii J be small. Mr. Donald Richardson, the American Manager, termed this a tough battle, but
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    142 14 MR CHARLES B. NEWHALL, the President of the American Badminton Association, who flew into Singapore yesterday m a Pan American Airways place, feels that the American players will do their best, not only to reach the challenge round, but to ffive Malaya, the holders, a tough time.
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    550 14 By PETER KIM SIR GEORGE A. Thomas, 74-year-old President of the International Badminton Federation, is opposed to any attempt to "rotate" the venue of the Thomas Cup challenge rounds, regardless of whom the holders are. He made this statement shortly alter he
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