Singapore Standard, 11 August 1955

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    11 1 Singapore Standard TTy SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, AUGUST 11, 1955 )i PAGES ]."> CENTS
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    Lock icon 4,650 rr The Tunku
    164 1 4,650 rr The Tunku IjfJjers To rf $1400 .'eel. 1 iay. .P Of nment I I c pay mcc '00 M:n- and j Urn 7" Page 2 be entitled to the Legislative Councillors' monthly allowance of $500. Their terms of service, settled with the concurrence of the Malay Rulers and
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    Lock icon ii Robert Greets d. Council
    34 1 Simac. >ent to the n the Maclon of Coun- rday. to rethe il warm s of I f^rm ful in hap- the with 7IltfUl linaI Govern.'ories >r ;mmon of
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    Lock icon IKE GETS HIS LEG PULLED BY A RED
    218 1 IKE GETS HIS LEG PULLED BY A RED Zhukov Keeps Up The Joke AMSTERDAM, Aug. 10 (Reutcr)— A Washington dispatch in the Amsterdam newspaper De Telegraaf said today that President Eisenhower was the victim of a legpull when he bought wedding presents in Geneva for Marshal Geoigi Zhukov's daughter. Such
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    Lock icon Military Reserves
    23 1 PRESIDENT Eisenhower has signed legislation giving the Defence Department authority to. build up United States military reserves to 2.000.000 men.— Reuter
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    Lock icon 3 REDS DIE IN AMBUSH
    291 1 I JANDCUFFED to each X 1 other, the two condemned killers of Kuala Lumpur cashier Yap Kon Shin walk to the Black Maria for their last ride through the streets of the Federal capital to Pudu Jail. NEAREST camera is Clieyig Chun Ling, 22, a
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    Lock icon THE STARS SEND THEIR GREETINGS
    127 1 THE STARS SEND THEIR GREETINGS GREETINGS to Singape re film fans from Jennifer Jones and William Holden, the stars in 20th Century Fox's production of Han Suyin's "Love Is A Many Splendored Thing" reached Singapore yesterday. The greetings were specially reccrded for the world premiere next Thursday at the Odeon.
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    Lock icon Bathing Suit Revealed Her Birthday Suit
    67 1 CHARLESTON. South Carolina. Aug.. lo, (Reuter)— Miss Claudia A. Hamilton has filed a $20,000 suit for damages against a women's dress shop alleging that a bathing costume she bought became transparent when she came out of the water at a local beach. She claimed
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    Lock icon $3,800 Worth Earrings Lost
    51 1 A EUROPEAN woman, returning to her home in Farrer Road, Singapore, yesterday found that she had left a pair of diamond earrings worth $3,800 on the couch in a Cathay Flat rented by a friend. She immediately went bark to the flat bu: the earrings were
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    Lock icon TOY PISTOL INJURES EYE
    38 1 IVY Ho. a five-year-old girl, was injured in the eye while playing with a toy pistol with her brother in their house in Potong Pasir yesterday. Ivy was admitted to the Singapore General Hospital.
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    Lock icon Mohd. All No. 2 Will Take Over From No. I
    121 1 MR. CHAUDHRI M. ALI KARACHI. Aug. 10. (Reuter). —The Acting Governor General of Pakistan. Major General Iskander Mirza, today called on Mr. Chaudhri Mohammed Ali. new leader of the Muslim League Parliamentary party, to form a government, it was officially
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    Lock icon Baby Is Born To Mother In Iron Lung
    74 1 Baby Is Born To Mother In Iron Lung IPSWICH. England, Aug. 10. (Reuter)— A woman in an iron lung suffering from polio gave birth to a baby girl in hospital here yesterday. She was reported to be "very ill." Hospital officials said she was removed from the lung for 15
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    Lock icon CONSULS CAR BLOWN UP
    43 1 SAIGON. Aug. 10 (Reuter) —Terrorists tonight blew up the Belgian Consul's car. which was parked outside one of Saigon's smartest night clubs. The Consul, M. Dereure. was Inside the club Macabane, when the time-bomb went off Just after midnight.
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    Lock icon Ministers Join War Council
    132 1 Ministers Join War Council KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. Four Alliance Ministers, headed by Tunku Abdul Rahman, tonight accepted membership of the Director of Operations Committee which is the top policy-making body for the prosecution of the anti-bandit war in the Federation. The committee, headed by Lt. Gen. Sir Geoffrey Bourne. GOC
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    Lock icon TEN KILLED
    37 1 SEOUL. Aug. 10 (UP) Ten Koreans were killed and 20 injured on Tuesday, when a speeding bus ran off a 20-foot high cliff while trying to make a curve in the road, police reported today.
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    Lock icon China Visit
    30 1 LONDON. Aug. 10. (Reuter). Five British Labour Members of Parliament were among an 18-strong delegation which left here by air today on a goodwill visit to Communist China.
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    Lock icon AXE ATTACK ON WASHERWOMAN
    145 1 A SINGAPORE washerwoman. Chia Yinc 40, was hacked with an axe between the eyes after a quarrel with a neighbour in Erskine Road, last night. She also received a deep gash on her back. Her 14-year-old son, Ho Pens Khoon, a fitter received cuts on his
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    Lock icon H.K. TOWKAYS CHANGE MIND
    125 1 Won't Open Factories In Spore HONGKONG, Aug. 10 (Reuter)— Hongkong manufacturers have given up any ideas they had, at least for the present, of opening factories in Singapore, the British China Mail reported today. The paper said: "Labour troubles and political uncertainty are the reason." The
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    Lock icon RACES: Union May Call Strike At B. Timah
    178 1 RACES: Union May Call Strike At B. Timah THE dismissal of four syces at the Bukit Timah Turf Club may lead to a general strike of all syces and stable boys on Saturday when the Turf Club begins its August meeting. The Singapore General Employees' Union. which represents the four
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    Lock icon HE CHOSE JAIL
    32 1 ONG BENG KEE was jailed for nine months in Singapore yesterday when he failed to nay a total fine of $4,500 for illegal possession of dutiable liquor and tobacco.
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    Lock icon RAHMAN TO REVIEW DETAINED CHINESE
    160 1 RAHMAN TO REVIEW DETAINED CHINESE KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. Abdul Rahman, the Federation's Chief Minister, announced today that he was forming a special independent committee with himself as head, to review the cases of all Chinese detained under the Emergency Regulations. To the of September last year— the latest date at
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    22 1 CANBERRA. Aug. 10. (Reutrr)— The United Kingdom atomic energy authority are sending two technical experts to Australia to examine uranium prospects.
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    Lock icon $64,000 QUESTION? NO, THANKS!
    38 1 NEW YORK. Aug. 10, (IT) Italian born shoemaker (*ino Prato tonight derided against trying to double the U5532.000 television show prize that his amazing knowledge of opera netted him in the past four weeks.
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    Lock icon Rejected Suitor Is Acquitted Of Threat To Kill
    118 2 A St'ITOK, rejected by a 42-year-old widow, threatened to stab her to death, the Singapore Second District Court was told yesterday. N.F.J. Benoist. also 42. a mechanical engineer, was acquitted of criminally intimidating Wong Kit Lin at her house m Race Course
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    Lock icon commodity PRICES
    79 2 commodity PRICES CLOSING rubber prhe> (crnts prr fb in Sinuapore yesterday were: Buyer* Seller* No K n n Spot Loose 1 ."> 1 i 1511 fo b. Au^. I.">lS 151J No I 14.V. I4CI No l to nil Tone: I'mcrtain. TIN FKICfc TW price of tin jettrnlav was ***** per
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    52 2 Spot 12 d. September ISIA CNtobrr Dei ember \i\. Jaaaarj Manii lt-!*d. April June ISld. Aimust t if 4» d. Teat:— Verj Efmtlc. LONDON TW (ini'sd.i\'s openins: prires first session WCft n i t XVi% bu>ers \:t:>; sellers. l>»ipe months iLly hu^ers. \:74H sellers Settlement price: 417.VZ liar Quiet
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    28 2 V 1751 buyers. VIT.Yi M"Ucrv Three months C 748 hmrrv 117 »*i. 1 0 sellers. n, tllrment prices: C 752. vil»> Mnrnins;: i>o vile*, Afternoon: 50 tons.
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    Lock icon Saw A Knife
    105 2 Wong'a notner. Yip Ah Ng alleged that Bmoist returned the following day to look for her daughter who was out She said she .saw a knife 1 protruding from his hip pocket. D« fence counsel. Mr. P. T. Wong, .submitted that there was no evidence of Benolsts
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    Lock icon Starving Out The Terrorists
    79 2 TEMERLOII. Wed— An Ini tensified food denial operation to starve out 15 Malay Con> terrorists believed to Rg here, was launch- i with house few. The inhabitants of the en affected kampongs. Chaiin Simpant Tan Ban Joo. Batu Syt- Kampong Bermangfis, Buntu< Pulau BengIH and Ban^u
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    Lock icon MEETING THE SULTAN
    44 2 Tilt Chief Minister and Minister for Home Affairs. Federation. Tuiiku Abdul Rahman and his other ministers were received at the Istana. Kuala I umpur, yesterday by the Sultan of Selansor. Thr Sultan is seen me'vins the Tunku. I), of I rhoto
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    Lock icon Made False Statement, Fined $700
    92 2 Made False Statement, Fined $700 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed.Lai Yoke Pin. 42-yeai;-old Foch Avenue shop assistant was yesterday fined $7M for furnishing false particulars in nis application for naturalization under the Selangor Nationality Enactment. He pleaded guilty to a charge of making a false statement in respect of his length of
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    Lock icon New Stamps Out On Sept. 5
    59 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed.— The New Singapore pictorial ps bearing the portrait of the Queen will be on sale si the Genera] Post Office here on Sept. 4 and 5. The stamp, which will be officially released in Singapore on Sept. 4, will be available
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    Lock icon FOUR-WAY FIGHT IN SELANG
    297 2 Alliance Goes Ail n| Again In Stafe pj KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— At least four UMNO-MCA-MIC Alliance, Negara, the Pan M c ICqI tion and Labour are in the "fig ht" for Sclono Qn '^"wH relee TJ, ons a Nomin «»ion doVi'r^a The Alliance v y ls
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    Lock icon Road Closed For Repairs
    63 2 PENANG. Wed. To facilitate essential repairs, the Val DOr Village to Tas.sek Road In Southern Province Wellesley. between mile 16 and mile 17 will be closed to all traffic except bicycles and pedestrians for two weeks from 7 a.m. on Wednesday. Aug. 17 until 5 p.m.
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    103 2 Another Building Programme PENANG, Wed.— The Federal Housing Trust is planning its second building project here and it is very probable that an exhibition of the types of houses to be built will be held at the beginning of next month. This was disclosed by the Penanc Trustee of the
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    Lock icon Train Local Surveyors In Malaya'
    115 2 KUALA LUMPUR Wed The Malayan Technical Scr- Union today criticised the federation's Survey Department tor not introducing higher professional training here fOi its local stafl "Next to Grcht Britain and I India, Malayan Survey Department is the bi?sest in the Commonwealth Yet. it ha* never
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    Lock icon 'Talk Precede Sackings
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    Lock icon OIL WAS NOT BOOTY, COUNSEL CLAIMS
    1213 3 OIL WAS NOT BOOTY, COUNSEL CLAIMS 'Japs Waged War Illegally' THE WAR that Japan waged in South-east Asia was illegal. Th».s wa* submitted yestor i.i\. by Or CII WithersPayne, counso: for three oil companies. \vh(. are claiming M.000.000 compensation against the War Damage Com.nis.sion f6Y stocks of oil Mixed by
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    Lock icon T.U.C.'s Plan To Aid The Jobless
    341 3 THE Singapore Trade Inion Congress is to submit to Government a four-point plan to fight unemployment in the Colony. The plan, which is now in the form of a resolution, will be discussed at the annual delegates conference of the Congress on Sunday. The
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    Lock icon TYPEWRITER, CASH STOLEN
    31 3 A TYPEWRITER worth $450 was reported stolen from a house in Boon Tat Street. Singapore. Another report stated that $217 was stolen from a house in Crane Road.
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    Lock icon Man Faces Riot Trial
    82 3 CIIEONG Wee Siong claimed trial in the Singapore Fourth Magistrate's Court yesterday to a charge of being a member of an unlawful assembly and rioting by causing hurt to Tan Van Cheon«j and Lee Cheng Siong on July 10 Chconc was alleged to have committed the
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    Lock icon SULTANS SURPRISE FOR 20
    161 3 JOHORE BAHRU, Wed Twenty peop> in Johore wi each receive a gold meda at the Sultan ol Johore Diamond Jubiier investili re on Sept 17 The medals which have been personal) v ordered by the Sultan^in England will be arriving in a few days. The Standard
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    Lock icon Deadlock In Tea Workers' Dispute
    265 3 FIFTY employees of Hong Thyc Tea Manufacturing: Company, Singapore, yesterday threatened to go on strike this morning, following a deadlock in negotiations on their claims with the employers. The main issue for the i deadlock was the question of three days' guaranteed work a week
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    Lock icon May Riots: Four Men Charged
    156 3 May Riots: Four Men Charged A DETECTIVE. Tan Swee Pock, who mingled with the i May 12 rioters at Alexandra Circus heard two men shout: "Let us go and beat up the new workers of the Hock Lee Bus Company." Tan said this in evidence yesterday in the First Criminal
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    Lock icon N.S. Youth Annual Meet
    107 3 SEREMBAN. Wed- Mr. R.S. Maniam was elected president of the Ncgri Sembilan Youth Council at its annual mooting on Sunday in the Vivokanda Hail, here. Other office-bearers elected were vice-president Mr Anthony Wong, secretary Mr. Arulrajah. treasurer Mr. A. Jeyaretnam. It wa.s stated the following organizations
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    Lock icon Students On Five-Day Tour
    55 3 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed.— Students from the Malayan Teachers Tra.ninn College left K<Aa Banru on Monday on a five-day tour ol Maiacra. The tour is .sponsored by their Historical Society. Led by their History lecturer. Mr. P. B. Hiiton. they will visit the old town's monuments and
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    Lock icon EDUCATION IS FIRST
    457 4 Provide For All Age Groups, Teachers Urge PENANG, Wed. The Malayan Graduate Teachers Union has passed a resolution calling upon the new Federation Government to give top priority to education, and to adopt a courageous and farsighted policy for providing for all children of school going age,
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    68 4 \l\D\M Muniammah's pet dog: came all the uav'fromTeluk Anson. Perak. to Penang awaiting to be shipped to India by the "State of Madras" on 4 "^Because of shipping regulations which could not be straightened in time, the dog was unable to accompany its mistress. Through the Press, dog lovers contributed
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      Lock icon Plan New Law To Curb Thefts
      244 4 KLANG, Wed.— The United Planting Association of Malaya declared today that rubber theft from estates had now reached such alarming proportions that special legislation will soon be introduced to curb it. The latest theft was reported yesterday when 550 pounds were stolen from an
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      38 4 HOXGKOXG. Aug. 10 Special Standard Service Closing prices of the Hongkong Exchange today were: $15 59 !?o^ l sterlins; 55.***** to USSI; $1,838 to Malayan SI; $0,121 to one Indonesian Rup:ah: Gold $252 to a tael.
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      Lock icon Ex-Boxer Put On 6 Mths. Bond
      70 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed.— Karim bin Mohamed Faid. a former boxer, was today convicted, of voluntarily causing hurt to ori-y ear-old Mohamed Shnrip with a "vicious punch" that caused two deep gashes on his brow. The Second Magistrate, Inche Abdul Rani, bound Karim to be
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    Lock icon Alliance Warned On Graft
    100 4 PEXAXG. Wed. UMNO's strongman in North Malaya. Hajl Abdullah Tok Janggut. W< .-known religious teacher, warned Alliance members and Ministers against bribery and corruption. Haji Abdullah was speaking at a tea party held by the Kaum Ibu on Sunday in honour of elected members of the
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    Lock icon 3 Freed Of Falsifying Accounts
    185 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Three store clerks, who wore charged with conspiracy to cheat the X.A. A.F.I, by falsifying their accounts, were acquitted and discharged by Group Captain G. V. Howard in the First Magistrate's Court today. The accused were Tan Woo Boon. 2:',, Lambert Goonting.
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    Lock icon Job Fund At Half Mark
    74 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed.— More than 11.800 employers including Government, with a total of nearly 777.000 workers on the payroll are now registered with the Employees Provident Fund, it was announced today. In the first six months of 1955 their contributions to the fund totalled $27.000
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    Lock icon T.B. FUND: LATEST
    26 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed Latest donations to the Lady Templer Tuberculosis Hospital Fund have raised the grand total to $4,164,000 it was disclosed today.
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    54 4 MUAR. Wed. The President of the Sessions Court, Mr. W. B. Sutherland, yesterday sentenced Anthony Chevetia to one day's imprisonment and a fine of $40. in default two weeks imprisonment, for cheating Rasama. Anthony was said to have dishonestly induced Rasama to give him two clarinets
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    Lock icon Suicide Bid After Quarrel
    183 4 Suicide Bid After Quarrel PEN A NO, Wed. The pathetic story of how a girl married against her parents' wishes and later discovered that her husband was keeping another woman, was related by a young Chinese woman, who was suspected of attempting to drown herself off Tanjong Bur.gah. Police found
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    Lock icon Research Fish Boat Arrives
    145 4 Research Fish Boat Arrives PENING. Wed. UMNO's fishing vessel "Manihine." which has been purchased lor research work by the Regional Fisheries Research Station, will start its operations in a few weeks. This was stated by the Director of Fisheries Malaya. Mr. D. W. Le Mare, when he boarded the vessel
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    Lock icon ALL THE FUN OF THE FAIR
    162 4 KUAXTAN Wed A twonight celebration was held in aid of the Kuantan Welfare Fund by the District Welfare Committee last weekend. Highlight of the celebrations was a national costume parade Miss i,ai Mci How was awarded the first pnz c for the best costume
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    43 4 PENANG. Wed. The three students of Sadler Wells Ballet. Soonee Goh. Choochiat Goh and Blossom Shek, will give a return recital at the mo c rBe Qirls School. MacAlister Road, on Friday at 7.30 p.m. and on Saturday at 9.30 p.m.
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    302 5 Worthy Of The Highest Praise' Says Lady Black KANDANG Kerbau Maternity Hospital's $2,000,000 new wing and out-patients depart ment was formally opened by Lady Black yester day, thus giving Singapore one of the besf hospitals of its kind in the Far East. In declaring the new wing
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    91 5 SING \PORK leaders turned out in force to (elebrate the marriage of Mr. Lee Shao How to Miss Theresa I li Koo Yin yesterday. Mr Lee is the younser brother of Legislative AsMMnbhnun. Mr. Lee Choon Lng Amons the 200 guests at a dinner at the CMnesc Suimming
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    41 5 photo. LADY BLACK, wife of the Governor of Singapore, opens the main entrance of Kandans; Kerbau Maternity Hospital's new wins and out-patients department with a silver key with which she was presented at the opening ceremony yesterday. Standard
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    Lock icon Court Praises Inspector Who Tracked Down Thugs
    371 5 IPOII, Wed.— The President of the S essions Court, Mr. E. V. A. Peers today sentenced four robbers to various terms of imprisonment ranging from two to five years for their complicity in two armed robberies in July. Another man was sentenced to
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    Lock icon RELIGIOUS TALK
    30 5 A RELIGIOUS talk by Mr. Ramanathan. 8.A.. 8.L.. and Mr. T. Ounaratnam will be given at Sri Senpaga Vinayagar Temple. 19. Ceylon Road, at 7.30 p.m. this evening.
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    Lock icon Ensemble Provides Enjoyable Evening
    238 5 THE choir and orchestra of the Singapore Chamber Ensemble provided a very enjoyable musical evening at the Victoria Memorial Hall yesterday with their performance ol Haydn's oratorio. "The Seasons." This work, with a libretto adapted from James Thomson's long poem of the same name, was written
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      240 5 Standard cJtlmanac Information at a Glance IS I N <i A P O R E \'.M.< A: Cricket practice and judo beginners < 530 r> m Tahletennis practice J r> "> Indian dancinc class 730 pin HOSPITAL: Lady Back visits Diversional Therapj Section of Tan Tock Seng Hospital 11 15
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    925 6 Singapore Standard Student Menace THE Chinese student menace U again raising its head in an effort to embarrass the Government of Singapore. The brazen audacity of these young Communist stooges in their attempts to flout the Government by assuming a dictatorial attitude on OS which do not concern them in
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    715 6  -  Philip Deane DELHI THE slash in aid to India by the United States Senate could not have come at a worse time froir the antiCommunist point of view, for India fa Just now preparing her second Five- Year Plan in the midst of a great debate
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    1088 6  - The NEWS as it strikes me! ASTER GUNASEKERA By J>ROFITING by the bitter L lessons learned at the Federal elections, political parties in the Federation are paying serious thought to the sound Negara suggestion they spurned to unite and present a solid front against the Alliance in the forthcoming State
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    111 6 We much regret thor the article entitled "The Strange Case of Dr. X" published in the Sunday Standard of August 7, 1955, ond thr OTticle entitled "The News As It Strikes Me" published in the Singapore Standard of August 9, 1955, contained an imputation that the Medicol Council of
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    390 6 REVIEWS OF VIEWS Workers' Unions T TTUSAN M c i a y v i vJ nothing ng in the simultaneous meetings on Sunday ot the Singapore Factory and Shop Workers 1 Union and the Trade Union Council. But. says LJtusan, there are certain people in the Colony who seek to
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      149 6  -  TAN EE LEONG Sir: As reported by the Singapore Standard on Aug. 9, Dato Sir Onn challenged the UMNO-MCA-MIC Alliance to find an alternative to immigration from Indonesia if they are sincere to the Malays about rectifying "the current imbalance in the internal increase of our population."
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      136 6 Sir: With reference to your article "Student Teachers Protest" which appeared on page 5 of your Sunday issue. I shall be obliged if you will kindly publish this letter to clear eert'iin misstatements. The protest was not solely by ike student teachers but by the Pahang: Branch of
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      116 6 Sir: Tunkn U d Rahman's broadcast over Radio Malaya at 7.10 pm. on Tuesday was most revealing. It was a model of speeches, free of abuse or recriminations. The Tunku confined himself to simple statements of facts, making no farfetched promises but humbly appealed to the electorate, comprising
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      108 6  -  Unknown Sir: Permit me I mom on Mrs E. A 1. article on "Civil S I Arc A Necessity** which appeared in your Aug. 4 It is very unfair for writer to say that Mr. D. Marshall is "inciting section of the cotnn against another, na Asians and
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    58 7 PRIXC'E Charles and Princess Anno arrive at Portsmouth Railway Station with their grand muther. Princess Andrew of Greece, to join tin royal yacht. Britannia for a cruise to the Isle of .Man and Scotland Walking besides tin Princess is Vice Admiral Sir (onolly
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    70 7 JAKARTA. Aug. 10. (AP)— Cabin«'t formateur Burhanuddin Harahap today was busy putting the finishing touches to ;i new "'honr>t and respected" govrrnmenr without the major PXI Nationalist Party and a number ol its v.ipportrr> in the previous i-oamidjojo govc^rnmfnt. Ilara'tiap tonight was scheduled to make a
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    65 7 TOKYO. Aug. 10. (UP) The vice-principal and physical education instructor of the Kyohoku High School were arrested today in the tragic drowning of 36 girl students at Tsu Beach, 300 miles south of here on July 28. Police took the two teachers into custody after almost two weeks
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    210 7 Sweep Away Injustice To Moslems, Demand LONDON. Aug. 10. (Reuter) The sudden disclosure that Britain's welfare slate laws do not recognise marriages among 60.000 followers of the Moslem faith in Britain threatens to raise a storm in this country. The Liberal evening newspaper The Star, published an editorial yesterday demanding
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    363 7 SHAKESPEARE PROBE IS UNDERWAY Til Prove He Was A Stooge And Fraud' Says Critic PERMIT GRANTED TO OPEN ANCIENT TOMB CIIISKLHI KST, Kent, Aug. 10 (Reutcr)— A New York drama critic Mr. Calvin Hoffman, announced today he had won permission to prise open a 3^)-year-old tomb which he believes will
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    65 7 RAXGOOX. Aug. 10 rßcutcr> A Japanese engineer whose name was Riven as Mr. Yoshikawa was found dead last weekend with razor cut wounds on both wrists and neck near Pyinmana about 200 miles north of Rangoon. press reports here said today. A Japanese embassy spokesman declined
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    71 7 PORTSMOUTH. England. Aug. 10. (Reuter>— An 18--year-old sailor. John Stevens, was sentenced to 12 months detention at a court martial here today for throwing his cap at his Commanding Oflicer. He did so as "a gesture against naval life in general it was not caused
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    262 7 16 Nations Meet On Rhee's Get Out Or' Ultimatum VIOLENCE DIES DOWN IN S. KOREA LONDON, Aug. 10 (Reuter)— Diplomatic quarters here said today the group of IB states which fought on the United Nations side in the Korean war is meeting imminently in Washington to discuss South Korea's move
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    104 7 Police Stop Interview In Hospital HONGKONG. Aug. 10. (UP) A United Press reporter and a Movietone News cameraman while interviewing and taking film of an American businessman Arnold Kiehn, detained in a hospital today were stoppod by police and taken to the police station. They were told by the police
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    106 7 Free Voting Wanted In Vietnam PARIS. Aug. 10 (Rcutcr) The South Vietnam Government said today that all Vietnam elections could not be held until and unless the Communist regime in the north allowed a free vote. A declaration quoted by the French news agency from Saigon was issued in reply
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    230 7 Black Watch' Starts U.S. Fad NEW YORK. Aug. 10 (AP) The "black watch", the daik green and blue Tartan taken from t!.e kilt of Britain's 42nd Royal Highland Regiment, is leading a great "plaid fad" in the United States, Newsweek magazine repoited yestcrdav. "Thorn has never been a plaid fad
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    120 7 'Miss Universe' Packs Up And Quits HOLLYWOOD Allf 10. (AP) Miss Universe. Sweden's Hillevi Rombin, is goin^ home. She unexpectedly booked a one-way air passage to Stockholm and jeave? here tonight The striking blonae bea^ity wag not immediately available for comment She had indicated previously she planned to slay here
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    217 8 Will Be Ready In 2 Years By JOE SASSOON, Standard Staff Reporter THE strength of Singapore's only local of Royal Malayan Navy— will be considerably boosted by the addition ot several new ships within the next two years. rolonvs Defence SecT Sealed to
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    46 8 Till. Ist Battalion, the Royal Lincolnshire Keniment under the command of It. < ol I J. (oul>on will arrive in Singapore on board the Eapin Clyde on Saturday, Aac IX I Lincolnshire* relieve th» Ist Battalion the Somerset Light Infantry now serving in Malaya
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    70 8 SINGAPORE philatelists ,v.,;d the r n Sept. U them "fa cover service rig offered by K.LM. XL M 5. for the tamp only, to' r ad- I to KLM. in The rned s on thr back nother. 1 fa addres niTelopes] unable, free of charge.
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    49 8 THE 11l hold Its sixth S louse, Singapore/ at 2.30 p m. on Sunday. The Society's membrr>hip of 265 Is made up ol Malay drivers, fuel hands and !it- employed by the Shell Company here. Last year loans totalling $26,500 wore given to its memt
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    33 8 PROFESSOR S.RD. Sastri. Sanskri A:: the ex- I. 7.1 5 p.m the Victoria Men H Lee Si Mo:._; f the C S This iv- the Ii 'Fine Arts So iety
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    62 8 SIXTEEN-year old Josephine Paulusz of Singapore scored a big success in Australia recently by winning an oratorical contest in Melbourne in which 30 Melbourne schools and colleges took part. Josephine, a former student of Rattles Girls* School. is studying for the Leaving Certificate at Camberwell
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    95 8 THE following office-bear-ers were elected at the eight»h annual general meeting of the Stanvac Employees' League: President Mr. Liauw Khoon Liang, vice-president Mr. James 11. Chen. Hon. see. Mr. Ang Ah Yew. lion. »t. sec. Mrs. E.R. Crenian. Hon. treasurer Mr. Tan Peng Khiang hon. auditor Mr.
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    42 8 MISS Dorothy May Ling, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Lin Chen Liang, left Singapore yesterday for Ontario, Canada, by Cathay Pacific Airways, for further studies. Miss Ling will meet her brother, Daniel, who is a medical student in Vancouver.
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    66 8 PENANG. Wed. Two "gate-crashers."' during the Penang versus Salzs'ourg FT. football match were today cautioned and discharged by Mr. E. A. Long, in the Magistrate's Court. They were Leong Chak and Ng Chew Kiah. who pleaded guilty to a charge 01 wilfully trespassing into the grounds of
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    96 8 SINGAPORE Progressive Party Assemblyman. Mr. Lim Choon Mong. was elected president of the Serancoon English School Old Students' Association at Its sixth annual general meeting held recently. Other office bearers are: vice-presidents Mr. S. C. Tin? (ex-offlcio) and Mr. V. A. George; hon. sec. Mr. Tan
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    154 8 COLONY NETS $72 M. IN TAX THE Singapore Income Tax Department last year collected a net total of $72,556,074 for taxes from all sources. The annual report for 1954 of the Income Tax Department pointed out that of a gross collection of $93,219,764.01, the sum of $15,280,658 was transferred to
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    102 8 PENANG, Wed.— A lighter which was being towed by the tugboat "Antony" i n the roads off Penan? h arbour last niuht. rammed into a sampan in the darkness and threw eight passengers in the sampan into the sea. However the passengers who were dockhands returning
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    107 8 THE Governor of Singapore, Sir Robert Black wound up his tour of Improvement Trust Housing Estates with visits to Outram Hill. Tiong Bahi v. Redhill Close and Qucnstown estates yesterday. The Governor was accompanied by Mr. T.P.F. McNeice. chairman of the SIT and Mr. J. M.
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    80 8 TANKER BEING CONVEX INTO FREIGHT Manaara >nippmg Reporter THE 2.800 ton ex-Shell tanker Aldcgonda. a name familiar to Singapore's waterfront, is undergoing transformation in up Anchorage. Bought an tsii :>oo by the Chip Hw Co npany ol S. rap. cargo carrier. By mid-Octol er Ihi the ex-- nicer is <
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    47 8 POLICE are Investigating the loss of 20 bales of rubber worth 15.000 which disappeared from a cargo ship the M.V. Selangor. 1 he loss was discovered yesterday when the cargo was being checked in Singapore before unloading alter the vessel arrived fro:n Kuantan.
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    43 8 THE Singapore Society of Amatt ur Dancers will hold the first of a series of fortnightly tea dance.s at 611-A. Geylang Road from 2 to 6 p.m on Sunday for members and friend.-. The Blue Fvthm Syncopaters will bp in attendance
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    268 9  - SWITZERLAND OF THE EAST HARRY B. ELLIS By TN ANCIENT TIMES Lebanon was a famous land, for from it came the fragrant cedar wood which built the temples and palaces of kingdoms now old in story. Today, after centuries of denudation by men of many races, the cedars of Lebanon
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    460 9 SYDNEY. \N Australian reconnaissance patrol on an exploratory mission in New Guinea has discovered natives who look like Biblican figures and who had never seen white men before. The natives wear wigs and beards, have pierced noses and use very primitive stone axes. A report of the
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    208 10 CONTRACTS with Bolivia and Indonesia for the purchase of tin-in-concentrates have been extended for three months by the Federal Facilities Corporation, according to reports in Washington The contract with Bolivia for three months ending Oct. 31 calls for the purchase of 2.500 tons of tin-in-concentrates. The
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    91 10 EGYPT'S neutralist Eovern- hag announced that Red China has placed a multi-mil-lion dollar order for Egyptian cotton a boost to its gagging economy. A Finance Ministry spokesman stid Cairo the order was for 290,000 kantars of cotton 'a kantar la P!> lbs.) in adliti n to
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    28 10 RUBBER outputs in July anDeed are: Allenby 34.500 l':\: Benta 70,000 Ih.; Jeram Kuantan 65.000 lb.; Kiinriong 35.000 lb.; Mentakab 87.000 lb.; Sunge: Baqnn 142.000 lb.
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    142 10 ALL sections of the Malayan share market were quiet generally yesterday, according to the Malayan Sharebroker>' Association. Industrials and rubbers however, were inclined to improve towards the close, partly because of the renewed confidence in the rubbr commodity market. Price changes announced by the Association yesterday
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    117 10 SINGAPORE sharebrokera yesterday reported the following business done: Industrials: Con. T.n Smelt. curds, no/:*; Praser Neave ords. 51. 70; Gammon $2.75; Henry Waufh $1,721; M. Bren'cries $3.35; M. Colls. 8(1 cents; Robinson ord>. (2.30; Spore Cold Storage Sl.tiT 1 Straits Traders $22.80 to $23.00; Wearne Bros $2.72};
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    32 10 JULY rubber crops announced arc: Amalgamated Malay 63.600 lb.; Borelli 72.00(1 lb.; Connemara 57.500 b.; New Serenriah 65.000 lb.; Bassett 36.500 lb.: Kuala Siddim 108.--<>24 lb.; Bukit Kcpong 16,700 lb.
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    20 10 THE following tin ore outputs have been announced: Thabawleik 754 piculs; Punqah 77(5 piculs; Austral Amalgamated 2,061 piculs.
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    20 10 JAPAN bought slightly more than 2,000,000 bushels of U.S. wheat, trade sources in New York reported.- AP
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    175 10 PEPPER was a steady market in Singapore yesterday with overseas buyers showing more interest. resulting in a fair turnover of business totalling .some 25 tons. The copra market firmed on better advices from abroad while coconut oil remained quiet. Singapore Chinese Production Exchange noon closing prices (per picul»
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    430 10 Tin Production Reaches A Postwar Peak MALAYAN tin miners' efforts to produce at the maximum rate before the expected introduction of the International Tin Agreement resulted in increased production by 4,437 tons to 60,691 tons of tin-in-concen-tra'tes a postwar peak. This was stated by Mr. Clifford Waite. Chairman of Consolidated
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    239 10 RUBBER CLOSES UNCERTAIN AT %ct. HIGHER THE Singapore rubber market again experienced one of its erratic spells yesterday with prices fluctuating widely and closing at $1.51] per Ib. for first grade August shipment, a rise of half a cent on Tuesday. A considerabU volume of business was reported, speculative buying
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    384 10 U.S. TEXTILE MEN ALArJ By ARNOLD C. BRA<K.\|\\ Standard Special Ctmspoafrni NEW YORK, Aug. 10-Ameriran textile interests i are today urging curbs on imported Japanese cotton I Industry leaders here view with alarm and <%^B sions to Japan made at the last GATT meeting m 1
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    135 10 Ships In harbour OITIR ROADS Laura Maersk, Lap.iz. Yap Riemsdjik. Obra, Batoela. Ceylon Odessa. Veatun, Tasman, Van Outhcorn. Henning Maersk, Sianvac Benpkat. Banesai. INMR ROADS Marudu, Pangkor. Bruas. Kitm Bay, Nanyang. Lasem, Cornfish, Sumpitan, New Cornation, Ton,; Nam. Larat. Labuan Hiii. Nan yang. Visui K-istri. Sin Hong Ho. Ho^k Tlai.
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    53 10 THE International Bank announced in Washington it had "ranted a loan of U5512.000.--000 to the state railway of Thailand. It sa d the loan will finance part of a five-year investment programme which will improve the efficiency of the railway and enable it tn handle
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    223 10 Big Harvests For India And Pakistan BICi rice harvests in India and Pakistan during HJS4-55 resulted In a record world output, a British government srain survey said in London, Burma last year exported a record quantity of rice, checking a decline in world shipments, the survey added. The report also
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    17 10 JULY rubber CTOpi <innoiitK'od are: Kempa^ Ltd 324.900 !b.: Radolla Rubber Estate Ltd. 13.700 Ib.
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    77 10 Ceylon, China To On Rubber RUBBER pn Colombo urc I profit made on Cut ports to O shoulc. Thi< when China's reply I request for better f I was made •ed that il c it consider the matter conference on the should o he!d eil I O lombo or Peking.
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      61 10 Cycle Dealers Feted DEALERS from the Federation of Malaya re rrntly attended the "Raleigh," "liumbrr" and "Robin Hood dealers' annual dinner at Lee Wong Kee Cafe Kuala Lumpur. The dealers are seen here with o G u Shields, (seated 13th from left), manage" of Robinsons, Kuala Lumpur. Seated beside him
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    329 13 Smith Scores Fastest WO i a t\ 3°' < Reut er>-Yorkshire's tempor.iry lead of the county cricket table, having won their match on Monday was wiped out yesterday when >urrey beat Middlesex and so joined Yorkshire at the top with 220 points, Surrey having two games
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    88 13 OI.LN COVE Nonplavins Davis Cup Tennis learn captains Takeichi Ilarada (right) of Japan and Harry Hopnian of Australia shake hands over the cup each would like to take home. Tnry had lust drawn courts from the Cup for their tilts at the Nassau Country Cluh in Glen Cove. Lonj, Island.
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    126 13 SOUTHAMPTON, Aug. 10. < Renter) Shoe craftsmen mmking an all out bid to help Frank Tyson the hamptonshire pace bowler, towards complete fitness 'he decisive fifth test between England and South, a. beginning at the Oi*al on Saturday They were working at top pace today remaking
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    80 13 Fixtures lor the Malay Sports Associations tennis tournament to be played on the MSA courts are: Friday 5 p.m: Shahn-, Osman vs A SB. Pakir. Saturday at .'I p.m. Hamid Bilal v* Hamtd Ka^sim; Dollah Junied vs Ishak Alwi; AM Yuno? vs Ibrahim Junied. Sunday 9 a.m.
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    42 13 Domain Sports Club to meet P T today at 5.15 p m. on the P T ground will be: Syed Bakar. Haroan JafTar. Ahmad Kenchil. GafTor. Samdin. Johari. Ali. Ahmaid. Johny James. Abu H»**»fi Reserves: Francis Michael R. Rajendran. Ka.->mau.
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    349 13 Wright Shorthouse Can Become.. MOSCOW, Aii£. 10 (UP)— The Soviet press indicates Billy Wright and Shorthouse of the Wolverhampton Wanderers can settle down in Russia as honoured citizens and star footballers any time th ey like. The Soviet press reviewing Sunday's :',-<) victory by Spartak
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    78 13 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed— The following will represent Sciangor Malays Football Association against Singapore Malay-; in the final of the Gold Cup soccer competition to be played at Jalan Besar Stadium. Singapore, oi\ Friday at 0.10 p.m. The team will be selected from the following: Ghani Tahir.
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    760 13 SALLEH STOPS MAYFLOWER'S RISING STAR SINGAPORE Badminton Association's Junior Men's Singles championship entered its fourth round at the Badminton Stadium last night with a tie between Salleh Kurs hi (Marigold), who was several times a quarter-finalist, and Mayflower's rising star. Tan Chin Jin Kurshi eventually put Chin Jin out of
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    321 13 A HURRICANE innings of 101 runs in 62 minutes by K. T. Retnam was the main feature of the drawn cricket match between the Overseas School Boys XI and the University of Malaya played at Sepoy Lines yesterday. Lanky Retnam. who wont I in at
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    170 13 AN INDIA versus Pakistan clash of champion.s i^ t!ie nr«in programme for Saturday night's wrestling at the Happy World Stadium. Sportsman Enterprises yesterday finalised arrangements for India's mighty champion. Dara Singh, to meet Pakistan's strong. man. Syed Sail Shah, in the main event. Dara Singh i.< the
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    145 13 MOSCOW, Wed. tßeuten Russians yesterday besieged members of the Wolverhampton Wanderers football team who. having lost to Moscow Spartak on Sunday will meet Moscow Dynamo on Friday. The team were taken on a conducted tour of the Kremlin, which is nowadays visit- ed by 20.000 people daily.
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    254 14 LTAM Orders A Re-Draw For Late Arrivals IPOH, Wed. An announcement, unprecedented in the history of Malayan tennis, was made by the honorary secretary of the Lawn Tennis Association of Malaya, Mr. Tan Chin Beng, today. The draw for the 1955 championships which are due to be held
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      235 14 Watch Kerry Laughter Says SCRUTINEER THERE was little activity on the Bukit Timah training track yesterday morning when most of the candidates were taken out for slow work. One of the most impressive workers were Daniels stables KERRY LAUGHTER who was trotted round. The Pearl Orient four-year-old was a good
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      34 14 SCRUTINEER, deputising for Windsor Lad who is now on leave, will bring you all the latest news, views and tips at the coming Bukit Timah meeting. FOLLOW THE RACING STANDARD.
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    302 14 Prepare Now For Games C. C. Tan RE-ELECTED president of the Singapore Olympic and Sports Council, Mr. C. C. Tan, said yesterday that preparations for the coming Olympic Games in Melbourne will "have to be intensified in the coming year, not only on the part of our athletes but also
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    342 14 A MAGNIFICENT rally in the closing stages of the match enabled Chartered Bank to hold Fraser and Neave to a 4-4 draw in an SBHFA Cup and League (Group A) soccer match played at River Valley Road, yesterday Man responsible for saving the Bankers' from
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    37 14 M.R.N V.R beat Customs 5-3 in a SGSFA Division 1 match played at the P. T ground yesterday. Charlie Chan (2) Marcus<2. and Dollah scored for the winners whil e Sordi. (3) netted for Customs.
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    48 14 PRIMO CARNERA. former world heavyweight boxing champion, now turned wrestler-showman, is expected in Singapore at the end of this month. Camera is billed to meet King Kong in a wrestling match to be staged by Sportsman Promotions at the Happy World Stadium on Aug. 30.
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    163 14 Mercantile Bank beat Ford Motors by lour coals to one in Group *B match played at the Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday The Bankers are now leading In this Group. The Bankers opened the score in the 4 *h minute through Eddie de Silva. and increased it
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    404 14 BORNEO COMPANY, in their second last SBHFA League and Cup outing of the season, scored an easy 4 2 victory over a ten men Boustead SC in a second round Group *'B" match played at Keppel Harbour, yesterday. Borneo Company who were champions of the Group
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    460 14 Yesterday's arrirals /rom Thailand shoto, /eft to right Manager Kotu Kirn Lin and his boxers, Sanong Kavsawphaw. Nai Opas, and Colony boxing promoter. Little Nene, pictured at Kallang Airport. THE Singapore Telephone Board were assured <>t the SBHFA League Cup Group A championship
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    9 14 Sanon Arrive To Meet Raza 3 i I B
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      262 14 W <£+ THE first South-cost Asia boxing <* f championships for the trophy presented by hKx. Aw Cheng Chye, the President of j£ j the Singapore Amateur Boxing Associa- I tion, have attracted entries from seven <T^ countries: Australia, Burma, Ceylon, Hongkong, Philippines, Thailand and j£ Singapore. *\Z From today,
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      244 14 A. i the SBIIFA League (up Ic^lts H '.KOI PA S- T B. Ho.uUnc Rank I Rahiin Omar 2. S<> Y. I Abdullah Orton. deflected ChaiUred Bank 4. I l| Hamid Ibrahim Kirn B Chibu deflected p v ii l r i S. T B 7 T Hongkong Bank t
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      94 14 Today's Sport SOCCER DIV. J: R.E.M.E. vs. Tiger S.A. at Jalan Besar at 5.15 p.m. JUNIOR CUP: Tampenis Rovers vs. Sukaramai S.C. at Geylang; S.C.C. vs. S. Corinthians "A" at S.C.C; Farrer Juniors vs. V.M.M.A. at Farrer Park. DIV. 2B: S.H.B. Police vs C.A. "A" at C.V.M.A. GOVERNMENT SERVICES LEAGUE
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