Singapore Standard, 12 August 1955

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  • 15 1 Singapore Standard A A M. rz- SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, AI'GUST 12, 19."> It PAGES IS CENTS
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  • 759 1 Amok African Soldier Kills Six THEN TURNS WEAPON ON HIMSELF Killed: Four Gurkha soldiers, two civilians (Chan Vat S?e of Singapore and Mat Salleb bin Abdullah of Butterworth) and the amok. WOlinded: Five Gurkha soldiers four Malay soldiers a police constable and two civilians (Ganesan of K.L. and
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  • 79 1 FT)— I I n»n J IMI--ner f I rum Ilinc I tnds. Ihe second plane bearing the remaining five landed a few minutes later. The air force and Honolulu civil authorities were waitin? with the kind of reception Hawaii reserves for heroes and visiting million, aires. Two curvy Miss
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  • 334 1 ffwelve Chinese school students, Uvvn detained by the Police Regulations following surprise ..irried out simultaneously by Special Branch here at mid- in possession of some 1 being examined by the Police. Of the 12 students, seven sure from the Chung Ling i School, three from the Chiang High School
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  • 31 1 photo. CONSTABLE Mohinder Singh, 19, who jumped from the moving train and thus escaped being shot by the amok Rhodesian. He fractured his leg in the jump. Standard
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  • 193 1 Tenders Called For TV Network SINGAPORE Govern, menr yesterday called for tenders for a television station to be set up in the near future. One oi the conditions stipulated by Government calls for 90 per cent local personnel by 1959. The directorship by that date must be completely Malayan. In
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  • 93 1 SINGAPORE rubber prices yesterday dropped 5i cents to $1.46 per lb. for first grade August shipment on a widely fluctuating market caused by manipulative selling by a section of the trade. Prices ranged between $1.42 and $1.50 during the day. moving up and down on manipulative
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  • 155 1 Inspecfor Brofher Hunts Thug A SINGAPORE teleprinter operator, Beatrice de Silva, 21/ was held up by a masked man in a dark and lnn*>l'v street last night and stabbed in the hip. loneiy sircci Miss dc Silva was walking along Dido Street off Siglap
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  • 26 1 REAR ADMIRAL Toranzo Calderon. accused of masterminding the abortive June 16 revolt in Argentina, has been sentenced to life imprisonment, informed sources in
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  • 230 1 Tough Task Lies Ahead For Cabinet-Maker JAKARTA, Aug. 11 (AP) A new government was formed today charged with the tough task of pulling Indonesia out of her worsening financial and economic crisis and carrying out general elections for parliament scheduled for Sept. 29. Vice-President Mohammed
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  • 63 1 A COBBLER on his way home alter work was beaten up by four thugs in Penang Lane yesterday Two eye-witnesses told The Standard that the men escaped after kicking the cobbler in the face while he was lying on the ground. They said that they saw
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  • 140 1 Indian Clerks To Strip For Their Rights NEW DELHI. Auc. 11 (Reuter) Six thousand third grade clerks in the Indian Government Secretariat will start a "striptease" strike on Tuesday to back demands for mor- pay. Mr. Onkar Nath Sharma. president of the clerks' union told
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    45 1 photo. THREE bullet holes were found in a third class coach when the train arrived in Singapore yesterday. Mr. Ambrose Monteiro. a member of the police force in Kuala Lumpur, points to one of the holes in the Elass-;%ine thp pnd <» f the coach. Standard
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  • 206 2 HSIUNG MAY ACCEPT TOP POST AT NANYANG HOPES wen? high in Singapore yesterday that the former dean of the Faculty of Aits of the Nanyang University, Dr. S I Hsiung, might accept the Chancellorship vacated by Dr. Lin Yu-tang. It Is understood that a tentative understanding ha> been reached between
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  • 84 2 American Experts To Visit S' pore A IF AM of iij American will visit S: Oct. il riurinf the 5C of a Far East tour the spon»nip of the National Sales the projc 1 ":iran businessmen will rr.ee- i nen in otner .tries to exchange ideas in BeM of sa.es
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  • 94 2 2,500 To Picket Govt. House M ORE than 2..">00 banner waving Chinese will picket Government Housp on Au? 18 while an eight man Singapore Chinese Chamber <>f ommcrre deles ati o n meets the Secretary of State for the Colonies, Mr. Alan I.ennox-Boyd. The delegation will ask Mr. Boyd for
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  • 114 2 Have You Seen This Girl? A THREE-YEAR-OLD girl. Ong Geok Hong, has been missing from her home at 7i Mile Changl Road. Singapore, since Aug. 5. She was reported missing after her grandmother had lef her alone at home for hall an hour. Police believe that she wandered out of
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  • 38 2 MALACCA. Hum Alliance sub stanches here will hold victor) celebration? all over the Settlement ioi their success at the recent Federal polls and their rapture oi al] eight elected seats in the Settlement Council.
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  • 266 2 Councillor Wants Change SEREMBAN, Thurs.— Mr. Chin See Yin (Alliance), speaking at the Town Council meeting today, wanted to know why only 12 per cent of Seremban's 60,000 population are registered voters. He said there are now only 4.800 registered voters compared with 4.500
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  • 88 2 LONDON*. Aug. 11—Malayan Police Officer, Inspector P. Alagendra. yesterday won the coveted Baton of Honour lor the most efficient trainee among 40 overseas policemen training at Hendon Police College Inspector Aiagendra was presented with the Baton at yesterday's passing -out ceremony by the Chairman of the
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  • 36 2 HONGKONG. Aug 11Special Standard Service: Closin? prices of the Hongkong Exehanse today were: $15.57 to £1 sterling; $*****") to US$l: $1,837 to Malayan SI $0,132 to one Indonesian Rupiah; Gold 5252 to a tael
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  • 28 2 ALGIERS. Aug. 11. (UP) Elements of the mobile gendarmerie fought a short sharp battle with 75 terrorists today, killing six and capturing 15.
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  • 289 2 Fed. Estate Workers Down Tools KLANG, Thurs. The first labour strike since the advent ot the Alliance Government in the Federation started this morning at Seaport Estate near here, when more than 200 tappers, factory workers and weeders downed tools in protest against the
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  • 392 2 Sole Survivor To Be Guest At Colony Film Premiere BY a coincidence, two men even more involved than actor Richard Tcdd in the making of the film "The l3am Busters." which will have its premiere in Singapote on Aug. 30, are now stationed with the Royal Air Foice, Changi and
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  • 159 2 COMMODITY PRICES CLOSING rubber prices (cents per Ib In Singapore yesterday were: Buyers Seller* No I KSS Spot I oosc 146 146} f.o.b. Aug 146 Hi, 1 No. 2 141 h 142} No. 3 136| 1371. Tone: Slight l v easier. TIN PKICfe The price of tin yesterday was 5370
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  • 63 2 DR. LUTHER H. Evans. Sec-retary-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization arrived in Singapore yesterday on his way to Australia and Now Zealand on an official visit. Dr. Evans Is expected to visit Malaya and Borneo, associate members of UNESCO in October, next
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  • 180 2 Wif ness Was Hostile -Police A FITTER, Mohamed Sa'ad bin Kassim, whose wife died following an abortion, was treated, as a hostile witness in the Singapore Fifth Magistrates Court, yesterday when he gave evidence in a case against Kathijah binte Omar, charged tentatively with culpable homicide,
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  • 46 2 SINGAPORE premnen will be among Ihe first to fly into the new Paya Lebar airport. They will make a Press flight tomorrow for about 45 minutes accompanied by the Director of Civil A\iat:on, Mr. G. J. Warrup. in a Malayan Airways plane.
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  • 262 2 SINGAPORE Government dispute between the Colon x SLS mte^ employees, which i s fast dustnal "crisis." iexe wpin s ia J* H is expected the C >l four-party conic, Association, the S Union Congress an possibilities of settling If no settlement is read* at such a conferm. Government may
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  • 81 2 LITTLE Lee Yoke Ngo, 2. was trying to see happening on the groundfloor, when she lost her balance plunged down throe stoi the Singapore Assistant nor. Mr. Giam CfaDDg H was to d yesterday. Yoke NfD*f three-year brother Chonf Hin and her five-year-old sister
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  • 90 3 He Stoned Police In May Riots A YOUNG MAX Kh >o Guan Scan. 21 was yesterday convi. ted in the Second Magistrate's Court of bein? 1 member of a stone-throwing mob which gathered at the ion of Penans Road and Penan* Lane on May 13 ASP. Gam who was hit
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  • 111 3 JOIIORE BAHRU. Thurs Foo Yin. a woman, was sentenced iri the Ses.-ions Court i today to one day's imprison- menl and a fin* of $300 in default a further three months 1 imprisonment, for being in unJawfijj possession of seven katis of scrap
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  • 47 3 TAIPEI. Aug. 11. (Reuter) —Nationalist China's President Chiang Kai Shek this morning conferred with his top lieutenants. No communique was issued after a one-hour meet, but sources close to the conference said the Nationalist leaders discussed the current Sino-American ambassadorial talks in Geneva.
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  • 60 3 TAIPEI Aug. 11. (UP).— Wu Chen Tunn went to the doctor today with heart trouble 1 but before he could get past the door he was bitten by the doctor's dog. Wu did an about-face and marched off to the District Attorney's Office and filed
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  • 218 3 New Airport Will Have Everything Of The Best 'PHIS is the scale model of the $7,500/000 ultra-modern teiminal building which the Singapore Public Works has designed for the international airport at Paya Lebar. The building, which is completely functional in design, is expected to be ready for use by early
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  • 106 3 GALLERY FOR THE WAVERS THK lower picture at left shows a view of I the airport from the north-east end of the apron. The left half of this Iroutmtje shows the facade of the airport restaurant;* the topmost floor is the "wavinq'' gallery. i Two covered-ways extend down to lhe
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  • 270 3 New Land Bill Is Unnecessary- Yap THE Land Acquisition (Tcmporarv Provisions) Ordinance 1955 was yesterday condemned oy banker City Councillor. Mr. Yap Phen^ Geek as "unnecessary and pure Do.itical propaganda In a statement to the press yesterday. Mr Yar said: The present Bill is less objectionable than its predeces- sor,
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  • 200 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— The personal intervention of Tunku Abdul Rahman, early today prevented what might have developed into an embarrassing inner-party "revolt" in the Selangor rice bowl during nomination of candidates for the State Council elections. The Tunku. after a heavy first day as
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  • 572 4 Easy Way In St ate Polls KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The UMNO-MCA-MIC Alliance today pulled off another overwhelming election, victory, winning ten out of 13* seats without a fight in the Selangor State Council. At the close of nomination day, the unopposed candidates of the Alliance
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  • 1632 4 Commercial Exam. Results For Singapore THE following Singapore candidates wore successful fan the Lie" Examinations: RAFFLES IXSTITI I lON EVENING CLASSES Intermediate Stage: Book-keeping: 100 Hian Hwee. Typewriting: Mohamedhusain Fidahusain Kampmawaia. Higher Stage: Accounting: Loh Kum Moul. Tco Mong Whatt. CONVENT OF THK HOLY INFANT JtSl/S Intermediate Stage: English: Louise
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  • 62 4 RICHMOND. Virginia, Aug. 11. (UP). —A fiery cross, symbol of the Klu Klux Klan, was burned yesterday on the lawn of Oliver W. Hill. Negro attorney for the National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People. Hill was one of the lawyers in the Virginia
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  • 52 4 MALACCA, Thurs. The Malacca Young Malayans Club will hoid its third annual general meeting in the High School Hall, Koon Cheng Road, at 6.30 p.m. tomorrow. After the meeting there will be a Grand Dance social for members and their friends Drinks will be served during
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  • 38 4 WASHINGTON. Aug. 11 <UP» Bulgaria has apologized to the U.S. and offered to pay compensation for the death of 12 Americans killed last month aboard an Israeli airliner shot down by Bulgarian fighter planes.
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  • 27 4 PROF. SR.D. Sastri M.A., will give a lecture on "India Through The Ages" at the Victoria Memorial Hall on Aug. 13 at 5 p.m.
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    71 5 SINGAPORE Commissioner of Police, Mr. Nigel Morris, addresses senior officer* of the Singapore Ba District at a dinner at Tyersall Park Officers' Mess. The GDC. Base District, Ma-jor-General D D. C. Tulloch. is on the extreme ri^ht. Others in the picture, from left, are the Senior Assistant
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  • 229 5 Mission Was A Secret KUALA LI MPIR. Thurs.— A three-man team of Malayan police officers, headed by Deputy Commissioner, Mr. I. S. Wylie. is now in Australia recruiting lieutenants lor service in the Federation's war against the terrorists. The Federation Government has kept the news a
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  • 95 5 Ex-Malayan To Head New Paper LONDON. Aug. 11 I Renter) A mw evening newspaper, '"The Sun" Is to be published in London nt-xt year. World's Presa News, the newspaper trade journal, reported today. It sa'.d the sponsors planned to make the newspaper 'lively and provocative" and aimed at a twD
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  • 76 5 Youth Club Gets First Contribution MR T. S \.£E of Camden Singapore. yesterday made the first contribution to new Pearl's Ui.i Youth for under-privileged children of Chinatown which open shortly. Mr. Lee's contribution of $20 was inspired by an article on dub which appeared in the Sunday Standard last week.
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  • 67 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs. J. B. Wright of Kulai Yong Estate, was lined SIM in the Magistrate's Court today for negligent driving as a result o: which his car overturned in Jalan Cnjgar, Johore Bahru. Last year on April 14 he was disqualified from driving for a year
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  • 47 5 Th< j Commissioner-Gener-al. Mr. Malcolm Mar Donald. Lett Singapore by air yesterday morning lor Hongkong He will stay with the Governor. Sir Alexander Grantham nnd Lady Grantham. and will fulfil a number of engagements before he returns to Singapore at the week-end.
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  • 13 5 THE Royal Thai ConsulateGeneral will be closed today Thai QuocrT.s Birthday
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  • 249 5 POLICE GET A PLEDGE FROM G.O.C Ready To Aid In Any Emergency' THE Army is ICO per cent behind the Singapore Police Force and is ready to come to their help in any emergency, the GOC Singapore District, Major General D. D. C. Tulloch, said last night. Maj.-Gen. Tulloch was
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  • 261 5 Govt. Won't Free Chen Marshall SINGAPORE'S Chief Minister, Mr. David Marshall, yesterday reiterated Government's decision to detain Chen Vans Cheng:, a Chinese school teacher held under the Emergency Regulations, when he replied to a petition by Chen's colleagues. Air. Marshal] told the repre-l sentativea ot the Singapore Ch i n
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  • 90 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs. Tiro Malayan Other Ranks and a cirilian. all irom Kluanq. were convicted today ]or cheating a woman by claiming to be police oQicers Private Lee Tien Seng of the Federation Engineers Regiment was lined $200. in default two months' imprisonment Private Yap
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  • 93 5 TEACHERS REJECT NEW SCALE MALACCA. Thurs.— Eaflisfa teachers In Malacca Govern-ment-aided Chinese schools yesterday claimed that no reference whatsoever had been made to either their union or their representatives on a new salary scheme, which rame into force on July 1. They stated that the new scheme has little improvement
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  • 22 5 THE Singapore Eurasian Association's '.ii)\h annual general meeting will be held at the Sinqanore Recreation Club today at 5.30 p.m.
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    • 236 5 c&lmanac Information at a Glance |Ti ""n (j a p o r c wMftwaji 11 1 ia^iiriilii^i sMff \.M.(.i: Junior Chess Championship 2 pm bodybuilding and weigntlifting judo practice and shorthand class 5 311 om Tab.c- pra< t;c3 > pn. 100 t lII 1 (OMMI Sin < I-N-I Kl. Inaugura.
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    • 336 5 News (S>; 140 Dance Bands 1M1; 6 in Announcements and programme summary iSt; 6 02 Forces Favourites (Si 640 interlude lor Music iSi; l-» 1 Singapore Share Maike' Report (Si. 7 pm News (Sc 710 News Talk >S or XL): 715 Four Stai Variety (St 730 Feature (S oi XL»
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    • 424 5 iIG 7Jrn 1 1 40 Orchestral (16 82m); 145 Ballad Time 16.82 m), 2 pm Au.-Walian Suoit IIS 82m); 2.15 News (19 7lrmj; 225 Newspaper Opinion Illl72mi; 230 Au<t;a.:aii Dance Band? (19r!rn»; "'.40 Auatiaiian Compose ry «19 72m; 3 prn C live Arnadio Quinte il9 72mi. 330 Son^s from the
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  • 938 6 Singapore Standard Facing Facts MAI AY newspaper carried a report that the Perhs Federation of Rural Co-operative Societies Old appeal to the Federation Government to < its subsidy to meet losses incurred by the Arau Co-operative Rice Mill Society. Some lour jt.:- ago the Government Rice Mill at Arau was
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  • 663 6 THE NEWS AS IT STRIKES ME YESTERDAY'S Agency 1 message published on tht 1 front page of Ihe Standard that Hongkong manufacturers have given up any ideas they had at least for the present of opening factories in Singapore, should give food for much serious thought by the Chief Minister,
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  • 1032 6 DELHI INDIA has been lagging behind China in the race for industrialisation which is recognised by experts as the only long-term solution for the fairly similar problems of the two countries. By ignoring the consumer whose welfare India has so far respected China
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  • 108 6 UTUSAN MELAYU points out that Tunkll Abdul Rahman's first radio speech as Chief Minister U conciliatory but nevertheless firm. It i> also heartening to note that the Tunku is fully conscious of the severe limitation! under which his Government have to work to implement its election pledget, the
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  • 173 6 Language and Citizenship Sir: Critirij n by Singapore Cbii i < of Commerce tl on Language and Cita > should not fo unclu. To introduce multi-linj ism in the Legislate sembly if not practice i will result in en* inefficiency. The Chinese c. Commerce ha? n* who do riot speak
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  • 47 6 REVIEW OF VIEWS ]y representative of the peop!e la the .strict lense of the word. 'Joint Responsibility' TUNKU Abdul Ral. whose government h assumed office. ha> broached the idea of '"joint responsibility/ indicating I the Alliance leaders i prising Chinese, MalayIndian>. are pledf< d ur. an I
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  • 881 6  -  Cyril Dunn By JOHANNESBURG COME idea ot what life is like for the African wprker and his family in South Africa on the outskirts of one of the world's richer cities is given in a survey just completed by Dr. M.W, Susser. a European medical
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  • 34 7 -I 0 S fdfs nto h< in private ni occurred H .ma had left the and was too far out i for either tne Queen or the' c of Edi to have pened.
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  • 327 7 A FAIRHAIRED LITTLE GIRL HOOKS IN A TINY PERCH ROYAL CRUISE ALONG THE COAST STRANRAFR, Scotland, Aug. 11: (Keuter) Prince Charles and Princess Anne went tiding yesterday and the lairhaired Princess i iiiijht a tiny perch. The Royal children with the Queen and the Duke of I ilinburgh are on
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  • 258 7 BONN, Aug. 11, (AP) Chancellor Konrad Adenauer may offer the Soviet Union a non-aggression pact during his forthcoming visit to Moscow, Acting Chancellor Franz Bluecher said today. Bluecher told a news conference that "there is nothing in the Brussels and Londpn pacts of last
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  • 85 7 HICCUPS ON THE DOUBLE LUBBOCK. Texas. Aug. 11. «AP»- GJ\ W..>on, who d hiccupping .shortly lunch on Aug. 2. has ■tailed doing it in double, now. his wife says. The 69-yoar-o!d farmer has had only a few breaks from the iMllllij while sleeping and is In a serious condition in
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  • 75 7 TOKYO. Am. 11 <UP) Three top Japanese Communist leaders including Number Two man Sanzo Nuzaka came out into the open today after more than five years in the underground. Nozaka Shlgeo Shida and Yojiro Konno appeared at a meeting of the Communist Party in a dov /Mown
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  • 18 7 PAKISTAN'S new Cabinet >.wurn in by the acting reroor General Major General Iskander Mina la>t night. Reuter
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  • 20 7 MR. STIRLING Moss. Britain's leading racing motorist, was slightly injured in a car crash in London vester- Reuter
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  • 232 7 MONTREAL. Aug. 11 (AP)— Montreal Police claim to have smashed a million-dollar-a-yoar call gni racket involving some 'MO young women. The police said many ot them wore "business and office girls supplemental! their incomes." Assistant City Police Director Pariiique P'.ante said the ra«
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  • 59 7 PARIS. Aug. 11. (Reuter)— More than 10,000 members of Young Men's Christian Associations from more than 70 nations meet here tomorrow to celebrate the movement's 100 th birthday— and to plan for the future. They will attend the 11-day congress of the four million strong V.M.C.A. world
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  • 53 7 WASHINGTON. Aug. 11 (Router). President Eisenhower today nominated a? Secretary of the Air Force, Mr. Donald Quarles. a leading figure in the man-made satellite project. .Mr. Quarles is now Assistant Secretary of Defence ior Research and Development. He will succeed Mr. Harold Talbott who resigned
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  • 75 7 GENEVA. Aug. 11, (Reuter) The "week-end"' uranium prospector who goes out in his car with a geiger-counter in the hopes of finding rich deposits was more trouble than he was worth, the United Nations atomic conference was told today. These prospectors had made no major discovereries and
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  • 143 7 CHICAGO. Aug 11 (AP) A 4.'*-ycar-old stenographer fatally shot a policeman, her admitted sweetheart, after, she said, he taunted her about being interested in another woman. Police said Mrs. Catherine Lonergan In a Matetv.eni said she picked up the policeman's revolver from
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  • 262 7 400 PE ASAN TS WRECK A TOWN HALL Seven Years Is Long Enough Wait For A Road BENEVENTO, South Italy, Aug. 11 (Rev ter) Four hundred peasants, armed with hoes and shovels, rioted in the village of Apollosa near here yesterday, because their local Council is taking too long to
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  • 228 7 FANATICS PLAN MASS HUNGER STRIKE Because They Want No War RIO DE JANEIRO Aug. 11: (Reuter)—Several hundred Japanese members of the fanatical "Cherry Tree Suicide Battalion" threatened yesterday to join six oi their colleagues who have been hunger striking for the past two weeks. The six hunger strikers are tasting
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  • 35 7 PEOPLES CAR THE Volkswagen factory in WiKt>in:r«. We>t Germany. Which recently turned out its millionth peoples' car. announced it had acquired a factory for the assembly of Volkswagen cars in New Jersey. United States.- Reuter
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  • 72 7 LONDON. Aug. 11, ißeuter) —Dr. Thomas Baty. an international lawyer who died believing he Wfcs under a cloud of suspicion as a traitor, made a last plea of innocence in his C 7.131 will published here today. The British-born doctor of laws lived in Japan throughout
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  • 83 7 Six PC's Held On Morals Charges NEW YORK, Aug. 11 (AP) Six policemen were arrested yestcrda> on charges of impairing the morals of two 15--year-old KirU. They uere immediately suspended from the force. Police ||n said 12 civilians nere arrested in the case on charges ranging from impairing the morals
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  • 59 7 STUTTGART, Germ a n y. Aug. 11. APi— The U.S. Air Force announced that 67 men were killed when two Cll9 Flying Boxcar transports collided in the air today and crashed into the Blank Forest. The Air Force .said the death toll included the crews of
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  • 195 7 Is Communism On The Ebb In S-E. A.? U. S. Scholars Are Divided WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 (AP)— The question of Communism's strength in South and South-east Asia appears to have some leading U.S. scholars divided on the answer. Some say it is pai>t its peak and others affirm it is
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  • 23 7 PREMIER S;r Anthony Eden yesterday called an uncjcp cd meeting of his Cabinet tor Monday to examine Britain* economic* .situation. U.P.
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  • 108 7 U.S. Troops Urged To Quit Korea SEOUL. Aug. 11 (UP)-'. Republic of Korea tonight ed the U.S. Army to withdraw its troops guarding Communist truce inspector, as angry monstrationi bent on driving them out of Korea continued. Dr. Horigkee Karl. Pre^dent Syngman Rhee's oflßcil esman, issued a statement in which
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    • 111 7 t ■■-■iii 'T' 1 VB J^^y JBBt 2 Fluorescent Tubes 40 Watt each AN exclusive, pleasing design. 'HILIDC THI r n R' beinß cnclcsed is ideal for J^* r opics Accumulation of dust and msects Is ■i- >y i educed to a minimum. P^^ THE de panels are made of
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    • 114 7 Our Stocktaking j rv Reduction Offers r^ are Nearly Exhausted! A Ts\ ANGELIQUE PERFUME I Vy/] I Black Satin Medium Size J I I Previously $22.55 NOW $J2.50 V> Special offer RAYON MESH EPNS BRIEFS TOAST RACKS Lace tr.mmed. 3 Bars Reduced from $2 50 $1000 V NOW $5.50 to
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  • 260 8 Court Sequel To Anti-Vice Raids KEROSENE tin and wood plank shed in Siak Street used by some of the 95 prostitutes in that area at one time or other, will go back to the City Council, owner of the land and shack. Judgment
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  • 137 8 JOIIORE BAIIRr. Thurs. A woman. Supiah bintc Abubakar. said in the Session., Court today that she identified a burelar because of his resemblance to a Mjl.iv film star. She was giving evidence ac.unst Abdui Aziz bin Kawi. charged with breakin? into her house on April 13
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  • 40 8 JOHORE BAHRU, Wed. The Johorc nine-man Council of Ministers has had 23 meetings since its formation in A igusi last year. Chairman of the Council is the Ifentri Besar, Johorc, Dato Wan Idris bin Ibrahim.
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  • 112 8 PENANG. Thurs. I gistrate, Mr. Au Ah Wan, today told a woman found guilty of ill-treating an orphan, that the only reason he did not send her to prison was because she had' four children to look after. He fined the worn
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  • 101 8 5 Will Read Through Holy Book TANJONG MALIM. Wed Five Sikhs here will do a 48--bar non-stop relay reading of the Sikh Holy Book tomorrow as a prelude to the house-warming ceremony of Mr. Surjan Singh, a local Town Board member. The reader> will go through the Holy Book in
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  • 27 8 THE sixth meeting of the Penan? Welfare Committee will be held on Thursday. 18, at 515 p.m at the r ibber trade association. Ansnn Rnad
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  • 245 8 'SEVEN JUMPED MY HUSBAND ON OUR LAWN' Man On Phone Demanded $500 From Them, She Said PENANG, Thurs. A woman told the Magistrate's Court here today that she saw her husband being assaulted by about seven men on the lawn of her house. 'immediately I saw this. I telephoned the
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  • 58 8 YAP Leong Tny pleaded guilty in the Singapore City Magistrate's Court yesterday to building a new shed on a piece of vacant land in Mackenzie Road en Feb. 16 for sheltering slot machines. He was fined SloO by the Magistrate. Mr. D. C. D'Cotta and
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  • 138 8 Wanted: Chinese Plays On Malaya PENANG. Thins.— The Chinese Advisory JSoard here is offering 51, 700 in prizes for a competition for Malayan-Chinese play scripts. The aim is to stimulate authors to write plays in the Chinese language with a Malayan background and outlook. Scripts should be submitted in duplicate,
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  • 237 8 'New Blood Is Required' IPOII. Wed. The retiring chairman of the Kinta M.C.A. branch, Mr. Y. C. Kang, urged officials of the branch to give their best for the good of all. Mr. Rang said: "Give your best during the coming years to justify
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  • 108 8 17 Charged With Failing To Vacate SEVENTEEN persons were charged in the Singapore City Magistrate's Court yesterday with failing to obey a closing order on April 30. They were required on March 28 to vacate a house at Cavanagh Road by April 11. but had failed to do so Th
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  • 108 8 Married Quarters For Ratings NINETY-SIX married quarters for naval ratings of the Rcyal Malayan Navy will be built within the next two years. Singapore's Secretary for Defence, Mr. R. Middlcton Smith, told The Standard 'hat at present Government was carrying on negotiations tor the purchase ot land on a site
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  • 57 8 THE Singapore Indian Association will hold a tea party in honour of Mr. Malcolm Mar Donald. Commissioner-Gen-eral for South-east Asia on Tuesday, Aug. 23 at 4.30 p.m. Members and friends who wi<h to attend the function should contact the Secretary for tickets, which will be issued
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  • 57 8 TWO men. Tua Mak and Tan Kirn Seng, pleaded guilty before the Singapore City Magistrate. Mr. D. C. D'Cotta, yesterday to using their compounds at Rangoon Road and Belilios Lane on May 16 and June '.i for repairing and storing motor vehicles without a City Council Licence.
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  • 71 8 THE Malayan isa tion Commission appointed by the Singapore Government has now a legal standing. Under a Gazette Notification signed by the Governor, Sir Robert Black, the Commission is brought within the provisions ol the Inquiry Commissions Ordinance. 1941, although the terms of reference of the Commission
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  • 203 8 SPECIAL traffic arrangements will be enforced on Aug. 17. when the Freedom of the City is conferred on the Commissioner General. Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald. outside the City Hall. A Police spokesman said yesterday that motorist.; leaving Collyer Quay on their way home, should try
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  • 171 8 PENANG. Thurs. A police party had to scale the wall of a neighbouring bouse in Church Street to get into the premises which they suspected was being used as a common gaming house This was stated in the Magistrate's Court today when a money-changer,
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  • 782 8 JAPANESE ADMIRAL TO GIVE EVIDENCE FOR THE CROWN $6 Mil. War Damage Oil Clai^ A JAPANESE admiral will give Crown evidence in the dispute between three oil companies in their $6,000,000 claim against the War Damage Commission, now being heard before a Compensa tion Board in the Singapore High Court.
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  • 46 8 KUALA LUMP fhurs. Che Sardon Haji Jubir. Federal M ter for Woiks. today mised a conference engineers and semoi i cutives of the PWD that there would be "nevci a dull moment" for them from now on. After acknowledging the z n I I I
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  • 98 8 Two Women Fined For Fighting TEN hours alter two young women were arr for fighting in public. I were charged in the Sixth Magistrate Court, Singapon yesterday. Mislmah binte Dollah. IT. with scratches on her face. pleaded guilty to the drargf of fighting and wa> fined $10. Ara binte 0.-man.
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  • 86 8 KXJALA LI'MPrR. 'I Three "'lishis'" in the I dow of the St Mary's I hero were dedicated by Bishop of Singapore. Rt. H Henry Baincs. yesterday. rommciTiorate the memory Iho.se killed in the W'< I d i Two and the Emergency The origina! set.-, i
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 63 8 S SS ~^USTIN 5-TON N ER y B^a^ >^ BB^H IT *xtjP n^^M HbQI bT^^ Among the distinguished features 8 B of this Austin truck is the powerSul 4 litre 11 W engine making this 5 tonner truly unbeatable; M B outstanding in operating economy; dependable B and versatile in
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    • 48 8 FESTIVAI of MALAY MUSIC and SONGS TO BE HELD AT GREAT WORLD PA«» KIM SfNG ROAD SINGLE SHORTLY TO SELECT THE .955 S.NGAPO nrOT MUSICAL PAR" BEST s s^^ opplicofion with full porticulors f tort World Pork Kirn Seng Rood. S.ng°P<> ri August, 1955. {AC*> VALUABLE PRIZES: jOSSSm^A
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  • 386 9  -  EDMUND VALE •> \\\w\\\\\\\\\\v\\\ a THE MEIW AY AM) ITS TRIBI TARIES. By Robert H. Goodsall. (Constable 18s i THE WIRRAL PEMNSI LA* By Norman Ellison. (Hale. 18s.) s A BORDER COr.NTY. By Henry Teener. (Hale. 1&.) I AVVXXXXVXXXXNX^XXV .XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX^ by fdf .tr.d forges of
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  • 646 9  -  HAROLD NICOLSON by 1 fdfd rain that for a while ped from the red fog: fa of them tells us of the c of refugees stag- out of the city with r clothes stripped oil n and the skin flapping their burnt iimbs: and i of them records
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  • 969 9  -  A. J. P. TAYLOR by The Innocent Banker A ■Qjr-i.i-iin.n. MY FIRST SEVEN- TV-SIX YEARS. By Hjalmar Schacht (Wingate 255.) A _n_i-i_i-i_r-u-Lr ACCORDING to Samuel Butler, a man is never so harmlessly employed as when he is making money. This is certainly the view of Dr.
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    • 29 9 ALAYAN MOTORISTS 6§|fP^^ TUBELESS j proieciion against impact or deflation damage I on DUNLOP the tyres with 'teeth' to bite the road fcl^ißEa CO.. (MA LAVA) LTD. SINGAPORE-KUALA LUMPUR-PENANG
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    • 23 9 i bV~* I" aVLT^ &VLT~ bHV' HLT^ 7 j j J 1 I I I B^B^B^B^B^Bf^B^H I ib i ?3blbHb^blEbl I 1 I
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    • 279 9 fsdfd CLUES ACROSS 9. Make sure of n firm under-, standing (3, 4. 4. 4» 10. An early heari <."i> 11. Thus clue needs a wrong answer 19) 12. You need to be in hand to' be this at some games (7) 13. Master of nothing? No matter of ari
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    • 30 9 Every Friday for the Children 'J^wW| i yU* I L\J^M^£——l they suddenly attack BIuck(wHWTHE-!) Q/OOy- '^"< ygV^v^ mmm%Fr I f WHATS TVie MATTE 2 A Z TWIS IS CX)C CUANCE TOMmW
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  • Article, Illustration
    268 10 A LUNCHEON was hold by Shell Petroleum Co.. Ltd. at the Savoy Hotel. London for visiting South-east Asian journalists. Seen in top picture are: Round the table from left: Mr S. S. Know Irs. Mr. C. M. Raphael, shell. Mr. R B. Ooi. Mr. 1) I). 11. Thomas, Shell, the
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  • 108 10 £166,613 Profit For Berjuntai BERJUNTAI Tin Dredging Ltd.'s profit tor the year ended Apr. .A), 1955, alter providing lor depreciation and v;cplci:on is E 186,613. Malayan income tax and two dividends already paid absorbed C 154,100, leaving a balance of 51 2.5 13, to which is added the previous balance
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  • 193 10 'Manipulation' Pushes Rubber Down 5 1/4 cts. \Finanei* And Commerce Standard Market Reporter ON a highly manipulative market, rubber prices in Singapore fluctuated widely between 51.42 and 51.50 before closing slightly easier at $1.46 per lb. for first grade August shipment, a drop of o\ cents on Wednesday. Panir selling
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  • 268 10 THL U.S. Commerce Department reported yesterday that world production of natural rubber in June 1 !>.").') was 162.500 tons, compared with 13.~>.000 tons in June 1954 and production in the first six months of 1955 was estimated at 870.--000 tons against 825.000 tons for the first six
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  • 78 10 MOVEMENTS of tin-in-con-centratcs from the Federation mainland to Singapore and Penanq during July amounted to 5,428 tons, against 5.002 tons during the previous month. Except for December 1954 when it tapped 5.485 tons, this is the highest figure since last year. Movement in the first seven months
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  • 34 10 OUTPUTS from estates and mines in the Guthrie group, in July, announced are: rubber 6.924.700 lb.; tea (black) 170.500 ib.; palm oil 1.42'j tons; palm kernels 398 tons; tin ore 1.661 piculs.
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  • 16 10 THE output of Jimah Rubber estate for the month of July was 27,300 lbs.
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  • 155 10 Electric 'Ozonizer' Dispels Odours AN APPARATUS which dispels odours in a way different from many cherucal preparations by electrical deodorisatioii has recently been introduced into the Malayan market. The apparatus, the Philips "Ozonizer. which consists of a metal case housing a lamp and an auxiliary device, is a simple and
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  • 297 10 EXPORTERS of coconut oil in Singapore arc "stockpiling:" in anticipation of more buying from Red China, according to unconfirmed reports in the local produce market. The reports pushed prices up by 50 cents a Dicul yesterday, with sellers asking a picul for drum shipments.
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  • 169 10 Standord Market P *m EFFORTS by some Colo 1 to set up sawmills and QS Jl y J North Borneo have so f Qr I Cd S| Colony sawmillers told The sT** yfl *J A leading iawmillei Qn^rdjj on a preliminary rut put in capital m tin I I
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  • 14 10 V.tnri, I Sfokvil J I I 111(( t i.rrn nU i!H ifwt«Uht I
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  • 65 10 A TRADE delegation by Ceylon's Minister of C merce, Mr Shirley C leaves, at the end of thi for Peking to ask the lor a higher price for which Ceylon now a five-year-pact. Although the price I current year \va i\\< year. Ceylon's delefi it ask
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  • 21 10 THE follow inn tin «»i. outputs have been nounc-ed: Thahaukik piculs; Pungah T 7«i pi< uK Austral Amalgamated piculs.
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  • 22 10 A 10-MEMBER Eg: trade delegation h*-- Mohammed A bow Minister of Commerce dustry ha* arrived in Canton last night.- AP.
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    • 624 10 NOTICES TENDER NOTICE T. V. STATION IN SINGAPORE THE Government invites schemes from the public for the construction and adequate operation of a T V. Station in Singapore. The successful tenderer will he given an exclusive operating licence on the following general terms subject to contract:— i. Period of Liccnre:
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    • 601 10 CITY COUNCIL OF SINGAPORE TENDERS ENGINEERS DEPARTMENT: (a) Dredging and Re- moval of all Silt. Sand and Debris from the Unlined Canai throughout the Section from Bens Gum Road to the Singa- pore River Close NOON— 19 855 and (b) Sale of Unserviceable Scrap Materials lying at Tanjong Pagar Depot.
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    • 53 10 NOTICE NEDERLANI) LINE ROYAL DUTCH MAIL Agents: Holland East Asia Line NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES s.s "Grootekerk" arr. 11.8.55 Berthing: 12.8.5.") S.H.B Godowns: 119/30. General survey will be held on the 16 8.53 No further survey will be held. NEDERLANI) IJ>!E ROYAL DUTCH MAIL Agents: Holland East Asia Line 41, Robinson
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    • 129 10 NIPPON yt»" **7 1M Spon Atsuta Maru tor Onoa K'art* I Aiß.ers Oan. Tanß.fr blanca Lonacn. Ar»*fp, teraam. Hambu-R (Passer «<i Au| Accecteo Eifuku Maru for I Kokofcu Maru tor Aoen DC P Sudan, leodah. P Said. Be <u1 Cdj ;j Au£ AlcKanJfia Atami Maru for Aden C Sooan irooaM.
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    • 103 10 Ol XI X ROADS Jacob Jebsen. Dundalk Bay. Van Heutsz. Batocld, Henning Maersk. Van O.rhooyr,. Veatun, Wonorato. Tasman. Grootkerk. INMR ROADS Marudu. Nanyanjj, New Susanna. Soon Bco. Hai Hui. Stia ran. Sedili. Lascm, Sambas. at, Naga Mas. S^ Bila. Visy Kastri. Perlis. Larut. Kamuning, Tg Pinanff, SenaL SUB. WBABVES Elpenor
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    • 303 11 vks IRIADLE HILL I it the speeds necessary today ma over six years are class-»-n-\rarold has almost invariably M l begin the downward journey-1 iat in? having taken their toll. for H unored I <»'' B ions I ll> H M.l ail 1
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    • 789 11 SCRUTINEER visits Bukit Timah and finds a pasMhcpost winner as... Stage Show II Again Goes Fast BLIE RIBBON reveal ed tip-top form and ran like a past-the-post winner in his winding-up gallop at Bukit Timah yesterday morning. Blue Ribbon, with Garnet Bougoure astride, went stylishly with
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    • 225 11 4115 sees Viola spurted up the straight Trainer E "Porky"' Donnelly took out his Sir Hercules for strong pace work. Sir Hercules wa> stepping out freely all the way. Cash Cheque (Tait) and Colleague (Bougoure) matched strides over three furlongs. Shi Shi (Leons) was never oft his
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  • 534 11  -  SCRUTINEER l*fl GOLDEN MELODY: -Ran his best ever race when .second to Hattrick over the Bukit Timah mile in June. Way behind earlier on he came through with a great burst of finishing speed from the too of the straight only to fail by a head. By Midas
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  • 124 11 LONDON. Thun. (Reuier).— Panaslippcr. the Iri>h Derby winner, will not run in the St. •r at Donrastcr on September 7. though he was quoted it long odds at the first pallover on the race last Monday The manager of the I: National Stud, who
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 59 11 FOU SALE KAPJU CURE B!o<xi Pressure H«an Trouble Pa-. Uipntheria. Natal B ock.ide X Neura!g:a Consult No. 491-52 (Centra! Cinema Lane) Jaian Eunos. Singapore. MISCMI A\f()( S KNOW YOUR LUCK betorf you venture in anvthin* for Business Job. Marri.ije. Health F.nance and Personal affairs Consult Jim Rugdee Siamatt Astrologer for
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    • 793 11 CLASSIFIED ADS PERSONAL MOTORISTS! Do You want Mfclaya'i best AND cheapen Motor Car Insurance Policy? To get thi.s. write A. A ML P.O. Box 150. Penang. SIJUAIIONS VACAM VACANCIES exist in the Public Works Department, Sir ga pore, for Two Technical .V- -'.ants 'Quantity Surveying* in the salary $445x1. 5-505X
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    • 239 11 ISbner By A/ Capp r >jAl>fV m-^nr^Z^ k^Sk f -AND rT WAS MADE WfT>» V fl^*Tr 6<JT-o u CH f < r WHY 1^ m—^-f' rMI TV4IS TURNIP- p\ I MV PRODUCT- P« LLSBJLLVS lUI WE U NOT?- YOU'RE N l dcwn cake, with fa v ti-w*'!- n* aouu> EASU.V
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  • 721 12 Malayan Tennis Re -Draw Ceylonese Pair Are Top Seeds IPOH, TTiurs.— R. W. Ferdinands, the Ceylon champion, has been seeded fourth in the men's singles of the Malayan Lawn Tennis Championships which starts here on Thursday, Aug. 18. Ferdinands and B L. Pinto, the defending champions are top seeds in
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  • 251 12 THE Singapore Hockey Association, at a meeting recently, decided to adopt the new League entry fees for the coming season. At the annual general meeting of the association la>t month. second and third division team? strongly objected to increase of fees proposed—
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  • 920 12  - ENGLAND'S PRESTIGE LIES AT STAKE LINESMAN The Deciding Test Starts Tomorrow And By ATTENDANCE figures for Test matches at The Oval may be improved tomorrow when the 84th match between England and South Africa begins. This match is of more than ordinary interest, and victory means more to England than
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  • 57 12 Honti Komg Amoy Cmmmimg women heat the SCA 4F 18-.V2 at Happy World stadium last /u'^/i/. Present at the match was the Chief Minister, Mr. David Marshall* who threw tlie hall to signal the start of the match. Left is SCAAF's Gan Siew Yin, and righi
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  • 33 12 FOLKESTONE. Aug H (Reuter)—Bad weather again put oft the international channel swim race today after officials hoped to launch the 18 swimmers from Cap Griz Nez France, at midnight tonight
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  • 64 12 SOCCER SULTAN'S Gold Cup semifinal: Selangor Malays Vs, Singapore Malays at Jalan Besar Stadium at 5.15 p.m Junior Cup RAMC vs. Dockyard "A" at Geylang; Rnja.ji SC vs. Town Rangers at MFA; Windsor Rovers vs. RE Civilians at Farrer Park ATHLETICS ACHILLES vs. Army at SRC at 5
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  • 85 12 THAILAND'S bantamweight champion. Sanong Rawsawphaw will be on show to the public with stablemate. Nai Opas, at the Happy World stadium this evening at 5. Sanong will spar with Colony lightweight Kan Tong Kee and featherweight George Goh. Opas will do two rounds each with John
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  • 39 12 SINGAPORE Rifle Association will hold their annual dinner and dance at the Cathay Restaurant at 830 p m tomorrow. Members and friends who wish to attend should contact Mr. C. M. Ho (Tel. *****) for reservations immediately.
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  • 181 12 OFFICIALS of the Singapore Amateur Athletic Association have 15 days more before the Malayan Games at Ipoh to collect 81,000 Th is s um explained Mr. J. S. De Souza, the association s vice-president, will solve all the problems of the association As it stands
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  • 163 12 THE Amoy Canning: Corporation women's basketball team of Hong Kong beat the Singapore Chinese Amateur Athletic Federation by 48 points to 32 in a charity match in aid of the Nanyang University Building Fund, before a crowd of about 2.000 people at the Happy World
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  • 335 12 Tigers 9 REME 1 Ismail Yusoff 4. Boon Seong Allison. 2 J. Tan, Chcong Mun and Kirn Bcng. Referee: A. A. Leyficid. ISMAIL Yusoff bagged four goals in Tiger's runaway victory over REME in yesterday's SAFA Division I league soccer match played at Jalan
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  • 205 12 LONDON. Au 2 1] [Reuter)^ Injuries threaten to o riko again at England for the vital fifth with South Africa it t Oval here on Say from four quarter.^ y ha> thrown doubts' JSS2Lux of Wlllie (Yorkshire), Frank Tv, (Northamptonshire Laker (Surrey) and Compton (Middlesex) Th w r
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  • 68 12 OXE player was or < the rield in a scrapp. pore Junior Cup soccer at Farrcr Park where V Men's Muslim Association I Farrcr Juniors one-nil ycsl day. The player who ser.t of? was the VMMA left hack. Olhman Doilah. in the 26th minute f the
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    • 572 12 THE first South-east Asia boxing r> W yt championships for the trophy presented yt tC by Mr Aw Chcn9 ChyC/ the Prcsid nt X i of the Singapore Amateur Boxing £r £]> Association, hove attracted entries from £j» seven countries: Australia, Burma, yi £f Ceylon, Hongkong, Philippines, Thailand 1 and
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    • 114 12 »w i GALA CHARITY WORLD H PREMIERE I AUGUST 18th AT 930 P.M. J IN AID OF S.A.T.A. L.Miut nii: msi i\u imii ij J^ ffjM PATRON \(.L 01 WM COMMISSIONER-GENERAL |Bj THE TRUE STORY m 3 OF A LOVE THAT kM DEFIED 5000 U| TRADITION \S S3 H4 x
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