Singapore Standard, 15 August 1955

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  • 12 1 Singapore Standard DSFASDFS SINGAPORE, MONDAY, AUGUST 13, vJ^T, 12 PAGES IT> TEMS
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  • 11 1 lf2Non:-'"nees ■^fl/jCounc/1 H H I and H Iflie Line-up I
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  • 17 1 IP) Works the m< nt and \kron. irvh B tv- no ni but be
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  • 299 1 SECOND ESTATE STRIKE THREAT KLANG. Sun. A second strike b y estate workers is brewing in Sungei Siput area of Perak tho home-town of the Alliance government's Labour Minister -Mr. V. T. Sambanthan, The Standard learned today. This news reached the lonal Union ol Plantation Worken headquarters her« this morning—
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  • 39 1 PRFSTONSBI'RG. Kentucky, 14 (AP) -Mrs Inla Belle ml died on Friday at 10.4 Leaving 147 direct descendanta Besides her second husband. >he is survived by a son. a .r^tcr. 33 grandchildren 30 and 80 i.v-qrand-children
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  • 297 1 'Merdeka' Demonstration Planned For Le nnox-Boyd' s Arrival Full Police Force Will Be Out To Keep Order SINGAPORE Police will be out in full force today to deal with two major demonstrations planned for the return of the Secretary of State for the Colonies Mr. Alan
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  • 39 1 Pledge To Protest Our Democratic Rights photo. A SECTION of the 8,000 who packed the Singapore Badminton Hal! yesterday to attend the first annual general meeting of the Singapore Factory and Shop Workers' Union. Standard
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  • 313 1 K.L. Catholics Pay Homage To Bishop Elect KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. In o colourful ceremony outside his church today, Monseigneur Dominic Vendargon, of the Roman Catholic St. Anthony's Church here and bishop-elect of the newly created Kuala Lumpur Diocese today accepted from his 8,000 parishioners Pectoral ornaments of his new office.
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  • 19 1 ETHEL MERMAN, musical comedy star, has been discharged from a Denver hospital after a minor operation. Reuter
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  • 105 1 Mother Of 11 Claims Fatty Title ROME. Aug. 14. (Renter) Catcrina Doria. 48-year-old mother of 11 children stood on a scale here to prove that she is Italy's fattest woman and sent the pointer round to 184 and a half kilos (about 405 pounds). Caterina. wife of a labourer, was
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  • 138 1 10,000 Decide To Strike THE Singapore City Council Labour Unions' Federation decided last night that it will call out ail its 10.000 members on strike from Wednesday. Aug. 17. This decision ended months nt long-drawn negotiations between the Federation and the City Council for last year's strike pay and withdrawal
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  • 100 1 And Now 'The Flying Mattress' LONDON. Aug. 14 (Reuter) —Britain is developing the world's first plane with an inflatable wing. The plane is nicknamed "the flying mattress." The Ministry of Supply Is testing it for military purposes. The 40-foot-wide cotton fabric wing of the mattress can bo inflated in ten
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  • 84 1 NEVADA CITY. California. Aug. 14 <UP» A "broken hearted" but philosophical Daniel Schmidt parted from his re-wed wife Una today with the comment "a man would have to be awfully big. to accept her back." Schmidt conferred early today for three hours with Una and
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  • 30 1 SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 14. (AP>— The Norwegian motorship "Tancred" reported two dead and foui injured on Saturday in an engine room explosion 100 miles west of San Francisco.
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  • 161 1 Big Arms Haul In British Camp Seized READING. England. Aug 14 Reuter) Police and troops today kept watch at ports and airfields to prevent smuggling abroad of a large hau" of weapons and ammunition seized from Army camp in Berkshire yesterday by a gang of
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  • 126 1 THE 23.000 members of the Singapore Factory and Shop Workers' Union will donate a day's wages to the Nanyang University. This was revealed by their Secretary-General, Mr. Lim Chin Siong. a P.A.P. Assemblyman, at yesterday's annual general meeting of the Union at the Singapore
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  • 366 1 TUC WARNS OF BUS PROMBB-PAGE 2 AMIDST shouts of "merdeka," 8,000 Singapore workers and trade unionists heard pledges from leaders of the Singapore Factory and Shopworkers Union that they will fight for democratic rights of the working class. The leaders were addressing a packed
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  • 41 1 SURABAYA. Indonesia. K\l% 14 «UPi F V G i linti-. a Dutchman, wu ooo« ricted yesterday in^ two suns, bullets and a land grenade without a licence He wm Benteneei to four and a hall yean in prison.
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  • 159 2 'Glorious Chance For The Printers' SINGAPORE printers were yesterday told not to let •'this glorious opportunity of having a government sympathetic to legitimate trade union aspirations" pass with O U t themselves achieving something. Speaking at the annual general meeting ol the Singapore Print inn Employees Union. Mr. Oscar Fernandez
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  • 82 2 Ulu Langat' s Dato Ungku KAJANO. Sun. Date Abdul Rani bin Shamsuddin. a former member of the Information Department, has born appointed Daio L T ngku of Ulu Langat by the Sultan of Selansor. This i> the Qrsi time the District has had a territorial chief for seven years. sine*
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  • 69 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. A P arty opened fire on two Communist terrorists in a amp in the S area of Johore yesterday. ten rists fled, leaving I behind a hat and a pack con- taining rice and clothing An unknown number of lerrorisis cut and stole
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  • 632 2 'BEWARE OF FALSE PROMISES' A Day Of Union Meetings EXTREMISTS ARE A MENACE: TUC CHIEF THE president of the Singapore Trades Union Congress. Mr. S. Jaganathan. yesterday warned sincere trade unionists in the Colony not to be carried away by unrealistic and emotional promises made by extremists. He said these
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  • 301 2 THE w.ooo-strong Singapore Naval Base Labour I' ni tin. yesterday warned the Trades Union Congress that its failure to recognise and undertake the task of improving labour conditions in the Colony may turn the present flagging confidence of workers in the T.U C. to
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  • 36 2 PARIT BUNTAR. Sun. A 24-year-old labourer. Kuppusamy, claimed trial before Circuit Magistrate. Tuan Sheikh Abdullah bin Sheikh Abu Bakar to a charge ol having caused hurt to Karupannan at Gula Estate on July 25.
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  • 234 2 From Page 1 inclined to blame the workers entirely for the situation," Mr. Lim continued that although employers made enormous profits during the Korean war boom, there were no changes to better the wage and service conditions of the working class. On the Union's pa.st activities,
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  • Article, Illustration
    63 2 ■Standard phot,, n MR I.V JOHN rit;ht pi Us on behalf of the Pansi 1 1^^ Kuala Lumpur, to Rex lthl r Jn {^^M year-old Parish Priest of g \n W °««nsl has been made a Bishop 11, Ul I newly-created Diocese «f Kuala ur n. <h f
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  • 83 2 Don't Let Others Do/fF or y| KUALA LUMPUR, Su I can, by itself, work lor the pMi m tlu 1 Donald MacGillivrav. High Commissioner i I Scout of the I ('deration, told s<<mts in fis I here today. Sir Donald v.aat a ceremony in irhi<
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  • 59 2 T}{F. Singapore M ciely tyr fer a pi, gra -i^::o.i espe joymcnt ay.d She is \hc H I has bi i c a tudent 's recital i j 24. Mount S Methodist Cii School, p.m The programme will be i: the form of a
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 424 2 ITS NOT NECESSARY /ft, to feed the children o better than you feed yourself %v cp) xtoir children most likely p^t Qriakpr *»L A Oat.s for breakfast. They get it bexaase 9ti "^»w/^ you ns^ on t^ vpr y best nourishment to 7J-? 4 trv tnem grow taller and stronger—
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  • 48 3 Standard photo by MR. LEONG Kwok Onn helps his pretty bride the former Miss Margret Yeow granddaughter of Mr. Yeow Kirn Pong of Kuala Lumpur to cut the ccke at a reception held after their wedding at the Kuala Lumpur Methodist Wesley Church. Yong Peng Seong
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  • 146 3 SECONDARY schools in >re will soon have full-time secretaries to look after the extra-mural activity if proposals forward by the Graduates Teachers' Association are accepted by the Minister fur Education. The appointment of thc?c ries wil] release specialand other qualified teachers to full-time teaching Th«
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  • 52 3 ANT,. S in.- I Port S fcers 1 Union intend :o visit S j study of 'he working condii es of the B nrd P»np D r.4 their visi I \.\icc- have Harbour B vnd the Board n. con->-i>t Suppi S tenharr. ciiid F. J. V.
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  • 191 3 Estate Workers Plan To Beat Swamp Reds Union Teams To Tell Them How X L A N G, Sun. Representatives of 10,000 Indian labourers and staff on 32 rubber and oil palm estates in the Banting area will gather at Telok Dato Padang next Sunday to plan ways and means
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  • 133 3 MALACCA Sun.— The prosideni oi the Malacca Youth Council, Mr. A Kajapathy. yesterday urged the youths f >f Ma.d.ia to six the new Alliance Government thei r who.ebearted support Ho said this at the annual meeting cl the Malacca Branch of ihc Young Malayans
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  • 41 3 PENANCi. Sun. -The chairman of tnc Technical Association of Malaya. Penantz and Province Wciie.-lcy branch. Mr G. Leo, was lctcrl at a dinner parly by union mcniiicr.^ on hi.nomination as a member vi the Federal Legislative Council.
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  • 183 3 IPOII. Sun. The National Executive Council of the Labour Party of Malaya today passed two resolutions one expressing grave concern over the detention of 12 Penang Chinese students and the other deploring the action ol the Federation Education auihorities J n warning Chinese school students
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  • 74 3 THE results of the Singapore Kerala Samajam Lottery drawn yesterday are as follows:- Ist prize: *****: -ud prize: 18.'i28; 3rd prize: *****; 4th prize: *****; sth prize: ***** ***** *****. *****, *****] 6th prize *****, *****, *****, *****, *****, *****, L'74.")J ***** *****, 184*54 Ttli prize:
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  • 78 3 JOHORE BAHRU. Sun. Eu Tons Mci was lined $600 j in the Magistrate's Court to- day for the theft of $300 and Jewellery worth $325. A woman. Lian Geok. had it In a ba? which she placed on the five-footway to attend to her child. Eu.
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  • 106 3 Removal Of Office Explained KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. The ScMausor Uovernipent announced yesterday that its projected transfer 01 the "Identity Card Office from Klang to the Federal capital was to ensure better preservation ot records. "The present system ol allowing mc/nbers nl the publir to handle old registers has been found
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  • 195 3 PENANG. Sun. The pro- > motion and development of local and in'crnational traric .vili be one of the objects of the Penang Junior Chamber "f Commerce, which wa> formed at its inaugural meeting at Piccadilly Hotel Jtiia aiiernoon. Other objects of the local chapter of
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  • 432 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun.— Government is consider in« amendments to the Pawn Broking Ordinance which will compel pawn brokers to pay no more than 5250 lor any single article pledged with them. The Standard understands. Another proposed amendment, it implemented, will bar pawn brokers irom the usual
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  • 437 4 Chinese Prepare For Grand Jubilee Shows JOHORE BAHRU. Sun— A motor cycle squad from the Singapore Police Force will escort the Sultan of Johore, the Sultana and the Princess Mariam to Johore from the wharf on their arrival in the Colony on Tuesday morning in
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  • 57 4 RADIO Malaya will broadcast a programme— "A Prospect of Asia'" recorded lrom the BBC on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of VDay. at 8.45 p.m. on Aug. 16. The programme reviews the Asian situation in 1945. describes the economic and political developments of the past ten years
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  • 124 4 PENAN'G Sun— The Indian I Commissiooei in Malaya Mr R. Taodon will be Dying specially tc Penan:: from S to participate in the India:. In leoendence Day celeorations in the Settlement tomorrow Ml Tandon will attend a farcwe' luncheon party given by Lhe Indian community in
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  • 47 4 IPOH. Sun. The Fashion Show sponsored by Vogue at the Perak Turf Club Sports: Club, in aid of the V W C.A. furniture fund was a great success. A crowd of about 300 witnessed an exhibition of over 50 tip to date dresses.
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  • 97 4 MRS. Joyce Haruun. one of the is models v itli different hairuo who will highlisht the Singapore Anli -Tuberculosis Association ball to be held on L»ept. 10 at Raffles Hotel. The (iovernor. Sir Robert Black will be patron of the Ball. Miss Jane Kok will
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  • 45 4 JOIIGRE BAHRU. Sun. Abd,; Majid bin Putch. a soldier and Gob Ah Eng proprietress of a shop In Jalan Nghee Heng were each fined $400 in the Magistrates Court today— Abdul for deliverinf dutiable good? an^ Goh for receiving them
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  • 83 4 Death Mars Negri Farm Exhibition SEREMBAN. Sun. Death marred the opening of the Nefrt Sembilan Statf Agricultural Show yesterday Mr. Kaer S'.nsh of Port Dickson collapsed and died alter bringing his cow to the show The cow lat<r won a special prize in the cattle section. The show Vftl opened
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  • 74 4 ONE of the seven items which the Police refused to allow the Singapore Chinese High School Graduates of 1933 Arts Association to put up on Aug. 20 in a concert in aid of Xanyang University Fund. This picture was taken on Saturday night when all the seven
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 758 4 iStandard cAlmanac Information at a Glance Mail Bag (XL): 635 Regional Orche.-t:a C r < T2m> :14 2&a— M«« mi—— 9 Announcement, (S>; 656 Sinpa- Dance Bane: Wf Imm v^v W% P po.e Share Marke* Rpport (Si: Incognito (19 72m): SjINGAPOKE >7 pm News (S»- 710 News Taik Mai M
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  • Article, Illustration
    66 5 Amateur film mak.r Frederick Pateman of Kaliim had an idea of makm- a film brinKii c to life bikini dad «irl he'd seen on a calendar. And tha t was whttt prrttv Barbara lnp«-. mtHlel from South. JI. Middhsex. came in Here .v IS^ S n Wlth Frpd< rUk>
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  • 12 5 1 ONDON. (I she ht r husllf.J\ thr most s.ud. I
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  • 629 5 Charles Widdup Says Because The 'Locals' Are: GLOOMY DEPRESSING DIRTY OLD-FASHIONED LONDON. \V lI V are many publicans taking a wallop over beer? Why are they losing, on pints, in the battle to attract customers? We know that beer sales are falling off When
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  • 217 5 princess suffered 'Reign of Terror' imposed In spouse I th€ he visited I Ital. He n violent \q< J 1949 c found. which heI -.">U to CO. Oil re.a. a- irii Thm said th» Judnr. Mrs. U»/:ii.ik said hrr husband Started a uavr of prtty per-* srrulion ar- t so
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  • 256 5 TERSE court commeni "and he is the sort of guest, sir. who remains until the beer, is finished." Stay* until the bitter end. •I* i k\'E husband asks bitterly in a magazine: "What c.'.n you say to a wife who keeps sagging until you agree to do
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    688 5 Princess Margaret Rex North invites you to— LONDON I INCH With nu\ Let us lunch comfortably and luxuriously in sunny Park-lane London. And let us sit, when the table situation ha? eased itself, under the shade of green and leafy trees. Everything la beautiful. The lawns, the view
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 116 5 Im- HH HH flßtf^ aVB l. Oki auery eoncernlni r«P« kv «6» bad is tardy in trying^ with 7' j path* has nothing ic»r n '.Oil '4' < Eddie a Precentor? ">' mn'd acting.. 'Pope' -4' I dental treatroen 1 toothless <7| 7 C S Forrester has written o. the
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  • Singapore Standard
    • 368 6 INDIANS throughout the world today celebrate me day, Six years ago. when their centuries-old ci: :.d struggle became reality. The rest of the HTld will share with them the joy and happiness reel on this day oi Independence. The c them oi the opportunity which Is theirs the
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    • 456 6 HEN the Asian leaders decided to invite reprc- DtatlTCfl of the African states to a conference with them round a common table in Bandung last U they were moved to do so with the object of bringing them into harmony with the rest ot the World. They felt
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  • 1310 6 Freedom Movement In India by A Special Correspondent Now, its up to PREMIER NEHRU HE' WON THE BATTLE i THE first thins one must do before propounding a thesis is to define the subject and its scope. One cannot embark on a narrative of the freedom movement without stating precisely,
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  • 1082 6  - The NEWS as it strikes me! ASTER GUNASEKERA pOVERNMENTS, whatever their colour, wherever they may be. suffer from i hroi i frailties but 'here must i-c something very ten in the Federation of Malaya for government to have resorted 4f the secret and surreptitious way in which the High Commissioner,
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 24 6 i 1 f M 1 DESIGSED FOR MAXIMUM PERFORMANCE AND ECOSOMY Sfl CYCLE CARRIAGE CO., (1926) LTD. S.ngoporc K. Lumpur Represented in the Federation
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    • 49 6 E are i.ow on our way in Venus Professor Krafft Ehricke. Tin a beast after five— Mr Thornton Wilder. A In the Interesi of world Peace 1 have invited the Russians to play marbles with us next year Mr. Getrfe Barfcridge, Serretary of the British Marbles Hoard of Control.
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    • 69 6 i fH Malun? laCcalal I .'if id peaceful itetp I t<3 i, r ain stren^ f h. eaci'SJf OIJ/fil t c» see them cheerfully ti ,H «i|i v. To some sleep I others must take steps t /J bedtime cup of j v\ the world's best i fk»rtinff nourishment I
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  • 76 7 Now A Parade Of Exquisite forms STRUTTING their stuff at a New York hotel are finalists in the Miss Exquisite Form contest being held to pick the girl with the most beautiful figure in the U.S. and Canada. The 17 finalists were picked from 63,000 entrants in preliminary contests sponsored
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  • 182 7 14, (I T) Lieutcnant-Cieneral A. K. Percival, who surrenderl.ipaneNp in 1942. said yesterday the Western powers should sl an alliance between Japan and Communist China. •or view. ir-o!d ta.!. bony gene- wartime ex- ces and the warnings of i n as f a back a> ***** then that the
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  • 34 7 T.OS ANGELES. Auf. 14, (UP>— Mrs E'canor Roosevelt rmDlaned for Bangkok. Thaitodav to nttonri the first o World lion ol Ihe United A- sociation. 'Ihc B .:i< '-r. Sept.
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  • 80 7 BALMORAL, Aug. 14 iAP) Britain's Princess Anne will b<- iiv- years old on Monday —a lrvpiv little girl still quite uninhibited by her royal rank. sponge-cake tea party has been arranged here where the royal family Is itioning. It will be a y affair without any frilly
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  • 42 7 NEW YORK Auc. 14. <Rev-V-r> Mr. S. Thiruvenkatacharl of India, visitins pi'o[essor of social science at Columbia University hrre. said today \':.:A plans for a man-made earth satellite were described in tlie 2.500I year-old Sanskrit r\Y\c of India, the Ramayana.
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  • 128 7 TOKYO, Aug. 15, (Router)— Japan today "marked" the tenth anniversay of ending the Pacific Wai on Aug. 15, 1945. It was announced that rallies would be held to celebrate the liberation. In North Korea, the Communists also announced celebrations to c attended by a
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  • 44 7 RANGOON. Aug. 14 <Rcut cr Thirty- two .schoolboys and five Police escorts were killed, when Communi>t rebels dynamited a passenger bus in the Tavoy tin mining region near the Burma-Thai-land <Siam> border, according to a report received here today
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  • 49 7 NAGPUR. India. Aug. 14. Rcuten— Babu Rao. a rickshaw puller sentenced to six year.V imprisonment for attempting to cause the death of the Indian Prime MlnlsU r, Mr. Nehru. ha.s appealed to the Nagpur High Court. The appeal is expected to be heard within a fortnight.
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  • 37 7 A WOMAN and three children died yesterday in a tlaming home in suburban Mimico in Canada The lire spread to an adjacent home for elderly person., but there were no casualties there.— AP
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  • 25 7 GOVERNMENT control over the number of pages Britain's newspapers mar publish is to end in March, alter 15 years ol rationing. Renter.
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  • 60 7 FARMERS WARNED OF MAU FOOD RAIDS NAIROBI. Au«. 14, (UP)— I Farmers in the Naivasha diatrict were warned by a radio broadcast tonight to lake ore-: cautions against expected Mau Man raids. The warning followed two dayiisht attacks in which two herd hoys weie murdered and many stolen. Oftirials here
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  • 320 7 West Treats Red Army Cuts With Reserve Is Russia Pulling A Fast One? AMERICA WONT EASILY BE CAUGHT NAPPING LONDON, Aug. 14, The Western powers yesterday welcomed Russia's decision to reduce the size of her armed forces by 640,000 men in, the next four months. But they found it difficult
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  • 130 7 Enough Troops To Hold Formosa WASHINGTON. Aug. 14. (UP)— Karl L. Rankin U.S Ambassador to Nationalist China. said yesterday armed forces on Formosa arc "very adequate' to repel any assault by Communist China. The Nationalist-held Quemoy. Matsu and Pescadores Islands. Rankin added, are also strongly hold by welltrained and equipped
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  • 65 7 NICOSIA, Cyprus Au* 14. P) Marie Kounteridou. first woman to be charged with conspiracy to overthrow the government o< Cyprus by force was held yesterday for trial Oct 3 Police sail they found 200 rounds ol sten s »un ammunition and five dynamite sticks in her
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  • 26 7 THE death of Sovie* aii force Chief of Staff, Marshal Fedor Y. Fa'.nlcycv was announced v cstcrday in Pravcia, Vav Communist Party newsp.ipcr.
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  • 226 7 X-RaysMay Harm That Unborn Child GENEVA, Aug 11 < \P» American mif ntists warned on Saturday that caution should be used in X-raying women of child-hearing age lest the unborn infant b< injured. Two members of the I \S. Atomic l.ncrgy Commission (AEC'j said that in < ases of unsuspected
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  • 136 7 Killed His Neighbour's Pet- A Snake LONDON. Ami. 14 «Reutcr) A man was charged in court here with "maliciously" killing a snake that appeared in his garden and nearly frightened the wit.s out of his mother-in-law. The man. David Franpton. told the court that on* 1 even- ing last month
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  • 28 7 the out-going Israeli cabinet will resign today, when the newly elected Knesseth < parliament > convenes for its first session, it was announced in Tel Aviv yesterday. Reuter
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  • 262 7 CONDUCTOR PUT GIRL (19) ACROSS HIS KNEE AND SPANKED HER The Fun Cost Him £3 LONDON Aug 14. (Reu-I tor) A bus conductorwho put a 19-year-old i girl over his knee on his j bus and spanked her was lined £3 here for improper behaviour. The girl Miss Shirley Ann
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  • 86 7 HELENSBI'RGH, Scotland, Aug. 14. (Rcutcr).— The British Battleship King George V was refloated at high tide this evening after she had gone aground eailier yesterday at the entrance to Garc Loch in the Firth of Clyde. The :i5.000-ton battleship. which has been laid up for five years
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  • 78 7 AMRITSAR. Punjab. Auk. 14. i Router > Master Tara Sinsh. a 70-year-old Akali (Extremist* Sikh leader, was sentenced in an Indian Magistrate's Court here yesterday to tour months* rigorous imprisonment and a line of Rs 400 < £30 sterling*. He was fined for defying a local
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  • 80 7 TAIPEI. Formosa. Aur. 14 'AP» —A Nationalist soldier on BaturCay Killed an expectant mother and other members of her family at Chiayi, in Southern Formosa. Twelve hoars later, trapped in a sugar cane Held by civilian and military police, ho refused appeals to .surrend* r and
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  • 22 7 INDIAN' President Dr R jendra Pi led t Shah and Queen Sorv;i to it Indin. according sources. A. P.
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    • 874 8 ANGLO-FRENCH TRADING CO., LTD. TIL: *****/6, ***** 132/6 Robinton Road THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE NORTH AMERICAN SERVICE T» Halitai, Montreal. Boston, New York, Baltimore. Philadelphia Cult Portt. S port P. S ham fvtiMnn POLTOORUS 9/16 Sept 17 Sept 18 Sept MARON 9/16 Oct 17 Oct 1H Oct MEMNON 19/25 Nov
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    • 1148 8 Tel- 2405 MANSFIELD CO., LID. Tel: 2412 ,7 (Incorporated in Singapore) |l2lm«) sh,pp.n. rug IiUJM FUNNEL LINK J o °Zl!i.r, ootion to proceed o'rie. ports to load and dischaiftt carte TaILInS to LIVERPOOL. CLASCOW. LONDON b CONTININI Sincapor* Ou« SaiU P Sham Penant Patroelut for Lrverpool Cla» Auf M/ 16
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    • 861 8 MITSUI RQ LINE Sport P Shorn Penono FOR JAPAN from Indio Amoguon Moru from Bombay for Yokohomo Kobe Moil 23 Aug 21 Aug FOR JAPAN tronn Continent Akibason Moru *or Yo««O--homo Kobe Nogovo vio Soigon Bangkok H'kong 18 Aug Asokosan Moru *or Yokohomo Kobe vio Soigon, Bongkok Hongkong 2 Sept
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    • 532 8 EAST ASIATIC liJ SAILINGS lOCONT, N|N For Aden. Port So.d, Genoo Ant* cop«K., en &o cob p H x "FALSTRIA' »> "India- ln Port "KINA" 9 Sept U ERR| A" WU*Z I k) Colls London (Passenger, Or I sx) Coll* Beyrouth. KorUhomn. SAILINGS FROM SCanoinavu I S Pore D I
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  • 228 9 C W COSTS MAY GO ON RISING:REPORT UNDER inflationary conditions prevailing in so many parts of the world where Cable and Wireless Ltd. operates, it is feared that running costs will go on rising, says the company's annual report. These rising costs rannot be matched by corresponding rise in revenue
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  • 59 9 I>how. A. P. GERMAN Volkswagens are arranged to form fhe trords M £IJV£ MILLIOS" (One Million) to mark t)ic millionth car produced at Germany's biggest car plant, the Volksicagen Werke in Woljshurg recently. Volkswagen cars accounted for more than )\ulf of all the foreign cars sold Hi
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  • 247 9 JFwaitc** And Commerce Standard Market Correspondent THE flurry in the Singapore rubber market earlier in the past week seemed to have subsided by Saturday when quiet conditions prevailed with prices at more than ten cents below the highest for the period. Conflicting interpretations to
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  • 38 9 THE Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation. California, a subsidiary of the Hongkong bank, opens for business today, at 221. Sansome Street. San Francisco. The new subsidiary is In a position to offer every banking facility.
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  • 32 9 A TYPICAL American kitchen, with cabinets, sink, refrigerator, stove, food freezer and laundry equipment will be part of the American exhibit at the Salonika International Trade Fair. A. P.
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  • 174 9 SAS' INCOME IS 275,842 CROWNS The Scandinavian Airlines System's income foF the fiscal year Oct. 1. 1953 to Sept. 30. 1954, was 275,842 Swedish crowns. Break down income figures are: traffic revenue. less commission 258.524 crowns; other operating revenue 9.180 crowns; subsidies for domestic services 1.238 crowns; sundry income 6.900
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  • 113 9 AMERICAN companies will soon be challenging British interests in Australia, the Premier of the State of Victoria. Mr. Henry Bolte, said in Mcl bourne. Opening a A K. 1,000.000 motor car factory extension built by the Rootes (Australia) Company at Fishermen's Bend, the Premier said. Australia
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  • 566 9 Unrest, Threats Hit Market For Industrials By A Market Correspondent WIDESPREAD industrial unrest in Singapore, coupled with Ministerial threats against those who would venture to develop real estate in the Island, have prevented firming of the markets in industrials during the week which could have been expected to result from
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  • 37 9 THE Malayan Exchange Banks Association made the following changes in its rates to merchants on Saturday:Selling T.T. or O.I), ready Mere: Swiss Francs 111 7 8; Deutsche Marks 136 1 M Belgian Francs 16-21 1/4.
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  • 18 9 THE Japan Trade Centre in New York announced it will stage a Japanese food show shortly.
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  • 361 9 BUSINESS DONE in shares from Aug. 6-12. INDUSTRIALS: Brit i s n Borneo Petroleums 479, Consol. Tin Smelter Ords. ?,0 .J and 30/-. Fiascr Neave $1721 and 51. 70. Gammons 52.82J to $2. TO to 52.72 A, Hammers $2 GO. Wm Jacks $3.10, Malayan Breweries
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 173 9 H II "I I MM. II !i I .tcs. a £a- tent, be PD AUCTION SALE in PERSIAN, BOKHARA CHINESE RUGS M KNTAL CARPET PALACE I ORCHARD ROAD, SINGAPORE. ON MVRDAY: 27th August, 1955. 1 p.m. to 6.00 p.m. I 28th August, 1955. "p.m. 2.30 p.m. t06.00p.m. J^ON VIEW PHONE:
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    • 321 9 NOTICES PLANT MACHINERY THE British Malayan Petro leum Co Ltd Seria. State of Brunei have availab c for >i..>posal the fol.owing:--3 pcs. Kendall Gent Screwing Machines complete with all cessories in 100% good condition 1 De'ais of accessories can be ooUined from Shell Company of Singapore Ltd.. Matena.s Department. Cantonment
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    • 587 9 COMMISSION FOR THF MALAYANISATION OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE OF SINGAPORE [T IS HEREBY notified that a Commission has been appointed to examine and report on the best and most '■mcient methods of implementing Government's policy of Malayanisation of the Public Service of Singapore with the following terms of reference:— u>
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    • 101 9 THE HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION HAVE PLEASURE IN ANNOUNCING THE OPENINC OF THEIR SUBSIDIARY THE HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION OF CALIFORNIA (incorporated umdsh the laws or the state or California) ON 15» AUGUST, 1955 AT 221-SANSDME STREET, SAN FRANCISCO. THE NEW SUBSIDIARY IS IN A POSITION TO OFFER
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  • 28 10 I RAJAJI Si arts Club boat Si ctar Dravida Sport- Club by Jive noal> lo Ihree in a friendly soccer match at t!ie Farrei k yesterday.
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  • 385 10 HEYZER RAIN PUT RAF DOWN ON a rain-sodden wicket, RAF, Singapore were dismissed for a meagre 55 runs by Police bowlers who set the seal on a five-wicket vict/.ry over their opponents in the only SCA senior league match played at Thomson Road yesterday. Other league matches in the island
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  • 36 10 B' ton Practice At University BADMINTON practices for Mon ik stelites the UniverRity ol Malaya wi\ be held at the Oci Tiong Hair Ha 1 on Wednesdays at 4.3H pm Shuttlecocks will be provided not rackets
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  • 66 10 The Federation Chief Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman, who is also President of the Football Association of Malaya, is pictured here, shaking hands with Cfiuah Poh Ann Malayan Chinese FA's di?Jiinutive left half before the kick off between the MCFA and Austria's visiting Salzburg F.C. at Kuala
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  • 664 10 THE annual Bisley meet- j Ing of the Sinjjapore Rifle Association held recently at Bukit Timah ti.rned out to be a very successful one U.O. II Eric Mitchell of 40 Base Workshops. R.K.M.F. with a total aggregate of .'>o. "l points won the Governor's Cup and the
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  • 1024 10 SINGAPORE S swimming champion, Neo Chwee X.ok will be defending his khi metres 200 metres 400 metres uml 1,500 metres freestyles tit.es at the annual Singapore Amateur Swimming Association open championships to be held in Chinese Swimming Club pool on August I-}* (Mon).
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  • 58 10 Itian Samarna (left) and Gan Koen Hie, the 1 two Indonesian tennis stars who arrived in Singa- Z 1 pore yesterday on ttieir way to the Malayan chain- Z pionships at. ipoh. They will play exhibition Z I against Ong Chew Bee and Lim Hee Chin at the
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    • 262 10 SHAW BROTHERS ORGANISATION ATTRACTIONS ♦CapitoL^ NOW SHOWING! UMrl WfcjfjWfc „45. 4. PHO\E 5159 "tMiSr 6.30. M.30 4 CAMERON BSE **> ZZ »c/ I".v J l l ♦> X NEXT CHANCE! -^m HIAWS I lI. M PRODICTIONS |»rt'-riil ♦ftte "ORPHAN* a mo\ini: lirarl■B^ r# Z^ uarininu -l»n -ill- "^^^flHC^JH -rarrh l«>r
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    • 131 10 CATHAY ORGANISAT^r^ *"~»5 —^^v^l Till- lI.AMI\(. v M in MARTINI- \ltoi i'| Ill'd^^B WORLD PWMIEREmiBB^ \\W\\\\\W\\ MM *'^»UR\ j TODAY! CATH AYS" I M^l Charles ßCYiß-Bnawi I I Ulin KCDD I Mtt Osca. LfiMl V« p.; A DRAMATIC MASTERPIB C O M I N fl^^l CRANDIST 01 All CUM KIU
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  • 269 11 79 GOALS SCORED IN 18 MATCHES LONDON. Aug. 14. (Reutcr)— The Scottish football season started on a breezy note yesterday (a week before the English season) with heavy scoring in many of the 18 League Cup matches. Only onr* game failed to produce
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  • 125 11 MOSCOW. Sun. <Reuter) The Soviet press today expressed unanimous admiration for the "will to victory' shown by Wolverhampton Wanderer.^ during the second half of their match against Moscow Dynamo. The Soviet Army newspaper. Red Star, said "after being three down at half-time the English footballers showed a great
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  • 24 11 WELLINGTON. Cape Province. Aug. 14. Router >— The British Isles rugby union touring team beat Boland by 11 points to nil here today.
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  • 25 11 SYDNEY, Aug. 14. (UP) Australia defeated South China six-one in the second international soccer test played at the Sydney Sports Ground today.
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  • 24 11 KOWLAND T. CORNELIUS passed away peacefully on Sunday 14-8-.").") Cortege will leave Xo. 5 Handy Road at 4.30 p.m. today for Bidadari Cemetrv.
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  • 301 11 LONDON, Aug. 14, (Keutcr).— Spirited hitting by young: Dennis Cox, a local product, placed Surrey, the County champions and current .joint leaders with Yorkshire, in a good position to gain first innings points over Gloucestershire at Cheltenham yesterday. Gloucestershire ne?ded 4<j runs with only wicket
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  • 44 11 FOLKESTONE England Aug 13 (i'P)— The start of the international cross-channel swim from *>ancc to England was postponed for the fuurth time today A north-easterly wind whippod the rhannel into rough wave;, which again forced a postponement of the swim
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  • 62 11 CAPETOWN. Auf H (Rcuter)—South Africa's learn to meet British Isles touring side in the second rugby union international here on August 20 is R Drvfcursh. X Yon Vollenhoven, D Sinclair, W. Rosenburg. T Briers C Ulyate T Gentles C Koch A. Van Der Merwe J Berker
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  • 35 11 BLLFASI. Northern Ireland Au? 12 (IIP) The rest of Europe soccer team beat the United Kingdom by four goals to one at Windsor Park here tt)day The half time score was oneone.
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  • 45 11 LIVFRPOOL F.nqiand Au^ 14 (Reuter) Mr George DingiCy on" ol Biitain's top boxirn? manageis who piloted the ;ate Benny Lynch from a Glasgow shim to the world flyweight chamoionship died in hospital here early today after a heart attack He was 55
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    • 72 11 JTcHARITY WORLD PREMIERE THURSDAY 9.30pm I* IN AID OF S.A.T.A. 0 pisIIMU'SHIU PATRONAGE OF H.E. THE COMMISSIONER-GENERAL rt WORLD SAID "NO B^^^B I -r lIIIIK LOVE .Dill) IKIAFE R |l\l |XI _^H^^. IB 3*^l B' I J/^^L.MW^^^^ I >^^ Mm W I p,AbCv-"^- H m BUDDY ADLER HENRY KING JOHN
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    • 527 11 SITUATIONS VACANT KUALA LI MPI R MUNICIPAL COUNCIL 1 PPLICATIONS are invited -M from suitably qualified and experienced persona for the post of a Technical Assistant in the Municipal Engineering Dept. 2. The salary scale la $036 x Al2-444/4G2xAIB .M 2. The "om mencing basic s? lary within the scale
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    • 905 11 CLASSIFIED ADS SIIUAIIONS VA(.A\I APPLICATIONS are invited for J the po»t of Superintendent Hospital Limb Instrument I Workshop, m the Medical Ue- fi partment. Singapore. Appoint- 1 merit will be on probation for 3 years in the first instance, followed, if service has been satisfactory, by permanent and pension- able
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    • 651 11 PERSONAL Motorists: do You want Itolaya't best AND cheape**. Motor Car Insurance Policy" To eet this, write AA M PO Box l."> 0 Penang. SITUATIOMS VACAMT SINGAPORE CITY COINCIL: Required 'A> Temporary Construction Engineer. Must >\e rx'c:.-;\> experience in tne construction of earth dams on nil foundations and should have
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
    • 185 11 Jbner By Al Capp h T'AIN*T TH" INGREDIENTS -JEST LONG *NUFF FO' 'V -ON ACCOUNT AH GOT A p— > rr's how vo* flaps THy thet magical chemical T extrv bone in mah wrist// r TURNIP- BATTER//- IT GOTTA CHANGE TO TAKE PLACE//- 0H.7-WHUT A EM^ARRASSIN' > r-r PAUSE, IN
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  • 56 12 V. JOHNSON ?J years S. MAJID 23 years T. OUNG 1 U yea rs MG LAY 32 years MG MY INT 25 years KYI TUN 20 years YAI CHIT 18 years -I BAHADUR 24 years SAN HLA 24 years AYE KO V.t year s K.
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  • 380 12 Thomas Cup Officials Stress Need For Coach Big Profits From Matches TIIK Thomas Cup Management Committee, winding up its affairs yesterday, will make a strong recommendation to the Badminton Association of Malaya lor the emploMiient of a lull-time coach. Committee stressed the r.rvd of appointing a P^d coach for the
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  • 39 12 A Chinese Athletic team of Knk Peow. Hean Soo and Soh Saje yesterday won «h^ McGregor Watts Cup for the Uirowmg-in competition at Jalan Besar Stadium. The winners" combined throws measured 163 ft (5 in.
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  • 39 12 THE friend I v soccer mr.tch j between Bartley Secondar. School and Kelantan Schools I which was scheduled to be played at Fairer Park vestcrdav was called off. Bartley Secondary School failed to turn up.
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  • 580 12 FEAF 2 Singapore 0 H. Clarke Referee: J. Ferguson, SINGAPORE, the Malaya Cup champions, were surprised and beaten by two seals to nil when they met the Far East Air Force Command in yesterday's soccer friendly at Jalan Besar stadium. The airmen wore
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  • 414 12 BEFORE THE BELL! m^ 1 KD by two internationally known boxing officials, Lt. Col. C Tun Tin (team manager) and 'apt D. A. F.king (coach) Burma's 12-man team for the South East Asia boxing championships at the end of this month should leave this
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  • 117 12 SI X ARAM A I put BEME Civilians out of the SAFA (up competition with a 5-3 win at Gcylang Stadium yesterday. Marzuki led the Sukaramai scoring with three coals. Dollah Sahid and Zam Amin netted one each. REME's coals were scored by Abu Talib (2) and Ibrahim
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  • 168 12 THE closing of entries for the V.M.C.A 1955 Snooker Championship tournament for the rio Hong Cup is deferred to Wednesday Aug 17 at 5 p m. The draw will be made at 5.15 p.m in the YMCA Billiard.; Room. THE Amoy Canning Company women's basket- 1,
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    • 21 12 3 PAGES OF SPORT Page 11 gives you all the Foreign sport. Page 10 is another page of M alayan sport.
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 77 12 SOCCER COMMUNITY: Chinese vs. R. Navy at Jalan Besar at 7 p.m. DIV. 1: S. Corinthians vs. IRC. at Jalan Besar at 5.30 p.m. JUNIOR CUP-TIE: S.H.B Police vs. Gurkha Ritles at F. N.; Springdalc S.C. vs. Katong S.C. at Gcj'lang; SRC. vs. Star Soc. "A" at SRC. CITY COUNCIL
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