Singapore Standard, 31 August 1955

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    14 1 Singapore Standard #R it iH JL ,i. i. ><». r>6 SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31, 195">
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    Lock icon NEW LAWS ON PUBLIC SECURITY RELEASED
    256 1 INGAPORE crnment yesterday Wished a bill which cplacc the EmcRcgulo when it becomes d int^> 33 s" S, tho Preservation Sc those the I to and ordi i in 1 eerI ilations Iden ri more n of i aw this J haa povi r
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    Lock icon BOTTLES FLY IN HOSPITAL
    36 1 'OLICI r [fog gij n a gan huriinj,' ink r> I •;mip pa I In Ww n. rr:.oad dying ink i Ddcuffed two nan I •di- lon after a st I I
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    Lock icon GIRL, 16 ELOPED WITH HERMAN
    223 1  - GIRL, 16 ELOPED WITH HERMAN J. SOU Missing For A Week By Mandard Reporter AN elderly Chinese Dan, Tan Kirn Keow, 51. knelt and cried outthe police courts building in South Bridge Rood yesterday morning saying that her 16-year-old daughter, had eloped with her lover. She was assisted to her
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    Lock icon Recluse Dies Amid Junk
    43 1 BILOKI. Mississippi, Aug 30 (AP>— An elderly recluse Alice Parker, was found d< ad in her horn« hei yesterday, surrounded by mountain> of miscellany that included canaries and parrots, and dead, and enough •ling to outfit a girls' 01.
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    Lock icon 98 MEMBERS SWO
    250 1 Colourful 2 2 -Hour Ceremony By Tues. Nine, members of the Federal Lcg.sla Council were officially sworn in tonight in I 2 1 2 hour simple but solemn ceremony. Tf.c Chief M:Tunku Abdul EUhani the Councillors in ti.< taking ceremony will be folio" U a.p lomonow \v;th
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    Lock icon Japanese Ship Sink
    244 1 Sampan, Lighter Save All Hand: Standard Shipping Reporter TWENTY-TWO Japanese, officers and n<en of the fishinsj trawkr Meganu .Maru escaped drowning when their vesst! keeled over in the Sinu^pore Outer Roads yesterday, and sank. The ship, bound for Colombo from Odawara. Japan, had called at the Colony
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    32 1 Churchill' s Vacation LONDON <P' Winston Chur rhill will tly t<. v FYmnce n«-xt month lew w» holida:, tur I iMvi ly l<':irn< d He will near Nice, v.!.' I era] pr<
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    Lock icon S.C.S. To Pay Off All 475 Strikers
    333 1 Police Guard Food Depots THE Singapore Cold Storage will deposit the salaries and other monies ■due to its 475 striking employees with the Labour Department today. A Company .spokesman told I The Standard last night that the strikers have "dismissed themselves from service
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    241 1 Egypt Faces Serious Crisis CAIRO, Aug. 30, (Keuler)— Fiivpfs ruling military junta, the Revolution Command Council, txlay tared its most serious internal crisis since General .Mohammed Naguib was removed as president last November. Major Salah Salem, Minister ol National Guidance and Sudan Affairs, has been granted "indefinite
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    Lock icon Dr. Lim Is Appointed Chief Whip
    117 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Tucs.— Dr. Lim Chong Eu. Federal Councillor representing the Penang Settlement, was appointed Whip of the UMNO-MCA-MIC Alliance in the House with Inche Kfcir Johari as Assistant Whip. They were selected at a special meeting tonight of the Alliance party which holds
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    148 1 MR. Cho, 19, goes fo hospital comes out as MISS Cho SEOUL. Auk. -°>0 (Reuter) A local daily, the Knslish language Korea Times, t<>da\ reported the sueiessful sex transformation of a IM-year-old boy to a fiirl through surgical operation. The Korea Times said 19-year-old, Cho Xi (hoi
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    Lock icon No 'Closed Shop' Now For Her Husband
    145 1 CHICAGO. Aug. 30 (AP) An indignant housewife, who locked out her shop steward husband because his union went on strike, has called off their feud. Mrs. Esther Quigley. 35, was reunited with her 200--pound husband. Andrew, last night after nearly a week of
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    22 1 pnoio. THE MDTTANU Mar* lyin* partly submerged, with her keel awash in the Singapore Outer Roads immediately after she "keeled over." standard
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    34 1 AUCKLAND. Aug. 30 (Reutm For the first time staff officers of the eight powers of the South-east Asia Collective Defence Treaty Organization will meet In New Zealand from Sept. 2 to 13.
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    Lock icon RUNAWAY PLANE SCARE
    257 1 Shot Down After 3-Hour Spree SYDNEY. Aug. 30 (UP) A plane took off by itself today after the pilot stepped out of it at a suburban airport today and Hew lor nearly three hours before; It was shot down by a navy Dghter at sea. The runaway
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    Lock icon New Copter Unit Formed
    50 1 LONDON. Aug :>o (Reuter —A flying ii/eboat servJci operated by helicopt< I being organized around the British Isles, the A;r Ministry announced today Its essential purpose will bo to search for and rescue Royal Air Force crews who crash into or bale out over the sea.
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    Lock icon REVOLVER IN HER BRA
    62 1 CLEVELAND. Aug. M Reuter>— Seventh n-yt ;irold Mrs. L<- ra Rlt< nour, who had a revolver and a bomb in her b wh<n she was captured, was sentenced today t-i t< n rears in prison lor bank robbery. Ju ri James Conn< ho was giving I
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      27 1 RUSSELL, NEWBERY CO. Dagcnham England Manufacturers of Marine and Single Cylinder S X W Auxiliary Ie J^j Generating Set. McALISTER CO. LTD. SINGAPORE. KUALA LUMPUR, lIMMI IMW\<.
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    29 2 4 the hirh A«ri- .irtt a few /r seeds o •i of I en in .X ini- ling nd G em H i < of i ong* 1 crops
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    Lock icon BLACK AREAS FOR K.L.
    86 2 BLACK AREAS FOR K.L. Kt\\t..\ LUMPUR Tues. A ident-prone roads in the si on be sing c I Traffic Police as as. Traffl Polite :'h:rf. Mr. Nel- son F wants for a start i are at U asi >ix town. is motivated by success ol a r s heme introduced
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    Lock icon 60-Yr. Old On Modesty Count
    40 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues.rGupand Sinsh. 60, today claimed trial before the FUst Magistrate to a charge of outraL;. 1 the modesty of a year old woman Harnam Kaur. falan Tiga, Sungei Be<i on the Aug 11.
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    Lock icon Full Council To Discuss Strike By City Workers
    209 2 C'TTEE WILL SUBMIT REPORT THE full monthly meeting of the Singapore City Council wiLl discuss the strike by its 10,000 daily-rated employees, today. r £hv Finance and C^fneial Purposes Com* inittee of the Council, which has been holding a series of discussions
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    Lock icon NO WAR CLAIMS AFTER OCTOBER
    177 2 f KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. The War Damagr Commission today asked registered claimants who had not received any award so far, to write in before Oct. 1 or let their claims lapse. Requests for an assessment of the claims forwarded be fore the expiry date in
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    Lock icon Thai Student Acquitted Of Stabbing
    157 2 Thai Student Acquitted Of Stabbing ALCR STAR Tues A young Sia nese student, Eap Ai '\,i,. wi;»> was a. eged to have caused the oleath of a .Malay Hussain, In- stabbing ■him in the back on the night of March 7 was acquitted and dischaiged in the Supreme l\ urt
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    Lock icon DEATH SENTENCE
    44 2 LIEW SIM. al as Ah I.icw. yesterday sei tern ed to death in the High Court. M i by Mr. Justke Pa ll S I ivful possession of a handgrenade or; Jan. 3 this year, in the Sun?ai 1 i area. Segamat.
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    Lock icon Two Fined For Making Samsu
    68 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Two women were fined $300 by Mi I. C. C Rigl in the S ions Couri today for having s tiling stil Is and making the intoxicating liquor with* at a permit at their homes in Sungei Buloh yesterday morning i Choi
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    Lock icon "Woman Took Me To Bed For $4'
    25 2 "Woman Took Me To Bed For $4' I and ing R "I i hour." I on A.. had Or and arvi Ba enc< g in
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    74 2 MR E. S. Charles, second son of ."Mr. and Mrs. I). X Charlei of Koala Lunil ur and his brido the former Miss Gladys Knknt, sevontii daughter of Mr. and Nn A. (J. Knuht of Kuaia Lumpur, afiei their marriage at Metitodist Wesley Church, on Monday. Flu srooni
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      153 2 m S£F.... CathAY '».<- OPENS FRIDAY! ™tT c FOR I 5 LAN A X l^S-IHE PRODIGAL"/ SOMETHING \A TURNER V^>^^— .SBnS]'- ;,-5/ prodigious it in quality t sound cosruM£S '^w, LOUIS CALHERN D I I V A iin THE PRODIGAL 1 b U I A l\ M M PICTU E
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    Lock icon MARSHALL IS CHALLENGED
    286 3 Justify Detention Of J Chinese Teacher Chen SINGAPORE Chief Minister, Mr. David Marshall, was yesterday challenged to justify the continued detention of Chinese High School teacher, Mr. Chen Yang Cheng when he saw it fit to release the Secretary of the Singapore Bus Workers' Union, Mr. Fong
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    Lock icon Escaped Prisoner Gives Up
    4 3 Escaped Prisoner Gives Up
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    Lock icon Lim Is New C.B.A. Head
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    Lock icon BORNEO YOUTHS TO STUDY IN U.K.
    28 3 S I Bri- cnt ii B 1 25 ted rcn c in Englai >ls in Eng- ars. here the Sft 1 row.
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    30 3 Burgess To Tour Nigeria MR .'OHN general r B I a:, in- t Ol I i) Dcvc opB visit th< B istria g B Soul riya rie- Ml F BURGESS
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    17 3 A DELEGATI N I j re at t < ing a 1 to Vi 'u:i-
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    Lock icon LORRY DEATH TOLL NOW 5
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    39 3 »n KIAH I.OKF. was riths in t« rday v i:i the ate's Court tiling to appear before the court on Oct. 12 to ver charges of opium I p< ol ing u1 i'> of a bail bond.
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    Lock icon One Killed In Collision
    47 3 A r.:\X v k :i and an- <•! i" injured when a ii g iri \\\:s involved in a o ision with a 16th Mi c. L Kang Road, Singa- n was 47-year- >'". Chu Seng and I r-o !hua F'i Seng was driving tho
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    Lock icon SCOLDED, HE TOOK POISON
    43 3 A Itt-YEAR^OLD schoolboy, Yeo v hung Lim took poison adopted parent- > ■■r\ him ii'T his backwardin school tho Singapore ner*s Court was told yesterday Yeo dir\i on July 7 fr< >m 1 corrosive poisoning, the court was Verdict: Sui
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    Lock icon Sudden Death Of Mr. Sinclair
    45 3 EUROPEAN mess Mr. D. J. Sinclair. <irr:'v in Crosby House i:i Robinson Road, Singapore, ye ;terday. The late Mr. Sinclair who 51, was conor;)' manager of th< rai of the China Engineei Limited and the S o-Briti h (M) Limited.
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    Lock icon PARKING BAN IS LIFTED
    125 3 TRAFFIC Police, Singapore, yesteicay announced that it v.i r.o lor.^er be an ullenrc motorists to stop opposite a white line fur the purpose of loading or unloading goods or pit king up ani setting down passengers The official .statement saM that ihc Singapore Road Traffic R.i-.
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    Lock icon St. Joseph's Church Fair
    76 3 A FUN FAIR in aid of the 5 iei y of St. Yin 'ent dr Paul will be held on the grounds of t:;o I of St. Joseph. Victoria Street, on Sunday. Sept. 4 from lv a.m. to 7 p.m. The attractions include pony rides. q;::re-.
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    Lock icon Obscene Films
    36 3 TWO men, Yong Mah and Chai Yue, were today fined 5500 c a .-h by the Kuala Lumpur First Magistrate when they pleaded guilty io a charge of possessing two reels of obscene films.
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    176 3 1 PRESS photography in 1 Sin s »P«»rr is of I c»n- sist« I'tl.v high >tandard. declared the retiring ConimissinncMirnpra l for South-cast Asia. Mr. Mauolm Mac Donald yes- to i da > Sprakini; at a farewell i breakfast given by the i Press
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    Lock icon New Bill Checks Illegal Papers
    261 3 UNDER the Undesirable Publications (Amendment) Bill which Government plans to introduce in Singapore, action may be taken against publications made unlawfully in the Colony. Dt^ai.s of the bilj and five others were released by the Govc nment yesterday. Under the current Undesirab;c Publications Ordinance, no
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    Lock icon Four 'May' Rioters Get 4½ Years' Jail
    182 3 KOI R May 12 rioters were yesterday sentenced, to prison in the Singapore First Criminal District Court when they were found to have been members of an' unlawful assembly with the common object of assaulting members of the Reserve I nit at Alexandra
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    Lock icon Ungrateful' Youth Jailed
    76 3 A YOUTH Lim Bo( n Ken-. 20, wi.o was [ouna Rui ty in the tLighth Magistrate's Court yesterday '»n throe iv* of retaining sto en property, was told by the Magistrate Mr A. W.Ghows. that no wag ungratciuj because he stole from his benefactors. Lim was convicted
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    Lock icon WIDOW GETS ROOM BACK
    64 3 .IL'DCMENT with rosl was enter^o by the Acting Chief Justi f Mr Justice Taylor in the Si'igap re lli%n Court yes- rdaj for a widow Wo:.£ Kuri 1 who it- rbiel tenant. clatimzti foi possession ol a room in the front portion of the n.st floor
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    Lock icon MOVE TO OUST THE BAs
    214 4 Penang UMNO Debate Called PENANG, Tues. A resolution calling for the end of British Advisers in the Federation of Malaya, will be considered at the annual meeting of the Penang division of the United Malays National Organisation on Sunday. The meeting will also hear a
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    Lock icon ARRESTED AS HE LEFT JAIL
    243 4 Pilot Issued Dud Cheques PENANG, Tues. An ex-RAF pilot, Shahar bin Sayad Ahmad, who was arrested yesterday as he left Koala Lumpur Prison after serving: a four-month sentence for cheating;, today pleaded guilty to two further charges of cheating in the Sessions Court. ASP Joginder
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    145 4 COMMODITY PRICES CLOtftNU rubber prires (cents per Ib in Singapore yesterday were: Buyers Sellers Spot fob HI 141 f.,»b. Aus. MU Mil No. i l.j: 138 No. A 134 135 lore: Quiet TIN FKICE The Price oi tin yestrrda.t was S.i'Oi; per piiii!. (Down 371 cts). LONDON KMWUK No 1
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    Lock icon Film Star Held Up
    58 4 TWO men armed with daggers, entered the house of a Malay film actress in MacPhei>on Road on Monday afternoon and robbed her of cash and valuables worth $K7O. The actress. Siput Sarawak, told the police that she and other occupants of the house were forced and
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    Lock icon Merchants See Envoy
    85 4 MALACCA. Tucs. Local fl.Mi and textile merchants called on the Commercial Secretary to the Indian Government Mission in Malaya Mr. D. II Jejurikar. today to take him up on his offer to help them in their business enquiries. Representatives of the Hoo Suck Kongsi. the biggest fish
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    31 4 SEVENTY application* for houses were registered yesterday tne first day of the Federal Housing Trust's Exhibition of nouve models held at the Tenants' Registration Office at Fort Cornwallis. Penang
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    21 4 MR TENG Peng Yew was yesteiaay appointed a nominee the Singapore Chinese Chaivbcr of Commerce to the Rent Board
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    82 4 MR. C. T. BalakrLshnan was elected President of the Singapore Indian Co-opera-tive Thrift and Loan Society Limited at its first annual general meeting held recently. Other official;, elected were* Secretary Mr. V A Padmanabhan: Treasurer Mr N. S. Ramachandran. Auditors—Mr. V. D. Nair. Mr. T. G.
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    Lock icon BOSSES FORM 'UNION'
    158 4 THE SINGAPORE Maritime Employers' Federation representing the interests of ship ownas ani others employing local seamen, has been registered in the Colony under the Trade Union Ordinance. This body was formed in accorjance with one of the recommendations of the InternaMcnnl Labour Organization Asia!) Maritime Conference held
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    Lock icon $100 Fine For $1 Of Rubber
    37 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Tucs. —A Chinese boy of Paloh New Village was fined $100 or six weeks' jail in the Juvenile Court. Kluang. today for possession of scrap rubber worth 51. 05.
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    Lock icon Follow The Example Of Ceylon-MacD.
    207 4 Follow The Example Of Ceylon -MacD. MALAYA should follow the perfect example set by Ceylon which, as a model of an Asian state, has changed from Colonial government to self-government by civilised and peaceful means, said the Commissioner General, Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald, yesterday. Mr. Mac Donald was speaking at
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    Lock icon Drastic Action For 'Arrogant Bosses'
    178 4 THE SINGAPORE Trade I nion Congress will advice its affiliated member unions to take drastic action against those employers who deliberately refuse to redress the genuine grievances of their employees. The president of the T.U.C. |Mr. S. Jaganathan told The Standard last night, the attitude
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    23 4 MECHANICAL faults in a north-bound soods train held up today's Day Mail from Singapore to Kuala Lumpur for over three hours.
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    30 4 WINDING -UP A WINDING-UP order has I been made by Mr. Justice Whitton regarding Heddle and Co.. Bukit Timah Road, on a petition filed by Cable and I Wireless Ltd.
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    Lock icon SCHOOLS' BIG PROBLEM
    149 4 PRESIDEXT of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce, Mr. Ko Teck Kin. yesterday placed a problem before members of the Chamber. Said Mr. Ko: "The Central Provident Fund Board has asked Chinese schools to pay contributions for their employees immediately. "The schools have no money for these
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    54 4 fasdfasfasdf photo by MISS Spencer Wilkinson from England, an expert in the work for the blind, speaks at the conference of workers for the blind at the Kuala Lumpur Methodist Girls' School. Brickfields. Mr. Leong Yew Koh. Minister for Health and Social Welfare. Federation, opened the conference on
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      73 4 Weather Report MINIMI M Temperature: From 7.:!0 p.m. Aug. '!9 to 7.:.0 a.m. Aug. :'.O Singapore ((76F): Penang (74F). Kota Bahru (7?Ft; Kuala Lumpur (7!Fi- Ipoh (71F); Kuantan (7!F»; Maximum Temperature: From 7.!'0 a.m. to 7. .10 p.m. Aug. r,O. Singapore (85Fi: Penang (87Fi: l.ota Bahru (87F): Kuala Lumpur (MFI;
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    Lock icon Motor Bike Was Stolen
    52 5 A MOTOR cycle worth Sl.h.'jO belonging to Neo Kirn Song oi Bukit Panjang was stolen from his house between Aug. 2.'i and Aus 24. Neo left his machine on the five-foot way and then left for Penang. On his return to the Colony, he found his
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    Lock icon Tunku's Amnesty—Dollar Grab Move'
    496 5 Tunku's Amnesty— Dollar Grab Move' KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. The Alliance Government's amnesty offer to the Communist terrorists was described as a "subtle move to achieve two things military mobilisation of the country and American gold." These allegations were listed today in a statement issued by the 'steeling committee of the
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    Lock icon THANKS MR. M.-LOKE
    170 5 FILM MAGNATE Loke Wa.i Tho, hairman of the Singapore Youth Sports Centre Appea< Committee, last night thanked Chief Minister, Mr David Mar■haJ for his Government's I of a do! ar-to-dollar contribution to\var(ls the fund up to $250,000. C^;. behalf of the members of the committee Mr. Loke
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    111 5 Pedalling Pests Of Canal Rd. RLUK ANSON. Tups. Young women and Kirls who happen to pass alont; the diml> lit Canai Road at night: are bein« persistently annoyed b> a few Chinese youiifesters. tn a t they avoici this road after 7 p. in These pests who operate singly or
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    Lock icon Council's Right, Ratepayers Say
    294 5 SINGAPORE ratepayers yesterday condemned the "apparent lack of any sense of responsib "llty to the public which the members of the City Council Labour Inions Federation have exhibited in staging the strike." In a statement to the Press, the Singapore Rater. avers Associaiion said :hat the
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      13 5 Standard cMlmanac INFORMATION AT A GLANCE I N G A P'O R f
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      57 5 6 p m New Record* 630 New? ft Commentary f> 4."> Spoils Round-Up; 153 Repoxt from South £asl E;. gland; 7 pin 'Blackpool Nifht*. 8 pm Mus:c Magazine; hl5 Wo:k And Wor■hip; v 3<) Newa Home News; ■•43 i.,<>:Hioi Theatre Orchestra; ■JO Rad.o Newsieel Pio-r-i^ne Summary; y45 Lt -Co! V
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      521 6 rr\i. rants of Kirfcby-trained teachers are ted to K;ve petitioned the Federation I authorities not to assign their sons and hools in other States They want ♦o teach in schools where their homes are. Th. typical of Malayan parents who seem to Dk that this la still circa
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      383 6 DECENT developments in Korea are a continuation of the stark tragedy and injustice which baa bmi the lot of that unhappy country throughlons history For centuries it has been buffeted about by friend and foe alike harassed by the Ch. aid Japanese, menaced by the Russians an
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    2370 6 IN MALAYA "Moloya is on the r\q\\l lines to Prosperity »c arc favourably impressed with Malaya s economic potentialities and prospects of expansion" this is on extract from the recentlypublished report of the INTERNATIONAL BANK MISSION which examined the country's economy and finances last year. The FUTURE
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      138 6 Sir: The Federation Chief Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman stressed that Malay would be the national language of the country. This means that when Malaya achieves her independence Malay will be put into use as the official language and English will become the secondary language of this country.
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    221 7 Paper's Comment On Bids -Ugh! U.K. Gets A Raw Deal U ISHINGTON, Aug. 30 (AP)— The Washington mi TIMCS Herald said last night: 'There is only >>le comment about the Administration's I over the British bid on equipment for Chief -,Joseoli Dam: Ugh!" the Engli>h Electric ;.>u.v wa ihown Indlsibly
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    157 7 ISBL'RY, Am: ?»0 r I lit- affair of tin- MurpliN troui is threshed nut in itc's tuurt yesla tlw tr«niNrrs thrrr i large rrni. m taated th.it .i K9m4 d*-«l of Mil hael Murphy, 2% pom •n. in vpnkr to him Anil Murph> in--1
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    89 7 LONDON. Aug :*0 iUP>The "Manchester Guardian." today suggested abolition of the Royal Marriage Act to leave Princess Margaret to marry the man of her choice. The Guardian had been taken to task by some of the popular Press after it criticize d th< lr "vulgar
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    141 7 SOVIETS SUPPLY ARABS DULLES WASHINGTON, An*. 30 (AP) is. Secretary of Mate John I oster Dulles said today there have been reliable reports that Russia has offered arms to some Such an art ion by Russia Ihc supplying of arms to nations in troubled area would not contribute to tin
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    117 7 Freedom For 7 War Criminals < Router The release of seven Japanese war leaders now held in the Sugamo prison a^ "A" class war criminals will probably be announced in a matter of day.-, authoritative sources .-aid tonight. The release ol these elderly leaders, sentenced for directing "aggressive war" was
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    77 7 Lohia Plans New Party MADRAS. Aug. 30 ißcuicn Supporters of D-\ Ram Manohar Loin a. who was expelled from the Praja Socialist Party national executive last month for "indiscipline" today decided to form a new socialist party to oppo.se the Indian Government. The 100 delegates from five south Indian states
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    76 7 REGGIO CALABRIA. South Italy, Aug. 30 (Renter* Heavily armed security police fanned out In the toe ol South Italy today In the biggest hunt yet for bandits l«*d by Angelo Macrl '"the wolf ol Aspromonte." Dark and handsome 26--rear-old Maeri is wanted dead or alivr for
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    61 7 Report On A- Project Moscow. Aug. 30 (Reuter) The Soviet newspaper Pravda published yesterday a page-long description, with photographs, of the Soviet atomic project on which Professor Bruno Pontecorvo is believed to be working. Professor Bruno Pontecorvo. Italian-born physicist who became senior principal scientific officer at the atomic research station
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    50 7 MONTREAL. Auk. 30 (Reuter Mrs. Harry Pursey. wife of a British Labour Member of Parliament, pleaded not guilty in court yesterday to a charge of illegal possession of narcotics. She chose trial by jury and a preliminary hearing was fixed for Sept. 1. Bail was denied.
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    211 7 LONTON. Aug St. (Reuter) A LB- year-old British regular soldier, who recent. y discovered deposits of the rare mineral named Bciyihim or 'Beryl' for short, in Hongkong is likely tc become a millionaire Corporal William. B. Han mama* to a ninese gir and living in
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    373 7 U.b. READY TO SWAP MILITARY PLANS WITH REDS UNITED NATIONS, New York, Aug. 30, (UP) The United States declared yesterday it is ready immediately to put into effect President Eisenhower's plan for an exchange of military blue prints with Russia and an agreement to permit aerial inspection of each other's
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    165 7 EDINBURGH. Aug 30. (Renter) Scots miners joined English and We'.sh colleagues f yesterday in opcosing the sug- j gesteo importing of 10,000 Italians to help in Britain's j undermanned coalfields Mr Abe Moffat leader of the S ott^sh area of the National Union
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    139 7 New Govt Within 2 Weeks PARIS, Aug. 30, (AP) France intends to set up a new Moroccan government within the next two wekks, with or without the Nationalist Istiqlal party. Efforts to get the Istiqlal to participate will however continue. Pierre July. Minister for Tunisian and Moroccan affairs, made this
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    80 7 WASHINGTON. Aug. 30 (Renter)— -Former Field Marshal Albert Kesselring said in an interview published yesterday that a wartime invasion of Britain had never been planned and Sir Winston Churchill had made his "b^^est mistake" in not making an early peace with Uermany. Giving reasons why
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    174 7 LONDON, Aug. 30 (Reuter)— Britain to!d Turkex and Greece here today that the maintenance of her sovereignty over her Mediterranean island colony of Cyprus was vital to the fulfilment of her own defence commitments and those of her 14 Atlantic pact allies. Mr. Harold MacMlllan.
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    112 7 HOLLYWOOD, Au«. 30, (UP).— Rita Hayworth, pale and red-eyed from crying, admitted yesterday she walked out on troubled Dick Haymcs but said "I don't know" if she'll try for her fourth divorce. The shapely st.ir who ittick I v Ha.v!i;es during two
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    356 8 ATOM- KEY TO FUTURE A-Power Must Replace Coal, Says Lecturer THE TECHNICAL and economic advancement of South-east Asian countries in the near future will depend on how much use is made of the atom, said Dr. E. Breitenberger in a lecture on "Peaceful uses of Atomic Energy" at the British
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    97 8 $40,000 For Jesselton Trade School A SUM of more than $40.--000 was made available by the Australian Federal Government under the Colombo Plan for provision of equipment for the new Government trade school at Jcssclton. North Borneo. Some of the items likely to be shipped in September and October include
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    105 8 CANBERRA. Aug. 29 <UP) The advance party of the Australian army component for the strategic reserve in Malaya will sail from Sydney on the liner New Australia on Sept. 1. Army Minister Josiah Francis announced today. The main Australian force, he said, will sail from
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    97 8 THE President of the International Brotherhood ol Magicians. Singapore Ring 115. Mr. Tan Ewe Chee. will fly to England on Friday. Sept. 2. to attend the I. C. M. British Convention at Southport. While waiting for the Convention to open in midSeptember. Mr. Tan will see
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    51 8 THE Old Boys of the Christian Brothers' Schools ir Singapore will give a dinne: in honour of Mgr. Franci: Chan. Bishop of Penang. a St. Joseph's Institution or Sept. 4. Tickets at $6 a person car be obtained from the Hon Secretary. c o St. Joseph';
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    48 8 JOHORE BAHRU. Tues.-In the Sessions Court. Mersing yesterday Wong Poi was fined $500 in default 14 weeks' jail on three charges concerning Chandi He was fined another $500 for possession of five leal packets of chandu and smoking utensils in default one year's jail.
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    51 8 THE Singapore Art Society will hold its second annual general meeting at the British Council Hall on Tuesday, Sept. 6. at 8.30 p.m. It is expected that Mr. Ho Kok Hoe, the President of the Society will have returned to Singapore in time to take the
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    33 8 A SMALL t'irf broke out in the second floor of the New Asia Building in Collyer Quay yesterday morning. A rubber pipe burnt out before the fire brigade extinguished the fire.
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    65 8 MR. and Mrs R. Don Homo, who were married ,t st Anthony's Church. Kuala Lumpur rerenth The hi,.!, is the former Miss Irudayamary. daughter of Mi S. Sinsarayer Advertising Foreman of the Kiagaporo Standard, while the bridegroom is the yon of Mi IJ.n, h of the Malayan Railway, and Mr*
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    41 8 photo. KLSr i 5* ma krishii a n and his bride th, Miss K. I^ela. who were marrird in Si«gaDorr Sunday. The marriage was followed by a m p I( ,n Robinson Cafe, attended by about :>OO guests Standard
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    200 8 S'pore Gets Ready For C-Plan Meet SINGAPORE Government is advertising Itr tornporary stenographers, clerks, receptionists, interpreters and secretaries for the seventh meeting ot the Colombo Plan Consultative Committee meeting economic development in South and SwttKMl il to be held next month. j The Coalition governing n which is playing host
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    67 8 I c JOIIORE BAHRI D Tiie Presi I i i Court Mr N L < loda* V > on "i h Abdll Rahim. to the H L Guraej B booL a i i i c sot hro to the ofl Rubbei R' The fii
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    118 8 THREE more Standard readers contributed a total of $75 for Madam Teo Sw^e Luan and her four children whose pitiful story was published in The Standard last week Mr. J. McLennan. Master of the M.V. "Rcinhard m nt a cheque for $50. Anonymous .sent $20
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    597 9 THE Dam Busters Story in Pictures i FILM story of one of the meat dangerous z missions of the war, 'The Dam Bust* opens today at the Capitol Theatre Ri* nard T< and Michael Redgrave r in the Warr.cr Bros, presentation Based on the true aceOOttl of the ep.c i
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    274 10 BUILDING COSTS IN COLONY JUMP 10p.c. Industrial Sfrik e% The Main Cause Standard Market Reporter THE industrial strikes in Sing Qporc Qrc major contributory factor towards th c nC i costs of building houses in the Colcny A number of housing dc Singapore are gradually experien higher costs of building
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    276 10 YES, IT'S X'MAS IN AUGUST -AT ROBINSON'S! CHRISTMAS in August? With more foiesight than tii? telly it app?ars, (especially where the temperature Ifl on the boil all year round anyway) Robinson's Department Store has opened this week all reaay for one important phaso of the greit event Christmas Cud selection.
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    311 10 .^^g^gg^^^S SINGAPORE'S black pepper market has received an impetus from the recent Increased Russian buying of this spice from Madras. Local prices at the 5125 per picul level, yesterday showed a rise of some $10 in the last three days. A total ol 50 tons
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    137 10 A FIVE-MAN tram from the United states Export import Bunk, led by ."Mr. Vance Brand, director of the bank, passed through Singapore yesterday on their way to Indonesia. Mr. Brand said the bank had loaned a total US$3.2 billion to 40 countries. Indonesia whoso share 'of
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    21 10 U.S. SHIRT makers aic planning a campaign to urotect the American industry against the rising flood of Japanese imports."
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    132 10 SIXGAPORE rubber prices yesterday dropped 12 cents to $1.41] per ]b. for first grade September shipment on a quiet and featureless market. Dull condition^ prevailed throughout the day with almost complete lack of Interest. Prices opened at around 51. 42, a drop of cent on Monday, but cased
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    104 10 PORT D i e k s on Lukut (F.M.S.) Rubber Estates Ltd.. reported nearly twice as much the profit during the year to March 31, 1955, (£128.405) a> for tho preceding period (£66.198). The main reasons lor the increase in the profit are the bigger crop of
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    57 10 BRITISH European Airways —Britain's state-owned "short haul" airline— made a net profit of £83.039 in the year ended last March 31, and celebrated its first deficit tree vcar since its inception jn 194 7. This follows a loss of £1.--773.797 during 1953/54 and marks the airline's
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    64 10 SINGAPORE Shan tei day reported the business done: Fed. !3>p. 13.10; I N ive >rds. $1 71' ,G E Life $80: W H 2.60 rd: Me! B Robinson ords. $2.40: Spore T: act n p d> •v, io}: s Wearne Br Hong Fal (1 2 1 odd
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    131 10 WOMEN are as capable as men in business and there is no reason why there should not be more women in Singapore commercial circles, in the view of Mrs. Lilian Chung:. Training In Hongkong. Shanghai and other cities in China. the proportion of businesswomen compared with men
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      107 10 NOTICE JOIIORE MEDICAL 'DEPARTMENT 'FENDERS are invited for the A supply of MEDIUM GRADE SIAMESE RICE TO hospital in Johore The term of the contract i? for 'A months beginning Is" October. 1955 Each tender must be accomoanied with snmple and f Treasury Rcceint of $100/- for each District and
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    381 12  -  CELE WOHL by fgsdfgsdgsdf Another Roman designer, Capueci, departed from the general trends by showing a high-waisted line with billowing, tiered ballerina skirts. Daytime suit skirts were full pleated or slightly belled. He called the collection "fuschia.* 1 after the flower that has three-tiered petals. Simonetta's "desiree"
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    51 12 Cutting my lons hedge is a problem for me: at seventy-six. I am not as active as 1 used to be. So I wa-s delighted when, a neighbour tol me her husband would do the job for me. He did. too and he turned out to be ninetyone!—(Mrs.)
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    337 13 bays U.S. Officials tuniv, Aug. a (IP)— American tennis experts agreed unanimously today that the Davis Cup will stay in Australia indefinitely, with no serious challenge from the I.S. in sight. "The cup is Down Under indefinitely and everybody from the players to the TSLTA
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    85 13 THE following have been elected officials of Itte Indian B I lerhood spo::s CUib lor ear: Patron: Mr. Son Ghee Soon, President; Mr. S R itn;irn, Hon. (•eneral Secretary: Mr. M Marimutnu. Vice President: Mi. P. Marimuthu, Asst. Hon. Secretary: Krishnasamy, Hon. Treasurer: Mr. V. Ganapathy, Hon.
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    94 13 TAIPING. Tues. Taiping Timers sco r ed a two-one victory over the Taiping Indians in the semi-final of the Knock Out soccer competition for the Bayk-y Cup at the Esplanade yesterday. Tigers opened the score through. Suleiman. They went ahead oft a melee through Udi. Despite
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    250 13 RSCC Beat RAF In Golf 'Friendly' ROYAL Singapore Golf Club beat the Royal Air Force by IZ matches to 12 during the weekend. The results <RS(IC players mentioned first) were: FOIRSOMIS ON SATURDAY. Stirk and Paterson beat Beamish and Forrest; Ilarve;. and Kane lost to Brown and O'Carroll; Thomson and
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    59 13 KUALA LUMPUR. TiMS. —Entries for the Selangor Hockey Association's league com-: petitiop. are no.v being invited The league will be run ofT jn two divisions. Team- wishing to take part are requested to send their entries to the Hon. Secretary. All entries must accompany !ea»ue and
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    48 13 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues Selangor Combined Malay Schools will meet Trengyanu Malay Schools at '■cccr at Princes Hoad on Frida A basketball match bet'.veen TrenKkjami Malay School Teacheri r women) and Selangoi Malay School Teachers (women) will be played before the soccer match.
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    60 13 OFFICIALS of the Brewer- ie s Sports Club elected re- cently were: President Mr. T. W. Budden. Vice-President Mr. H. Wan.schers, Hon. Secretary Mr. David Lim, Hon. A^st. Secretary Mr. Ng Sen Hor. Hon. Treasurer Mr. W. B. Lopez. Committee: Messrs. L. Bels. P. J. Kat. Ali
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    213 13 TODAY TOMORROW'S U.K. SOCCER LONDON. Aug. 30, (Reutert— I The following are lOotball fix--1 lures for Wcdne>dav. Auk 31LEAGUE DIVISION I i Birmingham vs Newcastle Cardiff vs Bolt on Everton vs Wesi Brom. Luton vs Preston. Manchester C vs Arsenal Tottenham vs Manchester United. Wolves vs Portsmouth. LEAGUE DIVISION II
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    108 13 ROYAL Singapore Golf Club August mixed foursomes (9 holes i stableford: Winners: Mr. and Mrs R. E. L. Wingate 10 •9 3 16 =19.3/16 Other Cards: T. M Eu^hop and Mrs. J. S A. Lewis 11-77 16 18.7/IC. K. W. Bell and Miss M Ackers 11 7.7
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    30 13 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. The hockcv match between Solangor Sikh Union and the Selangor Indian A^oria'.ion scheduled to be played at Taylor Rond today was postponed due to rain.
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    229 13 Fulham Lincoln Drop In Div. 2 LONDON, Aug. 29. (Rev ter).— Two of the five 100 per tent teams in the Football League alter Saturday's games crashed to defeat tonight and lost their joint lead of division two. They ach Pulhara and Lincoln City, respective vii to Blackburn Rovi Hu
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    90 13 5 LONDON, Aug. 29. *RouUt) Association football g DIVISION I ".Aston Villa l. Sunderland 4 I Blackpool I. Burnley 1 Chelsea 0. Huddcrsfipld Town I LEAGUE DIVISION II Blackburn Robors 1. Fulham 0 Hull City 2. Lincoln City i. S'oke City 1. Bri«iol Rover* 2. WeM Ham United
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    112 13 Zainal Chan Win Titles KUALA LUMPUR. Tups. Keen competition was mtii on Sunday night's Kuala Lumpur Municipal S.C.s fir>» annual badminton and table tennis championships which endf j d at the Selangor Badminton Hall. Zainal bin Ibrahim won the badminton singles title by beating Aziz bin Hussein 18-15. 15-3. In
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    71 13 IPOH. Tiics.— Perak's badminton team to play Pcnang at Ipoh in the Foong Seoof cup match son c time next month wiil be c ected from the lowing eight players Tan Jin Eong. Loo F;.n T.eong. Foo Yong Khean Lim Foh Thye. Chiew Chin Khoon
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    33 14 TAN GAIK BEE (above), 20, celebrated her birthday by winning the Malayan schoolgirls badminton singles title on Sunday night in Kuala Lumpur beating Tan Geng Looi (below) in the Anal.
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    37 14 IPOH. Tuc< The openinsi tie tl Ihc RDY knockout soccer comp' .eduled to be ed between Ramblers and the" 13 19 Hussars on the Chinese AlWllilllj Ha!l ground here today, was washed out by rain.
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    28 14 KUALA Ll'MPl'R. Tues. Mi'.av Mail Invitation XI will to Malacca to play a soccer match against Hua Lian at Kubu Stadium, Malacca, on Sunday. *^ept. 4.
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    221 14 k LONDON. Tues— Middlesex. -»11 out in their second innings •3 runs shortly after lunch, lost their match at Lords ist the South Africans by /Y^ requiring 307 to W W v, a i[ tne i r second in- kets standing at the j^ A the
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    34 14 ALL-MALAYA schoolboys badminton champion. San Scon? Kok of Selangor receives his trophy from Mrs. Oon Khyc Beng, wife of the vice-president of the Selangor Badminton Association at the Kuala Lumpu Badminton Hall on Sunday
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    719 14 SOUTH CHINA SHOW TRUE STRENGTH TO THE 10,214 people who watched last night's soccer match between South China and Sino-Malays at Jalan Besar stadium there must have been no doubt as to the tourists' vast superiority. They won 3-1. r- .1 /-I 4-^r OOUTn k_ninu were: vi tup iumm vjiiu
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    142 14 Neo Makes It Five In A Row NEO CHWEE KOK of the Chinese Swimming Club won the Singapore Amateur Swimming Association's 1,500 metres freestyle for the fifth successive year in Singapore yesterday. Neo was timed at 20 mm. 01 sec. yesterday, but this is 13.4 sec. slower than the record
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    393 14 Woman Is Appointed A Selector In Negri Hockey SEREMBAN. Tues. Negri Sembilan Hockey Association made history last night when at their annual general meeting they elected a woman to serve in the State selection committee. She is Cecilia Nunis, ono of Negri's outstanding sportswomen and skipper of the Negri women's
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    117 14 SINGAPORE Cricket Club 'B 1 created a major upset in the SHA seven-a-side tournament when they e:iminated Singapore Recreation Club 2-1 in the first round on the SRC padang yesterday. Davi<i lldftlUan scored both the SCC's goals while Pat Neubronner scored for the Recs. In another
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    116 14 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues.— Selangor Chinese Recreation Club which has obtained a "date" with Souih China soccer tourists, will field a formidable side against them at the Princes Road stadium here on Apart from a number of Federation stars, the Club has also acquired
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    51 14 —Photo by RECORD BREAKERS: The four Fijians who broke the 4 x 440 yards relay record at Ipoh last weekend (from left): Caudre, Rokoua, Naidole and Ravula. This Johore team clocked 3 mins. 25.6 sees. The old record was 3 mins. 27.2 sees. Standard Cameraman Lee Thong
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    83 14 OSMAN ANGULUA BACK IN FAVOUR OSMAX in favour I selectors. 1 goalkeeper in N passing years j ceived hi< seasons. Anculli*'s 16 others S.A.F.A In-, t nig bable Singapor. Sportsman agair. >t the F Saturday at Ja dium. The ];>♦ h Ten^. AnguUi Ivan a Clarke. Harrison tawi. OCarter, Arth
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    52 14 BUR points i. South-c. pionship Aw Ch< i again expecti points when the resumes to Badminton Sta-: A large Enwd turn up tonight I bronze meri.i special rootest bouts will i m who have :>• M the South-ra! Asia f M ships and boys fi m
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      134 14 SOCCER BUSINESS HOUSES GROUP A:— S.T.C. vs. F. N. at Jalan Bcsar. GROUP B:Sime Darby vs. Breweries at Farrer Park; Ford vs. Malayan Airways at S.T.C GROUP C:—S.C.S. vs. Guthrie at S. H. B. GROUP D: Thornycrojt vs. Stanvac at F. N. GOVERNMENT SERVICES LEAGUE DIV. 1: P.W.D. vs. M.R.N.V.R.
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