Singapore Standard, 5 July 1956

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  • 146 1 Talks On Joint Mission To China .-.cms on a pan:n:ssion to sponsors and Fedeexpected -'ace sh Mi Yap Pheng h Singa- ci h:.> at mission. "We believe tltati n and n If the Fedepeof have shall wei- to do dKu da Lamin an I a mem- j I ed< rail,
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  • 32 1 Meow, MeowThen No Derby WELDON. England, July 4 <UP>— The Rev. Arthur Higginson called off this Northamptonshire village's annual "Mouse Derby" today. Two cats had eaten all the Tn contestants, he said.
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  • 58 1 n; Geek, main the Singapore to China, I that his nclude a few I tn favour men accom-' panving the mission. But. he said. the Peking Government had not invited any Singapore journalists The matter is very much m my mind, and I wii. see what
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  • 209 1 Council Engineer Stresses Need For New $100 M. Station SINGAPORE City Electrical Engineer, Mr. R. A. Waddle, has recommended the building of a new $100,000,000 power station to meet the Colony's growing demand for electricity. Approval to enter into immediate agreement with the City Council consultants
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  • 175 1 Police Lieut. Found Dead In Hotel Room POLICE Lieutenant D.W. Needham, 35. of the Federation Police, was found dead with a gunshot wound through his head m a Singapore hotel m Beach Road yesterday morning. The officer, an Australian, was attached to Kepong. six miles from Kuala Lumpur. Police do
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  • 160 1 TOKYO, July 4 (UP)—. The Chinese Communists have their eyes on a couple of juicy new targets—Sarawak and Borneo, reports correspon-. dent Earnest Hoberecht. They already have started to "move m" on these rich areas, accord- ing to intelligence information reaching Tokyo, and are laying
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  • 293 1 NIXON OFFERS U.S. ASSISTANCE MANILA, July 4 (Reuter)— United States Vice-President Mr. Richard Nixon s:\\r\ here today that hundreds of millions of people m Asia "believe, for the first time, that through their own efforts, and with some outside assists *je, they can
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  • 148 1 LONDON, July 4 (Reuter)— The Commonwealth Prime Ministers conference today made a surprise departure from scheduled business by launching into a detailed discussion of the Commonwealth relationship with Japan, according to conference sources. The conference had touched on this subject at an earlier session but
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  • 22 1 THE Philippines and Indonesia yesterday signed a five-year imtni^ration agreement to control oorder crossing and to re- patriate illegal residents— U.P.
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  • 121 1 NICOSIA, July 4 (Renter)— The biggest fire ever known m Cyprus was still raging today m the Paphos Forests, m the west of the island. Forestry officials said the blaze had been raging for three days. About 700 British troops are righting alongside 2,000 Cypriot
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  • 53 1 ROME. July 4 (Reuter) A communique issued at the end of a three-day visit to Italy by the West German Chancellor Dr. Konrad Adenauer declared tonight that the political leaders of the two countries had fully agreed on the objectives they intend to pursue within the
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  • 75 1 SINGAPORE rubber and tin prices rose appreciably yesterday, rubber by 3jJ cents per lb and tin by $3| per picul. Sentiment m the rubber market was better, following improved London and New York overnight prices, which brought prices locally to around 91 J cents per lb.
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  • 146 1 Thailand To Step Up Armed Strength BANGKOK. July 4 (UP) King Phumiphon Adundet. In a Go' Tnment policy address before the National Assembly, has called for an increase m Thailand's armed forces. The 28-year-old monarch reported to the Cabinet council and national assemblymen at the opening of the Assembly that
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  • 99 1 SYDNEY. July 4 (UP) Doctors at Saint Vincent Hospital here said yesterday that next Monday, would be a crucial day m the life of 13-year-old Mahmud bin Haji Mohamed Yunus, of Johore, who travelled here alone from Malaya m an attempt to save his
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  • 66 1 BERLIN. July 4 (AP)— A 29-year-qld man fled from Communist East Germany yesterday m nothing but a pair of swimming trunks. But he didn't leave his clothes behind. Willi Hawner emerged from the western side of Berlin's Havel River and told authorities he wanted political asylum.
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  • 33 1 A Chinese textile millionaire, riled an appeal m Taipei's high court yesterday against a life sentence passed on him last week for the murder of one of his '.wo wives. Reuter
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  • 91 1  -  ANDREW ROTH By LONDON. Wed. There Is some speculation m Parliamentary circles a.s to whether the easing of the ban on Peoples Action Party meetings m Singapore is connected with the question which Mr. Stan Awbery, Labour M.P. put down on the order papers today. Awbery asks:
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  • 61 1 PARIS. July 4 (Reuter) Pierre Poujade and six members of the national bureau of his anti-tax movement were today fined 200.000 francs (£2OO sterling) each on charges that they organized a collective refusal to pay taxes The fines were imposed by a Paris court, which
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  • 226 1 FIANCE KILLED IN HIGHWAY MISHAP SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, July 4 (UP) Plucky Jean Margetts, looking 80 instead of the 18 she is, was found "just barely alive" last night, nine days after she was trapped m an auto accident that killed her
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  • 68 1 LONDON, July 4 (Reuter) Ceylon's Prime Minister. Mr. Solomon Bandaranaike. today had further talks with British Ministers on his country's demand that Britain evacuate her naval and air bases from Ceylon. Before the morning session of the Commonwealth Prime Ministers' conference, Mr. Bandaranaike conferred with Lord
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  • 154 1 RUBBER BLAZE NEAR K.L KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. A huge rubber-estate fir* was raging this evening at Segambot. four and a half miles from the Federal Capital. Fire engines from the Army Fire Service and Kuala Lumpur Fire Brigade were standing by near the Segarnbot railway station, about half a mile
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  • 61 1 JESSELTON. North Borneo July 4, (Reuter)— Police ftere are investigating the theft of $25,000 from the Government Treasury safe m the small east coast town of Lahad Datu. A constable on beat duty found the safe open last Sunday with the money gone. Government officials toid detectives
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  • 32 1 PRINCE Rainier 111 of Monaco and Princess Grace, slim m a black silk dre^s. celebrated American Independence Day at a mass at Saint Charle: Church m Monaco yesterday. Reuter
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  • 25 1 A MILITARY operation to "totally annihilate" rebels and bandits m South Borneo will be launched "soon." an Indonesian military spokesman announced yesterday.— U.P.
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  • 34 2 IPOH. Weci Members of the Ipoh branch of the ExServices Association of Malaya are to hold their first "gel toqcther'' party here on July 21 m the FMSVF headquarters m Taxnbun Road
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  • 66 2 BENTONG, Wed.—Two Malay clashes for government servants were opened here last night under the sponsorship of the Bentong District Adult Education Association. Among the 50 students are th.'ej chief clerks, an Inspector of schools. English school teachers, court interpreters anc." food control inspectors. One hour lessons
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  • 92 2 Train Fares For 'Pest a' KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. The introduction of special concession fares on all rail journeys to Kuala Lumpur from any station m the Federation for the three-c.'ay Festival of Culture (Pesta) were announced today by the Malayan Railway The concessions are: Single snrf a half fare for
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  • 424 2 Constitutional Changes Proposed For Penang PENANG, Wed. The Resident Commissioner, Mr. R. P. Binghom, m outlining the proposed constitutional changes for the Settlement at the Council meeting have today, said the greatest change would be that elected members would assume responsibility for the work
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  • 136 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. A demand that the Settlements of Penang ar.;i Malacca be merged as states or units of j the Federation is to be placed before the Reid Constitutional Commission. In a memorandum prepared for submission to the Commission, the Pan-Malayan Islamic Party pointed out
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  • 29 2 SINGAPORE City Councillor Sim Beng Seng, yesterday called for the abolition of the Council's ''white elephant" the Organization and Methods Department. Mr. Sim told The Standard
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  • 123 2 PENANG, Wed— The Member for East Coast, Inche Aziz Ibrahim, at today's Settlement Council Meeting, accused the Government of delaying payment of gratuities to Government daily-paid workers after their retirement from service Inche Aziz Ibrahim said it hao come to his notice that m most
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  • 61 2 MISS I. I. Marwick, Matron of Tara Hospital, Johannesburg, South Africa, has been appointed by the World Health Organization as a psychiatric nursing consultant m the Western Pacific Region. She will visit Singapore. Federation of Malaya, Taiwan, China and the Philippines to help plan the development of
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  • 84 2 th:-tt ratepayers have to dish out the money for a department which '"does not carry out any useful work except to re-organize various existing departments and advise on the re-allotment of council staff." He referred to payments for the department as "robbing Peter to uav Paul." Mr
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  • 41 2 TAIPEI, July 3 (AP) Hundreds of pedicab (trisha) riders demonstrated today outside Taipei's City Hall m protest against a Municipal plan to reduce to number of pedicabs operating here by 3,000. Almost 10.000 pedicabs are presently licensed.
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  • 79 2 pic by YEN P. PEMARATANA Tbero. Mr. Lim Tat Tean, president of the Selangor Buddhist Association and Yen. K. Dhaminanda Thero with a new marble statue of Buddha weighing 2.800 lbs and costing 52,000 which arrived from Burma to be installed at the New Buddhist Temple at
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  • 353 2 BUT HE TOLD TRUTH: LAWYER PENANG, Wed.— A Justice of the Peace, Mohamed Yusoff Poshni, may have been nervous and taken some time to answer questions when he save his evidence, but he was "a sin?ule man. possibly foolish but always truthful." This was submitted
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  • 62 2 A RESOLUTION demanding that the Labour Front Government re-open constitutional talks with Britain by April next year will come rip before the annual conference of the People's Action Party on Sunday. Another resolution to be tabled demands equal pay for male and female workers of
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  • 103 2 IPOH, Wed. When a 30--year-old housewife from Kampar was charged with removing restricted articles without a permit, she told the Magistrate: "There is no such regulation m the town where I come from." The housewife, Lan Ah Ngan, told the Court she took the restricted
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  • 250 2 Councillor Criticizes New s Coverag PENANG, Wed.— Because Radio Malaya is a Government-controlled ton***" does it necessarily mean that all non-political Malayan news must be vetted i diluted at Singapore before the people could receive it m the Federation? This question was raised by the Member
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  • 97 2 C'ttee Report Or Elections Passed PFYAVr < i rLAA Vi iVed ment Secretar Foulsham, told C at I day that it wo si Die to encourage J to vote, if th« ihcir local coum turns at the same J Mr. Fr;,. I motion thai th< Seleri Comnr examine tions, authorities
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  • 119 2 I KUALA SEL/ The Kuala wiii b<- trai I t miniatun M I nun this v.' two-day distr lural show sta day The Bllltta will open th< to be the tn t evei Kuala S The main sectinr the diff< reni rice, vegetables. meats, poultry and can
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  • 63 2 A MALAY -J "Critic 1 Ma, ay opinion on fail B and ptt»bl< I Lshed by ihe I General of Pal Sir Ona also the edit i The L2-paj ftrst appear;-. with articles on of M jus E freedom ai d and on the Fedi
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  • 17 2 A TIGER cows grazing \r a viJl seven miles fron terday A <*.i mauled J
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  • 34 2 RAUB. We the Peace, Mi was e lect< 1 Raub District Operative S "> The follow :n^ also elected Iff secretary and tre. mittee: Messrs S V Cheilappan ana w rai.
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  • 47 3 LADY BLACK, wife of the Governor of Singapore, visited the Geylang Craft Centre at Lorong 2.5, on Tuesday, and inspected the home nursing class. Picture shows Lady Black testing a ■^lins: beiny put on one of the Malay g rls.- Standard pic
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  • 130 3 Seamen Allege Bad Treatment Union Lodges Protest liil Malayan National Seamen's I nion has pro-,v-d i the Consul-General fo r France, M. Jean against aliened maltreatment of Singapore uorkinjj on French registered vessels. i Mf M. A. Majid, a q I t the Union, told The St they were forced
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  • 64 3 Undeclared Gold— Two Men Charged Ms offiI 120 fa undeciar- raiding a £oldg I > :re::, Ho od Ho Oot tointly chari President o! the li Com with pics- irtna oi Choti Ch€ >ng gC i 18, Leech S I I 00l g j tahila ol ich customs duty to
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  • 21 3 FRISTS cut telephone the railway line i aera of Pnight An ar- h a m went to placed ick
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  • 147 3 IPINOS m Singapore celebrated the tenth j of their country's independence with a l| Mass at the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd, their Consul Mr. Alejandro F. Holigores, morning: evening, a t held at the R al Sand Cub, follow >d by a I Raffles Ho:
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  • 49 3 KOTA BAHRU, Wed. Syed Hussein bin Tuan Sulong, formerly ol the Supplies Department here, has been transferred to Kedah as Chief Inspector m the Supplies Department, Anak Bukit. Syed Hussein, who was honorary Police Inspector m the Police Volunteer Reserve, was Sports Secretary of Suara Muda.
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  • 27 3 Training For Youth th< Sinsamcil, Mr. will open the ith Leadorirse today _Jt the Council Hall organized by train people Imlnlstrators to youth from 15 rganizatlona urse.
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  • 11 3 I Cross be holdina a Plan" at the iround..t7
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  • 98 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. At the re ent thii I annual general meeting of the Kerala Samajam. Selangnr. the following 'Acre elected office-bearers for the coming year:President Mr, X. Raghavan; Vice-President^Mr. P.M Karun; karac Pillai; Secretary —Mr. K. s. Kurup; Asst. Secre- -Mr. K. J, Pillai; Trea-surer-—Mr. B. K.
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  • 38 3 SINGAPORE Chinese Swimming Club's monthly tea dance will be held on Sunday. July 8, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. It is open to members and friends Baby Low's Hawaiian band will be m attendance.
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  • 162 3 THEYLL WATCH NAVY IN ACTION MOKE than 150 students from all Singapore schools will so for a short trip to sea on the cruiser H.MS. Newfoundland today and tomorrow. The first party ol .-indents i mbark from the Nai aJ Base this afternoon and disembark In
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  • 84 3 Mr. Lim Tries Again To End Dispute Singapore's Chief Minister and Minister for Labour and Welfare. Mr. Lim Yew Hock, yesterday made another attempt to settle the dispute between the City Council and its Electrical Depar t m c n t Employees' Union. He had discussions with the parties for
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  • 101 3 Indian Dies After Assault IPOH. Wed Police are seeking the aid of a Chinese cye-w!tne.v> to an assault on Sunday afternoon m which an Indian sustained fatal head injuries. The Indian, Suku Thaver, died last ni^ht m the Ipoh District Hospital. 34 hours after admission. A Police spokesman stated that
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  • 26 3 THE Kuala Lumpur District Welfare Committee has organized a welfare week from Sept. 23 to 29 and the proceeds will he given to charity.
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  • 62 3 UANTAN, Wed, The ntan District Boy Scouts w: I hold a fun fair on July r, I »t Uw Chung Hwa tie and Primary School ng. The proceeds wii! be used to send a scout to the 1957 tecary jamboree m Eng- tot the Federation Boy
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  • 224 3 GOVT. TO SELECT SIX TOP MEN SOON Choice For PSC Chairman Described As 'Tricky One SIX appointments ranging from the Chairman of the Public Services Commission to the Clerk of the Legislative Assembly will be announced shortly by the Singapore Government. fFnese appointments are to fill up posts left vacant
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  • 158 3 AN advance party from Keris Film Productions will go !o North Borneo next week to survey location lor the filming of a Malay picture, "Chinta Gadis Rimba, 1 and to make arrangements for using local Malays and Dyaks m the cast. Mr. IJ
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  • 80 3 Appeal For Witnesses To Accident SINGAPORE Police are appealing for eyewitnesses to give information about an accident at Lorong 105, Changi Road, involving a saloon car and a tiisha at about 3.30 a.m. yesterday. According to the Police, the car at the time of the accident was travelling without lichts
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  • 74 3 The third Singapore Company team of the Girls 1 Life Brigade won the "Alliace Towers" shield for international friendship competition held m London recently. Picture shows Major (Mrs.) E. Lyne receiving the shield from 8.0.A.C. Captain, Mr. M. A. Maltru, who brought the shield from London. With her
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  • 91 3 MINER ON CAUSING DEATH CHARGE RAUB. Wed. James Thomas Selby, 36, a mining superintendent m the Raub Australian Gold Mine, was yesterday charged with causing tne death of a Malay padi planter. Haji Sulaiman bin Saidi, 55. by a negligent act not amounting to culpable homicide. Selby was alleged to
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  • 66 3 ALOR STAR, Wed. The working of the Zakat Law (tax collection from Muslims), which came into force last year, has realized more than $500,000, Tuan Sheikh Mahmud. the President of the Council of Malay Customs and Religion, said yesterday. He further revealed that the new divorce
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  • 471 4 Prosecutor Amends Charge In Ju mat Case BENCH SAYS IT BRINGS LARGER PUNISHMENT WHEN a cheque of the nalists for $1,300 was presen it was found that it bore The bank's assistant accoui was stated at the trial of The Standard, James Abbaj yesterday. Mr. David Turner, as Hongkong and
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  • 217 4 A SINGAPORE Coroner's Court was told yesterday of the three love affairs m the life of a Harbour Board police constable, A.S. Maniam. 30. who died on May 20 from a gunshot wound. His FIRST love was a married woman police
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  • 265 4 FRONT CONSIDERS INQUIRY INTO COLONY'S SECURITY THE Labour Front Coalition Parliamentary Committee which was set up last week, met for the first time yesterday to consider and recommend the setting up of a public inquiry into the Colony's internal security. The findings of the committee will be forwarded to the
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  • 145 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Judgment was reserved m the High Court today m a $70,000 damage suit brought against a rubber planter by an insurance agent for injuries sustained m a car accident. The insurance representative. Mr. Robert Greer. claimed the damages for injuries he rereived when
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  • 30 4 MISS Mary Sim. 16. fell from the first floor of her flat m Joo Chiat Place Singapore, last night She was admitted to the General Hospital.
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  • 49 4 Four people were injured when their car overturned m River Valley Road last night. The injured were Mr. J. A. Dias. Miss C.A Davis, Miss Dorothy Rajah and Mr. Lewis Campbell. Miss Raiah was admitted to General Hospital. The other three were treated: as outpatients.
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  • 94 4 A SINGAPORE Magistrate, Mr. J. M. Devereux-Colebourn, yesterday regretted that he did not have the power to whip a youthful, self-con-fessed gangster. The youth, Ong Hoot Soon. 17, pleaded guilty to a charge of assaulting Krishna Murthy on July 3 at Serangoon Road. He asked the
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  • 201 4 PENAN G, Wed. -Because a national language paper is to be included m, the national examinations m future, there is a great anxiety amongst pupils to try to improve their Malay. This was disclosed m a written answer tabled at today's Settlement Council meeting
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  • 67 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed.— The visit of Lord Reid and members of the Federation constitution committee ended today with a tea party given m their honour by the Mentri Besar. Johore. on behalf of the State Government. In the course of the day. members of the
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  • 191 4 A Dogs Life? Not For These 125 Blue-Bloods KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. —A total of 125 pedigree dogs have been entered for the biggest dog show m post-war Malaya. They will display their canine beauty on Sunday. There will be 17 different species m all from the massive Irish Wolfhounds to
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  • 165 4 COMMODITY PRICES CLOSING rubber pri< es (rents per !b.) m Singapore yesterday) were: Buyers Sellers No 1 KSS Spot (norn), 91 i 9H July No 1 RSS 91 i 91* No. 3 RSS 87> 88 No. 3 ESS 86i 87 Tone: Steady quiet. S'POKfc UN The price o\ tin on
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  • 317 4 CAN an insurance company refuse to meet a claim when a race horse has been destroyed on humane grounds? This question was argued before Mr. Justice Whitton m the Singapore High Court yesterday. Mr \V. M. Warden, owner of an Australian chestnut mare, Miss
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 67 4 Weather Report Minimum Temperature: From 7.30 pm July 3 to 7.30 a.m. July 4 Singapore (75F>, Penang (73F). Kota Bahru (75F). Kuala Lumpur <70F>, Ipoh (70F). Kuantan (72F). Maximum Temperature: From 7.30 a-m. to 7.30 p.m. July 4. Singapore (89F). Penang <87F). Kota Bahru (92F) Kuala Lumpur (91F), Ipoh (93F).
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  • 51 5 VIISS Thereac I.im. 23 year old medical student of X S onal University, Dublin, arrived m Singapore C foi holidays with her parents m Rual i Lumpur. 5 1 n who has completed three years' study C renlty, will be returning to Dublin m two
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  • 183 5 Two To Stand Trial At Assizes I VR-OLD deal mute, Tan Joo Hiang, used I i Ider sister as .be to i Singapore magistrate, W sfc PSSi ght off two masked who tried to rob her. at a inqu i r y Into i charges
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  • 81 5 INDUSTRIAL COURT TO HANDLE TIN DISPUTE L rMFUR, Wed. m the mining m tustry eltouscci 3 50 cat b I me ;iU tal court iOVd V ::ain lecided by the the Malayan q de- tyment lor the \j£ re obex 1954. threatened I members c I from T lv B
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  • 157 5 Schools For Kampong Malays Call THE local United Malays National Organization has asked the Singapore Govcrn- to provide school? fox Malay children m the Malay ted rural areas and to Set 'i 1 Malay technical schools. T iai Syed Ahmad JamaI U.M.N.O.'s general told The Standard lay that many Malay
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  • 71 5 MR S Janaaathan, presicenl of the Singapore Trades Union Congress, plans to discuss with British authorities on the future of service employees m the Colony durinfc his stay m England this month. He let t tor I^ondon yesterday by Qaotas to attend the threeweek Duke of
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  • 18 5 THE Federation's Inland Revenue authorities collected a total of $17,669,607 m income tax m June.
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  • 99 5 Woman Stole Gold Bangles 4 Mths. Jail A WOMAN Koh Peck Hong was yesterday sentenced to four months' imprisonment by a Singapore Court for stealing six gold bangles, worth $315. from Sng Lav Poh. at Paya Lebar Road, on Jan. 29 this year Madam Sng told the Court that on
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  • 32 5 THE Malayan Airways Employees' Local Staff Union, Singapore, will liold its annual meeting on Saturday. Resolutions concerning the welfare of the workers will be discussed at the meeting.
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  • 322 5 Union Threatens 'All-Mines' Strike IPOH, Wed.— Crisis faces the tin rich Kinta Valley. Management of the Malayan Tin Dredging Company has notified 365 striking workers at Kampong Gajah mines that unless they returned to work on Saturday, they would be dismissed.
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  • 106 5 'Poaching' Charge On Waterfront THE Singapore Harbour Board Employees' Union with a membership of 5,000 dailyrated workers. yesterday alleged that a rival union, representing white-collar workers, is poaching on its members. Mr. A. Doraisamy. secretary of the S.H.B.E.U. who made the allegation, told The Standard: "The Board's Staff Association members
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  • 89 5 SINGAPORE City Councillor, Mr. Sim Beng Seng, has resigned from the ad hoc committee appointed by the City Council to review qualifications and grading of council staff and to draw up a proper scheme of service. Mr. Sim told The Standard yesterday he had no faith m
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  • 238 5 A SINGAPORE lawyer, Mr. T. T. Rajah, yesterday accused the Superintendent of Traffic Police for "grossly abusing the powers given by the legislature." Mr. Rajah was making his own submission on two traffic counts of inconsiderate driving and failing to stop when called upon by
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  • 129 5 Army Union Rejects Wage Rise THE 15,000-strong Singapore Army Civil Service Union yesterday turned down new wage Offers tor its 1,500 monthlyrated industrial workers by the Army authorities. Mr. N. S. N. Nair. president of the union, told The Standard that the otter to the industrial month iy-ratcd workers was
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  • 57 5 FIRE destroyed goods worth approximately 52.000 m a godown m Kandahar Street last night. It is believed the lire wa? caused by a cigarette butt. Two fire engines extinguished the blaze m about 20 minutes. The owner of the godown Chua Tong Fong said $10,000 worth
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  • 43 5 A YOUNG woman robbed a ten-year-old girl of her earrings and bangles wor'.h $57 at Joo Chiat Terrace on Tuesday afternoon. The theft occurred after the woman had approached the girl outside her home m Joo Chiat Road.
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  • 37 5 HONGKONG. July 4. Special Standard Service: Closing prices of the Hongkong Exchange were: $15.77 to £1 Sterling; $5.9129 to US$l; 51. 834 to Malayan SI; $0,175 to one Indonesian Rupiah; Gold $258,625 to a tael.
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  • 116 5 Sheares Back In Colony INSPECTOR E. H. Sheares, former head of the Mobile Squad of the Singapore Traffic Police, has returned to the Colony after a fouranri a-half months' course at Hendon Police Training College, England. Insp. Sheares. 38, was the man who introduced 'traffic courts" m Colony English schools
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  • 73 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. About 1.200 mine workers employed on two of the largesi open-cast mines m Malays— Sungei Besi and Hong Fait oecided today not to support the "go-slow" railed by the Malayan Mining Employees' Union. The men who are all members of the rival
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  • 64 5 EIGHT bags of asbestos parking went up m flames last night aboard the Dutch ship. Tegelberg anchored at the Singapore Harbour Board. Tho Tegelberg arrived from South Africa yesterday, bound for South America. Capiain W.U.C. Steenbcrjen told The Standard it was mysterious how the asbestos packing
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    • 461 6 n^HERE v ill probably be angry protests, particu- iariy from certain South-east Asian leaders. Against the high priority military aid which the United States has decided to give Japan to help her to rearm. This rearmament plan, which will provide the Japanese with jet planes, the latest tanks,
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    • 482 6 rPHE Klnta Valley Home Guards were formed x about rive years ago to protect the Chinese tin mines Kn the Klnta Valley from attack bj terrorist* This force was trained at its camp m the Batu Gajah district by ex-Chinese nationalist army Officers who had seer, service
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  • 2472 6  - DESERT, Daggers, Death IN AFGHANISTAN George M cGuinness By QF all the countries one would think of travelling about in, I suppose about the last that would cross most people's minds is Afghanistan. Ignored by the modern world, and. in turn, ignoring it, Afghanistan has little to offer the fast-paced,
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  • 397 6  - THE NEWS AS IT STRIKES ME ASTER GUNASEKERA T>ENANG branch of Party A Negara has thrown a spanner into the works of the Reid Constitutional Commission, which has begun to function m the Federation, by deciding not to recognize U. Therefore it will not submit a memorandum. This resolution was
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  • 234 7 Polish Riots Are More Serious Than First Reported Partisans Battle Red Troops In The Forest BERLIN, July 4, (UP)— A private West German intelligence organization yesterday reported Polish troops fought a large partisan band m a forest 50 miles north of riot-torn Poznan Monday night and
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  • 85 7 Students Flee Communists VIENNA. July 4 (UP) Sixty Czech students have fled to Austria to escape Communist police persecution which followed antiCommunist student demonstrations at Prague and Bratislava, it was disclosed here yesterday. The sources said that some 60 Czech and Slovak students crossed into Austria during the past two
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  • 78 7 PAKISTAN International Airlines had a problem with some oi us stewardesses who rejected European style dresses because they conflicted with their Moslem family tradi tions. So PIA designed a new uniform (right) with a green Pakistan Ramiz and a white shalwar. The kamiz
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  • 21 7 UMBERTO Tupini. a Christian Democrat, resigned as Mayor of Rome Tuesday after less than 24 hours m the job. AP
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    • 21 7 DE:.HI. Ju!v 4 (AP>— etween India's Yugoslavia's Egypt's Pre- Brioni, Yusom N ntn will be gathering ircci said yes-
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    • 20 7 I (Re::'OT) c c .re Issued i nighi ?avand troops lerably reini to maintain c propo—d Mostrike tomorrow.
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    • 28 7 N VTIONS, July 4 Wi torn powers tpon the r.x n on a disarma- hirh would oi n re they "oasse,: pc oi --.'To:."
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    • 22 7 I}, July 4 I *se jrouth E^ekii I for R Ho Peking group led by was 1 tern itional As-
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    • 19 7 ;ton, t .:>• a. cap) ZTi Ying. a F sa Legis- reduced to the Sen itor MarS Ith (Rep,.
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    • 27 7 SB v 4. CAP) E bower chalk- \er l *flr today. He putting ireon r. 2' 1 praci ice (toll he has h?.d Derations
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    • 17 7 II 4 cRe-:'cr s Klerr ;nti Voroshikw -n baa ac- 'r\v Pre- en visit Radio said
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    • 20 7 If 4 (UP)— A fourVietminb f n anr, tunced conclusion of n h (knot hangc of lion francs.
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  • 60 7 MEXICO CITY. July 4. (AP>— Conrado Trejo Arias admitted m court yesterday he killed his wife Guadalupe. "If she should rise from the dead. I would do it again," he told the court On other occasions when he wanted to do away with his wife,
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  • 227 7 Stranded 13 Fly Out H :th Incomplete Bodies VNYON VILr zona, July 4, -oroner Shelby >• said yesterday 1 evid^ found at of the worlds mmercia] avia::eie two crashed 128 lives, ...derfn 1 took v; of the death Grand .-aid' -c that V Aeronautics J I seen d
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  • 137 7 MANILA. July 4 (UP) U.S. Vice President Richard M. Nixon told the Philippines today that Its partnership With the United State? is based on equality and has strengthened Its independence. In a speech commemorating the 10th anniversary of the independence of the Philippines, Nixon called ■on
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  • 173 7 CHICAGO. July 4, (UP) The Greek ambassador to the United States barged yesterday that the British 'are following a •divide and rule" policy by setting Greeks against Kirks on the question of Cyprus. Ambassador George V. Mela.- said that Great Britain followed imperialistic principles
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  • 66 7 WASHINGTON. July 4, (Reuter) The United States House ot Representatives has tentatively adopted an amendment to a school bill calling on the government to withhold school funds irom states which practise racial segregation m the classroom. The amendment, put forward m the House yesterday by
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  • 20 7 BRITISH warships sailed from Valetta Tuesday for "Exercise Medtac." an eightday operation with Turkish warships off Turkey.- AP
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  • 96 7 High Level Red Trade Mission To Britain LONDON', July 4. (UP)— Russia has miormed Britain that she is sending: a h.gh level mission to London this week to discuss expansion of trade. An official announcement said the 14-man Soviet mission will be headed by V.A. Maiy.-hev. deputy chairman f the
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  • 74 7 GETTYSBURG, July 4. (AP)— President Eisenhower yest< rday commuted to 55 years Imprisonment the death sentence given to Private Richard A. Hageiberger of Buffalo, New York, for his part m the slaying of two Germans four years ago The 55 years at hard labour Is
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  • 85 7 JERSEY CITY, July 4, (AP)— Two Chinese were sentenced to life m prison yesterday for the hatchet slaying of a laundry operator. Judge David A. Nimmo meted out the sentences to Chin Kong Kee. 53. of Jersey City, and Fi Yet Knight, 68. of New York,
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  • 44 7 WASHINGTON, July 4. (AP)— The State Department belatedly announced yesterday that Colonel Ivan A. Bubchikov, assistant Soviet Military Attache, has been expelled from the United States. It was learned that the expulsion was ordered because Bubchikov was accused of espionage
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  • 102 7 Amok With Machine Gun Kills Five BUSTO ARSIZIO, Italy. July 4 (UP) A bakers-boy ran amok with a machinegun yesterday m a four-hour reign ot terror that left five dead and five wounded. Police said 30-year-old Giuseppe Molinari first massacred three members of a family for which he used to
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  • 65 7 Fell Over Slippers: Met Queen Mother MICHAEL Hewitt. 12, from Mill Hill. London, is introduced to Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, during the St. John Ambulance Brigade national final competitions at Central Hall, Westminster, recently. Michael played the role of a patient supposed to have fallen over his flippers and
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  • 233 7 Nationalists Turn To Gun Running— Report Burmese Rebels Use Arms To Plunder KARACHI, July 4 (UP) Renegade Nationalist Chinese troops are supplying small arms to Communistinspired Burmese insurgents, according to reports reaching here today. Several thousand Burmese rebels are using the weapons to plunder and terrorize villages m parts of
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  • 85 7 NEW YORK. July 4. <AP) Captain William V. Bradley, president of the International Longshoremen's Association, yesterday entered jail to serve a 15-day term for criminal contempt. Bradley's conviction stemmed from an eight-day strike by the independent union last year, m spite of a court restraining
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  • 45 7 EUSTIC. Florida, July 4. (AP) An "atom bomb delivery" bomber exploded m a thunderstorm yesterday and crashed m a ball of fire. The Navy said all three men aboard are presumed dead. The plane was not carrying explosives at the time.
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  • 21 7 MORE BRITAIN'S vital gold and dollar reserves increased U5516,000,000 during June to a total of U552,385,000,000. the Treasury reported Tupsday.- UP
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  • 225 8 Consumption Of Rubber Will Decline Further, U.S. Predicts NEW YORK, July 4 (AP) An American rubber Industry leader predicted today that VS. consumption of rubber will show a further decline m the second half of this year. W. S. Richardson, President of the B. F. Goodrich Company, said during the
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  • 70 8 PRAGUE. aruly 4. (Reuter) —The Cze-;. \ak Trade Union Movement has started building a --2 million ••palace cf culture* 1 at the eastern city ol Ostrava— the biggest of its kind m the country, accordIng to the Czechoslovak news ag< ncy, Ceteka. It sa.d the
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  • 142 8 Clerk To Die For Murder Of PC PRETTY GIRL CATCHES KILLER NICOSIA, July 4. (AP). Twenty two year old Jacobos Patatoes, a GreekCypriot clerk, has been sentenced to death m the slaying of a Turkish policeman. An attractive 17-year-old Turkish girl, Emine Nevgat, told a special court m Nicosia how
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  • 91 8 KUTUB-UN-Nissa, a baby elephant presented to U.S. ambassador Horace A. Hildreth by some Pakistanis m Karachi, is seen on her departure from Karachi Airport by a BO AC. cargo plane with a load of 200 pounds of food to join her master who is now
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  • 209 8 Blames Present Leaders For Stalin Myth ROME. July 4. (AP)—Palmiro Togliatti. head of Italy's Communist Party, declined to back down yesterday en views of the Stal.n downgrading i which he was criticised fchlfl weekend by Moscow. H? said he had not yet read the text
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  • 103 8 Radar Plan To Avert Air Mishaps MONTREAL. July 4 (Reuter) Plans to build the first radar network of its kind m the world m Canada to help prevent air disasters have been announced by Mr George Marler the Canadian Transport Minister. Mr. Marler now heading Canada's delegat on to a
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  • 121 8 BEIKI T, July 4 (AP) Lebanon received a report today that Israel was concentrating; troops m the Jerusalem sector and Acting Premier Sael Salam said other Arab states had been notified. There was no confirmation of the report from Amman. capital of Jordan, or from
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  • 137 8 MUSKEGON, Michigan, July 4, (Reuter).— A performing lion chained m its owners yard between engagements, grabbed the head of a two-year girl m its jaws, but the child's father freed her by ramming his knee and arm between the animal's jaws. The child.
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  • 339 8 MANAGEMENT MEETS UNION TO THRASH OUT PROBLE] Govt. Denies Slump Ahead LONDON. j (p I ter).— Executives <.i jSf tain's nigj^t rai. mai J combine and union t^M met today ,<» di,(WS dismissal oi ti.doo" workers alter a v m j ernment denial thaty dismissals foreshadow
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  • 45 8 LIMA. Peru. July 4, (AP) Bank employees here went on a sit down strike yesterday. Reason: Their employers would not pay them for time lost last week when they walked out m a gesture of support for striking oil company employees.
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  • 156 8 ALGIERS. July 4, (AP) French troops m a series oi widely scattered actions yesterday killed or captured 50 Moslem nationalist rebels and seized a large stock of firearms. Police and military patrols kept a stringent watch on the chief cities of Algeria
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  • 79 8 X NIKOLSDORF, Lower Austria. July 4 (Reuter) Herr Alois Fischbacher lost his long porcelain pipe m a Tyrol trench m 1917 when he was fighting In World War One. A neighbour of his, holidaying m the Tyrol recently, was digging when he found an
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  • 36 8 THE Emperor of Ethiopia has ratified the Italo-Ethio-pian Agreements of last March, which provides for the settlement of peace treaty reparations and includes the construction of a dam and hydro electric in- stallations.— Reuter
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  • 141 8 This Will Put Tin Pan Alley Out Of Business NEW YORK, July 4 (AP) The latest thing m the electronics world is a machine for "writing songs." The Burrough Corporation's Electrodata Division demonstrated the device to newsmen with the casual observation that it could turn out songs popular or otherwise
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  • 129 8 One-Inch Tissue Joins The Twins SAN DIEGO. California. July 4. (Renter)— The birth of Siamese twin boys was reported here today. The boys and their mother. Mrs. Floyd Hutchens, were n ported doing well. The twins, born yesterday are joined back-to-back m the lower part ol the spine The connecting
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  • 94 8 Newsweek Held Up In Capetown CAPETOWN. July 4 <AP^ Customs authorities m Capetown have held up import of the July 2 issue of the U.S. weekly magazine Newsweek, pending a decision by the Board of Censors on whether the issue is to be banned m South Africa. The cover of
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  • 120 8 STILWELL, Oklahoma T ::.v 4 CRcuter) Sheriff Chester Crittenoen of Ariair county and Mr. Boh Alberty who had defeated ihe sherlS m an election contest yesterday shot carh other dead m the county jail last night. Officials k&OW of no motive for the
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  • 14 8 IRAQ will cognit on of 1 cial quart* r jresterdaj AP
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  • 35 8 Ouch! That Hurts ACTRESS Linda Christian has her leg massafvd by her i|P Edmund Purdom, after she bruited it bumping on the corner during the Berlin Film festival ball recently Comedian iSorman looks on.— AP
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  • 317 9 Letter from INDIA |,n i! me next week you will perhaps receive a I -iimmary of the final communique issued m Downing Street, London, on the prof il>c Commonwealth Prime Ministers' I ■'body would be surprised on finduninating as a London fog. It would be I the p bat saying
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  • 51 9 BULANDSHAHR, INDIA: Members of the Planning Forum, including teachand students, visit a National Extension *t*ice block near here and went around two ■•9*5 and saw the various developmental Ktivities undertaken by the villagers. Here hc students examine the wheat crop for hlc^ on improved varietvo^eeaWja^been used.-B U.P.
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  • 1856 9 j,v\unuvuwuuvvwu\vvvvu\vvvww\wvwvvu\vwww> {Glimpses oi India! The Great Mosque At Delhi From Our Correspondent fc^-^— ..^y^^ v:-.^^^L^_^ M^l^^L_^_ t^^^J and I'm satisfied I am m good company," he says. "All the Old Testament prophets were agitators. (COMMONWEALTH statesmen would have also been told of India's troubles
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  • 57 9 KARACHI: Youna Kushi Lai. back from the edge of death alter a year-long fight, drinks a cup of milk donated by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). Kushi had been suffering from Marasmut, a severe jorm of malnutrition. Nurtet at Karachi's Holy Family Mission Hospital say
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    • 274 9 Standard's CROSSWORD PUZZLE I I*l I w I*II I I I*l I*" I I I C l lim move 9 (71 Jt > 7 Modest action by new legisACROSS later '6. I. 4 4, 10 10. Property of distant number 1. Diverse m character (13) (4) X 8. Great work
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    41 10 THE Minister for Agriculture. Inche Abdul Aziz bin Ishak visited the Canning Research Station m Scudai, Johore earl er this week. In this picture, the Canning Officer, Mr. F.N.G. Conaty, is seen showing the Minister different types of local canned fish.
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  • 204 10  - India And R.I. Report Pilferage On Docks Arnold C. Brockman By Standard's New York Bureau Chief INDIA and Indonesia are omono principal countries where dock pilfer 1 rampant these days, according to o New York. UfV£l On the other hand, the brightest spots picture are Britain and Scandintvu rare and
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  • 145 10 'Rubber Sale To China' Reports Price Up 3 3/8 REPORTS of sale of rubber to China were cir ciliated m the Singapore market yesterday. Singapore rubber prices jumped 3ji cents to 91} cents per lb. for first grade July shipment on improved New York and London overniglit prices. The market
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  • 63 10 A FUEL oil storage tank, erected by Shell m Jesselton. North Borneo, was recently put into service. This will serve the North Bornro Railways which have recently decided to introduce locomotives into their services. To keep pace with the ever-expanding petroleum fuels consumption m British
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  • 125 10 BRITAIN SET up an all time record for exports m May, according to provisional figures issued by the Board of Trade, and the total value of exports m the first five months of 1956 was t>A r r higher than m the correspond in£ period ol
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  • 181 10 US Synthetic Supply Is Enough For Home Needs THE United States now has a sufficient supply of synthetic rubber to meet all domestic needs for this cntical material, Mr. S. Richardson, President of the B. F. Goodrich Co., said m Akron, Ohio, yesterday. "Man-made rubber is also providing a larger
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  • 235 10 'Wonder' Packing Paper For Mart MR. M. LAW, industrial representative of Sisalkraft Pty. Ltd of Australia (left) is visiting the Malayan market. Seen with him is Mr. J. P. C. Woodhouse of Sime, Darby and Co.. Ltd. the sole Malayan and Borneo agents.- Standard A VISITING representative of an Australian
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  • 37 10 HONGKONG, July 3 (Reuter) Japan's biggest trade mission to Communist China since 1949 arrived here today by air from Tokyo on the way to Peking The group, which is unofficial, comprises 39 businessmen and industrialists.
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  • 69 10 SHORT (o\« ii i j Singapore popprr mari vcstrrdav Caused Nh variety to rise b\ per pitul and the Ml variety by si bo (71 y pu ul. Oth( r p: 1 were reported to I I adj. Copra July sellers; cocon it oi se ers. cocon
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  • 31 10 WmmmlmwmWmwm^m^^^^^~~^ NEW YORK 1 I Dow-Jo- i grot SO [ndu 20 R; 'm 15 Ul bn Stocks iUNDi 4n b The Dow-J f| i m equali i'!'ll _^~-^W
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  • 181 10 SINGAPORE investors were puzzled by the interest being taken in Straits Steamship Co. Ltd. shares which wers transacted «t $14.25 compared with $1 1 a month ago. I™" Sellers were quoting S14.50 and all the way up from $14 few shares were available. Confidence
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  • 141 10 Business In Shares MALAYAN sharebrokers yesterday reported the following business done Fed. Disp. 52. F and N Ordfi I $1.80; Jackson (140 cd; Malayan Cements 51.37 overnig it; Metal I Box $1.58 cd. (1 60 cd; Robin- son ords SI 50 xci: Cold Storage M.50; Straits Steamships $14 to $14.50
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  • 69 10 SIGHTSEEING Americans spent a record-breaking US$1,600,000,000 0.1 foreign travel in 1955. the U.S. Department of Commerce sa.d in Washington. It predicted a further rise in 1956, and said the 1955 total was US$200,000,000 more than the 1954 mark. The total 1955 expenditures, the Department said,
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  • 82 10 MALAYA'S for May tljoiced a balance $23.9 million m the red, vccordiriQ to preliminary of} rial statistic* issued yesterday. Import* amounted lo I n on, and exports $309.1 mill ion. Trading m rhc fij r§\ c months of this year, however, reco^drd a favourable bain a
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  • 185 10 NEW offshore drilling: operations for rfj expected to begin m September m the Soali > This \i::';:c rv M B:.:.. Malayan Petr. c Co for the erection of two steel artificial "islands" off the of Brunei and Sarawak. This is probably the moti
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  • 135 10 THE annual report fol 1954/55 of the CounciJ of ihe Empire Cotton Growinf Corjx»ration published m London states that for the NCOnd running production of cotton totalled more than 1.200.001. ba:c=. Record crops were harvested m Aden. Nigeria, Tanganyika and South Africa. The report, emphasising the importance
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    • 740 10 NOTICES P.W.D. TRENGGANU TENDER NOTICE. HTEXDERS from Contractors 1 m Class A, t and C will be received at the office of the State Engineer. PWD Trengganu at KUALA TRENGGANU vp to 12.00 noon of 14th July. 1956 for the construction of a Health Centre and Quarters at Kuala Bran?
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    • 119 10 HOLIDAY CHI ER. Bfl 1 CO.. lit H 11 a m m Noon I 5 p.m JI'LY Moon a mm 4p m m m H.C.B Ltd. c) coo YUOOBLAT lilWj From Hongkong for Rangoon, Bombay, Aden. Port S« Port Soid, Beyrouth and the Adriatic Port*. Spore Molocco P. Shorn P*"*
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    • 48 12 SI k Laurence Olivier (left), Vivien Leigh (centre) and John Mills (right), wearing top hats, white ties and tails, go through a soft shoe dance at the midnight revue, "Night of 100 Stars" m the London Palladium m aid of the Actors' Orphanage. AP
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    • 40 12 LAST year's Miss Germany, Marg^r Nuenki (right), crowns M^ss Germany 1956, (left), !8-year-o!d Marina Orschelt (Miss Berlin) after the Berlin ballet-pupil triumphed in the finals Kurhaus I Baden Marina represent in the Miss California. -M UP
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      58 12 HOLLYWOOD'S Etc! Ftynn clowns with his daughter, Amelia, 2^, by W9OI ~z -cr hat m Havana. Ma^a and wife, actress Patrice Wymore, combs the giri's hair. They joined Flvnn m Cuba, wheffi bf S rr,a^ ng the film "The Big Boodie," which marks h.s JH return to the Arrierican screen
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    • 73 12 STAND still a minute, the designer. The With quick fingers he puts a sttch ,n dress saves could It did happen room cf a The designer had just come home from sfih The model had interrupted a game o hop-scotch I Here they are r <-^.cr. The
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      63 12 > Joan CcHeen B g c k. c t t ot Sacramento is oil ■miles a 4 tcr her crooning as M C a I rfornia of 1955 m Santa Cruz, Cc f. bhe will compete m the Miss America contest m Atlantic City m S c ptcr.bcr. A native
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      50 12 PRINCESS Margaret, in academic robes, followed by hcT page, enters King's Holl at th e University Coilege ot Norn S t a f t o r dsh re where she was installed as President of t n e University. A**er the installation ceremonies Process Margaret conferred d e firees. UP
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      68 12 LEFT: Miss Italy 1956, Brunella Toed, has a passenger on her Vespa, 21 -year-old Zdenka I H Babic, Miss New Australia, whom sh e takes on a sightseeing tour of Rome. Miss Babic was ;i':l selected Miss New Australia from girls who immigrated into Australia since the war. Her stay
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      54 12 THIS matching threesome attracted attention at Wimbledon. The three girls (left to right) Penny Giliard, Hcnnerle Dehm and Merrill Colebrook, are models. And those composed smiles iust go to prove that no girl need feel alarmed when she turns up for an occasion to find that two other girls are
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  • 234 13 CIVILIANS THROUGH WAD TITLE GOAL scored by Vijiratnam five minutes before ii "time enabled the Civilians to ed^e the Roval Air EL, SingaP**' 3-2 and win the Singapore kockey Lciation Silver Jubilee hockey quadrangular which Eluded on the SRC ground yesterday. > we unbeaten and take p from the the
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  • 104 13 tn e end through Vijiaratnam. who first-timed a cross into the top corner of the net Civilians: Binghati; Nfosbergen Ajit Singh; Shagaran. \ellupillai. D. Hay: Martens. O. Rozario. Vijiratnam, Coutts. Jasbir Singh. R.A.F. Singapore: F.-rley. Joyce. Claverd: Lovelace. Fairn. Chase: Baker. Mclntyre, Nugent. Sanduhrst. Razali. In the earlier
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  • 22 13 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed.— Selangor Club beat Municipal Sports Club 3-2 m a hockey match on the Selangor Club padang today.
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  • 23 13 CUSTOMS Sports Club beat Tampoi Mental Hospital XI m their return fixture by 3—o at the Jalan Larkin ground here today.
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  • 119 13 Aussies Hit 340 For Five Vs Somerset TAUNTON, Somerset, July 4 (Reuter) A stand of 109 by the second wicket pair, lan Craig and Jim Burke, put me Australians m a sound position m the match against Somerset which opened today. At close of play,
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  • 423 13 All The Business Houses Soccer OTHER RESULTS OUTCLASS THE FORDMEN SLME Darby Sports Club, the only team so far to hold powerful Mercantile Bank to a draw, scored a convincing 4-1 victory over the Ford Sports Club when they met m a SBHFA League ana
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  • 53 13 HONGKONG and Shanghai Bank, led by their new centre half and captain. Angus Petrie. chalked up a three-nil victory over Chartered Bank in their S.B.H-.F.A. group A league and cup soccer tie played at Jalan Besar stadium yesterday. Hongkong and Shanghai Bank scored through Lazim Atfam-27
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  • 215 13 Samijan A Penalty Save Cold Storage SINGAPORE CoW Storage and Breweries Sports Club failed to reach a decision when they met m the SBHFA group B League and Cup competition at River Valley Road yesterday. The game ended m a one-all draw. In the recently concluded SBHFA league. Cold Storage
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  • 176 13 PLLAU BUXOM deserved their 3-0 victory over Fraser and Neave Sports ('tub when the t^o teams clashed m their S.BH.F.A. League and Cup group B match at Farrer Park yesterday. The 'popmen' who were on the defensive for the greater part of the game had a
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  • 61 13 Pcnang. Wed. Penang will have all-round strength m their cricket team which will meet Selangor at Kuala Lumpur this week-end. The Penana team is: Hayati Mean (capt. P. Hunnings. Koav Khoon Leong. J. Andres N. Monersinghe. S. Sattappan, A. J. Williams. Lim Chens Poh. Teoh Teow Keat. Ishak
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  • 452 13 FIVE records were broken at the Far East Air Forces annual athletic championships held on the RAF Changi ground yesterday. Butterworth, with 82 points, won the team championships. Runners-up were Seleiar "A"' scoring 71 points. RAF Tengah. with t>3 points, were third. Ft./Sgt
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  • 400 13 THE first replay of the semi-final of the Parker Cup between REME and RAOC ended m a draw— 2 goals each after extra time. For thrills and spilks this game had its predecessor whipped to a frazzle. The football, although never rising 1o great heights was
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    • 235 13 ,ii Abner By Al Capp f HA\ ."LD m£P. V I'VE TOLD HER IT'S SHE^^S smps bund, rr «ojjo S the smog v-\ rf_ .^s s*—5 J>*^- V- O GREAT A <\\ J^ GONE** J^ > .^OCK-APTER THE g^^_ POCRDEAR-)\| SHOCK O? LOSING S P^'l WE'LL DO ALLS 1 /^^"f*
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  • 665 14 Sun Gleam A Promising 3-Year-old Windsor Lad On Newcomers Sun Gleam, trainer Keith Daniel's newcomer, who gave a promts. ng display m his morning gallop on Tuesdayhe went three furlongs m 37 2/5 B6C. with Sweet Violets comes with a good Irish record. A three-year-old gelding. Sun Gleam who is
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  • 296 14 An Innings Defeat For Hongkong U THE VICE-Chancellors XI of the University of Malaya beat the visiting Hongkong University by an innings and 18 runs m a friendly cricket match played at Sepoy Line s yesterday. Peter Mayo took five wicket* for eight runs m Hongkong's first innings while Peter
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  • 53 14 Victoria School and St. Joseph's Institution drew m a friendly cricket match played on the Victoria School ground yesterday. S.J.I. ~96 (Boon Ann 22. Maurice 14. Foong Fong four for 19 and Sin Ghee three for 29>. V S. 91 for eight. (J Shah 25. Thambirajah 23, Francis
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  • 195 14 Walker Routs Sappers IT took just under 90 rninutr> for medium-pace bowler Walker to skittle out Koy a 1 hnuineers for a meagre 83 runs and Jjive KAUI a .x] run win m their annual inter-corps cricket match played on the Friendly Hill ground yesterday tsl pp er tiling throughout
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  • 96 14 SOCCER Singapore "A" vs. Eastern A. A. at Jalan Besar Stadium at 8 p.m. DIV. 3A: Bintang Bulan vs. R.A.F., Tengah at Ceylang Stadium at 5.25 p.m. DIV. 3B: Mount Emily S.C. vs. T M.08. A. at Jalan Besar Stadium at 6.45 p.m.: 40 R.E.M.E. vs. Kebenaran Club
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  • 74 14 ST. ANDREWS School maintained their unbeaten record when they beat Beatty Secondary School by a wicket and 45 runs m a cricket friendly at WoodsvHle yesterday Beatty: 65 all out— S. T. Lingam 36— Bowling: A Jothy 2 for IS Wong Aun Keet four for 12 A. Armstrong
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  • 149 14 LONDON, July 4 (Reuter) le-: nations have entered lor the Über Cup. the new women's international badm.nton competition. The draw, made m London today is: American Zone: Canada ve.siis United States European Zone: Sweden versus Ireland, (winners to mej>, Scotland, who drew a bye' 4 England and
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  • 352 14  - The Centre: A Dream Comes True Soon EDIN PETERS By By .THREE months from now, the Singapore Youth Sports Centre will turn from a dream into a reality— at least m a limited way. Rv thai- ':mo 4u r j ay that me, three indoor ana 1H outdoor badminton courts,
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  • 72 14 YOU'RE at Wimbledon, watching the tennis stars on the centre court You get tired of looking at them, and risk a alance at the girl next to you—and what do you see? Still the stars on the centre court. Girl with the reflection of
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  • 475 14 LONDON, July 4 (Reuter)— Ken Rosewall (Australia) beat Vie Seixas (United States) 6-3, 3-6, 6-8, 6-3, 7-5 to enter the men's singles final of the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships today. Persistent rain nalted play when Rosewall held the narrowest lead by 6-3, 3-6.
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  • 445 14 THE Singapore Badminton Association's junior national championships opened last night, and it was an unlucky debut for David Jones, former All-England Junior champion, who was ousted by Tan Cheng Eng of Wembly, m three sets. Representing Mayflower, Jones began the first set well enough to
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  • 55 14 SINGAPORE'S team to meet the Federation m the International hockey matt-h on Saturday at Jalan Besar Stadium at 5 p.m. will be: E. N. Pillai; Mosbergen, E. Doraisamy; I). Hay, Vellupillai. Schoon: Carvallo, Chia Hong Yam. Pennefather. Coutts, Jasbir Singh RESERVES: Bingham. Ajit Sin^h. R. Sharma.
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  • 292 14  - WE NEED MORE JASBIRS JEFFERY JAMES FIVE in—six to go that's the scorecard m the selection of youth (under SO) against veterans (over :>0) which the Singapore Hockey Association will let loose against the Federation on Saturday at Jalan Besar stadium. But finding it hard as it always is m
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  • 43 14 MOSCOW. July 3 (Reuter) Vladimir Kuc. Russia's leading distance runner, today ran the third fastest 10.000 metres m history and the fastest recorded this year Competing m Moscow, Kuc clocked 29 minutes 1.4 seconds according to the Soviet news agency Tass.
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  • 304 14 By THE SPORTS EDITOR AS our sports columnist Jeffery Jame, ri on Sunday, Penang's top badminton stars H play m the Malayan championships m Sin Patt r a M month. NOW WE KNOW FOR CERTAIN TnRN WONT-AND THEY CANT COME TO s SfVjS BECAUSE THE PLAYERS
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  • 32 14 A\ urn, Johnson Force SelcUr "A Fare- by six Inter-Service? at Seletar i GHQ 132 1 (Archer 37 V. four (R .t vrv 2P I», son two -3
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  • 33 14 THE Sing; Associate i lU rOODg S. Q play Ma i of the S ..-hern sc Malac< a or. J Follov On P I Ismtil ian^' >marlbrd! Peoh Peng H Lon.
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