Singapore Standard, 7 August 1957

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    30 1 Singapore Standard STANDARD POLICE ***** (5 lines) 2400 #6 It vfl i. FIRE BRIGADE GENERAL HOSPITAL 2811 2414 I. No. 3t> SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7, 1957 12 PAGES 15 CENTS
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    Lock icon Britain's Loan To Jordan
    89 1 Britain's Loan To Jordan LONDON. Aus 6 (AP) announced It had cid< i t grant U c •I.r.^dom J i.in a two .ir interest-free loan of £1.130.000 to finance Its economic d j' niir n w pro* r r B: n was In response to a request from the government
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    Lock icon MALAYA'S PARAMOUNT RULERAND HIS CONSORT
    36 1 The Vans di-Pcrtuan Agong-Elect and his consort Tunku Kurshiah posed for this special Standard picture by Chen Ta Koon. when they visited their future residence m Taylor Road, Kuala Lumpur, yesterday.
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    Lock icon JAPAN SEEKS U.S. MISSILES
    29 1 THE Japanese cabiru I terday reportedly decided to ask the United States for r 1959 fiscal it, which starts next July, AP reports from Tokyo.
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    Lock icon 1,000 Students Riot Against Mao In China
    274 1 1,000 Students Riot Against Mao In China PEKING, Aug. 6 (Reuter) Chinese Communist newspapers reported today that more than 1,000 middle school students m Hanyang, Central China, rioted and demonstrated against the Government on June 12 and 13. The reports said that "counter revolutionaries'' who had all since been arrested
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    Lock icon ARRESTS AT TEST SITE
    28 1 ATOMIC TEST SITE. Nevada, Aug. 6 (Reuter)— Eleven demonstrators against atomic tests were arrested today as they attempted to enter the Nevada Test Site.
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    Lock icon INDIA BANS STRIKES
    155 1 INDIA BANS STRIKES NEW DELHI. Aug. 6 (Rcuter) The Indian Government's emergency bill to protect essential services against strikes became law tociiiy M "he opposition m the Lower Hou.se staged a mass wa'.kout. shouting 'vhame." After a two-day debate, the House approved the third and final reading of the Bill
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    Lock icon Changeover Of Aussie Troops
    42 1 CANBERRA, Aug. 6 (Renter)—The 3rd Battalion Royal Australian Regiment will leave Australia m September to relieve the 2nd Battalion m Malaya. Members of the W Battalion and their dependants would be taken to Malaya by sea and air.
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    Lock icon They Strike Over Table Manners
    93 1 COLOMBO. Aug. <> (AP) Colombo's telecommunications workers struck for 20 hours yesterday paralyzing the island's telephone and telegraph system m a dispute over table manners. Clerks and the technical staff said they would not allow office boys to use their canteen. The clerks said they
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    Lock icon THE IRON CURTAIN
    54 1 THE iron srill gates of the PAP headquarters closed to keep the press away were opened .it 12 25 tin* morning after a four hour meeting. Pictured here an Di Chin Chye (back to camera) Mr Lee Ku.m (right), Mr Tann Wee Tion« (face h:ddi r aiid
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    Lock icon CHIN PENG GETS ANOTHER CHANCE
    427 1 CHIN PENG GETS ANOTHER CHANCE Give Up Before Merdeka Day, Plea From. Yam. Tuan KUALA LUMPUR, TUES.— THE YANG DI-PERTUAN AGONGELECT OF THE FEDERATION, TUANKU SIR ABDUL RAHMAN TODAY URGED CHIN PENG AND HIS TERRORIST GANGS TO COME OUT AND SURRENDER BEFORE MERDEKA DAY "TO MAKE THE HISTORIC OCCASION DOUBLY
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    Lock icon OPIUM HAUL
    67 1 A PARTY of revenue officers from the Special Investigations Section. Singapore Customs, raided a house m Boon Tat Street \esterday and recovered 38 pounds of raw opium valued at about $12,000. A woman has been detained and will be charged m court today. The opium, wrapped m packets
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    Lock icon The PAP Is Still Without Leaders
    584 1 4-Hour Talks End In Deadlock PEOPLKS Action Party executives who met lor four hours behind closed doors last night lailed to l< officials to the top three posts m the party. At 12.25 am v tien 1 broke ud. 12 I ighl li] executes
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    Lock icon 2 Sappers Buried Alive In Bomb Dump Cave-In
    292 1 FIVE SAVED IN NICK OF TIME PENANG, Tues. Two British Army sappers were buried alive m an old Japanese bomb dump, when a tunnel caved m at Sungei Dua area, yesterday. Five other" sappers were rescued, m time and were warded m
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    Lock icon Operation For 'Mamie'
    58 1 WASHINGTON. Aug. 6, (AP) Mrs. Dwigrn D. Eisenhower underwent, m operation today for a "benign" condition The White House said the operation was "'not serious." Mrs. Eisenhower. 59, v/ 35 reported to be m "good condition" following the surgery. The operation was performed at Walter Reed Hospital
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    Lock icon HE SEES QUEEN
    45 1 THE Q ;een at Buckingham Palace yesterday received Air Marshal Sir Francis Fressanges on relinquishing his appointment as C-in-C Far East Air Force, and conferred upon him the honour of knighthood m respect of the K.B.E. awarded him m June, 1055 Reuter
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    Lock icon Parks To Leave For Britain
    49 1 Parks To Leave For Britain Of Pol; t.:-. Mr W. J. Parks, will leave for Britain under the Mal^ scheme m the Cartha^ 'kit director of the S; Branch. Mr. A will succeed him. it is understood. post of dtoaetor. Special Branch is niHKiLI man, Bnpetlnteadnit Khaw Khai Boh.
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    Lock icon Lord Perth For S'pore
    24 1 LONDON, A Lord Perth. Mini--. State for Colonial AflL. to pay shor gapore after visiting Malar*, the Colonial Offlo* mmSSSt
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    Lock icon Dulles Concerned Over Oman Issue
    355 2 'We Hope It Doesn't Get Bigger' WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 (Keuter) Mr. John Foster Dulles, the Secretary of State, said today he hoped that the British military action against rebel tribesmen m Oman would not develop into anything of major proportions. Mr. Dulles, at his press
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    Lock icon Mr. Gluck-No Change In Plans
    228 2 WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 (Reuter) Mr. John Poster Dulles, Secretary of State, said today that Mr. >Lixwell Gluck, whose qualifications as United States ambassador-designate to Ceylon have been challenged by some Congressmen, had integrity of character, intelligence, and was genuinely devoted to public service. Mr. Duilcs
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    Lock icon COMMODITY PRICES
    154 2 CLOSING rubber prices (cents per lb) m Singapore yesterday were: Buyers Sellpr* Spot 92} 922 Int. AM. K.S.S. No. 1 Ml 92? R.S S. No. 2 92 KM K.S.S. No. 3 92 MM Tene: Quiet. The price of tin m Singapore yesterday was S.J7U,' per picul (Down M
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    Lock icon CHARGED WITH DRESS THEFT
    78 2 A HOUSEWIFE, Yap Siew Kin was yesterday charged m a Singapore Magistrate's Court with stealing a dress worth $20. Xo plea was recorded. When the charge was read to her, the prosecuting officer, Inspector F. Samuel, asked the' Magistrate, Mr. S. K. Lee, to have Yap
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    Lock icon 61 Thugs Arrested In CID Raids
    93 2 61 Thugs Arrested In CID Raids THE Secret Society SubBranch of the C.1.D.. Singapore, m lightning raids on gangster dens m the C y arrested 61 thug! en Monday night. Severa! of them have been identified Sfl wanted m connexion with robberies and assaults. The raids, which were carried out
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    Lock icon CLAIMS TRIAL TO CHARGE
    68 2 AXG BOX LIM. 23, yesterday claimed trial U the Eighth Magistrate's Ooart to a charge of extortion by putting Lav Eoon Sai m tear 9f injury unless the latter paid him a certain sum of money. The offence was alleged to havtj been committed at Jellicoe
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    Lock icon Priest here from China
    46 2 REV. Narada Mahathera well-known Buddhist pi and scholar, arrived m Singapore yesterday from Communist China. Author of many book?. R Mahathera, hopes to remain m the Colony for two ma to deliver a series of lectures on the teachings of Lord Buddha.
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    Lock icon Dinner For Chief Scout
    67 2 SINGAPORE;-; new Chief Commissioner for Boy Scouts, Mr L. A Woodford, will be entertained to dinner by former scouts of the sth Singapore Group (St. Anthony's Boys School) on Saturday. August 10. at 7.30 p.m. m the school hall. Old members of the Group interested m
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    Lock icon THE MAN WHO COULD NOT SAVE HIMSELF
    189 2 A man, who assured the safety of two boys who went rowing with him. was himself drowned when the boat capsized, a Singapore Coroner was told yesterday The man, Chua Tiow Boon, 22, a labourer, was found drowned at Pasir Ris on April
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    Lock icon POLICE CALL OFF SEARCH FOR 2 MEN
    75 2 THE Marine Police. Singapore la.^t morning, called off he search for two men said to have fallen into the sea after a scuffle with Customs officers on Monday night. But. all patrol boats have been asked to look out for any signs of
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    37 2 HONGKONG. Aug. 6. Special Standard Service: Closing prices of the Hongkong Exchange were $1595 to £1 Sterling; $5.***** •<> U.S. SI; $1,833 to Malayan $1; SO 125 to one Indonesian Rupiah; Gold $2tt.C29 to a tael.
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    Lock icon 6 MTHS' JAIL
    41 2 TWO women, Tan Ah Ee. 43. and Yew Ah Choo. 38 were each icntenced to six months' jail m the Singapore Sever^h Magistrate's Court yesterday lor having four gallons of dutiable samsu m a bus on Aug. 5.
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    Lock icon MARRIAGE COMES FIRST
    110 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues Miss Violet Sleigh, 22-year-old Malayan beauty Queen, yesterday made the biggest decision of her life. She decided to embrace matrimony m favour of a career. She became engaged to Mr Cecil Bombell. manager of the local branch of a Singapore advertising firm They will
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    Lock icon THE FURY OF A WOMAN SCORNED...
    138 2 PORTLAND, Maine. Aug. 6 'AP) A young divorcee today was charged with murdering a ma'.e friend with nine pistol shots m a rage of jealousy. Police said Mrs. Beatrice E. Castelluzzo. 34. admitted shooting James R Speirs, 36. a Portland sports figure. Assistant County
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    Lock icon PRETTY GIRLS In Singapore Offices
    51 3 PRETTY GIRLS In Singapore Offices W.UREEN REUTENS. 22. is a stenographer with hampion Motors Ltd. Maureen likes to correspond with pen-pals and through lu-r letters has ma.de many l> .ibroad. She plays tennis and badminton and i .ten soes to the movies arid dames. She hopes to visit Britain one
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    Lock icon Pay Dues Or Close: Ten UMNO Branches Face Dissolution
    213 3 Pay Dues Or Close: Ten UMNO Branches Face Dissolution ITCAPORE UMNO brar. .which faik.. y their A yearly sul n may I ssolution if a proposal to pmiaitoe defaulting branches is approved at a meeting of the East d sion on Aug 16. The pro;: will vi Impor Item n
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    Lock icon GOOD CITIZENS SUB-COMMITTEES
    47 3 PEXAXG, Tues. A decision to form seven sub-com-mittees was reached at the inaugural meeting of the C tral Good Citizens Committee held m Nibong Tebal recently. As a result of the enthusiasm shown by the people m the i five-sub-commit-tees have already been formed.
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    Lock icon NO SECURITY MEASURES FOR DUKE
    142 3 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. The assis ant private secre- to the Duke of Gloucester. Ma r Mi '..eal Hawkin here by BO AC. tothe final arrangements for the Duke 1 re for the Merdeka celebrations. The Duke will arrive on Aug. 29 by a special charter*
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    Lock icon 'PLOT TO STAB OFFICER'
    371 3 Five Boys On Murder Bid Charge MALACCA. TUES. FIVE INMATES OF THE HENRY GURNEY SCHOOL FOR BOYS WERE CHARGED WITH THE ATTEMPTED MURDER OF THE CHIEF OFFICER. MR. D.A.E NIND AT THE SCHOOL'S PREMISES ON MAY 12. They are Kamaruzaman bin Bakri. Ismail bin Mahmud. Othman
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    Lock icon 'BRAINS TRUST'
    37 3 A PAXEL of four, con-i>tir.? of Mrs. Phillip Hoahlim Jr.. Dr. X. K. Mcr.on. .Mr. D. S. Rarr.anathan and M^r. Sonni Pillai. will answer questiors at a "brains trust" meeting the Penan^ Kheh Association tonight
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    Lock icon Snapping A Souvenir
    74 3 VICTOR Ramachandran. of Malaya, takes a picture of an American scout m Indian dress. Billy Fred Lewis, of Magnolia, Arkansas, at the world jamboree at Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire. In the centre is Kenny Matti, of Atlanta. Georgia, who also wears Indian costume. Nearly 30,000 scouts from all
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    Lock icon DESERTED SHIP, 2 GET JAIL SENTENCE
    122 3 DESERTED SHIP, 2 GET JAIL SENTENCE TWO seamen, C. Ootquhuon. 30. and T. Stewart. 31. of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary tanker "Wave Ruler," were yesterday Mnt to jail for three weeks by a Sir. 1-.*-pore Court for deserting their ship. Both were employed aboard the ship as firemen. On Aug.
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    Lock icon LOCK-UP ESCAPE: P.C. IS JAILED
    108 3 LOCK-UP ESCAPE: P.C. IS JAILED ALOR STAR, Tues.— As a :ti to the escape ol a suspect robber from the Anak Bukit Police Station lock-up on July 5. a con- stable. Saad bin Ahmad was sentenced to three months' imprisonment by Magistrate Tuaa Byed Hassan bin Syed Jan J1 sierday.
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    Lock icon Radio Drama Cut Short By Real Robbery
    155 3 Radio Drama Cut Short By Real Robbery A MAIDSERVANT was listening to a Hokien Drama r the Rediffusion at noon on Monday when two men forced their way into a house :n Asia Gardens, EverU.n Road. Singapore, and robbed her ol $4OU m cash and jewellery. The servant, Loke Cheong
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    Lock icon WOMAN FALLS OVERBOARD
    36 3 BUTTERWORTH, Tues. A eti-yoar-old woman passenger, Tung Thiaw Hai, travelling on board a ferry launch from Penar.g yesterday foil overboard m mid-channel. A life boat was immediately lowered and the woman was rescued.
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    31 3 THE offica of the Commissioner for India m Singapore wii! be dOftd today Muharram and there will be no film show at the Indian Information Centre at RaiTies Place.
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    Lock icon VARSITY COMMISSION FACES TASK
    291 3 VARSITY COMMISSION FACES TASK Need To Curb Spending ONE of the biggest tasks facing the University of Malaya Commission is the streamlining of the financial administration of the University. This follows a memorandum which will be submit led to the five-man Commission by a former senior financial officer who worked
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    Lock icon DIES IN BANGKOK
    68 3 News of the death of Mrs. June Kndcrby, a secretary of Pan American World Airways m Singapore, reached the Colony yesterday. Mrs. Enderby. 2G. died m the general hospital m Bangkok following a heart attack. She left three weeks ago with her husband on longleave and was
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    Lock icon 1957 Queen's Scholarships
    36 3 APPLICATIOXS for the lit')? Queen'] Scholarships and Fellowship! should reach the Director of Education. Singapore, before Aug. 31. Government forms for applications can be obtained from the Ministry of Education. Palmer Road, Singapore.
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    Lock icon ILO Expert In S'pore
    63 3 Mr. J. F. A. J. Taylor, an International Labour Organization supervisory training expert, who arrived m Singapore yesterday Irom Bangalore by Air India-International. Mr. Taylor w.ll attend "he ILO Asian seminar on supervisory training, which opens at the University of Malaya on Aug. 12. He was
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    Lock icon MALAYA CAN REALLY BE HAPPY IF...
    133 3 THE Mayor of Penan?. Mr. G. 11. Goh, said m Singapore yesterday that "tcleration'' was needed to make Malaya a happy country after independence. The Mayor left Singapore by P. A. A. with his wife to attend the Moral Rearmament conference m Mackinac Island
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    Lock icon 'JOIN IN THE JOY'
    42 3 THE NATIONAL Union cf Factory and General Workers' Union m Kuala LumDur yesterday urged all trade unions m the country to participate m the Merdeka celebrations because."' it If the duty of workers to rejoice on this day."
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    Lock icon Woman, 82 Fined $20
    85 3 IfUAR, Tues.— Tan 82, was yesterday fined' S2O m default two weeks m jail by Magistrate Inche Tan bin Housain for failing to report to the Registration Oil: I within one month of her entry into Malaya and without obtaining an identity card Tan Meow, m
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    Lock icon 'Dockmen nearly caused a riot'
    1035 4 askhdsjd The union 'misled' its members, soys counsel for Bourd WHEN dismissed or suspended members of the Singapore Harbour Board Workers' Union gathered outside the Board's premises last Sunday, demanding to be re-engaged "the situation became so dangerous", it could have "led to a riot,"
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    Lock icon 'MORE PAY' DEMAND FROM 800
    190 4 'MORE PAY' DEMAND FROM 800 EIGHT HUNDRED daily-rated workers of the Singapore City Council's sewerage department yesterday demanded a wage increase of $1.50 a day. Besides the wage increase, the workers are also demanding an accident allowance, 14 days' paid annual leave, and Unproved working conditions for watchmen and greasers.
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    Lock icon One way to keep wolves at bay— take Mum
    107 4 One way to keep wolves at bay take Mum A MELBOURNE fashion model passed through yesterday by Qantas flushed, happy and laden with souvenirs. Miss Mnn v Byker. 26, was on her way home af.cr 180-day excursion round the word. "Usual-y I spend my summer holiday on a ntweh til
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    Lock icon CHILDREN WERE NEGLECTED FOR 18 MONTHS-CLAIM
    124 4 CHILDREN WERE NEGLECTED FOR 18 MONTHS -CLAIM A HUSBAND \va, Alleged m a Colony court \v>ierday to have failed to have given a cent towards the upbringing of bia children lor near.;; lo months. Jamllafa binte Semen who summoned her husband. Talib bin BahOOd to court claimed that the las.
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    Lock icon GANGSTERS ATTACK TWO IN COLONY
    150 4 GANGSTERS ATTACK TWO IN COLONY secret Society gang ten assaulted a stevedore and a lithographer m Singapore oa. Monday night. The stevedore, Tan Bcn.^ Cbeong, was standing o:i the live-: not way m Cecil Street at 5.40 p.m. when four thugs, One of whom was armed with a knife, attacked
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    43 4 THE following were elected Official! of the Delta and Havelock divisions of the Lib-eral-Socialist party recently. Chairman: Mr Ng See Thong, vice-chairmen: Mr. Tan Lian Soon, and Mr. Goh Huay Gek. secretary: Mr. Pek Boon Kang and treasurer: Mr. Ler Ho Sol.ii.
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    Lock icon IRAQ MEN FOR M-DAY
    56 4 THE Iraqi Ambassador to India, Mr. Mohamad Salim A. Radhi. and Dato Syed Ibrahim bin Omar AlttfOff, honorary Consul lor Iran, m Singapore. wii! represent the Government of Iraq at the Merdeka celebrations on Aug, Dato Syed Ibrahim told the Standard yesterday that he had received
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    Lock icon JUKE BOX BAR IS NOT A THEATRE
    142 4 MAGISTRATE RULES IN TEST CASE A SINGAPORE Magistrate decided yesterday that a bar equipped with a juke box could NOT be regarded as a "theatre"' under the laws of the Colony. The magistrate, Mr. K. C. Chan had acquitted a bar proprietor. Lim
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    Lock icon SHOPMAN DENIES KIDNAPPING
    71 4 SHOPMAN DENIES KIDNAPPING A 24-YEAR-OLD shop assistant denied m r he Singapore High Court yesterday that he had abducted a scrap-iron dealer, Ng Hee Huat on April 26. Tan Eng Whatt, who was making his defence on a charge of abducting Ng m Bah Soon Pah Road with intent to
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      287 4 cJilmanac INFORMATION AT A GLANCE .Too Ch.dt R.T.d 3 p.m. S r nAI*A YlfdW Voluntary Workers Association: 4*W*7ls J-raair^ Meeting or the General Coun 11 at Smpariore Youth Council pre-Liberal-Sociallst Tarty: Tanjong misss, 145. Orchard Road 7 pm. p i i. Division committee meete TIME 6c TIDE ch S: 'v
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    Lock icon THE 'DARK WORLD' DESTROYED HUBBY
    264 5 Wife Blames Broth-seller's Death On The 'Bad Women Of Penang Road PENANG, Tucs. A broth-seller got himself mixed up with "bad women" m the "dark world" m Penang Road, and soon after, he left his wife, a Coroner's Court was told today. "It was the
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    Lock icon MERCY FLIGHT TO SINGAPORE
    93 5 A SARAWAK Covernment oflkial's wife. who was described as being m a "fairly serious condition." was yesterday flown to Sin- npttC from Kuching by Malayan Airways. Mrs. B. L S Pyke. wife of Mr. John Pyke. after a 4.">0--mile Sifh| to the Colony, u.K immediately rushed
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    Lock icon SHE SLIPPED OFF A SLIPPER & HIT HEM
    295 5 SHE SLIPPED OFF A SLIPPER HIT HEM After 200-Yard Chase... A WOMAN yesterday chased a Singapore bus driver for 200 yards from the Central Police Station to Ipuer Chin Chew Street and then belaboured him with her slippers, while a large crowd looked on. Thil happened soon after Magistrate had
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    179 5 ABDUL Rahim bin Satiar. c'.erk, alleged at a preliminary try yesterday that he w:.Hsaulted by a group of men because he had canva VOtea for Mr. Soh Ghee Soon (Lib-Sors), a candidate m the recent by-elections. Alter the assault, Abdul said he was robbed of
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    199 5 No Ragging At K.L Varsity THERE will be no ragging ,i tiic Kuala Lumpur branch of the University of Maiay.i when the new session opens then- tor the first time next month. Tiiis was decided upon at a meeting of the University of Malaya Students' Union executive committee held last
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    309 5 Confessed He Lost $20,090 Gambling A STOREKEEPER contested to misappropriating liquor worth about $20,000 and losing all of it on gambling after the manager had told him of the discovery of the loss. It was stated at the Singapore Second District Court yesterday. The storekeeper. Chua Bars Hock, 15, WU
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    345 6  - Strontium 90 Menaces Asians Sam Johnson NEW DELHI. \SIAXS are poor, and rx dri'ik UUU "bnrr.cr has httle chnnce to protect them from the drended radocclire Strontiurn-:<0, an India This means Asians will s more 10 to 100 I more than other people* of the world if radion- I i
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    257 7 LOS ANGELES. California, Aug. 6 (UP)— A jealous wife i.i>t nuht iuu^lit an automobile "duel" with her husband and at one time nearly pinned him between his demolished car and a building, police said yesterday. i. n a charge i lit with
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    51 7 BONN. Aug. 6 (AP)— B fling today. Germans again be permitted to wear decorations awarded them :ie days of Kaiser I .elm and Adolf Hitler. Wearing of the old' decorations had been banned under Allied occupation and during the first two years of W«t German
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    185 7 TEEN-AGE SEX ORGIES, DRINKING, IN TOKYO TOKYO, Aug. 6 (Reuter) Japanese police said 450 youths and girls had been arrested m police raids on teen-age drinking, gambling and sex orgies at mountain and beach resorts during the weekend. The police saic' the nilky faced, aloha-shirted youths (MM the iMCk allcvs
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    137 7 PITTSBURGH, Auff. 6 (AP) City detectives Robert Diven and Al Forsythe were quite curious when they saw a man dressed m women's clothes walking along a street. The man wore a tifiht-fittin? white sweater, printed skirt, silk hose and carried a
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    82 7 Wo harm in dreaming MILAN, Ita'y. An*. 6 (AP) Twice m recent days, A'.essandro Sommariva has climb- 1 ed into someone else's automobiles each time near the m police headquarters and Ml tOjlng with the wheel. Twice alert police have reT.ovej him and charged him wi'h attempted car theft Twice
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    362 7 Americans Think Such Jibes Are 'Damnably Un-British' PEER'S ATTACK ON THE QUEEN LONDON, Aii£. 6 (IT)— The London Evening News warned today that attacks on Queen Elizabeth like that by Lord Altricham may spoil the Queen's visit to America. John Gold, New York correspondent of the London j Evening News,
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    174 7 ALTSINCHAM, England. Auff.fi, (IT)— The Town Council of this Cheshire village from which Lord Altrincham takes his title yesterday prepared a resolution of condemnation against him for attacking the Queen. Townsfolk and officials said the peer's remarks amounted to "treason Town Councillor Edward Charlton said:
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    94 7 COWES. England. Aug. 1 1 (AP) Prince Philio, who has taken a personal hand m j secin? that Prince Charles grows up into a real out-coor j bear, yesterday brought his eight-year-old son here for Cowes Race Week. The young heir to the
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    366 7 Malaya Must Thank Men Like Raffles And Nicholas SPOTLIGHT ON MALAYA'S INDEPENDENCE -THE DAILY EXPRESS LONDON, Aug. 6 (Reuter) The London Daily Express said today that "another jewel of the Empire passes out of Britain's charge" with the signing yesterday of a pact recognizing the independence of Malaya. The right-wing
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    229 7 -The Daily Worker THE Daily Worker (Communist) said: 'The independence which Malaya gets m three weeks time will not end the Malayan war, now m its tenth year.' It will mean that British troops Will continue tc shoot, shell and bomb Malayans:
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    107 7 BLACKBURN England. Aug. (i (I Pi Mrs. Marianne Nutter, a farmer's uife. has bred a "Charlies" It's a cross between a chicken and a turkey Mrs. Nutter said it could cause a revolution m the poultry world if she can breed from it Her aim
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    99 7 TA. Aug. 6 (AP) The independent daily newspaper "Indonesia Raya," eci;cd Of Mochtar Lubis who has been under military house arrest for seven months, was selected the best Indonesian newspaper for 1957 m an annual nation-wide poll conducted by the College of Journalism and
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    50 7 BIRMINGHAM, Alabama. Aug. 6 (AP) parakeet, had his claws amputated, the result of severe frostbite when ocked m a home freezer. Iric Ilartlem, the owner, said Mickey flew into the freezer while she was storing some goods. When she opened the freezer the next day there Mi kcj
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    53 7 WOI tLLE Ii Aug. 6 (UP) A bank < was shot and wounded terday by a man whose cheque he refused to cash. Maurice Kent. 42. cashier of the Farmers State Bank c,f Wolcottville, refus. the cheque an hour I closing time. The mti but returned
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    17 7 BRITISH troops on th<- alert somewhere m the Mala>an
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    191 9 :aLu\v reported the foUowing s done: rds $2.90 to $2J2J; Gammons $2.62} to $2.60: xners $2.375. $2.35: Hume A23/3. ord> Breweries $3.62 i overnight Cements $1.70 to $1 M C 5 1 MrA.Vster 52 •0,- r". i v Me- Box $2 to $2-081 overnight and delayed: Oi
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    25 9 THE tanker "^uilt by Furness Shipbuilding Company, on the 'Oast, for N :c Visi Compania Xaviera. of Panama, completed her trials successfully recently.
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    161 9 man whose job has taken him 200,000 miles m i>t ei^ht years is expected m Singapore on Sept. 1. He is Mr Jack S. Rayner, senior overseas representative of the Bri-ish paint manufacturers. Blundell, Spence Co. Ltd. JRe brings this message: Brighten ur> your houses,
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    128 9 Industrials Firm, Tins And Rubbers Quietly Steady Ml m the i> m market were firm terdA> according to the lyin Sharebrokers 1 Asi.ion. r.> ..-l rubbers were v jtoady. Price announced tr.e A>> it: n were: i r.?rc- arv 223' S V'" 2.60 3 Jackson Co. 1.70 -•cries 3.60 3.65
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    66 9 PAA Polar Route Service PAN Ameri -an World Alr-•v.-;.vs yesterday announced its Mi Pj'.ar route service bef.veen the Pacing Coast ted States ar.j Europe from Sept 10. Mr Bert Torrance. PAA director, :.'.c: the Standard thai the new route would be by far the shortest and fastest service. lUgjhtl from
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    113 9 MALAYA is one of the best markets for imitation jeweller}', said Mr. Ronald Winesyruck, sales manager of Westd Modeund Schmyckvvaren Gambh of Augsburg, West Germany, who arrived m Singapore during the weekend. Mi Wineayruck'f Din manu:.t.ition jewellery. He Ifl here to explore the possibilities of expanding
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    29 9 TEKKA Ltd. has de '.are! a interim dividend of six penv per share for the yer.r ended March 31. I <":. r .yab'.e nd on A igust 23,
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    112 9 THE Malayan Ihrrhaniti Baaki Aa ciatinn macie tr.e follow ehangw la it- rates to mere. an< jestei daj New xorfc buying, tt. "2-1/2. OD. 32- iTj fcinn 32-7/8 credit bills. 32-: Lfl trade bills. Cannda: buying, TT, SO-7 R OD. 31: 90 days Birmail 31-5/16 bills 31-3 8
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    287 9 New Ranae Of Diesel Sets For Oilfields ONE of a new range of diesel "package' power sets for oil Ids, where deep drilling operations are calling for fcter power than has previously been used, will be dlsayed at the Engineering, Mai Welding and Nuclear Energy Ex] lbiti< n In L<
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    46 9 Ovaltine Jersey's Successes JERSEY Cow Gabourel'.cr:c Maybud U§ fci 'Ovaltine' Dairy Farm's Jc r sey Hcd, who von the championship at the London Dtfrf 1955 and 1956. has i a C"'::r<:pionship at the Royal SfcOlP, WtfWkh, This is the ultimate success available to a Jersey C
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    136 9 SINGAPORE rubber prices ye -torday closed unchanged from Friday, International Onl grade rubber for August shipment closing at 92 i cents per lb. on a quiet market. The market opened quiet at M OSnta per ib.. a rise of J cent on improved New York prices. r~.r demand
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    120 9 SINGAPORE Chinese Produce Exchange noon closing prices per picul yesterday were: copra, Aug. Sept. $25] buyers, $26^ sellers; coconut oil m bulk $41 sellers, m drums $45i seiiers, Muntok white pepper Sill sellers; Sarawak white SI 10 sellers. special Sarawak black $75. COPRA HOLIDAY. CUTLER. BATH CO ITU AUGUST
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    194 9 BRITISH shipyards booked orders for 71 ships totalling 590,000 gross tons m the second quarter of 1957. the Shipbuilding Conference has announced m London. This brought the total of new orders received by British yards m the fix months that er. led 30th June
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    279 9 WiMUBMMM*e AmimM Cotnntvrvv _i WITH the industrial expansion planned and beginning m Singapore and Malaya, Australia is a convenient and economical source of supply for foundry work, according to the Australian Trade Commissioner m Singapore, Mr. P. R. Searcy. j These supplies include
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    27 9 JULY rubber crops announced are: Alienby 39.600 !b.; Benta 04.000 lb.; Jcram Kuantan 75.000 lb.; Kunnnng 15,1 lb.; Mentakab 15,000 lb.; Sungei BagU 50,000 lb.
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    93 9 'Abolish Stockpile Of Rice' PEXANG, Tues— The Federation of Kwangtung Associations m Malaya will urge Government not to buy rice from other countries for stockpiling purposes. At its eleventh annual conference held here, the F.K A felt that with Ma.aya now producing more than 60 per cent of i's rice,
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    69 9 A LEADING Hawick kr.twear firm. Lyle Boott LUL, have announced thav during the half-year ended June 30. production m the:r underwear division ro^e by more than 20 per cent. Exports, to 44 differerr countries, rose by almost one-third during the same per.od. While almost all marketshared m -h!s
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    120 9 PENANG, Tuea,— An appeal to Chinese sa'.ejmen to make more use of their Association was made by the president. Air. Goh Hong Beng at its annual genera; meeting. Mr. Goh was re-electee! president for the ensuing year. Other office-bearers are: vice-presidents: Mes-r?. C':v: r z Kun Tat.
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    95 9 THE North West Traffic Commiss.oners this week granted the firs*, licence to be issued m Britain for an express coach service linkIng this country with Asia. The serv.ee between Manchester and Karachi will opera'.e four times a year m March, May, July and October at a single
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    56 9 KIXTA KELLAS Tin Dredging Co. Ltd. propose to pay a final dividend of 15 per cent.. tax, payable m England on Oct for the year end ed March 31, 1957. The transfer books will be closed from Oct. 7 to 20. and the annua! general meeting
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      235 9 NOTICE GAZETTE NOTIFICATION Estate Dressers (Interim; Examination THE Examinations for E.-taT-Dressers lor Grade I. II and 111 will be held at Kuala Lumpur. Taiping and J hore Bahru en 24th September 1957 and following days. 2. Candidates wishing to appear for the Examinations should submit their application^ together with the
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      509 9 NOTICES SINGAPORE POLYTECHNIC THE College propeses to con- duct the f< g courses m the Department of Commerce m the 1951 58 session:1. FILE TIME SECRETARIAL COURSE: 1 r -ober. and is intended for students w h wish to obtain a s- Oration to cj ..r them for the more
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      544 9 THE OVERSEAS ASSURAN( I CORPORATION. LIMITED (Incorporated m Singapore) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Thirty-third Annual General Meeting of the Corporation will be ne*4 c Registered Office of the Corporation at 5, Malacca S-: et, Singapore. 1. on V nesday. 14th for the foUowinf purposes -1 To receive and
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    523 10 THE HOLLYWOOD LOWDOWN By sid Raintree County Theme Hit ~|VO songs of the Ameri- can Civil War period rcill be used m the thematic score of M-G-M's RAINTREE COUNTY, Johnny Green, Head of fhe stud'.o's Music Department, declared. Green, icho personally is scoring the epic drama. which stars Montgomery Cliit,
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    276 11 ritain Beats France LONDON, Aug. 6 (Reuter) Derek Ibbofcson, holder of the world mile record, was a comfortable winner of rnational two miles event at the White City Stadium here yesterday. British runner had been expected to go out for I world two miles record of 8
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    115 11 Davis Cup -Sr'.S. Aug 6 (Reuter) Belgium beat [1 .n the European Zone final of the Davis Cup competition yesterday when Philippe Washer won the singles match ag Nicola Pietrangeli. which was rupted by bad light on Sunday 6-4 3-6 6-8 7 This was a magr.; eni
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    47 11 T:i' r Ar:ry team to m t j [ndian A soclaUon m a SCA Senior tournament fixture ll Balestier Road, this Sunday wiil be: Mallett icapt>: White. Grindrod. Pcarce. Flood. Walker, Yeoman. Tiffin, Somers. Booker. Ilayward. 12th man:— Sharpe. Umpire Harris, Scorer Mcore.
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    42 11 MR. Sonny Tan receives the trophy as runner-up lor the Table-tennis championship of the Selangor Coast Club, Klanff, from Mrs. Lee Eng Teh, wife of the Federal Councillor and President of the Club. Looking on Is Mr. Fred Lee. the Snorts Secretary.
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    202 11 Phooi Wah's Funeral Procession A Mile Long IPOH. Tues. A touching M i itmemt the lrntr.il of the latr Prrak footballer N:; Phum i 24. who died yesterdaj 7* hours alter the tJ "< cr.i^i two miles south of Bas?an Serai last hnda\ Friends, relatives, s men, officials, hawkers, p
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    116 12 PRKSIDEXT of the Spore Chinese Amateur Athletic Federation Mr. Goh Chye Hin. yesterday appealed for pulie support towards the building fund of the Deaf and Dumb Association Mr. Goh said that BCAAP have so far collected more than $I.ooo— and he hopes that the public
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    779 12  -  PETER WONG l was won for the sec- J lime by a member of the I ik Motor Ciub. This lTOorites for the bis They also won 51,000 cadi prize for the Class 4 event for series production touring cars, m addition to
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    42 12 SWANSEA, Aug. 6 (Renter) West Indie* beat Glamorgan here today by six wickets, scoring 66 for four m their second innings after dismissin^ the county for 178. West Indios led by 113 (254 to 141) On the first innings.
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    51 12 THE Staff of the Singapore Youth Sports Centre will entertain their Superintendent Hr. Hugh Savage, to farewell teaI ,■;:•>• DO Thursday at ISO p.m. Itr. Savasc is due to leave lot the United States on a ?ix-month tour. Mr. Ray Kaufman will act as Superintendent m
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    42 12 MAXWELL Sports Club bent Singapore Cricket Club by 5-1 m S.A.F.A. junior cuptie soccer match niayed on the SCC pada:iH yesterday. Kassim<2). Ahmad Sitri(2> nnd A!i scored for Maxwell, while Harvey netted for SCC off a pen a lily.
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    141 12 THE newly-formed Federation of Malaya Basketball Association will not participate m the fourth annual Men and Women Nanyang Cup basketball tournaments to be held from Sept. 14, next month. Its entries came too late This was disclosed at the monthly committee meeting of
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    374 12 Eddie Warns! But Hard Training Will Stop Them By Our Badminton Reporter LIKEABLE Eddy Choong, four-times All England champion and no-time-yet Malayan champ, returned to Malaya last night by BO AC Constellation with a warning. ''Beware of the Danes. They have a balanced team. And even if
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    Lock icon Nanyang Cup: Ron Over H'kong Team
    382 12  -  BILL FUNK From HONGKONG. Tues Malayan hint m s r M j. eration's acceptance of the Hongkong Chines. Basketi Association's hoopstcrs to participate m m. lmu,,. Nanyang Cup series m Singapore hM caused friction and discontent m basketball circles here. This is the first
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    695 12 Top Athletes In Two-day Meeting SINGAPORE —or is it Malaya's top Indian athletes, pole vaulters Pal and Kernal Singh, sprinters Kesavan Soon and Ernest Frida, will fight their battle^ for supremacy all over again when they meet m the Indian Association's athletic championships on
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