The Straits Times, 10 September 1953

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    15 1 The Straits Times not*** 01 {jew*** Established 1845 SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1953. 15 CENTS
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    BIG SURVEY FIXED
    452 1 World Bank to advise Malaya on its economy FHE World Bank's survey of Malaya, designed to help plan the economic development of the Federation and Singapore, will begin in January. The Board of Governor) in Washington was told this yesterday in the report of the International Bank
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    FLATS BREAK UP, 6 DIE
    51 1 HONG KONG. Wed. Six workmen died and 16 were seriously injured when 25 workmen were buried brnrath on al'Tios- completed block of flats which collapsed in Kowlorn yesterday. Rescue teams with mobile cranes, working by flood, icht. due out .mx bodies and six men Ftill
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    De Gaulle's trip
    32 1 PARIS. Wed. Genera! Charles 6c Gaulle wi'l leave Paris on October 4 for a visit to French possessions in the Indian ocean, notably Reunion. Madaca.srar and the Comoros! Rrutrr.
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    SHE KILLED HIM WITH CAN OF LARD
    101 1 SHE KILLED HIM WITH CAN OF LARD HI RUN. Wed.— Thp IS. High Commission newspaper rrported today that an East GTi.ian housewife had killtd a Communist policeman with the two-pound can of lard from the Western food nmrcel he was trying to take from her. The newspaper said the enraged
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    Ike pledges support
    60 1 WASHINGTON. Wed. President Eisenhower today pledged full support for international efforts aimed at "the quickening of trade." the development of resources and the stabilisation of world currencies. In a message of welcome to the governors of thp World Bank and Intprnatlonal Monetary Fund the Presidrnt acclaimed the
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    Spanish bases for America ?
    55 1 Spanish bases for America MADRID, Wed. High Spanish sources said yesterday that the United States and Spain will sign a military pact next week, giving the U.S. the right to use Spanish naval and air bases. This was reported as the US. Ambassador. Mr. James Dunn returned from conferences in
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    A boy goes shopping, ready for the big day
    323 1 A 13-YEAR-OLD Malay orphan boy from the Johore State Welfare Home went to on a shopping spree in Singapore yesterday, buying clothes for thr mofl important journey of his life. On September 2.',. be leaves for Sydney where he will underco
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    500 REDS SEIZED IN TEHERAN
    73 1 TEHERAN. Wed. SECRET agents of General' Fazlollah Zahedi's new Persian Government have seised 500 Communist leaders and officers in Tpheran since the purge to clear the country of Communists started on August 21. a Government source says Police captured Dr. Nader Nami. one of the
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    'Peace' call ignored
    72 1 PARIS, Wed— Chinese Com- I munist suggestions that the French negotiate with Red-led Vietminh rebels in an attempt to end the eight-year-old war in Indo-China brought no re.sponse here today. Although there was no comment from French officials. Premier Neuyen Van Tarn of Vietnam, one of the
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    India gives way
    33 1 NSW vork. Wed. India has derided B9t to seek a seat on the United Nation.- Security Council next month so that N>\\ Zealand can be a mem- j ber. U.P.
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    TRAFFIC CRASH LAW MAY CHANGE
    93 1 TRAFFIC CRASH LAW MAY CHANGE CHANGES in the regulations governing the I reporting of traffic accidents in Singapore are being considered. If these have Legislative Council approval, minor accidents will no longer have to be reported to the police, as at present. Now all traffic accidents have to be reported
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    Navy boat fired on: casualties
    48 1 LONDON. Wed.— The Admiralty announced today that a British naval launch was fired on in Hong Kong waters and that casualties were suffered. The attacking force was not identified. The destroyer Concord was ordered out to remove the wounded sailors, the communique said.
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    Mr. Mac Donald in Hong Kong
    36 1 HONG KONG. Wed. Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald, Commis-sioner-General, arrived today horn Singapore to confer with the Governor. Sir Alexander Grantham. and other British officials. He will stay five day> Reuter.
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    Whose shoe is this?
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    CLUE TO MURDER IN BLUKAR
    220 1 CAN YOU RECOGNISE THIS SHOE FROM THESE TWO PICTURES? It is black, of good quality and sized about three-and-a-half to four. It has a medium heel, square toes and a small leather bow. It is the main clue to the identity of an unknown woman
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    AID TO INDIA
    18 1 JAKARTA. Wed.— lndonesia will ship 88.700 kilos of foodstuffs to India for famine relief. Renter.
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    Asian visit
    24 1 OTTAWA. Wed— Mr. Louis St. Laurent, the Canadian Primp Ministrr. salrl he would visit a number of Aslun countries in January. Renter.
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    Blythe to visit Singapore
    53 1 The former Colonial Secretary. Mr. W. L. Blythe, who left Singapore on retirement with his family on August 4. 1 will arrive here in the Glen- j earn tomorrow. He will be accompanied by Mrs. Blythe. Mr. and Mrs. Blythe will leavp in the Charon for
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    Earthquake tax
    29 1 ATHENS. Wed. -To meet urgent housing and rehablli!:itii>n needs in the earth-quake-stricken islands, the Greek Government today in troduced tax measures to raise about $18 millions.- A.P.
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    AUSTRALIA CUTS INCOME TAX
    153 1 CANBERRA. Wed. SIR Arthur Fadden. the Ansu.ill in Treasurer, today introduced a budget in the House of Representatives containing income tax cuts averaging IZ| per cent. Company taxes were also reduced and sales taxes abolished or eased. Sir Arthur, in a "stimulus" hnrteet announced to a
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    REDS FREE IMJIN HERO
    71 1 REDS FREE IMJIN HERO Contemplatively smoking his pipe at Camp Britannia, 11 Korea, is Lt.-Col. t Came, Commanding r of the Gloucester* of mi River fame. Col. me wis released by I Communists on the h. day nf the Po\V •hang., programme at nmunjom. After the jin battle in IML
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    KEIGHTLEY GETS NEW JOB
    198 1 C-in-C leaving Malaya GENERAL Sir Charles Keightlev. ommander-in-l* Chief Far East Land Forces, is to succeed General Sir Cameron Nicholson as C-in-C Middle East Land Forces. Announcing the appointment yestrrday. the War Office said no decision had^ been reached as to who would succeed Gen. Keight'
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    Anzus nations meet today
    31 1 WASHINGTON. Wed.— The United Statps. Australia am; New Zealand today b n uin tworay talks on repelling any Communist accession in the Pacific following the Korear war.
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    MASKED MEN ROB FAMILY
    57 1 Three masked Chinese, one with a pistol and the others with knives, broke into a hut in Vio Chu Kang Road at 2 ajn. yrsterday and robber! a Chinr.se farmer of $805 in cash and jewellery. One man stood guard tm i thr farmer and his
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    11 drowned by rising tide
    31 1 LA ROCHELLE < Franco) Wed. Thrpp women and eight mon were trapped on a sand bar and drownpd by a fa.-.t rising Atlantic tide early today. AP
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    Control lifted
    23 1 LONDON. Wed. -The Pakistan Government has decidprl to lift export price control of jute, according to official reports from Karachi today.
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    The Queen's guest
    25 1 LONDON. Wed. r Winston Churchill has accepted an invitation from the Queen to spend a few days at Balmoral Castle. Scotland. -U.P.
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    The Pope ill
    31 1 VATICAN CITY. Wed— The Pope has a slight nerve inflammation in his right arm and he will be unable to do any writing for several days ALLIES DEMAND:
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    Return these 3,000 men
    90 1 Return these 3,000 men PANMUN.IOM. Wrd. ■'THE Allies today handed the Communists a list. of 3.404 prisoners believed still in their hands and demanded their return or news of where they are. Major Gen. Blackshear Bryan said that discounting the 400 captives the Communists say do not desire repatriation thert
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    STOP PRESS
    42 1 nOIJL, Wed. Tolnh mc.'iilirr Of nc 11 tr a! D; inspection tram I politic; I asylum today only tninutis In-fore be m to fly to North Korea. Army taM Jan Hajiuku wit/. interpreter, broke ■way at Kaagaaag an base XV.
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    Red killed, three hurt
    55 1 I KUALA LUMPUR. Wed I One terrorist has been killed i and three wounded by security forces in the Federation. A terrorist was killed and two others wounded by a company of the 2/7 Gurkhas on Monday in the Nepn SemnilanPahanq border area. The ten>Mtotc were
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    Priests buried
    49 1 HCNO KONG, Wert— Roads into China are sttll watched ?nd police guard every dock a.s the search for the killers of two Chinese priests conti"- --s. More than 4.000 formed a mile-lons funeral procession yesterday as Fathers Peter NRai. 53. and John Ching. 35, were buried. A.P.
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      72 1 LATEST LADIES PLASTIC HANDBAGS FROM GERMANY LADIES FANCY ELASTIC BELTS FROM ENGLAND Just Received SEASON TRADING CO., 57. HiGri ST.. SINGAPORE 6. TEL: hush. Another Snowcem Job! r Rr^J The Secretariat, Kuala Lumpur, {lOtitcmt I teas redecorated by ~~^^J P.W.D. Selangor in May, 1953. /^H^Jk tc/7/i cream Snowccm SCMC^M supplied
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    U. S. CONFUSES ITS ALLIES SAYS ADLAI
    156 2 NEW YORK. Wednesday. MR. ADLAI STEVENSON, Democratic Party leader said today that the United States allies were confused when Americans appeared to repudiate their democratic traditions and "revert to book burning. McCarthyism and insistence upon conformity in thought. "We can't be democratic for
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    100,000 orphans of Korea
    72 2 LONDON. Wed. GENERAL James Van Fleet, former Bth Army Commander in Korea, who arrived here by air tonight, said that 100.000 children had been left orphans as a result of the war. The General, who made an eleven-day visit to Korea as member of the American
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    BACK TO THE CAVES
    93 2 PARIS. Wed. /CIVILISATION'S return to Kj the age of the cave dwrllrr is not impossible. M. Norbert Casterrt. Frances leading underground explorer, today told an international congress here. M. Casteret who. 'vith a team of French potholers set j a world record for descent un- I
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      365 2 NOTICES NOTICE Mr. Uma Shanker Singh is no longer In our employment as from Ist September. 1953 and K therefore, not authorised to represent us in any way or to collect monies on our brhalf. INDO-AUSTRALIAN TRADING CO., LTD. S.S. GOVERNMENT .1% 1940 WAR LOAN (1952-59) NOTICE is hereby given
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      262 2 CIvr*DADV Ensemble; 7.45 Variety Fanfare: ainvArUMli 8.15 Harmony Hawaiians: 830 Ma--7,5 am Mornin g -.30 gg 9 .T^WnS S3 JSA.'TC Ne P w? 1 P 4 8 ?r ce f t or IDa1 Dan N cfnr C nnOr H 12 Vernon Alley Quarte- 5 Calling Time for Dancing, all Hospitals:
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    'An envoy of democracy'
    125 3 'An envoy of democracy' Dulles welcomes Akihito WASHINGTON. WrM. Mr. Dullrs today wol- corned Crown Prinrr > Akihito as a represent- I ative of "the noblest traditions of the Japanese and at the same time the hopes and aspirations of a new and vigorous democracy." Akihito arrived here in I
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    Korea protest to Red Cross
    51 3 LONDON. Wed.— The New China Communist news agency reported from Peking last nicht that the Chinese Red Cross Society had sent a protest to; the League of Red Cross Societies in Geneva against 'unreasonable restrictions" on the activities of Korean and Chinese Red Cross repn
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    Now meet Sherpa...
    36 3 TOP A model of the Shrrpa. which will fly at more than liO.nnii ft. up. ABOVK— the Avro Vulcan, first delta-winged bomber in the world, which was on show at Farnhnrough Reuter pictures.
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    SIX DIE IN CINEMA
    31 3 MADRID. Wed— Six proplr wrrp killed and many injured when the gallrry collapsed in a cinema at Torrecilla Do Cameras near Loßronc, in Northern Spain, yesterday. Renter
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    Going down
    35 3 LONDON. Wrd.— Thr film business in Britain during thr first quarter of thp yrai showed a drop of four prr rrnt in box office receipt! and five prr crnt in patrons. A. P.
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    More R.N. ships to chase pirates
    193 3 More R.N. ships to chase pirates LONDON, Wed. MORE British naval ships have been released for anti-pirate patrol duties in the Straits of Formosa since the Korean armistice, it was stated in London today. Commander Allan Noble. Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty, back from a 25.000- mile inspection tour of
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    THE LUCK OF THE LIBERTE...
    5 3 THE LUCK OF THE LIBERTE
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    T.U.C PREFERS TO BARGAIN ON PAY
    220 3 But new CoL index wanted LONDON, Wednesday. mi: Trade I'ninn Congress today derided against having minimum wages fixed to a cost of living index. But delegates representing eight million trade unionists went against the will of their leaders in demanding that a revised cost
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    Japan to aid East Asia
    65 3 COLOMBO. Wed— The leader of a five-man Japanese goodwill mission to South-east Asia. Mr. Yoshiteru Kncane, said here that Japan wa.s willing to extend economic and technical aid to countries in this region. He said Japanese industiialists would offer capital and that Japan, through the
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    51,000-ton liner aground again
    134 3 51, 000-ton liner aground again LE HAVRE, Wednesday. FRANCE'S biggest liner, the 51,000-ton, Liberte, with 1.000 passengers aboard bound for the V.S., was today stuck on a sandbank for six hours a mile out of Le Havre. It took six tugs to pull her off. Then she resumed her voyage.
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    Hurricane hits ship
    42 3 HAMILTON Bermuda. Wed. The liner Queen of Bermuda limped Into port today after surviving a journey through a hurricane. A member of the crew, Ernest Edser. of Maidstone. Kent, was killed when he was flung against an iron railing.
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    Labour talks
    37 3 LONDON, Wed The MinisItry of Labour announced today llhnt. an Asian regional conference of the International I.nbour Organisation will open lin Tokyo on September 14 to discuss wage and housing problems in Asian countries Renter.
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    Britain hides her latest air secrets
    224 3 Britain hides her latest air secrets LONDON, Wednesday. gRITAIN today threw a tight cloak of secrecy over some of her latest air developments. The Government removed several entries from the annual air show sponsored by the Society of British Aircraft Constructors at Farnborough. The Government order affected a model of
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    Adenauer's men meet
    49 3 BONN. Wed— Th r West German Chancellor, Dr. Konrad Adenauer, discussed his election victory with his Ministers a£ a Cabinet meeting her P which lasted all morning. The United States Hiph Commissioner, Dr. James Conant, called on Dr. Adenauer to congratulate him on his success. Reuter
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    Czechs protest
    37 3 VIENNA. Wed. The Czechoslovak government strongly protested to the United States High Commission in Germany yesterday against restrictions imposed on members of the Czech military mission in Berlin on August 31. radio Prague announced.— Router.
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    47 years in ice
    36 3 SALZBURG. Wed. -The perfectly preserved body of an Austrian guide who plunged to his death in a glacier 47 years ago had been found in the Grossglocknoner district, police said yesterday. Reuter.
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    LONDON STOCKS
    272 3 LONDON. Wed. yHE London Mark rmirkrf eenrrally made up erounrl lost during the morning outnc to qnlrtness and closed generally firm today. Far Easterns however, showed very little alteration Japanese bond? were dull but Chinese were occasionally bark in favour with up to half a point gains. Closing
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    LONDON TIN
    28 3 LONDON. Sept. 9. Cash Buyers £615; Sellers €616; Forward Buyers t607' 2 Sellers C 609; Settlement «<517 (down €1). Turnover a.m. 100 ton*; p.m. 40 tons.
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    LONDON RUBBER
    37 3 LONDON. Sfpt 9 Spot. 19<i Oct. lfl'.d., Nnv 19' 4 <1.. Dec. IPHrt Oct -Tier. 19'« d. Jan -Mar. i9Sd Apr-June 19*»d.. July-Sept ir>\ri Sept. ct.f. 19d. Ort rif 19d.. Nov c.l.f. l»Nd. Tone: Steady
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    Arab leaders confer
    22 3 CAIRO, Wed. PresidentNeguib and Saudi Arabian government officials discussed the Libyan military and economic pact with Britain today.— U.P
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    Aureole gets treatment for his nerves
    131 3 Aureole gets treatment for his nerves LONDON. Wed. -Aureole, the Queen's horse. Is undergoing "Impulse treatment" for the St. Leger. last of the season's cla-ssic horse races, on Saturday. Aureole, the favourite, is being treated by Mr. Charles Brooks. 65. who said that by making "healing Impulses" with his fingers
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    Desperate villagers fight rat invasion
    133 4 KOTA STAR. Wed. NIGHT attacks by thousands of rats in the last two weeks have destroyed padl stalks and seeds in several kamponßs in thr Kota Star district of Keriah Alarmed villagers are desperately fishtinc: back with changkuls. .sticks and traps They are even hiring
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    A poet for Hong Kong
    66 4 Professor Edmund Charles Blunden. Encltsh p^et and author, will pa.-s I papore next week by his way to Hone K^nc. where he has brrn appointed Professor of Ensli.sh at Ions Kong University. Professor Blundrn. v.ho is Hawthornden prize winner and a Fellow of the Royal
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    Murdered temple woman charge
    61 4 Goh Choon Guan, Lorong standee vu tentatively charped in i 81 Court yesterday with murder of Tan Kirn Neo a 70--year-old temple won Tan was found dead !n her house in Lnrnnz Btangf East Coast Road. Singapore, or. September 3. Mr. D. H Fifth Police Magistrate,
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    Driver fined $75
    19 4 TAIPING. \\>d Ng Kang Guan was fined ST.") 1 his licence was endorsed, for negligent driving.
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    'Dagger dance' girl
    31 4 MISS NOKMADYAH sets ready to "strike her knife into .Mr. Yassin Ali's heart" during the "Danger Dance" which was •one of the items auditioned yesterday. Straits Times picture.
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    First audition for City Day concert
    167 4 rpHE SINGAPORE CITY DAY -I celebration committee held the first of two auditions for the City Day variety concert an the Oity Hall steps on September 22. at the Victoria Memorial Hall yesterday. The second takes place toI night. Six of the 17 items
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    Caught smoking opium in raid
    56 4 Lav Shut Leong. a salesman. was bound over in the sum of $50 In one surety by Mr. D H. i Chapman. the Fifth Police Magistrate, for smoking opium and having six packets of 1 opium in Upper Chin Chew Street on July 19. He
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    Five assaulted man, fined
    78 4 Five men— V. Krishnan. J. Fernandis, A. Govindasamy, G. Nagalyan and Lsmail bin Ibrahim— were found guilty in the Singapore Fourth District Court yesterday, of rioting at the II 1 2 milestone, Woodlands Road, on the evening of Dec 16. Nagaiyan was fined $100 and the
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    Did not tell: $15
    36 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed.— Wong Kee Toon, who did not register the birth of a son I horn o n Jan. 20. 1952. was 1 fined $15 in the police court I today.
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    TWO STEPPED IN WHEN WIVES FOUGHT
    147 4 WHEN TWO husbands inter- vened in a fight between their wive.*., one of them struck the other with an axe. it was alleged in a Singapore court ye.sterdav. Leik Ah Cheanp. of Kirn Yam Road, was charged with voluntarily causing hurt to Lim Hung
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    ARMED ROBBERS GET 7 YEARS
    211 4 Knives used in raid F<OITR men were each gaoled for seven years by Mr. 1 Justice Whitton at Singapore Assizes yesterday for armed gang robbery. They were: Pung Chew Seng, Chan Chew Chin. Yap Pei Inn and Toh Ah Cheng. Another member of the gang.
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    32 4 IM 111 /AIIK I bin Abdul Rahman, of Harrison Crosfirld and Chr Sham-hinar binto Ariff. a strnocraphor ol the Ontral Electricity Board, were married in Kuala Lumpur recently. long Peng Scone picture.
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    CHECK ON WORK OF GOVT. CLERKS
    120 4 CHECK ON WORK OF GOVT. CLERKS 'THE Singapore Government is trying to find out how efficient Its 2,000 temporary clerks are. To compile a complete dossier, heads of departments are being asked for details including the efficiency, qualification, age and general background of each clerk. This will be helpful in
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    Mother of 3 stole jewels
    100 4 A 24-year-old mother of three children entered a room in a house in Tiong Bahru and stole Jewellery worth $225 on Sept. 7, it was stated yesterday in the Eighth Police Court. Singapore. In the dock wa.s Chow Cho> Hong, charged with housebreaking and theft.
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    Cobra attacks office boy
    74 4 KM B Wed. AHMAD bin Abu Kassitr. office boy in the State Medical and Health Department, Pahang, had a narrow escape when he was attacked by a sixfoot cobra. The cobra was hiding inside a small room and attacked Ahmad as he was about to enter.
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    Post Department men promoted
    64 4 KUALA KANGSAR, Wed The following members of the Postal Department hav P been promoted Mr. Kesar Singh. Assistant Post MMMr, Penang. Post Mas'er. PenanR Mr. Bachan Singh. Post Master. Telolc Anson. succeeds him. Mr. Hari Singh. Post Master, Ki..il;i Kangxar. succeeds Mr. 8..--rhan Sineh at Telok
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    DRIVER FINED
    27 4 PARIT BUNTAR. Wed. Wan bin Abdullah was fined $40 for Inconsiderate driving His car came into collision with another car at the Simpang Ampat junction.
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    Broke curfew: $25
    31 4 JOHORE BAHRU. WedArrested by a special constable for being out of doors during curfew hours on the Senai Estate. Ponnusamy was fined $25 in the police court today.
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    Traffic circus speed up
    69 4 Traffic circus speed up A PERMANENT trafflr roundabout at the junction o/l McPherson and Upper Serangoon Roads, Singapore, may be buiß this year instead of next. It will cost $21,000 Th-is Hen, was oripinally included in the 1954 estimates. A Council committee has recommended thai the work be done this
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    State Regalia to be repaired
    37 4 JOHORE BAHRU. WedGovernment is spending $0 300 to repair and replace thp State Regalia which are said to be in a poor condition. Some wen- bought during the raisin of Sultan Abubakar.
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    BIG SINGAPORE T.B. PROBE IN 1955
    151 4 WHO to send expert AN island-wide survey of tuberculosis in Singapore is expected to be made in 1955. A specialist to assist in the inquiry is being recruited by the World Health Organisation. Dr G. H Garlick. director of the Royal Singapore Tuberculosis Clinic,
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    Barge sinks with load of coconuts
    68 4 Barge sinks with load of coconuts PENANG. Wea. A FULLY laden bar*e sank alongside the Hal Heng while loading coconuts off i Penang harbour today. Thousands of nuts meant for Rangoon were carried by currents more than a mile north. The tongkang was swept down by a strong breeze Motor
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    New officer
    28 4 KUALA KLAWANG, Wed. Inche Jaa'far bin Salim. Malay Field Officer. Jelebu. has been transferred to Seremban His I successor is Inche Ismail bin Zainal from Seremban
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    Moved medicine
    25 4 KLITANG Wed.— San OtMti. 44. was fined $10 or four ria.v.s' imprisonment for removi'ns a box nf Chinese medicinr from a restricted area.
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    22 4 KLUANG. Wed. LJm Hian, 50. was fined $5 fcr remaining out of doors without a written permit from po'ire.
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    GURKHAS GAINED NEW LAURELS IN MALAYA
    287 5 Templer praises battalion as it moves to Hong Kong IPOH. Wednesday. A FTER five years in Malaya in which they played a dominant role in the war against the terrorists the 2/2 (King Edward's Own) Gurkha Rifles left today for Hong Kong after a
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    CLASSICAL SONGSTRESSES
    40 5 MISS SEETIIA (left) and Miss Dcvi sing classical Indian songs at the concert sivrn In honour of Mr. T. N. Him ratnam. of Madras, a well-known flute player. There was a packed house at the ThettiarV Hall. Sentul.
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    Caning best cure for opium smoking, says magistrate
    137 5 Caning best cure for opium smoking, says magistrate TNCHE A. W. Ghows, the Singapore Eighth Police Magistrate, yesterday told Pc Kirn Seng; 17, "If I had the powers to order a caning, I would not hesitate to do so. A caning is the best way to stop you from smoking
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    ATTAPFIRE MENACE TO 20,000
    78 5 ATTAPFIRE MENACE TO 20,000 THE introduction of fire precautions in attap areas, where outbreaks can spread rapidly, will be discussed by the Singapore City Council's estates and fire brigade committee today. Mr. J. M. Jumabhoy. vicechairman of the committee, recently drew attention to nine congested kampongs with 20.000 inhabitants which
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    Sentence stands
    36 5 Van Keng Peow, who appealed against a Singapore lower court conviction and sentence of four months' gaol for theft of a motor lorry, had his conviction and sentence confirmed in the High Court yesterday.
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    JUDGMENT TODAY IN DROWNED MAN CASE
    119 5 THE Singapore Seventh Police Magistrate. Mr. T. Kulasekaram. yesterday reserved judgment until today in the preliminary Inquiry In a case in which Abdul Talip bin KancUr U aeei..sc<l of committing culpable homicide not amounting to murder on April 20. At earlier hearings Abdul Tulip
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    Lottery helpers fined $3,100
    52 5 Four men and two women were yesterday fined $3,100 in the Singapore Fourth Police Court for helping to run a chap-ji-ki lottery. All pleaded guilty. They were caught in* police raids in Tan Quee Lan Street and in the Chinatown area. Inspector T. S. Zain told
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    44 5 MISS CHAN FOONG HAR ol Singapore, a niece of Colony Legislative Councillor. Mr. John Layi-ock. and Mr. C'hong (hoon Fatt of Kuala Lumpur who were married at the Singapore Registry Office yesterday. The couple left for Kuala Lumpur after the wedding. Straits Times picture.
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    Singapore can hear a bamboo zither
    172 5 Singapore can hear a bamboo zither A Sanoi flute that Is played with the nose, an IndoChinese mouth organ five-and-a-half feet long and a bamboo zither will be among 80 musical Instruments that will be displayed at an exhibition in the British Council Hall Singapore, tomorrow. Scales will be played
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    Shape of coins of the past
    74 5 Not all coins are round and flat like those we carry about with us nowadays, said a Colony businessman. Mr. Eric Wodak, the club'a president, in a talk on •Numismatics" to Singapore Rotarlans yesterday. He drew attention to two kinds of antique Siamese coins.
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    Attempted bribe
    40 5 Liew Keng Kee was fined $10 yesterday in Singapore Second Police Court for attempting to bribe a constable with $1 when he was stopped at Moh Guan Terrace on Apr. 21, for riding a motor cycle without lights
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    Evidence clear —appeal lost
    57 5 Evidence clear appeal lost Buang bin Haron. who appealed against a lower court conviction and sentence of three months' gaol for attempted extortion, lost his appeal In the Singapore High Court yesterday. The Chief Justice, Sir Charles Murray- Aynsley. said that Buang had been convicted on clear evidence and that
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    Branch in every district is aim
    64 5 TUMPAT, Wed— Opening a new branch of the St. John Ambulance Association here, Mr. R. H. Isaac, vice-president of the Kelantan association said it wa.s hoped eventually to have a branch in very district in the State. The follow in.; offlc i i l.s
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    Two world union chiefs in Federation
    153 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. r'O world trade union leaders, arrived in Kuala Lumpur today to meet local trade union chiefs and to learn how Malayan trade unions work. They were Mr. J. H. Oldenbrock, general secretary of the I International Confederation of Free Trade Unions
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      240 5 Police Band: Public performance at Katong Park 5.30 pm. to 6.30 p.m. Public Relations Offlre Mobile Film Unit's free >ho»* at No. 5 Block F Mount Einlly Roud quarters. and Pulau Seraya. 7 p.m. U. 8.1.5.: Free film show— Rosary of the Mission, Farmers of Tomorrow j and Passage to
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    DEATHS
    122 6 MCOECHAN: In the General Hospital. Singapore, on Wednesday, 9th Sept after a major operation. Robert McOechan. need 65, very dear husband of Nellie McOechan 1 and father of Bobble. MR. TAY CHENG HAK, ace 60. pavsed away peacefully at his re-(dri'ir-r in. Pulasan Road (off Koon fiem Road) on
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS
    69 6 MRS. ELLV. the well-known Ladies' Hairdresser Is now employed by Maison Martin. 324. On-hard Road. Tel. 82fi37. ZEISS "DELTRINTEM" Blnorula. 8 x 30 is the established fmourite for Race Course. Sports A: Travel, obtainable from F. J. Optician. 10, The Arcade. Slnpapore SINGAPORE Art.s TheMre presents "The Yellow Jacket"
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      Development In Malaya
      664 6 The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development is getting into its stride. Its total disbursements now stand at $1,103 million. But the n:oney which the World Bank loans is not the only measure of the assistance it gives to unck veloped countries. It now Km a fund
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      Formosan Piraev
      317 6 The release from Korean operations of more British warships for duty in the Straits of Formosa and adjacent waters ought to put a quick stop to the most undesirable state of affairs which has grown up there since the restraining hand of the U.S. Seventh Fleet was lifted.
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      Singapore's Water
      298 6 Singapore's Water Department is still just ahead in the race between a bigger supply snrl a bigger demand. But it may be a close run finish at the year-end. The City's water onpineer, Mr. W. S. S*redwick. imports that with the r.dditional trunk mains that were procrammed for
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    Secrets of an old fort bared
    1062 6 Secrets of an old fort bared PAUL WIfcATI.EY CONCLUDES THE STORY OF .*****111. I \>l A fTHE chronicles of the Portuguese army which razed the Malay fortress of Johore Lama served as a guide for the expedition that went to the site this year under Dr. G. de G. Sieveking
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      'Student' states his views about Kirkby
      357 6 IN YOUR paper of A September 5, an unnamed "Penang Chinese Student" was reported to have said that Kirkby College was not "full value for money." May I, on the presumption that I am that student, address this letter to Mr. Peter Storrs the
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      A plan for workers' education
      155 6 THE difficulty in conducting Adult Education Classes is in contacting people who would benefit. The Singapore Council for Adult Education and the Study Group Movement sponsored by the British Council, are trying their level best to survey the whole problem and devise new methods whenever
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      'Exam is a nightmare'
      136 6 FIS time the authorities discussed the antiquated system of Cambridge University "passes" "credits' and "distinctions" awarded to students who sit for their Cambridge Examinations. What is the purpose of awarding a "pass" in Engllsn or Mathematics to students these days, when a "pass" H not considered
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      UNIONS IN SERVICE
      210 6 rdoes not appear that "Asian Taxpayer" has been following the controversy about non- pensionable expatriation pay with the attention that it deserves. "The Asian Senior Officers can in all honesty assert publicly that their conduct during the last few months has been in the best traditions of
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    On the Margin
    465 6 Taste for films IT WOULD be fine if Urn film fans' club became a film society. The film has long become an art. But to appreciate goo^ films. Just as to appreciate corx-iv music and good p;i;ntinu V demands a measure of oatience. No primarily commercial undertaking
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    HER CRIES THWARTED FIREBALL ATTACK
    140 7 HER CRIES THWARTED FIREBALL ATTACK AFOUR-Y E A R-OLD girl's cries thwarted an to burn clown a row of 23 attap shop houses near Elgin Bridge, North Bridge Road, Singapore, early yesterds.y. Her cries woke her parents Just as two flaming face towel.s. twisted into a ball and MMLked In
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    Suspects held
    28 7 •V Singapore Police have arrested two men suspected to have been involved In a remit series of robberies and thefts in Sennett Estate and Bidndari Cemetery.
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    Had no ticke
    27 7 KLUANG. Wed.— You Kiaw. 25. was fined $20 or ffkir days' Imprisonment for travelling by train from Johore Bahru to Kliiang without a ticket.
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    GOVT. UNIONS MAY JOIN FORCES
    152 7 GOVT. UNIONS MAY JOIN FORCES tUhitL.N unions affiliated to ■T the Singapore Federation of Unions oi Government Employoo.s art- now bein e asked for definite views on the formation of a single union or of "consolidation." The management committe P \of the Federation yesterday appmvpd in principle thes P two
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    Boy, 14, killed in cycle crash
    36 7 IPOH. Wed— A 14-year-old Chinese schoolboy. Lcong Yee Nyean. was killed In a cycle accident Involving a military truck at the junction of Brewster Road and Tambun Road thU afternoon.
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    Embezzled $8,648: 'Can we claim what we never had?'
    222 7 Embezzled $8,648: 'Can we claim what we never had?' UNIVERSITY'S LAWYERS WRITE TO FED. THE embezzlement of $8,(548 raised in Batu Pahat for the University of Malaya has created an "awkward situation" because the Federal Government has made money out of it, the University Bursar, Mr. W. G. Mclntosh, told
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    MALAYAN ENGLISH PRAISED
    166 7 MALAYAN ENGLISH PRAISED IPOH, Wed. MALAYANS speak better English than most people in England, said a British author, Mr. \\.k--tair Alpin MacGregor. who has written more than 20 books on history, travel and biography. He said today: "Nothing amazes me so much as the ease and facility with which Malayans
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    Earns $80: must pay wife $40
    115 7 Earns $80: must pay wife $40 A CUSTOMS DRIVER. Busu MB Mohamed Yassin. offered to pay his wife. Fatin:ah binte Embi, S2O a month in a Singapore maintenance suit yesterday. He told Mr. R. B. I. Pates. Sixth Police Magistrate, that he could not pay more because he was supporting
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    Study group needs leaders
    128 7 Fhis monthly report the organising secretary of the Singapore Study Group Movement says more qualified study group leaders are needed. The secretary, Mr. P. Markandan, say.s there are two reasons for the shortage. The standard demanded in the training course for leaders was very high, and
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    52 police leave 8 hours late
    170 7 52 police leave 8 hours late half an hour, the lieutenants went to the airport canteen. The primer pump was defective and Singapore was asked for a new one. Then it was announced that the plane would leave at 5.30 p m.— eight hours late. KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. rpHE 52
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    Penang tour
    31 7 PENANG. Wed Mr. Olden- brook and two other trade I union leaders. Mr. Karl and Mfs Barnes will tour the Settlement on Friday to see working and living conditions.
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    Seeing how the P.O. works
    59 7 THE COLONIAL SECRETARY. Mr. W. A. C. Goode. who arrived in the Colony recently, paid his first visit to the General Post Office yesterda y. Picture shows Mr. Goode (left) in the mail sorting section listening to an explanation of the procedure by the Director
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    MAGISTRATE WANTS OFFICER CHARGED
    100 7 Taxi driver is freed and.. MR. Howe Yoon Chong. the Singapore Second Police Magistrate, yesterday recommended that a police officer should be charged. Mr. Howe said this when he acquitted a taxi-driver. Abdul Manap bin Tonggok, of negligent driving. The police officer was Mr. B. L.
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    She was late: $25
    44 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed. Mrs Pamela Howe, who failed to get an identity card in time, was fined $25 in the police court today. She arrived in Singapore on July 15 and came to live In Johore Bahru on Sept. 1.
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    No permit: $150
    27 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Wed— Lee Kau Lo was fined $150 today for building three partitions in his house without the permission of the Town Council.
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    87 7 THE GOVERNOR. Sir John N icoll, inspectlnr a fuard-of- honour in the lobby of the Cathay Cinema last night when he Attended the charity premiere of "Young Bess" in aid of the Singapore Battalion, the Boys 1 Brigade, Centenary Fund. The guard-of-honour lfi hoys and officers was selected from thane
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    VILLAGE MUST PAY FOR WATER
    226 7 VILLAGE MUST PAY FOR WATER KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. THE 250 VILLAGERS Of Kampong Puah have been told they will have to pay for olpe-water. although they are within the Municipality. The Malay village, about 3} miles irom here, is not a water supply area so the villagers will have to
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    Ordered to pay for children
    98 7 Charged with failing to maintain his five children, Koh Tian Koon, a farm owner, told the Singapore Sixth Police Court yesterday that he would do so if his wife allowed him to have them back. But Poh Huay Neo. his wife refused. She said, 'How
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    $2M. FLOOD RELIEF PROJECT FOR NEXT YEAR
    244 7 $2M. FLOOD RELIEF PROJECT FOR NEXT YEAR A SINGAPORE City Council committee has approved flood relief projects to cost more than $2 million for next year. It also provided $760,000 to make up private roads which the council will then take over. The money can be recovered from owners of
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    FIRST LOOK AT LONDON
    37 7 THE FIRST of six chartered 8.0.A.C aeroplanes taking Malayan students to England arrives at London airport. The students were met by the Malayan Commissioner in Great Britain. Raja Sir Ida. and his wife.
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    He wants jobs for soldiers
    80 7 He wants jobs for soldiers PENANG, Wrri FROM this month, about 120 men a month will be discharged from the Malay ReBiment as they complete their term of five years' active service. The Commissioner for Labour, Federation, Is asking flrnv. to employ these discharged boldlers. They can work as door
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    Annual meeting
    25 7 PENANG. Wed .-The Penang Labour Party will hold Its annual conference on October 4 at the Junior Civil Service Association In Northam Road.
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    Hillary flies to London today
    129 7 Hillary flies to London today SIR Edmund Hillary conqueror of Everest, leaves for London by air this morning with Lady Hillary ana Mr George Lowe. During their three-day -n Singapore Mr Edmund and Mr. Lowr jointly lectured at the Odeon Theatre to 1,620 school-children and twice to the public at
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      109 7 rHE WEATHER Minimum temperature: 7.30 p.m. en Sept. 8 to "30 a.m. on Sept. 9): Singapore 75 degrees, s enang 74, Kot.i Bahru '4. Kuala Lumpur 72, [poh 71, Kuantan 72. .Maximum temperature: 7.30 a.m. to 7.30 p.m. on Sept. 9k Singapore 89. Penang 86, Kota Bahru )0, Kuala Lumpur
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    Students criticised
    71 8 KLANG. Wed. Malayan students lack the ability to think for themselves, Mr. Ralasingam. an old bo" of the Anglo-Chinese School, told rnnrp than 200 members and friends of the History and Civics Society of hi s old school yesterday. Mr. Rajasingam who left this country five years ago
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    THEY DIDN'T PAY WIVES WHO WERE 'GAMBLERS'
    185 8 THEY DIDN'T PAY WIVES WHO WERE 'GAMBLERS' TWO husbands admitted yesterday that they failed to maintain their families because their wives were habitual gamblers and neglected their homes. In case No. 1 In Singapore Sixth Police Court yesterday. Lim Tiak, a gardener, of Yeo Cheng Road, said he would have
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    Johore holidays
    41 8 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed. Tomorrow, the first day of Muharram, will be observed as a holiday in Johoxe. The Customs will also Of closed on that day. as well as on Sept. 17. which Is thr birthday of the Sultan.
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    Hindi exam
    29 8 Hindi examinations of Dekshin Bharat Hindi Prachar Sabha will be held at the Netaji Memorial Library. 6 Race Course Road. Singapore, at 9 a. m. on Sunday.
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    500 JAM OFFICE FOR 20 INDIA TICKETS
    140 8 Police called to control crowd OOLICE were called to control more than 500 Indians who jammed a shipping agent's offices yesterday to book passages in the Loksang, due to leave Singapore for India on Monday. The Straits Times was told yesterday that a
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    Fishermen plead for Burdon
    208 8 Fishermen plead for Burdon 'THE SINGAPORE Government has been told that the uncertainty of the return of Mr. T. W. Burdon. Deputy j Director of Fisheries, has camsed "a state of nervousness among locai fishermen." In a joint petition to the Governor. Sir John Nicoll, the FLsh Wholesalers' Association and
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    Singapore seeking $500,000 for more Crown land
    174 8 Singapore seeking $500,000 for more Crown land THE Singapore Government is buying still more land for Crown properties, the Straits Times understands. An additional vote of $500,000 is being sought for the deals. So far this year about $6 million has been proLast year the Government bought more than 1,230
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    German ship in Singapore
    63 8 The 7.200 ton German freighteu, Braunschweig arrived in Singapore yesterday on her maiden vogage. The freighter Nabob. 7.907 tons which is under charter to the Hamburg-Amerika and Norddeutscher Lloyd lines is the next German vessel due in Singapore. She will arrive next month. The Dutch minelayer
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    Appeal Week got $34,822
    63 8 Singapore Anti-Tuberculosis Association raised $*****.47 during its recent Appeal Week. Thp total is made up of Personal donations »14.424; Flag Day $*****.08; Cinderella Operetta by the Lydia School of Art and Dr:.ma (including advertisements $5,346: basketball match promoted by the Singapore Chinese Amateur Athletic Federation »2.545!)9:
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    Collapsed while taking test
    48 8 PENANG, Wed Hashim bin Bakar. a Sungei Bakap merchant, collapsed at the wheel while taking his driving test on the compound of the Registrar an«i inspector of Motor Vehicles office. Duke Street, yesterday afternoon. He died in an ambulance on his way to hospital.
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    New headmaster appointed
    44 8 BUKIT MERTAJAM. Wed.— For the first time, Bukit Mertajam High School, leading Government school in Province Wellesley, has an Indian headmaster. Mr. K. Ariayanayagam. of Teluk Anson, yesterday took over from Mr. F. H. Jones, who is going on long leave.
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    Lallang blaze
    47 8 PENANG. Wed— Two engines from the Penang Fire Brigade put out a lallang blaze at Khaw Sim Bee Road last night. It took the firemen only a few minutes to put out the fire on a vacant plot near a row o f new houses.
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    COLONY'S EXPENSE BILL RISES BY $26 MIL.
    161 8 COLONY'S EXPENSE BILL RISES BY $26 MIL. rE Singapore Government* expenditure estimates for this year have been raised by $26 million o $236 million A report on the position is expected to be made at th« Legislative Council next Tuesday, The estimates have Oeen exceeded because supplementary provisions approved to
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    Civilisation no good for this tribe
    196 8 /CIVILISATION might benefit V> most people but it is spoiling the Dusuns. a tribe in North Borneo, says Mr. I. H. N Evans, an authority on natives Mr. Evans, a 67-year-old ethnographer :s passing through Singapore to pay his third visit, to Borneo since
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    New ward
    25 8 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed.-A new ward for 11 patients has been opened at Tampoi TB Sanatorium because the Gen- i eral Hospital is overcrowded.
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    No permit: $40
    27 8 MUAR. Wed. For using a car at Jalan Meriam for carry ing passengers without a permit. Lim Toh Hee was at Muar finea $40.
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    Broke curfew
    25 8 MUAR. Wed. Lim Ah Jee was at Mua r fined $15 or five days' imprisonment for breaking curfew at Paya Mas Road, Tangkak
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    Car in canal
    14 8 A car ran into Rochorp Canal. Singapore yesterday. Nobody was Injured.
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    Sir Edmund signs City book
    141 8 Sir Edmund signs City book EVEREST conqueror, Sir Edmund Hillary, Lady Hillary and Mr. George Lowe yesterday signed the visitors' book in Singapore City Council Chamber. They were shown round the chamber by the City Council President. Mr. T. P. F. McNeice, the deputy dty Council President, Mr. J. T.
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    Audition for players
    67 8 A public casting audition will be held by the Singapore Arts Theatre at the Teachers' Training College on Friday. The audition is to select playcr.s for the group's forthcoming production "The River Line" by Charles Morgan. The secretary of the Arts Theatre. Miss Trudy Hughes, said yr.sterday:
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    TALKING SHOP Nice two-pieces
    197 9 TALKING SHOP Nice two-pieces ONE Singapore store has some most attractive two-pieces in several shades and sizes in rayon shantung. They are well tailored and are perfect for weddings, christenings and cocktail parties. Perhaps the most attractive thing about them is the price $47.50 I HAVE seen some really beautiful
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    78 9 is a dress that can gc places l,t is made of mat cotton material that looks so much like silk and washes well. Its wrap-over line is slirrmmg, the print, black over-prnted on lilac, is cool and flattering, h carries a stole of the dress material lined
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    NEW lines
    182 9 UERE are some new lines for this year and one I hope will disappear very soon. I mean the "sports" outfit, second from the left. There has been a rash of pirate pants and jeans in Singapore; I was horrified to discover these garments in large sizes. The
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    Smoking worse for women—doctor
    312 9 Smoking worse for women doctor VI r OMEN got more satis- faction out of a ciparette than men do. because they are much more sensitive to the nicotine in tobacco smoke, a doctor has discovered. This sex difference 13 so definite that it gives husbands an excellent explanation for needing
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    TUB SHARES ACTIVE: INDUSTRIALS &RUBBERS QUIET
    398 10 TUB SHARES ACTIVE: INDUSTRIALS &RUBBERS QUIET TIN JUMPS, RUBBER LOWER THE Singapore share market was a little more active yesterday especially in tin shares which, generally were firmer at fractionally higher prices. Industrials were fully steady but quieter and while the inquiry for cheap rubber shares continued very little business
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    Australian stocks
    153 10 MEI.HOURNE. Wed. JTOCK Exchange dealings had a buoyant tone today. Investors Hieiiited confidently in anticipation if good news lor companies in U>ii"lit a speech. ixilejs cover a wide range of issues uiri rises outnumbered ialls in all rinsing pricrg of srlected stocks ixi.is compared with Tuesday were: yn'3'.2'r.
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    WALL STREET
    168 10 NEW YORK, Wed. I LTHOUGH buyers returned Irom 1 the holiday apparently still in m mood they managed to idd a mild extension to the recent ecovery effort from 1953 lows. Tr:i(iinc yesterday, however. MM ii diminished volume and largely B*llllBl— a* prices developed a ■nr predominance of
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    TIN PRICE
    17 10 The price of tin in Sineapore yesterday Mas dedared at 5312.C2, a picul. up ttJRI.
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    RUBBER PRICES
    159 10 Singapore rubbrr market was dull yesterday with buyers and sellers reluctant to move. September first grade closed at 64? cents a pound, onequarter cent below Tuesday' 0 close. The closing tone was quiet Ciosing prices yes'erday In cents per pound were No.. 1 R.S.S. spot loose buyers 64.
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    Produce prices
    79 10 Singapore Chines* Produce chance: Noon prices per picul were Copra: sleadv: Up II; September S3V", buyers. $36. sellers; October S3fi buyers. $36' sellers Coronut oil steady: $55' sellers Pepper: nuietlv steady: White unchanged; Black down *5; About ten tons of white changed hands: Muntok white *340. Sarawak $33.V
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    Singapore shipping
    142 10 CHIPS lying alongside the blngapore Harbour Board wharves or expected today are Braunschweig 1-2, Bradeverett. 4-5. Mathllde Maersk C.P., Benavon 6-7 City of Perth 8-9. Singapore 11. Bentong 13, Awata Maru 18. Sigli 19-20, Renßam N. Wall 2. Reginald Kerr 21-22. Maron 23-24. Raiah Brooke 25, Magdala 27-2(1.
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    Exchange rates
    85 10 THE Malayan Exchange Banks Association made the followinc alterations In It* rates to merchants yesterday: CANADA: buying. T.T. 32 7 16. air mall. O.D 32 9 16. 90 days 32 9 16 credit bills. 32 7 8 trade bills: sellinc. T.T or O D 32 1 8. ready.
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    August rubber crops
    30 10 The fnllnwinc rubber crops for Air-us 4 arp reported: lb Bilkit Katll 34 Rl7 Alnr Ponesu WJM Brdonc Ruhhrr 53. 882 Trmerlnh Rubber 40.500 Tronc Rubber 29.150
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    Guthrie's outputs
    34 10 Outputs from estates and mines I In the Gu'hrle group for August were: Rubber 6.570.640 pounds, tea hlark> 171.000 pounds, palm oil 1.016 tons, palm kernels 289 tons md tin-orr SRS pinil.v
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    Bagby's Gold Cup hope works well
    763 11 JEEP'S BUKIT TIMAH SPOTLIGHT WATCH RICE GANG' fHERE WAS little activity on the training track at Bukit Timah yesterday morning. Only a few horses from the Bajjby stable were out for fast v.ork. Rubber Exporter. Bagby's Gold Cup hope, went the full Gold Cup
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    Yam Seng to Abdul Mawi
    54 11 J. SMITH and C. WIIITNKY. pre.si,|,.,,t U iul secretary of <he Maliyan Jockeys Association, and AKIUL 111 \r. (right) drink a toast to ABOIL \I AMI (tlark suit) who leaves for Australia next we«-k where hp will ride at the invitation of the .Melbourne Racing
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    JOHNSON GOES A STEP NEARER TO WORLD TITLE
    107 11 i-ii 1 1 \i ii i mi Wrd IJ IMUJ .Intirison. 23-yrar-old Philadelphia lifhl-h«avy-weichl, may t an rarlv lilt si Ihr world hra\ >»ri s nt championithip as a result uf his puints vie ton iMir 1.//ard < harlrs in a IU-round
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    Penang Blues beat P.S.C.
    156 11 PENANG. Wrd. PENANG All Blurs beat Ponang Sports Club by 10 I points >2 goals" to nil in a ruegor friendly on the Western Road ground today. The match was hard-fought, with both team.s who will be I meeting tlv Royal Bangkok 1 Sports Club later
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    EOS SPORTS CLUB
    70 11 OfnciHls of the EOS Sports Club iSpoits Club of the Department ol Social Welfare! for the ensuing year txt President: Mr. P. H Meadows' Hon. Bacntanr: Mr. Quek s«ir Hrn; Asst. Hon. Secretary: Mr. Wonir Toil); Serin: Hon IYea.surei Mr. I.cc 'Iliiani Swee: Hon Sports Secretary: Mr.
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    Miss Lau, Tan enter mixed doubles final
    131 11 rpHE first pair to enter the final of the mixed event of the Singapoiv Badminton As- sociation'.s Junior championships were Ml.s.s Lav Hui Keßf and Tan Chin Jin (Greenwoodt who toppled the luvuurites. Sheila Mills and Ng 4'-ng Kwang (Klowen. 15-4 »-15. 15-10
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    HONG KONG OWED WIN TO YIU TAK
    329 11 SPI.KNUID soalkeeping by I Yu Yiu-tak. the Bonf Kong Chinese goalkeeper, wu.s the match-winning factor I w hen tlie Hong Kong Chine.se soccer team beat Australia by I three goals to two in the j lourth 'test' in Melbourne on I Aup. 28.
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    SPOTTING THE WINNERS
    430 11 SPOTTING THE WINNERS TIY ten best horses to follow iTI at the Gold Cup Meeting at Hukn Tlniuh are: Khor Mousa: A classy lour-yeui-old by Persian Gulf who MM made wonderful progress since hLs iniliul races a couple of months ago; .striding out like a winner on the track; If
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    ARSENAL FAIL TO GET OUT OF RUT
    269 11 LONDON. Wednesday. I'll Kith was a deep gloom at Highbury Stadium x yesterday as the Arsenal failed yet again to pull themselves from the foot of the Div. One soccer championship table. The Gunners, honoured the world over, went down by 2-1 to
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    Rugby results
    69 11 LONDON. Wed: Yesterduv s rugby results were: Rugby t'nion: Plymoutt) Albion 3, Public School W.mderers o. Kugby l.rague: Lanrashirr cup first round -<", unil leg: Belle Vuc R;in;ers 14. WallinKtun 17 tßelle Viu* ellmlnuted on aK^reDOn ol 4j-21i. Yurhsliirr cup first round Masai |e^ Biamley 9. Hull 17:
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    Easy victory for Drobny
    85 11 VENICE Wed. The Lido of Venice tennis tournament opened \esterday with victories by Jaroslav Uroony and Sweden's Leiinart Ber'.ielin. lJtobnv l>eat Glatina of Italy fi-o ti-0. Ben;ehn beat Giullano Stiibani of Italy, ti-1. «-4. Another Mroaf conlender. Italy's Kausto Gardlnl. beat Nvs of France ii-4. 6-1.
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    Selangor train for Cup defence
    97 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. •pOURTEEN pluyers have been rhosen for tialnin K by the selunKor Badminton Association In preparation for their defence of the Foong SeoiiK Cup. They are Abdullah Plruz. Mm Koon Yam. Llm Kee Fong. Yeoh Teck Chye. Chan Kirn I eon^ Ire Yew
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    Umpire cautions two in Division One hockey tie
    380 12 JTOR the first time this season in the first division of the Singapore Hockey Association league, an umpire had to caution two players yesterday. This happened in the game between R.A.F. Seletar and Indian Association at Balestier Road which Seletar won 2—l.
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    Vietnam the only danger to Japanese
    231 12 team defeated India 5 -0 today JAPANS men's table tennis team dil.atcri India 5 0 today :n the third day of the nd Asian table t< nnis championships, being played in Tokyo's Memorial Hall. The Japanese team have won all four pames played durinc
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    Bhajan gets the deciding goal
    64 12 Naval Basp Civilians bfi-t Singapore Harbour Board Rrcrcation Club 2-1 in their Singapore Hockey Association Div. 3 league match played on the SHB Recreation Club ground yesterday. After a scoreless fust lialf. Bliaian opened scoring for Naval Base Civilians. Shortly afterwards SHB f-:>t the equaliser
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    HOCKEY DRAWN
    23 12 Royal Mala van Nnvy mid REME drew in a srorflpnx jjame In their SHA. Div. 2 (tame at Naval Base yeMerdny.
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    R.N.A.S. beaten
    19 12 RAF Tsngah 'A 1 bent RNAS Bessbawana. by fi 3 in h ruyger liiendly .it S<-tnb:iwaiiß yesterday.
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    Aussies will tour W.I.
    92 12 SYDNEY, Wed. I^HE Australian Cricket Board of x Control decided at a meet in* here tonight that they will send a team to tour the West Indies in 1955. The West Indies Board of Control will pay the expenses of the tour as requester by Australia
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    H.K. BANK WIN THE'A' TITLE
    302 12 H.K. BANK WIN THE 'A' TITLE THE Singapore Business Houses Football Assn. League and Cup compeiition came to a clos P yesterday. The following are winners of their respective Divisions: Div. A: Hongkong Bank "A": Div. B: Chartered Bank: Div. C: Ford S.C; Div. D: Mansfield S.C; Div. E: OverseaChinese
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    Shell shocks for Div. 'A' winners
    280 12 Shell shocks for Div. 'A' winners £HBLL Sports Club played very well to hold the formidable Hongkong Bank team Division "A" winners to a three-all draw in a Singapore Business Houses F.A. League and Cup fixture at .lalan Besar stadium yesterday. This was the last game in this section of
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    Army runners-up score 9 goals
    50 12 443 BAD. became runr.rrs-up ii thr Sinsapore District Div. 2 soccer lracue when tbty beat RASC Scmol by 9 o at BAD erounci \esterday ;n heir last game of he s<"»n. Armstronz i3V Bral-lord <3 > Wallis. Parker and Pierney were the scorers. Cap. Stocker
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    LATE GOAL GIVES F & N 3-2 MARGIN
    267 12 LATE GOAL GIVES F N 3-2 MARGIN FRASER and Neave had to fight every minutr of the game for their 3—2 victory over Sime Darby \V in their Business Houses Div. A. League and Cup match at River Valley Road yesterday. A fine display by Sime Darby? goalkeeper. Lsmai!. kept
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    FOUR ZONES FOR NEXT THOMAS CUP
    155 12 KUALA LUMPUR. Wou. THE next Thomas Cup bad- i minton competition will be in four /ones instead of three. The Pacific Zone la to be abolished but there will be two new zones Asian and Australian. The Winners 01 the four zones the other
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    Bukom miss penalty and are beaten
    220 12 PULAU Bukum. playing with Im men for the last 20 lninutrs, were unlucky to be defeated 2-1 by stunvac S.C. in their SViIFA Div. B League and Cup l.xture on the padang yesterday. Biikum right winner BspaWßl was ordered off the field by referee
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    KEPPEL CLUB GOLF RESULTS
    46 12 The monthly spoon competition of the Keppel Club was won by Mrs A. Murchlson (7 13 20 1. Mrs Teo was rur.ner-up. The Ladles Golf Union tSOrnameit went to Mrs. Teo H04 34--70 1 with MVs. Scrlmceour (109 3(5 73 i .secoi.d.
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    Champagne stakes
    38 12 DONC ASTER. Wrd sir Periv I.orsine's twn-yesir-nlc: roll Darin* won the Champagne Stakes i£4.048i i,vir mx furlongs here today. Mr. F. W. DaMafi Rowston Manor v.ns BSSSawI iiuci Mr R B liattar*! Sea Swan third. Reutcr
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    Saints win 11-6
    38 12 I*<J I m rappy but e\»-u h.u- dI nSJISr, Snlnl.s beat RASC by II points la K°al. try and pennlty i to 6 points fa try imd Baity) n't Ayer Ra.iah Road vest et day.
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    CRICKET DANCE
    29 12 The annual dance of tIM pore Cricket Association will l>e held at Raffles Hotel tomorrow from 9 p in. Admission Is at $2 per head dies optional.
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    FULL BACK ALSO JOINED IN G.H.Q. SCORING SPREE
    287 12 ROYAL Military Police XV provided no opposition for GHQ who wont on a scoring sproe. swamping them by 25 points (two Roals, five trios) to throe points (a try) on the Tniversity ground yesterday. An Indication of the i-y game GHQ had
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    Sletar kept Wallabies on defence
    189 12 Sletar kept Wallabies on defence ROYAL Air Foicp Selr<ar wrro the brt'rr Irani all round when they hrat RAAF WallaMes by 14 points ia coal ;>nd 3 tries i to nil in a rugger friendly at Tengah yesterday RAF Beietar tanraida showed murk rapciiorlty in both acrum and Une-up lino
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    Pearce's XI total 320
    148 12 SC \RBOROUGH. Wrri. A TEAM of Test match players organised by Tom Pearce, formrr Essex capt^n ,md Rusbv Union referee. 1 tlio first knnrk on a ko.m*/ pitch hen today and scorpd 320 all out. The Australians were 57 [or one at <'10.-. pol play. This
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    Y.M.C.A. XI today
    60 12 Younc Men Chris'tan Aaaortetion's hockey Uani me pore Recreation Club In ihe SHA Div. 2 lenpue at SRC padang isdSf Is:— Francis I.cc Te > Kail H:n Av:ar Sinch; S Hop". B ouna'.i ic<n' Chaa O'in I.enc. G S. Mcharda, V. Dnss Nasle Yap. Tan Soo Hi
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