The Straits Times, 30 July 1954

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    12 1 The Straits Times. Estd. 1845. SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, JULI 30, 1954. 15 CENTS
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    Teacher held for five days by police
    145 1 Teacher held for five days by police KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. f)OLICE here have re- leased a 22-year-old Chinese schoolteacher after questioning him for rive days about an alleged incident in his life seven years ago. During his confinement In High Street police station allt'Ra'ion.s that he had enter- j ed
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    Not conscience, just hoodoo
    58 1 NEW YORK, Thurs.— George Massman. who lost his wallet at a baseball game three years ago. got it back by mail yesterday with US$3O intact and an anonymous letter that said: "I have picked many pockets but ever since I picked yours I have been havine
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    Ten injured in gaol mutiny
    42 1 ROME. Thurs. Officials of Reglna Coell Gaol. Rome, yesterday revealed that 40 tough prisoners had attempted to break out and rioted for several hours. Ten guards and prisoners were wounded before the mutiny was put down.— A.P.
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    Tito gaols Bishop
    30 1 CETINJE. Yugoslavia, Thurs. Bi.snop Arsenije Bradarevic. 71-year-old orthodox Metropolitan of Montenegro, was sentenced here today to 11 years' hard labour for 'coaspirinq against the Yugoslav state.'— Reuter.
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    Truce men meet
    30 1 NEW DELHI. Thurs. The preliminary meeting of the Indo-China truce commission will open here on Sunday. The Prime Minister. Mr. Nehru, will address the opening session.— Reuter.
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    I'll advise if asked Kir Cheng-lock
    363 1 I n..tnr: imi.'i WLL STAUNCH MCA MEMBER < henf-lock r |n w ho ri'^iiMU'd President} tlalavan hin mom yes not retiring i politics. v ,ii Road ii Singapore lot k told the imes: "If the mv advice time I will ;i In them unofficial
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    Earth tremors
    23 1 VIENNE. France, Thurs. A series of sharp earth tremors occurred here early this morning. They were also registered at Lyons.— Reuter.
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    NOW HERE'S SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY WORTH -MAKING A FUSS OVER
    73 1 NOW HERE'S SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY WORTH -MAKING A FUSS OVER- DATO SIR I JILM.-I.OCK 1 is obviousl> completed unconcerned In the piii i tn 1 1 sensation caused by his shuck resignation from the presidency of the Malayan Chinese Association as he MM a magnifying glass to examine an Ivor.v
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    END-OF-STRIKE HOPES DASHED
    1058 1 END -OF -STRIKE HOPES DASHED Unions won't budge on back pay ATTEMPTS to end the strike of 10.000 Singapore City Council labourers again ended deadlock last night. Until late last night there had been sood hopes of the strike ending by this evening But then the Labour Unions Federation decided
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    Buy now or you may be too late
    112 1 Buy now or you may be too late TViE denand for the S first issue of The Malayan Monthly hat iEE f" r exceeded expecta- tion*. EEE Orders for additional SEE supplies are pouring in I== from all over Malaya. j ESE The Circulation Dcpnrt=E inrnt is re-allocating sucfi EE»
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    U.S. protest rejected
    54 1 TOKYO, Thurs. Peking Radio said today that Communist China had rejected a U.S. protest over the shooting down of a British airliner off Hainan last Friday with a loss of three Americans. The radio said that two British notes of protest delivered to the Chinese Foreign Ministry
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    Duke in Canada
    20 1 OTTAWA, Thurs- The Duke of Edinburgh arrived here today for a three-week tour of Canada.— A P.
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    QUITTING POLITICS?—NO
    3 1 QUITTING POLITICS?— NO
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    'Don't go'—cables from all parts of Malaya
    856 1 'Don't go'— cables from all parts of Malaya WLL LISTEN TO ME: TENGKU RAHMAN IR, Thurs. irg 1 n g rig-lock Ign from ot the Assont from Malaya to Singaaftei nnounced ng-lock'a .11 M.C.A. I M \.o. clrand it thai his in- n known few in and Kuala ir Tcngku
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    PLANTERS FIGHT OFF ARMED TERRORISTS
    113 1 i?OUR EUROPEAN planters last night engaged and r and put to flight two armed Communist terrorists on a road on tne Johore Labis Estate. The planters, engaged In destroying vermin, were travellinn In a Land Rover with a lull escort of Special Constables when they
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    Judges strike
    22 1 DAMASCUS. Thurs. Lawcourts in Syria closed today as judßfs struck for higher pay. Lawyors came out In sympathy. -A P.
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    Resign?—Winston treats it as joke
    124 1 Resign?— Winston treats it as joke LONDON, Thurs. -Sir Winston: Churchill today parried an > attempt In the House of Commons to find out whether j he intends to resign -and if so when. It was all in good fun, and Sir Winston seemed to enjoy keening everyone guessing Lt.-Col.
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    Deep freeze
    29 1 SHANNON. Irrland Thurs The British North Greenland xDeditlnn discovered lc> in ireenland 10.000 feet deep. aptaln Mfhael Banks, a nf-mber of the team, said here today.- Rrutrr.
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    ANOTHER NAVAL FROGMAN KILLED
    195 1 ANOTHER NAVAL FROGMAN KILLED i ROYAL Navy frog- man was drowned at Singapore Naval Basr yesterday, almost 24 hours to the minute after another froßman was killed by a shark at Telok Ayer Basin. Names are being withheld until relatives have been told. The man killed by the shark was
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    Calendar plan postponed
    51 1 GENEVA. Thurs— The Unit- ed Nations Economic and Social Council decided yesterday to postpone until next year a decision on the proposed world calendar reform. I The p-opoK-'d reform would revise 'h" 1 edstinc calendar so that faen lay would fall on '.hr sam Jite > u'-h
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    Going home
    27 1 LONDON Thurs. -Mr. V K. Krishna Menon. Indian chief delegate to th> United Nations. left London airport today on his way back to India.— Reuter.
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    Police in launch vanish
    37 1 Police in launch vanish HONG KONG. Thurs. SEARCH for a Hone Knnc; police launch with 10 men aboard, rrjKtrted missini; near Chinese Communist -controlled islands earlier in the day, was abandoned tonight by the Royal Air Force.
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    STOP PRESS
    168 1 > MUCH ><>> < n i J ill I»Kl\mn DRIVING LONDON, I Inn W I ll'.lll t <IH< ll M ..111-SC. .iiicl I -,ni:l,iiul em k> 1 I (llli.lV *****11 l lint MIH l< "."■coihl trial liii i ill ill v in;, r.ir under inllin in ol drink
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    Marie robbed .
    30 1 Marie robbed CHICAGO. Thurs. Marie Wilson, blonde Hollywood film star, reported yesterday that thieves stole a fur cape and a U554. 500 gold medallion bracelet from her hotel room. —A.P.
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    RED FLEET IN CHINA SEA?
    82 1 TAIPEI, Thur.s— Chinatone. There was no confirmation a small Nationalist nem <>f this report, which thfl agency, today reported that .mrncy claimed to have obSoviet battleship, four destroy- tamed from underground roners and two mlne.sweoprr.s bad tacti :it Tsingtao. arrived on July 15 at the
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    Police smash Trengganu little axe' gang
    260 2 HIRED KILLERS NO LONGER MENACE KAMPONGS ALL OUT DRIVE BY NEW POLICE CHIEF KUALA rRKNWiANU, Thursday. TRENGGANI' police have smashed the 60-strnng "Rapak Kerhil" (little axe) gang in the Besut district in north TrcnjjKanu. This gang of professional thugs, which has been terrorising kampones
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    Visit to Athens
    19 2 ATHENS. Thurs Empernr Halle Selassie of Ethiopia arrived here today for a four-day Official visit. Reuter.
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    57 killed as rain sweeps South Korea
    105 2 SEOUL. Thurs. pOLICE here reported this i morning that 57 people had riled, 35 were injured and *)x were miftsinc trn rta > s cf rain throughout South Korea. Pre.ss reporU from Taepu. central Korea, said a village of nbout 50 huts at
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    British firm wins U.S. contract
    56 2 HEIDELBERG. Thurs. The British firm of Rootes Limited has been awarded a US$l,BOO.--000 contracts to recondition 4 500 vehicles for the United States Army, it was announced here last night. The vehicles range from quarter ton trailers to seventon truck*. They are now at American
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    A MAYOR'S CALL TO MAYORS
    140 2 Help us NOW HANOI, Thurs. MAYOR Do Quang Glal of Hanoi yesterday appealed to "all the great cities of the free world" to help his people flee Communism. Hanoi is to be handed over to the Vietminh in October under the Geneva Agreement. The Mayor
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    The man who vanished
    54 2 DR. OTTO JOHN. Director of the West German Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution. Who disappeared in Weat Berlin and is believed to have been kidnapped by thr Communists. Dr. John's organisation Is charged with dealing with ('ommdnist and other anti-democratic organisations in West
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    FIGHT FOR OIL OASIS GOES TO TRIBUNAL
    147 2 LONDON, Thurs. Britain and Saudi Arabia have agreed on arbitration of the dispute over the oil-rich Buraimi Oasis on the Persian Gluf. Mr. Anthony Eden, the Foreign Secretary, announced the agreement in the House of Commons yesterday. The oasis U claimed by Saudi
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    MEMORIAL AT ALAMEIN
    69 2 LONDON. Thurs. A me- ber. the Imperial War Graves moria. to nearly 12.000 Com -I Cmmnij wj.^ monwaith officers and men for October 24 the twelfth killed In the Becond World W*r anniversary of the historic Is to be unveiled at El Alamein battle which turned the
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    Envoy exchange
    13 2 JERUSALEM. Thurs- Israel and Canada are to exchange Ambassadors /won. AP.
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    'WE DON'T GLASGOW' —MR. K.
    258 2 'WE DON'T GLASGOW' —MR. K. M.J6COW. Thurs. MR. Nikita Khrusnchev, First Secretary of the' Soviet Communist Party, cracked Jokes with the British Ambassador at reception here last night for the Chinese Premier, Mr. Chou En-lai. and the Vietminh Foreign Minister. Mr. Pham Van Dong. Mr. Khrushchev, proposing a long and
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    Missile factory
    24 2 LOS ANGELES. Thurs The Firestone T.re *nd Rubber Company Is building a US$2 000.000 factory here to make guided missiles.— A P.
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    PORTUGAL TO INDIA: WE WONT ALLOW 'FREEDOM MARCHES'
    205 2 LISBON. Thurs. Portuga. warned India yesterday that she would not allow Gnanese "freedom marches" into Portuguese territory and would hold India responsible for the consequences if the warning was not heeded. The Foreign Ministry here said the warning note had been handed
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    Crash inquiry counsel to study questions by the Attorney-General
    327 2 Crash inquiry counsel to study questions by the Attorney-General PROBE ADJOURNED FOR MEETING rpHE Kallang air crash inquiry was adjourned yesterday, so that counsel might discuss in chambers with the president, Mr. Justice Knight, and th. 1 assessors a revised list of 23 questions placed before the court by thr
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    lyttelton out—boyd is ln
    232 3 lyttelton out— boyd is ln He leaves the thanks of a nation (..a.mmmt yesterday 1 hi iM-hantf of n Mr I.WWIton ||,r Primr Minister. Sir ;"n,lon hurehlll I r Uon'i i" *ir Winston I rnoußh in our cabinet I ih.ii lor penraal I rould not s,rvc for tbotll l»o wars.
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    Cabinet jobs for seven in big reshuffle
    447 3 LONDON, Thursday. JHL British Government last night announced the resignation of Mr. Oliver Lyttelton, the Secretary of State for the Colonies, in a cabinet reshuffle involving seven posts. issued from Sir Winston Churchill s office gave these other changes: Mr. Lennox Boyd, now
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    IN TOO IS HEALD'S QUIT NOTE
    138 3 S LONDON. Thurs.— IR Lionel Heald, Q.c. the' Attorney-General, yester- day placed hLs resignation in the hands of Sir Winston Churchill, the Prime Minister! Sir Lionel, who Ls 56 ha* been attorney general since 1951. He disclosed his decision at a Conservative Party fete
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    Ceylon asked to, ban U.S. comics
    45 3 COLOMBO. Thurs. The Ceylonese Government has received a petition urging it to b;in American comics. Mr. R. E. Jayatileke, M. P says that comics are harmful to Juveniles in the same way as Communist literature is to iiriult.s. A.P.
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    Minister is cleared
    50 3 KINGSTON. Thurs. The Jamaica Supreme Court yesterday dismissed proceeding! for contempt of court brought against Mr. Donald Sangster. Jamaican Minister of Finance. Mr. Sancster was alleged to have wrongly ordered the release from prison of Mr. Frank Pixley. a former Minister of of £720 income tax.— Reuter.
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    Cancer congress
    32 3 SAO PAULO. Brazil. Thurs The seventh congress of the International Union for the Control of Cancer will be held In London in July 1958, the sixth congress decided here. Reuter.
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    Duke on holiday
    27 3 NICE, Thurs. The Duke of Windsor arrived here yesterday In a private plane from Biarr.tz to spend a holiday on the French Riviera. Reuter.
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    ONE MILLION FACE DEATH AND RUIN
    141 3 NEW DELHI." Thur». MEN, women and children fled from their homes for hlah ground yesterday as huge tidal waves of the Teesta River swept through the Northern Bengal town of jalpaiguri and submonred It. Ma.'tf evacuation was begun in the face of raging torrents
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    CERTIFICATE FOR BARBARA
    53 3 BARBARA GOODYEAR, aged 18. walks o n crutchc* to receive a meritorious service certificate from Princes s Margaret at a rally of 7,000 cadets of the St. John Ambulance Brigade in Hyde Park. London. Barbara, who haa just had her leg amputated, wants to be a nurse.
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    Big Middle East battles unlikely
    191 3 HEAD DEFENDS SUEZ CLEAR-OUT LONDON, Thursday. THE SECRETARY of State for War. Mi. Antony Head, said today that the likelihood of large scale land campaigns in the Middle East in the future had been considerably reduced because of the hydrogen bomb. He was opening a
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    Arctic search
    20 3 LONDON, Thurs. Russian explorers and oceanographers are in the arctic regions In force. Moscow Radio said yesterday A.P.
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    Reds keep a promise
    59 3 TAIPEH. Thurs. Father John Baptist Maye. one of six Americans whom the Chinese Communists at Geneva promised to release, arrived here today. Father Maye is a 44-year-old Roman Catholic missionary In talks during the Geneva conference, the Chinese agreed to release six Americans in exchange for
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    Robert put up car windows —and died
    78 3 Robert put up car windows and died DOWNEY. California, Thurs. —When Mrs Frances Relckle got ready to clean her house she put her three-year-old son, Robert In the family car. Because the temperature was 90 degrees, she rolled down the windows to make Robert more comfortable. An hour later she
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    LONDON STOCKS
    262 3 LONDON. Thurs STOCK markets were In a buoyant mood today, despite the tact that the bank holiday in close at hand, when It Ik usual for bustaeu to dry up. r KMnc middle prices of selected storks, not Including stamp duty, were Consols US Funding 4% 105 War
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    LONDON TIN
    25 3 LONDON. July 29.— Cash Buyers £148; Sellers £750; Forward Buyers C 744; Sellers £745; Settlement £749. Turnover a.m. 50 tons; p.m. 30 tons.
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    LONDON RUBBER
    39 3 LONDON. July 29.— Spot aO^id.. Sept. 20' 4 d.. Oct-Dec. 20 4 d., Jan.Mar 20'» d.. Apr-June 2O',d JulySept. 20", d.. Aug. elf. 20^^., Sept C.I f. 20 3 16d Oct cl( 20 3 18d lone: Quiet
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    He's accused of knifing
    49 4 Lee Pek Lens was charged in tin Singapore Fifth Police Court yesterday with causing grievous hurt to Goh Chenß K<at with a knife at Boon Tat Street at 11 a.m on July 25 Hi ffli remanded until next work when the rase will be mentioned
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    'I told of $40,000bribeto officer'—accused
    324 4 'I told of $40,000bribeto officer' accused -'THAT'S WHY THESE CHARGES WERE MADE' J IAN TBCK CHEW told the Singapore Assize Court yesterday that the charges had been brought against him because he had told Mr. C W. Lyle, director of the Corrupt Practices Investigation Branch, that a European officer had
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    He will ask for more playgrounds
    74 4 He will ask for more playgrounds MR JOHN LAYCOCK will move at the next meeting of the Legislative Council on Auc 17 that the former football stadium at Telok Ayer be, developed by the Singapore Government for schools. He will ask that the ground be conver' i.d into playing fields
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    Two accused of keeping fridge
    49 4 Hnns Chink Lam and a woman lens Wong Heng were charged in Singapore yesterday with dishonestly retaining a stolen refrigerator belonging to Alliance Radio Service. Both claimed trial and bail of $2,000 in two sureties m allowed. The cue wa.s adjourned to August 8.
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    3 MONTHS FOR MAN NOW IN PRISON
    160 4 3 MONTHS FOR MAN NOW IN PRISON lOSEPH SIM CHEK J MENG. aged 25, an insurance company employee, who is serving I six months' gaol sentence imposed by a Singapore court 10 day. c ago, was brought before another court yesterday for breach of a twoyear bond. He was last
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    He drove at 50 m.p.h.
    46 4 0. J P. King of RAF., Srletar, was fined $25 in Sinaapore yesterday for drivine a .'at at 50 to 55 m ph. alone Lpper Seranßoon Road and for not obeying a traffic light s;cnal at l am on June 10
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    FIVE M.P.s TO TOUR THE EAST
    95 4 A five-man British Parlianrntary mission Is to visit Singapore, the Federation Saavak. North Borneo. Brunei md Hon? Kong next month mder th" auspices of the rommonwalth Parliamentary Association. The party will spend nine iav^ in the Federation and four days in each of the
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    SINGAPORE AND CEYLON STUDENTS IN INTERNATIONAL HOUSE SHOW
    85 4 MR. 808 RAMACHANDRAN of Singapore was among a number of Asian students at the University of Melbourne who took part in "International Revue", a concert staged in two country towns in the western district of Victoria. Australia, recently. Mr. Ramachandran beat the
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    RAPE CHARGE MAN IS FOUNDINSANE
    73 4 RAPE CHARGE MAN IS FOUNDINSANE Tans: Mun Chuck, who had bren undef observation at the Woodbridge Hospital. Singapore, since Thursday last week when he was accused of rape, was yesterday certified insane and incapable of maklnc his defence. The offence was alleged to have taken place at Duxton Road at
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    NEW GERMAN LINER ARRIVES IN STORE
    121 4 THE THIRD new German liner to call at Singapore since the war. the 8.929 ton Hessenstrin. arrived here yesterday on her maiden voyage to th« Far East. Built in Bremen-Vegesack. the liner Is under the command of Captain O Roessine who has spent 35
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    169 are back
    17 4 One hundred and sixty-nine Indians from Madras returned to Singapore yesterday in rhe Jniapopal
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    $250,000 SET ASIDE FOR PUBLIC PARK AT PASIR PANJANG
    204 4 $250,000 SET ASIDE FOR PUBLIC PARK AT PASIR PANJANG THE Singapore Rural Board yesterday added $250,000 for construction of a 14-acre public park at Pasir Pan Jam? to its estimated expenditure for 1955. The board approved a budget i for next year providing for I total expenditure of $7,082,000 and
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    She is off to England
    51 4 MISS ROSIE CHEW, daughter of Penang Municipal Councillor, Mr. Chpw Boon Ke. will leave by the liner Canton on Aug. 7 to study law in England An ex-pupil of the St. George's Girls' School. Rosie represented Penans in interstate triangular badminton tournaments in 1950 and
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    YOUR RADIO LISTENING TODAY.
    231 4 SINGAPORE VM 1 15 ntne Signal and Opening Announcement 7.16 Morning Star. 730 News; 735 Melody Mixture; 8 1)0—8 30 Hill Billy Half Hour; 900 Music While You Work: 9.45 Housewives Choice- 10.30 A New Elizabethan Looks At World Problem*; 10 45— 11 30 rnday Matinee;
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    UNKNOWN.
    51 4 Xi SKURT] i band-,! |< An offlr i i "elimm.i' In thi rang a: Tuesday. Offirfr-rrfiis-ri dit wa i thfy would the "ellm on a i Tnrei flung a' camp I*. women. I ■table. Bgi Other of amm packs clothing I small bottl Choon Pi Battn his nat ink
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    He wants record of native life
    13 4 MIR I himsen, arrived native Oflirp Of
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    Red Cross sale
    33 4 JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs— A ji mole sale in aid of the I J>hore Bahru Red Crews Society will be held at the English College on Aug. 5 at 5 p.m
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    Club meeting
    20 4 The Kamala Club. Singapore will hold a cenera] meetine at 7. Moulmein Road, at 4 30 p.m. tomorrow
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    I GAVE I.0.U.S TO FIRM
    347 5 agrees he was living beyond his means Says a manager on charge involving $9,835 kl ALA LUMPUR Thursday SAMUEL ALFRED EVANS, foSJr m«JIUr of Storch Brothers, Kuala Lumpur, said in the Sessions Court here today that he took the firm's money and signed LO.U. (hits
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    He paid to avoid gaol
    64 5 For four months, a Sinpapore detective, Tan Swee Ann, failed to pay monthly maintenance of $35 to his wife Yesterday, Tan appeared before Mr. R. W. H. Davles. a magistrate, and was asked to show cause why he should not be sent to prison. Tan
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    Remanded on trust charge
    34 5 Ng Thong Guan was ysrterday charged In a Singapore murt with criminal breach of trust of a refrigerator. He was remanded until Aug 5 when the rase will be mentioned.
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    Two-hourly alarm
    53 5 Singapore Fire Brigade answered three calls at twohour Interval! yesterday. The first rail was at 3 30 p m when a car caugtit fire at Chin Chew Strert. The second and third calls, at 530 p m and 730 p.m were to lallang fires at Sime Road and
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    Appeal Court
    16 5 The Singapore Court of Criminal Appeal will sit in the High Court this morning.
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    Law test passes
    31 5 Inche Abdullah bin Ariffin ha s passed part 1 and Inche Saraiudin bin Ali part 2 of the Johore Civil Service law examination. 1954 Both are from Muar.
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    Life member of Red Cross
    58 5 The Johore Bahru District Red Cross committee has made Mr. Urn Boon Seng; of the Johore Bahru leper camp a life member of the British Red Crass Society. Mr. Lim is the first of tho^e living in the leper camp to apply for life membership.
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    524 arrive from Red China
    45 5 Five hundred and iwentyfour Chinese, mostly women and voune children, arrived in Singapore yesterday from Red China in the 3.394-ton Norwegian .ship Hoj Houw. Four hundred and two of them disembarked in Singapore, while the rest are bound, for Penans.
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    Refuse removal to cost money
    35 5 From Nov. 1. the Singapore Rural Board will make a charge for collection of refuse from industrial premises in rural areas. This was decided at the boards monthly meeting yesterday.
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    Welcome back for 'Alliance' limpets'
    180 5 Welcome back for 'Alliance' limpets' KIALA Ll'MPt'R. Thurs. MR. R. A. ESSFORD, a nominated Councillor, welcomed bark the "lion-hearted limpets or the Alliance" when the Kuala Lumpur Municipal Council met today for the first time since the I'MNOMCA boycott of the Government wax lifted. "We are happy to see the
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    PUSH ON WITHOUT PEPLER, THEYSAY
    143 5 'Plan for Kallang now 9 rpHE Singapore Government should make plans for the development of the Kaliang airport area now without waiting for the Pepler plan, said the Progresivr Party newsletter yesterday. Kallanc. it was expected v. ould cease to be an airport fn m
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    200 for big youth camp
    70 5 The annual All Malayan Anglican Youth Camp will be held at the St. Andrews School at Woodsville. Singapore, from Aug. 9 to 15. About 200 members of Anglican youth fellowships in Malaya will attend. Anglican youth fellowships in the Colony and Johore Bahru will be
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    TALKS YOU CAN ALSO FOLLOW
    239 5 TALKS YOU CAN ALSO FOLLOW even if you don 't know the language rpHE public will have the chance of attending I as observers the forthcoming Second World Youth General Assembly at the Anglo-Chinese School at Barker Road, Singapore, from Aug. 16 to 28. The Singapore Youth Council has reserved
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    ALL THE FUN OF A FAIR—TO AID CRIPPLE
    81 5 ALL THE FUN OF A FAIR—TO AID CRIPPLE The Inner Wheel Club ot Singapore is today holding a market fair at the British Council Hall in Stamford Road to raise funds to adopt a leper child. The fair, which will be opened by Mrs. W. A. C. Goode. wife of
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    Mr. Tooms dies in U.K.
    58 5 Mr. Douglas rooms, former Chief Engineer of Malayan Collieries, died recently in England after a brief illness Mr Tooms first arrived in Malaya in 1928 and until 1936 he was Chief Engineer at the collieries in Batu Arang, SelanRor. He returned to the collieries after
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    Nanyang varsity plans ready
    41 5 Plans for the Nanyang University have been submitted to the Singapore Rural Board for approval, the chairman. Mr E. V. G. Day, reported at the monthly meeting yesterday. He added that the plans were now being considered.
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    9 months' gaol for opium man
    40 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs. Goh Yee Theng was sentenced today to nine months' gaol and fined $3,000. in default another five months' gaol, for Importing 41b of opium on July 8. The opium was confiscated.
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Friday July 30, 1954 Mr. LytteHon Goes
    727 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Friday July 30, 1954 Mr. LytteHon Goes Mr. Oliver Lyttelton unquestionably has hpen the most controversial fijnire in the Churchill Cabinet. He is fortunate in being able to find for his i-M-apc back to big busiI moment of relative Complete colonial calm, overseas or in Westminster,
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    Sir Cheng-lock Tan
    288 6 So completely has Dato Sir Chenc-lock Tan boon identified with the Malayan Chinese, Association, of which ho wasj the principal founder, and so' completely has his leadc^hip of the MCA. been devoted re- cently to the Alliance with 0 MN'.O, that news of his intention to resign
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    Kalians Site
    258 6 In a comment on the Kallang airport site, which i? expected to be available for development in May next year, the Progressive Party's news-letter draws attention to the problem of the interregnum until political party government is established in Singapore under the new constitution. The Government, it admits,
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    Change form of questionnaire
    233 6 /X)LUMN 12 in Form Fl supplied by the Citizenship v Office. Kuala Lumpur, reads: "Particulars of proceedings civil or criminal brought against applicant in any court." Naturally many, though eligible, will hesitate to become citizens because of this Why cannot this sentence read Particulars of judgment
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    Teachers pay for the parties
    76 6 Teachers pay for the parties should know A that the parties given by teachers are organised by the staff of the school to entertain the judges and officials of the .sports meet, after the hard work put mto the organisation of the sports. •Taxpayer- think* that we are using Government's
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    Police and bus seats
    82 6 In an S.TC A bus on Tuesday. I was shocked to see a woman police constable In uniform glued to her seat while a Chinese boy. about ten years' old. hung precariously to the emergency exit handle She .seemed oblivious is she was immersed in reading
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    Damodaram 'not a Chirk ha'
    67 6 Damodaram 'not a Chirk ha UNDER the heading $16,000 for a $806 dodge you resort that 'a Gurkha private. r.V. Damodaram, from Sungei Patani I would like to point out hat you have been misinformed and that Damodaram Is leither a Gurkha nor a soldier it all but a civilian
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    Seremban speed limit plea
    39 6 PRIVATE cars In Bland Road and Keysor Road. Spremban travel at 40 to 50 in. ph. As these are residential areas the traffic authorities should put up speed limit boards along these roads. ANXIOI'S. Seremban.
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    Allotment of shares by company
    228 6 Allotment of shares by company THOSE of your readers, who 1 like myself applied for an allotment of shares in the recent Metal Box Company of Malaya Limiteds issue for which the subscription list opened and closed on July 20 and v.-ho are still waiting not only for letters of
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    'Open libraries on holidays'
    73 6 rE various public and school libraries i and thost include the U. 5.1.5., British Councils, ihr- Book Club. Kuala Lumpur' should tn nprnnd on Sundays and othei public holidays. It Is only on these days that most of thr English-educated people have the time and leisure
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    Car rear lights
    44 6 PROM my observation I r nnd that the light on the ear number plates of nearly JO per cent of cars are nut of order. This may cause des--repancles in the Information to the police In an accident. FOOK CHAN. Sincapore.
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    Special seats for Indians in new Federal Council
    957 6 IN principle, the undertaking with regard to nominated seats runs counter to the known methods of working of democracies. Its effect is that a fair representation that the community could hope to secure through the exercise of the dispassionate Judgment of Government
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    Leaders and times of crisis
    113 6 /\NE wonders who are the loaders of the people In Singapore. At election time, certain Individuals get votes and are entitled to honorific prefixes to their names, but where are these leaders when the election Is over? Surely, in times of crisis or trouble these
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    Rice imports
    71 6 GOVERNMENT Is to be \X praised for raising the ban on the free Import of rice into Malaya. But the policy of allowing only seventeen importers on a quota basis is wrong. Why not abolish the quota sy.sti m and allow importers to bring In as much rice
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    Working hours and labour code
    155 6 OF the strike of Singapore City Council labourers you report that to the Coun- i cil's suggestion that the work- 1 Ing hours of the industrial j staff should be revised to ensure an eight-hour Job every! day. unions said they were prepared to recommend
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    This is a one-year peace he says
    63 7 This is a one-year peace he says I Inrioi is only tern: iting will o i again, a b ml a lenco, ol thr vi tO p< litical apore :hairman of Com- :r.r Philippines ment In a p.ilIt h.id Ml I winch t lie n them. French :iold on to
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    Colony's best dancers
    19 7 ter won novice ball- hip b< ere Mi o Mis Maggie .inri Mrs. J. w. I
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    CHESS STAR, 15, IN CONTEST
    44 7 lIAHRU. Th hrlri at thi Holib Sing tpnrr. on Sunday .md Monngllsl hore Bahru. will be represent- od by 15-year-old schoolboy, i Rieh.ird Llm. Last year, he won the English Cnllrco chess champion- Ship and the Hnllandsche Club i-hampionship
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    Telegrams from individuals
    206 7 "I will be very sorry if h« w ithdraws." he said, "and 1 am sure all U.M.N.O. members will share this regret." He said he did not know if the tour of Penang and Kedah he had planned next week with Sir Cheng-lock would now be possible
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    Thief gets $1,650
    51 7 A thief broke into an attap hut in Jurong Road. Singapore on Wednesday morning knd stole $1,150 worth i of jewellery and S5OO cash hidden in the secret drawer of a cupThe theft occurred while the owner, a Chinese woman and her family were away from the
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    The weather
    181 7 MIMMIM TKMPKRATIRK: ,730 pm. on July 28 to 7 30 am. on July 291 Singapore 74 deßnfs. •m«ng W, Kola Bharu .3. Km.ii.i I iininur 72 Ipoh 70. Kuantan i 3 MAX IN T M TKMPKRATURr: ill a m. to 7 30 p.m. on July 29 1 Singapore
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    The message of God through a magnifying glass
    37 7 DATO SIR CHENG-LOCK TAN peers through a tnagmfWtng qlas* to read a quotation from the Gospel of St. John. Looking on is Mr. Wong, the artist. Straits Tunes picture.
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    A show of art that is a bit hard on the eye
    252 7 A show of art that is a bit hard on the eye PIE TINY ivory carvings ot a Chinese artist will be exhibited in the Chinese Chamber of Commerce when the Commissioner-General. .Mr. Malcolm MacOonalri. opens his one-man show at 5.30 p.m. on Tuesday. Mr. Wong Lo Feng, one of
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    Eurasian meeting
    23 7 The annual meeting of the Eurasian Association of Singapore will he held at the Singapore Recreation Club at 5.30 p.m. today.
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    MAN MISSING AFTER COLLISION AT SEA
    85 7 L A CHINESE momber of the crew of a bum-boat wa.s,TZ missinu yesterday after the boat and the 12.000-1 ton Swedish ship Ana Salem collided off Peak Island. I S The man was knocked overboard and sucked under by the wash from the .ships
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    INO PEP IN PEP PILLS —POLICE
    150 7 INO PEP IN PEP PILLS —POLICE 11 firms charged KUALA MJMPUR, Thurs. ELEVEN firms were summonsed in the Second Magistrate's Court here today for allegedly displaying for sale fake multi-vitamin tablets They were Naina Mohamed and Co. Ltd., S. Pakir Mohamed. Tai Sang Tong. Chop Faa Chou Fong, Kien Fatt
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    Man poisoned
    21 7 Siew Hoon. 69. a fitter, was found suffering from poi.-on-ing in a house in Morse Road. .Singapore, yesterday morning.
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    Special University of Malaya awards
    359 7 THE SENATE of the University of Malaya ha.s made the following awards on the results of the degree examinations held in Trinity term this year: SCHOLARSHIPS K\< HIIOK OF ARTS i Intermediate*: Mlm Marina Austin-Read (Honorary i. Ml" Oon Lay Yong Miss 1 c» Chye
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    Superforts test Singapore defences
    107 7 Superforts test Singapore defences rVO B-29 Superfortresses of the 13th I'nited States Air Kon o yesterday tested Singapore's lighter defences with a sines of attacks on the Colony. Royal Air Force V.impire anil Hornet fighters intercepted the raiders several times. The exercise ended with a low altitude fly-past by the
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    600 clerks reject Govt. plan
    120 7 600 clerks reject Govt. plan THEY STILL WANT NEW SERVICE bout 800 temporary rlrrk.s in Singaporr Govrrnment departments last night derided to reject the scheme to make 350 of the 600 tern i porary staff permanent. An emergency meeting of thr called by the Govern mint Administrative and Clerical Services
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    Govt. House is cabinet's meeting place
    93 7 CABINET meetings under the Rendel Constitution will be held In Government House, the Government's Under Secretary. Mr. J. D. Higham. told the Straits Timex yesterday. Mr. Higham said that alterations would be made to Go* ernment House to provide th' facilities for cabinet meetings.
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    44 8 l.ovoh .11 NX AI.I.YSON on the left is seen here during a studio chat with Mrs. Glenn Miller, widow of the former bandleader. Mrs. Miller personally chose June to play the role of Mrs. Miller in the film. "The Glenn Miller Story."
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    Chance for young folk to see old films
    272 8  - Chance for young folk to see old films JENNIFER JONES By YOUNGER GENERATION film-goers will soon be getting a chance to see famous films made during the past twenty years. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer have announced plans for reissuing famous films in pairs to make a double bill. The first double bill will
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    | The Battle of | | Dimensions |! is continued
    270 8 The Battle of Dimensions is continued IN Hollywood the Battle of the Dimensions is stil) raging. This month has seen a great deal of activity on behalf of new cinema techniques. William Holden is still travelling round the world trying to sell Vista Vision for his studio bosses at Paramount.
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    MGM WILL FILM CHARLEMAGNE'
    51 8 METRO Goldwyn Mayer have acquired screen right* to Charlemagne. Harold Lamb's new biography of the great emperor of the Ninth Century. Plans are under way to film it next year as one of the great adventure spectacles of all time. CJwrles Schnee has been designated as
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    WORLD OF THEATRE.
    516 8 ANYBODY who attend* every performance which Singapore has to offer would receive, in the space of one year, a musical education quite as liberal as in most cities of the world. This is the claim made in a circular to Singapore Musical Society members. The Society points
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    TO KEEP YOU IN THE PICTURE
    139 8 KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE. Based on Thomas Millory's "Le Mort d'Arthur" and starring Mcl Ferrer i- Kins Arthur. Robert Taylor as Sir I. a el»t and < lovely Ava Gardner as Queen Guinevere. Brilliantly photographed in Cinemascope. Grand entertainment. HOBSON'S CHOICE. Based on
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      324 8 The Straits Times Crossword 3 4 I* I I 7 I I 8 1 1 ajfl^ vvviy v?vn wu m^^ s§ w ~V~ 28~ ACROSS 7 National emblem has Its points 1. A botanical lap.se? (S>. (7). 4. Withdrew region from plant 8. An architectural order (5). <9>. 14. Clytemnestra's
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    Tom Sayers, greatest of the bare-fist fighters
    1737 9 Tom Sayers, greatest of the bare-fist fighters (1 crowd packed the corner <>f a field near Farnborough, W\ land, early on April 17, 1860. Roughs from nearby taverns top-hatted Members of Parliament. Peers and clergymen to net closer to a roped- off square where two men stood the waist. The
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      103 9 Sht'rlttt'li it tf tint's it's <jtini>tnrttft! fPirfi Trmep* I*h>nlig for it c«r/i.v<» "'"IH^HH I FvVELL AS AN EXPERT IN THIS CERTAINLY. J TELL ME, WWATS fOM^MVOUESS^ n--- J!^^TT^ DRILLING BUSINFrSSCWARUE. -^JIJli/ kfl THE PgHCEMTACE IS MAYBE W 3OOOPOOT YES. IVE MAD SOME FUNNY \ouVE OPENED UP DRY "OlßlbC SHRINKAGE oi
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    LOAN OFFER SNAPPED
    354 10 Strong demand in i ASIZKABI.E offering of Federation i Loan of 1052, placed an the yesterday was snapped tip with D fled. Thr loan w*i dealt in at $***** and the need which the offerint; found takers .showed oncp again the chronir famine in loanalthoußh bids havr
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    OFFICIAL PRICE.
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS. STOCKS
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    104 10 Singapore Chinese Pr«durr hange: noon prices per were Copra: steady; August $31 ers. $31-.. sellers: September $31 buyers. $31 sellers. Coconut oil very quiet. $52 j sellers. Pi; unchanged: Muntok white Sarawak $212 j. Lampone I H .B Ltd. ilo»inr price: cocor.it, oil. $50 sellers. H B. Ltd
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    38 10 i On the free exchange I Hone Konc yesterday th« 0 was quoted a* 5 785 for cash ar.ri I 70S for T T. I Sterling was quoted nt one uel of Bold at 25n sji
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    SINGAPORE SHIPPING
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      422 10 Survey shows ftik boys lead \?y in milk drinking J^r^tK In a recent study of typical LXm//,'^. milk consumption fur a woek, V r^-",^ it was found that MVnty-rVv I|"!^>*J per cent of the milk consumed HSbT^sl 'was used as a beverage The "*^*l. Rp*^T largest consumption was h\ J^*
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      573 10 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS MALAYAN RAILWAY Applications nrr Invltrd (or l oj ••rnrnt hk Health Inspector In the Health Department. Malayan ißa:l».i\ The salary scale of the post »ll! be il> For those In possession of RSI. Certificate— »lBox IJ--240 Bar A. 264 xl 2 360 Bar B 378x18-432 (11) For those
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      1236 10 TENDERS KUALA LUMPUR MUNICIPAL COUNCIL MAIN VALLEY SEWER Tenders for the above are Invited from Class A Contractors only. Further particulars from Resident Engineer. Tenders to undersigned not later than 12 noon, 10th September. 1954 Municipal Secretary, MOHAMET) DIN BIN ALL CITY COUNCIL OF SINGAPORE TENDERS SECRETARIAT: Supply if Uniforms.
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      731 10 TENDERS P.W.D. TENDER NOTICE Tenders from Class "E" and above registered Contractors will be received by the Slate Engineer. P.W.D. Selangor up to 3 p.m. on the 17th August. 1954 for the Construction of Two Block of semidel ached Police Married Quarters (Class "O") at Keillng Police Station and Two
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      218 10 NOTICE Licence fees in re paid under Notice nnhin 'he perl Road Tiafflc Ordinance, IH-T executed under Section Car SC 2fifi3 ■Xi .1 fi3 Ford 1034 .Ford i S 2471 S 3493 .Ford. 8 4145 i Austin i S 5047 iVaUXI SWU <Wolse!r\ 6H73 iWolselevi HRi!) i Standard I S
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    Australia aiming at more trade with Malaya MANY GOODS ON SHOW
    498 12 Australia aiming at more trade with Malaya MANY GOODS ON SHOW Australian trade with Malaya has increased over ten times since 193K the Commonwealth is anxious to step it up still further, said Mr. Austin C. Wood, Director of Trade Publicity, Department of Commerce, in Melbourne, who is on a
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    RUBBER MAY BE ANSWER TO DECAY
    168 12 RUBBER MAY BE ANSWER TO DECAY BRITISH scientists believe that natural rubber has opened the way to protecting buildings against corrosion and decay. Decay alone costs Britain some £200 million a y<-ar. AcordinK to the National Smoke Abatement Society, the Houses of Parliament have cost nearly t1.25 million In the
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    New life assurance company
    154 12 New life assurance company MANY pm.iunrnt merchants. bankers. UtdustrlalUti and doctors h:np subscribed to the Public Life Assurance Co. Ltd 's LsMied capital of SI million i made up of ln.ooo ■ham nf >ioo each, nayi the aaalatani nanacei 01 the company, lit Huang T.u rhiang. Directors of the company.
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    SYNTHETIC IS DIFFERENT
    115 12 The following notice has ht-i-ii di^pi I.-ii in the IS. wall a uatrr bottle offered for sale. "The rharac-teristw-N of synthetic rubber, from whic-h this artirlp is marie, are similar t<>. but not the sime as natural rubber. "Product., maile from *ynth«Mu- rubber should be kept clean
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    Indonesians want competitive prices
    254 12 Chance for Singapore traders 4LI HOUGH mon and More goods were bring s^nt. direct from the West to Indonesia. Indonesians generally would like to see a revival of the old trade with Singapore if only the Colony could offer more competitive prices than at present' said
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    H.I. comes to the Fair
    68 12 Ml! LAN H\Ml; left ISfN), l.urn.i Kiifcinrcniu Limited. Auckland. Nfw Zealand, arrivrd in Sinsapnrr this werk to supervise thr display of his firm's woodwork machinery at the Trarir l.ur which oprnx at thr Happy World tomorrow. Mr. Tanner wis nut In Mr. R. B. (irav.
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    France to have a synthetic factory
    128 12 France to have a synthetic factory PLANS for the buildirm of a butyl synthetic rubber factory in Prmnce with an initial capacity of 20.000 tons annually and capable of further expansion are reported to be nearinti completion. The parties concerned in the negotiations are the French government and a syndicate
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    U.S. rubber roads seen
    95 12 MR K. NANKIVELL. Director of Public Works, and Mr. S. E. Jewkes, Design and Research Engineer, of Kuala Lumpur, visited the United States from July 6 to July 16. The purpose of the rMI study the use of natural rubber in bituminous paring materials. They visited
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    Pulot Puteh does smart 3-f. gallop
    322 13 PENANO, Thurr PI I or TITtH. »-ith a rldln? boy Rutnde. (lid Mtmrt B«U"P n ;he training trurlc «t Pen«ng this morning when he < overed -I In M 7 4 S »ith Sadan (McCloud) for company. Pulot Puich. on lh<- Inside, wbj going
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    JOSKER II WILL MAKE BIG BID IN CUP RACES
    509 13  -  EPSOM JEEP. By PENANG, Thursday. 'pHKRK CAN BK no argument now about Josker the Second's quality as a stayer after his gallant second to Oleander in the Singapore Cup over lim. at Rukit Timah a fortnight ago. Whether he would have
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    Record entry for Colony cycle 'Tour'
    295 13 THE SINGAPORE Cy< le Raring Association has received a record number of «0 entrteo for their second annual lour of Singapore mass-start road race to be held on Sunday «t 6.30 a.m. So I.dr W. T. Cut hill vi<e-presi-dent of the S C X.A
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    Only one mast bare at Games village
    220 13 VANCOUVER. Thur.r THF FT AGS of T.i nations comp«llng at the British Empire and Commonwealth Oames. starting next weekend, now flutter round the square In the centre of the Iwpfcl Village ten Only one mast Is bare and that awaits the arrival of
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    Trueman causes a blush with six wickets for 109
    401 13 LONDON, Thursday. DAIN again restricted the English County cricket programme yesterday but only one game could not be started. That, with recent Test memories in mind, was Lancashire's home fixture with Sussex and the venue, not Old TrafTord. was Blackpool. Outstanding
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    Hanif knocks up his first tour century
    207 13 Hanif knocks up his first tour century TAUNTON. Thurs. 4 FINE Innings of 140 by 19-year- old Hanlf Mohammad brought a generous ray <f Pakistani warmth to a 5,000 crowd on a cold, rainy day here where Somerset bottom team in the County championship, opposed the tourists. It was Hanlfs
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    INDIAN ASSN. TENNIS TIES
    204 13 The weekend > ties for the indlan Association's tennis tournament are: Saturday: Handicap Singles: 7.30 a.m H Ganesan Vs. Rajkapoor: Dass Vs T SlvaraJ B.JI a.m. T J. Charlon Vs. n Nahar; Dr V. Menon Vs A. I Pern r a 9. 1S a.m. Chellappan Vs
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    MALAY S.A. TENNIS TIES
    95 13 Malay Spoits Association tennis championship ties for tomorrow are: 8.3* a.m. Handicap Single*: tomorrow Sulaiman I A. Sujak; Ibrahim Karlm v Hamld Bllal. I. A Alsagoff v Mahmood Yusof. A. Rahman v Said Sulalman. Hassan Alwl v Ibrahim Junied; Nazir Ohani v T.iman. Hamid Kassim v
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    100-7 OUTSIDER WINS GOODWOOD
    229 13 GOODWOOD, Thursday. BRIGADIER W. P. Wyatts seven-year-old Osborne, a 100-7 outsider, won the feature event, the Goodwood Stakes over 19 furlongs here yesterday. This is Britain's oldest handicap and was first run in 1823. Ridden by Harry Carr. Os- borne carried topweijtht of 133 lbs and
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    Souths stronger bowling a winning factor
    810 14  -  AN(i EAM HOCK |'nr, annual normonum cricKei maicn Degins ai 1 Ipoh tomorrow and South, with a record of a single win against North's four in the seven matches played since 1947, may take heart from the fact that their one victory was scored
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    BANK SPORT
    77 14 Sunday SCKTKR Austrian* Slncapore A', Jalan Resar. CKICUT FRirNDI.V: S n R Changi. padang: S.< Ceylon M < SC ground: Khalsa Alan. I Rradrirll .< KhaNa E rnunri: N on Renders v Shell. P. l.obar. ATHI.f I l( KINCAPORF. Wwtail' I<i ii. lion \s«n. sports. R.I. jrouii'l p.m.
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    AUGUST HOLIDAY
    72 14 By Today MOOT «AfA DIV. I: Rover* KoU Raja. Jalan Besar; JIMOR CI P (replay): Police '.V v RAF (hangl ■A. Gejrlanf. ATHI.KTMS OBTM9NI Methodist <ilrlV School sp«rts. al Oeylanx English School ground: STAMFORD Girls' School. SJI jround; BOON LAY Morning School. Rukit Pajang Srhool (round. Tomorrow (■cm
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    PAST RESULTS
    358 14 Last 3 games won by North r PHK results in thr North v South 1 cricket matrtirs In the past are: 1!»47 North by X »kU. at XL, 19IR Drawn at Singapore. I'Mi Drawn at Penan*. l!) 50 South by 275 runs at Ipoh IMI North by 3
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    PERAK TITLE HOLDERS OUT
    155 14 IPOH Thurs— Youthfjl Chiew Chin Khoon and Chan Hon Kit rnrnt «l -he c u-. i«nt Perak badminton champinr- :'■'!•> ..i>t night when the\ elimiBated lan Jm Eon;; and i.cc Kan i.eonK. the men s doubles holders Miicc 1951 in the xml-finals A|«rt from holding the
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    MERCANTILE BANK S.C. ANNIVERSARY
    44 14 MERCANTILE BANK S.C. ANNIVERSARY Merc.i.mle B.mk S|>orts Club will be holding their Third Anniversary celebration on Sunday at Mr. Chanc Meng I'll la n.s bungalow. Nallur >:i:iap There will i»e sjiorts and games throughout the day and Joget Modern at night with a dinner
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    32 FOR F. KARIB
    33 14 Fathul Karlb Club beat Indian I? C 3-2 In a soccer fnendh at Farm- Park yesterday Sahar i2> md Hamld scored for Karib; SteI>henvm and Bala for I RC.
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    SELANGOR TC DECIDE ON $500,000 EXPANSION
    229 14 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs SELANGOR Turf Club at a ■Pedal inertinc; tonight drrided v, cany out the first part of its rebuilding scheme It authorised the committee to horrow no to $500,000 for buying the steel work, completing the building, and Retting the r.eressary equipment
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    Another tribute to Strickland
    370 14 •YEOMAN SERVICE' FOR SOSC f FHK SINGAPORE Olympic Sports Council jrestcrdaj paid tribute to the ••yeoman service" of .Mr. F. Strickland, who has been its secretary for thr tari eight years. Mr. C C Tan. the president, told the annual general meeting at the V MCA.
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    Hazell is beaten by wet sponge
    107 14 ROM!- LTROPFAN ii ;i <: pion libeno Mr Oorrion HaMli on a technli SOl last nlch l when Hnzel: ed from his corner ocforr I round bell crying eyev nre closed Haiell appeared ;t. when he wen; the fifth of a fairly even he
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    BLARNEY STONE'S GOODWOOD CUP
    42 14 ooonwoon Suaan Mr Malcolm H McAtptl I year-old Blarney Bt4MM M 'he Ooodviood Cup run here today H»- beat Lord Roaeber tion by 15 len^':- M souepi. last yeai «a«. another three lei away third. Five ran— Hr
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