The Straits Times, 18 August 1954

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    12 1 The Straits Times tstii 1845 SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 18, 1954 15 CENTS
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    4-SECOND DASH FOR LIFE
    444 1 4- SECOND DASH FOR LIFE Bomb-in-towel bid to murdei colonel TRAP LAW IN HIS BED KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. OL. I. H. ALLFORD, 1). S. 0. com the 2 7 Gurkha Rifles, beat an pi an his life bj about four seconds in imp at Sunjrei Besi, eight miles from here,
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    Man who beat bomb plot
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    Is your entry in yet?
    69 1 I?\TRIES for The Malayan Monthly's $20,000 Must-Be-Won Word Puzzle Contest are rolling in. Have you sent yours in yet? The $15,000 first S prize arid $5,000 in consolation prizes =E must be won by Malayans. It could be you. Don't leave your entry until the
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    Russians arrive
    27 1 LONDON. Tues. Ten Russian professors, described as orirntoloßists". arrived here by air last night to attend the 23rd International Congress i f Scientists at Cambridge
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    Mystery of dead taxi driver
    238 1 Mystery of dead taxi driver A SINGAPORE taxi driver, Leow Sit, 55. was found rmirdrred in Chua Chu Kang Road yesterday morning His body, which had five knife wounds, was lying in blukar near the 102 milesstone. One dollar m found on him and his taxi was abandoned on the
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    Elephant kills her keeper
    43 1 AUCKLAND. TttCS. A temale elephant Jamuna which has been at Auckland Zoo more than 20 years killed assistant keeper Frank Lane 67. at feeding time today. Jamuna swims; \v r trunk and twice knocked Lane against a concrete wall
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    THIS FIDDLE PLAYS A SI 70,000 TUNE
    131 1 ISAAC .->i»..CV iiuri ii.ami. ally-known American violinist. arri\ed in Siiißapnre b.v Qantas airliner yesterday I carrying a Very Important ;«sc with SKO.OOO inside Pattiag the iasf fondly. Mr. Stern said it contained his .'l7-vear-old violin worth i; '0.000 The violin. a (iiiarnerins. was
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    Portuguese shell, retake fort in Goa
    167 1 NEW DELHI. Tins. A Portuguese cruiser bombarded the Ten-khol fortress in North Goa for 90 minutes today and tr on from the warship recaptured K from Indian i iteers" who srlzed it en Sunday, according to Rttfl II ports MTt. Indian newspapers said that
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    Why it is late
    21 1 Your Straits. Tinif-s la late this morning because of mechanical trouble Please don't blame your news vendor.
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    Snake alive! INSIDE a coconut
    255 1 Snake alive!- INSIDE a coconut KUALA LUMPUR, rues VILLAGERS ol Kam- pong Padnns near Ulu Yam Bahru in the Kuala Kubu Bahru District of Selanßor. are wondering how a threefoot long snake managed to get inside an unopened coconut The snake which the> Deueve is "kramat" (sacred) was found on
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    Snake saga No. 2 —15 bandits and a viper, too
    88 1 Snake saga No. 2 —15 bandits and a viper, too IPOH. Tues. A poisonous snake yesterday bit a Malay soldier fighting his way out of a bandit ambush in the Blue Valley of the Cameron Highlands in Perak. The soldier was a member of a foot patrol of the No.
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    Kogosho Palace burned down
    47 1 TOKYO, Tue.s. One of Japan's most famous historical buildings, the Koroslio Palace. In Kyoto. Western Japan, was destroyed by fire ln.^t niuht. Kogosho was the building where senior state ministers met on Dec. 9. 1867, to proclaim the restoration of Emperor rule Reuter.
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    STORE, 1954-' THEY SHALL NOT PASS'
    193 1 STORE, 1954- THEY SHALL NOT PASS' TWO members of the Strait* Times staff Ihh representatives of Radio Ma'aya and some member* of thr public were excluded from the Singapore I.egiMativr Assembly \estrrdav under rules which wrre enforced without warning for the first time in four years. The members of the
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    ALL A MATTER OF FORMS
    790 1 'But it was the elephant's rump that really got my hump* ir rHEKE> a meeting ot the Legislative Council." began the editor "No." I gaped "the old Social Welfare Department with a statue of an elephant in front," he went on patiently. "Probably one of
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    Wheat offer
    21 1 WINNIPEG. Tups. Th° Canadian Wheat Board U making available to exporters 3.*****0 bushels of wheat for Yugoslavia.— AP. I
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    Strike lays off 1,900
    52 1 CHICAGO Tues. American Airlines whose pilots have I been .in -trike for more than two weeks yesterday laid oti I.9<><> stewardesses, fiicht <n gineers and ground workers An additional 12.000 Wort havp been told that they will be dismissed in two weeks unless the strike is
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    Gunmen seized as Queen arrives
    211 1 Gunmen seized as Queen arrives BELFAST. Tues. DOLICE today seized four men 9rmed with guns and explosives a fpw hours before the Quern arrived at Belfast. Northern Ireland. to launch a new ship. The men were suspected to helone to thp Irish Republican Army. an illegal organisation pledged to v
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    Blown up by his own bomb
    47 1 HAVANA. Tues— A terrorist, who threw a bomb was blown to pieces when a second bomb exploded while he was still holding it. Cuban police believe. Four other people were Injured when the bombs exploded near a shopping centre here. Reuter.
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    Mossadeq's aide indicted
    34 1 TEHERAN. Tues. A military court today indicted former Foreicn Minister Hossein Fatemi Mossadeq's righthand man on charges of plotting the overthrow of the Shah. Fatemi was indicted on eight counts.— A.P.
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    THE QUEEN' and up went 400 Red glasses
    719 2 REST WAS ALL CO-EXISTENCE PEKING. Tues. A LOUDLY declaimed plea by Chou En Lai for Britain and China to work together to safeguard world peace brought storms of applause at the great banquet for Attlee and his goodwlllers last night. With Attlee
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    WHY ! WENT: ATTLEE WANTS TO TELL WASHINGTON
    172 2 WHY WENT: ATTLEE WANTS TO TELL WASHINGTON WASHINGTON, Tuev Mi Attlee would like to visit the United States to cive his reasons for his tour of the Soviet Union and China, according to the United States News and World Report. In it* latest i*Mie published w-vterday. thi* magazine said that
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    LOOK, NO FLIES, SAID Dr. SUMMERSKILL
    139 2 PEKING. Tuesday. WHEN the British Labour party delegation went I light MinllH hi Prkinu today. Dr. Edith Summerskiil discussed health problems with officials ot the "country of no files." Other visitors have noted the absence of the household pr.<-t In China despite the hot
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    ENVOY BACK from MOSCOW ON HOLIDAY
    83 2 ENVOY BACK from MOSCOW ON HOLIDAY LONDON. Turs. The Brltlsh Ambassador to Moscow. Sir William Hayter. arrived here by air from Moscow last night for his first leave since he took up the appointment last year. He travelled by .special Royal Air Force plane. Sir William Hayter Is to make
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    FRANCHOT TONE GETS $52,500 FOR FIGHT HE LOST
    129 2 HOLLYWOOD, Tues. Attorneys for actor Franchot Tone announced yesterday he had settled for L T SSI7,SO« ($52,500 Malayan) the U5563,666 ((190,998 Malayan) suit he filed against Lloyds of London for Injuries suffered In his flfht with actor Tom Neal over the affections
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    I'LL JUST IGNORE THIS BIRD AND MAYBE HE'LL CO AWAY
    57 2 BOOZER THE BOXER r and Joey the Budgie are E Oreat pals, but sovic- times friendship can be E stretched too far. In the E picture above, Booicr E seems to be ignoring his little feathered friend as E the
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    HEY. YOU, I'M NO LANDINC FIELD!
    48 2 BUI JOEY rtfUMt to 5 be ignored. He flies in E for a perfect three-point 5 landing on the startled s Boozer's nose. The dog E and the bird both belong E to Mrs B. Willcock*. of Sidley. BexhiU. Kent. A.P. pictures.
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    Big spy scare. in Siam
    67 2 Big spy scare in Siam 'WHITE R(ss! A ARE HELD BANGKOK A SIAMESE spokesma day that combing a r?rn islands i n thi Siam in search Newspapo-. that the r. applied to the for permlssK* ther two "V. Tvcts. Thr oewspapt suspect would before th> i One of said to
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    U.S. Senate passes anti-spy law
    35 2 WASHINGTON 1 Spnat. anti-sul vidine tl pracptirrv inn anti quiring r sons trail sabot a ef b ment The mci to the Hou v before I dent El. s en>Reutrr
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    STOP THIS TRIAL, COURT TOLD
    265 2 Bid to save Huk leader Taruc MANILA. I THE COUNSEL, for Luis Taruc asked a Mar yesterday to quash a rharee of reb< plexed with murder, robbery, arson and kid against the former supreme commander of thi who surrendered to the Government last Taruc appeared
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    THE SOAP AD. FLIER SLIPS UP
    95 2 DUBSEI4)OR^ lv'> TIIK Allied Urn Board hai S«iss from furthc C' ing In Oenaaaj he pilot"! .i P verti^inj: *o*p "<" seldorf Ju>l brfor. fU p.ist of K M thr Qaem's hirlMn The pilot. Rud«>lf nunjiiker, atrd W, »W that hr would pint* th.-
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    A-compromise
    26 2 WASHINGTON Senate last i •ent to the sentat ■ton ol I atomic enerjs> B I for Bye mon ment'a c i I patents. R< l
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    SORROW RIVER' FLOODS RISE
    273 3 10,000 boats are ready for big evacuation nrnmw HONG KON(S Tuesday. WOMhN, children and old men are being „rnvfnl CUa f I*" r Und the North Chi pro ince of Shanfftung as the waters of China's tnlZ °fw S °v 0W 7i he Yellow River-continue odav
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    Fight to outlaw Reds is lost
    72 3 Fight to outlaw Reds is lost WASHINGTON, Turs. T-. nas 10.-t its io outlaw mdiviiOt the ComParty. discarded a ■,Ul- oined and act- nlnlsmm- all mmuntst lawyers pronatl- a person Ij for not "being," Two versions bill the P -v with Its Icpal ived would andl- state or i ould
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    PLANES BRUSHED' IN AIR -AIRPORT MAN SACKED
    66 3 f I aft dnesday, I said today. an Airways .itx>ut to land at Le Bourfet, and I DC-4 Skvmaster of Air France, which had Mist taken otT from Orly. brushed wingtips as th--y circled 6.0(10 feet over the t'ity With a t'>tal of
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    DRUGGED BOY MEANT FOR VICE RING
    94 3 DRUGGED BOY MEANT FOR VICE RING CALCUTTA. Tues. The curious p;isser-hv thought the beggar's sack, was ".tnncelv heavy. The riescar resented his curioMly and there was a fight. The police stepped in and inside the sack they found a drugged nve-vear-old boy. The beggar confes>ed to kidnapping the child to
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    Crash death toll is 41
    73 3 SAIGON, Tues. Forty passcneers and a steward were reported to have been killed j in a Vietnam freighter plane which crashed near Pak.se. Laos, yesterday, when evacuating soldiers' familes from the Red River Delta to Saieon i Eleven passengers and three 1 of the crew
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    Road check in Britain
    68 3 LONDON. Tues. -About 20,--000 traffic experts today watch, ed main rrads throughout Britain in the first comprehensive traffic census for 16 years. The census, which will last a week, is to learn the growth and trend of modern traffic Senior schoolboys have been recruited in some
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    Family of three commit suicide
    36 3 BERLIN Tues— Wuerzburg police yesterday said that a family of three, father, mother nnri M-ven-ycar-old daughter, had committed suicide by inhaling gas. They had been suffering from an Incurable disease. AP.
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    Israel tightens law on aliens
    39 3 JERUSALEM. Tues. The Israeli Parliament last night passed a law providing heavy prison sentences for crimes committed by infiltrators from neighbouring states. The maximum penalty is life imprisonment. Offenders can be deported. A. P.
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    President sacked
    25 3 MOSCOW, Tues.— The President of the Supreme Court of Soviet Armenia, Mr. A. Arovan. has been dismissed. No reason has been given —Reuter
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    HEIR TO A BARONY KILLED HIMSELF
    209 3 LONDON. Tues. -The Hon. James Russell Rea. heir presumptive to a barony, who was found dead in a gas-nlled lodging room yesterday, took till own life, a coroner stated at an inquest today. The comner said it appeared Mr. R^at WIUS worried about his
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    WILFRED KNOWS THE TRICK
    48 3 IT iimik.s like a conjuring trick, hut radio star Wilfred Pickles and his wife. .Mabel, know the secret of making pennies "stick" as they add more to a 3ft. high tower in a London public house. The pennies will aid spastic children Reuter picture.
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    DEMOCRAT DEMANDS INVESTIGATION OF PRESIDENT IKE
    182 3 DEMOCRAT DEMANDS INVESTIGATION OF PRESIDENT IKE I'HICACiO. Tuesday r rill Uemocratic Party national chairman, Mr. Stephen Mitchell, yesterday said an investigation of President Eisenhower was needed. He said one of President Eisenhower's rinse friends had an interest In a syndicate which the President picked to contract for atomic energy Mr.
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    He stayed lucky at racing
    126 3 He stayed lucky at racing LONDON. Tues. "\|R. John Arthur Dewar. racehorse owner and chairman of the whisky firm John Dewar and Sons who became known as lucky" Dewar when his unde left him £1.000.000. died at Montecattni. Italy, on Sunday. It Is announced today. He was 63. Mr. Drwar
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    Plot to blow up estates foiled
    55 3 GEORGETOWN, British Guiana. Tues.— Police and troops ve.sterrlav smashed a plot to dynamite sugar estates alone the coast, the Government announced. Stocks of stolen dynamite were recovered from a canal at Port Mourant. a stronghold o' Dr Cheddi Jagan. whose eovernment was deposed last
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    Vanguard headed for dry dock
    54 3 LONDON. Tues. The 44 000--ton Vanguard, the largest warship ever built in Britain ami the only British battleship In commission, will enter dry dock shortly for repairs. Launched by the Queen, then Princess Elizabeth, in 1944. the Vanguard cost £9.000.000 apart from her eight 15-inch
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    His new job
    37 3 LONDON. Tues. Mr. Alexander C. B. Symon. aged 52. Assistant Under-Secretarv in the Commonwealth Relations Office, here has been appointed British High Commissioner to Pakistan. He is an expert on the Colombo Plan —Reuter
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    100 injured in clash over flags
    113 3 100 injured in clash over flags BOMBAY, Tues. QNE hundred people were Injured, some seriously, in a Hindu-Muslim clash in Nizamabad, Hyderabad State, after the hoisting of the Pakistani flag next to Mahatnia Gandhi's statue, according to reports reaching here yesterday. When local Congress leaders arrived in the town square
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    New drive on religion
    48 3 MOSCOW. Tues. Russian teachers are being warned to stay away from religion and not to try to indoctrinate children. The Teachers' Gazette complained that some teachers have been "getting married in church, bring their children to baptism and having icons in their homes."— A.P
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    New ambassador
    24 3 LONDON. Tues. Mr John Walter Nicholls, 45. Assi.stant Under -Secretary at the Foreign Office, has been appointed British Ambassador to Israel Reuter.
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    Two more join
    17 3 SAARBRUECKEN Tues The International Youth Hostels' Association has admitted Japan and Israel to membership—Reuter.
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    LONDON STOCKS
    359 3 LONDON. Tue*. IN view of the somewhat delicate International situation and the fact that one of the blgseat settlement* for ye«r« had to b* dealt with, the stock markets made a reasonably (food showing. With the new Uoo.oon.onn electricity Issue being launched tomorrow buyers were out of the
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    LONDON TIN
    25 3 LONDON' Aus. IS. (ash Buyers £728; Sellers CJZS^: Forward Buyers C*2B: Sellers t*2B' 2 Settlement £731. Turnover a.m. 35 tons; p.m. 43 tons.
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    LONDON RUBBER
    39 3 LONDON. Aub. 16— Spot 20<1.. Srpi It id.. Oct -Dec 19 ,d Jan Mar 19\d Apr. -June 19 yd.. JulySfpt. 19 \d.. Aug. c.1.1. 19' d.. B*pt. elf. 19' 2 d. Oct. cl.f. 19' d Tone: Dull.
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    Book gifts
    20 3 CARACAS. Tues. Sweden has Kiven 4.000 books on Swedish art. literature and science to the Venezuelan national library—A.P.
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    Even retreads liable to duty, court told
    295 4 LORRY CAME BACK WITH TYRE ON SPARE RIM— CUSTOMS CASE MUST WAIT FOR INQUIRY DECISION JOHORE BAHRU, Tuesday. A CUSTOMS officer maintained in the Police Court here today that all tyres-— old, new or secondhand which were brought into the Fedjeration for the
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    MR. KIWI' CONTEST TOMORROW
    76 4 MR. KIWI' CONTEST TOMORROW Eight competitors will take part in the "Mr Kiwi 1954 contest and physical culture show to be held at the Raffles Girls' School Hall tomorrow at 8 p.m. They are; Chan Wing Kee, Chai Poh Tsai. Ho Tong Seng. Johan. Lee Fong. R. Lim. C. Teo
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    Watered milk: $50 fine
    57 4 Supal Senayakrum. accused of selling adulterated milk, told the Singapore City Police Court ye>terday: "Water Is bound to get mixed up with milk when we milk the cows" The Magistrate. Mr. J. M. Devereux Coleburn. replied "Then it Is time the court dealt with you." He
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    He knifed wife: gets 2 years
    193 4 He knifed wife: gets 2 years THREW PEPPER IN HER FACE UENG JEE TEE. an ice 11 water seller, who attacked his wife with a vegetable knife, in- flicting four stab wounds, was gaoled for two years by Mr. Justice Tan at the Sini gapore Assizes yesterday. Heng. W ho
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    Youth camp for 100 planned
    96 4 Youth camp for 100 planned FIFTY boys and girls will start to build the Seventh Day Adventist permanent youth camp of 13 acres at Pulau Senang west of Raffles Lighthouse. Singapore, in an eight-day work camp, starting on Aug 23. A party of 17 boys from the I Malayan Seminary
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    Dope haul on Burma ship
    37 4 About $225,000 worth of opium was seized from the Phillip Q. which arrived from Rangoon on Monday, by men from the Preventive Branch of the Singapore Customs. No arrest has been made.
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    Segamat branch
    29 4 SEGAMAT, Tues. The Inaugural meeting of the Segamat branch of Party Negara will be held on Sunday. Dato Sir Onn bin Ja'afar will be among those attending.
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    CHRISTINE WILL MARRY A PENANG PILOT
    96 4 CHRIS IINE ill\\Dl IK 18 (above), a Brighton IV.mrtte" will marry Mr. Hilton Price. 24. a pilot of the Penang branch of the Mala van Auxiliary Air Force and a car racing driver, next month. After a holiday in Scotland the couple will return
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    Forging of identity cards alleged
    97 4 Forging of identity cards alleged KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. A CHINESE druggist satd In the sessions court here today that a customer offered to get him an identity card The druggist. Kwan Tuck Hung was testifying against Yee Kok Kee of Kuala Lumpur, charged with forging identity cards in February 1949
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    Menon leaving on Sunday
    45 4 Mr. M. Gopala Menon, Reppresentative of the Government of India in Malaya, who has been transferred from Singapore, will leave for India at 7 am. on Sunday by Air India International. Mr. M. M. Khurana, First Secretary, will be Acting Representative.
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    Toy gun robbers took $120
    46 4 Three Chinese and a Malay, two armed with knives and one with a toy pistol, broke Into a house in Ponggol Road. Singapore on Mondy night and robbed a Chinese family of $70 ca.sh and a pair of earrings worth $50.
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    AFTER THE POLL WIN —A VICTORY PARADE
    160 4 IPOH. Tue«.— The Alliance Committee at Ipoh jubilant over th-ir sweeping success at the Town Council election* on Sunday held a victory parade through the main streets of the town lact night. "We received police permission for the procession yesterday afternoon only a
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    Voters set up a record
    92 4 TELUK ANSON, Tues. In the first Town Council elections held here on Sunday. Teluk Anson made Malayan voting history when a total of 3213 out of 3,774 registered voters went to the polls. This represents 85.14 per cent of the total electorate as against Seremban'*
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    —REDS FIRE ON PLANTER AND WIFE
    100 4 REDS FIRE ON PLANTER AND WIFE KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. A SELANGOR planter. Mr. Duncan Kidd, and his wife had a narrow escape when terrorists fired on their car on the SimpangMorib road on Sunday night. Five bullets hit the back of the car but Mr. Kldd drove on. He stopped
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    Opium haul
    33 4 Customs men seized 283 !b. of opium on board the Philip 'Q' which arrived In Singapore from Rangoon on Monday. The opium was found in the course of a routine check.
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    $500 fine
    33 4 JOHORE BAHRU Tues. Chai Shou Thin, of Singapore, was fined $500 in the Sessions Court. Pengerang, yesterday for moving foodstuffs in excess of his movement permit in the Tanjong Surat area.
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    MOVE FROM BATU ARANG IS ON
    267 4 Workers switch from dying collieries to gold mines BATU ARANG. Tuesday. 'THE first movement of labour from the Batu Aranp collieries to other places of employment arranged by the Selangor Government began today when one family and three bachelors all Chinese left here by
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    3,000 visit photo show
    47 4 KLANG, Tues. More than 3.000 people visited the Klanc Photographic Exhibition held at the Great World Amusement Park on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Prints worth 5285 were sold. Seventy per cent of the profits will go towards the Lady Templer T.B. Hospital Fund.
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    Symposium on U.N. and Youth
    42 4 The East-West Society. Singapore, will hold a symposium on "The United Nations and Youth" at the British Council. I Hall Orchard Road at 8.30 tomorrow night. Guest speakers will be WAY delegates now attending tfc<> general assembly.
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    Malay concerts
    22 4 BATU GAJAH. Tues. The Malay Students' League (Permit, Batu Gajah branch, presented two concerts In aid of their education fund.
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    The Sakais and the sergeant
    65 4 KI'ALA LI'MPfR Tues. A Special Constabulary sergeant has been acquitted on a charge of accepting 543 from each of six Sakais rewarded $393 each for killing an armed terrorist. This case was mentioned in an official statement today on corruption prosecutions in the Federation last
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    FORMER PUPIL WILL BE ACTING HEAD
    133 4 \IISS NOELINE OEHLERS, a former pupil of Rai ITI Girls" School, will be acting head of the school from next Wednesday while the principal. Miss C Hinchliffe, is on long leave. Miss OMlprs Is a Mr. O. E. N. Orhkr rit-Mcnate of the new
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    The man who wants to play the organ
    84 4 The man who wants to play the organ MR. JOHN A. TATHAM (above), of the Royal Schools or Music in London, the man who will examine about 904) Singapore students in two months, arrived in the (ninny yesterday in the P and liner Carthage. Mr. Tatham. who has been brought
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    Lord Krishna celebrations
    41 4 Lord Krishna's will bp celebrated at makn-hna Temple. 179. Bar. Road, Singapore, on Aug. 21 4 p.m. with a public mcci and a programme of tani and Tamii n Thr next day there a special prayer at 9
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    Indian party
    23 4 BATU GAJAH. I Indian Association hr party at the R- Srhool on Sunday in tion of the Indian r dence day
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    SPEEDING CAR ENDED IN DITCH
    158 4 A CAR driven by Richard John Haines at a "very high speed" went to the wrong side of the road and collided with a van whose driver had taken precautions to avoid a, crash, a Singapore court was told yesterday. Mr. R. W. H. Davies,
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    Strike at mill on sacked 15?
    154 4 Strike at mill on sacked 15? TODAY IS FfXu PEACE BID DAY A STRIKE la In,, the factoi Malayan Text P Pnnress Elizabrtr at Bukit Timah r Singapore. Involved in to j the dismissal of IS about 450 workers of c *u K nc undei Both par- ment is the
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    TWO MORE MOVED TO HIGH POSTS
    74 4 TWO MORE MOVED TO HIGH POSTS Txo more local G 'officers have be*n apr. posts in the Singap Service- Pail II They are Mr F Chye. 34. an officer Strait.- Settlement C vice, who loins th" 1 vice Part I. and Mr. L'n Kun, 33. who hn moted to the
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    Youth hurt in road accident
    33 4 An 18-.ear-o!d Ind schoolboy C. F. O admitted to the Singapore neral Hospital last n seriou> n^ari injuries aftc ing knocked down by a car n Upper Serang'xm
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    SPLIT OVER THE LAND PILL
    66 5 Select committee six divided by 9 vital clauses epiecl committee which has been examining .Land Acquisition Bill has been unable to i,, I majority decision about two controver,iiim' I" ■ommit tor's report and the opposing viows rs were tabled yesterday at the SinsamciL v ii
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    Woman loses secret hoard of jewellery
    115 5 ABOUT $2,710 in cash and valuables was stolen in •liroe thefts reported to the Singapore Police yesterday. From a house in Hereford Road, jewellery worth $2,504 removed from a secret place. The owner, a Chinese woman said the jewellery was kept in the hiding
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    Catholic social
    37 5 Singapore Catholic joint en tertainment committee wil hold a social for WAY dele gates at St. Patrick's Schoo at 8.15 p.m. on Friday. Spocia vill pick up the guest; at the Anglo-Chinese School BarKrr Road.
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    Dutch frigate due in S'pore
    31 5 The 1.250-ton Dutch frigate Van Ziill is due in Singapore today on a two-day visit. She is on her way to Korea to relieve another frigate.
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    $300 MILLIOS SOW PAID IN WAR DAMAGES CLAIMS
    93 5 IIfIPUR Damage I onimission •i* paid nearlj ISM million since the end of Mjri the commisi n annual report, tabled i>'. meeting of ;>i>rr Legislative U<: tear 11t7.f1f.114 was iklllfl the total to date 1299,710GriKv mtal rvnenditure from the War Damage Fund
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    DAUGHTER OF UMNO LEADER MARRIES AT ALOR STAR
    74 5 TENC.KU KHADIJAH, only daughter of Tengku Abdul Rahman, president of I'MNO, and Inche Syed Hussein bin Syed Abu Bakar sit on a satin dais at the hersanding ceremony after their wedding in Alor Star. Wives of high Government officials, including the Mentri
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    Land reform is an urgent job
    240 5 MR. HEAH TELLS THE GOVERNMENT PENANG. Tuesday. T»HE GOVERNMENT should introduce a system of land reform to enable Malaya to attain selfsufficiency Mr. Heah Joo Seang. president of the Federated Teochew Association of Malaya. said today. "This Is a very Important and urgent problem
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    Dept. shuns dispute at school
    120 5 Dept. shuns dispute at school Singapore Education Dem. partment will not interfere in the dispute between the English Teachers' Union in Chinese schools and the Chung Hwa Girls' High School. Bartley Road, a spokesman of the department told the Straits Times last night. The dispute is over the dismissal of
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    Art exhibition
    30 5 SEGAMAT. Tues. Inche Salem bin Sabtu, District Officer, Segamat, opened the arts and crafts exhibition of the North Johore Indian Schools at the Public High School here yesterday.
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    STERN'S MUSIC IS AGILE AND BRIGHT
    223 5 ISAAC STERN, on his only appearance at the Victoria Hall last night, gave an exhibition of the most immaculate violin playing heard in Singapore since the war. Mr. Stern had arrived from Australia only three hours before but there was nothing in his demeanour,
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    'TOO MANY' IS NO EXCUSE
    82 5 The Singapore City Police I magistrate. Mr. J. M. Deve-reux-Coleburn, told a father! of "too many children" yesterday: "If you produce chil- dren. then it is up to you to look after all of them." Tan Poo Heng. accused of failing to have his child
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      255 5 SINGAPORE DIARY WORi D ASSEMBLY OF Y<»I'TH: exhibition 9 am to 7 p.m.; hockey Second general assembly, Anglo- practice at Balestirr Road ground Chinese School, Barker Road, 8 5.30 p.m.; Judo, bodybuilding and m tight lifting 5.30 p.m.; gymnastics COMMISSIONER lIKNERAL'S class for beginners 530 p.m.; Art RE( KPTION for
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    'Worry more about the welfare of Malayans'
    358 6 LABOUR REPLIES TO DATO ONN'S BLOW AT SOCIALISM PENANG, Tuesday. R. TAN PHOCK KIN, general secretary of the Pan-Malayan Labour Party, today criticised Party Nejrara for its "anxiety to preserve the interests of foreign investors rather than the welfare of Malayans." Mr Tan
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    PLAY WILL NOT BE DOUBLED'
    111 6 PLAY WILL NOT BE DOUBLED' I^HE Island Players will not stage the Noel Coward play "Relative Values" as planned, the producer, Mr. Donald Davies. told thr Straits Times last night. Hr said there had never been "a rnw" between his dramatic ITOOf and Tile Stage Club i over the matter
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    Caught out—the third time
    45 6 Caught out the third time JOHORE BAHRU. Tues. Ramasamy, a labourer on Shansi Estate, was nned $100 in the Police Court today for being out of doors during cur-| few hours without a permit. This was his third conviction for the same type of offence.
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    Dangerous trap' charge
    40 6 SEGAMAT. Tucs M Govln- dan, 30, and Raman, 15. were I offered bail of $250 each here after beine charged with settinc a trap which endangered human life and with unlawful possession of a wild boar ISC.
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    Girl drowned
    23 6 An right-yrar-old girl. Yro Ah Huay was found drowned In a well near her house in Kirn Chuan Road. Sinsapore. yesterday.
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    Public lecture
    32 6 The Australian Commissioner in Malaya. Sir Alan Watt, will give a public lecture on "Education in Australia at the British Council Hall. Stamford Road. Singapore, at 6.30 p.m on Friday.
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    POLICE ACCUSED OF BEATING MAN UP
    198 6 AFTER a Singapore court yesterday had refused bail to Tan Chwee Leong. alias Tan Tua Koh. who was tentatively charged with robbery, Mr. David Marshall. defence counsel, alleged that Tan had been beaten up while in police custody, i Tan had been remanded on
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    MALACCA TO HAVE AN ART CLUB
    75 6 MALACCA, Tues. An art club will .soon be established here A temporary commlttoe was appointed last night. Members are: Mr. Low Kway Souk, Mr. P. C Lai. Inche Majid bin Alias. Mr. C. H. Tan. Mr. Chu Fah, Mr. A. Kajapathy and Mr. Harry
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    Press agency man weds
    41 6 MR. CIIKONG BOCK YAM. Penan* representative of the I mted Press, and his bride. Miss Evelyn Ron. walk down the aisle of the Wesle> Church. IVh.uk after their weddinrMr. Cheong was formerly of Singapore. Straits Times picture.
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    MISSING 7 DAYS NOT A CLUE YET
    146 6 Hunt goes on for 'quiet 9 detective FfcETECTIVE TOH KLNG HUA of Beach Road Police Station. Singapore, who has been missing since last Thursday, was checking stolen bicycles when he vanished, the Straits Times was told yesterday. It is not known If the
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    Troops like the Tulloch Plan homes
    131 6 MARRIED Malay soldiers are "pleased as Punch" with their new Tulloch Plan homes, an Army spokesman said in Singapore yesterday. Another 38 homes were opened yesterday *4 at Pasir Panjan* and I on Blakanc Mali Island. The Bl.tkang Mati homes were opened hv Mrs.
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    YMCA picnic
    31 6 Junior Triangles of the Singapore YM.C.A. will hold a picnic at Telok Mata Ikan on Sunday Transport will leave the V.M.C.A. premises at Orchard Road at 8 30 am
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    Extortion is alleged
    52 6 Nj: Hoe Chew. 30. charged in .Sincapore yesterday with extortion, was allowed $1,000 bail in two sureties. It was alleged that Ng attempted to put Ang Kok Woon lin fear of injury at 10.25 a.m. 'on Monday at Kalian? Road. The case was postponed until Aug. 20
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    Social dance
    26 6 Singapore CMi Defence Association will hold a social and dance to welcome national servicemen at the Civil Defence clubhouse at 8 p.m. on Saturday.
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    Procession was in banned area
    76 6 Singapore police checked a Chinese funeral procession at Albert Street on July 23 and found that it was on a prohibited route. Snh Kee Bah. holder of a police permit for the proces- sion. was fined $20 yesterday I for not observing the conditions in
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      350 6 23. Low form of ornament i 6). Cm. 'a. T* I Haberdashery In the window Straits Times Crossword »2ZTZ-«,«** j 28. Cabinet maker gets lost In the JifiLd 2 <s^ 3 A ts^ls Ks^6 fSSSSfT^TSSSI North Sea (8). HI -T A «all game, actually >SK ■t^** *£Sk S^ £SS DOWN
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    TOO MANY ACID ATTACKS
    1145 7 Heavy penalties to continue as long as Emergency lasts Council is unanimous THEN PONDERS FIRES, DEFENCE, EDUCATION ATTACKS with acid, "one of the most revolting of all crimes," had occurred far too often in the last two years, the AttorneyGeneral, Mr. E. J. Davies, said in
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    OH! WHAT A WONDERFUL TIME WAS HAD BY ALL
    100 7 KI'ALA LUMPUR. Tues The o' er-7.ealous welcome to Mrs. Vljayalakshml Pandit at the Kuala Lumpur racecourse on Saturday cost the Selangor Turf Club about $1,500. The debris was finally cleared up this morning and it was found that 24 tables were
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    LAWRENCE CHIA, FROM SINGAPORE, AT ETON
    98 7 LAWRENCK CIIIA, from Singapore is one of the 2.190 members of the Boys Brigade from all parts of the world who are at the "founder's camp" in Britain. They are staying in tents on the playing fields of Eton College. The camp, which ends
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    BIG DEMAND IN PENANG FOR COOKS
    58 7 PENANG, Tues. Cooks and amahs are in great demand in Penang. Mr. Chla Slew Yin. manager of the Penang Employment Exchange, said today. Fifty applicants found employment through the exchange In July. Of these 24 were cooks and domestic servants. A total ot 637
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    Man fined $200
    30 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Long Hup. aged 44. of Pudu Road, was fined $200 at Kuala Lumpur today for allowing his room to be used for opium smoking.
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    Mill agrees to pay 100 double wages
    150 7 THE Singapore Hock Gin Guan sago mill owners yesterday agreed to make back payment of double wages to all their labourers who worked on Labour Code gazetted holidays since March last year. The agreement was reached i at a meeting between the! Factory
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    Opium man fined $300
    66 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. Lee Moon Thong, aged 45, of San Peng Road, was fined a total of $300 today for possession of opium and smoking utensils Lee. who pleaded guilty, was fined $200 on the first charge and $100 on the second. When police raided his
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    Coloured phones don't interest them
    127 7 (SINGAPORE subscribers have shown little Interest In the red. white or green telephones which are now available. Mr. A. J. Thursfleld. general manager of the Oriental Telephone and Electric Co., Ltd., told the Straits Times yesterday. There have been only two or three inquiries. Mr.
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    TEXTBOOK SPIVS? NO ONE SAID SO—GOODE
    171 7 TEXTBOOK SPIVS? NO ONE SAID SO— GOODE THE Singapore Government has not accused Government-aided English schools in the Colony of profiteering in the sale of textbooks to pupils. Th's was stated at yesterday's meeting of the Legislative Council in a written answer to a question from Mr. C C. Tan
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    Breaking in alleged
    38 7 Lim Chin Her was charged in Singapore yesterday with housebreaking and theft of 35 rolls of cloth on Feb. 13. No plea was recorded. Bail of $1,000 in two sureties was fixed until Aug. 24.
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    Woman fined
    34 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. A woman. Toong Yew. of Sungei Bulon new village. was fined $75 at Kuala Lumpur today for possession of six tahils of cooked rice in a food prohibited area.
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Wed. Aug. 18. 1954 Let Them Inside
    771 8 The Straits Times Singapore, Wed. Aug. 18. 1954 Let Them Inside Few citizens of Singapore ever exercise their right to hear their Legislative Councillors debate and decide public affairs. They know that the task of Getting into the public gallery of the Council Chamber is not worth the reward of
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    Bomb Blast
    419 8 Other public relations officers in Singapore have been running round for the past five days trying to find an answer to a simple question put to them by i the Straits Times. They have not found the answer yet or if they have, they deem it better not
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    Get To The Root
    141 8 Good news comes from the Federation. Last month there were 18 prosecutions, resulting in 16 convictions, for corruption! among ordinary citizens. The good news lies not in the fact that there is corruption but that those slimy creatures who 1 believe a currency note is the
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    Will India remain in the Commonwealth?
    1995 8 One of India's most forthright critics of Western expansionism in Asia, past and present, emphasises the new strength and prestige gained by a "Britasian" Commonwealth from its multi-racial composition. IT may sound strange, 1 but it is none the less true that one of
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    'Operation Service' at hospital
    124 8 'Operation Service' at hospital |IECENTLY I went to the General Hospital at Alor Star for treatment. After seeing the doctor, I had to get my medicine from another room. There, I handed my card to the Chinese hospital assistant in charge. He looked at me and said some words which
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    Attack showed 'a aesire to murder'
    288 8 I SHOULD like to comment on the letter from Mr. ChrisI topher Shawcross, published in your issue of August 16. Mr. Shawcross states that "It seemed obvious that they (the Communist terrorists) had no desire to murder Mr. Gibson or to kill me". What
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    On the Margin
    333 8 On the Margin This irony AT a Sinu, found myseli Guthrie Molr president ol I 1 blv of Youth, h I raemorl I world becaus< I prisoner o n the I I The broad-shouldi I headed young I to Enelaml. I into politic:. <■ I test the Buckinzha I here
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    police hushed hushed bomb bid on the Gurkha colonel's life
    205 9 camp have been interrogated by the police A 5.1.8. spokesman said that the attack could have been inspired by anyone "including terrorists." Col. Allford. aged 42. commands one of the top terror-ist-killing units in the country. When he took over
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    Visitor loses a camera
    45 9 Visitor loses a camera An American visitor from Jakarta. Mr. Frank Alwin Seffin. reported he lost a $250 camera on arrival in Singapore on Monday. The camera was missing when he reached a hotel in Beach Road. He had the camera at the; Knllang airport.
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    THE HUNGRY WAY TO GET THOSE COLLEGE FUNDS
    89 9 It fl M. M 1.-han. 34 n a 121-hour ir the m Muslim I minutes Mr. ted more than n his fast. Mr. Straits Tin In conjunction I with the All Malaya Muslim' Collepe Fund Committee to collect $4,000,000 before the end
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    Nothing personal in this, they all assure Jorge
    115 9 Nothing personal in this, they all assure Jorge AFTER THAT SNUB TO UNSTABLE' GUATEMALA: WORLD Assembly 0! Youth delegates are making a special effort to be nice to Guatemala's Jorge Escobar They are showing hin, that a "snub" be re ceived at a recent eredenti a 1 s' committee meeting
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    Prominent after Red overthrow
    117 9 It achieved prominence only after the overthrow of the Arbenz Government, when the government-supported Communist University Democratic Front wa s outlawed. The Belßian delegate, supported by the British and three other delecations, argued that the acceptance of Guatemala as a member now might provide propaganda ammunition
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    Instability it no reason
    124 9 Instability it no reason On the vote, however. Guatemala was admitted to WAY. with the five countries who objected abstaining. And, yesterday. Mr E.-^-obar in an interview with th e Straits Times answered the arguments of the abstaining countries He said that it was unreasonable to object to Guatemala's admission
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    Grateful to his comrades
    81 9 They were involved in politics while mv organisation was not. Besides my organisation is rapidly expanding, and while it mlßht be said that we do not a s yet represent the majority, there is no other organisation whiah is more representative than ours." Mr Escobar, aged
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    TEAR GAS IT IS
    130 9 Police admit it now and say: We are so sorry rpHE mystery of the crying 1 wave which swept a kampong off Changl Road. Sinsapore. last Thursday has been solved It was tear gas. The affected area Is about one mile south of the Police Reserve
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    1,311 NEW BICYCLES ON THE ROADS
    62 9 1,311 NEW BICYCLES ON THE ROADS A total of 1.311 bicycles were registered in Singapore last month, bringing the registration figure to 172.378. Registration of private cars shows an increase from 32.706 in June to 32.951, and the number of motor-cycles also went up from 7.016 to 7.086. Forty-seven trishas
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    Mr. Pritt clears the first Bar
    105 9 Mr. Pritt clears the first Bar MR I) V PRITT, Q. C. brought from London to defend einht University of Malaya students accused of sedition has been recommended suitable for admission to thr Singapore Bar. He was rxaminrd b> Mr. C.H Huttrrfi.-ld. Q.C.. the Solicit-or-General. Dr CH WithersPayne and Mr.
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    MPs: WHY SO FEW UK DELEGATES TO WAY?
    116 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Tuesday. rpHE five British MPs. who arrived here today on a 1 South-East Asia tour told the Straits Times they were surprised at the small number of delegates Representing the United Kingdom at the World Assembly of Youth in Singapore.
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    Youth delegates arrive late
    54 9 Three delegates from Burma and Pakistan arrived in Singapore by BOAC airliner yesterday, a day and a half late for the Worlk Youth Assembly. Miss Meher Daruwala. from Pakistan wa.s held up by Illness while Miss Tin Tin and U Hla Thrin i Burma had to
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    WAY IS HARD AT IT NOW IN THE 13 POSER WORKSHOPS
    520 9 WAY IS HARD AT IT NOW IN THE 13 POSER WORKSHOPS VfORE than 300 delek"* gates from 54 countries yesterday sat down n 13 "workshops" at the World Assembly of Youth in Singapore and icgaii to hammer inswers to *he problem? ihey have set them elves to solve. And their
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    Are you looking for a bangle?
    37 9 A child's gold bangle believed >mien. is now in the hands of the Singapore Police Claims should be made to Inspector Chan Onn Van of the Secret Societies' Sub Branch. C.I.D.
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    THEN IT WILL BE THE SONG & DANCE WAY
    266 9 THEN IT WILL BE THE SONG DANCE WAY rpHERK will he something 1 for everybody at the International concert for WAY. delecates which thr Singapore City Council i* staging on the City Halt steps on Saturday. For the first half of the Utminute programme loral artistes will entertain the visitors.
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    WAY delegates give a party
    47 9 British delegates to th general assembly of WAY In Singapore yesterday entertained 30 repre^-cntatnrs of the Commonwealth Youth to a social at the University of Malaya campus The p (>:■ v ntatives carrif from Singapore. Hong Kong Pakistan. Malta O\lon. Australia and Mauritius
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      173 9 The weather MINIMUM TEMPERATURE: (7 30 p.m. on Aug. 16 to 7.30 a.m. en Aug. 17) Singapore 73 degrees. Penanx 75. Kota Bahru 73. Kuala Lumpur 74. Ipoli 75. Kuantan 75. MAXIM I'M TEMPERATI'RE: 1 7.30 a.m. to 7.30 p.m. on Aug. 17) Singapore 87 degrees. Penang 89. Kola Bahru
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      All-night revelry and youth
      305 10 All-night revelry and youth 1 THE great change in the out-look of people in 1 the last few years is most I interesting. Take this all--1 night ball which is to end the World Assembly of I Youth in Singapore. I doubt If such a thing ever happened before the
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      Municipal limit extension
      66 10 Municipal limit extension YOU had a report recently about the question of the extension of the Municipal limit to Include Glugor. Ayer Itam and Tanjong Tokong. This was followed by a memorandum addressed to the Government by the protest committee representing these three areas. Since then, nothing has been heard.
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      Freeze only those lands needed for development
      776 10 f HAVE followed with j 1 interest the battle' royal which has been i going on over the proposal to freeze land values in Singapore as a preliminary to the publication of the Master Plan. The protagonists appear to range themselves on two
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      East coast train service
      127 10 East coast train service THE train service on the x east coast very poor, especially the local trains. It Is mostly late. MMttMM by hours. The coaches are I untidy and for most of tin time, water is not available. If the train is on time, th launch is not.
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      'LET THE PUBLIC TAKE PART IN IT'
      368 10 I AM glad to read the letter by the chairman of the Singapore Aftercare Association but am not sure whether I am twenty years too early or twenty years too late in writing on this subject of the caro of discharged prisoners and
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      JAPAN MUST BE HELPED
      227 10 JAPAN MUST BE HELPED IRRESPECTIVE of your lead--1 ing article on the subject. I maintain that the liberalisation of trade by ieven> every country in the world; ptua more self-denial at home, will not touch the fringe of Japan s economic plight. It is time that S. E. Asian and
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      The noisy boys at concert
      97 10 The noisy boys at concert rpHERE must be perfect X silence In a hall when a concert is going on. This L« the least a concert goer should observe. I attended the recent concert for schools by the famous Polish pianist, Mr. Jan Smeterlin. at the Victoria Memorial Hall. Some
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      Cashiered for giving battle
      214 10 Cashiered for giving battle RE your feature stor> of Capt. David Porter, whilst chief officer of an American ship during the war, I saw a splendid painting of Porter's Essex In action with H. M. Ships Phoebe and Cherub. My captain's name was David Porter, and a Navy man as
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      More of such men are needed
      155 10 rwas mast refreshing tn read the letter by "Malay Raayat" on "Politics In Perak State and outsiders It shows that pre-occupatlon with politics In Perak has not robbed the Malay people of that beautiful sense of selfpossession which I thought was so characteristic of
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      159 10 SOBRANIEI for PIPE smokersM i SMOKIKC MIXTniE I A 'onjj cool sm.)kc to cahn ;i trouble world I nn aroma to answer all lift I the addition ol rarest Ycnidjc leal stheautheatk Sobranic touch. Made by Sobranie Ltd London, since 1879 I SOLE AGENTS: JOHN LITTLE I AND COMPANY LIMITED.
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    STRAITS TIMES' SPECIAL FEATURE The man who created Bohemia
    1962 11 STRAITS TIMES' SPECIAL FEATURE The man who created Bohemia ll c m i a n s gathered for endless talk over a bottle of the cheapest wine. "What we lose in trade we shall gain in fame." the proprietor explained to his anxious cashier-wife. The proprietor's fore sight was to
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      126 11 fowix Waterproof WATCH "P UNBREAKABLE U MAINSPRING. 21 JWLS- 17JWLS. ANTIMAGNETIC. SHOCK-RESISTANT. CHEE KONGCOLTD. Ends that stuffy feeling! "■■[PE. SONS. LTD STAR BRAND r.KBKWQN PRESSURE LAMP 1 P BETTER USE BUTTERFLY MANTLES SOLD EVERYWHERE LEA HIN CO., TH BRIDGE ROAD. 0;E-l TEL: ***** TXANDRA ROAO 3 TEL: ***** Foot Itch
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      322 11 10 BLUE GILLETTE BLADES IN Gillette Quick-feed Dispenser WjjMJs J Blue Gillette Blades give you the finest of all will' shaves and the most economical because they last the longest. In the handy new Dispenser they are ready unwrapped to load in a flash. Used blade compartment ends old blade
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      174 11 Shvriovh Btointirs it u<i Miiff Juan WHEN I VERIFIED TwHO WAS WE DIDNT r AND TIED I MUTTE&IN6 THEN IT WAS s/ SIRAiiW.ES% H£? J SEE HIM. US UP 1 1 HIS VOODOO BIG JUAN WE THE KINGSTON COMfHNY] SUSPICIONS TUE HE AT- WHILE WE I CURSE kS J CANT
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    GAMMON SHOW BIGGER RISE
    420 12 Boomlet in industrial^ THE main feature on the Singapore Market yesterday was a sharp riso i n am of 12 cents which brought them to s:; and $3.38 sellers for their Si ikares. Business was done in this counter yestprria D»* $3.30 to $3.37J compared with
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    BROKERS' REPORT
    337 12 The Malayan Share Broktrs' Association reported: "Industrials were igaln firm on the local share martet a feature being the sharp nsc In Gammons. Tins were dull ano rubbers neglected. The turnover >vas moderate." Members reported the following justness done: 8.8. Petrol 335. 6d. (locally). 345. lO'jd. (arrival mrludlng
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    SINGAPORE SHIPPING
    76 12 Ship* lyinc alonnMd? the Singapore Harbour Board wharves or expected today are: Carthage 11, Benattow 45, Hoegh Silyerwave C.P Arendskerk 67, Glenbeg 89. Gorgon 11. Mindoro 13 14. Benvannoch 15 16. Kamuning 18. Beetong N. Wall 6. MST Lighter No 113 N Wall 10. Katong 21-22. General Michaels
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    Australian stocks
    94 12 MELBOLRNi fully main'air.fV ;»r'e^. Stock Exchange uxia'v aJLSj share? w: hsu made Iti mark Loans I Loans 3\', ■/*>;. Aust. Consol Ind. •w, Bank of N > W Bradford B. Hill Pro 44 Carlton Br Colonial S'jc^r Con. Zinc m Courtauld 21 3 Drug House 33 g Dunlop
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    RUBBER PRICES
    123 12 September Bta zrntr naj buyers f o.b. c toMd in Srnpw '.estrrdav it ■-■■>, 1 lb. f. eighths of a cenl ir closing price and the closinj tn «M steady. The marktt opernV. but fell to 65", eßßti on m liquidation. It went up trade covering and spc
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    69 12 Singapore hinf-r Prodnrf change: noon pri Copra' quie' buyers. $50 sellers Peppe: busine^ report) $210 I .\r II K LU P"" nut oil; $49 sellers H.C.B. I. ld. (op-* i' ber: 11 am 121 sellers: tcne qui^' buyers. $29.- se»lei p.m. $29 buyer tone quiet: b prr. ■nan;
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    Cable Wireless increase profit
    64 12 Cable Wireless increase profit Cable and W great nationalised organisation n made pier March 31. of tIM This was m The organ port published showed thai revel telephone callthough lh< occupylas it). paid mm of a million m:r. the corresponding ptrw previous yp.n The report said tin a *"^^B due
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    24 12 On the tree r\ Hong Konc yesterday was quoted Bl 5.7 M 5 8 for T.T. I Sterling w»« one tar I
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      749 12 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS APPLICATIONS are Invited from serving Government officers for the appointment of Clerk of the Federal Legislative Council on the salary scale $912-36-$1,200. 3. Applicants should be not leas than 33 years old, should have had at least 10 years Government service and considerable experience of Government procedure, be
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      335 12 NOTICES NOTICE Mr. B. M. Murphy Is no longer employed by us UNITED ENGINEERS LTD. NOTICE Notice Is hereby given that Ong Hock Slang of No. 54-A, Race Course Road, Singapore, merchant is applying to the Governor for naturalisation, and that any person who knows any reason why naturalisation should
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      776 12 P.W.D. ROAD NOTICE Owing to repairs. Jerantut Ferry will be closed to all traffic between 22.00 hours to 06.00 hours dally with effect from 24.8.54 to 26.8.54 Inclusive. STATE ENGINEER. PAHANO. Dated 10th August. 1954. CHANGF OF ADDRESS NOTICE Is hereby given that "S. Supplah" (Manufacturer of Con crete. Channels
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      110 12 official"^! SINGAPORE v. iiS. :tt63i Al| RI'BBFR- fifi j umum MESSAGERIES MARITIME S nt» ETA EASTBOUND Sailing fTA WESTBOUND 21 Ami LA MARSEILLAISE to "Auq MtKONG Sr-gon Jl Au« Co"ab\an?" ,K J7 Au, .BAOUAODY ,o So-flon. MARS[IUA Mamlo. Hong Kong, JoDon 28 All 9 Colombo Dl I 10S.pt VIIT NAM
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      1081 13 I? I MANSFIELD CO., LTD. *•„',£> Al ■:■>' I*** ,n S.ngopore) Passag. fIE BL UE FUNNEL LINE Dept, ..a vio other ports to lood end discharge cargo I ■;:^or d OLASC,o v, LONDON CONTINENTAL PO^ 1 G 13/34 Aug IS Aug 19/20 Aug 21/22 Aua 21 Aurj 2e Aug 27/28
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      1103 13 BEN LINE STEAMERS LTD. SAILINGS to U.K. and CONTINENTAL PORTS Spore P. Sham Penoig B.nvenu. for Hovre, London, Rotttrdom, Homburg 21/27 Aug 28/29 Aug 10 Aug/ 1 Sapt Benalbanach tor Grnoo Liverpool, Dublin Hamburg, Antwerp 24/30 Aug 11 Aug/ 2 Sept 3/ 4 Sept B.nvonnech for Avonmouth, London, Hull 2/
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    The Poor Queen Sees Some flying plums
    968 14 IT WAS really the black- birds' own fault they were served up in a pie. If only they had behaved properly it would never have happened But the blackbirds living in the palace grounds were so noisy, quarrelsome and greedy that they got
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    A PEN PAL FOR ELAINE
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    HAVE A LAUGHI
    310 14 HAVE A LAUGH I Q What kind of a driver is never arrev'cd f<->r speeding? A A screw driver. Q What has three feet, but <j cannot stand? A A yi f d I Q What breaks but npver < falls and wh.it falls but nevei breakb? A. Day and
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    PROBLEMS OF SPACE TRAVEL
    263 14 VSUBRAMANIUM of Sin- gapore asks me in how many years will scientists reach the moon and the planets. It depends on how quickly scientists can overcome the many difficulties of space travel. They can't Just get into a rocket and whistle off, there are many things
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      311 14 BE SURE OF HAHDSOMEHAIR now -and in the future! ntpfac* than nmtlol noturml eWi which our tropical tun. »i«« and water- ~> 'MMVMMMte^. •tpatMly iaf< »ot*r- I jrour ,calp Jt^M Htfeflimt* nS\ \jk yft hhbW 4jr jS S^ 1 A few drop of "Vaieline" h.ui betta p cowed than o.Hair
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      38 14 c. c. c. Collect six of these coupons to join the Children's Corner Club. DLEASE snrol me at a member of the Children's Corner Wit* Owls and send me a badge NAME ADDRESS^ t .T-.-rrrrrm-* DATE OFBIRTH Hi
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      81 14 Served or? t/re ...all over Malaya and in Borneo too. WHO IS AFRAID. OF WAT Certjinlv not this MOVAPO ujich. It is »]-,-> proieitrd L^B^il. A ignnst shocks; aniimjpncnc WJ H^ Jk md his a juccp <ccond hand Jf^k The MOV ADO acvic, j "cf^^^^J^ modern watth built for ni'>d-
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      90 14 Theuq, johnny. CMEXk fm r I WITH >*E TO SEE THE jfW I r ~vViM PKAcr/CE same roP %t^£\ I I yss, »o; H THE CHAMPIONSHIP fl^&ii AT 8 A '•"'J l■■ (HERE IS SOME MILO TORE'LViK STAPT~&£t rti THAT ENEMY YOU HAVE BEE» %/rpvl ■8 USING UP. ;-OU *UST
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    Bon Tresor ready for first win
    633 15  -  EPSOM JEEP By SMART GALLOP BY CHINA TOWN II KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday. gON TRESOR (late Vaunrock), a good looking Irish bred gelding by Black Rock, is coming to hand nicely and, judging by the way he has heen striding out on the training track,
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    Busmen to play again in Penang
    43 15 PENANO. Tues. Kowloon Bus Co. soccer team will return to Penanit to play two games here after their Indonesian tour. They will meet a Penan* Malays; Invitation XI next Tuesday and the Penang Chinese on Au» 36
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    Australian LTA flays Hopman
    225 15 MHKdI KM. Fuesriav IJ.IRRI HOPMAN non-playing captain "f the A u S tr Y. lan Davis^ Cup t<>ain w s "Itlcised by the Australian Lawn Tennis Association last night for hU comments after Jaroslav Drobny had beaten Ken Rosewall in this years Wimbledon men's singles final.
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    NEVER-SAY-DIE A 4-1 FAVOURITE
    76 15 LONDON. Tue* VEVER Say Die, the Anterican- owned and bred Epsom Derby winner. «as last night Installed four to one favourite for the Donraster St Lager at the first callover nn the race held «t the Victoria Club here. Among four horses group+vi an ten to
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    BOWLED FOR A 'DUCK'
    47 15 IAQSOOD AHMED o/ Pakistan is bowled for a duck by Frank Tyson, England's new f cst bowler, in the opening innings of the Fourth Test Match, at the Oval, London, on Aug. 12. which Pakistan won yesterday by 24 runs. A. P. photo.
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    YORKS BEATEN IN TWO DAYS: DERBY WIN, CLOSE GAP
    511 15 LONDON, Tuesday. THE IMPORTANT part being played by Middlesex x in concluding games of the County cricket championship, was further emphasised yesterday when they defeated Yorkshire. This did Derbyshire a very good turn, and Derbyshire themselves won inside two days, so
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    ITALIAN SUCCESS,
    29 15 PESCARA, Tues. lUly\udgi Miusq In a Maseratl won the Pe*rar« orand Prtx (or formula one cars today after more then half the fleld had dropped out. Reuter.
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    STARTING TIMES FOR WOMEN'S DAY GOLF
    401 15 yHE annual Women's Day golf competitions will be held at the Island Club tomorrow. The draw and starting tlm<* for the morning and afternoon tournpys are In 110 l I STABLF.FORII First Tee: 830 a.m. Mrs. Frenken (22) v Mrs Notley (20i; 835 Mrs
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    TIGERS REMAIN IN RUNNING FOR TITLE
    406 16 liners 6; Chinese Athletic 0. JWiER Sports Association live to fight ajjain. They cleared the first of their last three hurdles in the first division of the S.A.F.A. league in brilliant style when they beat Chinese Athletic 6C under floodlights at Jalan Besar Stadium
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    TO COACH AT S.S.C.
    114 16 AN AISThALIAN swimmlm coach, wlio specialises in tea ihing beginners, will gl\e lesson at the Singapore Swimming Clul for two monihs ffom Sept. 1. She is Miss Joan Marsland. who ha. b?en the physical education dtrec tor of Melbourne's Y.W.C.A. for 1( years. Ntlss Marsland w;ll
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    Small entry in JB tennis
    237 16 1 JOHORE BAHRI' rues A poor response ha* been received for the Johore Bahru lawn tennlf championships which will start on I Thursday 1 The men s sing'?., have attracted! only foui entries and none have been received loi the women .v single, and mixed
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    MCFA meeting on Sunday
    90 16 The Malayan Chinese Football I Association will hold their second council meeting of the year In the i Selanuor Chinese Recreation Club. Kuala Lumpur on Sunday at 10 a m. The imellnK will (llmiiss the m leo- tlon of a team and officials to go to
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    RAF CUP GOES TO S.F. HO
    67 16 The RAF Cup stableford competition of the Island Club was won by S. F Ho with 74' points over the weekend F. W. Norrls Ol' 7 > was runner-up. The ball sweep winners were Saturday: first nine Dr. N. S. Llm 18V second nine
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    'OLD JOCK' BACK AFTER 22 YEARS
    268 16 AN OLD-TIMER of Malayan foot- ball has returned to Singapore after 22 year* to meet thi Mends he made during 23 > ears' close association with the game In Slnga- pore and Federation. He Is Mr Albert E. Pattlnson. l Jock" to his Malayan
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    Pakistan win in dramatic finish
    506 16 BIG BLOW TO ENGLAND LONDON. Tuesday. OAKISTAN marked their recent entry into full international cricket with a dramatic victory over England by 24 runs in the fourth and final Test at the Oval here today. This triumph enabled the babes" of Test cricket to share
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    Olympic look' for Chinese S.C. meeting
    63 16 nun. iinri ttli i ;or women 'he 38; h v the Chine-.. Auk. The H brini; th* Kith thi i men's stroke am: stroke than no and vi MaJ i< jrtar-ol Asian Oam< l '•hallen^r troi had to be one*. For In challenge 4nn
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    48 16 GOON K In the mci lawn ten:,: Hi- him a coml Norri- i in the 6—4 by R semi-final tod:n Penan. B Kent I ing s a Ai. the women < tltli when she c,,-: fi 1 6—l. r.dan. who beat 1M riav
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    KELANTAN TAKE 6 OFFNORTH MALAYS
    21 16 KELANTAN TAKE 6 OFFNORTH MALAYS KOTA Ri 1. 1 IV pore at Jalan R<- I lo decidt it-.r -1 competitor. > I
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      798 16 I HOUSES LAND FOR SALE 1§ Word* $S (MiH.)-ttx it **trm FOR SALE No. 9 Simon Walk. 1 Upper Serangoon. Apply Chan Boon Enc. 48A Winchester House. Tel. 6429. FREEHOLD LAND <fc FACTORY, br'.ck construct inn, faring Upper Seraneoon Road, near Tamping \w'h Power electricity and water. Suitable for Store,
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