The Straits Times, 20 September 1954

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    15 1 The Straits Times. fat** 1 1 Estd. 1845 SINGAPORE, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER Hi, 1954. 15 CENTS
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    PLAN FOR CEASE-FIRES
    210 1 Jungle truce trial It will be easy to give up now si kits <>i cease-fire riods lasting up to rs may be declarf( j in scattered areas ■..nt Malaya. psycholOgl- ire exports be- terrorists who ousl\ Ignored i nder will their arms and o i revealed •he
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    NAVY MEN SNUB THE NAVY BOSS
    133 1 rE executive comittee of the Singapore Naval Base Labour Union ha.s refused to meet the First Lord of the Admiralty. Mr. J. P L. Thomas. The union, which represents 10.000 civilian employees, has been fighting for some time to get the Admiralty to come
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    A King delayed
    27 1 LONDON. Sun. Fog smothering London Airport today kept an airliner carrying Kins Faisal of Iraq circling for 45 minutes before it could land. A.P
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    Back in gaol
    26 1 NAIROBI. Sun. -Kenya security forces today recaptured 78 of" the 200 prisoners released from Lukinia prison by Man Mau gangsters Friday night. -UP.
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    Tories select a candidate
    47 1 LONDON. Sun.— Sir Eric Errington. chairman of the executive committee of the National Union of Conservative and Unionist Associations, has been selected to fight a byeleetion at Aldershot caused by the elevation to the peerape of Mr. Oliver Lyttelton. thf former Colonial Secretary.
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    MORE PIRATE SHIPS SEEN
    248 1 FROM JOHN WILLIAMS JESSELTON, Sunday. TWO more pirate ships were reported to have been sighted in the Sulu Sea today and the whole North Borneo coast is now alerted. The report, so far unconfirmed, has thrown "Operation i Pirate" into top i?car. Two armed police launches
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    Ships collide in fog: 5 hurt
    42 1 BUENOS AIRES. Sun.— The French luxury liner Provoncc and the Liberian steamer Saxon Sea collided in fog on Friday night. Five nt the 12.843-tn n Saxon Sea's crew were hurt and both vessels were badly damaged.—Reuter.
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    Unhealthy?
    32 1 MONTEVIDEO. Sun. This Uruguayan capital will be without newspapers tomorrow and lon Tuesday because printers I have called a 48-hour strike 'drmandine that their craft be declared an unhealthy industry. Reuter.
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    Just scratches
    37 1 ST. PETEh, Port Ciiicrnsrv. .Sun -The 21 DMWBgcn and three crew of a Dakota escaped with bruises when the plane overshot the airport runway here yesterday and crashed through a hedge into a field.— Rtuter.
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    Soviet award
    26 1 HELSINKI, Sun.— The Order of Lerun the Soviet Union's i highest distinction, has been conferred upon the President 1 of Finland, Mr. Juho Paasikivi.
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    SINGING STAR SERIOUSLY ILL
    31 1 JEANETTE Mai DONALD, star of many Hollywood musicals, is seriously ill with a virus infection. Her doctor says her condition is serious "but we are optimistic" Reuter.
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    VILLAGERS TALK TO GOVERNOR
    57 1 THE GOVERNOR, Sir John Nicoll. addresses inhabitants of Pulau liuknni Kechil one of the three islantU off Singapore which ho i s i t <■ rl yesterday. On his right are Mr. S. T. Stewart, acttni li.iirm.m of the Rural Board, and Mr. H. J. Rulaisingha.
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    SCHOOLS BILL PROTEST
    159 1 SCHOOLS BILL PROTEST STUDENTS ol hvt- Slncapore Chinese middle schools yesterday issued a petition to the directors and teachers of their schools protesting against the 1954 School Registration Amend ment Bill which is to be in troduced In tomorrow's Legislative Council Meeting The five schools are the Chinese High School.
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    Call to Princess
    33 1 SYDNEY. Sun— The Australian Returned Servicemen's League is to ask Mr R. G. Menzies. the Prime Minister, to invite Princess Margaret to Melbourne's 1956 Olympic Games, according to Truth Reuter.
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    Applegate: I will return
    78 1 HONG KONG. Sun— Richard Applegate. a reporter Just released by China, left for his home in America today but said he will return to the Far East within a few weeks He left with Donald Dixon. another released newspaperman Benjamin Krasner. captain ot the yacht on
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    Robey, 85, ill
    29 1 BRIGHTON. Sun -Sir George Robey famous music hall comedian who will be 85 on Monday, is ill in bed at his home at Saltdean near here
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    PENANGS FIRST $5,000 WIN This is her lucky year and lucky country
    165 1 PENANG'S FIRST $5,000 WIN This is her lucky year and lucky country MRS. A. RUSSELL JONES, Penan*;'* first winner of $5,000 in the Straits Times Word Contest, considers 1954 her If-ky year and Malaya lucky country. She arrived in Penan* three months ago for her marriage to Deputy Superintendent of
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    Girl holds key to 9 mystery deaths
    217 1 CHESTER. Sunday. A 16-YEAR-OLD girl lying unconscious in hospital here today holds the key to the mystery deaths by gassing of her father and mother and seven I brothers and sisters. Police investigating the I theory that the father killed his family then
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    Siam will agree
    37 1 BANGKOK, Sun— Slam will ratify the recently sinned Snuth-E&st Asia collective defence treaty during the present session ending on Sept. 21 or at a special session in October, it was authoritatively stated here. Reuter.
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    Nazis released
    19 1 BONN, Sun- Four German war criminals were released from the British-controlled Werl Prison in Westphalia yesterday. Reuter.
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    SOEKARNO'S 4 th, NOT HIS SECOND
    253 1 He's no stranger to matrimony, says K.L. businessman who knows M \l H'MPUR. Sunday. HARTINI srWONDO, the beautiful divorcee whom President Soekarno of Indonesia married secretly in June, is his fourth wife, and not his second, a Kuala Lumpur Indian businessman said today. Dr.
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    Typhoon toll
    27 1 TOKYO. Sun— Police headauarters here reported this morning that casualty figures from typhoon "Lorna" had risen to 12 dead, 18 injured and six missing— Reuter.
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    NOW IT'S 'FLYING TROOPERS'
    177 1 NOW IT'S 'FLYING TROOPERS' SERVICEMEN who complain about the long and sometimes uncomfortable trip to and from Britain by troopship need crumble vo longer In the next two and a half years 35.000 troops will make th° Journey in three d.\y R of new-style comfort in "flying troopships This was
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    Japs for China
    31 1 TOKYO Sun —Japans major political parties decided yesterday to send 25 members ot the Diet on a tour of China at the invitation ot the Peking Government.— A.P.
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    Minister slain in Laos
    163 1 Minister slain in Laos GENERALS PLEA TO BAO DAI SAIGON, Sun. THE Laotian Minister of Defence. Mr. Kou 1 Voravone, was assassinated at Vientiane last nieht. Mr Voravong was a member of the Cabinet formed last March by the Prime Minister, Prince Souvanna Phuma. Last June 40n Laotians, including prominent
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    STOP PRESS
    27 1 rHt GOI DBMITU BMSY UETUBMtD IWKIS. Sun. Pilino fnniU latr tiinicht rrlni"rd In Jimmy GsMmith hi* fniir-mnntli-nlil d hi ,h tor— A I* (Set Pi
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    Royal tourists
    20 1 WASHINGTON. Sun. The Duchess of Kent and her 16--year-old daughter. Princess Alexandra, spent yesterday siyht-seeine in Washington. A.P.
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    FOOTBALL BRAWL: 12 SEIZED
    70 1 GLASGOW. Sun Twelve men were arrested here last night after a brawl between Celtic and Rangers supporters. After Celtic had beaten their traditional rivals by two goals to nil. the opposing supporters clashed on leaving I the ground. Bottles were thrown and a 16-year-old youth received
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    Timber! A new road to El Dorado
    216 2 Timber! A new road to El Dorado These cables from Borneo spotlight progress Bear crosses Atlantic -for love CHICAGO, Sun. AN outraged Chicago zoo director today accused Britain of breaking up a polar bear's romance MM said: "It's a cruel thing a very, very cruel thing." Mr. Robert Bean, director
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    Mac Arthur's offer
    89 2 NEW YORK. Sun. Gen Dorcas hUcArthttl once offered his services as chief of a j permanent military command to -ei\e under the United Nation* flag. Mr Trytrve Lie relates in a book. -In the Cause j of Peace." to be published tomorrow. Ml Lie, telling the story
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    THERE'S GOLD IN THOSE FORESTS
    545 2 From JOHN WILLIAMS JESSELTON, Sun. NORTH BORNEO'S young timber industry, smashing all records in its best year ever, is challenging rubber as the Colony's most reliable money earner. Last month 98.000 cubic feet of timber was exported almost 400 per cent over last August's figure.
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    Attlee plane turns back on 3 engines
    224 2 SAN FRANCISCO. Sunday. AQANTAS Super Constellation airliner carrying the British Labour Party loader. Mr. Clement At t lee. from Honolulu to San Francisco was forced to return to Hawaii, a spokesman for the airline said today. The plane returned to Honolulu on three
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    Tito is welcome
    30 2 NEW DELHI. Sun. The Prime Minister, Mr. Nehru. .aid yesterday that Marshal Josef Tito of Yugoslavia will be "wßrmly welcomed" during i his projected visit to India.
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    Sir John presents the Gold cjJTi
    38 2 Sir John presents the Gold Cup MICKY RACEHORSE owner Mr. E. J. Tan receives the Singapore Gold Cup won by Three Rings at Rukit Timah on Saturday from Sir John Nicnll. the Governor of Singapore. Straits Times picture.
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    13 children die in two accidents
    111 2 13 children die in two accidents 1 LONDON, Sun rpHTRTFEN children died in A Britain today six in a squalid bla/inc hut m Scotland and seven m ua-s-filled house on a new housinc estate in j north Wales. On a caravan site. Hive mllM i from Edinburgh, six children were
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    Reading's job
    31 2 OTTAWA. Sun.— Lord Reaclinc. Minister of State at the Foreicn Office, will lead the British delecation to the Colombo Plan meetinc of minister! openinc here on Oct. 4- Reuter.
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    'Duff and a midriff tyre had the Wrens in a huff
    185 2 LEE-ON-SOLENT. England. Sun. ro hundred women of the Royal Navy Wrens won the right yesterday to eat out when they threatened a hunger strike against their fattening mess hall fare. This hunger strike threat was front pare news in
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    GOLDSMITH BABY MISSING AGAIN
    235 2 And so is the Duchess PARIS. Siindnv r FHE Intrrnational Pnlire Commission hag ben ed tn help search for Isabel (inldsmith misihu four- month -old daughter of a London hotelier. M Jimmy (loldsmith Commissioner R<rv ron. head i>f the tion of Paris p. struetinns orßanisatm n
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    She will dance at Sea View
    36 2 (II.ORIX 1.1 NIKS-ROSS IS, who will dance at the Sea View Hotel. Sincapnrc. on Sept. H at the ball in aid of the Singapore Canine Welfare Association. Straits Times picture.
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    Russia praises British unions
    55 2 MOSCOW. Sun Trud, trie Soviet trade union newspaper, said today that the British Trades Union Congress conference at Brighton had "de monstrated the growth of progressive forces in Brltioh trade unionism." It had shown "that millions of British trade unionists are rejecting the policy of the
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    LIGHT FOR 130 HOM* Power instead of candle* I
    117 2 LIGHT FOR 130 HOMES Power instead of candles yHE candle-light com- muntiy of Frankr) Estate. Singapore. will soon have electricity, thr Straits Times understands. The City Council has been rroved by months of protest from householders to consider recommennai.mi < power for tli r area A crant for i oi
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      249 2 Sag f i 1 j I BB RADIO MALAYA 7200 Kr i.. 41 m) A M 857 English SrhooU Broadcasts; 9.00 Music and Movement: 925 9.45 Singing Together; 11.10 English Schools Broadcasts: 1 1 00 p.m. to 800 pm. —short wave 41m. 49m Medium wave 47fim 343 m 366 m
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    I ALLIES GET DEFENCE PLAN M. FRANCE
    229 3 I ALLIES GET DEFENCE PLAN FORM FRANCE MIF f™ v o N^VKRS, France, Sunday. [»K trench Premier, M. Pierre Mendes France, da > 'T he F «nch Government's C N r G€r MI S ril association in Western artners. ha ds f OUr allies and he Sl^mS a fX lati0
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    A shrine for all the RAF
    116 3 THE BOMBED-OUT CIILR( II of St. Clement Danes, in the Strand, London, is a familiar sight to most visitors to Britain, ll is to become an R A.F. .shrine the "parish church" of all R.A.F. units in the world when its shell is rebuilt.
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    Europe is warned of neutral sentiment i
    105 3 Europe is warned of neutral sentiment SBOURG, Sun. MHONY NUT- NG, the Foreign retaiy. yester- 'he Council linst "the neutralism In inks and public tell how much s constant apiui solutions" m EuKcd. r Germany into :\i-r quickly. choice lay be- iurse and driving "a sullen naIsolatlon which be but
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    I The news in brief. ••
    60 3 I The news in brief... British itenced to death an Austrian 'i Brig. -Gen irrol] died after Holland mlts from K> r- i has granted iblb B'i'irguiba France rrorists killcans. Isium will srll im atomic pile. won the championfeated reingH:-. Emission to ir more Russians w oi the sciz'ri Cuapse
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    loshida suit
    23 3 A parliautee has voted i Tokyo district le Prime Minisi Yoshlda. for on a subpoena mlt tee to testify of >:overn:lies
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    100 th BIRTHDAY SMILE
    51 3 100 th BIRTHDAY SMILE MISS MIKIAM (OX (olrhr.ites lirr 100 th birthday with a cup of tea at St. George*! House. Sussrx. a home for thr aged run by the ItM Sussex Tounty CoancU. Shr refused the matron's ofTrr of breakfast in bed "coodnrss me. I'm not THAT old." she
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    Tito terms in his bag?
    48 3 RmfE, Sun. Mr. Robert Murphy. Under Secretary of to Mr Foster Dulles, arrived by air yesterday from a four-day visit to Yuposlavia. He was believed to be earn I ith him Marshal Tito's final terms for the settlement of Trieste with Italy— Reuter.
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    100 DIVISIONS ON CALL FOR NATO
    110 3 100 DIVISIONS ON CALL FOR NATO ESTORIL. Portugal. Sun. Lord Ismay. secretary-general of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, said here yesterday that NATO could call On 10f) divisions if necessary, compared with 12 divisions five years aeo. Lord Ismay. who is here for a NATO exhibition opening tomorrow, told a
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    Chinese heavy guns pound tiny island
    161 3 TAIPEH. Sunday. CHINESE big guns Hammered tiny Tatan Islanc near Quemoy today amid Nationalist reports that the Communists wero reinforcing their navy alone the South China coast. iNauunansi warpi<iiiis J»»tin nit. from Formosa to continue assaults on Red positions round Amov and shipping long
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    'Vietminh will not dare attack5
    211 3 'Vietminh will not dare attack' —SAYS VIETNAM MINISTER SAIGON, Sunday. VIETNAM'S Foreign Minister, Mr. Tran Van Do, said here yesterday that he thought the Vietminh would not dare attack Southern Vietnam for fear of starting a major war. He said the Vietminh leader. Ho Chi-minh, was not content with the
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    Death in border \ escape bid
    67 3 Death in border escape bid BERLIN, Sun. The anti- r-ommunist West Berlin Information Bureau said vester- Say that East German border j police had killed two Czecho- t Slovak deserters and seriously ivounded a third in a pun battle near the German-Czech sorder two weeks ago. The wounded man. one
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    I STROLL ACROSS THE U.S.
    78 3 LN« I SCO. Slin.— A HO-year-old from the steps rk Public Library os Golden Gate Friday night after born author and I inrnln Nphraska w.'i" Marieci on April i, "iv uc walked every step of the way, wearing out 10 pairs of heels and socks
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    Vyshinsky will be there
    49 3 MOSCOW, Sun.— Mr. Ancirei Vyshinsky, Soviet Deputy orcl«m Minister, will head the Russian delegation to the .'nitcd Nations General Assembly which opens on Tuesday. Mr. Jacob Malik, Ambassador o Britain, and Mr. Georgi S;:rubin. Ambassador to the [Jnited States, arr members oi :he delegation. Reuter.
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    Huppvrt *.v iust ridv
    42 3 Ruppert's last ride AUSTRIAN motor-cyclist Ruppcrt Hnllaus, 1954 world champion in the 125 cc class, starts his last ride. Soon after this Fopper picture was taken he was killed while practising lor the Grand Prix des Nations at Monza. near Milan, Italy.
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    HE GOT LOCKED IN THE BAR
    67 3 BKI.FAST. Sun.— Robert Mooney accidentally got lacked up for the night in a bar. The barmen found him there next morning, surrounded by empty bottles and a sea of spilled beer. "A glorious kind of incarceration." the magistrate. Mr. J. II Campbell, called it.
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    Atom sub has a pipe leak
    59 3 WASHINGTON. Sun. The United States Navy disclosed yesterday that a steampipe burst on the Nautilus, America's first atom-powered submarine at Groton, Connecticut, on Thursday night during test operations. One man was slightly lniured. The statement added that the piping had nothing to do with
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    From shipyard to 'mothball fleet-direct
    155 3 LONDON. Sun.— One of Bri- 1 tain's newest warships, the 3,700-ton super-destroyer Dainty, has joined the Royal Navy's "mothball fleet" without going Into service. The Dainty, which ha» been lying at Portsmouth Mnre her completion last year at a cost of £3 million, has been
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    Russia will attack the moment she is ready
    179 3 Russia will attack the moment she is ready A U.S. A-BOMB EXPERT SAYS: LOS ANGELES. Sun. A NOTED radiologist said he believes that "the day after Russia has all the bombs needed to destroy our cities, she will attack us." Dr. Stafford Warren, who supervised radiological safety at Bikini A-bomb
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    Malayan offered study gift
    69 3 TORONTO, Sun. Anthony Santiago of Malaya is one of three foreign students who have been invited to attend Canadian universities this year. Their tuition will be paid by the students of the universities they attend, and the Canadian Government will pay the transportation costs of Mr
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    Gunmen murder 26 workers
    45 3 BOGOTA, Colombia. Sun. Gunmen massacred 26 workers as they slept on the lonely San Jose Ranch in the province of Dundinamarea. according to reports reaching here. Between 60 and 70 men disguised as soldiers carried out a surprise attack at dawn.—Reuter.
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    10 bandits die
    27 3 TUNIS. Sun French security forces killed 10 Tunisian bandits in a sharp skirmish In the Gafsa region yesterday, it was reported here today. Reuter.
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    U.S. OFFICIAL: WE'LL NEVER ADMIT CHINA
    189 3 WASHINGTON. Sunday. THE Assistant Secretary of State, Mr. Walter S. Robertson, gave as his opinion today that the United States will never aqrree to United Nations membership for the present Government of China. His statement was regarded as Rning a step further than previous
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    SIR JOHN SEES THE ISLANM
    581 4 And demands action on the things that don't please him ]tf ALAY flsherfolk livlfl ing on islands off Singapore were told yesterday of the new importance conferred on them by the Rendel Constitution. For the first time they were officially visited by a Governor of
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    Meda—a bride at seventeen
    56 4 Meda— a bride at seventeen MR. DAVID DANIEL. 23, with his 17-year-old bride the former Miss Meda Klias, photographed after their wedding yesterday it the Maghain Abboth Synacofue. Waterloo Street, Singapore. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Abraham Elias. Mr. Daniel is a Staff Sergeant in the
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    17 guns for First Lord
    74 4 The First Lord of the Admiralty. Mr. J. P. L Thomas, received a 17-gun salute from the cruiser H.M.B. Birmingham when he visited the Singapore Naval Base yesterday. Mr. Thomas, who ls on a flved;iv visit to naval and shore establishments in the Colony, also
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    He fled after accident
    57 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Sun.— David Chew, of Lee Rubber Company. Senal. was fined $100 in the Magistrate's Court here today for falling to report an accident on July 29. He said that his Jeep brushed against a cyclist. He stopped to inquire Into the matter but when
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    Co-op profit is $2,466
    39 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. The Scntu] Co-operative Stores Society Limited, made a Droflt of $2,466 last year. This is revealed In a report to be tabled at the annual mcctine of the society on Sept. 27.
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    RAF reception
    41 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun —The High Commissioner. Sir Donald MacGillivray. and Lady MacGillivray were guests at a reception piven by the Air Officer Commanding. Air Vice-Mar-shal V. R. W. Schrrgrr. and officers of the R.A.F. in Kuala Lumpur last night.
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    War hero's ashes flown back to Singapore
    174 4 rr ashe« of a war hero who escaped from Singapore shortly before the Colony was over-run by the Japanese in 1942 were flown back to Singapore from Jakarta yesterday. The remains of Mr. Wong Chin Yeok. chief of the Chinese section of the
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    Wanted: A place for soapboxes
    207 4 JUST LIKE HYDE PARK CORNER SINGAPORE'S Esplanade was yesterday compared to Hyde Park Corner in London and the Mound in Edinburgh by the Reverend J. R. Fleming Mr. Fleming, who Is the general secretary of the Malayan Christian Council, was referring to the City Councils
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    Cautious Reds sent woman to her death
    157 4 JOHORE BAHRU I A WOMAN 0 S < I A her home r gw Village u> 0 I Communists i ast :r was offlnaiiy stab* day to haveV/; by ho r i ca V th e guns of security forces. The woman rw
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    Dr.Dobbyofi to Japan
    48 4 Dr. E H. G D'sor of Geography ti versitv of Malaya pore for Kyoto ja. day to attend an conference nf the Pacific Relations. The conferenr" Wednesday and will last a !crnicht. Prof. Dnbh the Royal InstituU national Affairs U well as the Ur. Malaya.
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    Clan honours 2 young lawyers
    48 4 KUALA LUMPUR 8 two youngfst law; Federal capital. Mia Chit Wha. 2:< and her Mr. Gunn Chit Tuan feted by their dansn night More than Id attended the dil the Eng Choon Their father. Mr 0 Tett is Chief Cher Federation Departmcr.: Agriculture.
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    Religious ralh
    23 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Bur Parishioners of St. IffChurch today hrld a MM Year rally on the La S3.' School ground at Sfn'ui
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      243 4 SINGAPORE DIARY Youth Leadership Training U. 5.1.8.: Ftm dim «hnw Mm At fourw; Lecture Discussion on 1 The Crossroads. Tom Schuler and "The Y.MCA Movement— lts Cobbler Statesman— air-conditioned history and goals" by Mr. Pettr 1 theatrette. 26 Raffles Place. Ipm O. P. Chew. Chinese V.M.C.A., 107. Shell ThratreUe-. Free
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      The first raid by a British Commando
      1755 5 The first raid by a British Commando ence of dawn was broken by the purr of muffled motors as British landing craft moved slowly towards Vaagso, way, on December 26, 1941. The craft nosed their way to a sandy beach where they rested, rocking slightly in the swell. fficers counted
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      249 5 TTTss NOTICE < i^* B THE PARKING OF BICYCLES J«^«»»: IS NOT PERMITTED ON THE FIVE-FOOTWAY OF THESE PREMISES BICYCLE PARKING TAN PROBLEM be SOLVED!!! The above placard is almost a common sight in nearly all large organisations in Singapore as the problem of parking space for BICYCLES becomes more
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      159 5 Shvriovk Miolntvs MV»Vp shut up! I^H^^^H W£ AIMT HAD BUT TUJ£ l£ pw WAS TUE PRIME yk NOTUIN6 LIKE jfl \MR $UERLOC< j MINIVER WE COULD'NT M W *ERE <\v£$TiGAT/kjG \»S| J^C &RIT&4 MUSEUM I N- MUSEUM 'TIL 630 i TuE n JwSSm v£,;es TOMORROW MORNING I Hirli TTravy It's
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    DFATH
    23 6 DEATH H. *lh minimum) MR YOON BOON CHOO Passed V' Peacefully on 18th Sept. ir>s4. mtonment Road. Singapore Sept. 1954. at 11 am
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    IN MEMORIAM
    25 6 HiirWs J/ff (minimum. N LOVIMI MEMORY Oi M:s K Peng Yam mcc Mnda-n Chua 10) died 2(1 9.46. "Gone but ne' er forcotten".
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS
    262 6 !li Htirli fin I minimum l KILLOW PEDANT Every Dnv In the Malay Mall" If you want to win th<tt 55.000 «orJ puzzle. IHE DISCERNING PUBLIC will its Pinocular rcquiremen's from; F J Isaacs. Opticians. 10 12 The Arc,<<lf Sineanorp 1 TOCKTAII nRFSSF-P— A selection of I indnn Models
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    (£hr £trmtg Sinus Singapore. Mon. Sept. 20. 190 l Forum Off The Air
    653 6 The Straits Times. Singapore. Mon. Sept. 20. 1954. Forum Off The Air Unexpected support for broadcasting passing out of the hands of the Malayan Governments into those of a statutory authority la frund in the report of the Broadcasting Department for IO.Vi. published this morning. For a variety of sons,
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    The Attack On Kirkby
    488 6 The Attack On Kirkby In the criticism of the proposed higher secondary school fees, a newly popular slogan is "Kirkhy must go." The scheme to train teachers in England is denounced as extravagant and written ofT as of little practical value. Before irreparable damage is done to a sensible device,
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    The Stolen Bombs
    145 6 In the normal way it is not proper that courts of inquiry hold hy the Services should be public, or even that the findings of these courts should be communicated to the Press. Other proceedings which may arise as a result are a different matter. Occasionally, however,
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    The smiling riverine folk build a village of colour
    1203 6  -  Harry Miller Although the East Coast States do not figure very much in the Emergency news, they have also their problems resulting from Communist activities. Regrouping of Malay villages has been carried out. This article is about one such village. By
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      267 6 THE controversy over "L" drivers continues in a desultory manner. The Government refuses to give a lead and the police, as a result, do not seem prepared or able to make any really useful proposals A recent suggestion regarding i a Government driving
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      Kampong lists its complaints
      101 6 Kampong lists its complaints A VISIT to Kapayang Senam. adjacent to Kapayang Village, off Pearl Garden, Ipoh. ,by Greentown Ward Council- lors will be welcomed by the I inhabitants. This kampone. whose Inhabitants are mostly Malays and who pay rates and assessments, is devoid of sanitation and has no proper
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      Terrorists nothing but criminals
      116 6 Terrorists nothing but criminals rpHE news that two Innocent ■I- labourers were tied to trees and disembowelled in the presence of their relatives and friends must surely have shock»d all normal minded people. The perpetrators of this i atrocity are not "bandits" in the accepted sense of the term Neither
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      Labourer waited and waited...
      147 6 Labourer waited and waited... I AM an estate labourer. I cannot road or write and. not being able to voice my true feelings. I am paying a petition writer to help me. Recently, I went from the 'estate to Kota Tinggi town, about three miles away to get my identity
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      Workable language is one that is most used
      145 6 REFERRING to the discussion by the Singapore City i Councillors on "the best workable language here" I don't > see how "true national unity" can depend on the use of the language of one particular community. A workable language is one 1
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    326 6 On the »>■ any ,«j .1. mo talk turn,' "ft K .r:: I bolde I asrprd R Kh A h I isrs I Mai.-. J I rally the p I country behind an m I an offlcia. new h n co I I England who lir1 ir I 'threes. Hf
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    <S' BOMB: ACTION DELAYED
    344 7 'S' BOMB: ACTION DELAYED Wot on the agenda BUTABLOW-UP IS EXPECTED 5 Federal CmmM at its October nV will not be called upon to decide on the 'S' bomb —the issue of raised school fees. I his however will not prevent the subject being debated when resolutions based on the
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    iMPIRES PLEASE, HE SAYS
    79 7 UMPIRES PLEASE, HE SAYS MPUR, Sun. J SOMASUNM \M today dethe appoint:in impartial i his susthe Mala- congren. nl of the MIC. suspended 'i last month Congren &lt;icved scuts on the for Indians. committee last ed to revoke 11 Mr. Somamised to toe the ture indaram told the lay: 'I
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    INDIANS WANT MORE TIME
    132 7 INDIANS WANT MORE TIME THK Malayan Indian Concress has asked the Sineapore (invernment to extend the period of registration for Indians who wish to hrcomo citizens of the United Kingdom and the Colonies. The original period of recistration was extended last month until the end of September As there are
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    The road toll
    31 7 Road accidents during Safety first Week from 8 p.m. on sept. 8 to 8 p.m on Sept. IP ncluded three killed. 22 seriuisly injured and 60 minor m-
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    More money for strikers
    50 7 More mone.' $419- and food was sent to the 400 strikers at the Malayan Textile Mills yesterday by Singapore Chinese school students and group of workers. More than 20 schoolchildren, including girls. visited the strikers and spent nearly two hours talking with pickets outside the factory.
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    I RAIL MAN ACQUITTED
    68 7 RAIL MAN ACQUITTED BAHRU. Sun. A R rlway emp irged with having for two hours iltted by the magistrate. Rahman bin Jesudian. was implaint of Distrtel Traffic Superintendent of the Malayan Railway. He wu stated to have left his duty between 4.30 and 6.30 p.m. on Sept. 3 Court Inspector
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    YOUR $1 IS WORTH $1.05 NOW
    242 7 SOUND investment by the Currency Commissioners gave Malaya and the BriUita territories in Borne' 1 $45,552,815 excess of over liabilities In currency at the end of last year. Tht&gt; five men who comprised the Board were: Messrs. W. C. Taylor. C. J. Thomas. E.
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    PEACE RETURNS TO 8 KAMPONGS
    287 7 2 Reds die in Perak's worst area IPOH Sunday. rHE muklm of Bukit Gantang— an area of 52 square miles south of Taiping— was declared "white" odd. v It has eight kampongs with a population of Just I over 8.000. mostly Malays. This brings the
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    Crowd pays homage to 'The Few'
    124 7 Crowd pays homage to 'The Few' A LARGE congregation crowded in St. Andrews Cathedral. Singapore, yesterday morning to pay homage to "The Few." A number of civilians and members of the other services mingled with Royal Air Force men at a special memorial service for those who died in the
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    CAMPAIGN FOR CHINESE VOTERS
    96 7 CAMPAIGN FOR CHINESE VOTERS KUALA LUMPUR. Sun.— A door-to-door campaign to get i Chinese eligible to vote in the coming general elections to register as federal citizens or I state nationals is to be j launched here. A meeting called by the Selangor Chinese Assembly Hal! committee representatlng 39 Chinese
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    Excise Board members
    56 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Sun— The' following members have been j appointed to serve on the i Excise Licencing; Board. Segamat: The Administrative Oi'.icer. i chairman i, the Dls- j tnct Officer, (vice-chairman),! the Health Offier. Johore North, Mr. A. G. Malcolm, Mr. K P. Govindan Nair, Mr. Pee
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    Wider scope for M.C.A. work
    36 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Sun.— The s&lt; cpe of the activities of the Johore branch of the Malayan Chinese Association Ls to be extended by the inclusion of section* for women and youths.
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    ! ARRAU CAST OFF THE RACHMANINOV TONE
    286 7 ARRAU CAST OFF THE RACHMANINOV TONE CLAUDIO Arrau has been quoted as saying: "Every composer has his own piano tone. Too many pianists play as though everything was by Rachmaninov". Last night's final Victoria Hall recital by Arrau made it clear that he ls not among "the many". His programme
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    BLOOD DONORS GIVE SEVEN GALLONS
    101 7 SIXTY-TWO men gave blood at the Singapore Blood Transfusion Centre at the General Hospital yesterday, i setting a record for Sunday sessions. Of the donors, 55 were Chinese. Seven gallons of blood were given. The donors included 32 members from two detachments of the British
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    Malaya spoke to world in 7 Chinese dialects
    390 7 RADIO MALAYA was the only radio station in the world last year which broadcast daily in seven major Chinese dialects. The 19&3 report of the Chinese Section of Radio Malaya, published yesterday, says that programmes were transmitted in Mandarin Cantonese, Amoy, Teochew.
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    Town Board has more members
    41 7 RAUB, Sun. With the extension of the .Taub Town Board limits to include the villages of Buklt Koinan, SungtM Lvi, and Sempallt. three new members from the villages have been appointed to serve on the Board.
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    Error made them come in early
    77 7 Error made them come in early p \l&gt;l&lt;&gt; Malaya's early morning programmes, begun last year, had one unexpected result it wax revealed yesterday. The report of the Department of Broadcasting for l' l says that many employees, arriving late at work, excused themselves by saying they had been listening to
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    $3 MIL. HOUSING LOAN
    254 7 $3 MIL. HOUSING LOAN To be rained by co-op society KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. THE Kuala Lumpur Forlonc Co-operative i Housing Society is to raise a loan of $3,000,000 to finance its first housing scheme in Setapak, it was decided at the annual meeting here today. The money will be used
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    Custodian's job
    25 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun— Mr. Hugh Shepherd, acting Custodian of Enemy Property, Kuala Lumpur, has been appointed Administration of Roumanian assets in the Federation.
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    VILLAGERS DECIDE TO PETITION GOVT.
    168 7 PENANO. Sun VILLAGERS from Ayer Itam, Glugor and Tanjong Tokong today decided to petition the Settlement Government against the proposed inclusion of these areas within the municipality. "We are being sold to another party who are not able to take care of their own homis."
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      72 7 The weather v|\|M: I I Mri R\ II U I to 7. 30 a.m. on i pore 74 desiws Rhstrtt "3 Kuab Rvuti tan 73 II MI'KR \TI RK ,7 30 Bept. I9i: Sinng rs Kota Bharu 91 lpoh 93. m to 730 p.m. pore nl! Pen.mc impur trare. High
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    Big price jumps in soi^ industrials P TIN SECTION DULL
    820 8 Big price jumps in Some industrials TIN SECTION DULL MALAYAN SBAME IUAHKET REVIEW By OUR MARKET CORRESPONDENT T»HE main feature in the Singapore Share Market last week was the steadiness of industrials and the big jumps in price of certain counters, towards the end of the week, as operators became
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    SINGAPORE SHARE LIST
    916 8 rfWE Singapore members of 1 the Malayan Share Brokers' Association issued the following list of revised quotations after their last meeting on Friday: IN'DLSTBIAU* Bu&lt;cr« ••.rllrrAlr* Brlck» Prrf J 00 J 10 Ord» JW S-00 Atl.i Ir» U» 13 BB Petrol 33/B M. Trustee* I &0 TOO
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    168 8 ANNOUNCED both lesv /^Mj, ltd.; i WinJ "eh mana^ k and or, e a h vh &gt;" s «H-k "nit. h0 h "*g BUDGING I ri» Tl terim dividend of v share, less inrnm, 9s "&gt; 'hr«:. for fin*" 1 year ended j, lrif v i Payable in .U;,, to
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    MALA YUNITED CAPITAL
    91 8 The directors of Malay United Rubber Estates propose to make a return of capital of fid per 2s share out of the proceed* of the recent sale of the company's Mallm Nawar estate. Capital of the company Is £84.000 In 2s shares. The price received for the
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    COMPANY REPORTS
    125 8 OUJ KLANG TIN LTD:- Outpjt from trtbuters was 629 piculs of tin ore and 148 ptcuV* of Wolfram and profit for year ended March 31 was $14,509 d.6', &gt; At balancing date net liquid assets equalled $60* 860 or 66 9 cents per share. Scout boring of the
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    RUBBER CROPS
    36 8 The following August rubber crops are announced: Changkat Serdang 33.6001 b Chermim Development 133.0001 b., Irdragiri 90 1381 b Luna* 52.6001 b N.valaa 80 8671 b Rivervlew 143,0341 b.. and Tapah 69 497 TV
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    BUSINESS DONE
    303 8 rE following business done In the Singapore Share Market was reported by one firm of brokers for the period September 11 to September Industrials: Bank of East Asia $201. Fraser Nea\e Ords $2. to $2 05, Oammnni $3.37 to $342 'j (.jeorgetown Dispensary $3, Hongkong Bank iCol.t $905.
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    Rubber: 'Sell, sell sell'—above 70 cts,
    472 8 Rubber: 'Sell, sell sell'— above 70 cts, (OJMIOIHTY 111 \II W rE second conference on natural rubbei pack! and grading will be held in New York I 3 to May 6 next year, a private cable fro: 1 received in Singapore on Saturday said. Singapore representatives- will in- dude Mr.
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      790 8 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS CHANGE OF NATIONAL STATUS ON IDENTITY CARDS To ensure that their names are included in the Hlectoiai Roll, person* who have been granted Certificates of Natur. ''1 to report Immediately to the Commissioner for Registration Stamford Road to li.ue their nat:ona! lUttU altered on their Identic Carrlv APPLICATIONS
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      1947 8 TENDERS P.W.D. TENDER NOTICE TENDERS will be received at the Office of the State Engineer, Pahanß. Kuala Lipls. up to 9 a.m. on 12th October 1954 for the Construction of 3 Blocks of 6 UnlU of Police Married Quarters at Tanah Rate, Cameron Highlands. Pull particulars are obtainable at ihe
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      62 8 ..a.cad« MESSAGERIES MARITIMES ETA wfSTBOUNO ETA lASHOUND So.ling Stp t S MIM MJ| JJS.pt riLIX HOUSSII to 91 t« n i An' &lt;* So.qon f$ p ANA Di&lt;! II Sot SOHCSI to So.gor, J7s^t HIM© to Soiflon. Mon.ta. »W Hongkong «opon S.pt Coiomb, CMARCEimS BEUMIS JOS.pt MIMHI POINCAM to j9S.pt
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      1070 9 BLUE FUNNEL LIMB Sap,* N proceed via other port, to load ..j a s K LIVERPOOL. GLASGOW. LONDON, 7'cSn TINE NtVl* Ports I pool itvjm Penong g73/j4 5.7. is s j jj;s tm Sept 24 Oct 1 .00l Oct 1/ 4 Sept 29 Oct S Oct m Lcndon, Oel 7
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    BRIDGE
    344 10  -  Kenneth Konwtfam By I WAS sitting South on the following hand from a recent rubber. My partner was an International player with quite an array of tournament successes to his credit. The dealer was South; the score, love all. A A K. 9 f 1843 4 A 10 8
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    A full picture of the great French houses
    125 10 CHATEAUX OF THE LOIRE. By Vivian Rowe. (Putnam. 18s.) rIS is a *-.ir. detailed and pleasantly produrrd book about a part of France th.it is visited each year by many British tourists, and it should add, in future, much interest to their
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    The Napoleons had three things in common
    817 10  - The Napoleons had three things in common RAYMOND MORTIMER By LOUIS NAPOLEON AND THE SECOND EMPIRE. By I M. Thompson. (Blackwell. 325. 6d.) T^APOLEON 111 ran Justly be charged with the same three offences as the great Napoleon: he was a despot; he discouraged literature; and he left France smaller
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    THEY KEPT THE NEWS FROM OSCAR WILDE'S SONS....
    518 10 SON OF OSCAR WILDE. By Vyvyan Holland. (Hart-Davies. 18s.) T*HE two little boys could not understand it, although Cyril the elder (aged nine) had seen a newsbill in Baker Street with his fathers name on it, bold and black: "Oscar Wilde;" and
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    391 10 Journey on top of the world ACROSS THE ROOF OF THE WORLD. By Wilfred Skrede. (Staples. 12$. 6d B? Hrrniird I ergfu%%on IN April, 1941, on Haider Pasha railway station opposite Istanbul, I met thirty Norwegians who had just got out of German-oc-cupied Europe; and drank a great deal of
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      289 10 Straits Times Crossword ~2 3~~ 5~~ O j» l» J 14 I] i 1 *22~ 23 24~ "~j 2S ACROSS 7 Exrase the modern expression (5). 1. Made from different garments 8 This plant is always the same perhaps t9&gt; colour «9). 6. A light path (5). 13 This could
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    8-yr Melbury Court scores 11th victory
    222 11 RACING in the colours of her fifth lv owner, eight-year-old Melbury Court, who won her first rate on the Malayan Turf as a thtee-yeai-old In 1951. put up a very creditable performance to outstay a fairly useful Class l field in the Singapore Plate
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    Compton hits polished 109
    68 11 LONDON, Sun. Denta Compton nhowed no sign of hl« knee trouble yesterday In hitting 109 for Crons Arrows In their one day name with the Koval Navy at Lords Compton, who Is to fly to Auatralla to join the M.C.C. team when the treatment prescribed for
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    38 11 LONDON. Sun. The International Amateur Athletic Prtdemtlon have deelded that a 20 kilometre walk will be Included In the 1956 Olympic Oames to be held In Melbourne in place of the 10,000 metre* track walk.
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    THREE RINGS' CUP WIN TAKES EARNINGS TO $72,000
    537 11 THREE RINGS' CUP WIN TAKES EARNINGS TO $72,000 THREE R:NGS B Lfboc «mc J^ P Pc8 ca Bon8 on' s leadin* Cuoit rIlTt"- vISu IS Win in the Singapore Gold narnit ?t- !t Tlmah on Satur &lt;tov has boosted his SJE ST™ S T* on J° S12 nOf) and hi
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    YONG IS TOP OF TRAINERS' LIST
    201 11 J»HIKTKEN of the 24 races, including the Gold Cup. at the three-day meeting of The Singapore Turf Cup September Meeting went to Federation stables But top trainer of the meetlne was Bukit Timah's Yonc Thau Yin, who sent out six winners, four seconds and
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    Bristol City succeed on day of shocks
    596 11 iondon. Sunday. I&gt;KISTOL CITY, Third Division South leaders, are the only unbeaten club in the four divisions after a day of surprises in English league football yesterday. Bristol won 3-1 at Coventry the only away success in the division— to take a clear
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    Singapore to have extra meet
    208 11 Singapore to have extra meet SINGAPORE Turl Club will have seven race meetings In 195 b. according to the racing fixtures drawn up by the Straits Raclns Association at a meeting yesterday Penang. Selangor and Perak Turt Clubs will each stage five meetings j as usual There will be 68
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    TRABERT WILL MEET SEIXAS
    80 11 LOS ANGELES. Sun. National champion Vie Selxas of Philadelphia and Tony Trabert of Cincinnati asI sured an all-U S. singles final In the Pacific Southwest tennis tournament yesterday Trabert defeated defending champion Ken Rosewall of Australia 0-R. 6-3 8-6. 5-7. 6-3. Selxas elimlniited Luis Ayala of
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    South Johore wir opening match
    71 11 JOHORE BAHRU. Sun. South Johore RFC opened their season in promising manner yesterday when they defeated RNAS Sembawang by 24 points &lt;3 KoaU. 3 tries i to five i one goal i at Sembawang. Johore's tries were scored by John and Pat Edington. Spark. Phillip-.
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    153 11 LONDON. Sun. Yesterday's Rusr&gt;y Union results: Irish 19. United Services (Portsmouth) 12; Saracens 9, Brtrigend 11; St. Mary's 8, Harlequins 28; St. Tbaaaa'a 0. Old Blues 2*; Bath 17. Exeter 10; Bedford 9, Notts 3; Brtdcewater and Albion 9, Maesteg 14; Bristol 12, Swansea 6; Coventry 8,
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    U.K. SOCCER PLACINGS
    778 11 Vfßnchestrr U. S 6 2 1 20 11 14 West Brnm. 9 6 1 2 20 IS 13 Wolves 9 5 2 2 17 10 12 Sundcrland 9 4 4 1 13 8 12 Everton 9 5 2 2 17 11 12 Manchester C. 9 5 2
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    FARRER PARK SOCCER
    63 12 Results of soccer fnendlies played at Farrer Park yesterday: Dynamos SC beat Star Soccerltes 2-1 Scorer.?: Narayanan and Bala for Dynamos and Dollah Zainal for Soccentev Kerala F.C. beat Tampenls Rovers 3-0 (Govtnda, Lopez and H Singh Darul Aflah beat Indian B S. 3-1 (Nokman 2 and
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    CORINTHIANS AND HAIKOWYU DRAW
    36 12 Singapore Corinthian's drew with Haikowyu SC. 1-1 in a friendly soccer match played at Jalan Besar stadium last night. Corinthians' scorer was Hussein. Chong Seng replied for Haikowyu S. M. All refereed.
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    BIG U.S. OFFER TO COCKELL
    36 12 CINCINNATI. Sun.— Don Cockell. the British Empire heavyweight boxing champion, has been offered a US$5O,OOO ($150,000 Malayan) guarantee for a 15-round bout with Eszard Charles, it was announced here l«-t night.
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    South beat North witM 2nd I half effort
    617 12 South beat North with 2nd half effort COUTH beat North 2-0 at Jalan Bcsar stadium last night, in the Malayan Chinese Football Association's annual match, to wrest the Tay Lian Teck Shield which North had held since 1951, the year the game was last played. Both goals were scored In
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    Jessie takes second title
    198 12 JESSIE ONO i Convent i who was last year's women's junior champion, won the Schoolgirls singles title at the Singapore badminton championships In the final la.«t night she beat Chee Hwee Cheng Normal Class Victoria School t by 11 3. 11 4 in about ten minutes.
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    BOGAARS GETS LAST WICKET JUST IN TIME
    181 12 CINOAPORE Recreation Club '■Seniors" gained a last -over victory over "Junloro" by six runs In an exciting home-and-home fixture to end the Club's cricket seaoon yesterday. More than 500 runs were scored I in this afternoon match. Four batsmen hit half centuries two
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    S.B.A. EXHIBITION NOT TO BE PART OF JUBILEE GALA
    215 12 By Ol'R BADMINTON REPORTER ASIB-COMMITTEE of the Singapore Badminton Association met Mr. IJm Chuan Geok last night al Dato C. J. Paglar's house and told him that the association agreed to his proposal to invite star players from abroad for an
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    Sawi takes 50-m. race for Novices
    151 12 tMGH TEEN -YEAR -OLD YusofT bin Sawi. of the Cosmopolitan Cycling Club, beat 44 other cyclists In the Singapore Island Ramblers so-mlle massed-start race for Novices hold at the Chua Chu KangLtm Chu Kang course yes'erday. Yusoffs time was two hours. II mins Just
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    Cohen to] clever fol Chamroenl
    99 12 Clever to clever for Chamroenl BANOK ROBFHT COHE» bpram champ;' i tonisht o n over Polk men Bongkltral i champ. i FiftyKinc Phui watched the Cohen exhibit lot. had thr cla-vsed. Both Cohen's tern: kened Ch;im:i" round of :he Chan-.rocn. who bti :ner»-« of packn.t a failed ti on Cohen
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    DAWSON 1-ORSI.J
    16 12 DAWSON FOR SAIM BANOK world welt* 1 I I the Orien- Sonci* I Thailanri I UP
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