The Straits Times, 10 May 1954

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    15 1 COPfl V The Straits Times Ma**** i;s(d. 1845 SINGAPORE. MONDAY, MAY 10, 1954 IS CENTS
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    EACE TALKS WRANGLE
    551 1 \ununist demands halt progress on Indo-China GENEVA; Sunday. pRENI II seized the initiative when the ninenation Indo-China peace conference opened lure yesterday by calling for an internationallycontrolled armistice. ill is would be preceded by complete Vietminh lation Of Laos and Cambodia and the confineof their troops in
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    TRY HIM $5,000
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    CASTRIES DEAD' REPORT
    121 1 CASTRIES DEAD' REPORT SAIGON. Sun lith of Brigadlerr.tl Christian de Dlen Bien Phu was reported today inoi, but French army t:d the ..port might be premature. a spokesman said the High Command had received no word on the fats Ol neral /ietminh radio claimed earlier that when the vletminh took
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    radio atemala
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    rationing Hong Kong
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    POSTMAN—RED STYLE
    23 1 I), liver tlu> mail. Take subscriptions tor Comii newspapers, books and cala. scrap Iron on thr reiunt to the post office.
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    MAUREEN IS THE NAME She wants to be Miss Malaya
    172 1 MAUREEN IS THE NAME She wants to be Miss Malaya jN. mis i:mk\m m m.Miss Hataya Quest is Mis* M.uirceii I. riches ter- Dunn, .i i-fl 18. of Sincapore. M.iureen weighs 107 Ib. and is 5 ft. 4in tall. Her measurements are: uaist I, hust K and hips ;i So
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    'Tarzan' Tony wrestled tiger
    189 1 HE WON— WITH SOME HELP MENTAKAB. Sunday. AN INDIAN estate conductor is lying in the hospital here with wounds received in a fight against a tiger. He is Anthony Benjamin 3D. who has earned the nickname of "Tarzan" for his feat It happened last week on
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    Charwallahs are back in business
    138 1 Charwallahs are back in business Xl ALA LI.MPI IJ. Sun. Till tun (harwullahs the Pakistani tea-sellers who followed lite llritisli Army through Imli.i to Burma and li n.t 11 > (o Hateya are once again allowed .so sell tea to the MkUSffS, but on one condition. The .mil. n Ls
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    China gets oil
    30 1 TOKYO, Sun. Communist China said today that Its engineers h»ve completed three new oilwells in the Yumen, Northwest China and are expanding a nearby oil refinery. -UP.
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    Merchants are executed
    47 1 HONO KONG, Sun. Police trials, executions and imprisonment of "treacherous" grain merchants have followed China's decision to create state monopoly of the purchase ol the nations grain crops. according to reports reaching here. Charges of "counter revolutionary" .sabotage have bMB brought axalnst many Router
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    This is France's plan for ending war
    195 1 GENEVA. Sun THE FRENCH plan for endIn" the ir do-China war Is divided into three sections. The first, relating to Vi'tnam. r ßeassembly of regular units, 'j n regroupmeot wnea to be determined hv ti e ponfrrence nn ;i rpcommendatlori ol t commanderi
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    Brazil wants more time
    68 1 RTO DE JANEIRO. Sun. Mr. Edßard de Mello, Brazilian diplomat, hinted yesterday that Brazil miuht seek more time to pay its commercial debts to Britain Mr. Mello. economic counsellor to the Brazilian Embassy in London, returned hero on home leave. He said Brazil was now buying
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    Arab-Jew clash: three dead
    51 1 AMMAN. Jordan Sun Two Israeli soldiers wire killed and five others are believed dead after clash betwi en ii Arab Legion patrol and an 1 racU company, it was announced ht re toil iv One Israeli soldier was killed and another wounded in a second Clash,
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    2 ELECTRIC BOMBS IN RED TRAP
    287 1 2 ELECTRIC BOMBS IN RED TRAP Wired-up grenades explode KI'ALA M'MPI'R. Sunday. A PARTY of five to 10 terrorists ambushed the assistant manager of llu Paloh Fstate, Kluan*. Johore, and his escort of five special constables yesterday by electrically exploding two hand-grenades. The «renades were placed six yards apart on
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    152,000 DOWN FOR THE VOTE
    185 1 MOKfc than IaCLUM peuple oui of a potential electorate of 200.000 have regMeni in j the last 21 days a* voters lor the lorthcoming elections lo| Itoc Johore State Council Inche Ismi bin Ismail the state Elections Olficer. told the Straits Times yesterday that no*
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    Boycott by UMNO in offing
    159 1 Boycott by UMNO in offing KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. THERE Is a strong indication that UMNO will boycott future meetings of the Federal Legislative Council. UMNO's central oxfvutivr committee, meeting here today, reaffirmed laust year's UMNO assembly decision in Alor Star Kedah. authorising walk-out by UMNO members from tho Fedora! Council
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    Straggler killed
    24 1 MANILA S'.in— A Philippine Army patrol yesterday killed a Japanese World Wai II straggler and wounded two others on Lubang Island— A.P.
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    Gunmen in black shoot labourer
    153 1 Gunmen in black shoot labourer FENANG. Sun. OOLICE set up mad*- blocks in Penang today after two eunmon had shot labourer. Teoh Cheng Toik, 30. in West Tolutong cofTre shop. Tedl was taken to tho General Hospital, where his condition la reported to be serious. Tho gunmen, dreued in l-.'.uk
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    STOP PRESS
    35 1 I \>ll I.S PARK t IRIS, It publican (.n n i Mippnrl r (-.mile, here I"<l. n v hrn i n-ri ti» farm proees--.ion In l!l II i ll ll'IM I) < bamn Liwr-
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    New job for Ritson
    44 1 oNixj.N. sun 81r Edward Mtaon, who carried out the Oovernmeni salaries Inquiry in Blngapon Is ar has b> n mvii ilmilar task in Trinidad and Tobago wher* he will also maki recommendations about the reorganlsatlt d Of the Civil S<
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    up, UP, UP THE ATOM BARRIER
    219 2 up, UP, UP THE ATOM BARRIER WASHINGTON, Sun. Mr. Isterlinj Cole, Republican re--1 pretentatlve for New York, said yesterday that further restrictions on the dUsemination ol atomic information had I been added to a draft bill now before OongTWft, Mr. Cole is chairman of the I Sri.ntn-House Atomic Energy [Committee,
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    Export pact
    18 2 PONN. Sun. Britain and West Oermany have agreed on wayi to abolish artificial export ,-itivr* Reuter.
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    Turkey gives oil permit
    52 2 ANKARA. Sun.— Turkey yesterday granted a permit to the Royal Dutch Shell Company to search for oil. The United State* Socony Vacuum Oi! Co. was given a permit on May 6. Thesr permits Grant foreign companies the rieht to explore in seven specified oil areas throuehout
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    26 hurt in gale
    54 2 LIVERPOOL. Sun. Twenty-fix pmw>tw m tlie Canard linrr Media (13.345 loos) were slightly injured on fcfaj 3 when the ship .slid Into a deep trough during an At-! lantic u.ilc. it was rttaclOfd jreatetday wh<n she arrived bet* from New York Two American pMsengen wwn 'iiki'ii
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    British not decadent: faith is lacking Garbett
    217 2 c RIPON, Yorkshire, Sunday. J'HK Archbishop of York, Dr. Cyril Garbett, said today there were ominous signs that the decline in religious faith was affecting national character. In a sermon urping the importance of religious education, the Archbishop said: "I do not oelieve
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    India clashes with Brazil on Goa
    184 2 NEW DELHI, Sunday. 4 ROW kl brewing hrre between India and Brazil. India has accused the Brazilian Government of taking up a "partisan position" in the dispute between her and Portugal over the future of (ioa. The row started whin BraziI Ambassador here. Senor
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    Asian film festival opens
    112 2 Asian film festival opens TOKYO. Sun. THE f>rst South-east Asia film fe.-tnal of nine Asian nations opened here yesterday. Under the .sponsorship of the South-east A^ian Movie Producers LeagtM in Japan, the festival wa.s opened with a ceremony m the Tokyo Kaikan Restaurant: 500 persons attended. Thirty-four films will be
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    AT The big parade
    64 2 AT The big parade PRINCE CHARLES and Princess Anne went ashore at Malta to usitch the Queen review a combined Services parade. The top picture shows Prince Charles being escorted by the Governor of Malta, Vu Gerald Creasy, up the steps at the quay. The picture below shoirs the Ropal
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    Prices rise as cards go
    89 2 LONDON, Sun.— Butter, tats and cheese co on sale unrationecl today in Britain for the first time in 14 years. Brand names will return and prices will be hipner. Butter jumps in price from 3.5. Bd. a pound to 4s. 3d. liarcarinc will vary between
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    NAVARRE TELLS WHY DTEN BIEN PHU AS TAKEN
    307 3 NAVARRE TELLS WHY DTEN BIEN PHU AS TAKEN I PARK, Sunday. irre, French Commander- n do-China, yesterday estimated in lt |)jen Bien Phn as 1,000 dead or *S SJMMI prisoners, tminb must have sufferincludlng 8.000 dead. Dien .1 certain type of Viet- id to face a completely rent army." Ll
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    man to Watch man
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    PRISONER COLUMN MARCHES NORTH
    216 3 PEN. NAVARRE said the Vietminh might make a spectacular gesture by freeing the wounded taken prisoner at Dien Bien Phu. But he did not believe the other prisoners would be handed over to the French. He said reconnaissance planes had spotted a long column of men
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    KHOKHLOV REPORTED IN LONDON
    122 3 BONN, Sun. NIKOLAI Khokhlov, Soviet secret service agent who deserted to the We.st, was reported here yesterday to have been taken to London recently Usually well informed sources said there were indications that he had been interviewed secretly in London. A British Foreign Office spokesman said
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    Lambe: S.E. Asia pact not needed
    202 3 HONOLULU, Sunday. iDMIRAL Sir Charles E. Lambe. tommander-in- Chief of British Far East Naval Forces, told a press conference yesterday he does not believe that a formal political pact among free nations could improve upon the existing military relationships in South-east Asia. He said
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    Red advice: Keep your coats on
    69 3 Red advice: Keep your coats on MOSCOW. Sun. RED Star said yesterday people caught outside during A-bomb or H-bomb explosions might spare themselves some of the ill effects of tadiation hv wearinc fireproof materials. This advice was contained in the Soviet arm<*d forces newspaper. The article said some preventive measures
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    SS CAN BE A MRS. TOO
    39 3 was given by the Interior Hrrr Gerhard Schroel!' 1 said it would be legal elderly Fraulein to call 11 Frau. .since it is not a r. rsonal description acng to the law. a.p
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    New President in Paraguay
    59 3 MONTEVIDEO. Sun Mr Tomas Romero Pereira has been voted provisional President of Paraguay by the National Assembly. Mr. Romero is chairman of the rulint; Colorado Party. ;,he only legal political group in Paraguay. He replaces 74-year-old President Federico chaves, who resigned on Friday, three days after
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    Embassy woman's purse snatched
    40 3 WASHINGTON. Sun— Police snid Mmc. Kon.stantin Fedoseev, 45, wife of a Soviet Embassy counsellor, reported a youth snatched her purse containing US$7OO while she was on her way to a grocery store on Friday night. A.P.
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    Now rainstorms hit 'quake refugees
    130 3 A DELUGE of rain and sharply cooling weather yesterday increased the misery of more than 30.000 homeless earthquake refugees in the Thessaly area of Greece. Most arc living in the open, with the lucky few in tents and impromptu shelters. Reports from the stricken area
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    Flash photos
    47 3 JOHANNESBURG. Sun. Booth African aclenttati ur-' using a rud;ir camera which takes a thousand picture* in half B second to photoKraph activity invisible to the naked V r iiislde clouds durlriK a UghtnlM flash. It Is believed to be the only one in (xistence— Reuter.
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    Go easy on atom power, says TUC
    126 3 Go easy on atom power, says TUC LONDON, Sun. BRITAIN'S Trades Union •1* Congress representing eight million workers today issued a warning against "too rapid application" of atomicenergy in industry. A TUC progress report welcomed the dramatic" promise of atomic generated power, but added: "Nobody wants to see a crater
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    Socialists ready to fight Reds
    122 3 Socialists ready to fight Reds VIENNA, Sun. SOCIALIST parties are iiow ready to fight camouflaged Communist activities, Mr. Morgan Phillips. Secretary General of the British Labour Party, told a news conference here. The activities, he said, included Communist efforts to win over young people by arranging trips to Iron Curtain
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    Statesman dies in Bolivia
    46 3 LA TAZ, Bolivia. Sun— Waldo Belmonte Pool, for many years one of the important figures in Bolivian politics, died yesterday. He served as interkn president in 1943 when President Enrique Penaranda visited the United States. He was foreign minister in 1948— AP.
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    CANAL ZONE BRITISH TOLD: YOU'LL DIE'
    108 3 CAIRO. Sunday. BRITISH troops in the Suez Canal Zone were warned yesterday. "You'll die sooner or later" as the newspaper of Egypt's Revolutionary Council hinted Suez could become another Dien Bien Phu. A British military spokesIman said intimidating leafletv were distributed around the sprawling
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    Arts show
    32 3 VENICE, Sun.— A record of 23 nations will participate in Venice's biennial of modern arts this year. The. show open on June 20 and closes at the end of September.
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    MAY BAY EN
    39 3 THIS .'Hit I im.K \MI elves ernrral view of tho svtnv in Moscow's Rrd Square as workers march past in the May Day celebrations. This AP picture was issued by the official Kiisvian news agency Tass.
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    UNION BID TO STOP SPLIT
    128 4 UNION BID TO STOP SPLIT KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. THE Fedrrat-.on of Malay Teachers' Unions la now I considering a salary scale to preveni normal-trained teachers from leaving the union. The normal teachers, most of whom are members ol the F.M.T.U.. are scheduled to hold a two-day conference soon In Muar
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    Inspectors acquitted
    85 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Sun. No evidence was otTered by Mr T.il »g Davie.s. the DPP. when s.ileh bin Hail Arif. Abdullah bin Abdul Razak and Khoo Bin Piah. three food control insrs, were brought for tria'. m the Supreme Court on a charge of accepting $50 without consideration. Mr.
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    Buddhist pandit passes through
    44 4 Venerable Bhikkhu U. Titthila. lecturer In BudcihLst phiy in tne University of Rangoon, arrived in Singapore day by air from Austra:u:e Jie va.s on a lecture tour. Yen. Titthlla. a guest of the Buddhist Union last night, today for Rangoon.
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    Had samsu: $80
    61 4 KUANTAN. Sun The coro- I nor here returnee, a verdict of I Miicide at an Inquest into the death of Loo Tuck 63. He said that it is clear that Loo had committed suicide due to old age, unemployment and j xtreme poverty. Loo was found hanging
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    Students to search for a 'lost' city
    180 4 Students to search for a 'lost' city GROUP of history students at the University of Malajra plan to take an unusual vacation this year Members of the recently.ty <>f Malaya I Archaeological Society will leave for the Kra Isthmus in September to search for the legendary city t'f Takola. Although
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    Welfare meeting
    30 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Sun. A public meeting will be he.d at the Government Ofllcts. johore Bahru. at 4.45 p.m. tomorrow to discuss the programme for the 1954 Welfare Week.
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    Vegetable seller had opium
    49 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Sun. Tuli Be Tak, a vegetable seller on GunoiiK Pulal Estate, was fined $100 in the .sessions court lor having two tahils of raw opium H« was lurthor fined $250 for ottering a $20 bribe to a Special Constable not to arrest him.
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    Crushed to death
    57 4 JOHORE BAHRU, Sun. A misadventure verdict was returned by the Coroner. Inche Mahmud on Iteli, a Town Council labourer. Iteli. standing on the back step of a lorry, was crushed against a coconut tree when the lorry MM reversing Iteli was taken to hospital where he died
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    S'pore to hear old music
    58 4 Rehearsal.- are under way for the Singapore Chamber Ensemble concert of early Italian instrumental and vocal music to be held In the Victoria Memorial Hall on May 31 Tickets priced at $5. $3. $2 and $l, can be obtained from the secretary. Mrs. Lily Chan,
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    NEWLY-WEDS LEAVE CATHEDRAL
    45 4 Ml! AND >IKS I.KE BOON CMYK after their wedding at St. Andrews t'athednl. Singapore, on Saturday. The bride was Miss Joo Swee Man. daughter of Mr Jee Ah Chian. accountant and immediate past vice-president of the Singapore Rotary Club.— Straitts Thies picture.
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    WORKERS BEING IMPORTED' Shortage of artisans in Singapore
    229 4 WORKERS BEING IMPORTED' Shortage of artisans in Singapore SINGAPORE firms are bringing in men from Honjf Konp and other count/ies to overcome the shortage of artisans in the Colony. The Controller of Immigration. Mr. M. C. Compton, told the Straits Times yesterday that since the law restricting the entry of
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    He tells secrets of the gangs
    193 4 He tells secrets of the gangs KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. THE structure and* methods of one of Malaya's most powerful secret societies the Wah Kee— will be explained in a forthcoming 20-page supplement to an existing book on the equally powerful Ang Bin Hoey secret society. Circulation of the book md
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    MUMORGRANDAD?BOY SAID GRANDAD BUT WENT OFF WITH MUM
    169 4 KUALA LIPIS. Sunday. 4 BOY, aged seven, object of a dispute between his A mother and grandfather, went into the witness box of the West Pahanu Sessions Court and told the president: "I like my grandfather." He was Chu Hock Menp fthose
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    Union chief: 'They enjoy our toil'
    113 4 Union chief: 'They enjoy our toil' PENANO. Sun. MR. O. LEO. president of the Malayan Technti-.il Services' Union, told memb ol IU Penan-4 and Province Wei. branch at the animal dinner last meht that non-members had been reaping the benefits achieved by the union. "Instead of enjoying a *ide in
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    Opium fines total $700
    60 4 JOHOKE BAHRU. Sun. Fines totalling $700 were lmpoesd by Mr. N. L. Cohen in the Sessions Court. Kota Tinßgi. on Chou Poon Fong. a .sawmill employee, for being in possession of prepared opium, utensils for use in connection with the smoking of opium and for allowing
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    Request for piece work
    68 4 KLANO. Sun.— The Port Swettenham Harbour Trade Union may ask the shipping agents to insist on contractors following a piece work system, at least for a three-month trial period. Shore labourers are now be- ing paid on the piece work system but they do not benefit
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    Driver fined
    27 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Sun. Syed Abdullah bin M.\hmud, !8. was fined $50 in the police court for driving a car without a licence and insurance policy
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    137 blood donations last week
    51 4 SrN'GAPORES Blooct Transfusion Service save 126 transfusions last week. In the same period it received 137 donations. With the growing demand for blood new donors are constantly needed to ensure a regular supply Transport and refreshments are provided ra shii'no ring ***** or 2414. ext
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    Methodist officials
    81 4 Officials of the Malayan Methodist Youth Fellowship Council for the new twotern are: Chairman. Mr. K C Yeoh iTklplng); vice-chairman, Mr Harry Fang (Singapore* secretary. Mr d. R Danle) Ipohi; treasurer. Mr. Toh Khenu Teik <Kuala Lumpur iauditor. Mr. Beah Teak Khern (S'ngaporet. Commission chairmen. Dr. James Supramaniam
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    Crowds pack church on jubilee day
    122 4 BATU GAJAH. Sunday. \IORE than 2.000 Catholics, many of them from lT different parts of Perak. today packed St Josephs Church to celebrate its silver jubilee and the feast of its patron saint. i The Archbishop of Malacca. Mgr. M. Olcomendy, said the j
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    Muar Hospital Board members
    95 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Sun Members of Muar Hospital Board for 1954 are: Dato Othman bin Buang Mr S Ponnampalam, Inche Abdui Kaon- bin Tahb. inche Hussein bin Ahmad, the Rev I Cordeiro. Inche Ann. Tbomls, ifn Boatta R Goh, Mrs. Chan Shi Shi. Mrs G L Gune,
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    Costly smokes
    33 4 JOtIORE BAHRU. Sun Chiii Her Sec. who tried to in 12 packets of cigarettes into Johor.' Bahru lioin Bini was lined $25 in the I C- to-' The cigarettes were confiscate.i
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    Wesak on radio
    38 4 Radt.i Ceylon will broadr i a .special Wesak programme to commemorate the birthday pi the Lord Buddha on May i between and A M p m (\1 layan time) on ITL'o kllocj or 16.H1 ni,
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    1235 5 uerto Rico-unhappy island of economic chaos special FEATURE Puerto Rico terrorists of five Representatives in cincts of the United States Congress recently focusses c of the world's problem islands. Since Columbus nearly 500 years ago, a complete race has been island has been ravaged by freebooters, plagues When, at last,
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    IN MEMORIAM
    38 6 M iirdt tin (minimum) MACKIE in Remembrance of n-irrior who died May ]oth, 1953. 800. MACKIE Gordon Graham In ;nc Remembrance of a much bPimef! only son. who died on May 10th, 1953, Helen and Bill.
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS
    208 6 20 Word, SIO (minimum) FOLLOW PEDANT Every day In the 'Malay Mall' If you want, to win that $5.D00 word puzzle. REFRIGERATION or Air Conditioning troubles Ring Bill Manning about it At *****. SHOWING AT MADELINES English and American Cocktail and Evening Wear at reasonable prices JUST ARRIVED an
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    The Straits Times Singapore, Mon. May 10, 1954. Conference with a Gun
    590 6 The Straits Times Singapore, Mon. May 10, 1954. Conference with a Gun First effect of the fall of Dien Bien Phu has already been felt at Geneva. The opening session of the nine-nation Indo-China peace conference wee paralvsorl. after Mr. Bidault, France's Foreign Minister, had put forward a reasonable peace
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    Skills Must Be Taught
    475 6 Skills Must Be Taught With Singapore's new immi- gration laws the supply of skilled artisans in the Colony assumes a new importance. In i the past when a firm doing a job which needed special skills called in workers from other; parts of the world. For example I carpenters and
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    Bitter-sweet
    196 6 Income tax dodgers are beginning to feel the effect of the skilled investigators the authorities have heen importing and training locally. It is. perhaps, a pity that they should be reaching a real pitch of efficiency at a time when incomes are not so upwardly elastic as they were
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    More British information services in S.E.Asia urged
    1190 6 By A Special Correspondent EXPANSION of British overseas information services in South-East Asia, including the completion of the powerful transmitting station at Tebrau is recommended by the Drogheda Committee, a summary of whose report has just been presented to Parliament. The committee was
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    How the prince got his title
    70 6 •'INQUIRER- o: Ij to know why A son of tho Aga X:; d of the It (Kojah t Inn.-, should be calli I I i Alv Khan. Daring the Vi< toi the tide of H: conferred upon the A Iby the British i and
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      GIVE 'PREFERENCE TO LOCAL BORN'
      172 6 DEFERRING to the Singapore Director of Education s reply to a probationer teacher from the Federation. I think the Colony Government is wasting public money in building a hostel for them. The Federation will soon have its own teachers training colleges. We have enouah candidates
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      Why torn parcels are collected
      191 6 Why torn parcels are collected I DO NOT think that Hnri K kong A 6736" should hr.vc presented tho G.P.O. stall with a bouquet and at tho tame time thrown brickbats at the postmen. I am more Inclined to believe that tho card from the G.F.O. was sent to him.
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      87 6 rE bus stand along Jalan Segget In Johore Bahru li very congested because many buses occupy a small sparr I have nft/n .seen a whole line of traffic in front of the stand being held up when the buses try to go to the stand. Thorn
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      Correct fares were charged
      162 6 Correct fares were charged I REFER to letter, headed "K. L. plea for uniform bus farrs". by "Puvirasinghe The service concerned has a normal fare table, providing a minimum fare of five i and thereafter an average fare of four cents per mile. "Puvirasinghe" happens to l» unfortunate that hi.s
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      'Impatient self-seekers a danger to the country'
      268 6 f HAVE been in this coun- j 1 try for over 25 years i and can thus compare the past with the present. There is little difference in the outlook of the va.st major- ity of the people in the country today compared
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      736 6 CLASSIFIED ADS. Word* ,<:;« (minimum) CROZIER. To Sheila, wile o! L. A. Crorier. Raub. a riaushtet nn 3nth April, at Bungsar HospiUl. I Kuala I.umpur. :it Ward* HO I minimum) THE ENGAGEMENT was an- I rnunced !xlv.ern Ler Tatt Choonz trcond son of Mr. <fc Mrs. Lee Fai Nam and
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    THOUSANDS OF TAX-DODGERS WARNED
    239 7 by the million are involved INVESTI(;ATORS Kl hiVc V S^% 0 people |or non-payment of income tax since lUlarV ;Au N syp!l (I «mptroller of Inland Revenue, told the Straits Times today Total tax and penalties to bo exacted from 658 of defaulters who have not
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    Singapore wedding
    37 7 MB. WONti V.I LUfKi ol llic St. John Ambulance Brigade teams thi- Singapore Wesley Church with his bride. Miss Elsie Wong Sect Har. beneath an arch provided by St. John Ambulance officers Straits Times picture.
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    Campaign to keep death off roads
    89 7 Campaign to keep death off roads (to keep death oil thr; will be given at Sin Inese primary schools rein cin palgn la it its kind in the Chi- here. i an Hui Lip oi the has been specially cture because he nt Cantonese and irin. morning at Yeung School
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    Shopkeeper acquitted
    40 7 K ANSON. Sun.— The Magistrate and ciiM'harged Beh 36. without his cic- i a charge ."i: oi uncustomed I proprietor, wa.s have had 81 botl tins of briUianof brilliajitinc and wcier pancakes on seise duty of $16! paid.
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    Death of Mr Tara Singh Mann
    44 7 Death of Mr Tara Singh Mann A KANGSAR. Sun. ■ok place at the Hospital here last :usht of Mr. Tara Singh- Mann. al Straits Times correspondent. He had been ill for some The funeral took place today at the Sikh cremation ground npang Tahiti
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    New Civil Defence HQ planned
    114 7 New Civil Defence HQ planned BUKIT MEKTAJAM. Sun. IF there is another war. in Malaya. Bukit Mertajam will become the civil delence centre in Province Wellesley. Colonel D. Peraoaon, Assistant Commissioner for Civil Defence. Northern Region, said yesterday. He added that a new head quarters would be opened there was
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    Red pamphlets on trees
    52 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. I Terrorists pasted Communist pamphlets on telephone posts and trees at the 2nd milestone. Paloh-Yong Peng Road, near the Kali Malaya Estate lines. Pamphlets wore also found by labourers while on their way to work. >„ viti-vcar-old Claude Ok imnlo and his father.
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    YOU may be on 'smuggler' list
    217 7 REPORTS GO TO RECORDS SEREMBAN. Sunday. f )NK in every thousand people in the Federation has his name on record in the Central Information Office of the Customs Department as a potential smuggler. Mr. A. W. S. Sim, officer in charge of information and
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    Air Force hit Reds 79 times in month
    182 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. \IR strikes were carried out in April against terrorists in all States except. Trcngganu Penang and Malacca. Two terrorist camps in I'erak were destroyed by bombing. Seventy-nine raids, including 57 by Lincoln bombrrs and 25 by No 148 Squadron
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    Village folk go to polls to pick 9
    97 7 Village folk go to polls to pick 9 KUALA LUMPUK. Sun THE people of Kampong Pandan Settlement, four m.lefrom here, todav^ elected a nineman committee to manage the affairs of the kampong. The settlement has a population of 1.000 Nearly 500 peopleare on the electoral roll. The successful committee members
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    GRIEVANCE ON LABOUR QUARTERS
    119 7 GRIEVANCE ON LABOUR QUARTERS A chaise that monthly paid staff of Singapore City Council are allowed to stay in labour quarters wa.s made by the Gas Department Labour Union ye.sterday. At the annual meeting of the union yesterday, its secretary, Mr. K Supoh, said: "We 'annot understand how month-y-paid staff
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    Dinner party
    27 7 Singapore Chinese Dentist's Association gave a dinner on Saturday In honour of their legal adviser. Mr. John Laycock, and medical officer. Dr. Ten« Pine Ming.
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    Crash counsel: No decision
    59 7 No decision has yet been taken whether it is nccoilirj tor Mr. Christopher Bhawcross Q.C.. of London, to be admitted to tiie Singapore Bar before I he can represent BOAC at U» Kalians enuh Inquiry openiim on May 31. Mr Shawcross expected in Singapore soon, i.s
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    Jap who joined French to fight the Axis plans a visit home
    192 7 Jap who joined French to fight the Axis plans a visit home m/lR TOVOTARA OKAMOTO, 11 who claims to be the only Japanese to have joined the French army during the German invasion arrived in Si.mapore yesterday 111 MY K i arKO-iner, Ak.iM Maru on his way to Japan Wav
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    New attempt to 'sell' Malaya
    134 7 THE latest attempt to "sell" Malaya is a 68-page, 1 illustrated book— "Malaya, a Guide for Businessmen and Visitors." It Is published by the Public Relation* Office. Singapore. Five thousand copies have been printed, and 500 have be«-n Miit lor distribution at the British Industries
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    Work starts on electoral registration
    100 7 THE Constitutional Commission baa -ecommended that tin* Singapore electoral roll should be prepared by au- j tomatic registration linked with scheme of national registration. The initial electoral roll i.s to be compiled with the help of identity cards. This is expected to take eight months.
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    NEW SQUAD WILL SPECIALISE IN MURDER CASES
    130 7 NEW SQUAD WILL SPECIALISE IN MURDER CASES SINGAPORE will soon have a "homicide squad" t«, deal with murder cases. A police spokesman told the Straits Times: We have been examining the possibilities of forming homicide squad for a long time. It will not be far nfi when we will have
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    Chandu—for belter sight
    74 7 Chandu— for belter sight KUALA LIPIS. Sun. A 54--year-old weeder told the K Lipi.s On—lons Court JtMU I that he .smoked chandu becausp "when I smoke I can see better." Lee Sing, who saiil that fc'a eyesight was very poor, was found with a chandu smoklnp pipe when customs officers
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    Pahang show
    15 7 KUANTAN, Sun. Parian-. State Agricultural Show will be held at Temerloh in July.
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    Murder trial of soldier set for June
    93 7 Murder trial of soldier set for June JOHORE BAHRU. Sun L/CPL. George Cooper was brought before Mr. Justice Storr in the Supremo Court here yesterday, charged with murdering his wif<\ Vr:a Cooper. His trial was adjourned to the June As The judge told Cooper that :n his own .merest to
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    Retired man called back
    55 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Sill F P Egerton. t<>rmer genera! manager of Central Eli Board who retired a v.>ar igo alter 3U year -'turned to Kuala Lumpur yesterday t he aetlns. chairman of the board durin- nee ol the present chairman. Mr. Oscar Spencer, who i.s i;oinc on
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      14 7 PIRSHMAN— To Ann wife o( Hanv Fnshman al Kand.ni; Km bou n.-inul, a son.
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      133 7 Shoes that safeguard growing feet tou sh Usk y f z- Of 6 z&Zjt/t Children's to j?}? /mf' teen-ager <^ .^iiSBBBBk. OL^ THE STORE WITH A <$*«- TO OFFER ROYAL VENTON J^Z^SSANITARY WARE itt^ T v 3 > V^" Jt\ v*/.' Agents: V-^fCU SAND I LANDS BUTTERY f X Sinciport
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      157 7 The weather .Minimum Temperature: (TJO p.m. on May 8 to 7.30 a.m. on \lu.\ 9) Singapure 76. Penan 75. Kuta Buliru 74. Kuala Lumpur 72. I]X)h 71. Kuantun 7t) M.tximum 'I'rinprralure: (7JO a.m. to 7.30 p.m. cm May 9> Singapore 88. Penani 85. Kota Bahru 91. Kuahi Lumpur 91.1 Ipuh
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    S-E Asia war tension back business
    572 8 S-E Asia war tension back business .MALAYAN Sit ARE MARKET HI 111 l\ SOME SELLING-OUT By OVR MARKET CORRESPONDENT SINGAPORE Share Market last week wu certain as the Indo-China situation blew and cold. Investors were confused with a rest decrease in business. It is now obvious that the market will
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    Cost of replanting
    260 8 rPHE chairman of Sunsei 1 Ricching Rubber Estates Ltd., Lt Col. C. W. S. Gardner, in his statement to be presented to the annual meeting on May 10 tells shareholders of the anomaly between the present at«l per acre of replanting rubber and the price at which
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    'Rubber tax is shortsighted'
    140 8 CRITICISING the policy of the M ll 1 vernment, Mr. Cl chairman of Konio Rubber "50., sayi it I short-sighted for th ment. bowever gre fox revenue, to sadd modity which li 1 importance to th( I and the sterling an 1 with a sub- 1
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    SHARE BUSINESS
    281 8 THE followim: list of business done m U Share Market last week was repotted by one of brokers for the period May 1 to May 7: I.M>! STRIAIS: XV xand!:\ Brick 71' Pret. $2.00, Chinese Banners Trust 13.00, Eastern United $.13.75. Federal Dispensary 13.06 Praaer Meave Ords $2.00
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    Sensitive fluctuate
    156 8 TPHE commodity mark once again wholl situation regarding I Indo-China talk i ii G( For flic time b> market trading c in have giwn i Benrcxu react Mr.- h unpredictable nice as Dews of politi ral received The tin pi $360.25 on Monday Saturday mornin.: i ol Dlen
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    Paper Quiet
    126 8 Paper Quiet I TN Malaya it will be 1 easy to dismiss Dr. Purcell's new book as simply the expected projection of the extraordinary attack he made on General Templer in the Twentieth Century. There is the same bitterness, even the same language (the General's as well as the doctor's)
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      820 8 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS VACANCIES FOR POSTS OF TEACHERS I 1)1 < lIION nKP\KTMI.NT, JOHORE The following vacancies arc to be filed in June tai Teacben in Training, English Schools: Men $12(1 pn iin"isem. :rn SI per men: em. Apr eri their 17th but rot their 23rd birthday and must have obtalna
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      815 8 NOTICES NOTICE $32,000,000 FEDERATION OF MALAYA 3 1 PER CENT. LOAN 1961 71 Notice Is hereby given that the Register of the abovementioned I oan will be closed from 18th Ma;, to 31st May. 1954 (both dates inclusive), for preparation of interest warrants. J. H. NEWBIGGINP. Registrar. Public Debt Office,
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      822 8 NOTICES Tender notice Tenders are invited for the erection of an Amusement Park comprising 1 cinema hall, 1 theatre, 1 singinn cafe, 1 dodge-em car shed, office, stalls etc. in flalan Bahru, Alor Star. Kedah for Messr.s Malayan Theatres Ltd. Plans, specification can be seen and full particulars obtained from
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      540 8 TENDERS TENDERS INVITED 1. Tenders will be received at the office of the Medical Superintendent Central Mental Hospital. Tanjoi Rambutan, up to noon of the 22nd May, 1954, for the supply of HOSPITAL DIETS to the Central Mentiil Hospital, Taojons Rambutnn. for a period of six months commencing from Ist
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      482 8 COMPANY REPORTS 1HE STRAII's 1 HADING COMPANY LIMITED:— After depreciation, provision for Income Tax 1954 and transfer to Internal Reserves profit of SI. 904.617 (211 6' r or at lea>t 302.3' < before taxt shows an Increase and recommended llnal dividend of $100 plus bonus of 50 ets will make
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    BRIDGE
    306 10 By Kenneth Konstam LOUIS TARLO'S team, dual I winners of this year's Gold Cup and Crockford's Cup. the two major annual competitions, met their Waterloo when they played a team .selected by the British Bridge League and captained by Leslie Dodds. This wa.s a 100-board challenge match for the
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    DR. PURCELL HAS LOST HIS BEARINGS
    938 10 DR. PURCELL HAS LOST HIS BEARINGS by Allington Kennard MALAYA: COMMUNIST OR FREE? By Victor Purcell. (Victor Gotland I 55.) The British public believes that things have been going well because of General Templer. It is an illusion. Thinps are not going well. They a--going badly. If there is an
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    The Portuguese with the ribbon of red
    540 10 PRE-RAPHAELITE TWILIGHT. By Helen Rossctti Angeli. (Richards Press. 215.) £HARLES AUGUSTUS HOWELL would probably l>e completely forgotten today were it not for a melodramatic account of his death written 35 years after it occurred. „.m., The story ran that Howell was found in
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    FOR YOUR LIBRARY LIST
    211 10 Ji?./Ir. By John Wyndham fDobson. 11s. 6d.) A collection of light, bright stories which I show the authur of "The Kraken Wakes" In relaxed mood. The settings are England, the Continent and America. The Seventh Moon. By Francois Gorres. <Lehmann 12s. 6d.) An account of a'
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      359 10 Straits Times Crossword I J2 3 4 6 I le 7~~ m 1 8~" Wm IJ Ll pZßlMll_^_iZ®Zi Hi 22 25 111" 25 26 i|^~ 28 ACROSS I 8. Mixed tree-trunk and com1. Does the name John Dawldns pass-point combine to dlsrenlster (3.6,6). tiiißiiKh (7). 9. Fish to svpport a
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    juries by Simpson, Compton
    338 11 juries by Simpson, Compton COUNTY CRICKET OPENS BRIGHTLY LONDON, Sunday. Rh(. SIMPSON, :;i-year-ol(] Notts skipper, staked an early claim to an England Te4 place as Len 'Nutton's opening partner with a sparkling century before lunch against Somerset at Trent Bridfe yesterday, first day of the Knglish County championship season. He
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    istanstarttour brilliant style
    21 11 WORCESTER, Sunday. hi international cricket, r <>iiii i;i! tour of England i 1 runs for eight wickets I
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    Budge Patty beats Seixas
    22 11 ROM] i .mblerlou BdXM, IWU clashed in the men's pa hr-e I i U.S.A Ward. Britain, qualea final.
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    Recognition for Roger's 'miracle mile'
    134 11 Recognition for Roger's 'miracle mile' LONDON. Sun. ROGER Bannister's mile in '■> mill. .VI. 1 m-c. ace— plishtd at Oxrord last Thursd.i>. has ri-ceivcd official rc(ouruliciii from tU4> »ilm.h bodies: which makes it almost certain that it will lie ratified as a world record h.v the International federation. The Amateur
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    BODCA TROUNCED
    58 11 I Itutlon trounci by five wickets In a friendly I on the iohooi ground day. rmance of the 1 he .-plendld bowling of ti. ham who captained .-i\ artcr 1 1 runs. BOIX vcie '••andled out runs iu^' al'.er tea and t lie acbooU boys passed this total
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    QUEEN'S HORSES WIN 2 RACES
    113 11 KEMPTON PARK, Sunday. QUEEN Elizabeth's Purple and (iold colours wort' carried successfully In tw» races here yesterday. Her four-year-old Ai:r who ran second in the Ep* m rear, easily I inded the i nl(! ol 100-30 laid on him in the Victor Wild stakes over
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    Locke wins close finish
    121 11 SOI i Hi'OKT. I ancashlre, Sun 4 MAC.MFICENr ICCOVWy b«B I bunker, at ihe Bouthport ;mii :a 18th bob B Odd o! BOUtn Alma a thill- roke vn tory In the Dunlopi 2,000 Oulneas ito holes profa ton I »olt tournament here .1 shot from the
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    164 11 AM unbeaten ~s2 by Ralph Hoil- gapon Recrt-j--t:on Club to beat Blngapora Cricket Club by lliree wickets in a lrien.ll> cricket nxture on the pad.m in Saturday. s.c.c. Rhys-Jones b Bogaan 24; I. U Dona c ■oaarto i) Webb 8. k. Aer;a b Bogaan 9; Hod-
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