The Straits Times, 20 July 1954

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    15 1 The Straits Times. flatted He**** bistd i Mi BOfGAPOBB, TfESIJAY, JILY 20, 1954 15 CENTS
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    THE TROOPS TAKE OVER
    898 1 MR. RAE: gas men who wanted iiiiiiiiiiiiimimitiiimiHiiiiii iniiiiiiini iiiiiumiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiihiimiiihiiiimiiiiiii TO WORK THREATENED UIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIMIIIIMIIIUIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII MR. RENGASAMY: strikers iniiiiiiiiiiiiii iiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii minim iiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniii THREATENED BY OFFICIALS lIIIIIIIMIIMMIIIIIIMIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIMMMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIII (more 00, if itrike lasts •WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY'— COUNCIL I LaH who I I H H H mnved into H flas
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    And in the yard, the handcarts lay idle
    36 1 IIt'.NDHKDS <>i Citj Council gaffeafa h.indearts la> idle .ill da> yestrrda) at I oronc 1 .tl.it ulu-ii thp entire town liiumhi; squad of the Council wrnt on strike.-
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    Vain search for ship
    62 1 MADRID, Mon. Com! Guard nly search) d mtlc ofl Cape Finis- vi >terday for the 5.000 'ii freighter San Nicolas. The hip radioed an SOS at 8.30 ,i in. Naval authorities expressed fear the San Nicolai had sunk. d reported that she was trapped in a
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    THE ANGRY GODDESS MAKES 7 NUNS JUMP
    147 1 THE ANGRY GODDESS MAKES 7 NUNS JUMP 3UTTER WORTH Mon. Chinese nuns were burnt in a firewalking ceremony hen last night because the Goddess of Earth ("Tay Chons") was an^ry Thirty nuns walked over burning charcoal to mark the m.-iallation of the deity in i new $300,000 temple But only
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    Peaceful atoms
    32 1 LONDON. Mon. -More than 800 atom ray experts from 28 countries will meet at Oxford today for the world's bicqest international conference on the peaceful u.se.s of atomic energy- Reuter.
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    18-YEAR-OLD BEAUTY LIVED WITH A GOD'
    146 1 CUTTACK, Orissa State. Monday. A BEAUTIFUL 18-year-old Oonya nirl today told' police here of her newt life with semi-nude sadhus (holy men) in the deep labyrinths of a I monastery outside here. In a raid on the monastery yesterday to find four wanted criminal*,
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    Nationality talks
    25 1 SURABAYA. Mon. China and Indonesia will open talks next month in Peking on the nationality of two million Chinese living In Indonesia.— UP
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    The Reds aren't visiting now
    633 1  -  NELSON RUTHERFURD. By SECURITY FORCES STEP IN TO PROTECT BAD VILLAGE FROM ITS TERRORIST FRIENDS KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. lERKOH village in PaJuuig, described by General Sir Gerald Tcmplrr before he I<- ft as one of the six uorst ;iro;is in the Federation, is being forcibly
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    SIAMESE TWINS FOR GIRL WIFE
    54 1 TAMPIN. Mon. A MALAY GIRL. 16, of Rembau, has given birth to Siamese twins at the Dis- trict Hospital, Tampin. The babies, joined at the; abdomen and pelvis, have only three legs between them. The babies have been transferred with the mother to the General
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    He joins father in exile
    52 1 SEATTLE. Mon. Wti Hsiuhuang. 16-year-old son of Mr. K Wu. former Governor of Formosa, arrived here by plane late last ni^iit en route to Fvanston. Illinoi.,. to Join his father, in self-imposed exile. ,-mcc a recent break with Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek i and the Chinese
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    'Stop, you're killing us,' beauties say
    178 1 LONC BEACH. Mon— Half a million people whistled and cheered yesterday as parade of "9 beauties formally launched the Miss I nlverse contest. The cheering did not drown out an undertone «f di»contrnt UMU entrants. It Mtinrd that the citizens of l.ong Beach are
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    Britain replies on Suez
    46 1 CAIRO. Mon. Egyptian sources said today the British Embassy had received a reply trom London to Egypt's countrr proposals for a settlement of the Suez Canal base pro blem. The British and Egyptian delegations would meet acnn tonight, the sources added Reutcr.
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    THE LAST DAY Peace? The chances are best yet
    346 1 THE LAST DAY Peace? The chances are best yet AGREEMENT NEAR ON TWO OF THREE VITAL ISSUES (iKNKV.V Monday HOIKS of an Indo-China peace stood hisher today than at any other period of thr 10-wrrk-old negotiations as M. Pierre Mendps France, the French Premier, reached the evo of his deadline
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    3 BURIED ALIVE IN KAMPONG
    130 1 TELOK ANSON. Mon A WOMAN and two boys were killed and sirl miured in a landslide on Sunday evenine at the remote Kampcm? Tanjonu Pidara. near Pulau Ti:a 'JO miles up Perak River from Tclok Anson Bonan bin».e Alas 29. and Haja Zainal binte Haji
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    A Comet will fly this week
    95 1 A Comet will fly this week LONDON. Mnn BRITAIN'S eiant 58-76 seat Comet. 111. la tn make its maiden flieht any lime this week. The prototype aircraft Is powered by lour Rolls-Royce Avon gaa turbines each of 10.--nnn In. statle thrust, whirh give It abotit the same power U the
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    STOP PRESS
    51 1 i OMCT 111 MMI NIK'S Mm, met 111 M.-H f... tl tv t 1 J I I \s|\ y\< i I II Ks 111 LD IP ISHINGTOM I .mil Ami. I ilk^ mi p («»r net I lil mill "in liifjoI (.r n known all 1 <irt l"(|)\
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    His prize goes into savings
    44 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Mnn Mr. n Phm of the partment's central ■ccounl I joint winin r ol lad week'i 15.000 Slra;t-~ Times contest slid today "I will keep the money ;n the MTtni bank. I ha tor spending the money
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    LONG LEGS OF THE LAW
    44 1 SANTA MONICA. California. Mon. Thirty policemen ing only swim suits closed in on a beach dice came day and booked nine people picion oi gambling patrolled 'ha ocean to prevent any players from escaping into the water. A P.
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    THE SNEAKY KON TIKI (with beer) LEAVES PORT
    182 2 THE SNEAKY KON TIKI (with beer) LEAVES PORT NEW YORK. Mon. AKAFT made up of 100 inner tyre tubes and a wired frame was at sea today hound from Ventura, California, in Catalina Island -70 miles away with five adventurers. Between 3.000 and 4.000 people u.iti tn-il yesterday as "the
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    Churchill's ninth grandchild
    42 2 LONDON. Mon— Sir Winston Churchill heard yesterday that he had another grand daughter—his ninth grandchild. Thr Prime Mlnlstrrs daughter. Mary, wife of Captain Christopher Soames. gave birth to a girl weighing seven pounds two ounces on Saturday night.— Reuter.
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    Jets for Turkey
    33 2 ANKARA. Mon —Mr Herbert Moran. Canadian Ambassador to Turkey, handed over the first six of 86 Sabre Jet fighters allocated to Turkey under the Canadian mutual aid programme today. Renter.
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    'Airlines knew state of fire services'
    645 2 Airlines knew state of fire services' HOSES BURST UNDER PRESSURE, INQUIRY TOLD I NEVER CONCEALED ANYTHING OFFICER AIL AY airport's fire officer told the Singapore crash inquiry yesterday that he had never concealed the state of the airport's fire services from airline operators, but had done nothing to expose the
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    Italians (aunch first corvette
    58 2 ROME Mon.— The first of eight corvettes to be built in Italy undpr US off-shore contracts was launched yesterday. Thp corvette 250 fc< t ons and bearinc the name "Albatross." plus the other two to be launched shortly, will be asto the Italian Navy Hol'.ind will
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    Chaplins dine with Mr. Chou
    128 2 GENEVA. Mon. MR. CHOI EN-LAI, the Chinese Premier and Foreign Minister, gave a dinner last night in honour of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Chaplin at his villa five mile* outstrip of (iencva. A linn spokesman said the dinner was a "human personal gathering." The dinner
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    DIONNE QUIN QUITS CONVENT -after seven months
    89 2 DIONNE QUIN QUITS CONVENT -after seven months QUEBEC. Monday. \IARIE DIONNL. one ot the famed quintuplets fron iTI Callender. Ontario, has left a cloistered religion? order here after seen much publicised months. A spokesman at the Roman Catholic Arehbishon's Palace here said that 19-year-old Marie "left the cloister of Les
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    Italian union leader killed
    37 2 PERRARA. Mon. Lulgl Morelli, one of Italy's top labour leaders, was killed yesterday In an car accident The 58-year-old ex-partlsan fighter was Secretary-General of the Free Confederation of Labour. Italy's largest nonCommunist union.
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    Congress meets
    32 2 MANILA. Mon— The Philippine Congress met in special session today to consider 15 measures listed as urgent by I President Ramon Magßaysay It will meet tor 30 days.— A.P. I
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    Egypt buys more arms from Spain
    152 2 Egypt buys more arms from Spain NEW YORK Mon rh. Nrw York Times said a dispa'ch from Madr'.r* today that Spanish arms ma nufacturers v reported have agreed to sell the Egyp tian Oovornmrn* ;3. 500.000 worth of arms The order was said to be .or several hundred 81 mm
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    Goodwill tour
    22 2 MANILA. Mon.— Thr Indian Naw fla2>hlD Delhi left for H"nc Knm; today aftrr a five- j flay cnorHvill vu>it \P.
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    THE MILE TO REMEMBER
    35 2 LONDON. Mon —Thr Duke o! Edinbureh has presented Roerr Bannister with a plaour commemorating n s m "p run :n 3:49.4— the first mile c unrirr four minnf--The presentation was marir
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    Evatt me to talk a spy Pro!
    25 2 Evatt me to talk a spy Pro! TWO SECREI MH 801 /TWO 1 Dr. Hi He v D Mr I Not conl trri a I
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    Brazil says
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    MERRY WIDOW IS MARRIED AT LAST
    160 2 PALM BEACH. Florida. Mon. MRS. ESTELLE AUGUSTE, Ray. wealthy widow who made headlines twice in rocont years by threatening to throw tomatoes at pi mist JOM Iturbi and announcing plans to marry Jack Dempsoy, was wed yesterday to a Swiss dentist. Mrs. Augustr. 43.
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    Back to U.S.
    19 2 WASHINGTON Mon The Foreign Operations Administrator. Mr. Harold Sta.s.sen flew back from Europe ve.sterdav A P
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    BEVAN CHALLENGE ATTEE
    219 3 More than 200 resolutions foi the convention indicate nf lii.Mrie the party in armed Germany. alarm over the hydrogen bomb and anxiety over American la None mentions Communist aggression A tierce debate over propo- arm Germany serins certain with more than two toluttOOa tabled. These range from
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    SWISS AGENTS TOOK AUDREY UNDER THEIR WING.
    147 3 WHEN AVDRFY HEP- r BURN unit ON holi- day in Switzerland the Suiss Tourist Agency took her under its VMf m defence of its motto i •Switzerland for a rest- ful holiday." 1 Audrey, ichn had yonc for a rest and had tried
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    CHINA CAN ENTER U.N., DULLES AIDE SAYS
    138 3 CHINA CAN ENTER U.N., DULLES AIDE SAYS M YORK. M«ii ,1111 I in iil< n.ilH "I thr 1 1 i ii« ill I „-i,r Dulles. Nationalist i. i hina i in thr I nited game Uom Key, \a»isa\ si.it,- for Mr Hi- ..,1 In Mr urn omproml ting admitting "iv-
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    Commons battle of individual vs the bureaucrat
    337 3 Commons battle of individual vs the bureaucrat THE STAKE: MINISTERS CAREER LONDON. Monday. THE CAREER of a British Cabinet Minister is staked on a House of Commons debate next Tuesday over the sale of 725 acres of land in the West England county of Dorset. He is Sir Thomas Dugdale.
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    'Chou will drop dual citizens'
    148 3 'Chou will drop dual citizens' BOMBAY. Mon THE ChfcMM Red leader. Mr i En-lai, ha-s promised both 'he Indian Premier. Mr Nt-hru and Burmcsi Pr.-mn r. Mr Nu. that China is ready to drop her "dual citizenship claims on millions oi I who live in other Asian county informed Burmese
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    Labour M.P. dies, 73
    41 3 lONDON Moa Mr Robert John Taylor, v.-t. ran northern Labour member M Parliament, died today at his (MOM at Blyth. Northumberland, aged 73. His death reduces the opposition Labour Party In the H.uiM of Commons to 291.
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    Moonsoon slows war on Huks
    38 3 MANILA, Mon. Monsoon rains yr.strrd.iy slowed down the covernment drive apainst Mariano P Balcos. No 4. Comaunllt Huk leader, and MM «0 (ollower.s boxed up In thick junale on Luzon Island.— A. P.
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    Bomb scare
    34 3 LONDON. Mon. HUm Mid audience searched a West End theatre last night whra a hoaxer phoned to say a b<>mb had been planted then- flunnß a Polish People's Republic annlv«r.s';»ry meetinu. Rf'iiKr
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    U.S. ATOM AIR ARMADA
    188 3 U.S. ATOM AIR ARMADA WASHINGTON Mon GENERAL Otto P Wcyland. commander of the American tactical air command. .said today the time ffU last approaching when they could use atomic w< apons in numbers ■Every o! tensive typ. of aircraft that we have In the tactical air busings is or will
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    Journalist is shot
    50 3 ■p K ■L I h Dirt nut both of the eu't headlamps. Thon the oar stalled wounded as I f"r cover in the coffee He stayed there for 1j minutes, listenine to the ig for him. lahed back to his enr I mile to the neari. —Renter
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    EAST AND WEST ARE HEADING FOR WORLD WAR, PREMIER WARNS
    233 3 RAMiOON. Mon Premier I Nu declared today the Bri-tish-American and t hinese KussUn power blocs are heading for a catastrophic '..The r 'chances "'World WM 111 have not abated he told iss rally. "On the con ?r»rv 1 trri hf
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    WOULD-BE RESCUERS' PLANE ALSO SINKS
    156 3 HONG KONO. Mon. AN RAF Sunderland flyinc boat, sent to the rescue when a Harvard traininc i plnne era-shed in the .sea near here yesterday, capsized and tank M it took off after searchine for survivors. A launch t leked up its crew. One man
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    LONDON STOCKS
    304 3 LONDON. Mon MARKETS generally pr«enled mixed appearance today *lth the a '-count ending tomorrow and condition* »»r* a Rood deal quieter than last week Oil* were rieprewed by the latest Persian new* and the over-produc-tmn In America nnd jharp lowen «ere sustHlred by Anglo-Iranian and Royal Dutch. riubbers
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    LONDON TIN
    25 3 LONDON. July 19. Cish Buyers t"B3; Seller* t7M; Forward Buyers *:75fi: Sellers tT.VT: Settlement C 770. Turnover am. 100 tons: p.m. 65 tons.
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    LONDON RUBBER
    40 3 IXSNDON July 19— Spot 20 d ri Sfpt 20 yd Ort -Dec 2(i (i Jap -Mar 20 \d Apr -June M .rt July r 1.1 2O'.d Aus rlf 20 .d Sept til 20 .d Torn- Qi'ie, bui fteady
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    Transfer talks to reopen
    37 3 NEW DELHI Mon. France Is expected to reopen negotiations with India for the transfer of the French Indian territories as soon as the IndoChina armistice is settled, according to political circles here Rpiiter
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    Five Kirkby teachers for Brunei
    104 4 Five Kirkby teachers for Brunei KUALA I.UMPUR. Mon. IjHVE Malaya from the Federation who are R(»:tu; t i K.rKbv Teachers' Training to be ccaeiii 'i Brunei An Education Department ian said today: "They volunteered to serve the Brunei t nment lor five ■•< When selections for Kirkby were being marie,
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    Man bound over
    27 4 KUALA LUMPUR Mon Weni :<« vk:i.- today bniind offer in $10<> [or (U I housei M-n m .md a pa w.thout sat) xplana- Kuantan K"ala
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    It's spend-as-you-like for 200 village councils
    262 4 THEY COLLECT THEIR OWN TAXES TOO KUALA LUMPUR. Monday. ()VER 2IM) village councils in the Federation are now collecting their own taxes and planning to use the money for their own welfare and development. In many cases, however, the plans are too big for
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    POST GRADUATE STUDIES IN BRITAIN FOR THESE COLONY NURSES
    37 4 THKSK four nursrs Mrs. (hen On* In*. .Mr*, loin* Wnnj, Miss Lim Chcne Kiok and Miss In- Son Yon*, will take uiurvov in British hospitals. Straits Times picture.
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    FROM SINGAPORE TO BRITISH HOSPITALS
    72 4 FIVE Singapore- trained nurses will leave tor England next month under the Sino-British Fellowship Trust for post-graduate courses in British hospitals. They are Mrs Chen Ong Ing. Mrs Louise Wong. Miss Llm Chenc Kiok Miss Lee Soo Yone and Miss Agatha Chua They will take
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    Thieves break into house
    35 4 KUALA LUMPUR Mon a house at Chow Kit Road here ,ar!y Sat irday and took away and clothlni ±-V& h $!50 torted missing lrom a \!.iv.V' h tad Kuala June 26
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    LAST OF RED SHIPS LEAVES
    136 4 LAST OF RED SHIPS LEAVES But for Russia and not China T'HB: freighter Astrah- an, the last ol the five Russian ships which waited in Singapore for "further orders' after the seizure of the Red tanker Taupse in Formosan waters recently, left the Colony last night. Originally bound for the
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    Elections Bill
    40 4 KUALA I.UMPUR. Mon.-A Bill to provide for the conduct i! st »tr flections and for the punLshmcnt of offences and contempts Is to be introduci-rt at the nrxt meeting of the Selinzor Council of State on J-.i'.y 27.
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    $1,000 bail
    43 4 IPOH. Mon— Bail of $1,000 was allowed a 54-year-old woman. Looi Wan Fung, when she clairr-d trial in the Sessions Court today on a charge of having obtained a 15-year-old sirl for immoral purposes. The case was adjourned to July 22.
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    CUSTOMS REVENUE DROPS
    51 4 SingajM re Customs revenue collections for the first half oi this year totalled $38,162.--000 drop of $862,000 against 'he total for the .-ame period last ".ear. The main sources in this' years revenue were the tax on tobacco '$16.614 000. liquors $10,026,000 >. petroleum ■ST 849.000' and
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    Socialists on tour
    59 4 IPOH. Men.— A study mission composed of three members from the Asian Socialist Conference, will be touring Malaya next month to gain first hand information on political and I economic conditions here The Perak Labour Party committee is olanning a threeflay programme for the nlatton when it
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    Ladies' day
    16 4 Tomorrows weekly luncheon meeting of the Singapore Rotary Club will be a ladies' day
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    THE SAILOR TRIED A BUSMAN'S HOLIDAY
    184 4 A NAVAL rating felt very merry while celebrating his first shore leave and drove a motor bus without the consent of the owner, the Singapore First Traffic Police Court was told yesterday. The rating. Anthony Barret, of the H.M S Comus. Just arrived from
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    Animal lovers
    25 4 Animal Lovers League. Singapore will hold a meeting at the Shell theatrette in Shell House. Collver Quay, at 5 15 p.m on Friday
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    WILL YOU LEAVE YOUR HOUSE?-SAY NO, 13 YES
    172 4 WILL YOU LEAVE YOUR HOUSE?SAY NO, 13 YES Council call to senior local local senior ofTicers h.u, 13 "yes" to a Singapore (i t Will you vacate your quarters In h, This is the target datr by wants its senior local stall I Since thry ran now borrow from I
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    The one-eyed, rider is sent to
    129 4 TiO ENG SOON M, a one- eyed trlsha rider, was gaoled for six months by Mr Justice Whitton in the Sincapon Asf.7f Court yesterday for usin; a forced rider's iicencc as genuine, the sentence to take effect lrom his arre*t last Aoril An office
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    The first call-up
    9 4 watch come helmet each daj 600
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    Kiwi dance
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    For citizens
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    Accused of having drug
    54 4 IPOH. Mon P. BalakrLshnam a car driver working for a Chinese miner in Ipoh was allowed $100 bail when he wa> chared in the Sessions Court today with having nine tahlls of Indian hemp at his house in Kampong Java. The hearlne was adjourned till August
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    HOMES FOR MARRIED SOLDIERS
    322 5 fhese insanitary Macks must go, lays the general m\,<\ ipon- {;l>t District, yesterday announceto take married Malay soldiers out of shacks" which "1 refuse to accept for h told i press conference: are living In insanitary shacks landlords after every cent they will end these conditions."
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    THE GOODE BOYS NEED OFFICERS
    15 5 Ipprfl/ to/ General I I t :ind who have i
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    Accused of kidnapping
    16 5 IV. K ti in thr hi younc :!1 til* hei < rch. M B
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    HEY, GET ME OUT OF HERE
    126 5 HEY, GET ME OUT OF HERE VKKY. \IK\ .iiiMiuiN for his, nrst look at Sinsaporr ycstrrd.iy MM Blury (above), a <)ini ■iisl.nnl blur hrrlrr cattle dng just arrivrd from Sydney. It Hasn't quitr the same as (Queensland, nine weeks-old Rlury decided there didn't seem to he quite as much space
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    They asked for 'right-to-trade' money
    101 5 ■>t to pay." 81m w«a tMtlMnc at th<~ Lira Ah Kiat and Lim k charged with extortion and attempted extortion c nieht of May 10. Sim said he paid 50 emtt to t them away as he then had many m>trmer.s. Later the night. a
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    Please help me to lay a mile of silver coins, Mr. Kindness appeals
    190 5 Please help me to lay a mile of silver coins, Mr. Kindness appeals PENANG. Mon. IVnmts Gurney Drive will glitter with coins throughout its one-mile stretch on Friday July 30. when a "silver mile drive organised by Mr. J. Kindness will be held for the Federation School for the Deaf.
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    'Don't sack a man because of look'
    202 5 UNFAIR, SAYS COUNCILLOR ALOR STAR. Monday. IT was most unfair if employees could he dismissed merely because of their looks. Inche Mohamed Khir Johari (Kampong Ward) said at th< Alor Star Town Council meeting today. He was commenting on a statement by the
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    Village elder took own life with gun
    127 5 Village elder took own life with gun BUTTERWORTH. Mon. A VILLAGE elder killed himself by firing a shoteun at his stomach, it was presumed at a Coroner's lnauest here today. The lnauest wa,s on Ahmad I bin Haji Yahayt who died 15 minutes after Penghulu Hashim Mn Abu had called
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    Today's Radio SINGAPORE
    147 5 Today's Radio SINGAPORE AJL 715 Time Slirnal «nd Opening Announcement: 7 16 Morning Star: 7.30 News; 7.35 Melody Mixture: 8 00—8 30 Musical Comedy Memories; »57 Engli&h Schools- Broadcast*; 11.10 EnulUh Schools Broadcasts; P.M. 1.00 Programme Summary; 1 01 rhe Weeks Composer; 130 Time Signal and New»; 1.45 Hot Rhythm;
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    Denies having betting slips
    51 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon Mohamed Sharif bin Jalaluddln. 24. was charged in the First Magistrate's Court here with having two "Chee Fah" betting slips in a hou>e In Kamponc Semarane ve.<terdav. He denied the charge, and wn.s Granted bail of $250 The case was postponed to Aue.
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    New president
    34 5 MALACCA. Mon —The new I president of the Malacca branch of the Technical As- 1 sociation of Malaya is Mr. F. S. Reynolds The new secretary is Mr C E Hermon. I
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    SPECIAL' FOR TRIAL ON MURDER CHARGE
    146 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Monday. SPECIAL CONSTABLE Ismail, of Sungei Masai Estate, returning from duty at midnight on May 11. found his wife with another man and lost control of himself, according to a statement allegedly made by him to the police. This was stated h<
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    I.C.I. Club picnic
    20 5 ThP 1.C.1. Recreation Club Singapore, will hold a picnic at the Tanah Merah youth camp on Sunday.
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    HE FINDS MALAYA SAFER THAN A NEW YORK HOTEL
    85 5 ALOR STAR. Mon. -India's retiring Representative in Malaya. Mr. Gopala Menon. said last night he considered staying In Milaya safer than living in a hotel In New York. When I first came here," he told Kedah Indians at a meetinK in
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    Charged with causing hurt
    42 5 Ng Bok Lin was charged yesterday in a Singapore court with causing hurt to Yeo Ah Mvi at Rochore Canal Road on Saturday afternoon Ball of $300 was allowed, and the case will be mentioned on July 26.
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    26 6 It MnrH. $IH I minimum} MOSELLE NATHAN, nee Benja win. ui'e v Nathan, at the K K Hospital on :4th July 1954. Deepiv rec retted
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    97 6 ;o H,.rtl> HO minimum 1. FOt lOW PEDANI Everthe MaUy Mail' lf you want to win thai $5,000 word puzzle. VICHY WATER FAMOUS th« World over for the relief of Indige f.nn. Gastric Enteritis. Diabetes and Liver Concestion Sole Agent? R ohm son s THEODOLITES. r.-ect.s|n n and Dumpy
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    The Straits Times. Singapore Tues July 20, 1954. Last Day at Geneva
    800 6 The Straits Times. Singapore Tues July 20, 1954. Last Day at Geneva Today the clock runs down at Geneva If it were not for the unusual Communist assurarco that agreement is within grasp the odds would bo all pgainst a settlement. For 1 there are several major questions still unsolved,
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    Malayan History
    483 6 The first issue of the Malayan Historical Journal, a welcome publication, provides a fine collection of the raw man-rials on which historians nf tomorrow will depend and draw for their work Perhaps the mo>t valuable contributions come from Malayan* whose memories go back many years and who are
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    Soviet national income still low despite rise
    1331 6  -  Naum Jasny By 11OSCOWS claims to economic progress are commonly received with scepticism in the West. But doubts about the meaning; of the astronomic Retires put out by the Kremlin should lead us to the opposite extreme of denying that the Soviet regime
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      243 6 VfR. NOBLE, the Surve- yor-Gcnoral. statrs "daylight saving" rxists in Malaya and that on Dec. 31. 1932. he put the, secretariat clock on 20 minutes at midnight. If he had been up at 6 a.m. on Jan 1. 1933 he would have found complete
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      Answer is traffic control
      153 6 Answer is traffic control "W HAT Sort of School?" might have gained more sympathies had he not brought ridicule nn a school n beloved of Ansonlans. Had he called on any of the stall at the time he was accosted by the prefects, he might have got a legitimate answer
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    On the Margin
    10 6 Then a V A I Equal T
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    These 659 bombs old but dangerous, says expert
    223 7 These 659 bombs old but dangerous, says expert [TO BE TRIED ON RENADES CHARGES I N v > ammunition pxpP rt, < pt.iin I I IllM 'V'h, irth Police lh.it 659 hand found burled tin mil* I ■> rhomson m v i could P > it rable. thr of ture
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    A flag day record
    60 7 "lay for St John Appeal Week raised ii ord for St. John Of the organuing committee, lin, Tan Chin T in. announced this at a luncheon at her home rday. :r.an of the Appeal Week committee. Mrs. V. Bath. will announce the grand Used during the
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    MA MONKEY IS HAPPY NOW After a day in court, she and her baby are together again
    17 7 MA MONKEY IS HAPPY NOW After a day in court, she and her baby are together again
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    148 Squadron goes home
    78 7 I The Tengah-based No. 148 Squadron of Bomber Com- mand. Far East Air Force, under the command of S Ldr. S. I C. Dunmore. ls leaving Singapore for England today. The squadron, which has been in Singapore since April for its second tour of duty. has
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    MYF meeting
    28 7 Telok Ayer Methodist Youth Fellowship. Singapore, will hold its half-yearly business meeting in the church auditorium at 235. Telok Ayer Street, at 7.30 p.m. on Sunday.
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    Miss Bach is rescue heroine
    177 7 SINGAPORE ANIMAL LOVER. Miss 1.. Bach, has reunited t hrsr two monkeys mother md child. They had been separated by a court decision on Saturday; in which a man was fined $200 for cruelty to the mot her -monkey. Thr mother was handed to the
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    MONEY FOR WORK ON DEATH RAIL
    137 7 'Not for individuals, says Govt. KUALA LUMPUR, Monday. THE Federation Government is considering the best means of administering the money that Britain may allocate for compensation claims for work on the Burma-Siam railway dunne the Japanese occuDation. London has announced that under the Japanese
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    A free meal costs him a year in gaol
    104 7 IPOH. Mon AN unemployed man who ate at a food stall <it Kampong Java Ipoh. on July 12 and then could not pay his bill of SI 60 was sentenced to 18 months' gaol here today The man Saw Eng Soon,
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    Council meeting
    21 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon The next mretlne of the Federal Leeislative Council will be held on Auc. 18 and 19.
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    90 WAITED TO GIVE EVIDENCE
    171 7 90 WAITED TO GIVE EVIDENCE Then told: be back in September A BOUT 90 men attend- ed a Singapore court yesterday, waiting to be called as witnesses in the resumed trial of Syed Ahmad Shah bin Mohamed Shah, City Police Court shroff, on two charges of criminal breach of trust,
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    New ship for Spore route
    89 7 New ship for Spore route THE 15.240-ton Laos, belonging to the Messagerie> Maritime.'; third of three sister ships— U expected in Singapore on her maiden voyage on Auc 13 The two other shiDs. wellknown callers at Singapore are the Vietnam and the Cam bodge. The Laos ha.s a cargo capacity,
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    Income tax bill changes
    53 7 The Financial Secretary. Mr W. C. Taylor, will propose at today's Singapore Legislative Council meeting an amendment to the Income Tax Amendment KM to make it effective from January this year. The bill refers to the assessment of businesses which cease, and to the carrying forward
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    He's accused of stealing
    44 7 Oenni.- Kingham was charged yesterday in a Slnga pore court with stealing $900 from Lor Slew Poh at Malabar Street on Sunday at 1.15 am He claimed trial and ball of $1,000 in two sureties was offered until July 26.
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    MOST OF THE IMMIGRANTS CAME FROM CHINA
    103 7 Mast of the 3.936 Immigrants j permitted to enter Singapore last year were local residents' wives and children from China says the latest Immigration Department report. Of 5.082 appiicatlons for the entry of aliens. 20:i0 were refused. A few were approved on compassionate,
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    Boys' federation officials
    74 7 Officials of the Federation I of Singapore Boys' Clubs are: President, Mr Lim Choon Mon«r: vice-president. Mr Hail Abbas: secretary. Mr. Tan Huat Keng; treasurer. Mr Poh Sine Koon. Committee member-;: Messrs H»rrv L. Wee. Lassim bin KaMtaa, Chia Kirn Van. Hoh Cheng Chlew, Thomas Moses. M
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    A JUNGLE LOVER DIES
    63 7 IPOH. Mon. A Communist terrorist who Mi notorious for c'andestine love affairs has been killed in the Sitiawan district or Perak. He was Ha ChaJ Ter-k Wah :i Hakk.i. who t "f the loca branch of the terrorist or ganisation In the Jelutoni area. Hi tiink
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      178 7 The weather MIMMIV TEMTERATt RE: 1 7 30 p.m. on July 18 to 7.30 am. on July 19> Singapore "7 d m trre>. Penang "4 K.,ta Bahru 71. Kn:« Lumpur 73. Ipoh 72. Kuantan 70 MAXIMI'M II Mil KM I 111 1 7 30 am to 730 pm. on July
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    WHAT A LIFE!
    715 8  -  Christine By MONDAY JOAN brings a newcomer to the Bocial Club this evening whom, she says, eats glass This startling statement is upheld by the man himself who tells us that not only does he eat glass, but razor blades, plastic lamp shades and gramophone records. John
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    Attention girls! Here comes the Butch Bob
    172 8 rE next hairstyle, girls. Is the butch bob. Or you might call !t the crew or the burr. Larrv Matthews, who runs an all-night beauty shop In New York which caters for show people, says the next hair style to be adopted by
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    New Paris notes: Skirts shorter— prints are back
    390 8  - New Paris notes: Skirts shorter— prints are back MAXINE RAKICH By TACH year Madame Huguenot of Saigon. contrives to bring to Singapore the tolesl in Paris Fashions. This year her two showings ;il the Adelphi Hotel during the 'Trench Week" have been models from the houses of Dior and Path.
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    TWO AT THE TOP TAKE a lock at life
    264 8  - TWO AT THE TOP TAKE a lock at life ANNE EDWARDS By TWO WOMEN at the lop tell us down here what It's Uke up there First: The Millionairess Mri Aristotle Onassis is the girl who married the rich Greek shipowner. She lives the millionairess life all right She has
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      356 8 31. It Ukes the rakt! i7>. The Straits Times Crossword S MM«>* iVaiichaui iIS i. Do N I 2 1 3 4 V tt 7 R uffl»n from old Spain t9i I 2. He get* an eve for an eye s> uui PUTT WTO 1^! m HlL_ The hoped-for 24
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    TIMES special FEATURE Composer of 'Carmen' heard his opera hissed
    2022 9 TIMES special FEATURE Composer of 'Carmen' heard his opera hissed BLACK-BEARDED musician of 39, a scarf wound tightly round his raw and ulcerated throat, turned bitterly from the door of the Opjra Comique in Paris late on the night of March 3, 1875. The curtain had just been rung down
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      92 9 |j| d (igniini r ]fs* I Sl-80 m AT YOUR I I SERVICE! j ;re new m pconcmySERVIC E BALL-POINT ilalioas 1.. I>H\ Vlcitignum A PMpfi tM ItH w'"s £fr/ne I. |fv*f ■PHILLIPS' "•UK Of MAGNESIA H. *I.it rom I v utualry ndi^cttion. i on Cut M.lk or I v
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      236 9 CRAVEN A' FOR SMOOTH, Cl I AN SMOKING Largest-scllinc] fflft] cork-tipped ciqant i c /t in the world. H^&SS/ 1 ■*$< Imported from I.oikloii MOTORISTS! EVER LOOKED INTO YOUR OIL SUMP? OIL CLEANtR ADDS YEARS TO THE LIFE OF YOUR ENGINE Ughl a horrible sight. Looks like a dump for
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      97 9 Slurhxh ilolntos A voodoo fiffurv PY- 1 F'THAT /MY PEAR WATZCM I* A VOO- KVHV 5 ~K- J^^SS^K Z^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^S POO FIGURE U£' 7 ?£^E^ T iM6 6/K WIMD/»J6 TH4T^^^-- J Irj WOL^E^, kN'W^T (6 THAT s^^^^^^^B €>UOR7EHED ARY~ "~~i^ $TKiW6 J7^'s^~ ■SBBB^^ C \^Bgf m ggga ggfl f I iMirti
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    128 10 The Malayan Exchange Banks Association made the following ch«nce» In lt 5 rates to merchants yesterday. New York: buying. T r. H airmail. OD. 33 1/16 90 days 33 3/16 credit bills. 33 trade bills. < anada: buying, T.T. 32 3 16. airmail. OXt. 32 5/16, 90 days
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    Synthetic earnings
    130 10 WASHINGTON. Mon rhe i; I Covernment has be<>i. makiL'osso million a year turning out •yn.hetir rubber lor automortile tyres. Congress was told on aatuiday. It will soon be sellinx Hie buslncvs to private Industry, where the El&enhower Admlnlsirat'.on says it belongs. Mr. Laurence B. Robblns. head of the
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    Rubber crops
    33 10 June rubber rrnpn announced are < hinibl Hrrdang 33 Son Ih hrr m»m nevelnpmrnt '.18.000 lb Indra(irl 10.597 Jt>. l.rnits 50.500 !b ■VMM a 2 000 lb and Tapah 65 BRfi lb.
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    Hank profit
    39 10 Nri profit of The Indian Ovtrara* Bank Ltd Madras for the hnlf-yrtr ended June 30. 1954 w«.v R.v SSI. 192 This profit which Include* Hrn "mount brought lorvmid from U.st > ear's account Is >übie< t to audit.
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    DULL MARTS OPEN WEEK Consolidated Tins jump
    569 10 DULL MARTS OPEN WEEK Consolidated Tins jump grNC.APORE Share and Rubber Markets were both very quiet again yesterday but the tin price advanced by 87 j rents to 1381.87J per picul. The rubber price which in the past fry. trading has been fluctuating abovp ar.d below the 70 cents level,
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    OFFICIAL PRICES
    24 10 SINGAPOBE. Jl I.V 19. lIN PtlJI) p.r pj( ul (up 87. cents i. KI'BRKR: 7*l erntl ii |i thrre-oichths of a cent).
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    144 10 Melbourne Markets were again linn on thr Storlc Exrhange todaj In were well supported with a number of good rises. Uraniums lock a brighter turn following bettor repa number of rompanir.rallied. Loans 3\ r 195fi-59 £95 6 3 Loans 3 1 1956-59 £96 I.' A P.M .n«v. <
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    RUBBER PRICES
    129 10 August flrst trade rub buyers closed In Singapore at 70 cents a lb.. three-ei. a MM atove Saturday's clotinc price. The closing tone via,"; quiet. The market had tie*-:. throughout the da\ fluctuation of betv.e< and 70' 4 cents, the flrmr.r due to inquiries from Autti I price,
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    SINGAPORE SHIPPING
    113 10 pore Harbour Board *har\r< nr r\prrleil today Art. DUWSI Samoa 43. Salatiga C r i| 67. Zeeland 8 i 11. Tjitxidak 13 14 banach 15 lti. Benmacdhui II Maru 19 2u. Anj;b\ N Kalianda Jl 22 Lpo\;llf 23.24. Bor.nevis 25 26, Tjipknu IT 21 Harding 1-9 3r. pemh:
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    97 10 Smcapore liin«-»c rnxtuit E> >h*ngr. noon prices per pi< i were Copra quiet, Kvga I *30\ .sellers. September n ers. $30 sellers Coconut aU vtl quiet $52 sellers. Pepper quiet n business reported; white peppf nown $2' Muntok w Sarawak $207 i. l.imix.--$155 H H. LUJ. rlnMng price
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      544 10 NOTICE MINISTRY OF NATIONAL PLANNING GOVERNMENT OF THE UNION OF BURMA SPECIAL PROJECTS IMPLEMENTING BOARD «l Signal Pagoda Road. Rangoon Turners for the anetton -t fa) Krvjinr»Ting College <b> Polytechnic School (c) Hi? 1 School on M te., in Rangoon, are nivited from Building and Civil liiun-.TinR Contract! d in
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      441 10 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS BURSARIES FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA Students from the Federation MM intend applying for a Bursary In. courses (Arts. Science. Teachlnp. Medical etc > nt the University ol arp notified Ihiit thPlr applications should sent to the Examinations Secretary. Department ol Education. Federal House Victory Avenue. Kuala I.umpur
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      385 10 NOTICES JEYES FLUID NOT ON STRIKE! Sandllands sell It NATURALISATION Notlr-e t* hereby given that Carter Moucairilne Rsatb Marerar also known a.-. A K. M. 8. Marlcar of No. 31 Market Street. Singapore Merchant. in applying to the Governor for naturalisation and ih it ;iny person who knows any reason
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      778 10 TENDERS TENDERS INVITED Tenders are Invited for purchase nl ten iMi unserviceable motor vehicles. Tenders close at 12 noon on Tuesday, S7th July, 1954. For further particulars apply to t Chairman. Town Board, Ipoh and Menglembu. Bth July. 1954. WD. TENDER NOTICE nders are invited by the Stn'e M, PWD
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      104 10 •he sane I amount o f < I I At* m °ntol(ejl f U f Ptn '°3 power payißg I T.CHAMPII SPARK Piufl L E f K Senior Dl I 1 The pen wift- I ink copanly fl I I 1 (Vouiws f BAROK p. MESSAGERIES MARITIMES tTA 'ASTBOUND 27
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      993 11 MANSFIELD <c CO., LTD. ft Pottagt nLUE FUNNEL LINE t>«p* c< v.o other port, to '<""• ond dlMlwrgo eorqo H "mCOI GIASCOW, LONDON CONTINtNTAL PORTS P Shorn Penong My 11 July 2S July 26/21 July "/JO july 21 AM 4 Auq 5/4 Julr 30 Aug J Aui 1/ Auq 1
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      1096 11 EAST ASIATIC LINES SAILINGS TO CONTINENT/SCANDINAVIA For Aden, Port Said, Genoa, Antwerp, Rotterdam, Hamburg, Gdynia. Copenhagen, Gothenburg 4 Oslo Spore p. Sham Penang "JUTLANDIA" i. p« rf "K^BODIA" V. "ir i A A JV 3/ 3 S "»u\ "SA L MoT A \*A 20/2 J 0 A A f u,
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      1105 11 BEN LINE STEAMERS LTD. SAILINGS ta U.K. and CONTINTENTAL FORTS Spore P. Shorn Penong Benvorikh fnr Liverpool, Glnsgow, Rotterdom, Hull C.3S/3* 22/23 July 24/JS July Benmacdhui for London Antwerp, Rotterdom, Homburg Q.IB 21/22 July 23/24 July Bennevis for Genoa. Avonmouth, Liverpool, Dublin G.2S/24 21/23 Jury 24/2S July Benavon tor Hovre.
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      1120 11 McALISTER <k CO., LTD. TEL: No. 211*1 ELLERM/.J? <Jc BUCKNALL KLAVENESS LINE LONDON, HAVRE, ROTTERDAM, LOS ANGELES, SAN FRANCISCO. HAMBURG PORTLAND. StATTLE t VANCOUVER and for USA, North Atlantic ports Accepting cor,e far Central 1 South ond C-vodn vio Colombo Amtricen Ports CITY OF SYDNEY imiir aimwii i t Spnre
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      BIG GAIN BY RUBBER U.S. BUREAU FORECAST
      194 12 BIG GAIN BY RUBBER U.S. BUREAU FORECAST AX estimate that total new world rubber consumption in 1963 may be between 11 linn i ons aru j 3 500 000 tons may not be too optimistic, says Mr. H. Bii-bee. Director of the Natural Rubber Bureau in Washington, writing in the
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      New officials for copra organisation
      135 12 New officials for copra organisation 1-iut thr first time in its history thf copra trade in Malaya last urrk set up an oiln i.i l body to watch its inii'irsis and art as a guiding hand in transactions. Mr. D. F. Mac Coll of thr Anglo-American Corporation Ltd. is first
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      Most phones in colony
      72 12 SINGAPORE has more telenhAn»c in rp!nt(on to )t« population than any other city of the East In 1953 the percentage of telephones per 100 j population was 2.3 in Slncapore. 17 in Hong Koni. 1 5 In I Bombay. 1.0 in Calcutta, and 07 in Karachi
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      GOES ON LEAVE
      46 12 MR. A. J Jl (.AS. the local head of the world-wide K.it i organisation, who has been in Malaya for nearly 20 yeiins was entertained to a farewell cocktail pirtv at the Hollywood Kooni on Friday, before lie left lor Australia on Ic.uf.
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      Malayans and Pakistanis must mix for trade NEW GOODS FOR EXPORT
      448 12 Malayans and Pakistanis must mix for trade NEW GOODS FOR EXPORT MALAYAN-PAKISTANI trade will grow when businessmen from the two countries get together and get to know each other said the Pakistani Trade Commissioner, Mr. M. H. K. A., Bain who has been in Singapore since February 1952. Mr. Baig
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      INDONESIA MAY BUY FROM US
      209 12 AN increased tendency J to buy raw materials i and capital goods in Sin- < gapore is expected by J Indonesian industrialists following the new Indonesian regulation that I Importers must deposit in a bank the full price or 75 per cent of the imports
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      NEW ZEALAND IS SEEKING TRADE
      135 12 MR. R. B. GRAY. IMI BfeOVel director ol Commerce and Industries. New Zealand arrived in Singapore last week by Qantas BO. AC airliner to sell more of his country's goods to Malaya Mr. Gray, who was accompanied by hi. assistant. Mr C B Muray. <ar>.v,-
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      THREE NEW K.P.M. CARGO LINERS
      178 12 First will call in August T«HREE new cargo-liners for X.P.M.. are nearintr com- pletion in shipyards in Holland. They are the Schouten. Waerwyk and Houtman. all sister ships to the Roßßevren. which called here recently on her maidm voyage, i All the three new vessel.*
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      Party for new bank
      96 12 SKVKRAI- hundred Singapore businessmen, bankers and men- h nits attended a kt.nl party on Saturday at the Cecil Street premises of thr Thr Industrial and Commercial Bank Ltd. which oprnrd its doors for business yrstrrday. Ahovr at the party arr M»a left to richt Mr. Tan
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      R.I. RUBBER BA WILL HIT COLON
      147 12 EFFECT ON RE-MILLING th.\] SINGAPORE Governrm -m laKes a serious Indonesian ban on tl"' export to I grade rubber and wot slab rubfcn i Clprk, Director of Comimir. Mr. Clegg added that I position was being Investigated. Singapore mirkct circles t;ikr tlie view that
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      CAR SALES UP IN U.S.
      8 12 CAR SALES UP IN U.S. I < i which
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      190 12 Trade with I 4tifc Australia m New Zeala* Business men tradniK with An-.tr v to us? the cumplclr banking XT Wales. The oldest and larnct mint and New Zealand, the B^nk of New S touch with local conditions ti agencie* (sub-branchr-. m I and New Guinea. It it thus r-":
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    Bukit Timah SHB in key game today
    872 13 1 GAME that will have an lmpor- UuM taarint on the outcome of )iwsion 3A of the S.A.F.A. league ompetltlon will be played at St. teorft'l Roh<l toddy when the only ram in the leagu- with a 100 per ent record. Buklt Timah
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    HKFA champions open five-week tour today
    635 13 HKFA champions open five -week tour today between the Singapore Chinese and the crack Hong Kong Chinese teams have always provided stirring soccer, and today's encounter at Jalan Besar stadium the S.C.F.A. and the Hong Kong league champions, kowloon Bus Co.. will be no exception. Singapore Chinese, traditional first opponents
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    40 13 Dl Kin ■sll IK I I In- Services goalkeeper (hidden) punches clear during a SeJangor raid in their Malaya Cup fixture at Kuala Lumpur on Saturday. Faring thr camera is Selangor's centre-forward Abdul Ghani. Selangor won 2-0. Straits Times picture.
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    DROBNY, HOAD WIN TITLES
    58 13 PUESSEIDORP. (Germany) M,m Wimbledon .hamplor .i.u(ivl;n Diobny won the men': singles in the International tennli meeting here yesUrday. beallni Australian Jack Arkinslall 6-2. 5-7 BASTAAM. (Switzerland i Monlewis Hoa<l ol Australia defeated Neal FYaser also of Australia. 0-4 11-9 6-4 her*' yesterday to win th( men's
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    COUNTYPOSITIONS
    274 13 LONDON. Uun i rvLACINGS ID tl»» tount» cncnel p7...mi>ion»hip ifttr Friday* <i»n No P«U I DX. n ML MD HtJ |MM 1« 10 0 I 1 I > l« £•***** I HI I g i i I I j S 1♦ R 0 0 14 J4»JO 0 S 1
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    FIJIANS IN SEVEN WICKET VICTORY
    56 13 JOHORE BAHRU. Mon —The FIJI Ri-Kin-ent g.ivr a good display of batniuj when they defeated Johore C.C by .seven wider!.- on the CM Service L'ouiul here yesterday. Johore CC 128 i Porter 32 not out. and Allport M>. Fljlnns ISO tor 3 i i Velkoso
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    Good year ahead for Johore rugby
    308 13 JOIIORE BAHRU. Mon. lOHORE. HM.S. Malaya rugger chßmplonv »UI again have the mtSm of the PDians and car. look forward to another »u.<<-ssful s*aInn \ald Mr Paul Storr. the pre■r.nf'o*? Joh«,re Rugby Union, at the annual general meeting. BSwKßaaw JSmMIM Johore Ru,hv Un on
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    PENANG PREPARE FOR AUG. 7 REPLAY
    285 13 Special training for team By OH KEE Ii.VM. PENANG. Monday. 'pil \i Xl LLBACK problem keeps worrying Penang's 1 Malaya Cup selectors, hut it is felt a solution will have been found by Aug. 7, when the Settlement meet Selangor in their vital replay.
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    Malaya Cup positions
    126 13 I I' liiliUl position* in all v Zones of the H.M.S. Malaya I up football competition this Tear are: P W l> I I API* I'fiuni t 4 1 14 S I Srlaivtoi S 4 1 II 4 8 IVr.k S t t 1 7 S S
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    S'gor must take every opportunity
    441 13 S'gor must take every opportunity KLAI.\ I.UMPI'R. Mon. FEDERATION Combined Seniors with one of their best dllrplav. at Ourney Rnad last Saturday. near!v ended Srlangoi .>• hop** for a replpv agalrut rename »nd a possible HMS Malaya Cup lir I Him i\ Ing a hutic five minute^ .(ler the .Man
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    INTER-PORT RUGBY MAY START NEXT YEAR
    544 14 S'poreß.U. have ambitious plans filK Singapore Rug;by Union will soon bruin negotiations for the revival of the annual inter-port ru^jfer series played before the war between Hong Kong, Thailand, Indo-China and the Colony. Mr. H. F. Clements, the S. R. U. president, told the
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    Bergmann and Leach to play five ties each
    174 14 A BUBY programme has been drawn r up for the two former world table tennis champions. Richard Bergmann and Johnny Leach, who are due to arrive here on July 31 en route to Australia Seven exhibition matches— five singles, one men's doubles
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    DEPOT POLICE WIN
    33 14 Army Depot Police beat RAOC 2-1 in a MOR Cup Dlv 1 soccer league came Friendly Hill yesterday Ism ill scored both coals for Depot ,\nd Ib'ahlm replied for RAOC.
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    Fraud case horses for auction
    166 14 I ONDON. Mon pRANXASAL and Santa Amaro. the two racehorses which I'Murcd In the Francasal a^e In five men were Imprisoned for :ryine to defraud the Bath n.nfcowat Coni|)any by running ono I hor^ under tin other s name arp to I be iiMclloned on
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    Connolly will turn pro —SEDGMAN
    146 14 Connolly will turn pro SEDGMAN MELBOURNE. Mon. PRANK .4EDGMAN. former Australlan Davis Cup ace s.dd yesterday three of Americas ranking lennLs stars. Tony Trabert. Maureen Connollv and Doris Har f may turn professional soon. Sedgman. Jt v returned from his second Uxr *'lh Jack Kramers pro troupe s.«id: "Kramer may
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    Pakistan reach 152 for four
    81 14 LONDON. Mon— Pakistan rearhfd IS2 for four at lunrh In their match against Surrey here today After SnturrlAY's rurtalled play through rain. Pakistan were wary today pnrtlmlarlv after lo.sin«t their captain A H BaWMW who .snickPd :i ca'ch behind tho wiikPt when nx runs had
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    MILLER WINS THE SELANGOR CUP
    68 14 When the Malayan Gollers Socicu had their annual meeting in Su-ssex. the Sel.mEoi pw is won by Colin M Her former Sel.incor planter and State cricketer with a score of 40 Stablefnrd> N B Frazpi H«HM| md W MacDon.ild third. The foursomes 'ompfl'inn wmi ■>on
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    Tomorrow's ties for SBA junior tourney
    391 14 Tomorrow's ties for SB A junior tourney TIES for the Singapore Badminton Association Junior championships at the BBA hall tomorrow night are: Court No. 1: Joan Kao and Robert Lim Ruth Ong and A. P Mm Mary Ong and Seah Yerk Khrrn v Nancy Ang and How Keaw Hlnc; Daisy
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    Tiong Bahru whip Woodbridge 5-0
    357 14 JUNIOR CUP SOCCER UPSETS U'OIK GAMES in the Siiißapore A.F.A. Junior (up competition were played yesterday, and two of them resulted In upsets Tionc Rahru Rancrrs beatine the highly-favoured Woodhririgr Hospital ."> I) and Tampenis Rovers eliminating Star Socrerites S I. In the other carries
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    SOVEREIGN BE PREPARED FOR BIG SPRINT
    353 14 SOVEREIGN BE PREPARED FOR BIG SPRINT By EPSOM JEEP SOVEREIGN'S smashing win in the Sim a 6f. trophy race for (lass i |>, Rukit Timah on Saturday was pi.,, of his two previous wins in l.i The difference was that on thus occasion Sovereign .smarted some of the fli sprinters
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      44 14 MX (I R Slngaswr < hinrsr I .A. Kmliinn 8.C.. Jalan Rntar. S K.A. I |>,v -N M >\ > TMOB\. GeVHMg; Bukil Timah v >lll« Toll. p. KiHM rrnund Scrvlrrs Icajur niv I Rl Ml v R\>iC: R| x R\\s Srmhiiianc' I i;\\ v HMS Terror.
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